New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-17
NEWARK.
AN ATTEMPT NAY BE MADE TO RECLAIM
THE MEADOWS.

LARGE AMOUNT OF MARSH LAND IAN DE- "'""'
v.1rABLE-oTHER LOCAL MATTERS
r.. exclamation Of the Newark meadows mas
Inc o'SI"",, ~ tho Board of Trade. and will
probably be taken up in earnest. lhele or ~
ooo ocres of this tide marsh. fronting "'s''y "a
Newark Bay and II the track couio NC -. 49,
nv nll,ns In 'or dyking 1t woud De ..,,.soa
var,ou. purposes. Truck farms cou'u oe -. 49,
oor I, which would yield good crops WIZ" ~,
markets close by. and large poroo" - s.n,,,,c-
-. utilized ly railroad companies ana ''.
- A, the date of the last report on the SUI
Co.. ., tidal and marsh lands by the sta.e "eo'o
sis, there were in the State total OF A'0o'' 80
NJ tide marsh. Of which S4"of aoie' ia"
royod mr. embarked The improvements "'e
nostIv in SOUTH Jersey. and what mas pee" re-
,,,ed I, Essex and Hudson counties pelohes 10
-, rnora,ions The Lehigh Valley ana
,,s,.,,,,,ia COMPANIES have built embanKmeh's
tor ,hair tracks crossing the meadows peo" Wv
rt end this has reclaimed severai nu""e go,
Ex-Prealdent Miller OF the boaru vi ''"'
uouarA and studied the dykins sys'e'" .'e'e !"
"a. HOY, I, could be applied to the Ne"arN ''e"
ows and ha made favoraoie repo'' " ,I,,..s
STATE Geologst Smock. who also wen. 70 iio',""u
80 80, s,,,s nurpose In reference 20 dyking aiohe
,h coos, IN sion the entertainments OF the OCEAN
a, Long Branch and elsewhere was summary ~,
pressed a to the utility OF the system -, -
ing the salt marshes Of New-Jersey'
r,ants as the Newark meadows oiee' ~
49,, Ole, countless swarms Of mosquitoes.
nv. poord ~ Works is experimenting with vitri-
e., ,r,o, az , substitute for asphalt In street paw
- commissioners visited Trenton ana fhiia-
1s,nb,a and inspected brick pavements ana de
cided to pave eral streets II tnr nv
was furnished This VIII De hss gener"''"eo "
~ members Of the lst Regiment who failed TO
qualify marksmen at 'ne ,, pea 90 10 Sea- Grit by
r1DT
me Lecen' ,ert week and have another chance to
qualify The regiment failed 70 g'a a. Vas Jar ex
n,ed bv the ID Regiment. which foiowea go 80
and obtained hf hf Resment are raising by
subscription enough money 10 ou f,ii,srr Hoard the
emhscrintions TO he repaid out OF me STATE aPPto
priation 1t is proposed also 10 P'oN''e i"''''9 ~
target practice A. ...o,.l. tho
destruction OF The great malt house OF peter baa
lantine Sons and OF the MOVING loss alto
ceher Of nearly s. cco have reused the Fire Com
ssoners to he need Of de ne The
Board Of Underwriters has also taken action IN tns
nncine.hoises without an appropria tion ana the
Common Council this year has use lor every uol.ai
onnronriation viii be asked by authority Of the
Legislature next winter.
1t is not definitely known whether or not the the
senate Investigating Committee viii hold sessions
in Newark 1t Is known that strong Influences are
at work to nqSry pE s Senator Voerhees
chairman of the committee. said recently thst ~
his wishes prevailed the inquiry would be made In
Essex County but II is freely predicted IN the ci'y
that the committee will sit In Newark.
Mayor Lebkuecher yesterday granted permission
70 the Socialist Labor party TO conduct political
campaign by speeches from trucks hauled ABOUT the
city
Christian Heck. forty-nine years old a stabeman
employed by c. Nolz & Son. at No ~ Wiliam-st
committed suicide Yesterday by taking poison He
has no relatives in this country.
The funeral of DR. Charles F. J. Lehlbach will be
held this afternoon at his home. No. 225 washing
tOn-St.
Louis Erich aged ten. living at No. g. Garrison
ST was arrested on Thursday for stealing watch
The boy said he had given the watch TO his mother
The mother denied this. and when the boy was led
off TO a eel he pleaded with her 20 give up the
watch so that he could go home. but she paid no
heed TO him and walked away. Yesterday the watch
was handed 10 the police by the boys father. 1t
was not explained where he had found H. The boy
was liberated