Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-12-11
AN ORDINANCE

and that part OF putnam Street, two
hundred and forty feet West of the
Westerly line of Manor Road in the
City of Beverly.
WHEREAS by a certain plan of
lots, known as Doctor William Pet
tits Plan of Town Lots, Beverly, New
Jersey dated March Is, 1851 and filed
in the office of the Clerk of the
County of Burlington, Mount Holly,
New Jersey, it appears that the said
Doctor William Petit, who, at that
time was the owner of the land re-
ferred to in the said plan, did,
among other things lay out three GER
tain streets, one known as Cherry
Street and which, on the said plan
extended from the Westerly side of
the then Mount Holly Street (now
Manor Road, Westwardly about
three hundred and ninety-six and
eight-tenths feet (S96.8) to the Wes-
terly line of the said tract and
which street was sixty feet (6O)
wide and he, also, laid out
street known as Pine Street which
extended from the Westerly line of
the said Manor Road (then Mount
Holly Street, to the Westerly line of
the said plan and was fifty feet (5O)
wide street and a street known as
Putnam Street which extended from
the Westerly side of the said Manor
Road (then Mount Holly street, to
the Westerly line of the said plan,
which was, also, fifty feet (5O)
wide street.
AND WHEREAS none of the said
streets have ever been opened or
used, nor has the said easement ever
been exercised or in any way used,
nor have the public, in any way as
sumed control thereof or maintained
the same in a state of repair
AND WHEREAS it appears that the
designation of such streets on the
said map was dedication to public
use and that the easement and the
said dedication was created there
by.
AND WHEREAS, the said Royal
Holding Company and the said Ger
aldine M. Calebaugh have made an
application to the Common Council of
the City of Beverly to release and
extinguish the public rights in the
said streets or parts thereof, here
matter particularly described.
AND WHEREAS, it appears to the
Mayor and the Common Council of
the City of Beverly that the afore- |
said Cherry Street between the Wes-
terly line of the said Manor Road
and the Westerly line of the said
Doctor William Pettit's plan of Town !
lots of Beverly, New Jersey, dated
March Is, 1851, and that part of Pine
Street between the Westerly line of |
the said Manor Road and the Wes-
terly line of plan aforesaid and of |
Putnam Street two hundred and for
ty feet West of the Westerly line of
Manor Road between the Westerly |
line of Manor Road and the Westerly
line of the aforesaid Doctor William
Pettitls plan of Town lots herein de-
scribed, will not be of public bene-
fit and that the public interest will be
better served by releasing the said
streets or the said parts thereof
from such dedication.
THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED
AN ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the City of Beverly:
l. That the public rights arising
from such dedication of the afore-
said streets, described as follows:
GAY Cherry Street from the Wes-
terly side of Manor Road Westwardly
about three hundred and ninety-six
and eight-tenths feet (396.8) to the
Westerly line of the said tract, be-
ing sixty (6O) feet wide street.
(bN Pine Street from the Wester-
,ly line of the said Manor Road to
the Westerly side of the said plan,
being fifty feet (50) wide street.
(c) Putnam Street from point
two hundred and forty feet west of
the Westerly line of the said Manor
Road B the Westerly side of the
said pin, being also fifty (50) feet
wide street. Il
be am the same are hereby re-
leased and extinguished. /;
2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
that the persons making application
for such release or discharge shall