Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-04

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! Commission thereupon adopted a reso-
luton calling upon the Common Coun-
ell for the issuance of bonds to the
amount of 500, 900. This was duly pre-
scented to the Common Council, and
that body responded with a resolution
authorizing the sale of the bonds. Still
no action was taken by the Board OF
| Street and Water Commissioners look
ing to conferences on the plans which
we already had before us.
Accordingly, l prepared another
message to the board, bearing date of
! September 16 last, which was in part:
/ But 1 beg leave to call to the atten-
ton of your honorable body the fact
hat this call for funds is the only re-
sponse SO far made by you to my re-
peated recommendation that the plan
suggested or the improvement and de-
velopment of a certain limited area of
the meadow land within the city limits
be considered at a conference to be
called by your honorable body, to which
should be invited the engineers who
prepared the original plan, the engineers
who were appointed by me to go over
this plan, such other experts as might
give useful advice and suggestion,
members of the Board of Trade COM
mittee engaged in a study of the prof.
ect, n officials and citizens who may
be concerned IN one way or another in
the matter.
II have had some difficulty, appar-
emily, in making your honorable body
understand just what 1 have meant
for a nnnfpronan or Gnriac of opn far
ences on this subject. This is per-
haps due to the fact that in the mes
sages making this recommendation I
have discussed other subjects than the
plan for the improvement and develop
ment of the limited area of meadow
land that might be treated under the
appropriation of $40 0 900. But, while
1 am as firmly convinced as ever hat
it is highly desirable, If not absolutely
necessary, for the city eventually to
acquire and develop the whole tract Of
meadow land, including the bay front
age, l will not discuss this particular
phase of the proposition at this time,
but in order to avoid further misun-
Outstanding, will confine myself now to
a renewal of the single specific recon-
mendation for a conference on the
1AoAAS bAA9N a y" oSLO .
A Conference Urged.
Let me repeat the statement made
in previous messages, that the diff
ference of opinion, on what 1 deem to
be material and vital points, shown in
the reports and letters upon the orig
inal plan, have created doubts in my
mind which a further interchange of
correspondence would not seem likely
to solve. Hence my thought that a
conference or series of conferences at
which the points of issue could be
frankly and informally discussed
should be held in order that we might
arrive at a solution as speedily as
possible. l, for one, cannot feel salts
fed to proceed further in this matter
until this solution can be found, and
/ am certain that the DOUBTS which l
entertain are shared to a greater or
less degree by the general public,
without whose cordial support the
project may lag for years.
This practically closes the chapter.
The board has since endeavored to pur-
chase a certain parcel Of meadow land,
but I felt bound to veto the resolutions
of purchase on legal grounds. 1 under
stand that yesterday the board passed
the last resolution over my veto"
Not a ode Revival.
If these documents, to which l lave
referred, show anything at all, they
show, first, that instead of their having
been a Sudden revival of interest in
the meadow reclamation project, it has
officially received constant attention,
though this attention has not always
resulted in action. They also show
that my persistent effort has been for
the widest publicity and the fullest
consideration of the problems attending
this proposed Improvement. I am not,
as the records will show, and have not
been, committed to any particular plan
or locality in respect to this matter.
On the contrary, my whole thought
has peer to have the very best plan
that could be had agreed upon in such
a name that it would be conclusive.
/ cannot refrain from stating that
the imputation put out by my oppo-
nent, in effect that official action was
influenced by interests in certain 10
c~alities, would lie, if there were any
basis of truth in it, against the Board
Of Street and Water Commissioners,
which has seemed to be determined to
abide by its advisory commissions plan.
M not against the Mayor, who has
repeatedly demonstrated that he is not
committed to any particular plan and
urged the measures calculated to result
in the very best plan possible to be
had.