Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-18
OUR SHIPPING FACILITIES.

is being taken by cities and states for
! the Improvement Of harbors. A short
time ago We referred to the fact that
the state of Connecticut had appro-
. priated one million dollars for the
improvement of the harbor at New
London. Boston is about to spend
ten million dollars for improved wa
ter facilities there. A similar action
Is under consideration in New York,
where an effort is being made to en-
large the docks so as to accommo-
date the new vessels that are being
built. Even Philadelphia is waking
up to the matter and a strong agita-
ton is on in that city for more
money to be spent in deepening the
Delaware river and the construction
of modern wharves for the benefit
OF the shipping.
Perth Amboy has a great lesson
to learn from all this activity. 1t is
doubtful If there is a city on the
Atlantic coast. outside of New York
proper, that has a better harbor than
we have here. 1t is time Perth AM
boy awakened to the possibilities of
a large development Of our water
front. New York is becoming crowd
ed and shippers are anxious to keep
as near the metropolis as possible,
This gives Perth Amboy a decided adj
vantage over many other places. Be
sides, We have three railroads, which
can communicate directly with the
vessels and carry the merchandise to
all parts of the country.
Nothing is heard from our harbor
board in connection with this much
desired improvement. There is a
great work for that body to accom-
pIish. Perth Amboy should get con-
troll of as much of her water front
as possible. Docking facilities should
be improved and every co~nveutonces
afforded for manufacturers to make
this port their shipping point. In Bos- 9
ton they are not only appropriating :
money to improve the docking faciIt-
ties, but they are spending money >
to advertise the port and induce man
ufacturers to use that point for ship
ping purposes. {
Some time ago steps were taken to
secure the riparian rights at the foot /
# all our streets leading to the wa
er. For some reason or other this
latter has been dropped. The i'm
ortance of gaining control of the 81
nd under water cannot be Over-es-
This matter should be ia
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ured as soon as possible. It is y
lghly desirable that Front street be
,laced in a better condition, and if
necessary, railroad tracks might be
laid along that thoroughfare, to be
owned and controlled by the city, so
that no Il railroad could gain a
monopoly on our water front, but all s
roads could run their cars out to !
the wharves directly TO the vessels, 5
where transfer TO the boats could cas-
lily be made,
In some ports docks are being
built high enough so that cars can
be run out to them and the cargoes
dumped into the vessels by gravity.
Such improvements as these would
mean millions of dollars to Perth
Amboy and the city could well az
ford to expend a considerable sum
by bringing 1t about. If other cities
find it advantageous to do these
things there is no reason why Perth
Amboy should not also find II to
her advantage, especially when We
have such excellent facilities. With
our city IN such good condition. in
reference to paved streets, etc, 1t is
time now we turned our attention to
the harbor and gave the water front
the consideration thai it deserves.
THE DIVORCE EVIL.
II the marriage Of John Jacob
Astor, who was divorced from his
wife two years ago, to a young girl
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