The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-10
TIE PROTEAN JERSEYMAN.
RECETVER LATHROP IND COMMISSION.
hR LATIfROP rs. lunar LdTHROP.

for the New Jersey Central Railroad.
TRrSroN Feb. SThc greatest Protcan
political performer in New Jersey TODAY Is the
Hon. Francis 5. Lnthrop Of Morris Plains All
around Morris Plains he l. best known IA tho
man who engineered the costly job that gavo
New Jersey her magnificent lunatc asylum.
Down hero Mt Trenton be IL known ~ Judge
Francis ;. Lathrop VI the Court Of Errors and
Appeals. Along that classic portion OF tho
North River, whore the waters Of Communpaw
Bay wink lazly Mt Trinity stecpc. he ia known
ms Francis a. Lathrop. Esq. Receiver for tho
Now Jersey Central Railroad. All around the
rivers. bays. creeks. and those parts of the
ocean wherever tide flows and. flowing.
touches square inch of Jersey sand or soil. he
IS know rs the Hon. Francis : Lathrop. Chair
man Of New Jerseys Riparian Commission.
In addition to these various characters. there
have boon hut few Democratic State Conven-
lions Mt which he has not made himself felt
from room 3. Trenton House. Not MANY Dem
ocratie candidates for Governor appear to have
been called Of tho Lord without consultation
1rst with the old Judge" and from the Same
NJ. the cdict has come that sealed the fate. one
way or tho other. Of many little legislative
venture. "D-n him. said u well-known Jer
sey eN-ofllcial to- day. adding at the same tmo
few more nitro-elyccrino cXpetvcs you
must either fight him or submit To him, and
when you submit 10 him you must ever after
ward wear the Iathrop collarw
The chief interest which centres I'm Francis
s. Inthrop, and Will cont inuc to centre In him
until the il-absorbng Jersey City bridge qucs-
lion il settled definitely and forever, arises from
Three of these. however. are about all that are
now yhrHrded To appear and DO exhibited in
the House of Assembly. namely:
Francis g. Lathtop. IN his great aud a. vet. unap.
pro"hnhc character Of Chairman oi the Riparian Com
,. r9s, S lq A. ! nj qcw and 9sy p ;qsGss
r,aneis $ IallTog. the creates, lay figure in the
=. Hc may be called in all verify the father Of
New Jerseys riparian policy. The commits.
sionrrs ,anno, ntrd under the aH approved
March 81. 1863. " to ascertain the rights Of the
State and Of riparian owners. in the lnnds living
under the waters ot tho Bay Of New York, and
elsowhero in this state. approved April II,
1864" hold their first meeting at Hoboken.
April 81. 1862 debated the provisions of tho
May following. took. the oath OF Office. ana
elected Francis $. Lnthrop Chairman.
Since tho pnssnE. Of the net approved April
IL 1864. grants in fee have been made to the
amount OF 81 2ds ~. %. besides grants in lease
TO the amount OF ASH S39.77. \ small number
OF these various grants, notably TINT to the
American Dock and Improvement Company.
amounting to nearly quarter OF amillion dol
and Ambny Railroad Company. amounting 10
round hai miliiQn.were made 10y the Lcgisla-
ture. Nearly all the T"mAiuing grants wore
made by Chairman Lathrop's Commission, and
there Is, perhaps. scarcely one OF them all
in which he has not figured directly or in
directly and IN every instance the good faith Of
Now Jersey has been pledged to the pcrpctuity
For mono OF these however. have the readers
oil The SuN any particular reason to care Just
now. save for thos" which 0rn ufr ted by the
bridge proposed TO be bnilt In violation OF the
rights heretofore conferred: and u summary %
tween the New Jersey Central and half dozen
other corporations, hut that II Is rather ques.
ton between Francis :, lAthrop. receiver Of
the Now Jersey Central in thcs" Two last years.
