Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-09
WEST WILDWOOD ORDINANCE

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Company, it's successors and assigns. to
maintain and operate its present aerial
and underground works, and to erect, con-
struct, reconstruct, lay and maintain addi-
tional aerial and underground works, con-
sisting of poles, crossarms, cables, wires,
conduits ducts, mains, pipes. manholes,
and all other necessary fixtures and ap-
planes for its local and through lines IN,
upon, along, over, across and under each
and every of the public roads, streets, ave-
nues, alleys, and highways of the Borough
of West wildwood, County of Cape a
State of New Jersey regulating the man
ner of constructing and maintaining the
said aerial and underground works to
use the aerial and underground works of
others and to permit others to use its
aerial and underground works, upon such
arrangements as may be agreed to; and
regulating the use of the said public roads,
streets, avenues, alleys and highway by
the said Company.
Whereas, The Delaware & Atlantic Tele-
graph & Telephone Company, on the 3Oth
day of July, A. d. 1921, filed with and
presented to the Council of the Borough
of West Wildwood, a Petition praying that
the consent of the said Council be granted
to maintain and operate its present aerial
and underground works, and to erect, con-
struct reconstruct, lay and maintain addi-
tional aerial and underground works, con-
sisting of poles, crossarms, cables, wires,
conduits. ducts, mains, pipes, manholes,
and all other necessary fixtures and APP
planes for it's local and through lines in,
upon, along, over, across and under each
and every of the public roads, streets, ave-
nues, alleys, and highways within the linn
its of the Borough of West Wildwood,
County of Cape May, State of New Jersey,
as may be required from time to time, for
the conduct of its business in accordance
with the Statute in such case maze ana
provided, for the term of fifty (5O) years;
to use the aerial and underground works
of others and to permit others to use ITS
aerial and underground works. upon such
arrangements as may be agreed to and
WHEREAS, the said Borough council
did, by Resolution, designate the 24th day
of September, A. d. 1921, at 8 O'Clock /. M,
at the Casino, West Wildwood, New Jer-
sey. as the time and place for the consid-
Grafton of the application aforesaid and
WHEREAS, Notice of the time and
place fixed as aforesaid has been gwen
by publication in the Wildwood Sun-Trl-
bune and the Five Mile Beach Journal,
newspapers printed in the City OF Wild
wood, N. j., and circulated in the Borough
of West Wildwood, once a week for az
least two weeks, and by posting SAID
Notice in five of the most public places in
the said Borough of West Wildwood at
least fourteen lays before the meeting az
which said application was considered;
and
WHEREAS, at the time and place speci-
fed for hearing of said application, the
same was heard and fully considered by
the said Borough Counc and
WHEREAS, this ordinance was intro
duced and passed first and second readings
at a regular meeting of Borough Council
of West Wildwood on the oath day of Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1921 was published on the
29th day of September. A. D.. 1921, in the
Wildwood Sun-Tribune, a weekly news
paper printed in the City of Wildwood
New Jersey, and circulated in the Borough
of West Wildwood, complete in form in
which it was read in full and finally
passed, and remained on file IN me once
of the Borough Clerk for public inspection
for two weeks prior to the date OF It's maj
passage on the 26th day of November
A. D. 1921.
Council of the Borough of West Wildwood,
County of Cape May, State of New Jersey,
do ordain and enact as follows:
BE AND IS Hereby GRANTED
to The Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph
& Telephone Company, it's successors
and assigns, to maintain and operate
its present aerial and underground works,
and to erect, construct, reconstruct, lay
and maintain additional aerial and under
ground works, consisting of poles, cross
arms, cables, wires, conduits, ducts, MAINS
| pipes, manholes, and all other neces-
sary fixtures and appliances for its local
and through lines. in, upon, along,
over, across and under each and every OF
| the public roads, streets, avenues, alleys
| and highways of the Borough of West
| Wildwood. County of Cape May, State OF
New Jersey, as may be requlred, from
time to time to use the aerial and under
| ground works of others and to permit 9TH
ers to use its aerial and underground
works, upon such arrangements as MAJ
be agreed to; Provided:
SECTION /. That the use of the public
roads, streets, alleys and highways shall
be subject to such reasonable regulations
as the said Borough now has or hereafter
may, by ordinance. prescribe relative to
| street or highway openings.
SEC 2. That whenever the said Com
pany shall desire to erect, lay down or
construct any poles, %conduits or manholes,
it shall present a plan or plans showing
the location. number and size thereof to
the Chairman of the Street Committee,
who is hereby authorized and empowered
for and on behalf of the Council of said
Borough to approve or disapprove as to
location. In case the said Chairman dis
approves any plan or plans as TO the loca-
ton of any poles, conduits, or manholes,
he shall designate thereon, by the use of
appropriate words or marks, or both, some
other location suitable for the purposes of
said Company. which plan or plans, or
thereon, shall be filed with the Clerk of
said Borough before any work shall be
commenced provided, hat nothing in this
section shall be construed to require the
submission or approval of plans when the
said Company finds it necessary to renew
or respace existing poles.
SEC. 8. That all poles hereafter erected
by said Company shall extend not less
than twenty 600 feet above the surface
of the ground, and shall be so located as
in no way to interfere with the safety or
convenience of persons travelling on or
over the said roads, streets, alleys and
highways; and in the installation and
maintenance of its underground system.
said Company hall not open or cucumber
more of any road, street, alley or highway
than will be necessary to enable it to per-
form the work with proper economy and
efficiency; and the said Company shall
replace and properly relay. with material
similar to that forming part of the original
suIfaeing or paving, that portion of any
sidewalk or street pavement which may
have been displaced or damaged by it in
the construction and maintenance of its
system.
SEC. 4. That space on the poles
erected. and in the conduits constructed
under the provisions of this ordinance.
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