Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-04-14
BOARD OF TRADE HEARS A fine
ADDRESS AND TALKS OF TROLLEY
C. C. KOIff, Of Staten Island, Delivers
an Interesting TaIk--Members
Talk Of Development Company.
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Carteret and Port Reading could
reach this city easily and quickly,
they would profit largely. but that If
the line was going to be laid in a
roundabout way they would probably
go to Elizabeth in preference to COM
ing here.
s. M. jacobson said that he had
heard that the fare IL such road
was built, would be only cents
from Carteret to Elizabeth and ten
cents from there to this city. He
said this was not fair and that Perth
Amboy would lose much trade on
this account. Mr.. Jacobson suggest
ed that If all the rights of way and
franchises were secured that pos
sibly the Public Service Corporation
might be induced to build a direct
road between this city and Carteret.
Mr.. Olmstead spoke again and
said that few years ago he had been
one Of a committee appointed to look
into the matter of a direct road be-
tween here and Carteret and that as
near as he could remember such a
road could be built for about $780,
600. He said that at that time the
committee of which he was mem
Der thought of keeping east Of the
Central railroad, running along the
Cliff road at Sewaren and crossing
the P. & r. at Port Reading and
then running direct to Carteret. He
said that when the road was discus
sed at that time the people of Wood
bridge had raised an objection and
wanted the road to run through
their town.
To Confer on a Road.
Mr. Jacobson suggested that a
committee be named to confer with
the Public Service Corporation in re-
gard to the matter, but, on motion.
this was referred to the Board of
Directors. Mr.. Olmstead stated that
at the conference of the directors
with the representatives of the land
development company, the latter
wanted a committee named by the
Board of Trade to meet with other
boards of trade in regard to the
matter of securing consents for
rights of way and franchises. He
asked the board If they wanted to
name such a committee and, on mo-
tion, it was laid over for the Board
of Directors to act on at their next
meeting.
FOR interstate Irafnc.
) Secretary Leon read letter from
Secretary Kolff of the Staten Island
Chamber of Commerce in which the
suggestions that the board pass
suitable resolutions in favor Of
bridges and tunnels between New
Jersey and Staten Island and that a
committee be appointed to advocate
and promote the work were embod-
led. On motion, Chairman Olmstead
appointed a committee composed of
v. p Christofferson, s. NJ. Jacobson
and Albert Leon to attend to the
matter and represent the board at
a joint meeting of all the Boards of
Trade interested in this matter, lat
er.
The letter was as follows:
New Brighton, N. Y. April 7, 1909.
''Mr. Albert Leon,
Perth Amboy, N. ].
Dear Sir-As the result of a Wis
1t to Trenton a week ago Tuesday
and more particularly as the out
come of conference with Governor
Fort, of New Jersey, the Staten ISL
and Chamber of Commerce has di-
rected communication of which
the enclosed is copy, to the gov
ernor and for the purpose of aiding
the movement for bridges between
New Jersey and Staten Island,
would respectfully suggest that your
board pass some suitable resolutions
in favor of bridges or tunnels be-
tween New Jersey and Staten Island
and forward these resolutions to the
governor
Permit me also to suggest that
at some early date the different
Boards of Trade In New Jersey and
the Staten Island Chamber of Com
merce, form some association or
joint committee for the purpose of
Systematically and energetically ad
vocating and promoting the interest
of bridges or tunnels between New
Jersey and Staten Island.
IF this meets with your approval,
please let me hear from you, and I
will call a business meeting at some
point most convenient for all con-
cerned where the matter can be dis
cussed and some plan of action for
mulated.
Believe me to be, Dear Sir,
your obedient servant,
Cornelius G.. Kolff,
Secretary.
l4CAtCE W NOtCEnoE EOEA.
The communication mentioned in
the letter, which was sent to Govern
or Fort is given below:
$50 Broadway, New York,
"April 2, 1909.
Governor John Franklin Fort,
Trenton, n ].
Governor:
"The rapidly growing Industrial
and commercial development of the
communities facing on the Bay of
New York and its tributary waters,
and embracing the City of New
York proper, Hoboken, Jersey City,
Bayonne, Newark, Perth Amboy,
South Amboy, Staten Island and
Brooklyn, makes 1t matter Of ut
most Importance that these different
communities should be connected
with each other by the very best
methods of transportation, and with
that in view the States Of New Jersey
and New York have appointed COM
missions for the purpose of inves-
tigating the subject Of bridges and