Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-21
CANAL ACROSS
JERSEY URGED
Interstate COMMITTEES Held
a Meeting In Philadelphia
to Discuss Project.
WILL COLLECT DAT.

Philadelphia, Oct. GOA representa-
tive committee of seven prominent com-
mercial and professional men was ap-
pointed Tuesday and given power to
take all necessary action in promoting
the movement for the construction Of q
ship channel across New Jersey connect
ing Philadelphia and New York, and
the deepening of the Delaware and
Chesapeake canal. This step was ia
ken at a meeting of the permanent com-
mittee Of fifty held at the Builders
Exchange, George d. Barthol, president
of the Philadelphia Bourse, presided,
and Congressman J. Hampton Moore,
president of the Atlantic Deeper Wa
terways Association, addressed the
fifty.
Those appointed to serve on the COM
mittee of seven were Emory r. johnson,
professor of transportation and com
merce Of the University of P~ennsylvan-
ia; Wilfred H. Schoff, of the Philadel-
phia museums; Frank l.. Neal, of Peter
Wright & Sons; E.. r. Sherwood, secre-
tary of the Maritime Exchange; Fl. f.
Stetser, of the Upper Delaware River
transportation company; George f.
Sproule, secretary of the Commission
ers Of Navigation and N. B.. Kelly, sec
rotary Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
The work of the new committee will in
clude an investigation and tabulated
reports of railroad and prospective
freight rates over the proposed canals,
and a report on the needs of the COM
munities affected for such a project. All
of this information will be placed in the
hands Of the federal engineers to be
used by them in making a report to
Congress, with their survey and recon-
mendations. .
In his address, Congressman Moore
referred to, the recent action taken by
Governor Fort, of New Jersey, in ap-
pointing a commission to. draw up a bill
authorizing the state to purchase the
property on the proposed course Of the
canal across that state, to be presented
to the next legislature. 1t is thought
that it will meet with no serious oppo-
%sition.a The bill will be 80 drawn as to
deed the land to the government for
ever for the building of a canal, the
use of which will be- free to everyone.
Governor Fort has become en- enthusiast
in the cause of Atlantic deeper water
ways, Mr.. Moore said, and his action
has given a great impetus to the move
ment. The opening of this link of the
ke1hoeAs NiSatu SSfoASNt 4 iaCoIIbiloh a wv
ter communication between more peo-
pie than could be accomplished by the
opening Of any other waterway of equal
length in the world.
Mr.. Barthol read the report of a
special committee appointed to formu-
late plans for methods of procedure in
bringing about the New York to Phila-
delphia project, and two schemes were
considered. One of these provided for
a permanent independent organization,
with officers and committees to carry
on the work. After addresses by Will
liam r. Tucker; Charles Heber Clark,
Fred w, Donnelly, president of the
Trenton-New York Waterways a~ssocia-
ton, and Congressman Moore, this
scheme was abandoned and the commit
tee of seven was appointed with full
authority to take such action as it may
see fit. This committee will be backed
by the committee of fifty, the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways association and the
business men who stand behind it.
The objection, raised by the speakers
to the Independents waterways organiza-
ton was that, inasmuch as the links
under discussion are a part of the gen.
eral project of the Atlantic Deeper Wa
terways association, q separate body
would tend to multiply organizations,
and such a development might delay the
work. 1t was urged that a special COM
mittee, acting under the direction of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways associa-
ton, would nave the benefit Of the ma
} chinery of that body and the financial
! backing of the committee of fifty and
the business interests allied with it. A
resolution approving of the appointment
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