Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-04-19


the obstruction on she Pearson property on
Aberdeen Place, and thought something
ought to be done to complete the improve
ment. Mr.. CatteIl asked both Mr.. Pan
coast and Clark il they had waited on Mr..
Pearson, to learn what be had to say
They had not, and no action was taken
pending their visit to Mr. Pearson.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR.
April 10th, 1906.
To President and Members Of City Council: !:
Gentlemen I hereby return the Reso-
luton giving the Delaware and Atlantic
Telegraph and Telephone Company GER
tain privileges in reference to locating
poles, conduits, &C., passed at regular
meeting Of City Council held April Sd,
1906, without my approval, for the fol-
lowing reasons
] do not consider proper application
for laying OF conduits has been made in
accordance with the General Ordinance
of 1892. I find nothing among the pa
pers handed me by the City Clerk having
the character of the proposed work. The
only paper / have is a plan marked A,
which, in my judgment, is not proper
plan to file as an official record, for the
reason that all oil the data in reference to
the conduits and number of ducts, &c,
is marked in lead pencil or red pencil.
which is liable to be rubbed out, altered
at any time, or worn out by age Even
taking the plan as it is, the conduits are
on the wrong side Of the street III some
places, to-wit South Broad Street they
are laid on the easterly side; in my jldg-
ment they should be laid on the westerly
side, as there is only one line OF pipe on
the westerly side of Broad Street, while
the easterly side has three lines. In other
words, it looks to me asif the whole plan
of conduits was made for the convenience
Eof the Telephone Company, without any
consultation with those in authority as to
location Of various pipe lines. The loca-
ticn OF the conduits should be made from
actual survey, with proper measurement
and distances from fixed points, and so
marked on proper plan, together With
complete specifications in reference to
| the construction of the conduits, number
Of ducts, manholes, &c.
No committee could properly supervise
| the construction of conduits without pro-
per plans and specifications. AS 1t IS
now the committee would be entirely at
the mercy of she Telephone Company.
| Again, the bond to be given by said
Company should be conditioned, not only
| to replace the surface of the streets over
trenches in good condition as before
the work was begun, but to keep them
up to grade for a certain length Of time
after the completion of the work, for at
least one year. Trenches will settle. The
placing of the Fire Alarm system by the
Resolution, under the control of the Fire
Committee, is in violation OF an ordinance
Of the city, which placed the same under
the direction and control Of the Chief OF
the Fire Department | see no reason
for a change, nor do I believe this is q
legal way to make the change Again, |
see no reason why the five sets OF tele-
phones included in the resolution, should
not be furnished in accordance with Sec
tion 10 of the General Ordinance OF 1902,
without expense to said city or the otfl-
cials. There is nothing in Section 10
limiting the same to the city limits. nor
should it be.
In reference to the clause in the Reso-
luton about extension bells for the
Mayor, Chief of Police. &c, the word
private in twenty first line of second
page of the Resolution, should be stricken
out. AS it reads now, an officer or lore
man having. free telephone, could not
get an extension bell | also think that
the Resolution should provide that all
extension bells should be placed in the
various places only by the order of the
Mayor. Again, the Resolution should
provide that the privilege of laying con-
duits in the streets, Is not an exclusive
privilege of the streets, the city reserving
the right to grant any similar privilege.
Plan B is in the same condition as Plan
A, not being proper plan for an official
record. / do not consider that the two
dollars to be paid annually by the Com
pany per pole is of any advantange to the
city, for the reason, that the Company
will deduct the amount from the annual
taxes. IF the two dollars charge is a
good thing, why should it not commence
at once, instead of waiting until the sys-
tenn Of conduits is completed and in use.
/ The Legislature of the State of New
Jersey, in its wisdom, passed limited
franchise bill, which is now a law. As
the Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and
Telephone Company violated the Gen.
eral Ordinance of 1902, and thereby made
themselves liable for the repeal Of their
franchise (if they had amy under said
ordinance, would it not be proper before
giving them additional privileges, to
make oneof the conditions an acceptance
|of the limited franchise law
This Resolution, adopted April 8, 1905,
looks to me like premium offered to vlo-
lators OF the City Ordinance.
At this time / think it proper to call
atfenfi0n ia a false impressiOn given out