Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-03
385 Visitors
Entertained

The members of the Twelfth Interna-
| tional Association of Navigation, which
Just closed Its session in Philadelphia,
are being royalty entertained In Newark
today. There were 200 foreign represen-
tatives and l85 members from all parts
Of the United States present at the lunch
con given at the Washington The dele.
gates were escorted, to this city by Mayor
Frederick w Donnelly, of Trenton, and
James NJ, Reilly, secretary of the New
ark Board of Trade.
The party left Philadelphia early this
morning and were conducted over the
proposed route of the New Jersey inter
astal canal in the steamer Majestic.
Upon arriving AT Perth Amboy the party
made a hurried investigation of that port.
which 1t was thought, at one time would
rival New York city as the great com
mercial port in the country All ex-
pressed the opinion that Perth Amboy
had n magnificent barbor--one of the
finest they had visited. From Perth Am
boy the distinguished visitors made a
trip to the Raritan bay terminal of the
proposed canal. thence to Staten Island
sound. Newark bay and up the Passaic
river to Newark
! At the luncheon given here each mem
aber Of the Congress was presented with
a handsome souvenir map-worked In
solid brass--of the State of New Jer-
! sey, showing the route of the canal.
From Newark the party left for West
Orange, where 1t will be shown through
the laboratories of Thomas A. Edison.
Mr.. Edison will be present and personal
ly conduct his guests through his plant.
Other interesting points In and about
Newark will be taken In by the WIS.,
itors before proceeding to New York
city
In the party are: Congressman Wash
ington Taylor, of Alabama; Thomas Gal
lagher, of Illinois; William Humphrey, of
Washington; Charles Kennedy, of Iowa;
and DR.. Andrew Barchfeld, of Pittsburg.
members of the rivers and harbors COM
mittee of Congress; j. w. Williams, fin-
ancial agent of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress; Colonel William M.
Black and Colonel william Rossell, OF
the New York Harbor Line Board of
Army Engineers; General William II.
Bixby, chief of engineers of the United
States army; Congressman Eugene f.
Kinkead, of Hudson county. These and
fifty other guests took a special train
at Camden for Bordentown, where the
Delaware river terminal of the canal
is to be located.
The members of the New Jersey com
mission, which is acting as host for the
State are Frederick W. Donnely, mayor
of Trenton and president of the State
Ship Canal Commission; State Canal
Commissioner Worthington NJ Jacobus,
of Passaic; Charles A. Mccormick, OF
New Brunswick, and James NJ Reilly.
secretary of the Newark Board of Trade,
and State Harbor Commissioner J. Spen-
Ger Smith, of Tenahy.
For the entertainment OF the foreign
navigation experts the State appropriated
$4,000, and the commissioners have spared
no expense In endeavorlng to make tile
day In New Jersey profitable and pleas
urable.
The visitors were shown the outlet for
the proposed canal, which lies within a
few hundred feet of the outlet and the
first lock of the Delaware and Rarltan
canal at Bordentown Colonel Black
who superintended the engineering work.
and mapped out the route Of the inter-
coastal canal in New Jersey, and Engi-
neer Jacobus, who cooperated with him
as a representative of the State, ex
planned that as part of the canal scheme
the government must increase the chan
mel of the Delaware from Allegheny ave
nue., Philadelphia, to Bordentown from
twelve feet TO twenty-five feet
The canal across the State II is pro
posed TO build at sea level with a depth
of twenty-five feet. TO accommodates
coastwise freight and passenger steam
ers, and the cost will be $45. 100000.
At Bordentown the party was received
by the city officials and the cadets from
the Bordentown Military Institute.
Speeches were made by local men and
replied TO by foreign delegates. Half an
hour was spent In inspecting the en-
trance to the canal after which the spe
cial train was boarded for Jamesburg.
the trip being made on slow time that
various points of interest along the canal
might be pointed out.
Superintendent Kaleen, of the State
Home for Boys, and the company OF
boys from the institution, headed by the
cadet corps band. greeted the delegation
at Jamesburg The engineers explained
that the most difficult bit of engineering
work along the route was at Jamesburg.
where cut must be made 40 feet in
depth and the Camden and Amboy rail
road right of way must be reconstructed
for distance Of three miles aud bridged
across the canal.