The news., 1885-06-30


he said be went 10 where it was before 10
closed up. TLere WIS 0 house at That nme
Nor OF Rearmore. / have heard aeknJw
ledged by All the old mea thar there was an
iolgt at Brigan inc which was closed up and
s nee cp ned. Ny daughter marreda a man
below Br gantine, Judge Cor eIys and
went through 10 see her ireuuenllg.
George E. Barton, swora-l am eighty-two
ye rs cd. BON and brought up in Egg Har-
Dor Town blp. live h r. since 1 was twen-
ty-cne. toliowe water eleven years going
10 New YORK from here Tnst was in 1922.
Thl n there v as tTo inletS U Little Egg Fl ar
Dor, old inlet and Lew inlet. No Others at
that time. Both navigable At that time. In
1856 sal cd in aud out the old in ct. Heard
my father tell abont the new inlet breas ing
| through. Old Relbsn Tucker lived there
! There was q low swampy place and IN a
uizht the water broke throush Father was
about eighteen years old when it happened.
| He was born in 1853. 1t wasn't ihough there
ever had been any wafer way through there
/ before. Tnckers cove broke through same
way since my memory ard is now part Of
the new inlet. Shooting Thoroughtale never
| went out old inlet, but cut new inlet
knew Brigs ntine inlet. N yer knew any
iniet between new inlet and Brigantine inlet.
Brigantine was closed before my time. I
was at James Bearmore's in 1926 at a party
remember it by my making engage meot 10
| get mRrTied That house wss about where
that inlet now is. Daniels House Is about a
mile and half north Of it. Between Brig
anine and new in let was the highest sand
1t was a broad fat beach Then where
Bria antine has since broken through. 1t was
deep wster on bay side OF beach in 1887 1t
as always unde stOs d rle county line cane
from the mouth of the river through mouth
of the Great Thoroughftre in a straight line
TO Brieantiue inlet. 1 have heard that you
could g1 through Great TIL roughiare and
our brlgaisFne inlet. Part OF The water of
Mullica iver went out thorough Bliggntine in
| lei through Great ThoToughfare.
fhlaeds BHrtoa-I was born In 1907. Lived
in this neig hborhood all my life. Fnllowei
waller t. enty years. Commenced in 1877.
| sailed from TucSestoR Bas' rfver, SC, 70
New Ork There was two inlets TO Little
Egg Hafhor new and Old. Both na igahIe.
No other inlet to Little Egg Harblr then.
know brlzantlpe lnls +. HIVE been across
the beach when no inlet there. In 1920 to
| 1925 went out with an old man John Headly.
| He was q an sixty to seventy years old.
earned from him Brgantiae wes o9en
| twenty years before and that 1t was he
| county line. II went up what vas called
straight Thoroughfare. here was quan.
| tiiy ,f rock weed n that Thoroughiare. II
ran down from nam mash 1h9roughfare to
Brigantine inlet. Il Was dividing line. l
heard it talked of ~ James ard his son,
Daniel Bearm0re 1 expect what is now
| Great Thor0ughfare is the main mash thor.
oughfage Never knew any inlet between
Brigantine and the new inlet. Never knew
any inlet between Old inlet and brig8n tine
except h. new iulet 1t was Two hupdred
yards between Marks Island aud the beach
way across the beaca. James Besrmore's
house was some piece S3uih West OF Flat
place where Brigartne inlet was. l think
Three hundred r four hundred yaras at
that time Dan. lived farther down Than his
father, two hundred yards on. Heard he at
terwards built on the beach way above.
Shooting lhoroughfare never went out OF old
inlet but cut Of new inlet.
ADJOURNED TO P. NJ
Henry Gale sworn-I was eighty-one LIST
January. I was born and ght up in
Tuckerton Lived there all my life Heen
bay man since big enough 10 walk. Know
fgg IlarDor waters and inlet Have ut been
to new inlet for twelve years. Was a. old in
ct ten years ago. Been o Brigantine. Was
the,e about twelve wears ago. Never have
known but he two inlets 10 Little Egg Har-
boz, the Old and new inlets. New enc broke
through before was born. Been II and cut
of both inlets. Little inlet broke through
fuckers cove Can't tell exactly when That
is psrt of the new inlet now. Old inlet is
now closed up. Remember when beach was
closed where Brigantine is now. was mid
dle-aged man when it broke through, A
house siood there before Inlet broke through.
Knew Daniel Bearmore. There never was
any inlet between Brigantine and the new in
let. l was seven or eight yesrs old when Ia
ther pointed out the plecesto me- He vas
eighty six when he died. He died forty-five
year5 AGO. He told me the county ine ran
down Muilica river to Oyster Bay Point and
from there next in a direct line across the
bay and meadow to Br gantine Inlet. He
said he once helped men ron the line, ook
them across the river in his boat. He has
often told me this. Father told me they
were running the county line New iBlet
broke hrougn Short Be eh across piece Of
swamp. From the old iulet to Brigantine it
was ten miles and was called short Beach.
Father always told ne Burlington county
line went to South end Cf short Beach to
Bri antine inlet. lie told me that he fie-
qu, ntly heard other old PEOPLE speas ct t.
bro nd te.str7 ny "a f7rafe ,rn oil
S father. e was mostly there oystering.
Richard Cramer Was oder than Edward. Old
people Aay that Burlington county line
struck the sea at BrigaAtne inl-t.
