Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-02
BENEFITS of
NEW HARBOR.
Pennsylvania Congressman Are
Provoked Because Della
ware Is Neglected.
(From the NEWS Correspondents

committee, has declined to give the
project for thirty-foot channel to
Philadelphia his sanction, the con-
gressmen from the Quaker common
wealth are manifesting anything but
spirit of brotherly love towards New
4 Jersey, and the project for harbor
of refuge at Cape May, for which
there is an appropriation Of $780,
/ 900 in the rivers and harbors bill,
with 100000 for continuing con-
/ tract, is the object of their attack.
1t is probable that the Philadelphia
congressman realize that the COM
mercial supremacy of Philadelphia
! will be lessened materially If the
/ project is carried out to make fine
harbor at Cape May for the reasons
| that the railroads will be in posi-
| ton to make it their loading point
I for New England and southern ports,
| to the detriment of Philadelphia. The
| two big railroads, the Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia & Reading, are in
terested in the project and hope to
see it carried out
| Representative Gardner of the
second congressional district, is deep
| ly interested in the project, although
some of his constituents, laboring un-
der a misapprehension, have censured
him for not getting a big apropria-
! tion for Atlantic City. The Board of
| Aldermen of that seashore resort
think some share of the pork bar
rel'' should have come to their city
and because it has not they are jeal-
GUS OF their neighbor. Mr.. Gardner,
unfortunately, is home and in bed
with the pneumonia. Mr.. Louden-
slayer, representing the first district,
is also detained at the Dewey Hotel
with severe attack of pneumonia.
The project has been severely
criticised by some of the congress
men who are opposed to it. 1t is
stated, however, that the promoters
of the Cold Spring inlet have already
spent more than three millions, that
the riparian commission of New Jer-
sey as well as the governor, have all
approved the plan and granted Ger
tain concessions to the company oper-
ating there.
The report of the engineers who
made a survey of the harbor states
that the prospective comerce of the
locality is sufficient to justify the
| United States in providing a suitable
connection between the harbor and
| the deep water outside"
The harbor, when completed, will
be harbor of refuge for vessels in
distress, particularly during the win
ter season when there are often bad
Ishipwrecks along thatpart of the At
lantic coast. 1t will increase the
commerce of Philadelphia by giving
the shippers to southern points twelve
months shipping instead of eight as
at present; and its completion will
develop the southern part of New
Jersey, thereby largely increasing the
wealth of the state.
The President has signed the bill
to authorize the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor to make an investi-
CATION of the child labor workers in
the United States, (which was SO
strongly advocated by many societies
throughout New Jersey.
More Pensions.
| Representative Loudenslager has
been advised that pensions have been
granted to Mrs. Mary,J. Neal, of 34S
Royden street, Camden, at $ 8 a
month, from January A, 1907; and to
George w. Riggs, OF Merchantville,
at $40 a month, from December 26,
I19O6.
| Representative Howell has been ad-
vised that pensions have been granted
to Margaret Pierce, of New Bruins
wick, at IS a month. from May "a,
l1905; to Edward Ferguson, of New
Brunswick, at $12 q month, from
January 2, 1907, and to ]. 7. Tryon,
of South Amboy, at $12 a month.
from Sept. l, 1906.
| Mr. Howell has introduced a bill
to grant a pension of $12 a month to
Charles Allstrom, imhecile son of the
late Major oJhn Van Allstrom, of
Red Bank, who served in the Third
New Jersey Cavalry.
Representative Van Winkle has in
troduced bill to increase the pen
sion of Susie f. Harrison, of Jersey
City, from $S to $40 a month. He has
had notice that pension has been
granted to George G. Stillwell, Of Ar
lington, at Sc month, from April
21, 1906.
Charles C. Lawrence has been APP
pointed postmaster at Trenton juno
ton, Mercer county, to succeed g..
Baldwin, resigned.
Herbert H. Biddulph has been
confirmed as postmaster at Montclair,
Essex county, and Frank A. Brown
has been confirmed as postmaster at
Cranbury, Middlesex county.
Representative Wood has introduce
ed a bill to increase the pension OF
Mrs. Minnie Y, Field. Mr.. Wood had
Charles N. Reading, Of Lambertville,
as his guest at the capitol yesterday
afternoon
Senator Kean has received a petit
tion from the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, of Haddonfield.
in favor of tho intarstate regulation