The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-27
SOUTH COVE WRIT
The Execution Forwarded
By the Supreme Court to
the City's Lawyers.
MAYOR TO CALL A CONFERENCE
Sheriff ToffeY Will Be Requested
to Carry Out the Mandate
of the Court.

The eagerly expected writ of the Suprems
Court giving the Mayor and Aldermen Of
Jersey City the power to taken possession
!, OF the lands now held by the Central Rail-
road and known as the South Cove
property. arrived this morning, and with
IN a short time the Sheriff of Hudson will
be requested to carry out the commands
contained in the writ, copy of which
follows:-
NEW JERSEY, ss:-
the State OF New Jersey, to our
Sheriff of our county OF
tSEAL) Hudson, greeting:-
Whereas, The Mayor and Aldermen Of
Jersey City, lately in Supreme Court of
JudleaIure at Trenton, before the Justices
llefeot, recovered against the American
Dock and Improvement Company. the
possession of all that tract of land wi-n
the appurtenances thereunto belonging de-
scrloed as folloWs:-
All that tract or parcel of land and prem-
lSes situate, lying and being in Jersey
mencing at a point in the centre Of Van
Worst street if extended sousherly and dis
tant thirteen hundred Q,S90) feet southerly
from the southerly line of Grand street,
Jersey City and from thence running
westerly and parallel with Grand street
one thousand and ninety Q,090) feet; thence
northerly at right angles with Grand
street two hundred and eighty-seven (2S7)
feet more or less to the middle line OF a
tract OF land designated as Bergen street,
MENUS van Worst, made for him by Joseph
T. Bridges, surveyor. dated June, A. d.
1875, and filed in the. office of the. Clerk
Of Hudson county, April "a. A. D. 1S47.
thence easterly along the middle line of
said tract SO designated as Bergen street
one hundred and sixteen Q16) feet more
or less TO the middle line of a tract desig-
mated on the above mentioned map az
Beach street otherwise known as Grove
streetl thence nertherly in the middle. line
OF said tract so designated as Beach street
otherwise Grove streeD five hundred and
twelve feet more or less to the centre line
of Morris street, if extended westerly:
thence easterly and parallel with Grand
street to the high water mark on the
southwesterly side of the Morris canal;
sixteenth day of June. A. D. 1886 (being
the date of filing defendants plea in this
cause; thence southeasterly along said
high water mark to the centre of Van
Worst street; thence southerly through
the centre line of Van Worst street if ex-
tended, to the place of beginning, contain
more or less; of which the said Mayor and
Aldermen of Jersey City have heretofors
been unlawfully deprived, and whereof
| there is recovery, as appears to US of
| record.
We command you. that without delay.
you cause the said Mayor and Aldermen
| of Jersey City to have possession of the
premises aforesaid, with the appurten-
| anoes.
And in what manner you shall execute
! this. our writ. make known to our Justices
aforesaid, at Trenton aforesaid, on the
| first Tuesday of June next, and have you
| then and there this writ.
Witness, Mercer Beasley, Esquire, Chief
| Justice. at Trenton aforesaid, the twenty
| fifth day of May, eighteen hundred and
BENZ. F. LEE,
| WILLIAM D. EDWARDS,
Attorney.
! 1t will be observed that the title of
| the property is described as being vested
| in the American Dock and Improvement
| Company. When Jersey City began its
| suit to recover the lands they were held
/ by that company which was then a sub
sidiary corporation of the Central Rail-
road Company. After a time the title
| passed into the hands of the Railroad
| Company, but the name of the old com-
pany was not changed because the action
! in ejeetment was brought against it. Mr..
| w D. Edwards. who has had charge of
/ the city's interests in this great and sue
| cessful fight to win back land worth
| many thousands of dollars to Jersey City
! received the writ this morning.
| Mayor Wanser will probably call a con-
ference, at which the law officers of the
4 city, the Boards of Finance and Street and
Water Commissioners to determine what
| steps shall be taken in the matter of stalk
ing out the property and making arrange
ments with the tenants on the land as
| r. ~, rs