Newark Royally Entertains Deeper Waterways Delegates D Unbounded Hospitality Showered Upon Delegates To Atlantic Deeper URING all of its seventeen years of most useful activity the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association was never more royally welcomed nor its delegates more hospitably entertained than by the city of Newark, New Jersey, September 16 to 19, inclusive. It is but proper to add that the delegates were keenly appreciative of the plans for their comfort and pleasure which were carried out with a zest and a heartiness that very greatly increased the delight of all of those who attended, and they numbered close to 1,000, from all parts of the United States, but more particularly the Atlantic seaboard. The lobby of the Robert Treat Hotel (in which the convention was held) was thronged from early morning to late at night on each of the four days of the annual convention of this association. J. Hampton Moore, who has been president of this association from its inception, and who has seen its work bear bountiful fruit during its seventeen years of telling propaganda in behalf of inland waterways in general and one paralleling the Atlantic ocean in particular, spoke from experience and a knowledge of waterways probably unsurpassed except by the engineers of the United States Army. He and the delegates of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association were welcomed, at the opening session, over and over again, by Newark's Mayor, Fred Breidenbach, William Bittles, president of Newark's Chamber of Commerce, by Senator Walter E. Edge, and by Governor George S. Silzer, and a galaxy of Congressmen including Frederick H. Lehlbach, of New Jersey, William E. Cleary, and Major F. H. La Guardia, of New York, and Charles L. Abernathy, of South Carolina, and nothing was more delightful than the responses by President Moore and Hon. John H. Small, the latter for many years a member of Congress from North Carolina, chairman of the River and Harbor Committee, and now President of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. To give the speeches delivered during the several sessions of the convention would fill the entire 36 pages of THE PORT OF NEW YORK AND SHIP NEWS, and then some. They were serious, learned, witty, and the great usefulness of water transportation, its unmatched cheapness, and the freedom of waterways to the people, were pointed out, dilated upon, and the inevitable conclusion was that we should have more of them, and that speedily. On the evening of the first day J. S. W. Holton, for many years president of the Philadelphia Maritime Exchange, presided, and speeches were delivered by Senator Edward I. Edwards, of New Jersey, Senator Royal S. Copeland, of New York, Senator L. Heisler Ball, of Delaware, and by Congressmen S. W. Dempsey, of New York, Chairman of the House River and Harbor Committee, and S. E. Winslow, of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee of the House. The enterprise, confidence and courage of the people of Newark in developing their Port Newark to its present usefulness, and the promise of future greatness, was a theme that almost every speaker touched upon with feelings of genuine admiration and commendation. On the second day a trip was made by steamer to Port Newark, and the facilities of the Transmarine. Lines were pridefully shown to the visitors by offi cers of the company, which is operating in coastwise and intracoastal trade 32 steamships-the last 32 of the 150 it built during the World War. Then down through Newark Bay, which Newark at its own expense deepened the channel of to 31 feet, and which it is now planned the Federal Government shall deepen throughout to 31 feet, in order handily to accommodate the growing commerce of that very much alive ma rine terminal called Port Newark. Down through the Arthur Kills the steamer wound its way, and a busier stream than that was never seen by any of the visi tors. Thence to the Lower Bay of New York, and to Perth Amboy, South Amboy and Morgan, the latter being the eastern terminus of the Ship Canal that the Federal Government soon will begin the construction of, straight across New Jersey to Bordentown on the Delaware river, thus completing the chain of inland waterways from Massachusetts to South Carolina that parallel the Atlantic. Mayor Frederick W. Donnelly, of Trenton, now Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, and one of the leading waterways men of the country, made a red-hot talk in the evening of the second day, in which he lit into the railroads rather fiercely, because of their "pernicious attempts to monopolize the transportation business of the country," which water carriers and auto trucks will render quite impossible. On Thursday an automobile trip was made to Newark's watershed in the mountains some forty miles north of Newark, and a great host of delegates and officials most heartily enjoyed every minute of it, the weather being perfect for just such a trip. This watershed covers an area of 65 miles and is known as the Pequannock River District, analyses of the water in which come as near to perfection as the water of any other part of the world, and which is more than enough for a Newark twice as large as the New Jersey metropolis of over 400,000, which its inhabitants now number. Provision was made for the entertainment of the delegates when they reached the watershed, and a bountiful layout of appetizing foods of every description was enjoyed by all. The thoroughness with which the entertainment committee of the city of Newark looked after its guests never was better manifested than at the city's watershed, and