Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-30
AN ORDINANCE.


the Hudson and Middlesex Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company to
construct, establish and maintain
poles and conduits in the City of
Perth Amboy, in the Coun-
ty of Middlesex and State of
New Jersey and to construct
and maintain telephone and tele-
graph lines in said city, d%esignat-
ing the streets or highways in
which the poles and conduits may
be placed and prescribing the man
ner of placing, erecting, laying or
constructing the same.
Be it ordained by the City of Perth
Amboy as follows:
Section. 1. That permission be and
the same is hereby granted to the
Hudson and Middlesex Telephone and
Telegraph Company, it's successors
Nand assigns, to place, erect, establish
9lnd maintain poles, wires and fix
fures upon Division street for the
length thereof, and to construct and
maintain its telephone and tele'
graph lines thereon.
Section 2. That the said posts OF
poles shall be located, placed and
erected within and adjacent to the
curb line as shown by the official
maps of the city at the points OF
places as may be indicated by the
committee on streets and sewers, for
be the duty of the said committee
on streets and eve when 81 re
quested to indicate suitable places
Tor the erectbol%of said posts OF
poles p aReordShce herewith, which
oolgGces sJMndicated shall not be more
Than one hundred and fifty (150)
feet apart and all poles hereafter
erected shall be erected under the
supervision of the said committee
on streets and sewers.
Provided, however, that no poles
shall be erected without the written
consent of the owner of such prop
erty in front of which said pole is
to be placed first had and obtained
All posts or poles to be straight and
true and properly trimmed and tc
be thoroughly painted throughout
their entire length in some suitable
color and SO maintained.
Section 8. That the Hudson an(
Middlesex Telephone and Telegraph
Company, it's successors and assigns
be and it is hereby authorized ant
empowered to construct and maintain
a system of subways, of underground
burnt clay conduits and cables includ-
ing the necessary manholes anC
street openings and lateral connec
lions to property lines beneath the
surface of the streets of the sale
city of Perth Amboy hereinafter des
ignated and may maintain and ops
crate in said system of subways 0
underground conduits what wire
and cables or other electrical conduc
tors it finds necessary; also to con
struct and maintain and operate TO
such purpose a system of electrical
conductors in connection with tho
necessary poles for distribution from
the electrical conductors to be placed
in the subways or underground con
duits hereinbefore mentioned. Tho
distance between such distributing
poles shall not be less than five
hundred feet. All distributing pole
to be straight and true and properl,
trimmed and same to be thorough.
painted throughout their entire
length in some suitable color ant
SO maintained.
Section A. And be it further or
dained that the following streets, ave
nues and highways and any extern
sions thereof, for the full length o
the same as now existing or as may
be extended are hereby designated
for the construction of the under
ground conduits OF said company
to be opened by said company upor
permit or permits to be issued b.
the committee on streets and sewers
of said council from time to time
as requested by the said company;
Smith street, State street, Higt
street, Madison avenue, Gordon
street, Fayette street, Woodbridge
road, Broad street, Front street
Hall emu and Market street, New
Brunswick avenue, Johnson street
and Washington street.
Said company may on the same
streets, venue and parts thereof
erect the necessary poles, fixtures
and supports for distributing its cleo
trical conductors along, across and
above the surface of the streets in
connection with said subways, said
poles shall be placed inside and with
in eighteen inches and adjacent to
curb line, and the distance between
any two distributing poles shall new
er be less than five hundred feet;
said cables shall in all cases be plac-
ed under the carriage way and with
in five CD feet of the curb line, I'M
less distractions make it necessary
to go further than the curb line, and
then after written permission has
been given by the committee on
streets and sewers of this council
and shall be placed at least twenty
four inches below the surface of the
street.
Section s.. And be it further or