The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-23
A N ORDINANCE.

A
An ORDINANCE to change and establish the
grade of the public road street or highway
known as High or Main street, north of the
southerly curb line of Water street extended
eastwardly across said public road, street or
highway, including the sidewalks on both
sides of said public road, street or highway,
for a distance of three thousand one hundred
and sixty-eight feet northwardly on said
public road, street or highway, SO as to con-
form in grade to that established for the road
ways constructed thereon, under the provis-
! ions OF IAN Act to provide for the permanent
( improvement of public roads in this State"
approved April first, one thousand nine hum
4 dred and three, and the several acts supple
mentary and amendatory thereto.
| WHEREAS, the public road, street or high
way known as High or Main street, north of
the southerly curb line of Water street extend
ed eastwardly across said public road, street
| or highway, has been improved under the
provisions of an Act ofthe Legislature of New
Jersey, entitled "An Act to provide for the
| permanent improvement of public roads in
this State" approved A pril first, one thou
sand nine hundred and three, and the several
acts supplementary and amendatory thereto;
and
! WHEREAS, in the course of improving such
public road, street or highway the grade of
| the roadbed has been changed, so that 1t does
not conform to the grade of the remaining
portion of the road, including the sidewalks;
| THEREFORE,, in order that the remaining
portion of such public road, street or highway
| known as High or Main street, north of the
southerly curb line of Water street extended
| eastwardly across said public road, street or
| highway, including the sidewalks, on both
sides of said public road, street or highway,
for distance of three thousand one hun
| dred and sixty-eight feet northwardly on said
public road, street or highway, shall be grad
ed and formed so as to conform in grade to
| that established for the roadways constructed
under the provisions of"An Act TO provide for
| the permanent improvement of public roads
in this State" approved April first, one thou
sand nine hundred and three, and the several
acts supplementary and amendatory thereto:
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Commit
| tee of the Township of Northampton, in the
County of Burlington:
l. The grade of the center line of the road
bed of the said public road, street or highway,
known as High or Main street, north of the
southerly curb line of Water street extended
eastwardly across said public road. street or
highway, for a distance of three thousand one
! hundred and sixty-efght feet northwardly on
said public road, street or highway, be and
the same is hereby changed and established
as the official grade thereof as follows
| BEGINNING at a point in the center line of
said public road street or highway known as
High or Main street where such center line
lntersects the southerly curb line of Water
street extended eastwardly to said center
line, which point is two and five hundredths
feet (2OoD below bench mark hereby estab-
| lished on the north side of the top step lead
| ing into Morris III. Keeler's office and thence
northwardly along the center line of said
High or Main street sfxty-eight feet 1887 with
| an elevation of twenty-five hundredths feet
| (.2o); thence continuing northwardly along
| said center line one hundred feet 1000 with
an elevation of sixty -hundredths of a foot
| (.6V); thence continuing northwardly along
said center line five hundred feet (500O with
an elevation of four feet 90; thence continu-
ing northwardly along said center line two
hundred feet (260O with an elevation of two
and twenty-hundredth feet (220O thence con.
t1nuing northwardly along said center line
hve hundred feet 5000 with an elevation OF
six and one-halffeet $50; thence continuing
northwardly along said center line two hun
dred feet (2O0) with an elevation of two and
leighty-hundredths feet (2S0); thence continu
ing northwardly along said centre line one
hundred feet C100) with an elevation of sew
enty-hundredths feet cor; thence continuing
northwardly along said center line four hun
dred feet (4OOl with an elevation of one and
" rRd fhc anf ~.
ing northwardly along said center line three
| hundred feet 1907 with an elevation of two
and seyenty-hundredths feet C2.7OQ; thence
continuing northwardly along said center
line two hundred feet (2O0') with an elevation
OF two and sixty-hundredths feet q COZ thence
continuing northwardly along said center
line four hundred feet (400) with an elevation
OF seven feet ~; thence continuing north
wardly along said centre line two hundred
teet l20OD with an elevation of four and thirty.
hundredths feet (f.30') as shown by map OF
profile of said public road street or highway
hereto annexed, prepared by John w. Harris
Engineer and Surveyor. and made part OF
this ordinance
,. The grade of the sidewalks on both sides
OF said public road, street or highway, known
as High or Main street, north OF the southerly
curb line of Water street extended eastward.
ly across said public road, street highway,
at the curb lines thereof, as now located, on
both sides of said public road, street or high.
way for distance fthree thousand one hun
dred and sixty eight feet northwardiy on said
public road, street or highway, be and the
same is hereby changed and established as
the ofhc1ai grade thereof, to be three inches
| 30 below the said center line grade estab-
| lished in the first section hereof excepting
such portion thereof extending from the be-
ginning point aforesaid northwardly sixty
| eight feet (68D which shall be on a gradient
from the said center line to the sidewalk
grade hereby established; and all such side
walks shall be constructed. curbed and paved
at the grade hereby established for the same.
| B. This ordinance shall take effect immed-
lately upon its proper publication.
Passed May 49, 1905.
JOSEPH E. ELBERTsoN,
! WALTER L. STEWART, Chairman.
Township Clerk.