Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-14

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tracks which run along the east side
Of the station. Everything is modern
and the three railroads unite to give
every accommodation to tho throngs
which arrive and depart from this
city daily.
This union depot is one of the
greatest changes noted, but we re-
turn to the street and continue our
tour about the city. We do not so
any further out New Brunswick
avenue, but as far as Woodbridge
road is a solid line of stores. Be
You'd and completely surrounding
the cemetery are houses. Many
C streets have been opened and
some handsome residences have been
erected on the hill. This is now one
of the most thickly populated sec
tons of the city. Between Smith and
Market streets, along the Central
railroad is a large freight yard and
station where busy tiuckmen are
twisting and winding their teams in
and out. Down Smith street toward
the ferry are many business houses.
This is the Broadway of Perth Am
boy. South of Smith street arc re-
sidences and beautiful churches.
There are the first churches. Up on
Woodbridge road and in the section
back of the cemetery are other pretty
churches of the same denominations
as those south Of Smith street, but
the extent of the city has made more
than one church edifice necessary for
each. Among the new buildings
throughout the city are many school
houses noticed. One bu lding i'll
particular is pointed to with pride.
1t is the new Manual Training School
and has over GOO pupils.
Reaching the shore, we note, per
haps, the greatest changes. The
one familiar sight is the old ferry
house at the foot of Smith street
which was erected in 1904. Its
lease is about to expire and it is pro.
bable that a steamship company will
get the site for the ferry is soon to
be discontinued as most of the traffic
is by bridge over the sound. There
was long fight over the erection of
this bridge and it was only after
plans had been drawn making it high
enough; and the span wide enough to
in no way interfere with the com
merce of the harbor, which has
reached enormous proportions that il
was allowed to be built. From Front
street it is difficult to see any of the
water at all. The entire eastern side
of the thoroughfare is built up al
most solidly with warehouses and
docks. Two ocean steamship lines
dock here now and besides the mum.
crous lines to New York and Boston,
there are several coast line steamships
which have their wharves here. The
great bows of these vessels rise high
above the street and cause the people
to wonder. The three-mastcd
schooner is now considered very
small. Six and seven masted sail
ing vessels arc common in the stream.
Lighters and tugboats arc moving
about III all directions. The scene
is a very busy one. Front street is
paved with granite block made ncccs-
sary by the heavy carting and great
electric wagons and drays move about
with their merchandise.
Walking around the bluff, however,
is the greatest surprise. Here is
where the fact is made known that
South and Perth Amhoy have united
under n government and form one
big city at the head of the Raritan
bay, or, as some prefer to refer to it.,
It the mouth of the Raritan river.
The river itself is much narrower
than it was. The Emery mills, on
the north shore, arc a block inland.
A huge hulkhead has been built all
the way from the handsome new steel
railroad bridge to the point, far out
in the stream and the land has been
filled in behind it. A dredger is
kept at work keeping the water deep
right up TO this bulkhead SO that yes
sells dock at the foot of High street
very readily.
On the south side even greater
changes have been made. No longer
do the Pennsylvania coal docks cX-
tend far into the river. A bulkhcad
has been built from the end Of the
docks west 10 the railroad bridge and
east along the shore past the long DO
rough dol to the sand dock, inclos-
ing all the mud flats behind it. This
has been filed in and the south shore
extends To deep water. On this made
land manufactures have been built
and great industries thrive. Big YES