and Francis =. Iathrop. Chairman aud mem
Der Of New Jerseys Riparian Commission for
In 1862 tho sugar house company located at
the loot Of Washington street, Jersey CITY
chiefly Tor the advantages the Basin. rs II is
called. afforded them. OF getting their refined
products over to New York without nm expense
for nonrp per bSc y df 9F aaS or OK 2
Company had used the same basin for the pur-
pose OF storing Their own aud other hons in
winter. Up 10 this limo there had been no fill
ing in. the accepted theory being that the wat .r
WIS more valuable thpn the land. shortly
aiterward. say in 1863 the New Jersey, Central
got In beyond the canal basin and the dumping
process began. The Central saw that basins
were likely to become valuable and projected
ono beyond the Morris Canal. Tho latter
claimed that what they thought was theirs was
their own. and sought 70 impose tolls upon tho
work business. already correctly detailed In
THE SITS. The crib work went M onr day iy
mcau- Of steuu derrick. Tho canal peull.
brou ht sGit for DAMAGES. II was decided that
Comm sSion"r Iuthrop's occupation may Doe
Tho policy of no State being thus indi'oicl
a. tho l. 'si-itiur'. Offering an annual rental Of
t25un9 We principal sum appraised l'.ng
the s"Hoo fund. The h passed ,iGl. but
Mar ~ l.. ward refused Co sign H. for r'nsOns.
a. guri ut.d 90 him. that the canal people werc
ana nnd ben a. possession TINT thry also
would pay $4,000 per annum. ani that they
ouS' % "ak""!! ,he contracts and leases. in
cluling sugar house business.
Next y"nr, 1857 canal company and sugar
house pnou.s again ran ny at Trenton. The
canal cOmunnY came out ahead, hut in their
charter Ia The property II is expressly stipulated
that an oprn waterway 100 feet IN width shall
b. r!ain'ainod. free from all tolls forever. 10 NIL
those owning lands on the north and west.
Subsequently, IN accordance with the LathrOp
gospel oi Riparian State rights. a number o.
purchases were made either in fee simple or
on easr. t0r Instance the su-ar house fol e
jump. paying therefor. in january. 1872 the
Two months afterward say in March. the
New Jersey West Line Railroad took tl25 900
worth. the compensation for which tsre La
hrop's report for 1872 at page A.. was. by d.
rcctlon Of the last Legislature adjusted by the
Riparian Commissioners. and lntnrops name
leads TINT VI the late Coy. Oldrn and all the rest
All this may seem dreary reading. but. II you
watch. you will find that Asmodcus turns up IN
Packer 1ehigh Valley Railroadl gathered up
the Fragments Of this West Limo John Lyons
$4,000 Old Asa put up Sl0OOO in cash
and gave his good bond for the balance 10 the
trustees Of the school fund. He also scooped IN
the Morris Canal, Ditch and Basin, It An annual
rental 81 10 per cent on .25OO,O0O. paying. in
addition, the f25,OOu per year to the same iund.
Meanwhile. John TAYLOR Johnston New Jer-
sey Central began TO poach on Asa's Morris
Cannl Basin preserve. Asa declines 10 pay
any more interest. School fund people, TO test
the Ccniral's title. foreclosc. The Chancellor
decides IN their favor. Johnston. being alien to
New Jersey, had the sale enIoined and not un;
I'll last year was the Injunction dissolved and
tho sale ordered 10 proceed. After an adjourn
ment or two. II WIS sold the day after last
Christmas. Asa Packer bought II; paid the
stipulated ten per cent. down, and was to pay
the balance one week hence and get his deed
On that day. Jan. 2 his solicitor, Hartshorne OF
philadelphia. WAS on hand with Asa's gr0en-
backs and ready 10 take the deed. when the fol-
lowing somewhat curious spistle appears Ia
have interpOsed;
DtAK SiH Application is made 10 today for time 10
bring In petition t. set aside the sale which Is said e
have taken place last Thursday vi the mortgaged
premises IN Trustees tor tho SUPPORT OF Public schools
hgt New Jersey West Line Railroad COMPANY" on the
ground VI msapprehension as to the tine o sale ON the
part ui some parucs Interested
You VII pcne lser delivering the deed for The
property 10 the purchaser Tor week IRON this day
order that time may be given Tor Ming the petition
above mentioned.
Yours truly. &c.. THEODORE RUSToS
PArmcE II L,ykRrI. Esq, late Sheriff &c
HFwARK, Dec 81. 1873
Five days after. say about Jan. 1 last past
I'LL In.