The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-05-11

AN ORDINANCE FOR THE RELIEF OF
P. Lorillard Company, In construction, main
tenance and operation OF railroad spur Oh Single
track.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City. by
the Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
of said city, do ordain as follows:-
Section l. That permission be and Is hereoy
accorded to the P. Lorillard Company to lay
maintain and operate a single line OF railroad
track beginning at q point the westerly
side of Washington street at its intersection
with Bay street and about eight (s) feet in
side the curb line Of said Washington street;
thence northerly along said Washington street
and inside the curb line as aforesaid TO the
ing in q proper curve across First street to its
northerly side and connecting with track
there laid or to be laid and to be used by
said P. Lorilard Company in common with
Butler Bros. from that point TO the Penn
syivania Railroad tracks on or at Second
street.
Section g. That rails herein authorized to be
laid shall be what is known the s"Trilby
rail- and shall be laid at grade of street and
main tained in such manner as to afferd the
least obstruction to vehicles using the same.
The beneficdaries shall also protect and main
tain any and all portions of any public sewer
or sewers or any other public property over
which it may be necessary to place any OF the
tracks or other obstructions herein authorized ;
and shall keep the entire space between the
curb and the building line on Washington
street from Bay street to the northerly side
of First street properly tagged and paved and
to the satisfaction of the proper city officials,
and where connection is made with any tracks
laid under and by virtue of authority of this
Board the expense of laying said tracks or
expense Of initiating and maintaining any other
required municipal obligation shall be borne
in common with other beneficiaries.
Section 3. In the using of any tracks on
Washington street between the southerly side
of First street and the tracks of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company Second street,
no cars shall be permitted to stand thereon,
but the said ears shall be moved to their
ultimate destination with proper speed and
diligence.
\ section A. The ordinance granting these
privileges shall be Of full force and effect
for a period OF twenty-five t25) years and
thereafter until such time as this Board or
its legally authorized successors shall revoke
of the privileges herein accorded being a
recognition of the right of the city to SO
amend revoke. and while the privileges ac-
corded are for the benefit of the P Lori Hard
the right at any time during the life Of this
ordinance, to grant similar privileges to other
applicants, and in SO doing permit ana require
the use in common of the afore described
tracks or any portion of them
All work herein authorized and required to
be performed and maintained under the super
vision and to the satisfaction of the proper
City officers and the operation Of such tracks
to be subject to such reasonable regulations
as the City authorities may desire to establish.
TO the introduction. passage and publication
Of this ordinance shall be paid by the appli-
cant for same; and such amount therefor as
is estimated by the Clerk of this Baard to
be necessary shall be deposited with that Off
Ger on demand.
1850 - JOHN c, PAYNE.
President
Mayor
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