Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-02
PROPOSES PORT IN
JERSEY MEADOWS
DR.. Mcdowell Outlines Scheme
for Gigantic Clearing
House.
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the United States situated on the
only a burden and a nuisance on the
streets of Manhattan; and, at the
same time, the five-cent for passenger
service zone to be extended so that
one can go from every part to every
other part of this enlarged greater
New York at this cost and with the
saving, at the same time, of the more
than one hundred million of dollars
now existing between the ship where
she now lands and the railroad serv
ice where it now terminates and as
the result of the method by means
of which this interchange is made,
and this charge continuing constant
ly growing every year.
Increase in Realty Values.
Release the commerce of New York
from this unnecessary tax and you
will at once increase the value of the
realty of this new greater New York
at least $4,000, 100000, or the amount
that the $1OO,O00000 is per cent. on.
In the carrying out of this plan it
should be a fundamental principle
that all public service undertakings
where public regulation of charges
exists be free from all taxation of
every nature, the return that they,
these public service undertakings,
giving to the public being, in every
case. the service that they are or
ganized for at the very lowest pos
sible cost after returning to capital
invested a fair recompence.
This is not matter that interests
alone the States of New York and
New Jersey, for this great unneces-
sary tax of over $100, 900, 900 per annum
is so passed along that in the finale
it comes out of the producer and the
consumer. who have made use Of this
port in whatever part of the world
they may dwell.
The subject is so vast a one that /
will not attembpt to go into details
in this letter, but would refer you to
your files of about twenty-five years
ago, when your great paper, under
the name of the Newark Daily Adver-
tiser. under the editorship of DR..
Sanford B. Hunt, was aiding and for
warding so capably these ideas. 1t
will follow Governor Wilson into the
presidential chair and will be pos
sibly the most important matter that
will occupy his successor as governor
OF New Jersey, asst is now and will
be upon Governor Sulzer all during
his term of Office, and our hands are
called at the moment by the fact that
a great German steamship is to arrive
within the next four months at the
barbor of New York of such great
length that the dock facilities of the
harbor are unequal to giving her a
landing place.
Ready to Answer Questions.
/ have written this as an open let
ter, giving it to the press at the same
time it is mailed to you, and l would
most earnestly request of the press,
the public officials of the two States,
every citizen interested, that they
would take a hand in politically dis
cussing this subject, sending to Gov
ernor Wilson, as well as to Governor
Sulzer, and the writer copies or clip
pings of their communications. If
they see fit to ask questions, as hard
as they may be, they win find me al
ways ready with an answer.
Cordially yours.
WILLIAM OSBORNE MCDOWELL.
Office 1877 Broadway, New York; res
idence POI Grafton avenue. Newark,
n. j.