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XACTLY ten years have elapsed during which there has been laid, progressively, the foundation of what every Newarker strongly believes will one day be one of the great seaports of the world. For it was on January 2, 1914, that the Bureau of Docks was created at a meeting of officials in the Newark city hall, and the same day the same group of city fathers journeyed to the Newark Bay front, on the shore of a vast marsh meadows, and turned the first spadefull of earth in the construction of Port Newark Terminal.

Ten Years of Progress

Since that bitter cold wintry day Newark has invested approximately $7,500,000 of its municipal funds in this waterfront development, and wonderful results have come therefrom. And yet, this month of January, 1924, which is the tenth anniversary of the project, sees only the beginning. So far Newark has builded well, but only the foundation has been laid. Many great improvements still are scheduled, for it must be remembered that when the full realization of Port Newark Terminal as a seaport and industrial center is at hand the world will look upon a great thriving, shipping point and manufacturing district representing combined investments of $250,000,000 of private capital. On this point every inhabitant of the New Jersey metropolis is convinced beyond argument; their faith in Newark's ultimate destiny as a world port is sublime.

City Commissioner Raymond's Genius the Guiding Force

To the remarkable breadth of vision and exceptional capacity for municipal administration of Thomas L. Raymond, formerly Mayor of Newark and for the past six years Director of the important Department of Streets. and Public Improvements-the most important arm of the city administration under the commission form of government now in operation in that city-the phenomenal development of Port Newark terminal is due. Mr. Raymond entered the city government as Mayor nine years ago, and at once lent his broad grasp of affairs to the waterfront project and he has to this day pushed it forward with great vigor, energy and foresight.

Chief Engineer Costello in Charge of Work During the past two and one-half years the work has been directed by Chief Engineer James W. Costello, to whom Mr. Raymond entrusted the responsibility of carrying out his ideas and policies. Mr. Costello was placed in charge of the work by Mr. Raymond at a time when several large improvements were under consideration. Under the Chief Engineer's supervision construction work costing over $3,000,000, has been undertaken and successfully completed. Mr. Costello is in full charge of the actual construction of the development, as well as advertising and marketing the property, being responsible directly to Mr. Raymond.

Present Area But Fraction of Ultimate Development

Prior to the Port Newark undertaking the marsh meadows lying to the southeast of the business district covered one-fifth of the total area of the city of Newark. On the official maps the Port Newark Terminal zone consists of 1,200 acres of land, all of it owned in fee by the city, but this zone is but a fraction of the whole meadow area. meadow area. Or, rather, what was the meadow area, for as the city reclaimed its district and developed it, private industries began springing up at numerous points adjacent, with the result that a goodly portion of the old meadows is now the scene of many manufacturing plants, railroad classification yards, docks and piers, cargo transfer points, to say nothing of a miscellaneous assortment of business plants of one kind or another. But it is with the city's project, the task of creating a world port to which the city has dedicated itself, we are here concerned.

Port Newark's Inland Ship Canal

The first undertaking was the construction of an inland ship canal. It extends 7,000 feet inland from the shores of Newark Bay, and is 700 feet in width. It has been dredged to a depth of 30 feet at mean low water. one side the city has constructed a marginal dock equipped with railway trackage, for the whole length of the dock, and on the other side the first 1,000-foot unit. also has been completed. The head of the canal is equipped with a timber bulkhead. Twelve 5,500-ton cargo vessels of the Transmarine lines leave their docks and terminal in this canal monthly in the Gulf and Pacific Coast trade.

