Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
N ORDINANCE.

An Ordinance designating the streets and
highways in the Township OF Washngton IN
the County of Gloucester and State of New
Jersey. i'll which the posts, poles wires, cables
and conduits of The Delaware and Atlantic
Telegraph and Telephone Company shall be
placed, and prescribing the manner of placing
the same, and regulating the use of the stree ]
and highways by said Company
The Township of Washington, in the County
OF Gloucester and State Of New Jersey, do or
dain as follows:
Section l. That permission be- and is hereby
granted to The Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph
and Telephone Company, its successors and
assigns, to place and maintain its poles, wires,
cables conduits and necessary fixtures, in,
through, under or upon, any and all of the
streets, alleys and highways III the Township of
Washington, in the County of Gloucester and
State OF New Jersey; and any and all of its said
streets, alleys and highways, are hereby desig-
mated for such purpose.
Section 2. That poles shall he erected
without first obtaining consent in writing of the
owner owners of the soil to the placing
thereof.
Section s. That all poles erected by said Com
pany shall be neat and symmetrical, and shall
not be less that twenty feet above the surface of
the ground, and shall be SO located as in no way
to interfere with the safety convenience of
persons travelling on or over the said streets or
highways; and shall be, as far as practicable,
located up IN the less frequented streets high
ways
Section 4. That all poles erected under this
ordinance shall be erected under the supervision
| of the Township Committee, and said Company
shall replace and properly relay any sidewalk OF
street pavement which may have been displaced
or damaged by it in the location of its poles
and leave the same in good condition as they
were before the location of the poles.
| Section 5. That the said, The Delaware and
Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Company
shall be permitted to place its wires on the poles
of other companies, having the right to main
/ tain same within the said Township OF Wash
/ ington, in the County of Gloucester and State
| of New Jersey, upon such arrangement as the
/ two companies may agree.
| Section g.. That space on each pole erected
under this ordinance shall he reserved for the
1 purpose of attaching wire or wires of any fire
1 alarm or police telegraph system now in use by
| the Township OF Washington, IN the county 81
| Gloucester and State of New Jersey. or which
may at any time hereafter be adopted or used
| by said Township OF Washington, in the County
| Of Gloucester and State of New Jersey.
| Section 4. Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed TO grant unto the said The Delaware
and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Com
| pany any exclusive right, or to prevent a grant
| of similar privileges to other companies.
Section s. That all advertising or printing
| fees incurred by the Township of Washington,
in the County of Gloucester and State of New
Jersey in connection with the passage of this
ordinance, shall be paid by The Delaware and
Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Company.
Ordained aud enacted into an ordinance this
29th day of August, A. D., 1903.
j. e. WILLIAMS,
Attest Chairman
@. j. DAVENPORT. Township Clerk.