Final voyage of derelict have ^loaty tried 's get) id 
of ^de'r'eli'icC bouts vat the buy's shove, 
Tuesday, ^cleu'ltup crews ^altoued fat. 
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An excavator prepares to snatch a derelict boat from the shore of Alviso Slough. 
Rotting boats removed 
at last ^f-om Alviso Slough 
^13YFILANILSWLt:NEY 'rite first, two ^clealop ^vicLbtrs 

^hit,w,,vyNewssuarwow, LULL their rate quickly fn the P. 


For years, Alviso residents ^cruiiciWlg bite of a huge claw- 

have complained of decaying wielding excavating machine 

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boats along their ^bnlrvshchoked But Lite ^teu0cious mud at water's 

^watertroatwhere noisy ^oquattets edge did fiat. meekly ^sutreuder 1 j a 


dumped raw sewage mid garbage once-sleek Librarian will) an ugly ^i tc) the ^slougli to ^endaliger pub- ^sbucIc Oil LOP- ^gia 



t ^Imalthand the area's rich will- Nestled fit a thick ^geowUi of r•. r ^li;< ^t,rr, r , 1 :r ^klkillYc ^~ 





life. bulrushes, Like old vessel's triple " ^L~fr ^r,Ft•p-S{~t `'°. ^nr~r{.-~ 1 ^'~ r ^YE;;,- 






^Fhlally, ^uca'ly a year after a hulls were ^swdcelt deeply ^biLv ^~(`,'~,~ ^~ sire ^tVkNF~, al ^G?4 1 (>, ^~~ 1 ^~,i t xJ r ;+ 







cleanup plan was ^atutounced, u ^U,e silty halt, where It had sat ^ar,~ , ^IN°rs's 'aril , 



^coallUoit of ^govenunenL agencies for yews. s 1 C2. ^~' : ! ^~v v 



began ^clemung up the ^mess'rues_ Now it. ^muI Like ^uUler ^roLUuu 

day, sell fit heavy equipment eyesores were destined for ^~i'rill,J. n9 ^ri?~ol ^Fa'~~3r 1>1f. ^~ - 


to haul nearly a dozen aban- 10101111. 

doped boats ^I't'om Lite shores of ^1%Wed III .t muddy marsh, soave A spectator views the action from a safe distance Tuesday 


Alviso Slough. ^SmALVISO,Page 4B atop a 12-fool ladder. 


SAID JOSE MERCURY NEWS 0 Local M WEDNESDAY, JULY 23. 1997 
Alviso boat cleanup under way 
weeds and marl [I) the levee, ^Siugley gently lowered the 

^A~.v~$0 I u ^i ^~'' ^tk i7 smash it to rubble ^Wldl die claw, claw, Wen suddenly ^plmched It 






^7vLt6 Page ^IB .gym ^Frahcl ; hole hi die to r deck. 'file jaws 


f. 'BA ^NatlD '. .I ^i~`. ^~ ^san their swop the remains !fit, at 1 




^dlllb r 'M a ,.dose' ^thdtfulp eir ^utuk clanged Stall ^autd pulled Ule boat 



of the bouts were ^aburduued ^W,r17 I `1 J,, 


^Ncx stop: ^Newby ^Islautd ^lmul_ ^half\vay unto Like levee, then 

decades ago. ^UUlets were willed i r -,~~r .. ^`7snana. ^~' ^cnlsltell will bit it. Lo pieces. 





in inure ^receuUy by people who. ^>.Clara(:o. fill. "1 ^Llioughl l could ,just reach 



lived o„ ^d(eul as ^(Gespassers al -1~ ('he engines - ^coulabilng oil, and. will grab 'em will ^tlu'uw 'err 



a fuel and ^Itydratilic. rut •I, rill or ill ^flit-Uucic,"Sill the said. 1t. took 


public land. Some were evicted ^'~- 

^uver file past few ^utontlls. A few \\ 'S ^wldch are ^cuusthcred ^Iuvwduus 6 y 




n waste - ^Weie ^1se separated 110111 a hit ^lugca' ^Ul;m he ^:mucipaled. 


