The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1907-02-21
NOTICE. In the matter of the APP

~ plication by petition of the Jersey Central
Traction Company for consent and PERMISSION
to construct, operate and maintain street rail-
wav in the Streets, Avenues or highways, in
the County of Monmouth
Public notice is hereby given that an appli-
cation has been made t. the Board OF CHOSEN SCI
State of New Jersey, by the Jersey Central Irac-
ton Company, corporation formed under the
provisions of an act OF the legislature Of the
State of New Jersey, entitled An act to author
ize the formation of traction companies Tor the
construction and operation of street railways or
railroads operated as street Tallways, ana %
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-
plying to said Board of Chosen Freeholder's Tor
a location of the route and for location OF the
tracks of the line of railway OF said Jersey Cen
said County of Monmouth. IN the state OF New
Jersey, conformaby to the route designated in
the description of the route of such line of rail-
way, and the map exhibiting the same, filed in
the Office of the Secretary of State at Trenton,
New Jersey, and tor permission to construct,
operate and maintain its said railway upon the
route aforesaid within the limits of the said
County Of Monmouth.
Notice is hereby gwen to all parties interested
that the said Board of Chosen Freeholders will
consider said application at meeting of said
Board to be held on the FIRST day of MARCH,
nineteen hundred and seven, at 10 O'Clock,
in the forenoon at the Court House, at Freehold,
in the County of Monmouth, State of New Jers-
ey, when and where all parties interested in
said application may be heard for or against the
same
name of the corporation presenting the said
petition is the Jersey Central Traction Com
pany, that the date of filing the same is Feb.
IL 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 electri-
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
southeastern 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 Navesi nix
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 ofthe rails and poles to be used in connec-
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 of the Board,
Dated February 18TH, 1907
VIM. B. coNovER. Director.
Attest:
GEO. w. PATTERSON, JR., Clerk. (Ie.2o)