The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-04
new Y0RK'S SERENE.
Wants Her Pier Line Ex-
tended on the Hudson
River Front.
NEW JERSEYS RIPARIAN BOARD ALERT
Hoboken Would Be Affected by
the Change Would Just
Suit the Bridge Company.

Secretary James G. Payne Of the New
Jersey Board of Riparian Commissioners
made an important announcement this
morning in reference to lands held by
private and public owners fronting on the
Hudson River. He said that he had noti-
fed these owners to attend meeting of
the United States Harbor Line Board in
Whitehall street, New York, on February
II, to discuss plan of the New York
Dock Board. which. if carried out, will
mean great injury to New Jersey owners
and Hoboken will lose it's steamships
which now dock there.
The proposition of the New York Board
was that the Secretary of War should
allow the extension of all pier lines above
Thirty-second street on the North River
to point 200 feet beyond the present
limit. Since New York at present ex-
tends it's piers 500 feet beyond its solid
filling line and New Jersey only 300 feet,
the move is to give increased piers in
New York and induce the steamship COM
panles whose docks are now on the Ho-
boken side to land their hoats in New
York.
When it was learned that the New York
Dock Board had made the request from
the Secretary of War and that minister
mad granted public hearing, the New
Jersey State Board of Riparian Commits
sioners decided that they would be there
and at the same time induce owners on
the river front of New Jersey to be pres
ent also and advocate that New Jersey
be permitted to extend the distance be-
tween her solid filling line and pier line
zoo feet, the same distance as New York,
and thus checkmate New York's greedi-
ness.
Some say that the nigger in this wood
pile OF the New York Dock Board is the
across the Hudson Since the Govern
ment of the United States has expressed
Its wish that the bridge proper shall
commence from the pier lines on either
er distance between the pier lines the
shorter span is required and if the
nrldge company can squeeze 200 feet from
their plans by the additional length of the
piers, we'll, there will be much less cost
and more profits, SO, initiating the
monkey of Aesop the bridge company is
making the New York Dock Board the
cat to pull the chestnuts out of the fire.
Hoboken people are very much alive to
the impending danger. Should the New
York pier line be extended 200 feet then
the big steamers can easily berth on the
New York side, where they cannot at
present, ard this would mean many thou
sands of dollars saved to the company
and correspondingly many thousands out
of Hoboken's pocket. The busy time on
those streets adjoining the river would
cease and places of business there, which
rely solely on the steamboat trade at the
docks, would be obliged to close Hobo
either sturdy protest will be made
against the permission given by the Sec
retary of War or else an appeal will be
made to give the same concessions to
New Jersey. If the latter be granted the
piers at Hoboken will be run out as far
as the limit, that would mean five hum
dred feet between the solid filling and pier
lines. New York would have 700 feet be-
tween these lines.
The State Riparian Board, of course,
have nothing to do with the business as
pect of the. proposed plan except so far as
it affects riparian lands under their con-
troll and within their jurisdiction. Messrs.
Bacot & Record, counsel. and Engineer
J. c. Payne, all competent men, will look
after the States interest at the hearing.
Their attitude will be in general to secure
for New Jersey more favorable locations
for pier lines along the Hudson River
and a greater distance between the lines
of piers and solid filling.