Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01
DISCUSS PLAN FOR
Jersey CITY SHORE
Tentative Scheme TO Reclaim
Hackensack Meadows Pro-
posed by Engineer.
TO TURN 1T INTO A LARGE
MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
Residential and Storage Ware
house Sections Also Proposed.
State Board to Aid.
IspeciaI 70 the ErenIng slar.I

JERSEY CITY, July 1.-Plans for
the development of the Hackensack
river waterfront along the western
boundary Of Jersey City were dis
cussed at a conference held in the
City Hall here yesterday between the
New Jersey Harbor Board and the
Board of City Commissioners. Moth
ing more definite than that compre-
hensive plans should be worked out
in an endeayor to make the meadows
in that vicinity a thriving rpanufac-
turing centre was decided upon. An
other conference will be held with
the property-owners on July Il.
Richard c. Jenkinson, OF the Harbor
Board and Chief Engineer B. f. Cres-
son. jr., represented the State. All OF
the Jersey City commissioners,
Mayor Pagan, George f. Brensinger,
A. Harry Moore. Frank Hague and
Henry Byrne were present.
Acting on New Statute.
At last winters session of the New
Jersey Legislature law was enacted
giving permission tc the State Harbor
Board to assist any municipality
seeking help in the development of
its waterfront Jersey City is the
first one to take advantage of the
new statute. When the Harbor Board
was asked to help in the development
of the Hackensack waterfront Engi-
neer Cresson was asked to submit a
preliminary report That report
formed the basis of yesterdays dis
cusson.
The plan evolved thus far provides
for a marginal street located 800 feet
back of the bulkhead and running
parallel with the Hackensack river.
Ills to be at least 100 feet wide. On
III 8 il is proposed TO run a railroad
connecting on the north with the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad and on the
south with the New Jersey Central
and the Lehigh Valley.
To Lay Out Manufacturing District.
The district between the marginal
way and the bulkhead is to be laid
out as sites for manufacturing, ware
housing and storage
Every building as laid out would be
served by a railroad siding on one
side. by a highway or street on the
other side and by a conveyance or
motor truck way from the water
front Other features would be the
most up-to-date freight handling ma
chinery and appliances for loading
vessels.
Easterly of the manufacturing dis
trict a residential district is proposed
to be laid out along the most modern
lines of city planning and to include
civic centres with parks, schools and
fire houses.
Zone of the great advantages that
Jersey City possesses" says the re-
port, lis the last that this district
Ifg largely undeveloped, and that a
city plan for a residence district. i
business district, and an industrial
district can now be carried out with
: out having to undo a great deal that
has already been done
Basins for Commercial Use.
Below Droyer's Point, on Newark
bay. piers or basins can be built dis
tinctly for commercial use, and these
can be connected with the marginal
railroad and street systems laid
down on the map. The district north
of Droyer's Point as planned is al
most .S>z6lusvely industrial. and it is
tliaf rather than commercial develop
xdent. which brings local prosperity"
AT the next conference on July q,
Engineer Cresson will submit an esti-
mate as to the approximate cost of
such scheme