Dredged Material Reclaims 250 Acres

The material dredged in the construction of the ship canal was used to reclaim some 250 acres of marshes on the north of the new waterway. The reclaimed area is now the site of the Transmarine terminal, occupying 112 acres, and the U. S. Army supply base, occupying 135 acres. Both of these plants were constructed during the war by the Government. At the shipyard 150 ocean-going cargo ships, of 5,500 tons each, were constructed, while the Army Base was the scene of great activity during and following hostitlties as hundreds of thousands of tons of shipments were handled across its dock. The Federal Government had practically commandeered the area developed by Newark for its own commerce. The property had been put in shape for commerce just before this country entered the war, but when the Federal authorities came along in quest of advantageous sites for war plants, where ships could be constructed and put to sea with the greatest dispatch, and where cargoes of munitions could be quickly transfered from rail direct to ships without loss of a minute's time, they snapped up Port Newark. Naturally, the municipality approved. It accepted this

AND SHIP NEWS

Breaking Ground at Port Newark, New Jersey, on January 2, 1914, On a Development That Has Already Cost the City of Newark $7,500,000 and Likely to Run Into an Investment of $250,000,000 in Another Decade.

Many Big Projects Launched After the War After the war the city, under Director Raymond's leadership and direction, again took up the work of developing its waterfront facilities, and many big projects were launched. Outstanding among these was the city's action in dredging the government channel in Newark bay to a depth of thirty feet, on a 200-foot width. This channel extends from the docks at Port Newark to deep

Newark proper and shipments from these roads may be transferred to the city waterfront area.

Considerably more could be written here about the results ten years of building have witnessed on the Newark waterfront, but the above will suffice as the high-lights of the record.

Port Newark in 1934 As Now Visualized

Terminal development bring forth?
What will the next ten years of the Port Newark

ly a job for the Federal Government, but it was undertaken by Newark, at an expense of $1,250,000, for the simple reason that that city is going ahead rapidly with its waterfront development, and is solving its own port problem without waiting years for the national or state government agencies to lend such help as they choose.

Highways Radiate in Three Directions

With the dredged material from the bay channel the city's property to the south of its ship canal, 250 acres, was reclaimed, and next Mr. Raymond turned his attention to providing access to it preliminary to turning it over to commerce and industry. He constructed three concrete highways leading across the meadow area in three different directions, thus giving direct access to the north, west and south. As a matter of actual fact all three roads intercept the Lincoln Highway in Newark: one at a point close to New York, another in the center of Newark and the third at the southerly limits of the city where the Lincoln Highway extends towards Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Concrete Dock Steadily Grows

Concurrent with the roadway construction the city built a concrete dock fronting the newly reclaimed 250 acres. The dock at present is 1,000 feet in length, and is one of seven units which are to be constructed successively down the south shore of the ship canal, similar to the dock on the north shore. Both to the north and south of the canal the city has bulkheaded its lands fronting on Newark Bay. It is proposed to construct a series of piers, each 1,200 feet long and 250 feet wide, out into the bay from the shore line.

Great Trunkline Railroad Connections

As Newark developed its meadow area three trunkline railroads, the Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley and Jersey Central systems, acquired great chunks of property adjacent to the city's lands, and all three have built immense classification yards. These yards are literally but a stone's throw from Port Newark. Trackage of all three roads extends to the limits of the city property. A municipal belt line, now under construction, will connect directly with the trunkline tracks and will provide rail service not only to the docks on the waterfront but also to every corner of the big 1,200 acre zone. In its exploitation of Port Newark, the city offers full rail facilities to industries, as well as rail and waterfront facilities to those who desire them. Plants which locate on this development will, in fact, have received service from seven of the nine trunk lines running into New York. The Philadelphia and Reading sends its freight to the Manhattan shore via the Jersey Central, and the Baltimore & Ohio likewise uses the Lehigh Valley trackage in this district. In addi

penings there that may startle the entire nation, cer

tainly the shipping and industrial world.

What Experts Predict

In the opinion of these experts by 1934 Port Newark Terminal will be earning several million dollars annually for the city treasury-the entire development is city-owned. It will, they state with conviction, bring unheard-of ground rentals-the city leases its property and does not sell it in fee-as well as millions in taxes from the vast numbers of great manufacturing, warehousing and shipping industries still to be located within this important area.

