The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-26
Petition to Extend Her Pier
I Line Presented Today
at the Harbor Line
Board.
HOBoKEH JOINS IN THE REQUEST
Mr.. George L. Record Asks for
200 Feet More Room New
York's Dock Boards
Feeble Kick.

Colonels H. M. Robert and s, L. Gff-
Iespie and Major H. NJ. Adams, u. S. A,
representing the Harbor Line Board, sat
in the U. S. Army Building on Whitehall
street, New York City, this morning. to
hear further argument in the application
of the New York Dock Board to extend
! the pier line on the New York side Of
| the Hudson River 200 feet beyond the
present limit and which application the
| New Jersey Riparian Commissioners and
the Hoboken Land and Improvement
| Company are opposing on the ground that
| the extension of the line will drive
steamships from Hoboken to New York.
and the State of New Jersey viii lose
| valuable rentals.
| At the hearing this morning Mr.. Geo.
L. Record of the Riparian Commissions
ers, with whom was Secretary James G.
| Payne, presented the following applica-
| tion, which explains ITSELF
Henry M. Robert, President. U. S. Army
BUILDING, Building, Nsy York City:1o Cityo....,.-.
of the State of New Jersey hereby re-
| spectfully makes application to your
Honorable Board for the extension of the
exterior pier head line in the Hudson
Beginning at point in the present pier
head line on the westerly shore of the
| North or Hudson River established by
| the War Department March 4, 1890. said
point being l,423 feet easterly at right an
set from m HoBoksn tRs saste5g sas m ge Of o4n aSdn
at right angles from the southerly hne OF
Ninth street produced easterly In the
seutherly direction in a straight line TO a
point 1,542.6 feet easterly at right angles
from the said id :. easterly line of Hudson
angles from the northerly line of Fifth
| street extended easterly in Hobolzen:
SnenSe naee st4nfnpweseey to fp IN s5Eaght line
| head line and 1S0 feet distant therefrom
| to point 1,Ss5 feet easterly at right an
| street and 200 feet northerly at right an
| giles from the southerly line of Ferry
street extended in Hoboken: thence south
Westerly 1n a straight line to point in
| the established pier line at its intersee-
| tion with the northerly line of Thirteenth
| street extended in Jersey City.
Respectfully submitted,
| THE , RIPARIAN Ar COMMISSION OF
| John c. Payne, Secretary.
Similar applications he presented on be-
half of the Hamburg-Ameffcan Steamship
Company. the North German Lloyds
| Steamship Company, Hoboken Ferry
| Company, Hoboken Land and Improve
ment Company and Campbell & Company.
Mr. Record unrolled map showing the
| New Jersey shore front and said that the
extension would give the State an addi-
tional length of pier line of 200 feet It
was, he said an important thing for the
! State and Hoboken that the pier line
| should be extended
These people in New York." said Mr..
Record, have at present length of 500
feet, while we have only 800 feet and
| when we wanted additional length we
had to sacrifice our bulkhead line by
excavating back
| desultory conversation arose here by
/ the Board, Mr.. Record and Mr.. Payne
as to the old line in New Jersey, when
! General OBrien, counsel for the New
York Dock Board, objected to New Jer-
seys application on the ground that it
was new matter and should have been
nrst sent to the Secretary of War. The
4 application of New York and not for New
1 Jersey. He objected to delay.
on, replied Mr.. Record I'VE don't
come com dnnt here to delay you You said to US.
thing? Now We are always wanting
something in New Jersey, and we make
this application, which we consider is a,
part of New York's case 1t is a simple
matter and can be determined without
delay"
But it's a separate applications per-
sisted General O'Brien.
| The officers of the Board laid their
heads together and held whispered con-
| sultation on the objection raised against
| New Jerseys application and after few
minutes Colonel H. M. Robert, presiding.
| asked fvthere was any more to be said
on either side and there being no re-
| sponse he announced that the public
| hearing was at an end.
| What will your Board do with New
| Jerseys application for extension OF its
| pier liner Colonel Robert was asked by
| a News" representative.
We'll, we will decide later whether we
| will forward the application of the New
| Jersey Riparian Commissioners and the
| companies in Hoboken to Secretary Of
| War Lamont with our conclusions in the
| application of the New York City Dock
Board said the Colonel, "or return it to
| the Riparian Commissioners. OF course,
| in either event, it will ultimately reach
| the Secretary of War
viii Mr.. Lamont decide on the appli-
| cation or refer 1t to you for public hear
| ing, as in New York city's case?' asked
| the News representative.
Il presume he will follow the same
course and refer it to u.s. replied Colonel
| Robert.
The officers then went into secret ses-
| sion. They will, 1t is said reach a con-
| clusion this afternoon and their opinions
on both points will be sent to Washing
4 ton.