Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-13
riparian BOARD
VIEWS BAY FRONT
State Commissioners Inspect
Land to Which City De-
sires Rights.

Braving gale that swept across
the meadows today, the state Ri
parian Commissioners. with their en-
eineers and representatives Of the
Board of Works, inspected the New
ark bay front where the city desires
water rights for its pier heads in ths
shin canal zone. Chief Engineer Nor
ris z. sherrerd recently made appli-
cation for the riparian rights and q
hearing was given the official before
Governor Wilson two weeks ago, with
result that an inspection was de-
cided upon.
The city owns 1000 feet frontage
The original bullshead line extends
out 1000 feet. or several hundred feet
further than the government harbor
line, which is about 300 feet out.
The commission will decide on the
matter at a meeting to be held next
week in Trenton.
In the party which made the in
spection were Riparian Commission
ers Richard F. Mclaughlin, Henry 4
caullet and Joseph A. Birkholz; J. G.
Payne, engineer to the commission;
Board of Works Commissioners Ar
thur F. Denman, Charles p. Gillen
and Albert II. Biertuempfel and Chlei
Engineer Morris r. Sherrerd. Ripar-
ian Commissioner J. Ward Richard
son and Board of Works Commits
sioners Patrick H. Ryan and Dr..
Charles f. Kraemer were unable to
make the trip.
Before making the trip Commits
sioner Canllet. of Trenton, stated that
Governor Wilson had told him and
his colleagues that he was heartily in
favor of the project and would do
ANYTHING in his power to advance
Newark's interests. The specific APP
plication made by the city of Newark
is for the granting of the riparian
right 20 the land and asking the COM
nissioners to fix the valuation on it.
After Chief Engineer Sherrerd had
explained the situation by means of
maps the commissioners went over
the ground The members of the RI
parian board expressed themselves as
in favor of granting the city what is
desired, but take the stand that they
cannot discriminate between a mu-
nicipaIity and an individual. This,
they declare, would be unconstitu-
fional. Mr.. Sherrerd did not share
the same opinion on this question,
however.
The members of the commission ex-
planned to MIR. Sherrerd that their at
h
much the same as that of real
estate operator. They are bound, they
declared, to fix the valuation of the
land as they find 1t. The money OBJ
tanned from the sale of riparian
rights goes to the State school fund.
Much good-natured bantering oc-
CURED between the commissioners
and the city officials over the fixing
of the valuation. Mr.. Sherrerd de-
cIared that $40 foot would be fair
price and the commissioners assured
the local representative that they
would give the matter fair considera-
zion. Commissioner Mclaughlin. who
IS al the head of the commission and
resides in this city, promised that he
would take an especial interest in the
project.
Mr.. Sherrerd explained afterwards
that an application had also been
made to the Harber Line Commission.
The government line runs out some
800 feet. MIR. Sherrerd pointed out
that if the application made to the
Riparian Commission is granted, the
city will have the right to the prop
ertv. even if the government is ex-
tended out.
The property affected is that ac-
quired by the city from former United
States Senator James Smith. jr., and
Joseph L. Mum.