Steady Employment For Thousands

Thousands upon thousands of men and women of Newark will be provided employment on the 1,200 acres of now practically vacant land. As evidence of what the men in touch with the Newark development expect along this line, it may be stated that the municipal Bureau of Transportation, which regulates the passenger traffic service within the city, has a staff of experts studying routes, the type and amount of equipment which will become necessary, and other matters relating to the transporation problem as it is expected to materialize.

Newark's Population 1,000,000 In 1934?

Large rapid increase of population for this city of 500,000: It is expected by those in authority that the advent of numerous large industries and shipping lines will attract to Newark hordes of families from throughout the eastern section of the country, and send the population soaring toward the coveted 1,000,000 mark. As a matter of actual fact, there is afoot at present a Greater Newark movement, having for its goal the merging with Newark of a dozen suburban cities which flank the Jersey metropolis on three sides. These all are within three miles of Newark's boundaries. They are closely knit together, and, save for the several local governments, form one great community. There are 400,000 souls in these twelve suburbs, a large proportion of whom have their business. or employment, in Newark and simply reside beyond its limits.

Providing For a Vast Maritime Commerce World importance as a seaport and industrial center: Just as sure as the sun rises each day, it is the conviction of Newarkers, this port development will bring ocean trade to that city on a scale never dreamed of before the waterfront improvement was undertaken. They have provided deep water-a thirty-feet channel

-direct to New York Harbor, miles of mcdern docks, warehouses facilities, roadways leading direct to Manhattan and to the interior and-what is of vital importance-five trunk line railroad systems connect with a municipal belt line that traverses the entire waterfront. All this in anticipation of a rapid rise to world importance within the coming decade.

Honor and glory for Newark as one of the greatest cities of America and, consequently, of the world!

Work on Lumber Terminals Begun at
Port Newark, N. J.

The city of Newark has leased for a period of 40 years to the Intercoastal Lumber Terminals, Inc., a considerable tract of land at Port Newark, which is

to be devoted to lumber interests.

The Intercoastal Terminals, Inc., which has the lumber concession for Port Newark, is not controlled by any one, two or even a dozen lumber concerns. It is co-operative in plan with the important lumber shipping sections interested in its operation.

These terminals offer to present and future shippers of this commodity the only modern plant in the Metropolitan District where lumber in any quanity can be

stored until sold, without the excessive expense of unloading from boat to barge to dock.

Port Newark As A Lumber Distributing Center There is little available public lumber storage space in the Metropolitan District and this renders it difficult for time of delivery by yards to be guaranteed on large orders. Under present arrangements wants must be anticipated about 90 days in advance. During the last six months many million feet of lumber have reached the Metropolitan market unsold and because of lack ci storage space sales were made under the hammer at a great loss to the shipper, and without gain to the ultimate consumer. A lumber terminal of large proportion will help to correct this and to stabilize the Metropolitan lumber market.

Enormous Lumber Storage Capacity

The property is of sufficient size for working capacity of 100,000,000 feet, and when fully equipped will be able to receive and distribute a million feet per day. The concrete dock fronting the property having been completed, contracts have been let and work is being rushed on hard surfaced roads on two sides of the property to connect with the main thoroughfare; electrically operated cranes will be installed as soon as the

dock is ready to receive them; contracts have been made to build sidings from the Pennsylvania and Central Railroad of New Jersey into the property.

The Central Railroad of New Jersey connects with the New York Central at Newberry Junction, the Lehigh Valley at Wilkesbarre, the Erie at Ashley, and the Baltimore & Ohio and Philadelphia and Reading

at Bound Brook, which give an outlet of rail from terminal to surrounding territory and trunk lines. Not less than 30 feet of water at low tide will be maintained from dock to ocean; the tide being 4.7 feet. Contract is entered into for the placing of water mains, hydrants, sewers and general street improvements.

Features of Lumber Handling

Some features of the service that will be extended to Metropolitan District are:

1. Privilege to inspect all grades of lumber before purchase.

3. Ability to secure the desired widths and lengths in any quanity desired.

4. Opportunity to obtain at all times large and small timbers and planking: special sizes produced at the terminal by resawing and surfaced to any desired fraction.

