Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-06-23

acquisition OF riparian rights at
| the city's principal street ends for
the lowest prices possible is the main
topic here today. 1t is the cause 0f
the visit of Acting Governor James
f. Fielder, members of the State
Board of Riparian Commissioners
and other prominent state officials,
which resulted in such a sweeping
demonstration. That the city will
benefit thereby was the indication
following meeting in city hall at
II o'clock this morning. The ripar-
ian commissioners assured aldermen
and other city officials that every
member of the board, from the goJ-
ernor down, had the kindest feeling
for Perth Amboy and would certail-
ly give 1t every consideration possible
by making the cost for street ends as
low as possible.
The principal stumbling block Cor
very low price, such as the Board
of Harbor Commissioners and city Off
cials generally desire, is the repeated
statement of the riparian commits
sioners, that the board is bound by
law to show no discrimination, and
must charge municipalities the same
price for property at street ends as
they would charge private owners for
such land or any adjoining property
which fronts on the water.
The demonstration given the act
ing governor and the other state Off
cials inspired him to no small degree
He was especially delighted by the
reception accorded him by thousands
of school children who marched for
his inspection and were afterwards
addressed by him in city hall park
The program was carried out min
utely.
AS Mr.. Fielder and the other state
officials stepped from the train at
Central depot at exactly 1925 o'clock
this morning three taps were sound
ed on the fire alarm. Instantly whis-
ties In every part of the city were
started and most of them were kept
sounding for ten minutes until the
parade had ended at city hall. A
procession was formed with Mounted
Patrolman John Martin as marshal
Lead by the mounted officer and A.
B. Nelson's band, the procession.
made up of about a score of auto
mobiles decorated with American
flags and pennants, proceeded down
Smith street and south on High
street to city hall park. The greet
ing which was accorded Acting Gov
ernor Fielder at the station, along
the line of the parade and at the city
hall was Overwhelming and he SEEM
ed highly appreciative therefor.
Mr.. Fielder occupied Thomas IT.
Burke's big limousine automobile,
which lead the line of machines. In
1t with him were Mayor Ferd Garrett
son, Superintendent OF Police Patrick
J. Burke in uniform as the governor
aide while here, President Richard A.
Bolger of the Board of Harbor Com
missioners, Senator William ID. Ram
say and M. F. Mclaughlin, vice presi-
dent of the Board of Riparian Com
missioners.
Others In the machines which fol-
lowed were: Mr.. Gorham, of the War
Department; Riparian Commissioner
Joseph A. Birkholz, Harbor Commits
sioner Abel Hansen, Assemblyman A.
A. Quinn, Sheriff Albert Bollschweil-
er, City Attorney G. G. Hommann,
Harbor Commissioner John G. Done
hue, City Marshal William W. Wal
ters, Harbor Commissioner Peter Z.
Olsen, Riparian Commissioner Erwin
e. Marshall, Secretary John G. Payne
of Riparian Board, Aldermen F. A.
Seaman and Henry w, Sandbeck Jr.,
President Nels Hansen of the Board
of Excise Commissioners, Aldermen
John Kutcher, John ]. Clark and F.
William Hilker, John 8. Hanson, j. }.
Deveny, Eugene Mullen, Surrogate
John Egan and Assemblyman Thomas
n
Tonnell, secretary of the Fielder Lea
que, L. E. Herman secretary TO Act
ing Governor Fielder and Haddeh
Ivens.
CITY hall was reached shortly be-
fore II o'clock and after some hand
shaking the Board of Riparian Com
missioners, together with the local
barbor board, Mayor Ferd GarretSon, |
the aldermen and City Attorney &. Z.
met In the council cham
Der and reviewed the request for
riparian rights to Buckingham ave-
nue.. Washington street, Commerce
street, Fayette street and others ex-
tending down to Raritan Bay and
Raritan river. Maps showing the
street ends desired, together with
five photographs OF some OF them and
A program of the days events were
distributed to the leading officials.
President Richard A. Bolger. OF
the Harbor Board of Perth Amboy, |
opened with O request that the state
grant the desired rights to the city |
at the lowest prices possible. He
said the board thought $40, $40 and |
$40 a foot to be fair prices for street
ends. according to the value with re-
spect to location and water depth. |
Here Mr.. Mclaughlin said the ques- |
ton Of prices had been threshed out |
pretty thoroughly at previous meet
ings and that in consideration OF the
combined requests for four street
ends, i. e., Buckingham avenue,
Commerce and Fayette
streets, the board had conferred with
former Governor Wilson and fixed
$40 a foot as the price for the desir-
ed rights. The commissioners con-
sidered and say they must still fol-
low the law, which provides that
they cannot discriminate between mu
inequalities and private individuals.
In the course OF discussion the |
let 1t be known that
the city had not lost all right to
riparian land at the foot of Bucking-
ham avenue, despite that grant had t
bes. made years back to Arthur |
Bu ). -ansferring riparian rights to
props ~ 'ew occupied by the Public