The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
BAR STREET WASHINGS.
FROM RIVER, THEIR PLEA.
Navigation Committee Reports to Board
of Trade Result of Pas
sale Trip.

AS a result of the recent trip of thu
river and navigation committee of tht
Board of Trade, taken with a view to con.
sidering the a~dvisability of deepening thu
Passaic River for future navigation, tn,
following partial report was submitted b,
the members to the parent body last night
Results beyond u expectation Of
accomplishment at this date have been
attained in the deepening of the Pas
sale, due. in a great measure, to the
change In sentiment and view of the
whole country, as to the urgent neces-
sity for increased water Transports
tion facilities, thus inducing favorable
Congressional action. In addition, the
earnest and intelligent support of Col
onel Lockwood, engineer in charge of
the waters in this district, has been
given without stint, and our program
has been greatly advanced thereby.
To-day the execution of the contract
FOR the l6-foot channel Is in active prog
ress IN the lower reaches of the river,
and the completion of the 12-foot cham
mel at the upper end is fast approach
ing. We have before us, and on record
IN the Wa Department, reports made
by Colonies Livermore and Lockwood
to the effect that the river and bay,
TO accommodate present and prospec-
tive commerce, cnould be deepened to
~ rect, they so
After due consideration this commit
tee made a trip of inspection of the
waters under Improvement, the partic-
ular object OF their efforts and labors.
Invitations were extended to our Con-
gressmen, Senator'S, the Governor. and
all State officials, the Mayor and the
o1nclals OF Newark; also the mayors
or all communities in the Passaic Val
ley, most or whom were with US.
Owing to the narrow draw-open-
ings in the Centre street bridge, and
some OF the bridges above, no inspec-
ton of the work In progress could be
made above Centre street, and an OBJ
1naf IaHanga ~ f1Arn1r
brought before the committee and
their guests. in that they were on a
new vessel built to meet the demands
of Newark's trade, and yet unable to
pass along the waterfront of the city
through insuff1ciency Of width in bridge
openings.
The thought uppermost In the minds
OF the committee and their friends, the
subject discussed most largely, pro-
ceeding from this personal inspection,
was, that If Newark Bay was ever to
be all that 1t was hoped for as an ad-
junct to the port of New York, IL the
bay frontage and meadow plans were
put into execution, and ever If they
were not, the commerce of Newark
demanded nov and that demand would
certainly increase In strength, for a
new elevated bridge Of wide spans and
of permanent construction to take the
place of the Central Railroad bay
bridge.
Ills DIluEts WHICH Was erected as
a temporary structure, and so stated
by its then president. continues with
us as such, its feebleness constantly
the occasion Of additions of piling. and
the filing in of earth and rock beyond
the established bulkhead line. con-
trary to law, and In defiance of same.
as well as the vested rights of all
riparian owners above.
LAS Of interest we direct attention
to the preliminary report Of the com
mlttee on foreign commerce and rev.
nue. laws Of the Chamber of Com
merce of New York, submitted No
vember Z. We can only mention a few
of the conclusions reached by the com
mittee, viz:
That the freight movement Of this
port New York; has largely outgrown
the facilities for prompt n cheap
"'Our facilities MS they exist today
are not equal to present demands.
THAT the volume of freight bust
ness has increased enormously, While
the lineal frontage Manhattan Island)
has not grown in proportion
1T states that the limited area and
high value Of land on Manhattan Is
prohibitive of further extension and
that the economic handling of bulky
goods received for transshipment or
storage requires close connection be-
tween ocean carrier and railroad, and
this condition can only be found along
the shores of Brooklyn, Staten Island
and New Jersey.
at further states that In the opinion
of the committee 1T should be the en-
deavor of this city New York; in the
construction Of pier terminals, to secure
such Improvement in the water front as
cannot be carried out by private inter-
ests to any great extent, but it is not
in the opinion of you committee the
province of the city to provide wnre-
house accommodations in connection
with such pier construction, MS this
would lead the city into a field that
should properly be left to private on
terprise.'
''There is much in this statement of
Our neighbor that can be profitably con-
sidcred. and the final report by this
committee will. undoubtedly, add greatly
to our knowledge OF matters that are in
n great degree kindred to the subject OF
meadow development.
I'm conclusion. this COMMITTEES in sem
sible of the lively interest manifested
by the Board Of Works In the devel-
opment of river and terminal facilities,
and look to them for their active Co
operation in maintaining the greatest
depfh OF water afforded by the recent
dredging. not only in front Of the CITY
sewers. but as far ss the sewer sedi-
ment is deposited. and that street wash
ings. by whatever process or manner
performed. be kept out OF our river