delegates could not refrain from discussing it all during the ensuing evening and the following day, in the afternoon of which latter another automobile trip was provided. This took hundreds of the delegates through Essex County's park system and was enlivened by some mighty fine horse trotting. Vice Chairman Edward C. Plummer, of the United States Shipping Board, made a brief but scholarly address on inland waterways on the evening of Thursday, which was warmly applauded by the assembled delegates who filled the great auditorium of the Robert Treat Hotel. On Friday, the last day of the convention, former Mayor J. Hampton Hoore, of Philadelphia, was elected president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association for the seventeenth time. There were a (Continued on Page 26) A By J. William Denninger NEW type-not of the "genius medici," but one who administers to the industrial and commercial well-being of communities, and who prescribes for the healthy development of cities and towns is found in the modern "Doctor of Cities," a title perhaps unique, but particularly appropriate to the profession. Constantly changing conditions brought about by the progress of our country in commerce and industry is responsible for the development of men in various. lines to fill the newly made positions created through the comparatively recent development of a mutual interest between manufacturers in all lines. In former days each manufacturing plant was a separate unit having no appreciable significance to its neighbor in another line. In the course of time, and with the rapid development of great manufacturing centers, it was found that there were many elements of common interest entering into the every-day problems, the labor, shipping facilities, power, banking, markets, etc. Through this new spirit. of co-operation, a number of interesting conditions. were found, which, when corrected, benefited the community to a great extent. It was found, for instance, that if all the factories in a community were drawing on the same character of labor, there would soon exist an unbalanced condition. It was likewise found that if a community was made up of manufacturers all in the same line, a slump. overdemand in that industry would cause the community to suffer a serious set-back, or handicap the manufacturers by slowing up their operations, as the case might be. male labor, thereby tending to balance the industries by diversifying the character of the labor as much as possible. This was accomplished when Mr. Maier, after a conference with General Goethals, procured the transfer of The Wright Aeronautical Corporation, employing over 700 skilled mechanics, and numerous other metal-working, male-employing industries, including bottle-cap manufacturers, foundries, and, one of the most recent, the Oknite-Callender Corporation, manufacturers of submarine and high tension cables, which will employ upwards of 1000 men. How the New Profession Developed It is interesting to learn of the way in which a new profession is developed by one who has the foresight to accurately survey the field. Mr. Maier, who, through his activities as a factory-broker and real estate salesman, has attracted the attention of some of our captains of industry, has sold factories in all sections of the country, totaling a sum in excess of one hundred million dollars. He has sold many of the war plants which lined the shores of the Passaic River and Newark Bay. Mr. Maier has sold plants for such well known companies as The Remington Typewriter Company, The Car Heating and Lighting Company, General Electric Company, GillespieEden Company, The Aeolian Company, Park and Tilford, Schulte, and numerous others equally well-known, one of his latest achievements being the erection of a large project for for the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company under the direction of Walter Kidde & Company, Engineers. Mr. Maier has been called to St. Louis by the Lemp Brewery interests to prescribe methods of disposing of the vast fifty-two acre plant made obsolete by prohibition; to Flint, Michigan, by Mr. J. D. Dort, auto manufacturer, regarding an industrial development on the Belt Line Railroad connecting the Grand Trunk and Pere Marquette Raiiroads, and to many other cities in an advisory capacity. Mr. Maier has also acted as appraiser for various commissions in New York and New Jersey. Edward J. Maier, of New Jersey A Very Successful Factory Broker The industrial health of communities, therefore, had to be considered, and it is here that the need of a Doctor of Cities was felt. Started in Paterson, N. J. Just such a condition as illustrated above existed in Paterson, New Jersey, several years ago, when there appeared on the scene one day a Doctor of Cities in the person of Edward J. Maier, who up to that time had followed the modest calling of Factory Broker. Upon investigation, Mr. Maier diagnosed the case of the city of Paterson as "unbalanced," due to an over-demand for female labor by the silk mills which formed too great a part of the industrial activities of the city. The remedy, as prescribed by Mr. Maier, was to procure new industries of a character employing AND SHIP NEWS himself travelling the New England States selling "Coal Oil Johnny" soap. Maier's setback came early in his business career while on the road as a salesman for a soap manufacturer whose product is now advertised from coast to coast. Falling in with more favored sons, students at Yale, our subject fell by the wayside, with the result that he one day received a wire, "Buy ticket home and quit before you are fired!" It was that telegram