The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-29
4 N ORDINANCE.


q corporation Incorporated under the laws OF
the State of New Jersey, now operating
street railway, to change its motive power
from horse to electricity, and to change the
gauge of the tracks or rails through, over,
along and upon a certain improveo,stone road
| or highway, bridge and culverts OF the county
of Burlington, and the location of poles on
WHFRRAs. 1.-THE Mount Holly Street Railway
| Company" organized under the provisions of
an Act of the Legislature of the State of New
Jersey, entitled IAN act to provide tor the in
corporation of street railway companies and
1 to regulate the same," approved April sixth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and the sew
eral supplements thereto, now own and oper-
ate street railroad in the village of Mount
Holly, township of Northampton, county of
Burlington and state OF New lersey, operated
by horses, did, under an act of the Legislature
OF the state of New Jersey, entitled IAN Act
to regulate the construction, operation and
maintenance of street railroads in this State,"
approved April twenty-irst, eighteen hun
dred and ninety-six, and the various supple
ments thereto, on the seventeenth day of
| June, one thousand nine hundred and two
present its petition TO the Beard of Chosen
| Freeholders OF the County OF Burlington,
bearing date June sixteenth, A. ID. nineteen
hundred and two, praying the said Board to
| grant 1t permission to change the motive
| power on its SAID railroad. turnouts, switches,
entrances to car barn, and over certain bridge,
bridges and culverts, from horse power to
Ell ectricity, and for permission to change the
| gauge OF said tracks, turnouts switches. entran-
| ces to car barn, and over said bridge bridges.
culverts, &C. from five feet, tw inches, to five
| feet, and tor location OF poles necessary to
run said road by electricity. by the overhead
| system, over and on such portions of the
| said road or highway as has been improved or
macadamized by the County OF Burlington
and thereby become County Stone Roads,
the said Petition having attached to it map
showing the location OF poles, the line OF rail-
way, turnouts. switches and entrances to car
bal n; the said Petition also contains an
! curate description OF the line OF said railway.
| and refers to the switches, turnouts and en-
| frances to car barn: tine sAtd Petition being
fgseo e sd Of a sns se a ID
| Board OF Chosen Ereeholders of the County of
Burlington having. by Resolution passed
| two, appointed and hxed time and place
| when and where the SAID Petition and appli-
| cation would be considered and all persons
| interested in said matter heard, and notice of
said meeting ana hearing having been pub
| lisned in the1New Jersey mirror "a ne wspaper
printed and circulating in the said County
| of Burlington, tor at least fourteen days pre-
| vious to the ninth day OF July, A. ID. nineteen
hundred and two, the time fixed for such
| hearing, (said newspaper having been desig-
| mated by the Board of Chosen Freeholders 20
publish the same) and by posting such notice
| in each OF the following places in the County
| OF Burlington, for like period, JO-wit: one at
the Arcade Hotel, one at the Hotel OF BENZ
amin W. Zeley one at Sherif's office, one
| at County Clerks office and one at the
Surrogate's office. said places having been des-
| ignated by said Board of Chosen Freeholders
AS the places for posting said notices, and due
| proof having been made TO the said Board of
| Chosen Freeholders of such notice being
| published and posted; and whereas, full and
| due proof of all such matters and things was,
ut the time and place so appointed, made to
| Freeholders of the County of Burlington, and
the said Boar9 Of Chosen Freeholders having
heard the said''The Mount Holly Street Rail-
| way Company and all persons interested in
said application or desiring to be heard there
holders OF the County OF Burlington having
caused the said road, highway, bridge, cuf-
verts improved roads ana public places of
said county to be examined by Committee
| of said Board, appointed for that purpose, and
| a report of said Committee having been pre-
sented to the said Board, from which it ap.
pears that the said Committee did make an
examination OF all OF said road, highway,
bridge, culverts, improved roads and public
places. and OF the size. condition and con-
struction of the same; and the said Board of
Chosen Freeholders OF the County OF BurliAg-
ton having duly considered all and singular
the premises. and no reason appearing to the
contrary, therefore
Board OF Chosen freeholders of the County
OF Burlington, and it is hereby ordained and
en- acted by the authority of the same. as fol-
| lows:
SECTION /. That "The Mount Holly Street
| Railway Company" be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered and given per.
