Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-11-16
Council Favorable
to Merchants
Suggestion.
FLOUT PROTEST


The request of the directors ofthe
Board of Trade that the city send
representatives to the War Depart
ment's hearing on the trolley bridge
question was received and discussed
by the Board OF Aldermen at last
nights regular meeting.
The suggestion was favored by all
the councilmen but they desired a
little time to consider what means
they should pursue to best protect
Perth Amboy's interests In the agita-
ton begun by the New Brunswick
Board of Trade. The aldermen do
not see how the new structure can
possibly interfere with the flow OF
ice, as 1t is to be built parallel with
the present county bridge piling un-
til it reaches the channel where the
tracks are to run over the spans OF
the county bridge. These surely do
not block the ice and the city faith
ers ridicule the question which has
been raised.
Realizing, however, that 1t Is no
matter to be considered in a light
vein, the aldermen said after the
meeting that they believed Perth
Amboy should send large delega-
tion to the hearing in New York on
November 26 The city engineer
and city attorney will attend, to-
gether with what experts are consid-
cred necessary, as viii also as many
members of council as can do so.
The Board of Trade viii have
meeting OF its entire membership
early next week to arrange for
large representation at the hearing
before Colonel RosseIl.
When the communication from the
city's merchants was read at last
nights meeting Alderman Cannon
raised the qestion as to what sort of
experts the merchants meant. Al
derman Hornsby said he did not be-
lieve the new bridge would be any
more detrimental to navigation than
the present one.
The matter was finally, upon mo-
ton, laid on the table and win he
taken up at an adjourned meeting to
be held Friday night Of this week.
The letter from the Board OF Trade
directors was as follows:
Letter from the Merchants.
TO the Honorable Board Of Alder
men OF the City Of Perth AM
boy.
Gentlemen -:
AT meeting OF the Board of
Directors Of the Perth Amboy Board
of Trade held today to consider what
action was necessary In regard to
the public hearing at the Engineers
office OF the War Department, Room
909, Army Building, 80 Whitehall
street, New York city, scheduled for
November 26th, concerning the pro-
posed trestle to be built by the Jer-
sey Central Traction Company, con-
Meeting with the spans of the county
bridge across the Raritan river, the
following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, the War Department Of
the United States Government has
advertised a public hearing regard
ing the building of a trestle by the
Jersey Central Traction Company
connecting with the spans of the
county bridge. and we believing that
1t Is of the utmost Importance for
the completion OF the proposed troll
ley line of the Jersey Central Trac-
tion Company that this trestle be
built, and
W WhSASo9s WC UCll0fo tndL the GA
tension OF this trolley line to this
city would increase the business.
growth and prosperity Of this city,
and for these reasons is highly essen
tial; therefore be 1t
Resolved, that we. the Board Of
Directors of the Perth Amboy Board
of Trade. call the attention OF your
honorable body to the necessity Of
representation at this hearing by ex-
perts together with the city engineer
and such members Of your honor
able body as may be able to attend
BY order OF the Board OF Direct
ors.
ALBERT LEON,
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