Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-24
NEWARK SEEKS
AID IN PORT
DEVELOPMENT
Would Have Neighboring Mu-
inequalities Join in Petition
to Government.
fo HAVE CONFERENCE
WITH COL. M'klNsTREY
Board of Works Buys Property
and Holds Up Mar
rone's Bill.


IN order that the general develop
ment OF Newark bay and the sur
rounding waterways may be devel-
Eoped by the United States government
on laee scale, Commissioners
Charles p Glllen at the meeting OF
the Board Of Works yesterday after
noon urged that Jersey City, Bayonne
and Elizabeth be asked to cooperate
with Newark in petitioning the gov
i ternment for action Chief Engineer
Morris r. sherrerd said he would
take up the question with Colonel 6.
II. MeKinstrey. an3engineer of the
water department, under whose di-
reetion the work would be done.
Recently Colonel AfcKinstrey In
formed the Newark officials that he
believed the idea Of having an cities
In and about Newark bay join to-
gether on large plan in urging the
project would bring about prompt re-
suits, tt Is Commissioners Giilen's
opinion that the project of deepening
Newark bay and the widening OF the
channel should not be a matter OF
Newarg's interest and support alone.
It Is proposed to have q conference
Of the officials Of Jersey City, Ba-
yonne. Elizabeth and Newark after
the first of the year, which Colonel
McKinstrey viii be invited to atfepd
and outline the government plan for
improving the waterway facilities IN
this section.
Chief Engineer Sherrerd explained
T.
siieved considerable sum OF money
could be transferred for work in
Newark bay which had been appro-
priated by the rivers and harbors
conlnitfee Of Congress. He said this
money was available and that the
widening and deepening Of the chan
mel In the Passaic river above Bridge
street was opposed BY, some OF the
shippers along the river at this point.
The question OF securing additional
|flll az Port Newark Terminal was
also taken caro- of in resolution
passed by the board Yesterday. It
II fqposed bF the VIZ apartment
wi1fcfi is now zoo feet vide. tfafIer
the plan which Colonel McKinstrey
has recommended tho channel will
be widened from 800 to 900 feet.
This viii be d sufficient width to per-
nit an adequate lane of travel for
large boats At the present time the
channel IS not sufficiently wide
enough to accommodate the class of
boats that now use the river. The
river traffic in and about Newark
bay Is constantly increasing and as
q result the present waterway facili-
to arrange with the government to
have the material dredged from the
bay pumped on to portion of the
low lands back of the dikes at Port
Newark
Complain Of Blocking River.
In a letter to the board Colonel Nc
kinstrey called attention to the fact
that towing companies were making
q practice of tieing up four and five
barges abreast in the river He OBJ
jected to this and asked the board to
take some action. CHIEF Engineer
Sherrerd said that he would confer
with City Counsel Spaulding Frazer
to ascertain whether any ordinances
were in existence under which this
practice could be stopped
With the proposed condemnation OF
140 acres owned by Andrew q Cobb
in West Milford township, the city
Is about to establish precedent in
competition with acquiring property In
the Newark watershed. In the past
it has always been questionable
whether the city had a right to con-
denim lands that could not be pur-
chased for a fair price because public
use Of lands acquired could not be
proven The properties arc being
purchased for nti-pollution purposes,
and not for any actual construction
work. BY reason Of this fact the