Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-11-01
H0AGL AND DIFFERS
WITH new BOARD
ON WATER TRACT
sags its View on Wharton Area
Purchase Is Strange Idea
Of Conservation.

5F4 FN"t1 tfts-ee ~ ,s....
qaay issued s.atesnsht les f.lo.'as
fe purchase OF the Wharoon "ase.
8 frAst ~ south Jersey IA answer @ 20 eno
feport Of the state Boara OF Consel
8 walton and peveiopmeht TO eoSsiloa
s 7Hlelder, which opposed the pureAase'
: ~. hoaeland contests 1ne nNe -
+ enna set up BY the Conservation Soe1ro
8 ard claims they are not the result OF
+ 4o3ical thinking.
& -, ,s,.,s,, zoe 4ba rurehass of the
~, 49,. sas ,,s1,,a - rgaw
zzf.zs VIZ - y - 1,.,,a +tat
4 =|EEssy ana expresses the nopo - -
s tie voters VIII pass the relerenuuaii
~, f5,a ouesflon tomorrow.
~. t4oaeIanass abatement is as fol-
-.
- 49, -.-o~+ - +ho state
ab roa0 she fCpoAs " ~ 1ss
Ecafd Of Conservation ana DeVeiop-
3tnenf to Governor Fielder opposing
ne acouisffion by the State of the
<sze4 vvl1arton wates. tract in South
T -, ~, ,,,,avs comedies the neces-
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sk&4 oL Auessae 49, ,,.,,osea
properly loF Wasor sepp-g - c..
afaA agrees with the state water Sup-
ply Commission In all essentials as 20
the value of the property, possible
Il
s5,S eanarai utilltv of the tract for
~. etstr ,,sas s,,t bases its opposi-
,.,..ssaso ~ this t,n,e upon
~ ~ e.e peas1--'o - st,a,.o ,s No
shouna--rlis .h@s 49, .a -
esent demand TOT the water, seeone' 49,
rat no incoEne could be derived from
INC tract for at least twenty-five
zvancs: third. that the property VIII
HOT be worth more than one milllon
IdoIlars for many years 70 co.ns,
Fourth, that estimated costs Oh speelnc a.''
.|kte*eloDmenfs nave not peen II,nue W
Ihtfe state water supply Syn.liIse.oaa' Slt t,...H
|t1nd nth, that the state Weter SUI.
IIply Lonmisslon c0ulu purSaas p,t ths
properly Wlthous tne .is eosse VI
z59tefnor, az tns iaw - - +hesa
90 not think tlal auy ~ sac1S
5Fe opJsctlous aas a. ..,nao,,4,o. ic fol
sn nAseu up0,. suuiiu SUI ssI,,sions
os1su W. M ont 70 los ~. IA erst no,nt that
= - ~ ..s.e ,,.,s.d;ata or DrezsInQ
s ~ M ats,- IN so,,th Jersey
.ssu ~ s,e ,ha r,,rchase ahould
MN there is such need
>...sst .s1 ~ r. zaS. that view seems a
penunlt me 70 sas tass.. sn ~ the word
szei'so 'ues,p H., aad e directlv on
~ y. ~ .s.t,st.,,ad ,snl,cv of this
-. .tsa,. 'A e.asas ana n vvo,1ld be a |
-. - oe'.s. 'sss s,ss,,tsd nollcv which |
ss.e., = z asfar,-,tsy sft,on until
s's---s.',S q, ..s,ss aavalorsd In all
- .s,,sv,,x, ,,yotacfa A. ia uni
2 ~. =, Iools ahead and
ss.ss,. =, ,.ee.sssrS,,,e,ta for twenty
s-.s..@ a. ,s,ore n is frue that the
|&SFess xx1.tar s,,,,,v Tsnn,n,ission has |
q ,.t.,s ,,,s, s,ts, fo,. v.,afer at nres
81 ~ frnn This tract. largely because
S.ss.s,>s ,,s,.,otsat ~ arv until the state
s,1 : - tbe r,ronerfv but he
srss '.s,.ss s,.sr,,sI ne tho oriainai purchase
so,,f,. "a which was signed and ap-
5eaVed bv Governor Woodrow Wilson
and later nul1ified by court decree. as
i point of law. 1t was assured py ON
cials Of many South Jersey munic-
paiitles that water from THIS tract
11uid soon be required py them, ana
4fzzng acquisition OF the property 70
xifoY1ae Tor their future needs. ana
tho State Water supply commission
z<no1s that the question OF additional
water supply Tor the rapidly growing
EEor1munities OF south Jersey VIII soon
9e gust as acute as II is now IN Nortn
EIereey.
Second-The statement that there
ze no present net revenue from the
tract Is not correct For number
of years the estate OF Joseph Whar-
ton has been In receipt OF an annual
met revenue Of at least $4,000 from
1.-THE sale OF cranberries alone, ana TINS
Etauld be very materially increased by
Izhe marketing Of other by-products
land lumber. which the estate did not
FEEL at liberty TO dispose OF while the
state held an option on the tract. In
fact / believe the property can be
sAade to nay the interest and sinking
fssna charges at once, il no water
sxas ever sold from 1t at all, and the
STATE forester has expressed q SIM
/. 4i<5. n5tinion
s -. x.,,,, .
sIhird-The contenuon tnat tne
tract viii never. be worth any more
than it is today is not well founded.
know the executors OF the Wharton
e<fate are frequently asked to sell
horizons of the tract for all sorts OF
purposes. The property consists of
& E1pproximately 100000 acres OF land or
about 160 square miles in a single
ownership. and If it is again SUBJ 4
divided into large number of
Aeparslte ownerships and developed,
- = undoubtedly would be. the cost
; ~ acolIiring II later would be almost
.1robibitive to the State for Obvious
reasons: In fact / am informed that
Il roet Mr.. Wharton Years of EFFORT
-..,ss .s<s,atI,iy,.y nuer "a noo nm ", s,at
s741e ~ 4.1,s egfola f,.art
stssE arTndar existing laws n-a.
ss,,,,,, -, estlrnstas of fha costs If
asssIe,.s,n e,ts ,,,s,f he h,rne
= r,,,ixiS,.y 1ifies as well a :
~. costs cs such aevalon
,zs..-.ts s,,sf as 5aS heen dona MIN, the
xess,,s.s,,,e ,lsvaicrrre,,t for North Ter
80 e ma Stata f,,nsIa cannot ha ,,sed
80 49,, ,.,,,-s,ss. No r,,r,, sn,,lica tin5,
~, be rscsived and considered nv the
E,sts uus5ee s,,nnlv c,nr,ys iss,ian until