The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26

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tances the material will W. to be
transported are well within the limits
that material is now being transported
with modern dredging and filing plants.
THE filing of the meadows in the
manner shown OH my plan will not re-
quire a series of annals through the
meadows. rendering a section de-
veloped inaccessible from the neigh
boring sections except by drawbridges,
as is contemplated by the plan pro-
posed by the advisory board.
In my opinion, the city should not
fill the land of private owners without
the city has tie power to reimburse it
self for expenditures made in such fill
ing by the assessment of betterments
on the land benefited by the filling. To
my mind the proper way would be for
the city to take the entire meadowssin
their present undeVeloped- condition.
filing them from time to time and sell
ing them, h city reaping all the profits
of the enterprise.
"A further study of my plan will
show that if the dredging from the
basin is lone in the proper order, that
the average distance that 1t will be
necessary to pump material is very
much less han n of the figures
shown in the report made by the con-
sulting engineers.
1.-THE statement that the ebb tide will
be no strong than the flood tide
seems a little strange to me consider
ing the amount of water that is added
to Newark bay from the Passaic and
Hackensack rivers, as shown by the
government reports pon the flow and
the Passaic river. My experience in
other bays of similar character shows
that whatever water does come from
the Passaic and Hackensack rivers will
retard the food and augment to some
extent the velocity of the ebb tide,
which is a decided advantage, as the
ebb flow is the silt-bearing flow. This
fact alone should determine the angle
the canal should make with the bay.
Il agree wholly with the consulting
engineers that from a railroad and
shipping standpoint the large piers for
foreign traffic are more advantageously
located on the bay front, and in draw
ing my plan 1 had his in mind. The
piers in the basin are designed for the
use of vessels bringing material to
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piers on the bay are designed for YES
sells bring material for shipment into
the country by means of the railroads,
and for vessels receiving their freight
from the railroads. 1 think a study of
the plan shows this to be a fact, from
the size of the piers and their loca-
ton.
IAN inspection of the plans of the
advisory board shows a rectangular
basin. My experience shows that such
a basin never clears itself, ever of
dead water, which in a short time be-
comes foul and offensive. Mr.. Green
on page Is of his report calls attention
to this fact in the following words:
1t will probably be found advisable to
change the outline of the basin at the
westerly n of the canal, to avoid
some of the rectangular corners An
inspection of my plan shows a basin
that will clear itself. there being no
rectangular corners which prevent
the free movement of the water.
IF anyone will examine my plan it
will be found that manufacturing sites
are provided directly on the water the
whole length of the north side of the
canal. and the south side of the canal
is left to be developed as the demand
will show is best for the city.
LAS explained above, the piers close
to the centre of the city are designed
for local use, mainly for manufacturers
factories are not situated di-
rectly on the water or are now quilt in
the city. There viii be no necessity of
the raw and manufactured material
travelling the same routes if the plan is
carried out as l nave designed it.
1.-The building of s~torehouses at the
head of the wharves, as suggested by
my plan, is a problem which experience
will solve. 1t has been found that
warehouses located on the water
front are advantageous to manufacture
ers. For that reason they are shown on
the plan, the exact location being de-
pendent largely upon the location and
of the surrounding manufac-
tories. The present tendency is to put
the warehouses convenient to the fac
tories rather than to have them near
to the residential districts. Their loca-
ton is dependent wholly on convenience
and accessibility to the manufacturer
than on population.
Under my plan there will be no