The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19

used for filing In a great tract NJ sub
merged rncadows In tho outskirts u
newark between tho Passaic and Hack
ensark rivers az the head 1t Newark Ray
Various schemes Tor retaining this land
had l"en contemplated. bat the co~t
proved prohimfIye until 'h" opportunity
ufared II getting Oh" filing In done IN
connection with other large undertakings,
sue h a. the Government channel dnrdE
IN and the construction 81 IN" Hudson
River tunnels About ten years ago the
webb Meyer syndicate attracted att"n-
ton 10 an sndcayur o. exploit th" marsh
lands as factory sites IN" Hackonsark
Meadows Com rany. organized by the
Wshh Meyer syndicate. hal a brief "NiS-
tence In the Wall Street curb market.
It. stock scared very high hsi0r The
syrd-ca'a failed After thu Orssh the
property was acquired by interests cor-
na,tad with Harvey Fisk \ SINS. tho
financial hackers Uf the Nc Aduu tunnel
project. and the stock was taken N the
market
That firm therpupon formed the New
jersey Terminal Dock and Improvement
Company a. a holding concern ." take
p over the 33s1 acres controlled nv 90"
daYIncf Hark.nsa1rk NDadOWz COMPANY.
The new company was capitalized ~
8 IuO IN Later IN the Newark Mead
uws Improvement COMPANY Vas Orran-
ilrd ~ carry On To- actual work III"
on cars II tho construction company were
Wilbur g. Fisk president. Frederick "
WaIg. treasurer. Charles !. Elhs score
tary. and John 4. S.'oly genera. manager
IN. directorate - the holding CON many
Included Wilbur & and Puuy Fisk william
u lsa-nufn and Walter q. OaEman
The first three were mcmi err II the
! firm 81 Harvey hisk \ Sons Mr. OAK
man Is presi lent q the Hutsou Com
Uarias. the holding company Tor the Mo
AdOp tunnels Wilbur e. Fisk VIA vice
president u the Hudson and Manhattan
Railway Company. which was hulltiug
the tunnels John A Sselv, general man
ager ~ the HackensaCk Meadows I'm
pruyement Company. was Mr. fi-k =
secretary in the Hudson and Manhattan
Railway Company.
The Newark Meadows Improvement
/ Company and the Hudson and Man
haitian Railroad Company were there
fore closely allied They were both
backed ~ the financial interests repre-
zentei by Harvey Fisk A Sons The
reclamation ~ the meadows AMI the con
structIUu q the tunnels were carried ON
separately. but they wer" nevertheless
component parts in "A general scheme
which had The development Of Newark
iu view ~ one ~ ~ Oh Iects.
Perhaps about One-tpurth ~ tho land
has now been improved This reclamei
-.orlou is bounded by the Pennsylvania
Railroad the Jersey liry aui Newark
plank road and the Passair and HAcken-
sack rivers The tract a. whole H.
traycrzei by a network ~ railway lines
. tuCluiiuR. ~ already mentioned. the Penn
sylvauia over the Peunsy lganla tracks
will ~ the trans from the Nc AiOO a.
well ~ from the Pennsylvania tunnels
By agreement with the Pennsylyania
Eailruat Company a through service
Will he operafei between the Hudson
terminal station and a new 81 M. ON sta
ton % . huilt by the Per nEvlyaria Rail
ruai COMPANY In the heart 1T the city ~
newark The MoAIDO company fur
ul-hs-s the tracks and facilities between the
P Hudson terminal IN New York and sum
INIT avenue IN Jersey ity. and the Penn
svlvauia Railroad Company furnishes
th" track acoommo iAiiDus b"tween Sum
init avenue In Jersey city and the new
station IN Newark When this line b.
in operation 10 will handle that part 81
tho traffic u the Pennsylvania which IL
destined o. and from downtown New
York
Tins will presently bring tho Harken-
SaCh Meadows within twenty minutes
rid. - Manhattan without change ~ cars
4 factory located IN the meadows district
will thus heI close touch with such gfticrz
and salesrOous A. % may have IN New
York city. Practically ali the important
railroads vest - the Hudson River now
cr0-s the Hackensack MEADOWS. provid-
ing unmatched freight connections.
tn" Church street terminal ~ the Nc
Ad01 system Wa planned with a view
90 furnishing Offices and zalesr0Oms a.
tho New York end q the tunnel The
terminal comprises two great Office build
ingE accommodating tenantry ~ iO.Op0
people II ohens exceptional advantages
10 manufacturer. 4 show room M Office
In the Terminal Building. with a iactGry
on rho HaCEensack Meadows. will he an
ideal arrangement from the point ~ view
. Of economy ~ production and salesman
. ship
Meanwhile. the city Of Newark has
undertaken a plan Of its own for tho
reclamation Of waste land. The location