The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
ADAMS
ANSWERS CRITICS
OF DOCK REPORT
Mayor HaussIing Forwards Let
ter to Board of Works
Without Comment.
GOODRICH, HAND AND
OWEN HAD DISSENTED
Their Conclusions Differed Wide
ly from Those of Mayors
Personal Advisors.

Another step in the controversy over
the best methods of building the
meadow docks and ship canal was
taken today when Mayor Jacob Hauss-
ling forwarded to the Board of Works
the answer of Engineer Henry S.
Adams to the report made on his re-
port by the engineers of the advisory
dock commission. The letter from the
Mayor which accompanied the report
to make any comment. Later, when
the board has digested the document,
ne will have something to say about
his own ideas on the matter
Mr.. Adams inc George l.. Greene
were appointed by the Mayor to look
over the proposed dock situation after
the advisory dock commission engi-
neers, James Owen, George T. Hand
and E. P. Goodrich, had made their
recommendations. The result was a re-
port from Mr.. Adams differing widely,
in places, from that of the commission
suggesting different methods of doing
the work and altering the whole plan.
That report was transmitted to the
Board of Works by the Mayor and dis
cussed at a conference of the consult
ing engineers, who failed to be con-
WINGED that the arguments advanced
by Mr.. Adams were strong enough to
change their plans. They made another
report to the board and the Mayor, to
which the one submitted by the Mayor
today is an answer.
Mr.. Adams's latest report seeks to
strengthen his original objections to
the commission engineers plans, and
to explain the points of difference, ZACH
one of which is taken UP separately.
Engineers Report.
The Mayors letter to the board was
as follows:
l transmit herewith, to your hon-
orable body, copy of a letter re-
ceived by me from MI. Henry S.
Adams, making a reply to the re-
port made by your consulting engi-
neers on the meadow reclamation
and ship canal project, bearing date
of July 22d, 1909. The letter of
Mr.. Adams and the report in ques-
ton, present so many points of
wide variance as to warrant most
careful consideration. l ask the
indulgence of your honorable body
at this time in refraining from any
expression of opinion. 1t is my pur-
pose to present to you. in the near
future. my views at length upon
the differences of experts upon the
plans already outlined and the
whole situation of the meadows as
they affect the city of Newark.
The report of Mr.. Adams, as sent to
the Mayor, is in part as follows:
while it is true that the plan as out
lined by me does involve the ultimate
filling of the entire area of meadow
land. comprising approximately 5000
acres, it is not true that this filling
will necessarily be done by the ex-
tremely costly process of dumping ma
terial.' If a study is made of the plan
which l sent you, 1t will be found that
the entire area can be filled from the
canal and basin, by dredging and
pumping the material upon the land.
"a further examination will show
that the size of the basin and canal
was determined by the amount of ma
terial that would be required to do such
filling. and a still further examination
of the plan will show that if the work