Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-17
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new government bulkhead as is pos
sible, by cooperation between the
present government dredging con-
tract, the work necessarily to be done
| by the city, and the assistance of
| private owners whose property will
| border on the new streets proposed to
be opened in this section. By build
ing cribwork from the present shore
line out in the bay to within about
600 feet of the bulkhead line, follow
ing approximately the north line of
the Peddie Street Ditch for direction
and parallellng the new bulkhead line
with the eastern side of the crib, an
area of approximately eighty acres
of what is now mud flats covered by
a foot of water will be reclaimed for
factory sites and dock purposes. Most
of these eighty acres would probably
be filled from the dredging of the ship
canal in the bay, which work is be-
ing done under the government con-
tract.
Would FIJI by Dredging.
To give proper access to the south
| erly line of this reclaimed portion,
and also for the purpose of filing the
marsh land west of the present shore
| line, a ditch could be dredged from
the present ship channel following
along the line Of the proposed crib
work for a distance of about 1000
feet westerly from the present shore
line. This dredged material could be
pumped directly onto the marsh for
filing.
AS an auxiliary to the retaining
of this marsh land, 1t is proposed to
open two parallel streets running
easterly and westerly and practically
on the lines of Hunter and Queen
streets. In addition, 1t is also pro-
posed to extend Avenue r and put
it in trafficable condition from the
Plank road to this portion of the
| meadows upon which the re-
clamation will be started. Bay ave.
nue. will also be extended to an in
tersection with Peddie street ditch,
and then paralleling this ditch will
be extended on the top Of the filled
ground to the shore front.
| In addition to these openings above
mentioned, 1t is the intention of the
board to open diagonal street across
the meadows from a point at the in
tersection of the Plank road and Ave-
nue. r to some point in Frelinghuysen
avenue. This last mentioned OPEN
ing will AFFORD an opportunity for
private owners to reach their prop
critics and reclaim them at the same
| time the city development Is pro-
crossing on the shore front.
| 1t Is also proposed to establish
| loading station somewheres in the
eastern section of the city, and by
means of a narrow gauge industrial
road, upon which will be operated
dump cars, rubbish and earth from
building excavations can be carried
| to assist in the filing process over
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nue.. 1t is believed that by bringing
| fill from the inland over the five
proposed streets and by the utiliza-
| tion of dredging material, har-
monious cooperation in the reclama-
ton work will be established that
will make available wharf or dock
frontage at the earliest possible mo-
ment and in the most economical
manner, and piers extending east
ward from the bulkhead line can be
built at any time the demand re-
uuires such construction, and the
present idea of cribbing or bulkhead-
ing the northeriy edge of the chan
mel which is to be dredged shore
ward from the ship channel will pro-
vide space to be utilized for docks
and factory purposes.
It is believed that the dredging of
this channel will furnish fill and
material at much less cost than 1t
would be procured by any other
means, and the resulting channel will
have been an incident to the reclama-
ton, and not an additional item of
expense.
Commissioner Albert H. Biertuemp-
fel submitted a report on the advis-
ability of a municipal garbage plant
and the utilization of power derived
| from the burning of the garbage.
The report, a rather lengthy one.
dealt principally with the systems in
use In European countries, and which
the chairman of the lighting commit
tee spoke of as being the practical
thing for Newark.
Commissioner Biertuempfel said
that such plants were in use in most
of the large cities In Germany and
were very successful. He based his
report on facts and figures gathered
from the reports of American consuls
abroad. Commissioner Kraemer diff
fered with Commissioner Biertuemp-
fel, claiming that an exhaustive re-
port on plants similar to the one pro-
posed had been made by j. G. Hal
lock. deputy chief engineer, and F. o.
Runyon, consulting engineer, and
they did not favor the plant proposed
though they had visited all of the
in the United States.
A motion was made by Commits
sioner Charles P. Gillen to have Chief
Engineer Morris r. Sherrerd and the
chairman of the lighting committee
make a report to the board at its
meeting week from Thursday on
the advisa bilitv of erecfiug n munich