Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-16
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1910.
OUR CITY.

500 On OItbA JOLi IO, IolU.
OUR CITY.
Did it ever occur t. you that
Perth Amboy could be made one of
the most beautiful cities in the
state? Few people have ever given
this consideration. They look about
and see the large number of indus
tries, the great foreign population,
the dingy railroad stations, the
grimy coal docks and get a Whit Of
the peculiar odors that emit from
some of these places, and they say
hat Perth Amboy is only a manu-
featuring town and can never be
made anything else. They grow
accustomed to things that are not
really necessary and, in time, forget
that they exist until some visitor,
struck with the possibilities of the
place, call attention to them.
Did you ever look across the bay
at Perth Amboy while riding in n
train along the south shore between
South Adnboy and Morgan? One Is
struck at once with the ideal loca-
ton of the city. The natural ad-
Rantages for both scenery and com
merce at once occur to the observer.
Here is the head Of he bay. At the
ether extreme is Sandy Hook. Here
is where the waters divide. In n
direction lies Staten Island sound,
with its enormous m reach
ing to the very door of New York
City. In the other direction is the
Raritan river, winding its way
across the state into the hills that
have made such @
Brook ssassRsassss eas.
4aoes y queen of them all.
DC is equally as attrac-
su walk along the Bluff and
out across the bay. The
trouble is that We do not appreciate
1t. We pass 1t off with saying that
Perth Amboy is nothing but a nan
u~facturing town and can never be
anything else, 30 what's the use?
We are glad to say that Perth
Amboy is a manufacturing town.
We would not have it otherwise.
There are M idle rich In this city.
Every man Is hustling for q living
Ere all better for 1t. We are
Pof our Industries and we want
more OF them. But because we are
a bee hive of industry, with a large
foreign population attracted here by
the chance of employment, is no
reason why we should not take ad-
vantage OF that which nature has
siven US. We can have u factories
Ind a great many more and still
have a beautiful place to live in with
comparatively little endeavor or ex-
pense.
f W. havz a1raodu roPorroH IN 4ho
Bluff. A well paved street kept in
perfect condition is all that is need
ed to complete it. Then we have
the Amboy avenue section. AS you
have walked u past the cemetery
did you ever look out over the city
and pause to enjoy the beautiful
view of the bay and sound9 Not
even the Bluff can surpass this. To
many it is the prettiest part of the
city, A year or two ago 1t was all
woods out there. Today the trees
have been cut down, the land sold
off In building lots and hundreds of
houses have been erected. Many of
these dwellings are one story and a
half high. They are scattered, but
the outline of streets is beginning
TO be noticeable. These houses rep
resent industry and thrift. They
are largely the homes of the emf
grants who have been in this eoun-
try but a few years, but who have
come here to make a home. They
hays occurred q little property and
erected 8 house as far as their
means will allow. Before long these
present buildings win be moved to
The back of the lot and a modern
front erected. thus making as neat
, house as one could desire.
But yon say, this cannot be made
BEAUTIFUL now.
There is where you are mistaken.
instead Of letting the owners OF
ghess homes shift for themselves