Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-15
OCEANS |NROADS
ON JERSEY COAST


| lose considerable patronage. as the
| automobiles would be forced to use
| the inland route in order to reach
Red Bank and Asbury Park. Off
Gals of these villages have announced
| to the people of albright that they
| will attend the meeting at Trenton
| tomorrow and lend their aid in pro-
| curing immediate assistance.
| That the State is vitality interested
| has been pointed out by several
prominent engineers who have visited
| Seabright in order to familiarize
| themselves with the situation. They
| called attention to the amount of
work done on the ocean boulevard,
from Atlantic Highlands to the Bor-
| ough of Highlands which work has
already proved a valuable asset to
| the State. This Ocean boulevard Is
| to connect Atlantic Highlands with
| Cape May, and is to be constructed
| by the Commission of Public Roads,
| following so far as practicable, the
available and convenient improved
roads now constructed. which route
shall be as near as the ocean front
as practicable
This act was passed April 9, 1910,
and a considerable amount of money
has been spent in building five miles
of road on top of the Navesink noun
tains, with huge concrete retaining
walls on the upper portion and heavy
fence running along the, edge Of the
cliff. Automobile parties go out of
their way in order to get a view from
the top of the mountain and then
wend their way down an incline to
the Highlands. where they Cross the
bridge and then follow the road
through Norrnandie to Seabright.
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road now used is abandoned by the
sea cutting through, the purpose of
the Ocean Boulevard will be nullified,
as the road cannot be carried along
the hills west of the Shrewsbury river
without a prohibitive cost.
Sandy Hook In Danger
Another serious aspect that will be
discussed will be the effect of cut
through the peninsular at Seabright. |
and that is the speedy destruction of
the northern point on which the gov
eminent reservation is situated. This |
brings the Federal government into |
the discussion, as Sandy Hook is the !
principal point of defense that
guards the great New York harbor |
from an invading force. Should the |
ocean begin to attack the southern |
point where the cut would be. 1t |
would, in q short time, eat it's way
along and reduce the island to !
mere handful of ground compared |
to its present size.
All of these points will be brought |
out at the meeting and several |
prominent engineers have stated that |
il the opportunity arises they viii |
offer suggestions for the protection |
Of the coast villages. Principally |
among these seems to be professional |
xtrlrn Il al
waters that now protect Coney Is !
land. During the past few years, |
very little damage has been done to !
the Coney Island shore where few |
years back it seemed to be doomed. |
These breakwaters extend a consid- |
cradle distance out in the ocean in |
rows far enough apart not to inter- |
fere with the use of the beach for |
bathing purposes, and they meet the |
incoming waves and break them up
before they reach the beach proper. |
The engineers say that some of these
breakwaters have been constructed at
the northern end of Atlantic City, |
near the Absecon Light. and they
have caused theb each to build up in
stead of wash away as was the case
prior to their construction. Private
property owners have built these
breakwaters in some instances and
they have proved valuable invest |
ment.
Another phase of the question that /,
will be taken up will be the sugges-
ton to create an inlet on govern
ment property so that the force of
the seas can be broken by the water :
finding an opening in the solid wall
of beach that extends from Sandy
Hook TO Manasquan inlet or in fact
TO Barnegat inlet. This inlet, IL is
claimed. working in conjunction with
a series Of breakwater extending out
from the coast line. will be the means
of saving Seabright, Normandie,
Galilee and other points from total
humiliation.