the aerial photo of liberty island in
http://www.ninety.one.canby.k12.or.us/Classrooms/wigowsky/nationalmonu
ments/monumentjh.htm
shows 2 evidently modern manmade protuberances from its shores
which would qualify as nj territory under the 1834 compact & 1998
supreme court decision
which incidentally does mention bedloes or liberty island
tho it makes no ruling upon it
none having been asked for
m

--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> i mean since nj evidently does care enough about this to create its
> own liberty state park on the nj mainland opposite the island
> http://loper.org/~george/around_world/new_jersey/liberty_park.html
> so could some nj claim to liberty island additions since 1834 be
far
> behind
> m
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> > yes i can see all this but i was thinking just the prestige value
> of
> > partly owning the great liberty island might be worth the candle
in
> > this case
> > & i imagine it would be an easy case to make at this point
> > m
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Arif Samad <fHoiberg@y...> wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > > I can possibly explain why New Jersey hasn't
> > > asked for any part of Liberty Island. Simply, it
> > > isn't worth it. For Ellis Island, they got something
> > > like 80 to 90% of the island because It was increased
> > > hugely. Not only does its territory has almost all
> > > subsidiary buildings, also the main building is partly
> > > on it. The economic implications are big. Ten feet
> > > of land here and there which would end up parts of New
> > > Jesey in Ellis Island just isn't worth it.
> > > By the way, I believe the pier is old enough that
> > > it is possibly exempted though I do not have the exact
> > > history of the island nor the case on the boundary
> > > with me.
> > > Arif
> > >
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