Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-07


ed in September. 1t was for $421,-
451.5S and called for the bulkheading
of the area in Newark Bay directly
in front of and connected with the
area being reclaimed and also for
additional dredging.
Work is rapidly progressing on the
grading Of streets across the meadows.
Up to September /, of this year, $4I,-
91144 was expended in grading the
streets, and an additional s37. h33.37
was invested in locomotives, dump
cars, etc, TO be used in the work. Up
to that date s27,237.25 was expended
In payment of the services of work
ers and other employees. The city ex-
pended and contracted for work to
the amount of s1.47S,259 prior to that
date.
Vast improvements in Sight.
It is expected before December /
that the city will add to its work a
completed ship canal 1000 feet long
and 400 feet wide; a dock frontage Of
$500 feet; a pier, 1900 feet long and
1b0 feet wide: a reclaimed area of
300 acres, available for factory sites
and other purposes; a railroad dis
tributing and transfer system; at
least one avenue of approach from
the built-up section of the city; an
undeveloped meadow land area Of
$40 acres, and a construction plant
available for the reclamation of the
remaining meadow land the total
cost of these items to be approx
mately the $2.000,000 which was au-
thorized by the State for the work.
ut is evident, from what l read in
the opposition press" the Mayor con-
tinued, that their campaign this year
will be based on charges of extrava-
gance against the present admins
tration. At other times there VIII be
discussions of the specific allegations
involved in this general charge. To-
night 1 will content myself with as
sorting that 1t has no substantial
basis to sustain 1t. In the admins
tration of as large a concern as the
city of Newark ii is possible and
probable that here and there there
have been unwise expenditures, but
that there has been wild extrava-
gance or waste l deny most en-
phatically.
The Mayors Motto.
at is true that we have spent
money, and that we are spending
money today more than We did eight
years ago, when l took office. Such
is the case with every business that
mas kept us nedu dDoNt water III
these times. But where we have
spent money we have gotten value
received, and the result Is city
improved in every line of municipal
endeavor, a better, safer, healthier
place to live in and to do business in.
THAT has been my motto since /
assumed office, and that, as l have
understood it, has been the instruc-
ton to me from the people of New
ark. That will continue to be my
motto if reelected in November"
Addresses BY Candidates.
DR. Charles r. Kraemer and Alder
man John F, Reilly, Board of Works
candidates; Senatorial Candidate
Richard Stockton, Sheriff Candidate
John j. Bracken, Surrogate Candidate
Harry F. Backus, Candidate for
| Supervisor Edward Schickhaus and
Assembly Candidates Michael r. Null
len, Frederick Fischer, Dominick A.
Walsh, Thomas Kenny, Michael j.
Quigley and Lawrence McCabe, jr.,
and Freebooter Candidates Angelo +.
Bianchi. Louis Lewis and Michael
Higgins and aldermanic candidates
also made speeches.
Commissioner Kraemer issued def
to the Evening News publisher to
debate city affairs on the public plat
form. The commissioner reviewed his
own record and declared he was will
| Ing to stand or fall on 1t.
Mr.. Stockton, in the course of his
remarks, said that IL elected to the
| Senate he would represent Essex
county as an attorney should repre-
sent a client and would work for
legislation as would be for the bene-
fit of all the people: that he would
fight for measures instead of against
men, and would not recognize past
or future fights between any leaders. =
He spoke fayorably OF the planks in
the Democratic platform and reiter-
ated that if elected, he would do his
utmost to have all of them made into
| laws.