The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26
PROTECTION OF THE PALISADES.
A New Jersey riparian Commissioncr says IL
una Boen secured.

TppNrox n. J.. oct. 3O.-wiliam Clokc. n
member of the State Board OF Riparian Commits.
sioncrs. said the other day that much OF tho
talk about the T. r~catened destruction of tho
Palisades was founded OH n misaprrchcnsion OF
the facts. The Riparian commissioners he
said, had adopted measures that would put n
stop TO the work Of destruction save ut n few
spots where auurrying is now carried on.
Few peoplo understand. said Commissioner
Cloke. that in the ten or eleven miles OF the
Palisades in New Jersey there are only four
quarrics. that only three OF these arc worth TAX
ing into account, and that only one is actually
blasting into aud quarrying rock from the yer.
teal wall of the Palisades themselves. This
one is the quarry OF Carpenter Bros, located
at Coytesyillc. above Fort Ice. This is the only
uuarrying firm on the river that owns back into
the cscarpment itself. and tho only one, there
fore, that can dcfaco or destroy the Palisades
proper. Tho other two firms that are
carrying on Quarrying operations toany extent
nre Brown & Fleming, two and n half
miles above Carpenter Bros, and Trcanor Bros,
nearly opposite Sonkcrs. Neither Of these firns
owns any part of the elf, and their Quarrying
broken rocks TINT lie between the Palisades and
the river. These loose rocks they break mp by
means of dynamite; ana men run then through
is only n single firm that is uefacing any part OF
the Palisades themselves
But may not other trims acquire property in
the Palisades and open new q%uurrics .
1.-THE Riparian Commissioners have, I think,
cffectualiy provided against that replied Mr..
CIoke. AT their urgent suggestion the Lcgis-
lature Of New Jersey enacted u law prohibiting
tho Riparian commissioners from making any
lease. grant, or conveyance OF any lands lying
under the waters of the Hudson River adjacent
to or in front OF the strip OF land between tho
haze of there the pS Sn imsert "np IN inc t lSnI isa ""as Grant MntG or
conveyance such terms. conditions, rc-
strictions. and limitations as will, 80 far rs posi-
uniformity and continuity OF the Palisades, and
also, so far as possible. prevent the lands leased,
granted, or conveyed from, being in any way
used or devoted to injurious or destructive
work or operations against the Palisades. or IN
connection with or for the Encouragement, aid.
of any kind against the Palisades. In all the
leases and grants now made by the Commissions
sadcs in this State n clause cmbodying the pro-
visions of this act is inserted, Only two such
ConvcyanCes have been made since the law was
enacted, namely. to Brown Il Fleming and to
The Riparian Commissioner hold that the
language. spirit and purpose Of th%act Apply TO
from the foot of tho Palisades to the waters
edge, as well as to the vertical wall Itself. ana
have declared the lease of Messrs. Brown II
Fleming forfeited on this ground. These broken
rocks that lie at the base of the prccipice in
mi,T ,b mn ,oSsb OF Of cPo ,rallIssqS eent f u and f hnif
concealed by the trees. shrubs. vines and wild
flowers that grow luxuriantly among them,
constitute n charming part Of the scenery, and
the Commissioners assume that the Legislature
had this fact in mind in framing the act. They
will. therefore, exhaust their powers and those
of the State to prevent any further DETACHMENT
OF either the Palisades or the slope by any quar-
rying firm whose operations come under the act
have cited. q.
There is only one Quarrying firm whose ri
parian grant does not come within the purview
OF this act. and II 1t be deemed important to put
a stop to the operations Of this firm. its property
could be secured by purchase or the assertion by
the state Of the right of eminent domain"