Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25
AN ORDINANCE.

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establish and maintain conduit
and to erect and maintai
posts or poles in the Cit
of Perth Amboy, in the Cour
ty of Middlesex and Stat
of New Jersey, and to string, con
struct and maintain cables, wire
and manholes for electrical conduc
tors in the streets and avenues Il
said city, and designating tn
streets or highways in which SAT-
conduits and poles or post
may be placed and prescrlD
ing the manner of placing, erect
ing, laying or constructing INT
same.
Sec. 1. That permission be ano
the same is hereby granted TO the
Citizens Electric Light, Heat and
Power Company, its successors and
assigns to place posts or poles To
sustsin the necessary wires n liz
lures, to construct and maintain
for the uses and purposes OF their
business. q system of subWays, ana
underground conduits, laterals, SER
vice eonduits, service boxes and man
holes together with the necessary dis
tributing poles in over, upon and
beneath the surface OF all
streets and portions of the
streets hereinafter designated, and
to place, maintain and operate
thereon and therein wires, cab
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ductors necessary or approp-
riate for such purposes: to con
struct, maintain and operate for
such purposes, a system OF electrical
conductors for distribution from the
electrical conductors to be placed i'll
subways or underground conduits
aforesaid.
See. 2. That the following named
streets, avenues 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
place the necessary fixtures there
on for the purposes aforesaid to
wit: Hall avenue, Washington street,
Fayettce 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
of commencing to furnish light,
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 Il
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 map or plan
showing the proposed location
of the posts or poles and
the location and Dimensions of
the s%ubways, 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
said subways or under
ground conduits shall be made of
cement-lined iron pipes or vitrified
Or tile, except laterals and SER
vice connections which may be Gre
Osotcd wooden logs and shall be laid
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
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sion of electricity for light, heat or
power. The manholes 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-
ycnient for placing, reaching and
operating the electrical conductors
which the said Company may from
time to time place in subways or UNI
foreground conduits, and shall be so
constructed as not to interfere with
the passage of tho 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
manholes to the condition in which
1t 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 CD inch
es at a time; it shall be thoroughly
rammed and compacted before an