Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-10
CONGRESSMEN
FAVOR SURVEY
OF NEWARK BAY
Rivers and Harbors Committee
of House Approves Deeping
of Waterway.
From a staff oorrespondent.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Commis-
sioners Charles F. Kraemer and
Arthur r. Denman. of the Newark
Board of Works. with Engineer Nor
ris r. Sherrerd, have had what they
| consider a most satisfactory session
with the members of the committee
on rivers and harbors of the House
of Representative and will leave for
home this afternoon confident that
they have succeeded in starting in Q
practical way the work of the New
ark ship canal. The House commit
tee having in charge the appropria-
tion for this work accepted the fol-
lowing resolution, prepared by the
representatives of Newark:
Moved, that a survey covering the
Improvement and deepening of New
ark bay to present depth of twenty
feet, and to future depth of thirty
five feet, be and is hereby directed
to be made, such survey to include
the portion Of Newark bay between
the pier-head lines as established by
the Harbor Line Board, or such por-
tion of the bay as, in the Judgment
of the army engineers, should be in"
cluded in such a project"
BY the adoption of this resolution
the Federal government stands COM
mitted to making a survey of New
York harbor, including the Newark
channel proposition, and will entail
the expenditure of $5,00O,000 for the
completion of the work the city of
Newark has planned. OF course, no
great amount will be appropriated at
this session, as the administration
forces stand committed to economy,
but the fact that the government
viii undertake the survey for the
work is regarded as victory for
those who have advocated and
worked so assiduously for its accom-
plishment.
Commissioners Kraemer and Dem
man, with Engineer Sherrerd, had
many heart to heart talks with mem
bers of the rivers and harbors COM
mittee, and repeated the arguments
they made earlier in the year to in
duce them to have a start on the
work this coming year. The passage
of the resolution calling for the sur
vey made the Newarkers feel so jubi-
liant that they did not consider it
necessary to remain in the capital
any longer. There is the session here
of the deeper watersways comm s.
sion, but the visitors from New Jer-
sey said that their official duties
would call them back home today,
and having accomplished what they
set out for, they decided to leave,
well content with the conditions as
they stand at present.
The work of making the proposed
ship canal Will call TOR an expendi-
ture of $4,000 900, and the fact that
the city of Newark stands committed
to pay about half of that sum made
a favorable impression on the appro-
priations committee. Engineer Sher-
rerd told how the city has already
spent in the neighborhood of $780,
900 to ward bringing the ship canal
into being, and has legislation to
spend about 50 600 0 0. Commission
ers Kraemer and Denman told how
the city proposed leasing factory sites
along the water front and erecting
docks. the giving of railroad facili-
ties and the construction of ware
houses, all with the object of pro-
ducing revenues for the benefit of the
city.
1t was further adduced that as soon
as the revenue producing facilities
were under way to ask for further
legislation to help the Federal gov
ernment in defraying the cost of the
big Improvement. These facts made
a deep impression on the committee,
and several members said that where
a community was willing to assume
part of the risks in a work of this
kind the government should meet
them half way.