The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1907-02-28

NOTICE. In the matter of the APP
IN phcation by petition of the Jersey Central
Traction Company for consent and permission
to construct, operate and maintain street raii-
way in the Streets, Avenues or highways, in
the County of Monmouth.
Public notice is hereby given that an appli-
cation has been made to the Board of Chosen
Freeholders of the County of Monmouth. in the
State of New Jersey, by the Jersey Central Trac-
ton Company, corporation formed under the
provisions of an act of the legislature OF the
State of New Jersey entitled IAN act to author
ize the formation of traction companies for the
construction and operation OF street railways or
railroads operated as street railways, and to
regulate the same approved March IL, 1893, and
the acts supplementary thereto and amendatory
thereof, by petition duly signed by said cor
poration dated February II, 1907. and filed with
the Clerk OF said Board, February 18th, 1907, aP-
plyinq to said Board of Chosen Freeholder's for
location of the route and for a location OF the
trail Traction Company within the limits OF the
said County of Monmouth. in the State of New
Jersey conformably to the route designated in
the description of the route OF such line of rail
way and the map exhibiting the same, hled IN
the Office of the Secretary OF State at Trenton,
operate and maintain its said railway upon the
route aforesaid within the limits OF the said
County of Monmouth.
that the said Board of Chosen Freeholders will
consider said application at a meeting of said
Board to be held on the FikSI DAY OF MAXI ,
in the forenoon at the Court House, at Freenoio.
in the County of Monmouth, State of New Jers-
ey, when and where all parties interested IN
said application may be hearu iof OF against the
same.
And notice is hereby further given that the
name of the corporation presenting the SAID
petition is the Jersey Central Traction COM
PAW that the date of fling the same is FEB
"a 1907 that the character of the road intend
ed to be constructed. operated and maintained
is street railway to be used for the carriage OF
passengers and also for the carriage OF freight
and express matter, and the cars are TO be OPP
Grated thereon by motive power OF electricity
supplied by the overhead or trolley system or
some other method of conducting electricity or
said cars to be operated by any other method or
system of operating the street railway cars
excepting by steam, and for the erection OF the
necessary poles and wires to supply the eiectra-
cal current and for the erection and construction
of all other appliances necessary to operate the
aforesaid railway cars by any method OF convey
ance excepting steam, said permission, consent
or franchise to be for the term OF twenty years
And that the Streets avenues and other public
places through which the same shall extend IN
the said County of Monmouth are as follows,
to-wit<
Beginning at the shore end of the wagon pier
at the foot of First Avenue, in the Borough OF
Atlantic Highlands, and running southerly.
along in First avenue to Valley Drive and THENCE
southeasterly along Valley Drive, to the public
| road at Stone Church; thence curving to the
! left, along the County Gravel road. to the
Borough Of Highlands; and along Navesink
| Avenue in the Borough Of Highlands to the
easterly edge of the said County road IN said
Navesink avenue in said Borough OF Highlands
! more particular description OF said route
and Of the rails and poles to be used in connec-
i ton with the said street railway. being desig-
| mated upon map annexed to said petition and
now on file with the Clerk of the said Board of
Chosen Freeholders
BY order ofthe Board,
WM. B. coNovER. Director.
GEO. W. Patterson. JK., Clerk. (I6.a01