Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-26
STATE SECRETARY
SEES CANAL IS END
BY ANOTHER YEAR
N,w Bill, He Says at Bloom
field Banquet, Will Bene-
fit All Towns.

Predicting the end of the Morris
canal, Secretary of State Thomas +
Martin, in an address at the annual
BANQUET of the Bloomfield Board OF
,rade last night, gave it as his opin-
ion that next year a bill will be IN
f.oduced from Hudson county, which
VII do away with the waterway lie
aid there was no doubt of the pas
sage of the bill, as it will beneht all
1ae cities and towns through which
lae canal passes.
The banquet was the thirteenth
annual affair of the trade board. 1t
vas held in Central Hall, Bloom :
I'D. and was attended by about 10
,,ambers and guests. Davis w Mil
r president of the board. was
.,1stmaster The other speakers
ere William N. Runyon. majority
inader in the Assembly; Assembly
IAN Seymour p. Gilbert, of Bloom
cid: Rev Timothy M. Donovan, rec
,r of the Church of the Sacred
,Ieart: Rev William T. Upton, rec
- of the Church of the Ascension'
Lev, B. Franklin Dickson, pastor
If the Park M. z. Church; Rev. Dr.
George L. Curtis, pastor of the FIRST
1.resbyterian Church; Mayor Fred
esrick Sadler, former Mayor Wlllaih
+, Sutphen and Frederick H. DAVIS,
former president of the Boara ol
trade. Former Governor Uranium
Murphy and Congressman-e Ed
ward w. Gray were unapie 10 pe
present.
Mr.. Martin said the proposed mea-
enre will mean the abandonment OF
he whole canal after twenty years
of effort in that direction, remark
ing that it was time the ditch was
cleaned up. -, -, a.
secretary of state, more good Will
be done than was derived from the
about LOO bills which were passed
Responding to the toast, Good
Citizenship" Assemblyman Runyon
Urged the members of the Board OF
trade and all residents of Bloomfield
10 back up that body In booming
the town. He said that such action
would help to make good citizens of
them all. =,
BE a booster, don't be a knocker,
he said. land you will be a good
citizen"
Father Donovan spoke on Our
Community Welfare" He said that
he was interested in the welfare OF
Bloomfield because he expected to
make il his home for the rest of his
DAYS. and therefore Is interested in its
welfare. 1--WE should boom Bloom
field not merely, for those who are
already here" he said, but those
who are to come. We should boom IL
for future development. We must
offer inducements of practical sense.
What is civic pride in Bloomt1eldF
1t does not exist in a crank. There
should be no use for crank in any
community, nor a man who is always
seeing things. Civic pride is a com
bination of virtue and cooperation OF
all men. Civic pride does not show
itself in legislation for one man, but
in that which Is good for all men.
You must eliminate any political affll-
istions when the welfare of the COM
munity is at stake.
In closing, he proposed that pub
lie funeral be held to bury the
"knocker.'
The other speakers talked on
Bloomfield in general and suggested
means for boosting the town. Ine
recent dollar day celebration IN
Orange was commented upon. The
speakers urged a similar scheme FOR
Bloomfield in an effort to awaken
trade and interest in the community
1t was decided to call the citlzens
In public consultation with the tradee
members on June 1, When ways and
means for booming the town will be
discussed and acted upon. 1t is prop
able that a civic celebration will be
held next month.
President Miller, near the close oil
the banquet, urged all present to try
TO bring back into the board all the
old members who at the last general
election claimed that the board was
a political club. He said that this
was not so. Boom Bloomfield Is
out motto, he said