John Berg1j, sw0rn-i am eighty-one years
old. Born and lived q Il my Ii in IuckeTton
Been a bay man for the most part. Was
TWEEN y-one when | commenced. had Soi,ed
some before. Only two inlets 10 Lift e Egg
tine Have lever known any int t bowen
that snd the new inlet The land from old
fnlet to Brigantine was called ShOr5 B. aeh.
New inlet broke through it, No indication
on the land Of any initt below it. Shooting
thor oughfare never went through old Inlet
always through new. Heard my father and
other old people say the line struck Oysler
Bed Point on utica river. Atlantic county
siqe. and went straight across to the beach
ThOm6s stanton afsS was of my fathprAs age
Heard him say hat when 1 was ten years
old. Heard John Will ts father Stephen say
county line struck B1eantine Inlet. Heard
him at different times turty to ferry five
years ago.
james Aadrelo, Sworn am sixty six years
old Born here at TuckeIton aud lived he1e
all my life. Been a sailor anu captain over
thirty eisht years, omm enced when elgh-
teen years old. Know inlets ID Liiile Egg
Harbof O d and new lulsts. Been abreast
Rfgantine, inside @nd cut many times.
Never heard ot any inle between that ana
rev inlet. Always heard county line went
straight from mouth Of Muliica River to
Brigantins inl i. ChallSs Rutter an old man
old me so: he livfsat Allan ie city with bis
daughter Jane Leeds wife OF Jael Leeds. He
is atmost ninety -one ears old. Natty oY-
perthwai-e tod M so. BE used to live on
fuckers beach. Kept board ng bouse. He
was bout sixty years od. uas been Cead
twentY-lour years. Heard him sag il was
straight line flon mouth Of river 70 Big n
inc inlet: we We're oystering tog thef AZ the
gIavellngs. heard him say tins abolt for y
years ago. / Lave heard my mother say hat
when she was little girl the new in ct bro e
though. She was eighty- our when see died
Sh has been dead eighteen years She said
mommy Tucker dug little ditch and tho
water washed through in ne night.
George 4 Snyder, Sworn-I am seventy
three years Old. Born at Tuckerton. Lived
there all excert ten or fifteen years, Done cor
siderable oyster planting Been at mouth
Of AIullica river. Have hear old people sty
where the county line was Goose COWS WIS
IN Atlantic county. That is al the m u'h
the Muliiea river. { Onnty Inc welt fro N
there TO Brigatine inlet [ have heard my
father s ~ it. He settled re IL 17IS when
he was t 5 enty-iour o five years cid He was
ffty-Six Y hen he die in 1879 lie aimed to
Brigantine met. BE collected his poor bi S
from this township ,or vices to people
north of hrigauune inlet. He lived at
b. econ one and half yea before he came
here. Ca9t say how many lived Uu the
beach. Persons have been cast o. Eae beach.
Persons have been cast on the beach aed sick
mariners there he collected his tils Of
| this township.
Ekaaoh w. Pdmer, affTmed-I SIN re r
seventy-ive years Old. Born here aid sl-
was lived here Follow d uay Tor ten veaIs
when was eight en- 10 twenty-eight Know
where new let is. Be N past Brig nine
inlet. Never knew or hea.d d ofaty inl-t he
tween The iwc. There was the old inlet now
clio, ed that opened INTO Little Egg haIbor
Forty years ago we4t through OLD I.l' w,th
boat that would carry fifty tons. Old inlet
cl sed now
Dr.. Thsophil,ts Price People first walked
aero the oln inlet in 1874.
THURSDAY EVENING 5 P. NJ.
Fouptain Jones afiirmed-I am seventy
Sc en- y ars Ii. BON AZ West reek. Lived
grt at part q my l fe IN To, ker on and l. n
tn water. BEEN cspt in of a vessel. f j.
lowed water ovef forly-fve ye1rs. Sa led a1d
coasttd. knew waters OF Liftle Egg HaTb IT.
Have snown old Inlet and new inlet Is iaan-
tine and a little slew that don't Il an IN
let mos ly bare at low Wabsr r. Can walk
across il Dont call it an inlet Small bost
I
knew or heard OF an inlet between new inlet
and Brgsnice. Been in and uut of inlels
hundreds of times Neyer XII ew Brgantln
to be closed. Alway nnde rstaod Beivaltine
was in this county, from old p oule. CAPTAIN
Tnomss Cr8msr. U.ele Josiah KaIa, he was
seventy-five or six VI . he died twer ty years
ago. Captain Crane. was about sixty-hys
years. en dead fife, years. The line was
straight one Was f ON mouth OF Aluilica
stream . he inlet that went through from
fuckers cove went through about f0Itv ye4rs
ago. That is now beach. No indiea ion of an
inlet where inlet broke thrJus h Tue ers cove
There was red eedars there eighteen inches
in diameter. No indics tion OF an inlet on
Briysntine. 1t was a hiUy beach eight TO ten
feet high. Don't know that there was ceds rs
inlet there. Thorougots re from Marks islsnd
10 The beach about one hundred yards wide
Henry HdiRes, affirmed-I h v run out
lsdd's survey dated l732-3. Calls foreI VI
husdred snd fitty-ope acres in GI0uaeste-
county. Beginning ats red cedar at norih eud
row OF cedars. Found CEDAR stump. There is
a creek called HaTveys Quarter # it was