| Record Group: | Commission to Investigate and Report upon the Abandonment of Navigation of the Morris Canal |
| Series: | Reports and Photographs, 1903 |
| Accession #: | 1979.005 |
| Series #: | SZMOR001 |
| Guide Date: | 3/1992 (JK); rev. 7/1997 (LHB) |
| Volume: | 0.5 c.f. [1 box] |
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On 31 March 1903, the state legislature adopted a resolution to provide for the appointment of commissioners to investigate whether legislation should be enacted permitting the abandonment of navigation on the Morris Canal. The commission reported that the canal no longer had economic justification and recommended its abandonment. This series consists of: I.) the commissioners' report, II.) a brief prepared by the counsel of the Lake Hopatcong Protective Association in response to the investigation, and III.) Morris Canal Views... (a photographic supplement to the report, showing views of the canal from the Hudson to the Delaware). |
| 1. | Report
of the Commissioners Appointed under Concurrent Resolution of March
31, 1903, To Investigate and Report Upon the Abandonment of Navigation
of the Morris Canal, by George T. Werts, John W. Griggs, and
Foster M. Voorhees, Commissioners. |
| 2. | In
the Matter of the Investigation before Hon. George T. Werts, Hon.
John W. Griggs and Hon. Foster M. Voorhees, Commissioners, Pursuant
to a Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey (passed by the Assembly and concurred in
by the Senate, March 31, 1903), to provide for the Appointment of
Commissioners to examine into the report upon the question whether
legislation should be enacted permitting the abandonment of navigation
on the Morris Canal. Brief of Roderick Byington, Counsel of
the Lake Hopatcong Protective Association, 12 August 1903. |
| 3. | Morris Canal Views: supplementing report, N. J. Commissioners to investigate the Morris Canal, 1903. Note: This photographic supplement to the commissioners’ report consists of 91 captioned 7 ½” x 9 ½” B&W prints showing the canal from Jersey City to Phillipsburg. The “views” were originally bound into an album, which has been dismantled for purposes of preservation. The images are arranged geographically, east to west from Jersey City to Phillipsburg. The captioning shown includes the original identifications as they appear on the album sheets, along with additional annotation in brackets provided in 1997 by James Lee and William Moss, directors of the Canal Society of New Jersey. Page
1: Images 1-17, Jersey City to Bloomfield |
| Created September 2003 |
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