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

selected Tor the beginning ~ this under.
taking t. On the western side ~ Newark
Bay just south - the passaic light,
wherea great shipping. manufacturing and
transportation zone j. contemplated The
commission m charge u the project has
recommended that 81 .ND.OOO h. spent
M dredging a. once a channel So feet wide
and D. ~ f.st long through the marsh
land and in retaining q tract mn feet
wId" and 90 feet long With tho dredging
sppiis Tins Improvement D. - he eN-
tended a. oCCasion demands. N as o. con
Eist when complete 10 q basin ~ .sn feet
, lnnrand 7nn feet wide. while the reclaimed
land will embrace tract Il On arres 650
/ feet m width IN either side u the water
way. This hHsln with - adjacent acre
age Is believed 90 be sufficient TO provide
FOR the total export and import business
n the city until la5O
In on" of tho reports the commission
says A very large portion u the freight
handled 10y tho numerous railroads both
'S-t and west bound il either import 80
export trade. and this could 10 much more
eC0ruWiHa'Iy transferred q and from
vesss j. with a saving II millions ~ dollars
IN extra dock and floating equipment nv
such a development a. is proposed on the
Newark meadows. combined with a ter
miuai Operating company - provide for
"a transfer ~ cars from all the trunk line
railroads The steamships AZ
Newark docks could have cars " any Il
the trunk line railroad placed alnngHide.
mus eliminating expensive lightsraRe
and the maintenance of this class ~ harh0r
equipment The principal rra-
-ru whv the facilities in New York arr and
always will 10" Inadequate for handling
cargo shipments N because a small per-
q sarI
10y In" railroad and M ~ the present time
the various railroads have been unable
- induce ship owners IN discharg vessels
carving mixed oargDes first NJ ono rail
rad dock and then az another Prac-
tiHallv all this GLASS II work h being
handled by hghtsrage. which cuud be
avoided IN the Newark project
The commission IL advised ~ the hearty
cooperation ~ The railroad companies now
crossing the Newark meadows namely
the Pennsylvania. the Iehikh Valley and
the Central Railroad ~ New Jersey. and
a suggestion h made that for a more per-
feet arrangement II freight transfers
between cars and vessalS a terminal Oper-
atiug company boz formed composed ~
all the railroads running into the port n
New York
The Pennsylvania il said n have bought
several blocks NJ land on the east side ~
the proposed shipping lDne 4 very large
part ~ The factory construction IN Newark
II late has been done IN the section ada
cent 90 IN" ci'y'z terminal Improvement
A number ~ Out ~ town concerns have
already located there A syracuse plaster
board company bought a site there only
very short time agO with a view "a
putting up a factory which will cost
sl3j -. it, motive IN removing from
Syracuse was the possibility u saving 10
per cent. o. freight expenses
Among improvements ~ value n manu.
facturer. IN Newark II the recUnstr 1lction
81 the old plank road between Newark and
Jersey CIV. This Is being widened from
twenty -nine feet 20 l0J feet Il will be
paved instead Il planked and will he
suitable for trucks ~ we'll NJ light vehicles
There will be- separate roads for trolley
cars and wagons The building 81 the
stretch b"tween the Passaic and Hncken-
sack rivers was facilitated by the dona-
ton 90 the Joint boards u FreehOlders 81
EzseN and Hudson counties by the Hacten-
sack Meadows Company u the rauuired
amount ~ land.
Another Improvement which will no
doubt eventually boz undertaken IL the
draining - the old Morris Canal. which
ampties into Newark Ray and the trans
formation 81 the bed Il the canal into a
high speed trolley subway.
IN consequence ~ these transportation
and waterfront improvements the DrOs-
poets ~ The city 81 Newark ~ an indus
rial centre have been completely changed
IN tho last few years. and the 'hange
accounts for the building boom which has
developed there.
PINE KEsIpENTtAL sUBUHHa.
The changes in the prospects Of Newark
~ a committing town have BEEN hardly
less notable Newark ranks first among
the communities IT the New Jersey subur-
ban district as home Tor New York
business men. The four important rail
roads that run eastward N Jersey City
AMI HOboken carry more commuters from
NeWaTk than from any other settlement
west Of the Hudson
The business section ard the manufac-
turing district - Newark form a broad
crescent bordering the west hank u the
PasaaIr River The RESIDENTIAL part Of
the city and its numerous suburbs lis
spread ont over a ridge Of hills b the
westward.
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