The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-02

general proposition | am decidedly op
timistio It could be a splendid sning
for the city and State
JAMES M. REILLY, secretary ofsti.--
Board of Trade. said that over tw
months ago the board learned thg1
influential men in New York had agl
tated the holding of a centennial OBJ
servance of the signing of the treat5
of Client. when the United States was
first recognized as nation by az
European nations. but that 1t was de-
cided that there was no available To-
cation on Manhattan Island for hold
ing worlds fair there. 1t was de-
cided the best location was the Hack
ensack or Newark meadows. A conf
mittee of the Newark Board of Trade
made an inspection of the meadows
and agreed that If the Jersey meadows
are reclaimed before the year 1914 they
would be the best location for the pro
posed fair.
The Haclxensnck Land Improvement
Company, which IL backed by New York
and New Jersey milIfonnires, and hus
reclaimed thousands of ncrcs of the
Haclxensncl< swamp meadows. has. II is
said. offered the of this land free
for the holding of the proposed great
worlds fair.
MAYOR JACOB HAUSSLING said:
"An exposition of national or IN
ternational scope would undoubr-
edly be splerdid thing for
Newark. particularly in view uf
the projects for the extensive I'M
provement of the meadow tract. which
by 1914 would probably be well on their
way to completion. | think Newar'e
suffers somewhat from the fact that
its wonderful possibilities are not ful'S
understood by the people in other
places, and If an exposition could he ar,
ranged that would show the world at
large what we have done and what We
are going to do. 1t would undouoted'T
be great thing for the city, its nianu-
facturers and its commercial indus
tries"
CITY ENGINEER MORRIS II
| SHERRERD. who probably knows
more of the engineering possibilities
of the scheme than any other man In
Newark, said: What particularly APP
peals to me In the exposition idea IS
the meadow proposition. The meadow
offers fiat territory, which Is one oi
1 the main requisites for exposition and.
| 1t is probably the largest stretch OF
| fiat land near any big centre of popu-
lation in this country. All expositions
of this character need a great deal oil
room, and the location must necessarily
be fiat We have in the meadows not
only the opportunity for the creation
of the fair grounds themselves, but
plenty of space adjacent for handling
/ the crowds which would flock via the
different railroads.
IF such a plan as proposed could bS
carried out, part of the water develop
ment could be planned in such way
| that they would be useful for CONNER
cial purposes in the future, and it is
certain that the land filed in by process
of canals and lagoons would prove tn,
/ best factory sites that could be OBJ
tanned The cooperation of the nationa!
government, if secured. combined with
the natural advantages and the sup
port of the metropolitan district, would
not only ensure the success of the un-
| dertaking as a fair, but the resulting
benefits from the filing in of this ter
ritory would be almost lncalculable. As
| a permanent asset it would be greater
than any of the other worlds fair de-
velooments.
"The results that have been attained
at Long Beach. Long Island. indicate
/ the feasibility of the filing in project
The work could be done, If II is IL
augurated soon. and it would prove 9
success in more ways than one.
Incidentally 1t might be mentioned
that if the fair is TO be held Newark
| will have to provide hotel accomnoda-
ton. and there Is chance for senle