Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-17
AN ORDINANCE

Designating the Streets and Highways in the
Township of Mantua, in the County OF
gloucester, in which the posts, poles, wires,
cables and eonduits of the Interstate TeIe-
phone Company shall be placed and pre-
scnbing the manner of placing the same
and regulating the use of the Streets and
Highways by said company
The Township Committee of the Township OF
Mantua, in the County of Gloucester do ordain
as follows:
| Section l. That permission be, and is hereby
| granted to the Interstate Telephone Company,
its successors and assigns to place and maintain
Its poles, wires, cables, conduits and necessary
| fixtures, in, through, under upon any and all
OF the streets, alleys and highways In the Town
| ship of Mantua in the County of Gloucester,
| and any and all OF its said Streets alleys and
highways are hereby designated for such pur-
| pose,
Section That poles shall be erected
without first obtaining consent in writing of the
| owner or owners of the soil to the placing
| thereof.
Section 3. That all poles erected by said COM
pany shall be neat and symmetrical, and shall
| not be less than twenty-five feet above the sur
face of the ground, and shall be so located as in
| 30 way to interfere with the safety or eonven-
| fence of persons travelling or over the said
streets or highways, and shall be- as far as prac-
| ticable located upon the less frequented streets
| or highways.
Section 4. That all poles erected under this
ordinance, shall be erected under the supervis-
| ion of the Township Committee, and said COM
pany shall replace and properly relay any side
| walk or street pavement which may have been
/ displaced or damaged by it in the location of
poles, and leave the same in as good condition
| us they were before the location of the poles.
Section 5. That one instrument shall be pro-
| vided and maintained, without expense to the
| township, for the use of the Township Commit
tee and authorities at such places as may he
designated by the committee by resolution.
Secton6. That space on each pole erected
| under this ordinance shall be reserved for the
purpose of attaching wire wires of any fire
alarm or police telegraph system now in use by
the Township of Mantua, in the County of
Gloucester, or which may at any time hereafter
be adopted or used by said Township of Man
tua, in the County of Gloucester.
| Section z. Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed to grant unto the said Interstate
Telephone Company any exclusive right or to
prevent "a grant of similar privileges to other
/ companies.
Section 8. That all advertising or printing
fees incurred by the Township of Mantua, in
tile County OF Gloucester, i'll connection with
the passage of this ordinance, shall be paid by
the Interstate Telephone Company.
Section 3. That all necessary requirements
that may compel the Township Committee to
expend public funds to protect the interests and
rights OF Mantua Township, including such
/ survey OF roads to determine boundaries as the
Township Committee shall decide to be abso-
lutely necessary to determine the rights and
privileges of the Interstate Telephone Com
pany, shall be paid for by the said Inter- State
Telephone Company.
Ordained and enacted into an ordinance on
the seventh day of October, nineteen hundred
and one. r. q. KINCAID,
Attest: Chairman
WIN. s. HuRFF, Clerk. Oct 10
Adv. fees, 81. %.