The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-12
Historic Mount Holly.
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
BY Joseph C. Cowgirl

Continued from last week.
Grant street, extending from High !
street to the railroad and thence south
to Water street this latter part has
since been named Kearney street,. was
laid out early in 1854. The arsenal of
the Burlington brigade state militia
stood directly in what is now the en-
trance to Grant street. In assessing
damages they were allowed $50. This
arsenal was a small brick building, not
large enough to drill much more than
the manual of arms in. This building
remember as the home of the Mount
Holly Guards" Captain Joseph Gale,
man Of unbounded abdominal pro.
portions. His son Samuel b. Gale,
was first lieutenant, with M. HI. John
son second lieutenant Good Intent,
when first organized as the Delaware
Fire Company, housed their engine in
the arsenal before removing to Mount
Holly Avenue.
In 1854 White street was extended to
Monroe and thence to Pine street.
AT the same time (1S6S) that An
trims alley was officially run, another
small alley or street named Woods
alley was run from the east side OF
Buttonwood street eastward, then
southwark, and then again eastward
until it reached Antrim's alley. In
the Amos Bullock survey for A. S.
Ridgway, in May, 1856, this alley APP
pears as ending before taking the third
course to the east, and a school is
marked as standing at the end of it.
Shreve street was run out in 1869.
Previous to this street being run out
there was a road running over part of
this course up to Hume and Shreve's
farm at Paducah, think they called
it, but which branched before reaching
the farm land, and led down to Burtis'
ice house. The starting of this road
was not so far south as the present be-
ginning, but made short and sharp
curve at Budd Powell's corner, as it
was called then. A little way up this
road, which was sand, scrub oak and
, pines, was a place used for burying
dead horses with the euphonious name
vi 11OioC ACdNCus
Bispham street, Budd street, west
end OF Monroe street from WhiG,
street, were all run out in 1870. An
{ other named Read street was laid GU
l at the same time.
! Rossell street was dedica ted to public
. use by Isaac p. Goldsmith, ct al, il
t December, 1884.
oil Charles street was dedicated to publi,
IVY Eho rlno EoL 4 q
8 1880, but was not accepted by tn
township committee until Novembe
20, 1886.
r In January, 1890, the street runnin,
Y north from Water, opposite King
d thence east to the railroad, and the
: north on the Andersonville tract wa
l. run out, as well as the continuation G
Grant street out to Water.
@ In the same year Hulme street, run
n ming east from Pine, between Shrev
If street and the railroad, was dedicate,
% by r. c. Shreve, ct al, and accepted
Ie In 1898 the Mount Holly Land an
lie Improvement Company dedicate
Is several streets to public use west {
Pine street and south of the railroad
a Two deceased citizens, carpenter Der
it lamin Gaskill and Owen Shinn, agree
N that upper Cherry originally did n,
N extend beyond about where it no
8. crosses Union street. In his boyhoo
days Gaskill was an apprentice to
Is Mr.. Saller, whose shop was so situate
ID that they had to go up the street to g,
n to it. He thought that Union was e,
rs tended by Hazelhurst somewhel
Ie around 1889, SO / have come to th
it conclusion after a somewhat extende
Is search that Union, Cherry and poss
(. bly, upper Buttonwood were laid OF
le about the same time that the Risdon
9 were developing their purchase, whic
was about 1888 or 80.
2 / take it that Branch street wa
il never anything but a country roa
Il leading to the Mills, later probably q
n a part of Mill street. as is evidenced b
j. q resurvey of Mill street in 1893, vi;
d Beginning at a station about th
IS middle Of High street in Mount Holly
n on the north side OF the market hous
d 49, to the intersection of the ne,
II road leading from Mount Holly t
: Monmouth Court House."