The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
BhCKHNSACK DOCKS.
Bill to Enable Jersey City to
Create a New Outlet
to Underwater.
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TRENTON, March 10, 1SsS.-Mr. James
Hall introduced a. measure in the House
yesterday which is of great Importance
to Jersey City. 1t provides
1. The Board having charge and con-
troll of public docks and wharveS in any
city of this State is hereby authorized to
improve any water front property owned
by said city m my navigable river or
bay by the construction of one or more
public docks, wharves, piers or bulkheads
theron and in front of thereof within the
lines established by the Riparian Com
miSSionerS and also TO grade, pave and
otherwise improve the approaches there
to on the land of the city provided, how
ever, that all contracts for such work
shall be subject to the concurrence OF the
board having charge and control OF the
~inances of such city.
2. In order to provide fer the improve
ments aforesaid the board having charge
hereby authorized to issue the bonds of
said city in an amount not exceeding two
millssfor each dollar of real and personal
property therein as assessed for municipal
and county purposes in the year next pre-
ceding the issue of such bonds; said
bonds shall run for not exceeding twenty
years and bear interest at not exceeding
four per cent per annum, payable nail
yearly; they shall be in such form and
of such denomination as said financial
board hail determine; they shall be sold
at public auction for not less than par
and accrued interest.
8. It shall be the duty of the board
in such city having charge of the public
docks therein, to prescribe such rates OF
wharfage, demurrage and storage for yes
sells and other craft using such docks,
piers and bulkhead as they may deter
mine, and to appoint an agent to collect
the same, the revenue derived therefrom
shall be applied as follows:-
A. To the maintenance and protection
Of SJ1rh docks Wl3TfS. piers. DllkHGddS
and approaches thereto.
B. To the payment of the interests on
said bonds.
g. To thespayment of the principal sum
accruing on said bonds and the purchase
of the same before maturity.
D.. To the general expense of said city
after the aymen in full of said PONDS
provided, however, that any deficiency re-
naming for the payment of the principal
and interest of said bonds, after the APP
plieation of the revenue aforesaid, shall
be levied and raised in said city, by taxa
ton, from year to year..
The plot of land TO which this bill
particularly refers is that bounded by
Dufield avenue, Cherry lane and the
Hackensack River. and a line parallel
with and about 325 feet south of st.
Pauls avenue. 1t is sos feet along Cherry
lane, 474 feet along Duffield avenue, 541
feet along the line parallel with st. Pauls
avenue, and has a frontage of $50 feet on
the river. Cherry lane it might be men
toned is, parallel to and the first street
north of Newark avenue.
Under the provisions of the act it is
proposed to fill in the land with the sweep
ings of New York or Jersey City and build
wharves and docks IN the river front. AT
that point there is a depth of thirty feet
IF uater at tho astahIiShed exterior pief
line. There is a bar now across Newark
Bay which precludes the passage into
the Hackensack River of vessels drawing
more than twelve feet. A measure is now
pending in Congress to have that bar
cut AWAY to a depth of six feet. That
will probably be done and vessels draw
ing eighteen feet of water will be able to
come up to the proposed improvement.