mission to change the motive power on that
| part of their road hereafter described, in the
village OF Mount Holly, Township OF North
OF New Jersey, ana on the switches, turn
outs and entrances to car barn, from
horse power to electricity and to also
| change the gauge on said part thereof from
five feet two inches to five feet and re-
lay the same with American Society Civil
| Engineers Section Tee Rail- except where
laid in the centre of said road, which shall be
laid with Standard Girder Rails. The middle
line of that part of the road intended to be
covered and effected by this ordinance, is
bounded as follows: Beginning at point in
the centre of the highway and In the centre
OF the track, at the junction of High street
with the High street and Wood Lane county
stone road ana near Water Street, in the vii
lage of Mount Holly, county OF Burlington
and state OF New Jersey; thence along the
centre line of said railway track as laid, north
highway, twenty-five hundred and i've feet
20 point; thence by curve to the right of
fourteen hundred and thirty-three feet rad
ius, eighty-seven and hve-tenths feet to
point twelve feet east OIL the centre of said
county stone road; thence north sixteen de-
grees, thtrty-four minutes west, and contin-
| uing twelve (l2) feet east of the centre of said
county stone road, seven hundred and twenty
three feet to point; thence by a curve to the
left OF five hundred and seventy-three feet
radius, one hundred and forty-three feet to
point; thence north thirty degrees, ffty-six
/ minutes west, four hundred and thirty feet TO
| the end Of the track OF 1.-THE Mount Holly
Street Railway"
| Also, on the following turnouts switches and
entrances to car barn:
One turnout on the west side of said track be-
ginning at point two hundred feet north of the
north side OF RoSSell street and in the middle OF
said track; thence with to the left of three
hundred feet radius, sixty feet to point where a
frog will be located; thence with reverse radius
of three hundred feet sixty feet to point: thence
parallel with the main track, ninety feet to point
thence with curve to the right Of three hundred
feet radius, sixty feet to point where frog will
be placed: thence with to the left of three
hundred feet radius, sixty feet to intersection
with the main track.
Also, entrance to car barn described as follows:
Beginning at point two hundred feet north of
the north side of Rossell street will be located the
beginning of curve to the right of sixty-one feet
radius to the entrance OF the barn of the said
| The Mount Holly Street Railway thence CON
| tinuing to the end thereof at present consti-
| tuted
Section 2. That the said, "The Mount Holly
Street Railway Company" be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered and given permission
to change the power of its street ilway now op-
Grated by horse power, over a bridge over Ran
1 creek n WASHINGTON in said viIl
township county and state to electricity, aud to
change the gauge of the tracks over said bridge
from five feet two inches to five feet, and to relay
the track over said bridge with proper tram rails
properly planked in the centre of the tracks and on
each side thereof and are hereby given the power
and authority to strengthen and repair that part
of said bridge crossed by said tracks and to re-
build all sub,structure and abutments, and at the
sole expense OF the said railway company; the sub
structure to be always in the future to be kept in
repair at Joint expense of the railway company
and the county, in making necessary repairs TO
said bridge, the foot walk the south side of said
bridge not to be narrowed over thirty inches, all
\ to be done under the supervision of the Board OF
Freeholders of said county of Burlington.
Section 3. That the said, The Mount Holly
Street Railway Company" is hereby authorized and
empowered and given permission to plant its poles
and string its wires over said bridge and along
said county stone road, in accordance with the
petition filed as herein stated, and that the poles
be and they are hereby located where designated
and placed and located on the map attached to
said petition and filed with the Clerk of this Board
and that IN planting Its said poles and stringing
its said wires, it is to the most in pre-
serving intact, far possible the trees al ing
the said route of said railway and the foliage
| thereon
Section a. That the track is to be laid at a grade
to be established by the Board of Chosen Free
holders of the county of Burlington or its duly au
thorized agents. which said track, with the curves
connections, turnouts, switches and entrance or
entrances to car barn. and the location of the tracks
and poles, are particularly located and described
on map attached to the petition above recited
which is hereby referred to and made part of this
ordinance.
Section S. That the said, "The Mount Holly
! Street Railway Company" shall provide and
maintain proper system of drains for the drain
age of said road, so far as traversed by its rails.
Section 8. That the said The Mount Holly
Street Railway Company, shall pave within the
rails and two feet on each side thereof with Mon
tello or similar brick, cut to make proper
groove on the inside of each rail so far the tracks
are laid in the centre of the said county stone
road, and shall keep said paving in good state of
repair at all times TO the satisfaction of said Board
of Chosen Freeholders its duly authorized
agent, at its own expense, and where laid the
side thereof the said company is to pave stone
from the west rail to the present stone road in the
same manner and way the balance of the road
is stoned or built and with proper grade and to
fill the space within the rails with dirt; that the
trolley line poles to be erected shall be straight |
sawed poles, neatly and properly painted; that the
trolley wires and the span wire shall be at least
eighteen feet above the surface of the street and
highway, and said poles truly located at the
points designated the map hereinbefore re- /
frances to barn shall be paved with the same
material and in the the main |
track to which they join.
Section7 That the said 1.-THE Mount Holly !
Street Railway Company shall provide necessary
barricades, red lanterns and other safety appli |