The Penn's Grove record., 1916-03-10
AN

GAN ORDINANCE to authorize the Salem
and Pennsgrove Traction Company to
construct, maintain and operate a street
railway in, over and upon the Salem and
PennsYille Road, and the River Road,
in the Township of Upper Penn's Neck,
and to use electric motors as the propell-
ing power of its cars, and to provide for
the erection of poles and the stringing Of
wires thereon to supply electricity TO the
WHEREAS, The Salem and Pennsgrove
Traction Company, a corporation created
under and existing by virtue of the laws Of
the State of New Jersey, having filed in the
office of the Secretary of State, of the State
of New Jersey, a description of the route
of a new line of street railway hoWlng the
termIni of such new line, together with a
map exhibiting the same, and the courses
and distances thereof, including in said de-
scriptiou and maps the highways and pub
lie places hereinafter named, and having by
its petition applied to the Township Com
mittee of the Township of Upper Penns
Neck for a location of its tracks and per-
mission to construct, maintain and operate
said street railway on the said highway
and public places of the Township of Up
per PENIS Neck, hereinafter mentioned,
and the said Township Committee having
by resolution passed on the twenty-eighth
day of January, Nineteen hundred and
place when and where the petition and ap-
plication would be considered, and all per
sons interested in the said matters heard,
and notice of said meeting and hearing hav-
ing been published in the "Penn's Grove
Record" ii newspaper printed in PENIS
Grove, near to and circulating In said
Township of Upper PENIS Neck weekly,
for at least two weeks prior to said meet
ing. said newspaper having been designated
by the said Township Committee to pub
fish the same, and having been set up in
five public places in the Township of Up
per PENIS Neck, to-wit:-
One on Wright's School House;
One on Wiley's School House;
one at Central School;
One on the new school at Riverside Vii
lage;
designated by said Township Committee as
the places for posting said notices, and
the consents i'll writing of the owner or
owners of at least one-half in amount in
lineal feet of property fronting on the high
ways and public places hereinafter named
(Which consents are executed and acknowl-
edged as are deeds entitled to be Of record)
having been duly filed with the Clerk of the
said Township Committee, and the said
Township Committee having heard said
Salem and Pennsgrove Traction Company,
and all persons interested in said applica-
ton, or desiring to be heard thereon. and
no reason appearing to the contrary, there
fore,-The Township Committee of the
Township of Upper PENIS Neck ordains;-
/. That permission be and is hereby
granted to the Salem and Pennsgrove Trac-
ton Company.
(a) To construct, maintain and operate
a oLACCL W Win Il ANNCoohiS
switches and turnOuts, in, upon and along
the surface of the Salem and Pennsville
Road and the River Road, the courses and
distances of which are shown upon the
map of the route of said railway, showing
the location of the tracks filed with the
Clerk of the Township Committee Of Upper
Penn's Neck.
Oh To use electricity and electric motors
as the propelling or motive power of its
cars on said street railway; this grant of
permission includes the right to construct,
prpct and maintain Quch nOlpS wires com
Quits and other appliances as shall be APP
propriate or necessary to operate such street
railway with electricity and electric motors.
2. Said street railway. shall be laid long
itudinally, in, upon and along said high
ways, and the tracks shall be laid in such
places and locations in said highways as
shown upon a map of the route of said
railway showing the location Of the track
filed with the Clerk of the Township of Up
per PENIS Neck.
3. The said poles necessary for the sup
port of the overhead wires and construc-
ton shall be of wood, or other suitable
material, and shall be erected as shown
upon the map Of said railway above men
toned.
4. That the permission and consent for
the use of the roads and highways as
aforesaid is granted upon the following
terms and conditions =
Section l. That the use of the Township
roads and bridges shall be subject to such
reasonable regulation as the said Township
Committee of the Township of Upper
ItlH > Ntth mas uoW UT may hereafter, DH
ordinance, prescribe relative to streets,
highways or bridges.
Section .. That the said Company shall
erect, lay down or construct its line in
Guiding the necessary tracks, poles, con-
duits and wires in accordance with the plan
of the route of said railway, showing the
location of the tracks, filed with the Clerk
of the Township of Upper PENIS Neck,
which said plan is hereby approved.
Section 3. That whenever the said com
pany shall desire any change in said plan,
or shall desire TO erect, lay down or con-
struet any track, poles, cOnduits or wires,
not shown on said plan, it shall present
a plan or plans showing in detail the
change desired, or the new track, poles,
conduits or wires desired, together with the
location Of the track and conduits, the 10
c%ation, number and size of the poles, and
the location and height of the wires, to the
Township Committee of the Township of
Upper Penn's Neck for approval or dis
approval. In case the said Township Com
mittee of the Township Of Upper PENIS
Neck disapproves any plan or plans as to
the location of any track, poles, conduits
or wires, they shall designate some other
location the said plan or plans, or a copy
thereof, with the approval of said Body
endorsed thereon, shall be filed forthwith
with the Clerk of said Body before any
work therein planned, shall be commenced,
and said plans, when filed, shall be con-
sidered as a part hereof, and the work
hereunder subject to all conditions, re-
strlctions and regulations contained herein
Section 4 That all poles erected by said