Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-01
Solons Start on Tour of
Inspection from Jersey
City by Primitive Means
of Navigation.
SPEED MADE
IS FOUR MILES AN HOUR
transfer Is Effected Here to
Steamboat, by Which Jour-
ney Is Continued to Boonton,
Thence Auto to Hopatcong.

canal boat drawn by a team
cnsles. making the conservative
the four miles an hour. the Nor
brit fl Investigation comnnittse, 40.
ause d by over a score Of guests
len wepicturesque tour OF inspec-
i'd sorry along the Morris canal
was ut as primitive a fashion as
may be imagined, the committee and
ITS guests boarded the scew at the
Jersey City basin near the Pennsyl-
vanis terminal at 3 a. N.
I The scow was rugged up with an
awning to shield those on board from
provided for the thirty passengers.
Arrangements had been made for
the transfer of the committee and
guests upon their arrival in Newark
to the steamboat Mystic Shrine"
' In arranging for the tour. Fred G.
tStickeI, jr., secretary of the investi-
Rgation committee. found considerable
ifizcufty in securing a boa that full
iIed the requirements of the journey.
The canal canno accommodate a
1T of more than 101k loot beam and
pg wing more than three feet of
pnerser. and owing to the height OF
eenise of the bridges the boat cannot
deRorc than eight feet high.
[chay fio Shrine Is Impressed.
plain KEEL finally succeeded in get
e h h<5stic Shrine, a steamboat
peratinE p the station at Lake
tl~opatcong. through the canal and
ound the lake.
Io0W1ng to b fact that the boilers
7 the Mystic Shrine cannot be oper-
I'd IN salt water it has been neces-
ely to bring it as far as Newark
"a anchor near the Pennsylvania
Dad station. The first part of the
up made in h scow will be termi-
lated there and the passengers trans
Id to the other boat. when the
Shrine is reached.
is dn interesting list of pas
hos enjoying the unique outing.
gmembers of theScommittee who
aboard are. Carlton Godfrey,
kfrman; Charles H. Ihsersoll, 26O
land road, South Orange; c.
Erd Slater, 305 Pacific avenue,
CITY; Fred G. Stickel, Jr.,
Erk. J, I. Blair Kelley, of Phil
urg. will join the party at
ark.
Powers, the superintendent
ANAL, who has been invited to
he touring committee with his
vsdge of the canal, serves as a
: others who are touring the
ne Louis Focht, chief engineer
thd Board of Assessors; Nor
><5 SSxS, chief engineer of the
/oafUHUf<7Yorlzs, n Harrison Van
puyne, legal expert. Several men,
|ers of the Essex delegation, includ-
hg Assemblymen Mitchell, Stage and
ninth, are also in the party, to which
hay also be added newspaper men,
photographers and the ships crew."
1t is hoped hat the party will reach
{oonton this evening, but the mode
travel is of necessity so slow that
is possible the delegation will camp
Paterson the first night. 1t is
rty-fcur miles from the Jersey City
ksian to Boonton, n reckoning the
limit" at four miles an hour,
I'd take eleven hours to reach
5ooifon.
The plan, however, is to arrive, at
about 8 o'clock this evening
nd to journey by automobiles to
where the guests will be
hown the beauties and values of the
May Not Get to Hopatcong To-day.
If this plan falls, which seems like
1 the committee will arrange to
bach Hopatcong about noon tomor-
and spend the afternoon al the
ke, leaving the last lap of the jour
for the third day.
kShe purpose of the extraordinary
yer the canal route is mani
n ME primary object is to study
nm Nctical way the problem,
nall Be Done with the
Nm Ned G. Stickel. in an ar
AN The canal problem and it's
vs. most important to the city
wark. Its proper solution may
finish the key 10 the solution of
Tewark's traffic problem, remove a
to health, an eyesore and pro-
ide a means for the further develop
lent of Newark that is almost limit '
.ss.'' q
The Paterson Board of Trade has
assed a strong resolution against
he abandonlnent of navigation of
canal.
JLwas decided that the Legislature
hould not permit the abandonment !
: navigation of the Morris canal on
pretext whatever; that said canal
AS by no means outlived its useful =.