which fortunately changed his future, and caused him, after funds had gotten very low, to engage as clerk with the telephone company, and take a course in engineering at Cooper Union. In his connection with the telephone company he soon developed a liking for the negotiating made necessary in the adjustment of rights of way for the erection of telephone pole lines and subways. This brought him into close contact with the real estate faculty, and seeing a more lucrative field for himself, launched into the real estate business in 1907. Beginning with the sale of a modest dwelling his progress in this line has been so rapid that now the sale of a great industrial plant is part of the day's work. Three offices-two in New York and one in Newark, with a staff of 18 salesmen, one auctioneer, and numerous office people now make up the Maier organization. Mr. Maier Discusses Port Authority In discussing the Port of New York Authority project, Mr. Maier, Doctor of Cities, likened it to a major operation-with the Commissioners, the surgeonshe said: "Few people, even our large manufacturers, realize the importance of this gigantic project-it has broken down State, County and City lines and has drawn a phantom boundary about the great metropolis, with all its tributaries and arteries forming the most colossal industrial unit in the world. The ultimate development could not possibly be estimated by its most sanguine adherent. The Commission should develop the project step by step in the most practical way to give immediate benefits. No manufacturer should locate his plant or make extensive improvements without taking into consideration the benefits to be derived from this super-readjustment of the port facilities, through the instrumentality of the Port of New York Authority." Swedish American Line Starts Fast Service The Swedish American Line announces the inauguration of a direct fast freight service from New York to Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsingfors, Finland. The line operates, in conjunction with the Swedish American-Mexico Line and the Transatlantic Steamship. Company, the fast freight ships Hjalmaren, Kolsnaren, Gustavsholm, Stureholm and Carlsholm. The first sailing under this arrangement was by Hjalmaren, which sailed from New York September 25, and hereafter fixed monthly sailings from New York direct to Stockholm and Helsingfors will be maintained. Seeks $350,000 Canal Funds J. Spencer Smith, chairman of the State Board of Commerce and Navigation, has announced that the board will requisition the State Comptroller for $350,000 paid to the state by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. in connection with abandonment of the Morris Canal. The money is wanted by the board for purchase of property to be used for the new trans-state canal between Morgan and Fordentown, Smith said. Vehicles Daily Crossing Rivers Here 195,660 Daily, 195,660 vehicles enter and leave Manhattan by way of the bridges and ferries. Of this total, eight per cent are horse drawn. Such was the estimate arrived at by students of City College on May 28, last. They had been appointed to their tabulating task by Borough President Miller. The results were made known on August 12. The tabulation showed that the four East River bridges and the eight Harlem River bridges sustained the bulk of the traffic. The former totalled 87,280 vehicles; the latter, 78,111. New Harbor of Refuge Representatives of Atlantic Coast shipping interests, meeting at Norfolk, have approved a proposal that the Government establish a harbor of refuge for coastwise and small shipping about midway between the Virginia Capes and Delaware Breakwater. Views of shipping men were requested by Colonel Earl I. Brown, army engineer at Wilmington, Del. The site proposed on the ocean side of the eastern shore of Virginia, near Asateague, is known as "Tom's Cove." Plans call for a harbor to accommodate at least fifty vessels, with a depth of twenty-seven feet and a wide channel approach from the sea, with a breakwater nearly two miles long. To Modernize British Ports The port facilities committee of the Chamber of Shipping, together with the association of the British Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of British Industries. have recently made and issued an exhaustive survey of the twenty-seven principal ports of Eugland, Scotland and Wales, in which considerable space was devoted to Liverpool, Birkenhead and Garston. Vice Consul Lawrence S. Armstrong, Liverpool, reports that an expenditure of £20,000,000 is involved in the recommendations made by the committee, which include replacement of most of the existing coal shipping appliances, more adequate crane equipment for dry docks and a central generating plant for electric power, with points at all suitable quays. PORTO RICO LINE: Direct Fast Mail, Passen ger and Freight Service from NEW YORK to SAN JUAN, PONCE, MAYAGUEZ and other Ports, Sailings from New York every Thursday and Saturday at noon. Additional sailings as cargo offers. Also a Weekly freight service between New Orleans and a Bi-weekly service between Mobile and Principal Ports of Porto Rico. 16-Day All-Expense Cruise from New York to and around Porto Rico and retu:n $150 and up. General Offices: 25 Broadway, New York. Ships for Cargoes Packings for all Pressures Steam or Water Manufactured by NATIONAL ASBESTOS PACKING MFG. CO., Inc. 30 Front Street, New York City Phone Broad 2541 Cargoes for Ships Newark Royally Entertains Deeper Waterways Delegates (Continued from Page 22) AND SHIP NEWS number of cities that sought to entertain the next convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, among