^squatlets ^remailln. I 11 was luurch Live. 


- ^lt[visa -. tie bout wreckage ^I'ur ^evcul.ual By the end of tike clay, ^Ule ^Fer- 



^IL look a lawsuit by the State 
Lands ^Cvmmissiou, which ad- disposal at a( approved ^danp ma ^Culp. clew fruit ^reuluved ^sev- 


^itZsteis Like edges of San ^F1af- -l :-. somewhere else. ^et1 buals ^lrmu Lhe edge of 111e 



^ciscq Bay Elf well as all ^Urfad ^ar- ^Oereliet a ` ^$ingley, with 12 Years exited- bay, ^'lltey'll be buck today to con - 


e as aid submerged river at III lake a l ence at the coldruls, made (Illicit Write file job said Mike Di Mar- 




e 111 1 work of file first vessel, a steel- cu, ^spOkesinat nor the ^Swita Cla- 




beds In Calffooda, to order [die 4 

lulled boat Al triple Lorded ^il rat Valley Wader District. one Or* 

^uoafs removed. ` ^~.5MI file a wallet mid flattened !l like rite agencies ^e.47yhtg OUL file 



^'I'lle civil suits; filed hr ^Sa(la ®'`s' u pancake. boat removal. 


Clam CuunLy Superior' Court, ^MEncuriyNEws Me second, wharf had been a The Alviso ^demmp is only the 



^clailued Wail Like defendants were ^v¢ly Vice 2G-Loot ^cabitl cruiser a list step because derelict. vessels 


u 11 Sane 

trespassing art public laud aid hair century, ago, wars ^(Illickiy we a ^w'IdUSpI'e}AI ^pl'ublrll 


^cieelitlg a public nuisance. The Cleanup sire is ^urdy at short, ^ciushed into a ^plle Or rotting Francisco Bay. Iii recent yews, 



^disuuice ^suupi or file county Ilea- wood. the South bay has become a 


A ^lavoruble decision allowed a lira, ^llow also lilted in will, slit 

^cuaiuou 01 ^uemiy a dozen local, because Lhc county Slop That ^cicmisl the ^,vny W attach dumping ^gru,uul fur junk boat, 


slate aid ^Cederal agencies oiled died •ir yews a +o. the cable to the deeply ^ulreQ Milk Redwood City's 17 idles of 



Lhe Sam Jose ^BaY(rout ^Clean-Up y 6 g Y 6 ^uimwail, sloughs file must ^Imuvily affect.- ^CuuuldLtee to ^beghi Like work Atop Lhe levee, heavy ^equllr ,meat operator ^Jal Sir ^gle , deftly But the cable ^w'us slicing ell. 






Y b Y Y ^tiuuugit the hull, ^Lhrealetrillg to ^Asseulbt}•lam'fed ^LemperL, ^ll- 




^MlOst of the targeted boats, ^nIWIeUVered Lite Cut 22G excuva- lean fl asunder and leave Lite Palo Alto, ember Uds week fault 



nearly all Incapable of. ^lloatLng, for, a tracked vehicle wielding a mess Lou Gar Out fur the clan' Lo he ^hdeuds Lo co-spunsur a but to 



sit aloog Lite levee ail the ends of huge claw oil Line end of a lung ready, ^SLlgley said. ^"LUL We gut help pay for cleanup. Aild the 



hope laid ^Cal,herb,e streets lit Al- mill. IL" slate budget ^act•alting approval 



visa, sail Jose's below-sea level The ^Lec9uuque: anal, a heavy In a matter of ^mitmLe6 ^Ulls by Gov. Pete ^vVilsoti ^cuuLuins 



district at the southern edge of steel cable to file ^alalrluned bual, Luo, was pullml lowiud the ^7000,lltlll for ^dispusul Of wrecked 


^Saut Francisco Buy. ^bual, pull Lite vessel ^lluough Uie levee's edge. 4 bra he