Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-31
AN ORDINANCE.

and Power Company, to construct,
establish and maintain %conduits
and to erect and maintain
posts or poles in the City
of Perth Amboy, in the Coun-
ty of MiddleseX and State
of New Jersey, and to string, con-
struct and maintain cables, wires
and manholes for electrical conduc-
tors in the streets and in
said city, and designating the
streets or highways in which said
conduits and poles or posts
may be placed and prescribe
ing the mannor of placing, erect
ing, laying or constructing the
same.
Sec. J.. That permission be and
the same is hereby granted to the
Citizens Electric Light, Heat and
Power Company, its and
assigns to place posts or poles to
sustain the necessary wires and fix
lures, to construct and maintain
for the uses and purposes of their
business, a system of subways, and
underground conduits, laterals, SER
vice conduits, service boxes and man
tributing poles in over, upon and
beneath the surface of ALI
streets and portions of the
streets hereinafter designated, and
to place, maintain and operate
thereon and therein wires, cab
les and other electrical con
ductors necessary or approp-
struct, maintain and operate for
such purposes, a system of electrical
conductors for distribution from the
electrical conductors to be placed in
subways Or underground conduits
aforesaid.
Sec. 2. That the following named
streets, venue and highways for
the full length of the same as they
now exist are hereby designated
for the construction of the under
ground conduits of said company and
upon which the said company may
erect and maintain its poles or posts
and string the necessary wires and
PAtNS IN htlNsoIlg IALu % llltlt-
on for the purposes aforesaid to
wit: Hall avenue, Washington street.
Fayettee street, New Brunswick
avenue, State street, High street.
Smith street, Jefferson street, Market
street, Center street, Commerce
street, Water street.
Sec. 8. That from the date
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heat and power under this
ordinance, said Citizens Electric
Light, Heat and Power Company,
shall furnish electrical energy suit
able for lighting the public build
ings OF the city of Perth Amboy
or any department thereof within
reach of the lines of said company
at a rate not to exceed seven and a
half cents per kilowatt-hour.
Sec. 4. That said Citizens Electric
Light Heat and Power Company be-
fore opening any street for the doing
of any part of the work hereby au-
thorized, or before the placing
and erection of any post or pole
shall file in the office of
Street Commissioner a maj or plan
showing the proposed location
of the posts or poles and
the location and dimensions of
the subways, underground con-
duits and manholes proposed
to be constructed in any street,
avenue or public place, which
map or plan shall be approved by
the Street Committee of said Council
before any work shall be done by said
company; said subways or under
ground conduits shall be made of
cement-lined iron pipes or vitrified
clay or tile, except laterals and SER
vice connections which may be Gre
osoted wooden. logs and shall be laid
not less than two CD feet beneath
the surface of the streets, and not
less than one CD foot outside of the
curb line except where necessary to
avoid distractions, and shall conform
to the existing public laws of the
State of New Jersey covering the
laying of subways for the transmits
sion of electricity for light, heat or
power. Tho manholcs shall be con
structcd beneath the surface of said
street at such points along the line
of the subways or underground con-
duits as may be necessary or con-
vonicnt for placing, reaching and
operating the electrical conductors
which the said Company may from
time to time place in subways or un-
~derground cOnduits, and shall be so
constructed as not to interfere with
the passage of the public over and
along the said streets; and the said
company shall restore such street or
avenue which may be disturbed in
the construction and maintenance of
the subways, conduits, laterals or
maDholes to the condition in which
it was at the commencement of the
work thereon, and free from any cost
or expense whatever to the City of
Perth Amboy. In back filling the
trenches the earth shall be put in
layers of not more than six co inch
es at a time; it shall be thoroughly
rammed and before nm