The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-01
COMMUNIPAW FLATS.
Riparian Owners Endorse
the Work of the New
York Harbor Board.
NEW IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES
Parties in Interest May Oppose the
State Riparian Commissioners
at Washington.

The project of the State Riparian COM
nfssioners 70 go 70 Washington and pro-
test against ths confirmation by the
general government Of the report Of the
New York Board Of Harbor Commission
ers fixing the lines for piers and solid fill
Ing In New York Bay. OF the Hudson
county shore. is not looked upon with
Dor Board has set back tho
line for solid hiling some 1000
feet and have extended tie line for
wharves and piers about lIke.disfance
out into the Bay. The riparian owners
claim III at the objection Of the Riparian
CommissI oners is based upon the fact
that II the government adopts the Har-
Dor Board report il viii do away with .
view for improving the Communipaw
nats 10 the detriment of the presenr
riparian owners.
THE COMMISSIONERS SCHEME.
The scheme involves the com binafiou
OF three vast islands. a short distance out
side OF the exterior pier line These
Islands are to be separated By a narrow
channel. and piers are to be built on each
side for distance Of 500 feet out Into the
water. The commissioners propose to
sell these islands to corporations and
place the money in the State Treasury.
The owners claim that this scheme Is
IN direct violation OF the deeds which
they have received from the State for
their lands under water. and If carried
out would greatly decrease the value Of
the property, for which they paid the
State large sums Of money The
6ssa 1seived TAioh rom saeh ZIP pa1an Rosrsa
Commissioners contains 9 covenants
made In the name of the State 70 the
effect that the Riparian Commissioners
will never dispose Of the property between
that granted By the deed and deep wafer,
and II the commissioners ever extended
the exterior pier line, the owner could
follow 1t up as far 1t goes
WHAT THE HARBoR BOARD ED.
The report Of the Harbor Board has 50
extended the line SO that IL goes out 70
abouUhalf way betwesa the solid fllins
line and deep water, thus enabling eac1
Individual TO build piers TO the exterior
hne fixed By the Board and thea get out
to deep water as ne may elect
1t is probable that wnen the Governs
ment authorities at Washington give 4
hearing to the Commissioner the riparian
owners will wish to be heard IN support
of the Haroor Board s report The hear
ing will he held at Washington on July s
aud the Commissioners will be represent
ed by Attorney-Generzl Stockton Ripar-
Ian Commissioner Willard Fisk and Mr.
Robert c. Bacot, Secretary or the Board.
Swing Away the Shore Front
The Fresholders net again yesterday
afternoon aud granted all the petitions
presented 20 them for dock privileges on
the Hackensack river. In all seventeen
petitions have been granted. three on
Monday and fourteen yesterday. Tbe
fortunate applicants yesterday were
John X. Romaine, one dock near Van
Keuren avenue ana Bridge creek; James
z. Hail. two; Maggie Emma Bliss, one;
the American Lumber Company, two;
Daniel Toffey, four; Abbie l.. English,
one; John Jones. three.
The fourteen licenses were signed last
evening by the entire committee TO which
they had been referred.
About 2,500 lineal feet Of frontage was
disposed OF in the licenses.
Al Elizabeth yesterday morning the
Freeholders from Hudson, Essex aud
Union counties granted five icen-
ses. Yesterday afternoon at
Newark licenses were granted TO
George Peabody TO construct dock on
Maple Island creek and to Ross & San
ford TO place one On Brand creek. These
are the last dock and wharf privileges
which the Freeholders can grant as the
Legislature TOOK the authority to DO SO
from them and vested il IN the Riparian
commissioners. The new law took effect
today.