Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-05-07
An Ordinance

An Ordinance of the Board of Chosen Free
holders OF the County of Cap May, in the
State of New Jersey, granting consent and
permission TO The Cape May Light d Pow
er Company, a corporation of the State of
New Jersey, to erect poles and string wires
thereon, with the necessary fixtures, in
and upon certain County Roads in the
County OF Cape May, for the purpose of
providing electric light and power for the
residents Of Cape May County residing on
or near the said roads, and over which the
said Board of Freeholders have control.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders of the
County of Cape May, do ordain as follows:
/. That permission be, and is hereby gran
ted to The Cape May Light & Power Com
pany, for the period of twenty years from
and after the passage of this ordinance) to
erect poles and string wires thereon, with the
necessary fixtures in and upon the following
County Roads, towit: The Main Seashore
Road from a point where the line of the poles
OF said Company now end at Erma, to a point
where the same Is crossed by the West Jersey
and Seashore Railroad at Burleigh; the Schel-
fingers Landing Roa from the bridge at
S~chellinger's Landing to a point where the
same intersects the Main Seashore Road at
Cold Spring: the Meadow Road to Holly
Beach City from a point where the same in
tersects the said Main Seashore Road at Rio
Grande to the Borough limits OF Holly Beach
City; the Green Creek Road from a point
where the same intersects the Main Seashore
Road at Rio Grande to Schellinger's Corner
al Green Creek, for the purpose of providing
electric light and power for the residents OF
Cape May County. residing on or near the said
roads, and over which the said Board of Free
holders have control.
2. That no poles shall be erected without
first obtaining consent of the owner, or own
ers of the soil to the placing thereof.
3. That said poles so erected by the said
Company shall be neat and symmetrical and
shall not be less than twenty-five feet in length
and shall be SO erected as in no way to inter-
fere with the safety or con venience of persons
travelling on or over the said roads,, streets or
highways.
i. That all poles erected under this ordi-
nance shall be erected under the supervision
of the Committee of The Board of Chosen
Freeholders of the County OF Cape May, or its
duly authorized agent for that purpose, said
Board reserving the right and having the au-
thority to make any change or changes ofthe
location of said poles which may hereafter be
deemed. necessary, which change or changes
when so made, shall be made at the expense
replace and relay any sidewalk or street
pavement which may have been misplaced
or damaged by it in the erection of said poles,
and to leave the same in as good condition as
they were in before the erection thereof.
3. That nothing In this ordinance shall be
construed TO grant unto the said The Cape
sors, any exclusive right whatever, for the
purposes aforesaid, or to prevent a similar
grant or privilege to any other
8. That the said The Cape May Light d
Power Company for itself and it's successors,
does agree that IL Will furnish to The Board OF
Chosen Freeholders of the County of Cape
May for a period OF twenty years from and
after the passage of this ordinance, free and
without any cost whatever TO the said Board
or TO the County of Cape May, "A so C. P. light
at every point where said County Roads are
crossed by a railroad, and at each end of any
drawbrtdges on said roads, and one at each
draw.
Z. That this ordinance shall be imperative
and void as to any of the roads above named,
unless the company shall erect its poles and
string its wires thereon with the necessary
fixtures, and comply with the other terms of
this ordinance, within a period of eighteen
months from and after the passage of the
same.
s. That this ordinance shall not become
effective unless an acceptance In writing of
such ordinance shall be filed by said Company
with the Clerk OF The Board of Chosen Free
holders of the County of Cape May within
thirty days after receiving notice OF the pas
sage of such ordinance.
O.. That this ordinance shall tax effect inn
mediately after its final passage and due pub
lication; and the costs and expense of pre-
pairing, printing and publishing the same
shall be paid by the said Company.
Passed at a regular meeting of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders OF the County OF Cape
May, held May 4, A. d. 1909.
ANTHONY b. SMITH, Director.
Attest-Samuel Townsend, Clerk.