The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-24
THE TROLLEY
ORDINANCE
The Provisions Of the Trolley
Franchise Which Seem
Far to All Parties.
AN ORDINANC


or THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN Al STREET RAILWAY
UPON sPEEDWELL AVENUE IN
THE TOWN OF MORRISTOWN IN
THE COUNTY OF MORRIS AND
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE
OPERATED BY ELECTRICITY, By
MEANS OF OVER HEAD WIRES, OR
oTI m WISE AND LOCATING THE
SAME AND SPECIFYING THE CON-
DITIoNs UNDER WHICH SAID
COMPANY rs AUTHORIZED TO
BUILD. OPERATE AND MAINTAIN
SAID STREET RAILWAY.
WHEREAS, The Morris County Trac-
tion Company, q corporation organ.
ixed under the provisions of an act
of the Legislature Of the State OF
New Jersey, entitled An act to au-
thorize the formation of traction
companies for the construction and
operation of street railways or rail-
roads operated as street railways
March fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and ninety-Lnree and the supple
ments thereto and amendments
singular the. rights. privileges 1 and
franchises of such duly organized
corporation and to the rights ana
privileges hereinafter granted ana
WHEREAS. Application mas been
made to The Mayor and Board OF
town, in the County Of Morris and
State of New. Jersey, by the MOTIFS
County Traction Company dor isane s,,e
way of the standard guage Of 1ous tr
feet eight and one-half inches, with
necessary poles anG Il anid MlTes sown np95o 5o
be operated by electric motors sup
Piled by electricity by means OF ovo
erhead wires or otherwise, ana 10
for the term of forty years.
u d II ORDAINED by the Mayor
. and Board of Aldermen OF the 2,
Of Morris, and State of New Jersey.
SECTION i. The Morris County
Traction Company is hereby given ven
consent upon the terms hereinafter
set forth, to construct 9 SURFACE ssrees @
railway OF the standard guage OF 9t,r L9us
All necessary poles, wires, stdings ana
tugn-outs; the tracks OF SAID road 70
be located on Speedwen Avenue II "A
the Town of MorrtstoWn a1oresaius
ia the following manner:
The centre line of said track TO pc
gin at point In SpeedWei1 Avenue ~
line iItrH Of Park Place; said! beginning
point being four feet, ten anu ons-
fIuarter inches measured ar right an an
eesntre line Of said avenue from which
r1cSrff said track extends along said
Avenue parallel to the centre line
1nartsr inches Westerly at right an.
rles therefrom; the centre line OF sag
avenue, parallel with Wnlcn saae :, Z
track Is to be located is described as
I5Gc BEGINNING at a point where the
centre line OF said avenue is lntsrssc-
ted sgSv Dy sy,da the 81 PapR Place thence
North six degrees and forty-five min
lifes West three hundred ana elgn[y-
NDs NoTth hssi six de degrees and twenty minutes
West Ave hundred and seventy LeeL
and so-lOO feet; thence tsl North i,a
,,stn,,tss East one hundred and sixty
five feet and S0100 feet; thence ~
North fourteen degrees ana iOIIy
minutes sses Eas sso o2s aiCO Of o
S51 North five degrees and hfty-nve
minutes West one hundred and tnirty1S
VCtb twC feet eiSt snd degrees S5l and twenty min
1Jtes West two hundred and eight 1eet
and 72-10O feet; thence (T North sev5
fvvenfy-nine feet and 7-10 feet; thence
(S) North four degrees and twentys
one minutes West one hundred aho ao
thirty-three feet and 'zO1lVv a ~ leet noinf int
IN said avenue four feet ten ana one
quarter inches measured IN W wescSyaa ~
ly direction at right angles l1piA this his
seosnt and 70 construct a double track
surface street railway along saln ave-
nue. parallel to the centre 'saop dlns oFe ne
of one track on each side thereoL, tns
centre line of the most westerly OF
said double tracks beginning az
point in SAID avenue az the s sa snoihs trscR K.
said beginning point. being tour isSs sS
ten and one-quarter inches meas.ursu
at right angles IN a westerly, B a oilve- ave-
nue. at this point; and the centre llne
of the most easterly OF said doupis
tracks to begin az sn ,2 Roins innanuarter ~ Sfer
inches measured in an easterly dlrec-
ffon at right angles from the centre
line Of ssid ag ageh1 ara Prom which
point both of said tracks extend along
the said avenue parallel to the GEN.
tire line ne ~ snersiDl heiog eh four % feet ten ana
one-quarter inches from the centre
line OF said avenuei the centre line OF
said. avenue, paral5et Win l.iIl wn,sih sac =
tracks are 70 pe lalo - oeScripsu as
ho15GMGsIiNNrNG 1B5GTMGsINNrNG at the termination Of
the eighth course GI she en11 mentio1ed %
parallel with which the single track is
located. thence (1) North thirty-seve
feet and 4O-10O feet; (2) North eight
degrees and fourteen minutes EaSg
three hundred and eighty six feet and
sgstyV grees ana ana twenty-one minutes East
SSne hundred and two feet and 45-100
feet. thence (4) North sixteen degrees
ana fifty-nine minutes East one nun-
dreai ana seventy feet and 45-10O feet;
thence (5) North twenty-five degrees
ana fifty-nine minutes East one nun.
dred and forty eight feet and SO-lVV
feet: thence (6) North tWenty-slx oes
greee and thirty-nine min, minutes . Eass nH
o;r sO1oO Ssst thence SnS @o1rteen SO S0len minutes
East ten hundred and sixty SIX xeet
and 45-100 feet; thence (Sl Noren TOUT
teen teen degrees and thirty-5wo ,shtvsnns hivuses
and I0-lO0 feet; thence lsl North
twenty-one degrees and twenty elgne
minutes West seven hundred ana slx
feet; themes l1Ql North six degrees
hundred feet; thence (11) North eight
degrees and twenty-eight minutes
East one j, hNundFed N1ssS and tlfty fsss sgd
ys fsst Tos So @ pSt WRcrs said ana
Avenue Is intersected by the line d.
viding the Township Of Morris from
the Town q Morriatown; the most
sns n = where sShs the said track is Inter intersected
Nv the aforesaid dividing line; the
centre line Of said Westerly track
being in said line and four feet ten
and one quarter inchea, measured
ceStFs sfSss iins = cf said x1ense S sSm and shs h
most Easteriy OF said tracks HndfnR
where the same is lntoraected BY the
aforesaid dividing line; the centre line
ten and cne-Quarter inches measured
Eaeterly at right angles 20 the centre
line OF said Avenue.
Also siding, the centre line 81
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