Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21

deep water ana FalfrodU
facilities at reasonable cost. We
also have the cheap ground In the
rear o the workingmen's homes.
The Importance of Perth Amboy as a
port cannot be overestiEzated-
Az is pointed out by all who have
made a study Of this matter. the
completion OF the Erie canal across
New York State, and with the OPEN
ing OF the Panama canal, the port of
New York will be crowded with com
merce as never before. But already
the wharfage there is 30 ~congested
that recently SOME of the liners had
to remain out in the stream until
others had steamed before they
could dock. 1t is plain that there
must be other locations developed in
the near future. No better place
could be found than Perth Amboy. 2.
But we cannot expect this great
development to come to as without
doing our part towards securing IT.
Newark Is already planning for a
thirty-avs foot channel in Newark
bay. A ship canal lie fuciuted End
great terminals are contemplated on
what ia now Newark meadows.
"The proposal Ia not for the gov
eminent to spend all the money nee
essary to complete the great under
taking" says the Newark Evening
News, in discussing this subject.
'.but rather simply to supplement-
the cash that the city itself will az
pend In providing a suitable terminus
al for the deepwater channel.
This Is a plan that has already
been given official approval In other
places. New York. for instance, was
granted an appropriation for the
Jamaica bay channel In return for
it's agreement to pay for the develop
ment OF the terminal there. In 9TH
or words, the government asked for
a financial evidence Of good faith In
the undertaking. and when that was
forthcoming. 1t promised to do its
share. And we are asking for the
same sort OF treatment"
Perth Anboy has taken an Inn
portant step in harbor matters by So
curing the riparian rights for all
street ends. This. however. IL hard
ly q beginning. 1t Ia evident that II
wa are to have the terminal facil-
itses that will be necessary to handle
the enormous OF the not
TdlsrzM ruturv w. must h&~s aacrs
room. 1t will be necessary for The
city to more OF the water front
and see that the railroad IL brought
down to the wharves. In all this
work fs 4. essential that It shall Be
dons under municipal ownership.
AT the meeting In Jersey City A.
ready referred to. Mayor Jacob
Haussiing, OF Newark said:
rye intend In Newark to make
out of the swamps enc OF the big.
gest manufacturing sections IN New
ark, and when we get what we are
after the city will own all the docks
on the water front that It can get.
Newark will help any movement for
the improvement OF the docking IA
~cilities In any part OF New Jersey"
Now is the time for Perth Amboy
to take thsss steps so az to insure
the proper control for the future.
Harbor improvements at Baltimore,
Philadelphia. New London, Boston
and Montreal are all being made for
the purpose OF catching the traffic
that Is bound to come with the open
ing OF the ranamA canal. But be-
Sides this. Psrth Amboy will also bc
benefited By thu completion sofsthe
Erie canal. AZ said before. We hAva
a harbor that IL second TO none Ana
1t remains for the people to follow
the example OF the oshsr cities and
do something toward putting our
water front In shape 10 Accommo-
date business. $500 s"xs : 4
perth Amboy cannot asord to ig-
more thia matter. Up antil ten or
twelve yeafs ago IL was declared
that Perth Amhoy was peacefully
sleeping, In spite OF the fact sAet tbs
original sestIers Intended 30 make
this the great port OF the Nation IN
stead OF New York. Tsawas beea use
the people here ignored their sdvAn-
tasss aud allowed New York toscut-
do them that we did NOT pragress.
Today We proudly point DO che woa-