5. With a working capacity of 100,000,000 feet in stock, the terminal will assist the dealers in reducing their stock now carried, as under the present plan they are often obliged to carry large quantities to take care of their trade.

Port Newark's Superior Facilities and Attractions Before coming to a final decision as to location Intercoastal Lumber Terminals, Inc., made a careful survey of the facilities and advantages offered by other North Atlantic ports and concluded that Newark offered the most advantages and accommodations. The 30feet depth of water at low tide was an important factor, and the central location of Port Newark along the East coast was another. It is the center from which the largest demand for lumber can be most economically and quickly supplied. In addition, the company will be able to ship to other Atlantic coast ports such lumber as may be ordered with greater facility and dispatch.

The company plans to make an initial invest of $1,000,000 at Port Newark, inclusive of the modern machinery to be installed for cheap and quick handling of lumber. Until its offices on the premises are completed, the company will be located at 15 and 17 West 44th Street, New York City. Members are now preparing to ship lumber.

Port Newark Brick Plant To Cost $250,000

Two and one-half acres of property have been leased by the Port Newark Brick Company and contracts have been let for the erection and equipment of a sandcement brick plant at Port Newark, to cost $250,000 when completed.

The location of the plant is considered one of the most ideal anywhere in the country. Port Newark is considered one of the most scientifically planned and most strategically located manufacturing and shipping centers in the United States. It is practically a part of New York Harbor on the west shore of Newark Bay.

This new brick plant is situated on the thirty-foot channel which runs from the ocean to the waterfront

development where practically any trans-oceanic steamers can go through right to the port situated two and one-half miles from the heart of Newark.

Rail Facilities Available

The wonderful railroad facilities offered by the Valley, Lackawana, Philadelphia and Reading, BaltiPennsylvania, Central of New Jersey, Erie, Lehigh

more & Ohio, with free transfer privileges from the main lines right into the plant, will give this brick company a most wonderful outlet for its products, and with its port facilities enable it to receive its sand and cement in barge lots at extremely flattering figures right at the plant. While the network of State roads will enable the plant to deliver by truck into New York City, with an eight-mile haul into Brooklyn, four miles to Elizabeth, Jersey City six miles, Paterson twelve miles, to say nothing of the Oranges, Bloomfield, Irvington and Montclair, all of these have experienced for many years wonderful building construction, and all depend almost entirely upon the brick plants up the Hudson river.

50,000,000 Bricks a Year

Newark proper manfactures no brick, nor are there any bricks manfactured within sixteen miles of the city. Therefore, it is obvious that a plant with a capacity of the Port Newark Brick Company, of approximately 50,000,000 bricks a year, will solve a problem for the builders of that section.

The plant is being equipped with four batteries of "Peerless" brick-making machines of four machines to the battery, with a capacity of 12,000 bricks per day for each machine, or 192,000 bricks per day running at full capacity. However, one battery of four machines will be devoted entirely to making face brick, while the three batteries will turn out "commons”.

The most modern machinery known to the brickmaking industry has been contracted for through the Thayer Construction Company, who own and control the Peerless brick machines, manfactured at Minneapolis, Minn.

Officers of Brick Company

This company is headed by William D. Decker, president of the Decker Building Material Company of Newark, one of the best known firms handling builders' materials in this section, and Mr. Decker has been contractor for the entire output of this plant for a period absorption of the plant's products. of five years, which assures an immediate and constant

L. V. Thayer, president of the Thayer Construction Company, also president of the Peerless Brick-making Machine Company, is vice-president and general manager. Napoleon A. Worthington, director and general superintendent; James A. Fechtig, director and counsel; L. C. Dunn, treasurer.

Work on the construction of the plant will be begun shortly.

Seeking Sites at Port Newark

Ten industries of various kinds are negotiating with the City of Newark for sites at Port Newark Terminal. A half dozen others-making sixteen in all are seriously considering locating on the waterfront there, but have not yet reached the point of making formal application for a site.

Remarkable Variety of Industries Nearest to consummation of these deals is one for