The news., 1885-06-30
THE DISPUTED COUNTY LINE.

Cemmlss. .oners element, Paneoast and
Fowler met al the Everett House at T.30 p. NJ
to examtoe witnesses on part of Burlington
couDte in the presence of Joseph H. Gaslxiil.
solicitor of kurlingtun county, ana Joseph
thompson, solicitor OF Atlantic county, and
the Committee of the two Counties
Wi1idm GdSkiM sworn-I am seventy tbrea
years old. was born on an Island in Tuck
erton Bay and lived there all my life. l
know the water of Ii tie Egg Harbor nd the
inlets lam a sailor and Fl erman. knew
three inlets to Little Egg Harbor. The old
in ct now closed the new inlet end the uit1 o
inlet hat cnt across from Tuck RS Give abeve
the new inlet. AS the old inlet closed. the
waters of Tueke.ton Bay Ware The cove
throush 10 the sea cDtling on the D iut ef
Inc kers beach pown + S the poiut OF sods
This * int hes since been washed AWAY and
the Ii Tie inlet is now blended WIN The new
inlet.
Before the little inlet cut through rncs ers
beach thtre was no inlet above he ev ono iii
you got to Old inlet This C osed up enfi,elv
eigh. to { years ago The new inlet opened
long before l could remember. / never
heard any one who could tell when it opened.
Little iulet cut thr ugh Tuesers beach ahout
forty years ago No trace o. an inlet there
before: Was high lis. Brigatine is not an.
inlet Of Little Egg Hagbor Bay I is the
one next S nth. There is what we ralt n
she'll gut above Marks Island It ppts into
new fnle t. Sometimes cicssd Il works
north Brit atine inlet is in same ulace nov
as 1T has teen ever since I know it Waters
Nittle N ct around point of sods throussil
new inlet. Brigatjne has close1 Cnee ar
twice hut breaks outan s4Ihe place Marks
Island Is now attached to beach For tbirfv
years there was deep water between it ami
the beach. John Candy Bouse was below
Brigadne Inlet.
yea old Lived in Tuckerton forty years.
Built first lighthouse on fuckers Eesch in
ls48. Part OF it remains here slill. Little
Inlet broke through sods about that time.
fOnld Dagf af E,rf
from fuckers cove by waters OF Tnckefton
Bay and Sheepshead, not by Shooting Thorough
fare. Old Inlet closed entirely about ten
years ago. lnlets are cut out from bay side.
John u. Thompson 8 fiirmed--I am seventy
nine years d. Lived in Tuckertop city
years. Knew waters of the bay from 1925 t.
800. was cru sing, fishing de- Knew old
inlet, sod inlet ard hew Il let Brigantine
lnletais next inlet sonth of Lit Egg Har-
hor's Inlets. shell Gut puts info nsW inlet
from Marks ThoIougnfare Never knew any
ME between new inlet ard Bfigantipe.
Mouth of Shell Gut and Marks Thorough
taIe Identical. Osd inlet closed ten years ago.
Sod inlet cut through fuckers C yewhen old
inlet commenced TO clcse up. The waters of
ruckerton Bay and Sheapshead cut thro Ien
spd lnlet from fuckers cove. New inlet is
one half mile wider to day thsn years ago
Sod point that was cot off was about one
nunufed yards loog. Sho ting ThorUugb-
fpre vented through new inlet and never
hronsh Cd inlet Flat beach was three
H..
John Hanson, afdrmed-I am sixtv-eiqht
years OLD. Lived here fifty five years. Fo,-
lowed the sea since ten years Of age. Knew
waters 81 TUG kerton Bay fifty years. Kaow
old Inlet and new inlet. Old inlet commeaced
closing on the north and moved south. Omen
for large vessels about thirty wears ags.
ShOotlng Ihoroughfare went out new in ct
government put hedge nee along beach
70 Keep from Washing awsy, but sod inlet
brs Ike through the fence. Never knew of any
inlet between new iplgt and Brigantir e
Shell Gut ran north rom Marks ThoroUeh-
fare to new Inlet. It is north of Marks
Th0roughfare.
THURSDAY oRSING Am.
