The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-17
it'ssIHE AWARD IS made.
in'he Currie Woods Com
{ miSsiOners Announce
Their Finding.
NEITHER SIDE SATISFIED.
The Commissioners Say the Rail-
road May Cross the Estate for
$4,000.

The Commissioners appointed to con-
denim the right of way through the Currie
estate for the Waverly and New York
Bay Railroad and to assess the damages
which the building of the road will infiict
upon the adjoining land, made their re-
port this morning. They awarded the
Curries $39,s15.
The Commissioners, President Allen
& of the Board of Alderman; John D. Car
callen and Henry Dusenbury sat in the
ns Chancery Chambers.
|inl Lawyers Condict and Newbold appeared
'ong for the Currie estate and Mr. Vreden-
.ffort argh appeared for the railroad company.
he latr. William H. Corbin, of the firm OF
blows Mins 81 Corbin, who recently applied to
.aught Houpreme Court for the appointment
.he SMASH tnmissioners to condemn right of
Holden,s cor branch of the Lehigh Valley
he dose wad para,'el with that of the Waverly
Holden cIew York Bay Road. attentively
In the secoAd the proceedings.
3eck with Fredenburgh opened the matter by
3eing eveng the formal award which the Com
Holden goners were to sign and submit to the
and swine was some little discussion about
Tim up wicription of the property and map
heck and Fought forward to facilitate mat
THE nairl Finally everything was arranged
all of timP President Allen announced the
! was gives
ing at a lprefaced the figures with the state
|eGilently that the Commissioners made their
n one oa on August and that nothing thai
Reilly orlappened since then had in any way
|pologizeged it,
Holden sasswas the emphatic manner in which
Ind he commissioners got in their reply to
.Iternatel pjections which were raised against
ands ppointment 70 si condemn Ma5o the rdnch rght
1as badly property affected WAS divided into
| In the tracts. In the first, belonging to
leak and 70 j. Currie, the value of the land
4 q Iandedssessed at S., 800 and the damages at
feilly's FAB The second tract, belonging to
.ores andtate of James Currie, was assessed
+iIl game i425; Il, 900 for the value OF the land
las. howe, ,525 for damages.
have an o,he third tract, also belonging to the
.is rioht I the value of the land was placed at
omnIeteIyand the damages at 81 400.
3 he carri, property disposed of comprised
our elaps SIX acres, Wnlch makes Inc prizes
no effects re about $500.
NEITHER PARTY SATISFIED.
Pu,amount appeared to be satisfactory
Tommv Ither party. The railroad people
~. .ht it was too high. The Curries
1ne Iteh most emphatic in their declarations
arrange e award was altogether insufficient.
weiqhtreport will be submitted to Judge
|brna diss when he returns from his yaca-
J the amopout September Is, and there is g
ants to fig reliability that the Currfes VIII
LA come tesredenburgh I'd informed the Com
\ take placaers that he would make immedi-
| az have hsDlication to the Court to have their
Turino tlnsation fixed. Mr.. Allen said that
hatch Will build prefer to wait until Judge
wipes the returned, anu auqeu, leelingl9y, l!g99y,
nd Johnny tnought ne coulu porroW u httle
urse of S3Csif ne iouna uha1 ne neeoeu .9 ~ Ga
IL other q House as soon after the award was
. i'll be to 4 as Inc papeIs couIu cou pe pIepare.u'
Va ouncain ten minutes after the Commits
.fimmver announced their decision Mr..
yo weekldenburgh was on his way to Trenton
.vs thatjhe purpose, it is said, of paying the
mother dllnt of the award into court.