Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-01
KEYPORT HEAR
ABOUT FUTURE
Former Governor Fort Prin-
cipaI Speaker at Banquet.
spectai 70 the EVENING NEWS.

dred prominent men OF ihlS piaCe
and surrounding towns assembled In
the Broadway theatre last night and
enjoyed s'the feast of reason and
flow of soul" which featured the
second annual banquet Of the Key
port Publicity Bureau, which has
awakened the old and young alike
with the borough's progress and the
days of plenty In store for them In
the inevitable future. 1t was the
one big night for the town and
everybody Joined hands in making
the affair such a success as recorded.
In opening. Henry Salz, chairman
and POSTMASTER, explained the bu-
reau's interests.
Governor Fort Speaks.
One OF the features of the even
ing was an instructive and uplifting
address by former Governor John
Franklin Fort, who reviewed the
attitude of the country today on
paramount issues, speaking, in part,
as follows:
Gatherings like this are Of the
greatest good to a community. If
we do not do all We can to promote
the interests of the place where we
live. who can we expect to do It? 1t
is not well to be too modest about
making known the advantages of
our home town. New Jersey Is for
.tunate for situation. On every side
of our State are people seeking
places for homes or for recreation.
Keyport is happy In being able to
supply both. What is finer than
your beautiful bay? Everything Is
here to attract and make happy.
You uot only owe 1T to yourself, but
to the State, to make known the
reasons why people should come to
this part OF Jersey. The New Jer-
sey coast is one of the greatest as
sets the State possesses. From Key
port to the Manasquan river Is an
%unbroken bay and ocean shore. 1t
is all within Monmouth county, a
county filled with historic interest
and sacred places where our fathers
fought to secure our liberties. To
for this coast as 1t should be is
a greater burden than the county or
localities should be asked to bear.
The building up Of this section of
New Jersey has greater advantages
than the mere local benefits. The
are statewide and the State
assist in maintaining the
highways and in keeping open the
arms of the 9 by bulkheads and
the like.
Il congratulate you OF this gath |
1t is delightful to meet men
when ~partisanship does not enter
into the gathering; when only the
good of the community. and OF the
and nation can be considered;
when the great problems confront
ing the people can be discussed |
without prejudice. Taxation we al
Taxes are not even in this country.
All men do not pay their fair share
Of the $4,000 900 of taxes raised
for local purposes and the $1,000
600 raised for county purposes In
State. Under the assessment
made the present year by the state
railroad assessors. OF which one Of
your citizens Is a member, the rail-
roads OF our state will, for the first
time in their history. pay their full
share of the true value Of their
property. The men with small
are also paying now In this
their fall share of taxation.
But the banks and trust companies
and many other moneyed institu-
lions are not paying their full snare |
Of the taxes. % are the men who
have large holdings Of personal
property, which the assessors are
unable to reach"
For 4 Better Keyport.
A. Salz, one OF the Oldest resi-
dents at the banquet, reviewed the
borough's needs In a comprehensive
manner. In conclusion Mr.. salz
said:
Il would also suggest the annex
alton of Hazlet to Keyport. An
other railroad service much to be
desired would be to make this sta
ton now known as Hazlet on the
main line, an additional Keyport
station for regular passenger SER
vice, and to mark this station South
Keyport. I trust a proper commit
tee may be appointed to take up
these questions along the lines 4
have pointed out or similar lines.
A number Of other suggestions
which / have made have been partly
acted upon, and some Of them are
to my mind of great Importance.
First, the establishing OF q proper
waiting room or shelter at the Kew.
terminus OF the troll
ley. That corporation owes us that
slight convenience. 1t would mean
much to us and only a nominal ex-
pense to them. I trust such people
representing the trolley company
who are here this evening will see
the great injustice they have been
doing us by not taking immediate
and proper steps for the comfort
and health OF their patrons. ! also
suggested for the consideration OF
the telephone company that they
drop the name of Matawan and sub
the name Of Keyport for all
Keyport addresses and numbers SO
that subscribers desiring q KeypoFt
address would be confronted with
the name OF Keyport instead OF that
of another town.
my suggestion that the telegraph
company be requested TO keep a con-
venient ONCE IN Keyport open dur
ing the day and up to a reasonable
hour at night. has not been acted
upon
Other Prominent Speakers
Other sneakers wAres Hon John
e. Foster, judge OF Monmouth
county; w. C. Hope. general passen-
ger agent OF the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey; Prof. John Enraght,
county superintendent OF schools,
who strongly advocated further pro-
prsga along educational lines and