The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
TRIP STIRS
NEWARKERS'
CIVIC PRIDE
Predict Day When City Will
Take Her Place Second
TO None.
IMPETUS To- ASPIRATIONS
Possibilities at Our Door Impress
Men of Affairs in Trade Board
Party-.See River and Har-
Dor Work..Visit Bush
Terminal.
IMPETUS To- ASPIRATIONS

Newark's meadow lane and shore
line were magically changed to a scene
of wonder-inspiring industry last night
shortly after $50 O'Clock. Dow near
the Union County lire, in place of the
lcw-lying marsh. rose up great masses
. of concrete that bordered the a
shore for mere than three miles. n
concrete masses were huge docks and
piers, in the open slips of which the
mast tips and tunnels of a great squad
ron of o~cean-going freighters were out
lined against the red-setting sun. Up
toward Point Nc Point wide waterways
separated the huge concrete buildings
and docks, and up these water boule-
wards could be seen the busy COM
merce of the nation being shipped and
transshipped from mile-long lines of
freight cars. 1t was a most s~tupendous
and inspiring picture, yet it was seen
by more thar 300 of the most respected
and conservative business men in this
State, and each of them today is pre-
pared to affirm that the picture is
bound to become a reality.
There was magic in the trip made
by the Board of Trade and its guests
yesterday aboard Mr., Weidenmeyer's
handsome new craft, the Majestic,
Me ny Of those aboard the vessel had
never made the river trip, and as vista
after vista opened Up on the voyage
down to the Kill Won Kull exclama-
tons OF surprise at the wonderful inn
provements being made by the Penn
sylvania Railroad n the more won-
derful opportunities for improvement
still awaiting enterprise on the New
ark meadows were heard on every
hand.
Most surprising of all was it to these
successful business men to learn that
the Newark dook line along the bay
shore was less than three miles from
the New York State line in the centre
of the Hudson River. When it was
pointed out on the big maps which
Chairman George w. Tomkins had
caused to be hung in the saloon of the
beautiful steamboat that the proposed
ship canal across Bergen neck OF Bay
onne would place the Newark shore line
nearer to the great commercial centre
of the metropolis than are the docks
and wharfs of South Brooklyn, Long
Island City, Greenpoint and the upper
section of Manhattan Island itself, their
surprise was almost too great for ex-
preston, yet they were on the pot to
prove these facts to their own satisfac-
ton, and the purpose of Mr.. Tomkins's
tour of education was accomplished,
for scores Of these men left the cabin
for the hurricane deck and studied the
passing landscape with absorbed inter-
est.
with few exceptions all of those whose
names appeared in the list published in
the EVENING STAR yesterday were
aboard the Majestic when she threw
off her lines al the Commercial
dock. Among these exceptions were
Governor Stokes, who t~elephoned Sec
rotary James NJ. Reilly early in IN
day begging to be excused on account
of public duties. Colonel Lockwood,
of the United States Army Corps of
Engineers; Commander II. H. Hosley,
of the same corps, who is also govern
ment supervisor of the waters of New
York harbor, and other army and navy
officials. failed to appear at 1870 o'clock,
the hour scheduled for sailing. 1t was
learned later the army men were n
expectedly detained by sudden official
demands on their time.
The Majestic pursued her way down
stream under one bell, thus giving every
one aboard ample time to view and study
both shores of the stream, the work of
the government dredges and the meadow
reclamation work going on by private en-
terprlse in all directions. The bridges
across the Passaic River and those inn
peding the traffic of the bay were all
studied, the steamer stopping for a few
minutes below the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road bridge to watch the eantilever draw
open and shut and to make note of the
passage of trains across the structure.
From the bay the steamer SKINNED
across New York Bay to the Bush rermi-
nal docks. Each vessel met in New York
Harbor as well as those in Passaic waters
and the Kill Won Kull saluted the Ma
iestic with a welcome of whistle and
hand waving, every harbor man evidently
recognizing the vessel as on its maiden
trip.
At the Bush piers the visitors were met
by r. Gould Simonds, treasurer of the
company, and j. A. Warner, It's general
superintendent, and with these two off,
Gals in the lend the great docks, contain
ing huge" cargoes of freight from every
country in the world, were inspected.
Then the party walked along the
long causeway between the docks and
the great storehouses, into which and out
of which countless tons of freight ere
ceaslessly passing.
Private trolley cars belonging 10 the
terminal company carried the party along
the mile-long shore line OF the property,
while Superintendent Warner pointed out
the 121 great storehouses. the long lines
OF factory buildings, 500 feet of them
each 200 feet wide. Tlr. Warren told the
magical history of the building of the
docks: how MIR. Bush had endeavored 4
dozen years ago to obtain the interest of
Jersey CitA or his project; how in his
failure he fohnd financial assistance In
New York. ana the South Brooklyn prop
erty wns secured.
All these docks I'D factory buildings
have been built during the past five years"
said Mr.. Warren, waving his hand toward
the landscape. we are arranging to con-
struct fifteen more factory buildings, each
Of them 600x2O0 feet, four stories, of cop-
crete throughout. They will cost $780, 600
each.
The Busp Termina employs LOO men,
outside Of the great force employed by
the tenants of the company. Five of the
seven leo by 600 feet covered docks are
rentcd TO transatlantic freighting COM
9nnies, and these huge caverns Of cease
tsss industry are filled with raw material
from every nook and corner of the world
It was with the picture Of the great
achievement firmly impressed upon them
that the party turned eyes shoreward as