Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-18
DETAILS COMPLETE
/. FOR CELEBRATION
OF PORT NEWARK
Fifty Thousand Persons Are Ex-
pected at Terminal Festiv-
tiles Wednesday.

All preparation for the public In
spection of Port Newark Terminal"
is now complete, and it is expected
that fully $4,000 persons will avail
themselves of the opportunity to wit
ness this gigantic undertaking. which
marks a new era in the affairs of the
| city OF Newark. The Port Newark
Terminal project is one of the largest
reclamations ever attempted by any
municipality in the United States and
is looked upon as an engineering
triumph.
James C. Hallock, the engineer In
charge, has been busy man planning
for the inspection. A large force of
clerks have been at work sending out
invitations broadcast, requesting the
attendance of many prominent men,
A number Of prominent officials of
the Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley and
Central Railroad of New Jersey will
come direct to the development in
| their private cars.
Ample and convenient transporta-
tion facilities have been provided for
the general public. Special trains will
leave the Broad street station of the
Central railroad at 1:80 o'clock, fol-
lowing at intervals of twenty minutes
until $40 o'clock, and returning from
Port Newark Terminal about 430
o'clock. For the accommodation of
visitors from New York city the sea-
going tug Mary B. scully will leave
pier 1, North river,a at 1:30, coming
direct to Port Newark through XIII
Won Kull. Three tugs will leave the
Commercial wharf at 2 o'clock Au-
tomobiles will be leaving the City
Hall for the hour between and 3
o'clock.
Each person attending the inspec-
tion will be given a packet containing
a souvenir in the form of a celluloid-
covered blotter with pictures of the
development. An original poem writ
ten by Edward 8. Rankin, of the en-
gineering department; the official pro-
gram; a progress report by James C.
Hallock and booklet describing Port
Newark Terminal by James M. Reilly
secretary of the Board of Trade, will
be distributed.
The Traffic Club reception commit
tee will wear white ribbon badges and
will be posted at the starting points
as we'll as the meadows. The COM
mittee is as follows: N q. Campbell.
ohairman A. P. Jump, H. B. r. Pot
ter, Charles Vail, Charles Milbauer.
r. o. Won Steuben, Arthur Hamil-
ton. J. T. Rogers, G. H. Gulick, L..
II. Campbell, r. v. Brokaw. C. C.
Bacon. c. II. Hershey. b. 7. Hudson,
]. D. Berry, jr., M. b. Winans, c. X.
Armstrong, A Archibald, ID. H. Lit
ter, f. L. Montgomery. 7. J. Nicholl.
A. Deuchler, C. q. Mccullough, w. r.
Creighton, B. r. Bradley, B. l..
Birkholz, r. s. Busby, P. M. Blauvelt.
e. L. Durgin, J. A. Durlkin, R. V.
Gibson, r. A. Fielder, r. H. Car
berry, w. c. Schryver, w. III. Coates,
C. w. Feigenspan, J. B. Fischer, D.
| r. Crotsley, J. w. Pittinger. G. H.
Shannon, j. Van Doren, A. ]. De
Forge, l. N. Rudgers, A. w. Urick
The reception committee for the city
will wear blue ribbon badges.
A special program has been pre-
pared consisting of speeches by Mayor
Thomas L. Raymond, former Mayor
Jacob Haussling, A. v. Hamburg
president of the Board of Trade, and
H. B. r. Potter.
A dinner will be held under the
auspices of the Traffic Club following
the trip of inspection at the Wash
ington restaurant at $3.50 o'clock. On
account of the limited seating capac-
ity applications should be in early. as
no reservations will be made later
than 10 a. M, October 20. Applica
tions should be sent to A. Preston
Jump, freight agent. Carnegie Steel
Company, city