The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-28

to P. H. Herman for rent of place. Sixth
precinct, Third district, Registration and
Election, October and November, 1891.
The resolutions were adopted by the
following vote. the yeas and nays having
been ordered and taken on the call OF the
President
Yeas-All the members present, nine
In number.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The following preamble and resolutions
were offered py Alderman O'Neill:
Whereas, By the provisions of an act
entitled IAN Act to cede to the Mayor
and Common Council of Jersey City GER
tain lands of the State now u heretofore
under the tide waters OF Communipaw
Bay, aud to establish a tide water basin
adjacent thereto" approved April 4, 1879.
These were coded to the city lands under
water in Communipaw Bay. lying be-
tween Van Worst street n Grove street,
and extending south from Morris street
to the north side of a proposed tide water
basin, and containing by said grant about
ten acres, and
Whereas. Said act provided further for
the establishment OF a tide water basin
Ave hundred feet wide, extending from a
| point west of the line of Jersey avenue,
e~astsrly to the water of the Hudson
River, which basin by said act 1t Is de-
clared shall ave the effect of a contract
80 that tine said tide water basin shall be
and remain such forever. but so that said
tide water basin shall be dredged and
kept in order without expense to the
State, ana -
| that the title so conveyed to the city by
| the State was upon condition hat the
| citv should pay to the State such sum of
mouey as the Riparian Commissioners of
the State shall nix and determine. aud
that said Commissioners should file a
- ~ i laenrintton ~ cuid nrunt dnlu
| certified copies of which map and descrip-
ton are made by said act, full evidence of
the title of the city to the land SO de-
scribed and granted. and that thereafter
the city may fill up, reclaim and make
wharyes of not exceeding two-thirds OF
the area of said lands or may lease the
whole or any part for a term of Years,
and
Whereas, on December 8, 1892, the
Board of Aldermen adopted u resolution
| accepting the grant and requesting the
| Board of Finance to issue a bond for one
| Thousand dollars, the sun fixed by the
Riparian Commissioners of the State,
which resolution was vetoed by Charles
II O'Neill, the Mayor on December 10,
Whereas. IN answer to a resolution OF
| December 10, 1872, the Corporation Coun-
| sell. VIM. H. Lewis, presented au opinion
| on January {, 1873. hat the Board of Pub
lie OtkS POSSESS buc pOWCI unuCI OnC
| charter to build docks, warves and piers,
etc.: and
Whereas. No further action was taken
until March 2. 1885, when the Board OF
| Public Works adopted q resolution ac-
| ceptlng the grant and requesting the
| Board of Finance TO issue a pond for one
Thousand dollars to the State. which bond
was issued MarCn !, 1860, anu palu April
80, 1856: and
Whereas, Because of such delay the
Board of Riparian, Commissioners of the
State, disregarding the action of the city
and ignoring theSact of the Legislature,
made a new division OF the property III
| question, Notwithstanding the fact that
these Commissioners in their reports fol
| the years 1871 and 1879 called the attention
of tile Legislature TO the fact that Jersey
| CITY was without public docks aud recon-
mended that a part of tho large basin
| laid out by the Commissioners in 1864 be
conveyed to the Mayor and Aldermen oil
| Jersey City for public uses; and
Whereas, Recently the New Jersey
| Central Railroad Company have laid rails
over the territory owned by the city. ant
lave filled in in trout thereof In direct
violation of law, and by reason of neglec
on the part of the city or it's officers thi:
valuable grant is rendered inaccessible 70
our people, and its purpose temporarily
if not completely, destroyed, therefore
Resolved, That the Board of Aldermen
of Jersey CITY, ms representatives of tn
people, elected by their votes, do mos
earnestly protest against any further de
lay in the premises, and particularly sucl
action as permits the loss to the people o
the grant Of land and the tide water basil
mentioned in the foregoing preamble, an'
demand that entertainments and reprisal
by railroad corporations on this p~articu
lar property of the people shall cease.
Resolved, That recognizing the fac
the multifarious public duties of the Cor
poration Counsel coupled with IA lar9
and successful private practice does no
afford that official the time necessary I
devote specially to this particular case
this, Board do earnestly request the Boar'
OF Finance TO select some counselor a