The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-01-10
Mud FLATS MAY
Be RECLAIMED
State Riparian Board Thinks
the Problem One Easy Of
Solution
MARSHES ARE VALUABLE
REVENUE TO THE STATE FROM
RIPARIAN GRANTS WAS $G9..
13.s5-LAND UNDER WATER.

s13s5-LAND UNDER WATER.
The annual report Of the New Jersey
Riparian Commission is in the aauds oz
Governor Stokes The document discuss
ses the value OF the water front lanlsyof
the State and makes known the intention
Of the commission to make an effcrt to
secure Improvements during rhe coming
year in Newark Bay.
Extracts from the report follow:
''The commissioners propose, during
the coming year. to press with renewed
energy for the consent of TIE general goy-
ernment to the proposed exteIasion Of the
riparian hines out from the westerly shors
| of Newark Bay. from a point near the
confluence of the Passaic and Hacker
sack Rivers to Arthur Kill. The shore
/ is now practically shu5 on from me
naviSable water by mud hat extend ng
out almost 1900 feet. 1t cannot be re-
claimed and developed ulii the lvt4..-,-
| sion is secured from the federal authoii-
| ties to fill in this fat SHch 5p.;ai- 4
has heretofore been denied on what seems
grounds. The commissioners hope to have
| the cooperation of Your Excellency and
of the representatives in Congress f'am
l3ssex and Hudson countiSs in urgiag It's
| general government TO reconsider It's uS-
cision in this matter. If this extensive
fat could be partly filed in and parity
dredged out it would open to manufactuF-
| ing industries and commercial sntereses
several miles Of what would chen De one
of the most valuable water fronts in the
State.
The commissioners have of late adj
! vanced largely the price asked for ripa-
rian rights on the Hudson river, New
| York bay, the Kills and on all other
waters in that vicinity. Several applaea-
tions for large grants ON the Hudson
| have been declined By the applicants on
account Of what they consider the ex-
cessiYe price demsndpd; but the ecmznis-
sioners are firm in their views as TO the
great and increasing value Of these water
fronts, believing that hi khs near future
| they will be worth considerably more
! than the prices even now asked. ThS
available water frontage IN the neigh
4 borhood of New York is irHited. .whila
there is no limit to the prodigious in
crease in popufatienaa nd nstsriaiS dsFel-
opment in this part Of the State.
"The states riparian holdings eD all
the waters Within twenty miles Of Now
! York promise to beoosse an ihlcrsasirglE
I valuable asset. Projected greet enter
1 prises looking to the improvement Of the
wide stretch of meadews between Jersey
| City and Newark viii create denfand
| for sites on the Passaic and HackensaeE
rivers at advancing rates. Many acres
| of these marsh lands have already been
! filed in by dredging, and the work Of re-
claiming is still progressing. The next
inevitable step in the development OF
such enterprise is to apply to the state
| for the riparian interest"
/ Included in the report is tabulated
statement of the riparian grants issued
! during the past year and from this
source the revenue to the state has been
/ $69,S13S5. Leases have been executed
i to the total value of So, 6,923.J6. Licenses
! have been granted to- the amount aggre-
gate of 500 The conversions made dur
/ ing the year total TO S.34, ,40l. 50. The
] total income of the connriss on for the
year is SS2O. .1o9. .13.
! The amount of business done by the
commission during the past year IS ceu-
s.deraby greater in vo.ume ana aincs. <
than that of the preceding year. and sp-
plications for some or Ihs vauab-e wa,
F, Ter front prCEc = Ct tl.t SKATE are ntW
pending before rke board .
Under the lite of States title to lSa2
under wat r. the report ay.e:--
'.ssNri G ~ GuASt. Il s nov ner ossS-y
raised as TO the absolute t,tie Of the ss:.r4
(" iaH,S -.os.ea Dst l:ae w9Tt1 II lreS4
high dc the CO struetiGn OF the T CHS
pasportesf t, he cnveyed By certa p am
4 Gent le.. stat { etatg;.es y Of ylSft nl-
portanee AMI has reesiTsd careful atom
ton.
/ - case alluded 10 in the last reroft et
this commission is of in,e ESQ II th.a
connection. \ ieg.sasye statute. Was
! deeme1 by certain parties iaterc ed IN
4 commercial enterprise to give All stee
j rights needed for the occupation of .aRS$
under water in front of the urlaudl own,
ed by the parties. Sd.t Was brought to
recover this aud sett eAie [ Yves haaS
| much to the advantage Of the state"
ship as to who is tbe owner OF the tR,s
to the ripa anl en:itled to accretions aA
well as to be estee5ne>. the .1Bal 20 Il Getils
ers for the purpose Of appls'ing to- the
State for riparian ri0htsl and Of thss
says: This is puzzling and may give
rise to doubt as to the validity of ID
riparian grants" For those Interested
in this question the report - the y
of Ocean City W.. William Shriver, wh:sh
| reported at Length in 35 Aloem, psse
! $50.
/ Considerable space is assigned ia the
report to the examinations which were
! made during the year of the monuments
marking the boundary OF the State 1t
is shown TINT many Of the monuments
for this purpose were found to be dam
aged An instance is cited whore monp
ment No. 4. at Tottenvilie, was found to
have been covered by the erection Of
house o~er st. Monument No. 4G. at Ber-
gen Point, is covered bv building in
i " alch is stored tons of machinery. The
1 lncFt rrees that the monuments he re-
about $500.