Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-03
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OPPOSE NEW PLAN
Do Not Wish Morris Canal to
Carry Water Supply
from Lake.
TFrom q STAR correspondent.l

| #A ifioih a Ok1i CViItspouueni-J
HOPATCONG. July 3.-With a gala
reception at the Durham Hotel last
night the Morris Canal Investigation
Committee concluded the second day
of its ~educative tour, the route being
in Morris county exclusively.
Property owners around Lake
H~opatcong are making strong objec-
lions to the use of the lake for a
reservoir and are fighting tooth and
nail to prevent the Morris canal from
being taken over by the State, lest
the canal be used to carry the drink
ing water supply from the lake to
is used as a reservoir the property
owners here contend that 1t will be
completely wiped out as a pleasure
resort.
I'VE do not object to canal aband-
onment, but our property would not
be worth ten cents on the dollar"
said P. C. Buck, a large property
owner. 'If the State takes 1t the
Morris canal will be controlled en-
tirely by the State Water Commits
sion. This commission will have I'M
limited authority and power, and
they will order all bathing, swim
ming. cutting and everything else
stopped in case they get control of
the canal and sell water to the cities
below. If the State Is to take over
the canal and use the lake as a. res
ervoir let it pay a fair valuation on
all the property around the lake"
With the reception party was Pro-
fessor S. L. Garner, who lived in
a cage 112 days and nights in
the jungles of Africa to study
the language of monkeys. Pro-
lessor Garner, who Is a guest of Hud-
son Maxim. told many wonderful
stories of his fifteen years in the
heart of the African jungle at the
banquet last night given at the Dur
pan. The ladies who r guests at
the hotel waited at their own request
upon the members of the inspection
party. Those ladies most active were
Mrs. Hudson Maxim, Mrs. George w.
Coulter and Mrs. Rex Beach, wife
of the author. These women made
charming mattresses and served a
many-coursed dinner with little con-
fusion and much dispatch.
The inspection party boarded the
Mystic Shrine at 7:15 a. m. and began
the third and last lap Of the journey.
The personnel of the party is the
same today as yesterday, with the
exception of Assemblyman Grover, of
Elizabeth, who left on account of.
other urgent business.
Two days of association have
~-..oL4 A. .e~.h1-r 80 fhn no rftr
together in a congenial way and the
trip yesterday was replete with in
cidents of humor and interest.
On one occasion the steam in the
boilers went so low that it was neces-
-sary to weigh anchor. The members
of the party took axes and secured
the woods for material to replenish
the fires. After some delay sufficient
steam was gotten up and the journey
resumed.
The trip to Hopatcong has been a
so-called upstream" journey. The
waterway at Hopatcong is 967 feet
City basin.
From Hopatcong to the western end
of the canal at Phillipsburg a drop of
882 feet will be made.
The difference in altitude between
the Jersey City basin and Hopatcong
Is overcome by means of twenty-five
locks and twelve planes, and between
Hopatcong and the Delaware by ten
locks and ten planes.
The snail pace of the steamboat
Mystic Shrine, in which the trip is
being taken, afforded an opportunity
for those who desired to exercise
themselves by trailing the towpath.
Nearly half of the party walked from
Rockaway to Dover.
Special boats were provided for the
trip around Lake H%opatcong and the
members of the committee were given
a comprehensive view of the source
of the water supply of the canal.