Isaac J. Stiles, affirmed-I am sixty-eiqht
years old, oystermsn Have been ffy-four
yes rs following waters. Well acquainted with
Little feg Harbor and inlets lave krown
Two inletS, one called old falet the Other new
old one at south md Of Long Feach. about
nifty ear S ago went out below Bond's Inlet
mas worked south until long Beach iapned
around and jsined Short Beach. Has been
eptrely closed for three or four wears. New
inlet was ofened before I can remember.
shooting Tnoroughfare and Tuekerlon Bav
waters washed beach away IS old inlet
ciosed. No indication there ever had besu an
inlet etv cen the new inlet and the old inlet
When I'd iulet hrose though from cove IN
was three fourths Of a nile across from cove
10 strsnd. Was meadows end sand hills fif-
teen feet high; Shooting Tboro0ghfare never
Vente through Old inlet nor thrru5h the
little inlet. Knew Brigantine In'et fiftg vesrs.
Never knew it to be clossd. About same
width. In same iOcstfOn row No inlet
thiougn the besch fifty years ago between
Brigahtine and new inlets The reach had
high sand hills. There was a place called
She Gut nj mouth of Marks ThAroughfare
1t run across he beach but was rot nayiaable
for Vesseis, In ordinary ti6e it had three
feet Of water. 1t was all alive WitO MOVING
sand. Sael Gut was alwavs s5iftinw ana
swallow and iuil OF quicks8nd II was never
such as could be put on a chatt as an inlet
0Ysr thirty esr it has gone across the besch.
ReNIe that it ne yer vert across the haaCh
1t has established itself The within last
tflty years. Between NJ arkS Island the
water was nifty yards wide and two feet deep.
II never was hall mile wide. but that far
from the island 10 the strand The beach
was three-fOurths of mile wide when / first
knew it opposite MarSs' Island New inlet
has Cut away On both sides. Shooting
Ihorong mare gradually works into the bay.
John BilHts firmed-I am in nv eighty
ninth year. Was born in 1877. Lived at
West Creek all my life. Was Judge Of
Mohm0uth county. X ew waters Of Little
Egg Harbor and the iulets. sailed through
the waters frequently. Am an d sailor.
knew old inlet and new inlet and Brigantine
jnie5 Known rev inlet since q bay. Old
one was the main inlet whea I was boy ten
or twelve years Old. l understand the new
inlet bros through or became navigable lust
before that time, say in 4 OF. l went out old
Inlet good many years after. Old one has
been hlliDg up and going south since l was
y0urg marie man. Next inlet SOutb of
new inlet was Briganline. Between new in
let and old inlet was about three miles. Old
inlet owed TO new one. Before old inlet
closed, piece OF fuckers Beach cut of, and
that was about mile from old inlet Old in
let flled up on North side, All the inlets are
clos ng mp On North side. From Bonds to
North side of old inlet when first knew it.
II was best part Of mile. Inever knew any
inlet between new inlet and Briganfine
BrlXanflQA sometimes "a Nod Shall (xrf
Never knew any waterway cross the beach
by Mark island. knew James Bearmap
an CID man. He is now dead. 1 am a boat
builder. Daniel was James son. He want
ed boat bullt. he lived with his father on
Brisantine Beach. l was there a month.
Talk ed at nights with the old man. He told
me that formerly an inlet called Brigantine
went across the beach near his house. Brig
antine Inlet was closed when I built that
vessel IT wss over fifty years ago. Daniel
was then married. Called the beat the Erig-
antlne. AS we walked on the beach old
James BeaTman said this place was where
an Old met Closed and that wss the inc be-
tween Burlington and Atlantic counties.
II was over fifty years ago. This place was
North east of BearGan's house Notfar from
the house. 1t was opposite an old thorough
iare. His home vas below Biigantine. This
was the old Main House. Dan afterwards
Dallt way up the beach. Old Main House
was South h-eost of the Brigantine Channel. 1
have teen in it recently. shooting thorough
fare never went cut old inlet James Bear.
more when he talked with me was seventy
five years old. lie had lived on the beach 3
great many years Daniel built his HON
betv ecu Marks ard Pullen's islands on I
Deaen SuppOS il was two miles north
James l guess at H. Stephen Willitts
my brother &c was Wreck-master of
lington county. Forty years ago I
wreck-master Of Ocean county. He had