The Jersey City news., 1899-12-14
STATES LIMITS
Interesting Description Of
Monuments Marking It's
Boundaries.
PART OF RIPARIAN REPORT
Many of These Stones Have
Disappeared and Cant
Be Found.
Especial to ~rhe Jersey city News. y

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report Of the Secretary of the Board
which deals with the various monuments
marking the boundaries Of the State. The
report says
s'JJnder the provisions of the act of the
Legislature, approved April IA 1881, max
ing it the duty Of this Commission, in
cooperation with persons duly authorized
by the adjoining State, to examine dur
ing the year 1898 and every three years
thereafter monuments marking the bound
ary lines of this State, and to repair and
replace the same where necessary at the
joint expenses of the States, such ex-
animation has been made during the past
year
"For a detailed description of the monu-
ments marking the boundary line of the
State in the waters of Raritan Bay, Ar
thur Kill Sound, Newark Bay, Kill Won
Kull and the Hudson River, reference is
made to the printed reports of the Com
missioners appointed under the authority
of the Legislature in 1886 and 1888, and
as to the northern boundary line of the
State, to the report made by the Com
mission appointed in 1881
1.-THE monuments marking the boundary
line in Raritan Bay were found in good
condition. excepting as follows
Morgan No. 2-The range flag set in 1891
on the line from Romer Stone Beacon,
through the permanent monument in
Raritan Bay. has disappeared and as all
of the buoys placed in the bay in 1880, on
the range between the permanent monu-
ment and Romer Stone Beacon, were car
ried away by the ice during the first win
ter after they were placed, and as they
were never replaced, there has been moth
ing to mark the boundary line between
the points above named since 1890. Dis
putes between the oystermen operating in
these waters as to the location of the
boundary line, are of frequent occurrence.
and the engineer of this Board has been
in communication and conference with the
New York State Engineer with a view to
devising some means of marking this
boundary line that will be practical and
effective
"A suitable range beacon placed on
the shore at Morgan No. 2 would serve
for part of the distance seaward of the
permanent monument, but as the greater
part Of this line runs through the deepest
water of the bay, anything Of a perma-
nent character to mark the line would be
an obstruction and menace to navigation;
it is possible that buoys placed on the
line at suitable intervals to be set in the
spring and taken up in the fall, would
serve the purpose, and l have this matter
now under consideration with the New
York State Engineer, and respectfully
suggest that the conclusion reached be
presented to the Legislature for considera-
ton.
'sThe monuments marking the boundary
line in these waters were found to be in
good condition. excepting as follows
Monument No. L. Sea. Warren-This
monument was near the side of private
driveway, and in the regarding of the
property and the widening of the drive
way it became necessary to reset the
monument.
Monument No. "a, at Carteret, has
during the erection of some building for
the Williams & Clark Company and the
grading of the grounds has been covered
up and I would suggest that the monu-
ment be reset.
"The glue factory at Elizabethport
which ranged with monuments Nos. AZ
and 45 for the location of point B, ir the
Arthur XIII, has been demolished and a
new point must be established to replace
same.
Monument No. So on the Staten
Island shore at Livingstone could not
be found, and it is probably five feet
under ground, as the level of the
ground in that vicinity was raised
when the Borax Factory was replaced by
the erection Of the new Electric Power
House. this monument will have to be
dug up and reset.
'The locating points on the shores of
these waters being mainly church spires,
chimneys and permanent buildings, were
not included in the examination.
"The monuments marking the Northern
Boundary Line of the State. between the
Hudson River opposite Hastings, and the
Delaware River at Port Jervis. were
found to be in good condition excepting
as follows
Monument No 16 or milestone No. s.
This monument is in locality where
there is no probability of its having been
disturbed; but after careful examina-
ton it could not be found.
Monument No. A or Road No. 8, on
the New York, Lake Erie & Western
r. R., at Sufferns, N. Y.-This monument
is said by the section foreman to be in
place, but about two feet under abe bal
last. No effort was made to uncover it.
as it can readily be found by ranging
between monuments 4S and as, which are
nearby.
Monument No. 56 or Milestone No. 21
This monument could not be found. but
Monument No 81, about 300 feet from it.
was found. There is no doubt that this
monument is in place, but is probably COW
cred with leaves and vegetation 1t is in
the mountains and as night was coming
on no further attempt was made to un-
cover it,
In conclusion the secretary says:-sI
would respectfully urge upon the Com
mission the Importance of securing an in
creased appropriation for the next ex-
animation Of the Boundary Line Monu-
ments Of the State As time passes prop
erty changes owners landmarks disap
pear; new roads are laid out and old ones
abandoned and obliterated; persons FAM.
iliar with the location of the monuments
and the surroundings die or move away.
and each year the examination becomes
more difficult and occupies more time.
II would suggest that an appropriation
be asked for a sufficient to cover the time
necessary to secure such description of
the surroundings of each monument, and
the execution of such sketches as will
enable anyone to readily find each monu-
ment. Some of these monuments are in
Obscure and unfrequented sections and