New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-16
Calls for Vast Shipping
Facilities and Marsh
Reclamation.
BOARD OF COMMERCE
ASKS CITY SUPPORT
Irving T. Bush Offers to Invest
Millions Jointly with
Municipality.

A waterfront development plan which
will make Bayonne. n. j., one of the
most important shipping and terminal
points in the Port of New York was
Dprojccted last night by the president
Of the New Jersey State Board Of Com
merce and Navigation. j. Spencer
Smith, at a public meeting in Bayonne
held at the Horace Mann school.
The plan, if it is adopted by the city
Of Bayonne, will reclaim $50 acres OF
fat marsh land on a long peninsula
that extends from the Bayonne shore
into the harbor just south of the
Greenville yards of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. On this peninsula will be
constructed deep water docks, ware
houses, grain elevators, pier sheds,
coaling and cold storage plants and
factories.
Unit Control Planned.
Every dock and building will have
rail connection with the central yards,
so that freight can be delivered from
all roads having tidewater terminals
in the New Jersey portion Of the har-
Dor. All Of the structures in the new
mort will be handled as a unit. with
central power plant and administration
buildings.
The meeting was held TO obtain pup
lie approval of the scheme. so That tn'
city would be able 10 appropriate th'
millions necessary for the purchase o.
the site immedist ely.
The harbor development plan wa,
the result. according 10 Mr.. Smith, o.
an inspection Of the Bayonne water
front by the Board of Commerce ant
Navigation at the instigation Of th'
Bayonne Chamber of Commerce, whlcf
proved 10 the board that the city pos
sessed terminal and dock possibil ties
beyond any other section of New IorF
Harbor. Later. Irving 7. Bush agreed
10 build a terminal in Bayonne similar
20 his Brooklyn docks, if plan coulf
be formulated whereby the city o.
Bayonne and the Bush company helC
Joint ownership and control over the
plant.
Irving +. Bush Interested.
A detailed plan and birdseye view
of the projected port were on eNhioi
ton at the public meeting. The piar
was designed and made by r. r. Ores
son, jr., chief engineer OF the NeY
Jersey Board of Commerce and Navl
cation. with the cooperation Of IRVING
T. Bush and F. Van Z. Lane. secretary
of the Bayonne Chamber of Commerce
At the end of the peninsula. contain
ing the yards, warehouses and othel
buildings, two immense piers VIII eN
tend a thousand feet into the bay
while at least an additional mile o.
docking space will be available alont
the sides Of the peninsula. Ferry
slips and terminals for freight cal
barges will also be provided.
This plan represents an ideal condi
ton" said President Smith, land i
only remains for the engineers to worl
out a programme for development tina
will state Just what facilities Will b'
provided at the outset, just what these
will cost and what will be the probable
growth from year 10 year.
To Cost Several Millions.
"In addition 10 this, typical sec
tions should be designed OF types OF
construction involved in this terminal
so that when the time comes it will be
a short Job TO prepare the detailed
plans and specifications and advertise
for contracts. Mr.. Smith stated tha'
while the cost of acquiring the neces
sary property would run into severa
millions, the city would be laying {
deep and strong foundation for the
erection of what is bound 20 be one o.
the most prosperous communities il
this part of the country.