The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
Council to Be Asked for
s35,0OO for the
Project.
ACTION DECIDED ON
IN CONFERENCE TODAY
Will Start at Once to Close
Options on Lands in
Meadows.
TO EMPLOY ENGINEER
TO LOOK INTO PLANS
improvements Not to Cost Peo-
pie More Than ST.
100000.

Mayor Jacob Haussling City Counsel
James r, Nugent and the members of
the Board of Works, with Chief En-
gineer Morris r. sherrerd, in confer
ence in the executives Office today.
decided to make formal request TO
the finance committee of the Common
Council for approximately; $35, 900 for
the purpose of pushing the meadow
dock project to a conclusion. About
$4,000 VIII be used to close options on
seventy tracts of meadow land now
held by the city, and 5000 wifi be
placed at the disposal of Mayor Hauss-
ling to employ an expert to further
Investigate the tentative plans.
This action follows the Supreme
Court decision of yesterday in which
the issuing of bonds for the purpose
IS held to be legal and is In line with
the suggestions of the Mayor in his
last annual message to the Common
Council. In his message he spoke of
the Importance of the dock scheme 10
the city, but said thar because OF the
great expenditure of public money,
ceed $1,000, 900, it would be we'll to make
a most careful investigation of all
phases of the work Two expert en-
gfneers have already made exhaustive
reports on the project at the order
OF the Board of Works
Covers 1000 Acres :
The land that it is desired to acquire
along the dock site covers about 1000
acres. The seventy options which We're
acquired last August are on about 100
acres. 1t is the desire to purchase these
seventy tracts at once without waiting
for the report of such experts as the
mayor may employ. Their reason for
doing this now. It IL explained, is to es-
tablisn values for meadow land. Much
of the 9o0-acre tract that 1t will still be
NECESSARY to secure will have to be con-
dernned, and the aim Is to establish fig
ures on which condemnation figures
could be based.
Those In Conferences.
Those at the conference today were:
Mayor Haussling, City Counsel Nugent.
Chief Engineer Sherrerd. Wilson J.
Vance, secretary to the Mayor; City
Comptroller J. Harry Bachelor, Presi-
r. Eggers, Commissioners Arthur r.
Denman and Ira Budd and Isaac r.
Roe. Of the Board of Trade dock c0kn-
nitfee.s Henry Dickson, the other n1em-
ber of the Board Of Trade committee.
and Board of Works Commissioner
Lambert and Halpin were unable to %
present. =
city Counsel Nugent opened the con-
ference by explaining its objects and
the provisions of the laws governing
the dock scheme. The city counsel said
that the suggestions of the Mayor were
things to be considered by the con-
ferees. When Mr.. Nugent had COM
pleted his talk the Mayor said that he
would like to see a consulting engineer
of ability appointed to to go over the
plans now in hand.
Federal Appropriation.
The Mayor thought that the appoint
inent of such a man might lead to a
befterment of the plans SO that the
city. would be in 4 better position TO
apply for a Federal appropriation for
the dock scheme.
The Mayor said that he was satisfied
with the proposed location OF the docks
on the plans now at hand.
The conference resulted from the
fiiirg of the opinion Of Supreme Court
Justice Willard J.-y Voorhees, yesterday,
declaring legal the vote of the people
On the dock ordinance. at the election of
1907.