Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-12
MAYOR IN FAVOR
Of SUBWAY To
Be OWNED BY CITY
SOLD 81 all irst-clAss cafes and by Jobbera.
LAEAHAN 4 SON. Baltimore, Md.


should always be in a position to deal
with these.
Turning now to your specific propo-
sitions, y assume that, while you do no
explicitly say so, you would awe the
building of the proposed Broad street
subway contingent upon the abandon
ment- of the Morris canal, and the
operation of trolley lines in the bed Of
that present waterway. In other words
you would not AVE a subway built
Immediately N Broad street unless the
abandonment of the canal could be
secured. Attractive as the prospect foI
improved transportation facilities is
under this proposition of yours, l dc
not feel hat the city could with pro
priety take the lead in the fight fol
canal abandonment under such terms
as were laid down in the bill to which
you have referred in you letter. The
question of water supply for the
municipalities of this section of the
State is becoming as important as and
within a short time will be even more
vital than the transportation question,
Unless, therefore, the canal abandon
ment bill should be so framed as to
preserve without question to the State
the right of use of the water of the
lakes, reservoirs and streams now
feeding the Morris canal, the sentiment
OF the community would probably be
against the enactment of such legcsla-
ton. 1t may not be many years, for
instance, before the city Of Newark
itself will have TO draw upon Lake
Hopatcong for water, and it should not
be compelled to deal with any private
corporation in augmenting its supply
from this or other sources.
Entire Area Needed.
at seems to me also that a canal
abandonment bill should give to oil
municipalities through which it runs
the title to the canal bed within their
respective limits, with power, of course,
to acquire reversionary interests by
condemnation and otherwise. This
would not prevent the use of the canal
bed in the essentially rural sections
by a steam railroad, for such a roa
could deal with the municipalities on
cerned to mutual advantage. Within
the limits of Essex county, however, I
am convinced that it is desirable to re-
serve the whole of the canal bed for
electric car service, with provision by
means of three or four tracks, where
ever possible, for immediate rapid tran
sit. Without indulging in any threats
of gobbling up our suburban neigh
bors, it appears inevitable that within
a very few years, at the most, the city
will be practically coeXtensive with the
county. Our interest, in other words.
does not lie solely with what may he
done in the matter of the improvement
of transportation facilities within our
present limits. We are just as much
concerned to have the outlying towns
and cities secure additional facilities
in this line as they can be.
whether or not the Morris canal
shall be abandoned on such terms as
may be deemed advantageous to all and
its bed used for transportation purposes
within the city, and whether or not a
Broad street subway shall be inn
mediately constructed. l would be in
favor of extending the McAdoo rapid
transit line from its present proposed
criminal in Saybrook place under
ground to a station under the market
plaza, as was proposed in the bill which
passed the Legislature at the last ses-
sion, but was vetoed by the governor.
The bill may possibly be so changed
as to safeguard the city's interests
more thoroughly, but the terminal
should be brought into immediate prox-
unity with existing lines of trolley cars
whether subways be built or not. To
compel persons using the McAdoo sys-
tenn to walk a considerable distance to
or from a trolley car in whatever
weather nay prevail seems to me TO
be ridiculous.
so much uncertainty necessarily sur
rounds the fate Of n canal abandon
ment bill that. In view of the conditions
which we both agree demand immedi-
ate remedy, l do not think we could