Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge & Tunnel Commission to the Senate & General Assembly of the State of N.J. Jan. 2, 1926.

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Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge & Tunnel Commission to the Senate & General Assembly of the State of N.J. Jan. 2, 1926.

Entry/Object ID

2012.017.0200

Scope and Content

Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission to the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey. Jan. 2, 1926. Digital images only; large tiffs media archive; PDF on file. Original bound volume is held by the family of John C. McEnroe. McEnroe was the Secretary of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission. It was the New Jersey authority cooperating with a New York Commission for overseeing the project. He died on June 2, 1925. The frontispiece is a photo portrait of him and pages 8-9 have a printed tribute to him, text of which is below: JOHN C. McENROE At its meeting on June 2, 1925, the Commission received the sad news of the death, that morning, of its Secretary, John C. McEnroe, of Newark, New Jersey. Mr. McEnroe had been at the office the day before attending to his duties, and with practically no hint of his impending end he died in the midst of a very active life. Mr. McEnroe had served the Commission as Secretary for a little more than a year. He had come to the Commission with a high reputation for integrity and ability, having served his City and State in various capacities which demonstrated his ability and purpose. On the date of his death, the Commission adopted the following resolution, and adjourned out of respect to his memory: It has pleased the all-wise power of Providence to visit its unknowable purpose again by removing from our midst John C. McEnroe, Secretary of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission, and translate him to the greater life. Mr. McEnroe served the Commission and the people of New Jersey in his present position since March, 1924. He had enjoyed the acquaintance and friendship of many men and women in public life, had served his native City as Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety, his State in the Department of Institutions and Agencies and finally through his connection with the Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission. In all his relations, both private and public, he earned the esteem of those with whom he served and the well earned commendation of those for whom he served. His capacity for endeavors and his sustained interest in his work wherever he found his interest, marked him among his fellowmen as a leader whom all enjoyed to follow. His ability in carrying on the work in which he was engaged for the Commission has left its impress and marked him as an upright, honest and capable public servant. [end McEnroe tribute] (see notes for the Milton H. Freeman tribute) The report was copy no. 255 as inkstamped on front endleaf. It also has the ink signature of Mary C. McCaffrey, who was stated by the owners of the work as his secretary.

Acquisition

Accession

2012.017

Source or Donor

Quinn, Bridget

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

John. C. McEnroe Papers - Gift of the McEnroe Family.

Archive Details

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n/a

Date(s) of Creation

1926 - 1926

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1926 Date(s): 1925-1926

General Notes

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Notes: Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission to the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey THE HOLLAND TUNNEL THEODORE BOETTGER, Chairman JOHN B. KATES, Vice-Chairman THOMAS J. S. BARLOW JOHN F. BOYLE ISAAC FERRIS WELLER H. NOYES ROBERT S. SINCLAIR FRANK L. SUPLEE E. MORGAN BARRADALE, Secretary ROBERT CAREY, Counsel OLE SINGSTAD, Chief Engineer DATED JANUARY 2, 1926 MaeCrellish & Quigley Co., Printers, Trenton, New Jersey --- page 8 MILTON HARVEY FREEMAN The Commissions had not fully recovered from the shock of the loss of its first Chief Engineer, Clifford Milburn Holland, when it sustained a further blow in the sudden death of Milton Harvey Freeman, Chief Engineer to the Commissions, who died at his home at Valhalla, New York, on March 24, 1925, less than five months after his assumption of the heavy duties of Chief Engineer. Mr. Freeman had been with the tunnel project from the organization in July 1, 1919, and was recognized in the engineering profession as an unusual tunnel engineer. His indefatigability and sincerity of purpose were hidden behind a modesty which permitted but few to enjoy a complete realization of his sterling worth and high talents. It can be truly said that he gave himself completely to his professional work, and paid the great sacrifice through his sincerity of purpose. His loss was keenly felt by the Commissions and the staff, which had learned his real worth, his quiet and unassuming manner of accomplishing great results, and his high purpose. At a joint meeting with the New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission, held on April 7, 1925, the following resolution was adopted: Again the New York and the New Jersey Bridge and Tunnel Commissions meet in special session with a vacancy in the office of Chief Engineer. Milton H. Freeman, Chief Engineer to the Commissions, answered the final summons on Tuesday, March twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, midway in the fifty-fifth year of an active, useful life. Appointed Chief Engineer December 1, 1924, to succeed the late Clifford M. Holland, he brought to the office eminent qualifications of education, trained judgment and wide practical experience. It may be said that he gave himself too unsparingly to the building of the Holland Tunnel. His service was intensive and untiring, his ways so quiet and unobtrusive, his words so considerate and his manner so courteous as to inspire respect and affection, making every member of our Commissions sensible to a personal loss and of the loss to the great undertaking in which we are engaged. Resolved, That the foregoing be adopted and inscribed in the minutes of the New York and New Jersey Commissions as an appropriate tribute to the late Milton II. Freeman, and that an engrossed copy of this resolution be sent to Mrs. Freeman, with a suitable expression of our sincere sympathy. ---- Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2012-04-05