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IROLLEY ON COUNTY ROAD?rHEEHOLDEKS WILL VOJTK ON PBOJE CT M ON DA T.Public Sentiment, Noiw Jibstniiilj)7 Liberal Proposition of the Delaware Valley Tract Ion Company, Is Opposed to Granting Franchise.Tbe question whether the Delaware Valley Traction Company shall have a franchise to construct and operate a trolley line on the new 1206,000 PIeaBamvMe Atlantic CityCounty highway, now in course of construe-♦4lion, will he settled Monday when the Coumy Board of Chosen Freeholders will assemble In special session.In Memorial Hall at Atlantic City to bear tbe reporter the Special Com*mi t tee appointed by the Board at. its Marchmeeting to confer with ihe traction people*relativo lo their proposition submitted 4o that body.* ♦The traction syndicate in their propdsitionotbe Board agreed to widen tbe highwayrom sixty to eighty feet, furnish gravel tomplete the highway at a nominal cost,trengtben the drawbridges where necessaryt their own espense and pay an annual?jMal ol 12,500 for the privileges or buildingnd operating tbeir trolley H«o thereon.The statement current that the Special ommiuee or the Board will report favor-bly upon the acceptance of t he propositions f tbe trolley syndicate has bronght forth aeluge of protests from ail sections of the onnty and tbe special rocei Jng of the Solons onday to decide the matter grves promise I developing into a lively affair. Public ntiment generally Is opposed to granting he franchise.
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Mays Landing Record
Mays Landing, New Jersey, US
Sat, Mar 21, 1903
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