The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-23
TRADE BOARD
AND GUESTS
OFF ON TOUR
Inspecting Shore Front,
Docks and Bridges Today.
Prominent Men in Party.

with flags flying and a crowd of several
hundred prominent citizens of the State
aboard, the steamboat Majestic, OF the
stephens & Condit Transportation Com
pany's line, sailed from Commercial dock
shortly after o'clock today bound down
stream on a trip of inspection of the Pas
sale River. Newark Bay and the Bush
Terminal Docks in South Brooklyn. The
trim is expected to show the utility and
immediate need of municipal Improvement
of the Newark Bay shore line, the meadow
lands lying within it's territory, and the
Government dredging being done IN the
Passaic River channel.
Among those in the inspection party
are Governor Stokes, Commander H.. II.
Hesley, supervisor Of New York harbor;
Colonel II. W. Lockwood, Of the United
States army corps of engineers; Congress-
men Pratt. Wood, Loudenslager, Howell
and Parker; State Senators Colby ana
Alderman; ~Assemblymen Backus, Lane,
Wright. Riordan, B%reunig; Mayor Hauss-
ling and the mayors of East Newark,
Harrison, Elizabeth, Paterson, Kearny,
Orange and East Orange, are a few who
Orange and East Orange. The Boards CT
Trade of Jersey City, Hoboken, Elizabeth
and West Hudson each contributed a COM
mittee of three.
George w. Tomkins is chairman of the
committee, which is composed of twenty
five other members. Mr.. Tomkins, on be-
half of the committee, caused invita-
tions to be sent to the members of the HI
parian Board, State and Passaic Valley
Sewerage Commissions and the Flood Conf
mission. The directors of the Board of
Trade, its officers and the honorary adj
visory board also accompanied the party.
Over forty members of the Board of
Trade, in addition to the members of the
committee, went along. The finance COM
mittee of the Common Council, John F.
Otterbein, supervisor of the Board of Free
holders, and members of the Board OF
Works were in the party, as well as
members. of the Boards Of Health Of half
a dozen neighboring municipalities.
Lunch will be served on board the yes
sci, and the party will return to Newark
about 6 O'Clock. The start will be made
from the foot of Commercial street and
the party will go thence down the bay.
After having inspected the work en- route
to this point the committee and its guests
will proceed to the Bush Terminal at
Brooklyn. After a brief inspection of this
work, the committee will return to New
ark.
The following are among those present:
Officers OF the Board of Trade: Presi-
seph Coult and James II. Abercrombie;
treasurer, David II, Merritt; secretary.
Board of directors: Frederick L. Eber-
hardt, Franklin Conklin, Isaac f.. Roe,
Louis Bamberger, Henry Dickson, Abram
and Henry H. Dawson.
Honorary advisory board: Hon. r.
Wayne Parker, James s Higbie. Or.
Samuel E. Robertson, Richard T.. Jenkin-
son ard George w. Tomkins.
Committee on River and Navigation In
t~erests-George w. Tomkins, chairman;
Richard G. Jenkinson. James II. Abercrom-
ley, David Harper, Alfred B. Ayers, Joseph
II. Wood, Horace p. Cook, George +.
Reeve, Edward Randolph, William A.
lanes lanes, r. Cro -; Xan he NJ Sonn f. ken %e
MccIsve e' George 6. NeisImaaaRRe, 1 Calvin +; TOM ny.
kins, James S. Higbie, George c.. Wieden-
mayer, Laban w. Dennis, ]. w. Dey, john
III; Eastwood E. P. Backus, Miles McKeoI.
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission
WILLIAM s. Alderman. Paterson; John s..
Gibson, Newark.
Flood Commission-Morris r.. Sherrerd.
Newark: Richard Merrell. Passaic.
Boards OF Health-Orange, Eugene II.
Sullivan, health officer; East Orange, w.
T. Bowman, health officer; Arlington, DR..
ark, John Keenan,, health officer; Mont
clair, g. II. Wells, health officer; Harri-
I Kssrn John a,h u; M " Gnis.s,o health officer;
spector; Jersey City, DR.. f. E. Lambert.
president; Henry Smellie, health officer;
Newark. pr H c Herold, president;
Augustus E. Eggers, George H. Lambert,
thomas f.. Halpin, Newark.
Wan Department-Commander H. H.
Hesley, United States Navy, supervisor of
the harbor of New York; Colonel II. w.
Lockwood, corps of engineers, u. S. Army,
N. T., with one or two of his aides.
Board of Freeholders-John F. Otterbein,
supervisor, Essex County.
State Sewerage Commission of NeEs
erlck Z, Jacobson, Newark; John H. Cap
Finance Committee of Common Council
M. +. Mullen, Newark; Adolph Holzner,
Newark.
Boards of ~Trade-Jersey city, committee
Of three; Hoboken, committee of three;
son, committee of three.
Mayors-Jacob Haussling, Newark; Ed
ward Kenny, Borough of East Newark;
P. ]. Ryan, Elizabeth; Joseph p. Riordan.
town of Harrison; Isaac Shoenthal, Orange;
William Cardwe1l, East Oranges; William
Berdan tacting Mayor, Paterson; Eugene
state Senators Hon. Everett Colby,
Newark; Ernest r. Alderman, Plainfeld.
Assemblymen-Harry 7. Backus, Cald-
ward Wright, jr, Newark; Joseph A.
Riordan, Harrison; John Breunig, Newark.
congressmen-Le Gage Pratt. East Or
Loudenslager, Camden; Benjamin f. How
ell, New Brunswick; R. Wayne Parker,
Newark.
G~overnor-Hon. e. C. Stokes. Trenton.
Riparian Comfnissioners-William Cloke,
Trenton; Robert Williams, Paterson;
Michael II. Mclaughlin, Newark; John C.
Payne, secretary, Jersey City.
Captain II. M. Seeley, u. S. Inspector of
Steamboats,; Wilbur c.. Fisk, Harvey Fisk
e. Sons, New York; w. M. Jacobus, Mid
land Land and Improvement Company,
New York: j. S. Seeleg, Midland Land and
Improvement Company, New York; s. w.
Niles, Newark Evening News; John ].
Leidy, Newark Star; q. B.. Haines, Pater-
son Evening News; Joseph e. Crowell, The
Morning Call, Paterson; Mr.. Grant, Wood
stock Company, Jersey City; Mr.. Brown,
Dodge & Bliss, Jersey City; Eppinger &
Russell Lumbe Co., New York; p. San
ford Ross, Jersey City; Henry H. Isham,
Elizabeth; Donald Mclean, Elizabeth; J.
S. Nevins, Elizabeth; c. S. Atkinson, New
Brunswick.
Members of Board of Trade: James
Smith, jr.. Harrison Van Duvne, Lafayette
Parks, Philip ]. Bowers, Redmond P. Con-
Ion. Henry p. Jones, Eugene McCabe.
Winton @. Garrison. Henry G. Hines. Will
lam c.. Cullen Walter Cullen, James b.
Burnett. jr., Edward w. Drew, DIR. Charles
#. Kraemer, James Owen, George w.
Wiedenmayer. Rudolph Herring, james 8.
Holmes. Henry Rommel. James r. Dusen-
berry, James w. Howard, Lathrop Ander-
son, j. William Clark, G. w. Riker,
Franklin Murphy. jrs Elias G.. Heller,
William H.. 7. Fielder, Philemon !. Head-