The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-05-29
WANTS MORE ROOM
Holland American Line Asks
for a Part Of Hudson
Park Basin.

AS tomorrow is holiday and the Ri
parian Commissioners are only human,
Notwithstanding their greatness, the
Board held a meeting this morning The
most important matter which the Com
missioners considered was an application
by Judge Bedle on behalf of the Hoboken
Land and Improvement Company for per-
mission for the Holland-American Line to
use one hundred feet of the space in front
of Hudson Park for docking purposes.
Mr.. Bedle explained that the privilege
sought was similar to that recently grant
ed to the North German Lloyd Company
at the south of the basin, except that the
Holland-American Line wanted the north
ern part of the basin. The entire basin,
he said, was 800 feet wide, and if the pres
ent request was granted there would still
be 100 feet left for the lighthouses and the
Naval Reserve ship the U. S. S. Ports
mouth. If the permission was granted.
he said, the basin in front of the park
would not be obstructed. All the COM
pany wanted was additional space in
which to manoeuvre its large vessels when
necessary.
Judge Bedle also intimated that the Hull
and American line was rapidly growing
and increasing in Importance and would
500 make extensive improvements in it's
| plant at Hoboken.
Mayor Pagan of Hobolzen accompanied
Judge Bedle and said that there was no
objection in his city to the request being
granted. The Board took the matter
under advisement, but it is understood
that Judge Bedle's application will be
granted
The request is precisely similar to one
made by the North-German Lloyd steam
ship coamnpy, which was granted by the
| last Legislature after one of the bitterest
| fights of the session
When the park in question was laid out
the city was given an easement on the RI
parian rights which provided that the
water front should always be Kept open
1 and used neither for docking or flioorage.
| This privilege has not been enforced.
| and there are now three boat houses and
| a pier i'll front of the park, besides which
! the Novol Reserves vessel, Portsmouth,
was until recently berthed there. All these
| the consent of the Hoboken Council,
| which, however, recently repealed the or-
dinance allowing the Portsmouth to lie
| line the right to swing IT'S lines over a
portion of the space in berthing there.
This bropght forth an appeal from
/ Commander Washington Irving and the
| Naval Reserves to the Riparian Commits
| sionefs.
| There is ground for the belief that the
Commission will sanction nothing which
| would interfere with the moorage of the
Portsmouth.
Should the Holland-America line secure
| the desired permit it will probably result
| in another bill before thefLegislature next
year, there being some question as to
whether even a permit fro mthe city, rati-
fled by the Riparian Commissioners, is
sufficient.
| Such provision was given in the case of
| the North German Lloyd Company, but
! even then the bill was vigorously opposed
by many of the Republican Senators. The
| measure was chamDioned in the Senate
| by Senator Hudspeth. and it was largely
| due to his exertions that it became q