Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-06
GIVESPROGRESS
At SOUTH RIVER
President of Board of Trade
Read Report Last Night.
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South River, April 6.-An enthu-
siastic meeting of the Board of
Trade was held last night at which
time the report of President n. w.
Clayton was read. All the present
officers and committees remain I'M
til their successors have been elect
ed. Mr.. Clayton's report was as
follows:
First thing that comes to my
mind is the organizing of a county
board of trade known as the Afili-
ated Board of Trade of Middlesex
County, of which your vice presl-
dent, c. NJ, Sheppard, holds the dis
tinguished and honored Office of sec
rotary. The AFFILIATED board of
trade is just in it's infancy and
there is a large field of work for 1t
to do. With busy men they still
find time to devote some small por-
ton of their time to the benefit of
atives from this board are N. w.
Clayton, C. M. Sheppard, William
Morgan, John Fee, Jr., and Charles
Hermann.
Next in my mind Is the boat line
established from South River to
New York daily. This matter was
taken up last summer and a COM
mittee spent a great deal OF time
~canVassing the receivers of freight,
and the company's agents, and at
last they were convinced that it was
worth a trial. With the result that
we no doubt have a boat line SER
vice, that will be a great benefit to
the shippers of farm product in this
vicinity.
There has been established a
yacht building plant on our river
front. There is now under con
struction a yacht hfty-lve feet long
twelve feet beam for Karl Jensen,
superintendent of Herrmann-Auk-
company factory, located here.
The yacht is to be finished in mahog-
any and any one coming to South
River, should not fail to go and
look at the beautiful lines of this
yacht.
There has been n new embroid-
cry factory built here this last year,
with a capacity of ten machines.
Five machines are now almost ready
to start work on. There has also
been a very large addition to an
other embroidery factory.
Last October it was my privilege
to attend as delegate from this
Board of Trade to the convention of
the Deep Waterway Association,
gate John Fee, ex-president Of the
Board of Trade, accompanied by our
This vas a most profitable
o-l 90 90, IL Ait, W. 1000
about one week. | would say here
we are entitled to five delegates
year at the great convention, to
be held in New London, Conn, in
and what members that
spare the time to go will be
we'll repaid, and this is one of the
most important links of the great in
and canal across New Jersey and
avery New Jersey citizen should be
Interested. At least twenty per
of the population of Me- ser
81 oGiiddSmps of this
great convention.
We have in the last bixty days a
incorporated company. The
3issett Brick company have leased
IL bought the Bissett Brick Yard
sand and clay fields of about
Its acres. They expect to develop
t in a large plant. 1t has laid idle
for one year. This property has
made some of the very best brick
On the river, and has rail and water
facilities.
There will be here some time this
month 500 shade treeG for sale at
cost, ranging from six to eight feet
high, at twenty t thirty cents each,
Carolina Ioplars. l would say these
town and for the comfort they will
give the future generation.
The matter | am going to speak
about now Is the n that Will. |
hope. IL future bring the greatest
reward to the borough of South
River, and Old Bridge. That Is the
appropriation for dredging the river
from the Bissett brick yard to Old
Bridge. Through the efforts of Con-
gresham Scully, of South Amboy,
$4,000 has been made available for
that purpose, giving a six fool chan
mel at low water, We have not
heard from Old Bridge in this mat
ter, but no doubt we will soon, as
the steam dredge begins to shovel
sand out of the river. | want to
mention here that Il secretary, r.
F.. Fountain, spent considerable OF
time and effort in behalf of this
great Improvement, and that was
before he thought about being a
shipper on the great water way i'm
proYement.
There may be some other i'm
provements which l have not men,
toned, but you can see from the
improvements hat l have mentioned
that our borough Is going forward.
| want to say here that the COM
mittee appointed this year, have
worked hard and we'll for the Dor
ough and have always found them
willing and ready to take up the
work. Every member of the Board
of Trade should be prompt in pay
ing his dues so We can have enough
money to carry along the work we'll.
Well, all of u mouepthis year has
ben spent in advertising. 1t takes
time TO @ results, but they will
surely come. We have had this
year over 100 letters from different
manufacturing plants.