West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-02-24
TBY AUTHORITY
Laws of New Jersey.


CHAPTERI !:
An act authorizing the United States to change the
channel of Cheesequakes creek.
Re if enacted by the Senate and General Assembly
of the State of New jersey That the state OF New er
consents and authorizes the United States to change
the channel of Cheesequakes creek where empties into
Rartan bay in the county of Middlesex and its trbu-
tary according to the plans and report of Brevet1Malor
General ohn Newton transmitted by the secretary of
the forty congress oil the Oned otates as
| follows: oe
ietes of heavy running out into the bay about
fifteen hundred feet nearly at right angles to the present
shore line and about hundred and fifty feet apart
on platform made of pile timber securely RATED; these
ees are be built to the level OF mean high water at
the shore ends and gradually slope to the evel OF haf
tide at the outer ends the width is to be six feet
with batter of upon two the seaward or outside
and one upon one, the channel side; channel two
hundred feet wide and five feet deep at low water
s 10 he dredged from the present channel to the outer
ends of the ettes the flow of the creek to be
damned by dixie from the railroad bridge across the
present channel the gravel bar, as soon as new
channel is completed at the mouth OF Buck creek 1t IS
proposed construct ety about two hundred
to give proper direction the flow of that creek at its
junction with Cheeseuuakes creek from Buck creek to
New Landing there'is fair channel of four feet and
over at mean low water the latter place it is pro-
nosed o turn the creek by means of through the
salt meadow thereby avoiding bad bar just above and
also sharp bend in the channel this cut will enter the
creek again at Formans DOCK but in order to get rid OF
sharp bend lust above this dock it is proposed to carry
the cut still further and dredge off the point OF salt
meadow on the opposite soe o lnt rspsd m ono
starting from the shore at near New Landing, and
running on the left of the channel Tor about seven hun
dred feet and another above Forman DOCK about three
hundred feet long to the into the new chan
mel small amount of dredging is also required to give
channel of four feet low water tor short dis
tance above about one-quarter Of mile above For
mans dock there another bend which it is proposed to
cut off, by dredging through the salt meadow this cut
will be about eight hundred feet long, and requires about
three hundred feet of dixie where it enters the old chan
mel again from this point it will require dredging to
give channel of four feet low water, nearly all
the way to Whiteheads dock there being only few
holes of more than that depth Stump creek which joins
Cheeseouakes creek between the railroad and county
road bridges, it proposed to dredge channel three
feet deep at mean low water and fifty feet wide; all the
dikes are to be according the general plan, with
width of five feet from to out OF ping and hled with
rubbe stone with such notifications shall be neces
sary as the work progresses order accomplish the
improvement contemplated.
e And be it enacted That the board of chosen free
holders of county Of Middesex authorized to re-
move the present bridge the mouth OF Cheese
ouakes creek to and across the channel when the
said new channel shall be completed by the United
States government.
g. And be it enacted That this act shall take effect
Immediately: