The Jersey City news., 1903-09-30
Gross Neglect of the City's
Interests in the Thir-
teenth Street Case
to Be Probed.
COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY NAMED
Street and Water Board De-
termined to Know Why
the Case Was Not
Properly Pushed.

The Street and Water Board does not
propose to allow the manner in which the
city's case concerning the right to the
foot of Thirteenth street was submitted
by the city's law department to the Court
of Errors and Appeals to be dropped.
Yesterday a committee was appointed to
investigate the matter and report back
to the Board.
The preambles and resolution by which
This was done reads as follows
Whereas, BY resolution adopted on the
eleventh day of August this Board re-
auested the law department of the city
for information as to the truth of certain
statements made in the public press, con-
corning the manner in which the case in
volving the public right to the use of
Thirteenth street had been submitted to
the Court of Errors and Appeals, 1T hav-
ing been publicly asserted that the city's
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that no argument had been presented in
answer to the Chanceilor's opinion which
opinion holds that the people of Jersey
City are not entitled to access through
Thirteenth street to Hudson river and
that no answer was presented in behalf
of Jersey City to a very extensive brief
presented on behalf of the Delaware,
Laekawanna and Western Railroad Com
pany.
Whereas decision viii be rendered in
said case at the next November term of
the Court. and it is of great importance
that every possible step should be taken
to protect the great public interests in
volyed in said case; and
Whereas. The Corporation Counsel has
informed this Board that, while the city
maps were not submitted with the case
they We're subsequently forwarded to
the Court but has not Informed this
Board whether any answer has been
made to the argument submitted by the
Delaware Lackawanna and>Wester Rail
road Company, although admitting that
there has not been any attempt to ans
wer the opinion delivered against the
city by the Chancellor.
Resolved, That the President of this
Board shall appoint a special committee
OF three members whose duty it shall be
to ascertain the manner in which the
city's claim has been presented to the
Courtof Errors and Appeals, and to re-
port -
First-Whether the maps on which
the rights of the city to Thirteenth
street are founded were presented to the
Court; also the date on which said maps
were last removed from City Hall.
Secoud-Whether any argument was
presented 10 the Court in answer to the
decision of the Court of Chancery ap-
peaieu from the city.
Third-Whether any answer was made
on behalf on the city to theargument SUBJ
mitted by the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad Company.
Fourth-If no argument was submitted
on behalf of the city in answer to the
adverse opinion rendered in the court of
Chancery on being submitted by the Rail
road Company, such committee shall re-
port within what time. under rules of the
Court, such argument could have been
submitted and if such time has passed
the committee to report what steps, if
any, can be taken to have the matter
properly handled.
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