Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-05

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Hood lock will be erected. MI. Nc
Cormick pointed out that both sides
OF the canal can be, and probably
will be, utilized by factories, who are
fretting under the heavy tax rates in
The big cities and desire to jump
to the country districts, where land
is comparatively cheap and the ship
ping facilities excellent. The appro-
priation for the canal will be made
by Congress before the a%ppropria-
ton for Raritan bay improvements,
Mr.. Mccormick declared.
Interested in Perth Anrboy.
One of the most optimistic gentle
men who ever addressed a local or
g~anizatien is Mr.. Douglass, who at
tended the meeting for no other pur-
pose than to secure the privilege of
forwarding to members of the organf-
|zation any interesting facts he may
secure about Middlesex county, or re-
quests of industrial concerns for fac
tory sites In this section. He frankly
admitted that he is interested in
booming Perth Amboy and surround
ing towns because of his reality hold
ings, and would naturally expect to
make d commission OF all sales
whereby factories locate within the
jurisdiction of the affiliated board.
Mr.. Douglass remarks were received
with considerable enthusiasm by the
members, and his request for privi-
leges granted.
Mr.. Douglass can see this section
of the state developed to such an ex-
ten that trolley companies and rail-
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other in laying e lines and, in
many other ways, endeayor to pro-
vide proper transportation facilities
for the thousands of families that are
expected to flock to this community
to secure employment in the worlds
greatest industrial plants. Mr.. Doug
lass believes that within the next few
years the Staten Island railroad will
tunnel under or trestle over Raritan
bay, and give Perth Amboy another
through line to New York
Semi-Public Mass Meeting.
In an effort to interest every bust
ness man in Middlesex county in the
waterway projects now under foot,
it was decided to hold a semi-public
mass meeting in New Brunswick on
Friday night, December 6, at which
time experts On waterway questions
will be In attendance to address the
gathering. President Mccormick in
the NEWS reporter after the
meeting that an effort will be made
to ecure the following: J.. Hampton
Moore, congressman from the third
district, Pennsylvania, and president
of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association; Mayor E. w. DonneIly,
of Trenton, president of the inter
.Griffeths, engineer in charge of the
the war department.
Railway Board to Join.
Secretary Sheppard informed the
members that Railway had forwarded
a communication, in reply to the
Boards invitation to join the organi-
cation, stating that the Railway
board will probably send a delegation
to an early meeting. Plainfield de-
clined to join. President Mccormick
replied to the question of Mr.. Leon
in high praise of the financial stand
ing the Town Development Company,
which will shortly enter into contract
to boost" the Perth Amboy Board
of Trade. 1t was the opinion of the
New Brunswick members present
that the Town Development Company
is a live wire" of the liveliest or
der. The following boards were repre-
.sented: South River, New Brunswick
and Perth Amboy.
1t was pointed out that the Mid
.dlesex County Board of Taxation
should become active In the work
of equalization Of taxes, inasmuch as
certain districts are valued at sixty
per cent. while others are kept down
to about thirty per cent. for politi-
cal reasons, 1t is said. Mi. McCor-
mick believes that every person or
corporation should be taxed at 100
per cent. valuation, with no favofites
allowed to enter the racs. Several
counties In the upper part of the
state, especially Hudson, are taking
steps towards this end. President
Mccormick illustrated to Mt. Leon
ty owner Is paying the high rate of
$780," it does not necessarily follow
that the taxpayer at the county seat
is paying more money into the DUN
ty Golfers than his Perth Amboy
uel6ilDOfs WIZ Has % Lax IdtS VI
"2.02," inasmuch as the valuations
may be different
Referring to the road question
again, President Mccormick inform
ed the members that better roads
entail the expenditure of more
money. He said: 'Tf we want bet
ter roads we certainly must spend
the money raised to the best advan-
.tage or raise more money. l do not
think the state money Is divided in
a proper manner, inasmuch as many
Fout-of-the-way counties receive as
large an appropriation as dOes Mid
Idlesex, which has t~wenty-eight miles
of road ove which passes Fifty per
cent. of the automobile traffic OF the
state"
Need Automobile Highway.
In the opinion of the president
every effort should be made by the
a affiliated board to show the state
road commissioner the logic of the
immediate need of an automobile
highway across the state, maintained
at the states expense. 1t was point
ed out that such action on the part
OF the state would relieve Middlesex
of the brunt of t~wenty-eight miles of
road, and the money that had been
expended heretofore for the up-keep
of this stretch of road could be util-
lied for another purpose, OIL the tax
rates reduced. On motion, the pres
'ident was authorized to name a COM
mittee of three to visit the state