them Richmond, Virginia, and Brooklyn, New York, but Miami, Florida, won out in the contest, it being the custom of the association to hold its conventions alternately in the South and the North Atlantic ports. All of those who were delegates to the Newark convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association will ever most pleasantly remember the delightful period of four days they spent in Newark, than whom no city could be more hospitable and entertaining. The State possesses in its canal system a modern inland waterway equipped to handle a large tonnage. Since its completion there has been a steady increase in traffic up to this year. Failure on the part of the present administration to properly operate and maintain the canal system has resulted in a lack of confidence on the part of shippers, which has been reflected in a very considerable decrease in tonnage handled. The campaign inaugurated under a Republican administration to develop canal transportation has been abandoned. Democratic inefficiency threatens the very existence of this model system of inland waterways and has placed in jeopardy the State's enormous investment in this enterprise. We pledge the renewal of the campaign to develop canal transportation and the adequate maintenance and administration of the canals, to the end that public confidence may be restored and the people of this State may derive the benefits from this waterway to which they are rightfully entitled. Deeper Waterway Connecting the Great Lakes and Atlantic The Republican and Democratic national platforms both declare in favor of a deeper waterway connecting Lake Erie and the Atlantic. If such waterway is to be constructed we declare ourselves unalterably in favor of an all-American waterway across the State of New York. Port Policy The orderly and economic development of the Port of New York vitally concerns the nation and the State. For this purpose the Port Authority was instituted under Republican auspices. Progress has been made in putting into effect a plan that will bring the products of the State more cheaply to the consuming public of New York city; will bring building materials at lower cost to those parts of the metropolitan district where cheaper housing is urgently needed; will avoid delays and waste in shipments, and materially aid freight distribution throughout the port district. The foresight and wisdom of the legislation already passed has been justified. We pledge the assistance of the State to the carrying out of the plan and policy heretofore approved. What Democrats Pledge New Panama Canal Record During the twelve months ended June 30, 5,648 ocean going ships, including 418 United States Government vesseis, passed through the Panama Canal, thereby establishing a new high record, according to the Panama Canal Record. Total tolls collected amounted to $24,291,492, or a monthly average of $2,024,291. The total cargo passed through the canal was 27,218,928 long tons, a monthly average of 2,268,244 tons. follows: Transits, an increase of 1,263 vessels, or 31.8 Compared with the fiscal year 1923, the figures were as per cent; Panama Canal net tonnage, an increase of 7,543,092 tons, or 40.5 per cent; tolls, an increase of $6,732,548, or 38.7 per cent; cargo carried, an increase of 7,426,835 tons, or 37.4 per cent. The Panama Canal is ten years old. During the decade. in which the big ditch has been in operation it has provided an interoceanic short-cut for approximately 28,100 vessels of which 25,600 were commercially operated and 2,580 government owned. The commercial vessels, it is estimated, carried 111,000,000 tons of cargo and paid tolls aggregating $100, 000,000. In forty years the Panama Canal will have completely paid for itself and will return to the Government a net profit of approximately $10,000,000 annually, according to figures just compiled at the War Department. Charleston S. B. Terminals Leased Final arrangements have been made for the rental of Charleston (S. C.) port terminals by the Port Utilities Commission, and a lease extending over a period of five years was executed July 10 by the commission with the United States Shipping Board. A thorough reconditioning of the Government terminals has now been made possible by the board's action in Washington. A sum of $400,000 has been named as the amount to be expended by the Shipping Board for this repair work, but the program of reconditioning the piers will be extended over a period of time. Among the more important clauses of the lease the Port Utilities Commission guarantees to the Shipping Board 41⁄2 per cent interest payable annually, on the amount of money spent by the Board in reconditioning the property. It was also agreed that all net profits, after deduction of the operating expenses was made, are to be divided between the two parties, 60 per cent to the Shipping Board and 40 per cent to the commission. The commission will carry insurance to the amount of $2,000,000 on the superstructure of the property. Loss of New York's Customs Gains are seen in both imports and exports of gold and silver in statement of foreign commerce in the New York customs district for the fiscal year ended June 30, In the Platform adopted by the Democratic State 1924, as compared with that of the previous year. A deConvention, among other things it says: Canals The State barge canals are essential highways of commerce and we pledge ourselves to maintain and crease is recorded in domestic merchandise imports, while exports show a considerable gain. Duties collected show a shrinkage of more than $7,000,000, but miscellaneous receipts show a gain of $633,000. |