Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-26
NEW JERSEY AS A
COMMERCE CENTRE
Harbor Commission Head Tells
Manufacturers of States
Many Advantages.

JERSEY CITY, Sept. 26.-Represen-
tative manufacturing men from
twenty-five cities In the State con-
vened with the State Chamber of
Commerce here this afternoon to
plan for better transportation facili-
ties in New Jersey.
]. Spencer Smith, president of the
New Jersey Harbor Commission, was
the principal speaker of the day. He
said In part:
New Jersey is the mainland and
the terminal of practically all the
great transcontinental railroads.
New York city on the other hand is
on an island. 1t would seem that
New Jersey should have been the
metropolis of the nation and not
New York.
New York no longer has any
waterfront property to develop; on
| the contrary there Is an overflow.
| New York city proper cannot accom-
modate all the business that seeks
its shores. Other cities are trying
| to attract this business and the
overflow of business from New York
spells New Jerseys opportunity. The
| time Is now ripe for us to take ad-
| vantage of the fact that we are
adjacent to New York and to all in
tents and purpose a part Of New
| York.
Highway to the Markets.
"The new 2.00O-to barge canal con-
Meeting the Hudson river with the
Great Lakes will soon be open to
commerce. which will link the great
port of New York and the cities bor-
! dering the same with the great pro-
ducing section of the West and
Northwest, and the large cities on
the Great Lakes, which will mean
| that iron ore. for instance, can come
| from Duluth without breaking bulk
| and be delivered to manufacturing
plants located on the Raritan bay or
| the Arthur Kills or Newark bay. 1t
| will also give our manufacturers and
merchants in and around New York
harbor the opportunity for shipping
their merchandise for less money to
| those great markets.
To Report to Governor.
1--WE have wonderful opportunities
for development on our shore front.
There are splendid opportunities on
the Hudson river and on New York
bay. In connection with New York
bay / might say that our engineer.
Mr.. Cresson. has prepared studies in
connection with the report that we
hope to present to the governor and
the Legislature within a week or
two showing the great possibilities of
development in this section of water.
Then we have Newark bay. Arthur
| Kill, Passaic river, Hackensack u
and its tributaries. the Raritan bay
and Staten Island Sound, all of
which afford wonderful opportunities
for development in the right way.
Then on the south side of the State
we have the Delaware river. but we
want to avoid the mistakes that have
been made in the past. In the past
our development has been haphazard,
every man for himself regardless of
the effect on the community at large.
1.-THE New Jersey Harbor Commits
sion hopes that in the future there
will be a comprehensive. harmonious
plan of development. We must keep
in mind that the waterfront belongs
not only to those who happen to own
! the land on the water edge, but to
the people of the State of New Jer-
sey, and in developing the water
front the fact should ever be kept
before us that this invaluable 'front.'
age should only be developed in a
way which will rebound to the good
of the people of the entire State, and
if incidentally those who own the
property are benefited. so much the
better"