Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-05-01
Sign Contract as Originally Out
lined TO Vacate Tract
b Within Five Years.
REMOVAL WORK SCHEDULE
Gregory Must Give Bond of
$4,000 to City to
Guarantee Vacation.
HARBOR BOARD BONDS SOLD
Map Showing Hu|ks to be Re-
moved is Part of the
Agreement Signed.
After seemingly endless dickerine

which has been in progress for the
past two months, the Board of Har-
Dor Commissioners succeeded In
making contract with John H. Greg
ory and the Gregory -Wrecking &
Contracting Company yesterday for
the purchase of waterfront property
at the foot of Brighton and Madison
avenues. Harbor improvement
bonds were also sold yesterday, sub
ject to the approval Of the Board of
Aldermen, and it is now concluded
that all details for the requistion OF
waterfront property desired by the
city, have been completed. The Greg
ory land was purchased as originally
intended and for the same price at
which it was first offered, which is
$28,750. Ten per cent of that fig
ure is to be paid down tonight when
the aldermen meet in committee ses-
sion and the transfer will be formal
ly executed by the council at it's reg
ular meeting to be held on Monday
night
John II. Gregory and the Gregory
Wrecking and Contracting Company
have signed agreements with the
harbor board to sell the land as orig
inally outlined to the city and to
vacate entirely within period Of Ave
years. Embodied In the contract of
, sale Is a. schedule, under which the
rcmo( must be carried out to
ceriSAA extent each OF the five
years. Mr.. Gregory and his company
must not cucumber the property
farther on and after today they
must give bond of $40, goo to the
city to guarantee the vacation in the
time limit specified and Mr.. Greg
ory must furnish the city with life
insurance policy for $4,000 on his
life, to farther indemnify the city
In event of his death.
A map. showing the thirty-three
old hulks, vessels and the like ON the
property in question, is made a part
of the. agreement for sale OF the
property. Each vessel, hulk or the
like is numbered and Mr.. Gregory
and his company will be bonded to
remove them in the following order:
Nos. to s the first year, Nos. 9 to 16
the second year, Nos. II to rs the
third year, Nos. 27 and % the fourth
year and Nos. 20 and 80 the fifth
year, or the equivalent. He will re-
move the remains of the schooner
Hattie e. King and Cuba to instead
of the pierhead line for a consider
alton of 81 and will fetch the old
drydock, now beyond the pier line, to
within the bulkhead line. This
would leave but one hulk for the city
to have removed by other meanE.
The Drew, the vessel in question, lies
across the pierhead line, with about
~ - hi 40
line Harbor commissioners have
conferred with Colonel Abbott and
other government officials and there
by secured assurances that the gov
ernment would remove the craft
when request was made to do SO.
Efforts are under way by the
Board of Harbor Commissioners to
have the government grant the city
an application to extend the bulk
head line to the pierhead line about
the property. This would enable the
city to fill in out to the pierhead line
and thereby enlarge its holdings
considerable, besides extending 1t
nearer to deep water In event the
request is not granted, the city will
have to contract for removing the
Cuba and Hattie e. King from the
spot that Gregory and his company
may place them in, to within the
bulkhead line for use for solid f1ll-
ing. With that done, the Gregory
contract fulfilled and the government
removal of the Drew, the property
will be just as the city wants 1t,
harbor commissioners declare. They
state there will be little difficulty to
deepen Raritan river south of the
land in question.
The purchase includes all of the
property, consisting of upland and
riparian rights. lying along the north
side of Raritan river from a point
about fifty feet east of First street
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