Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-15
WANT WANAQUE
PLAN FASTENED
Newark Consumes Practically
All of the Pequannock's
Daily Output.
WORKS BOARD SEEKS TO
SPUR STATE COMMISSION
Project for Passaic River BouIe-
ward Through BeIIeville and
Nutley Discussed.


capacity of Newark's water supply
system has almost been reached,
Board of Works Commissioner Arthur
r. Denman yesterday appealed to the
| Conference on Interurban Improves
ments to spur the State Water Com
mission into immediate action look
| ing toward the development of the
Wanaaue watershed possibilities.
Commissioner Denman pointed out
that Newark is now almost daily
| consuming the maximum output of
the Pequannock supply and that Inn
mediate action should be taken to
| establish an extra supply in Wanna
que. He declared the limit of the
| Pequannock supply is about 100000
| gallons day.
The reservoirs are being heightened
now to increase their poundage. He
declared that unless an auxiliary
water supply was established the
reservoirs would have to be further
| heightened within few years.
Newark has already applied to the
State Water Commission for the de-
velopment of the Wanaque water
shed. The commission is holding up
action on the application pending its
| decision on the proposed sale of the
properties of the East Jersey Water
Company TO the State.
| Commissioner Charles p. Gillen yes
| terday suggested. that II Newark
went on record as favoring the
| Wanaque instead of the East Jersey
properties as an additional supply
the commission might hasten action.
A motion to have the conference sig
Nifty it's favor for the Wanaque
project was lost because some of the
members of the conference were not
/ % IL, tfarr
Morris r. Sherrerd. chief engineer
of the Board of Works. and chair
man of the special committee on the
Wanaque development, was instruct
ed to get in touch with the State
commission and urge II to hasten ac-
ton on Newark's Wanaque applica-
ton. The secretary of the confer
ence was also directed to notify the
commission of the attitude of the
conference.
boulevard Project Discussed.
The project of constructing a boule-
ward along the Paesaic river, nom
Newark through Belleville ana Nutley
! to the Passaic county boundary line,
was revived at the conference yester-
| day Dr. Charles f. Kraemer, presi-
dent of the Board of Works and chair
man Of the conference, explained that
| the city had already taken some steps
| in this movement, and was now try
| ing to interest other municipalities In
| the matter. Mr.. Sherrerd said that ne
| has been negotiating for right of way
| over several parcels of land necessary
| for the boulevard.
| Henry w. Underwood. auditor Of
Belleville, said that the municipality
| In which he lived had been working
1 on the project of a Passaio river
1 Il Aha Iaa fiffaara
He said interested parties had OBJ
| tanned maps OF all the property re-
! quired, with the prices of 1t. In many
| instances he said people were willing
| to donate the land. He said that the
! road should be a part of the county
park system within Essex.
The matter was put over until rep
resentatives of various municipalities,
| the Essex Park Commission and
others can be heard on the project.
1t was announced that the next
meeting of the conference, on Novem-
| her Is, will be given over to q discus
| sion of waterway and transportation
| development. The proposed abandon
| ment OF the Morris canal will also be
discussed. Representatives of the Le-
| high Valley railroad, civic organiza-
| lions, the Assembly Morris canal
| abandonment committee and munich
palities interested will be invited TO
attend, so that all sides of the ques-
| ton will be presented.
Next Wednesday at 2 o'clock the
members of the conference will in
epeot the city's dock development and
meadow reclamation work on Newark
| bay.
George B. Ford, engineer Of New
York Citys City Planning Commits
sion, made a few brief remarks, ex-
planning what New York is doing in
| the way of city planning and restrict
ing building heights and proportions.
=. r. Halsey, engineer of South Or
anRe township, and chairman OF the
real estate committee of the confer
ence, submitted a report on the devel-
opment and restriction of interurban
regions.
In q report the real estate commit
tee outlines a plan to supervise inter
urban realty development in order to
! prevent the haphazard exploitation
of new territory by spectators
who are actuated by the sole motive
of getting the greatest returns Tor
| the least outlay.
Such development, the report points
out, has often led to the cheapentng
of good localities and localities have
been developed with no reference to
contiguous territory.
That such supervision is possible
the report states is evidenced by the
fact that American municipalities and
American courts more and moro rec
ognized the precedence of public in
terests over private rights.
As an example OF what has been
done in Europe for homogeneous
city development the report cites the
case of Frankfort-on-the-M where
the city, which has some $4,000 In
habitants, has bought $50.000.00o worth
of property outside of its city lines
Under a statute called "Umlegung"
the German cities have the right to
make such extensive real estate pur-
chases. These areas, the report con-
tinues. are then laid out in zones and
later redistributed to the original
owners, who in some cases receive
damages where their property has
been cut. The owners then must de-
velop his property according to a
well defined plan.
While the committee in it's report
states that such procedure would con-
fiict with American interpretations OF
personal rights yet certain unified
supervision possibly within county