The sun., 1908-04-26
JERSEY DINNER TO M'ADOO
REAL ESTATE MEN COME TO NEW
YORK TO PRAISE THE TUNNEL.

Gov. Fort Sounds the Praises Of His State
A. the Best Run In the UnlOn-Ex'At-
tOrney-General GriggS Defends Rail-
roads From stock watering Charge.
It's queer the way these New Jersey peo-
pie come over TO New York whenever they
want to do things, but they do. come over
even when they just want TO tell how great
New Jersey Is, as a few hundred OF them
did last evening when they took possession
OF a long, tiled floor room, uncarpeted.
In the Park Avenue Hotel to celebrate the
completion Of the MoAdoo tunnels, or one
OF them.
The dinner was under the direction Of the
New Jersey-New York Real Estate EI-
change and given In honor Of the Hudson
River Tunnel builders, as the tickets said.
but when the time came for expression OF
the only real purpose OF public dinners,
namely the speeohmaking. there was one
general cue and that was Kurroo for McAdoo.
The dinner committee had even set its poet
and song wfter TO work, and addressing
himself to Honey Boy this Is what he
perpetrated:
McAdoo, we like 10 see you schemlng,
McAdoo we know you are not dreaming
When you are boring, boring through the earth
McAdoo-JacObs, too
And II ever YOU should take notion
To build tunnels underneath the ocean,
Rurope's near, never fear
Wen be waiting waiting, waiting for you, AcAdoo.
Otto Kempner, once a political light In
New York, presided as toastmaster. "A
mighty tidal stream like the Hudson he
said, shas never before been tunneled.
Every prospect-snd after the pause the
diners expected him to say, 'pleases and
only man Is vile' but he didn't; he only
said-awas forbidding. but we are here to
celebrate the tunnel builders signal and
triumphant success. They have decked with
new laurel the American promoter Gnd the
Gov, Fort Of New Jersey was received
with great shouts Of appreciation when he
arose TO speak. when want TO make APP
pointments 70 the boards Of taxation here
after I'll know where TO go, he said, look
ing over the room, did not know before
that 30 near the entire population OF New
Jersey was engaged In the real estate busi-
nees.
sNo enterprise was ever undertaken in
the history Of this country that meant so
much to New Jersey as that hole under the
Hudson Riyer-to New Jersey, the gem OF
the Union. wild hurrahs. II can help
It 1t sha mt cost thebuilders anything at the
Why DO people come to US To- buy their
homes Through yOu)1 For the natural
beauties Of New Jersey; Talk about
the BerkshlresI A drive about the upper
- tNT uUil ahnvV
there's nothing In the Berkshlres COM
parable TO this part Of New Jersey, And
we have / 800 miles Of good roads. And
now there is 100000 from the automobiles
additional this year 10 keep these fine State
aided roads In good condition. You
come here to New York 10 make your
money and take 1t over 10 Jersey TO spend
IL. New Jersey Ia the only State In the
Union that has no State tax. We are the
most economically managed State In the
Union, financially. And we have good
ali respect for our New Yorh brothers
they're not going to get any Of iEso long as
we want any Of It,
Former Attorney General Griggs, speak
| inglof the unearned Increment and the pro-
posed limitation OF rates OF interest paid
| by transportation companies, said that
| II that principle had been adopted there
| never would have been any railroads and
| that II Il be adopted therell never be any
more, He told Of John !. Blair putting
railroads through the West when land there
could be bought for song, which afterward
was worth fortunes, and asked who earned
that increment.
sBy and by said he, you'll find people
| thinking they own this tunnel and demand
| ing that this grating corporation, be.
cause it's paying-if II 10 successful as II
ought 10 be, and a. hope Il will be-more
than per cent, interest on its capital stock
shall have the water squeeEed out Of IL, and
they'll ask for boards TO assess its value
and, they will ina gine that they planned
the enterprise and put 1t through, although
| the project. Was launched back In the '70s
and has only been completed In 1905 You
men want people TO come to Jersey now
and buy lots-what fort To have some
body oome along years later and take 'em
away under the plea OF squeezing the water
out Of them7
'In Jersey you oan put your shirts Ia
bleach upon the grass-you don't have u
take them 10 the roofs
After Mayor Mcbride Of Paterson had
| said that Paterson had less crime than any
city in1New Jersey, Mr.. MoAd0o paid q
tribute 10 the man who had first conceived
the Idea Of the Hudson River tunnels,
i De Witt @, Haskins, a miner, who early
in the '7Os set his Imagination at work
and planned q tlpnel system which wAs
put under Nai but never brought 20 com.
pletion, aithou D at different times (, 800 fe6l
a the ko0O feet necessary Waa tannellod