The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-22

An ordinance to authorize and empower
THE Mount Holly Street Railway Company
u corporation Incorporated under the laws OF |
the State of New jersey. now operating a |
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 certain 'mprovedstone road |
or highway, bridge and culverts OF the county |
q Burlington, and the location of poles on |
the same
WHEREAS 1.-THE Mount Holly street Railway !
Company organized under the provisions OF
an Act OF the Legislature OF the State of New
| JERSEY, entitled "An act to provide for the In
corporation of street railway companies and
to regulate the same," approved April sixth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and the sew
eral supplements thereto, now own and oper-
ate a street raliroao IN tne village OF Mount
| Burlington and state OF New Jersey. operated
by horses, did, under an act OF the Legislature
of the State of New Jersey, entitled "An Act
| to regulate the construction, operation and
maintenance OF street railroads in this State"
approved April twentv-nrst, eighteen hun
dred and ninety-six, and the various supple
ments thereto, the seventeenth daY of
June. one thousand nine hundred and two
| present Its petition to the X ard OF Chosen
| Freeholders OF the County of Burlington
bearing date June sixteenth. A d. nineteen
hundred and two, praying the said Board to
grant It permission to change the motive
power on its SAID railroad. turnouts. switches
entrances to car barn, and over certain bridge,
bridges ana culverts. from horse power to
electricity, and for permission to change the
gauge OF said tracks turnouts switches. ntran-
ces to car barn, and over said bridge bridges
culverts, &c. from five feet, tw o fnches, to five
feet. and for a location of poles necessary to
| run said road by electricity. by the overhead
| system. or over and on such portions OF the
| said road or highway as has been improved or
and thereby become County Stone Roads,
the said Petition having attached to It a map
showing the location of poles, the line OF rail-
| way, turnouts. switches and entrances TO car
barn; the said Petition also contains an &C.
! curate description OF the line of said railway
and refers to the switches, turnOuts ana en-
| frances to car barn; the sstd Petition being
also signed by a majority OF the Board of
Board OF Chosen Freehofders Of the County of
| Burlington having. by Resolution passed
two. appointed and nxed time and place
when and where the SAID Petition and appli-
cation would be considered ana all persons
said meeting ana hearing having been pub
iished in tne"New Jersey mirror, "a ne wspaper
printed ana circulating In the said County
OF Burlington, for 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 TO
publish the same), and by posting such notice
In each of the following places in the County
Of Burlington, for a like period, to-wit: one at
the Arcade Hotel, one at the Hotel of BENZ
at County Clerks office and one at the
Surrogate's office, said places having been des-
ignated by said Board of Chosen Freehoders
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.
at the time and place SO appointed, made TO
the satisfaction OF the said Board Of Chosen
| Freeholders of the County of Burlington and
the said Board of Chosen FreehOlders having
heard the said 1.-THE Mount Holly Street Rail-
way Company" and all persons interested in
said application or desiring 10 be heard there
upon, and the said Board of Chosen Free
caused the said road, highway, bridge, cut.
verts, improved roads ana public places OF
sac county 70 De examined sor BY Committee
| q 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 Burli1g-
ton having duly considered all and singular
the premises and no reason appearing TO the
BE 1T ORDAINED AND ENACTED, by the
| Board of Chosen Freehoders of the County
of Burlington, and 1t is hereby ordained ana
enacted by the authority Of the same. as fol-
lows:
SECTION l. That 1.-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
ampton, County OF Burlington and state
of New Jersey, ana on the switches, turn
outs ana entrances to car barn, from
horse power to electricity and to also
i've feet two inches to fve feet ana re-
lay the Isame with American Society civil
EDg116bFS' SccLlOA Les 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 a point in
the centre of the highway and in the centre
with the High street and Wood Lane county
stone road and 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
twenty degrees, and with the centre OF the
hfyhN fuuan fy-ff Ava hmm Trad
20 point; thence by curve to the right OF
fourteen hundred ana thirty-three feet rad
ius, eighty-seven and hve-tenths feet TO q
point twelve feet east OF the centre OF said
county stone road; thence north sixteen de-
uing twelve tl2) feet east of the centre of said
county stone road, seven hundred and twenty
! three feet to point; thence by a curve to the
radius. one hundred and forty-three feet TO a
point; thence north thirty degrees, nfty-six
minutes west, tour hundred and thirty feet 10
J the end of the track OF 1.-THE Mount Holly
street Railway
, Also, the following turnouts, switches and
One turnout on the west side of said track be-
J ginning at point two hundred feet north of the
north side OF Rossell street and in the middle of
said track; thence with the left of three
hundred feet radius, sixty feet to point where
frog will be located; thence with reverse radius
of three hundred feet sixty feet to point; thence
parallel with the main track ninety feet 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 an intersection
Also, entrance to barn, described as follows:
. Beginning at a point two hundred feet north of
the north side of Rosse 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 cousti-
. tuted.
Section q That the said, 1.-THE Mount Holly
Street Railway Company, be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered and given permission
to change the power of its street 4ilway now or-
: Grated by horse power, over bridge over Ran
cocas creek, Washington street. in said village
township, county and state, to electricity ard to
: change the gauge of the tracks said bridge
from five feet two inches, to five feet and to relay
the track over said bridge with proper tram rails
properly panked in the centre of the tracks and on
each side thereof, and 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 the 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 g. 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 herein stated, and that the poles
be and they are hereby located where designated
and placed and located the map attached to
said petition and filed with the Clerk Of this Board
its said wires, it is to use the most in pre-
2 serving intact, far possible the trees long
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 its duly au
thorized agents. which said track, with the curves
connections, turnouts, switches aud entrance OF
entrances to car barn. and the location of the tracks
AMI 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
l. maintain proper system OF drains for the drain.
. age of said road SO far 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 as to make proper
groove on the inside of each rail far tracks
4 are laid in the centre of the said county stone
road, and shall keep said paving in a good state of
repair at all times to the satisfaction of said Board
!, OF Chosen Freeholders or its duly authorized
agent, at its own expense, and where laid on the
side thereof, the SAID company is to pave stone
from the west rail to the present road in the
= same manner and way the balance of the road
is stoned or built, and with proper grade and to
y I'LL 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 tile surface of the street and
highway and said poles are truly located at the
points designated the map hereinbefore re-
lerred to, and That the switches. turnouts and en-
frances to car barn shall be paved with the same
material and in the same manner as the main
track to which they Join
Section7. That the said, THE Mount Holly
Street Railway Company" shall provide necessary
barricades. red lanterns and other safety appli
ances that may be necessary to persons oil
danger while il shall engaged the construct