Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
OFFICIALS VIEW
CITY'S MEADOW
RECLAMATION
Ship Canal in Use by 1916, Is
Predicted-Ten City Blocks
Filled.

CoioHluS inc lHSpeCllOIl Oh the
meadow development work along
Newark bay yesterday afternoon by
Mayor Haussling and about one hum
dred county and city officials, vote
of confidence was rendered the mayor
and DIR. Charles +. Kraemer, presi-
dent of the Board of Works. The
mayor and DIR. Kraemer both replied
In short addresses in which they de-
clared that on January l. 1916, the
first large vessel will dock at the
municipal docks along the meadows.
DR.. Kraemer, who piloted the
party throughout the inspection. ex-
planned every phase of the work.
He said that already Newark has
been enlarged by ten city blocks,
caused by the fill being thrown on
the meadow land as 1t was taken
from the bay.
One of the greatest features of the
wogk seen yesterday was the prepa-
rations being made for the ship canal,
which will in time make Newark one
of the greatest seaport towns on the
Atlantic. Preliminary work on the
400O-foot dock being constructed by
O'Gara & Mcguire shows the first
actual work on the water course.
The largest steam dredge In the coun-
try is at work preparing for the
pile drivers. 1t is expected that the
first set of piles will be driven with
in the next month.
DR. Kraemer explained that the
present Peddie ditch will be the CEN
ire of the new waterway. Already
this has been dredged in parts from
fifteen to twenty feet. When the
docks are completed, a thirty-foot
channel will be dug.
The large sod entertainments both
north and south of the Peddie ditch
show the fill. In some places along
the meadows the land is almost even
with the required fill.
Near the edge of the bay. the first
water course has been dug. For
about two hundred feet from thesend
of the flats, the water course finds
it's way to the land which has been
pumped into the marshy grounds.
Alongside of this water course, the
engineers quarters have been erected
The large boats bringing In the piles
and other supplies now bring them
right up the meadows.
Party in Twenty-fiv Autos.
Twenty-Five automobiles decorated
in the national eolors left the City
Hall yesterday afternoon. The trip
was then made to the loading plat
form. Inc WOfhilBS iHcIt WSiC GA
planned in detail by Chief Engineer
Morris r. Sherrerd and his deputy,
James C. Hallock, who is actually in
charge of the meadow work.
After the loading platform was in
spected, attention was called to the
double track system with its switches
and crossovers to the height of the
fill These begin at Bay avenue near
the Central railroad property and
extend to the bridge at Persons
Creek. Locomotives and cars, the
property of the city, are run over
these rails.
car at the Bay avenue pumping
station and went to the end of the
meadows near the Central railroad
property. After landing at this site,
the party then jQurneyed to what at
one time was marshy land. During
the past six months city employees
have built walk from the railroad
tracks to the bay. This walk, al
though made of fill, is as firm as any
land in the vicinity. During this
walk, the excursionists were shown
the many inlets and outlets of Ped
die ditch.
After the inspection along the Ped
die ditch the party went about
400 feet north along the meadows.
This journey was made over twenty
four-inch pipes. At places they were
very slippery and several persons fell
from the pipes Rto the marshy land.
The actual work of pumping was
shown the party The steam dredge
Pittsburgh, with it's capacity of 1000
cubic yards per hour, was working.
AS the mud Is taken from the chan
mel, it is sent by high pressure
through pipes to various places In
the meadows. Many times boulders
go through the pipe.
After the meadows were inspected,
the party boarded a tug and were
shown all along the Newark bay.
Following the inspection tour an
improvised meeting was held at Hens
ler's Auditorium, where Postmaster
Frank j. Book, former member of
the board, asserted that future gem
erations would "bless the present
officials who. Drawing criticism, had
put the long cherished plans of re-
claiming the meadows into practical
operation"
That the present project should be
supported "by every citizen of New
ark was tire emphatic statement
made by Samuel f. Bailey, who, with
others, represented the Board of
Trade.
Mayor Haussllng, who was first
called upon. praised the commits
sioners and the untiring efforts of the
engineers. 81 have only one wish.
being candidate" said the Mayor
"and that is that l could bring the
whole city down to show them how
their money has been invested. 1t GER
tainly would save me a lot of talking
and also lot of trouble. as / cannot
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point out the technical problems that
are being solved right along in this
great work"
seaport in 1916.
President Charles f. Kraemer, of
the Board of Works. in few remarks
made the prophesy that with the
progress so far made IL was no idle
thought that the 250th anniversary in
1916 would also usher in the birth of
Newark as seaport open to the COM
merce of the world. y
In particular, because of the most
vital Importance to the merchants
of Newark, DIR. Kraemer told that the
dock development would bring with
it the running of the railroads right
to the docks, thus doing away with
the much mooted problem of lighter
age charges, which will now be taken
up by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and which mean relief from
burdens that involves an expense of
$15, 10000 annually on the part of
North Jersey merchants.
There was not an opposing vote
when one of the party proposed a
vote of confidence to Mayor Hauss-
ling at the close of the speaking pro-
gram. Others who had made remarks
besides those mentioned were f. j.
Urquhart. Sheriff Monahan, Mayor J.
J. Riordan, of Harrison. The latter
remarked that whatever Newark did
i'm the way of Improvement Harrison
would be benefited by which held
particularly good for the meadow de-