The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-01
NOTICE.

Take notice that the Burlington County Trac-
tion Company, and majority of the Board Of
Directors thereof, have presented to the Township
Committee of the township of Lumberton, in the
county OF burlington and state of of New Jersey,
petition filled with the Township Clerk of said
township on the eighteenth day of March in the
year one thousand nine hundred and two), pray
ing for permission to construct operate and main
tain single track street railway of the gauge of
five feet, to extend in through along and upon the
road known as the County Stone road, leading
from Masonvlle to Mount Holly. in the said town
ship of I.umberton, county and state aforesaid
from point where the line of the said Masouville
and Mount Holly county stone road crosses the
line between Mount Laurel and Lumbertou town
ships; and thence through the middle line of said
railway, running with the Masonville and Mount
Holly county stone road and twelve feet northwa
frem the centre thereof by a curve to the left IF
ty-seven hundred and thirty feet radius twenty
feet thence north eighty eight degrees and thir-
teen feet to point at the west end of drawbridpe
over Raucocas creek; thence from Doiut at the
east end Of said bridge, the centre line of said
track being twelve feet nsrthw ard from the centre
of said county stone road by curve to the left of
hfty-seven hundred and thirty feet radius two
hundred feet thence north eighty-six degrees and
thirty minutes east six hundred and eighty feet
to point thence by curve to the right fourteen
hundred and thirty three feet radius one hundred
feet; thence south eighty-nine degrees and forty
seven minutes east three hundred and fifty feet to
point; thence by curve to the left FIVE humid
red and seventy-three feet radius two hundred and
three feet; thence north eighty degrees and two
minutes east, five hundred feet to a point: thence
by curve to the left 6fty-seven hundred and
thirty feet radius, hundred ana five feet:thence
north seventy-eight degrees and ffty-6ve minutes
east sixty-nine hundred and fifty feet to point:
thence with curve to the right one hundred feet
radius thirty-ve feet to the centre of the Mason
vile and Mount Holly county stone road at
point on the township line between Lumberton
and Northampton townships, the centre line of
said track to be twelve feet northWard from the
centre of said stone road except where it begins to
curve for the centre OF said stone road with one
switch or turnout on the north side of the tracks
OF said road, beginning at point two hundred
feet eastward of the junction OF the Lumberton
road with the Masonvile and Mount Holly county
stone road and being fully located on the map ac-
companying the said petition, all in the township
Of Lumberton, county and state aforesaid.
The motive power to be used on said railway is
electricity.
The committee has fixed TUESDAY, the FTP
TENTH day ofApril, A. d. nineteen hundred aud
two at the hour ofthree (3) O'Clock in the afternoon
as the time and the Junior o. U. A. M. hall in the
village of Lumberton, in the township of Lumber
ton county of Burlington and state of New Jer-
sey, as the place, when and where it will consider
said petition and application and give hearing
upon the matter and grant refuse such applica-
tion. Notice thereof is hereby given, as required
by law
By order of the Township Committee of the
township OF Lumberton.
SPENCER H. POWELL,
Township Clerk
Dated March 18th, a. D. 1907.