Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-09-14
Volume XVIII.
The DELAWARE and At
LANT|C IHE. ( IHA.
CO.'S. STATEMENT.

In our proceedings Of Council last week
we made brief mention of the reply of the
above named company to the notice ol
Council to show cause why the rights and
privileges Of the company in this city,
granted under the general telephone Or.
dinance, should not be revoked.
AS the subject is Of considerable Local
interest, we give below that company
reply in full, as follows:-
WOODBURY., N. J., Sept. 5, 1905
70 the Mayor and Council Of The City O
Wood5ury.
GENTLEMFN:-The Delaware and Allan
sic Telegraph and Telepone Company, q
corporation Of New Jersey. is in receipt Of 8
communication from the City Solicitor, re.
quiring it TO appear and show cause why
the rights and privileges OF said company,
under the general ordinance passed June
third nineteen hundred and two, should
not be reyolked and why the right of said
company to conduct telephone business
in said City should not be rescinded, and
why the said company should not be COM
PEELED and required to remove its property,
poles, wires, etc., from the said City, be-
cause of the violation of the provisions Of
said ordinance, in the erection of poles and
stringing Of wires thereto
This company has no wish to take advan-
tage of the fact that action on the part of
the municipal authorities of the City, to
compel the removal of this company's prop
erty from the City is subject matter Of
upon mlle ~ ~ eioial ,eiuos.ng VI!
~ Vluinance passs'u y ens uaonen ~ u may
ssis ysal, yee misnOus Pr! !uuice - sne ssse-
g llghss Wnlcn cnis company possesses, "
ieason u sns existence oi sueh Hsigabioh,
ana Wnlie processing against any actlon py
your bouy, nnsll tne questions raised Dy
bhe Wllb OF certiorafl ~ tne supreme Goutt
ake us.etinileu, we arg perfectly Wiihng 20
y ~ ostoIs e1s members q Souns3i CONCISE
dlstory VI cue feiation OF tnis company aud
lts predecessors 20 tne Ci5y 10 tne past, as
an answer 20 tne suggestion tnat any con-
a.;s uS; ~ 49,, ene a. - suas 9o Pany, moGau
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dIT5s IT, go as - Srs esassi' sne.
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g ,aso ~ w. speola. aoo y ono
sseJ sasa, .la.en sesensa, $1,000 nuu :.
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go aoa,.ss Is .l, - = nu
70 IN "a Iannarg ~, sl;rt;atl, a;ah+aar rnndrod
and a;ebtv-thToe a., ,.,ss ,,asssd -
;y,,g tb sad Talagrar ps,,
s;on fo eract ,oles and -,laca r1;rss ~,
81 the strests "a sbe r;tr and ast.hI;sh ,
telenbone evcba,,oa tbere;,, With tha ,,ro1
visie That the nr;v,leoas shonld ceas., :, yon
the failnre ~ the t awsrc;sa ss tbe
same within six months.
At this time the Delaware and Atlantic
Telegraph and Telephone Company. cor
poration organized under the laws of the
State of New York, owned and controlled
the South Jersey Telegraph Company. and
operated in the counties Of Camden and
Gloucester, under the charter rights Of the
last named company.
Within s;x r,ontbo aftar tlo last mon
tionad ordiranos he.o,,a ,,,ars+;-a tho
sontl Jersey r,ononanv sstshl'sbad -, ay.
CHANGE in Woodhnr1 and sraotad ,,olss and
sfTnng w;ras aIona CON como - tba streets ,sssts
thereof and undes the ex;st;r,s, ora;,a,,ce :, !
&C.,, -. -. -
snd nnn,ber ~ yv;rss arS ;nstaIIad o,s1
telenhones unt; te valra of tha mowers
- ths co,ranu ,oaa4sd dae 81 !, '1s r. p'opon y
.ats5 49, :, aa,,a =, ~ oA'S
On Inrs tbisd n;,,atean = e.'-iss ns'n5rad ana
=.
- =. -. ~ uiaulns sne uss
as :. sns eslee's ne =. ssiepnone purposes Wa
passsu, sne ee.ms " WHICH are psllectly
.;ras ~ sus .sluels * yUur Dyuy anu
u - apploa'aeu ~, y wy oouncli, SHOW,
,us s,. onJ aoo"s,oa ~ - eno puleS anu wires any
~ wotA W pe uohe uueal approved oy bna'
pOoy'
on September sixteenth. nineteen hun
dred and two the South Jersey Telegraph
Company Pursuant TO the terms Of the or
dinance OF June third, Of the same year
presented TO City Council map or plan,
showing the poles then erected and those
proposed to De erected, and requested tht
approval thereof, which communication al
SO accepted the terms and provisions of the