Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-12-17
Federal, State and City Off
ciaIs Interested in Harbor
Conditions, All Contend That
Commissioners Need Money.
WANT REAL HARBORMASTER
Declare That Situation at Wat
ter Front Is In a Bad Way
Mayor Ferd Garretson Also
Makes a Statement.

Federal, state and city officials, in
terested in local harbor conditia,s,-
are unanimous in the opinion that
the board of harbor commissioners of
this city should be given funds to
carry on Its work. They place par
ticular stress upon the need of a COM
petent harbor master. "a real har-
Dor master, with authority, who
would be paid to devote his entire
time to the work and be equipped
with a vessel, is what is needed y
said Captain e. E. Mitchell of the To-
cal pilot office when interviewed DR..
G. W. Naulty, Jr., federal health Of
f1cer for this port, spoke likewise,
declaring there was a great need for
an efficient harbor master. President
Richard A. Bolger OF the harbor
board, declared the services of
harbor master were needed and
states that funds are needed to carry
out other work which the board has
planned during the past year.
Not being familiar with what au-
thority q harbor master might have,
Mayor Ferd Garretson preferred not
to speak on that particular subject,
but he cited an instance in which a
harbor master was needed recently
in this city and he could not be Sc
cured. The executive spoke freely
concering the harbor commissioners
efforts to obtain an apporpriatif
from the Board of Aldermen wfe--s
which to carry out their plans. He
said:
Mayors Statement.
.btyto,,, Al n {4.ss o.
cen be accomplished In determin2pg 9
and protecting the city's interests NJ
the water frontage unless there Is a
clear understanding between the two
boards as to how much money is
available for the use of the harbor
board-but perhaps the aldermen are
not desirous of having anything ac-
complished.
"The harbor board has no funds
at its disposal hence no results can
be expected. They have made a one
year study of the situation and are
now in a position to give the city
the benefit of that investigation.
They have given much time and
thought to the subject.
"The opponents OF an appropria-
ton base their opposition on Sec.
of the law creating the harbor board
which reads. ANY such board OF
harbor mmissioners shall have
power to employ or appoint from
time to time legal counsel and sueh
engineers, surveyors, clerks and
other persons to aid in the execution
of the powers and duties conferred
or imposed by this act as to such
board may seem necessary, and fix
the compensation of such appointeas
or employees, subject to the approval
of the board or body having control
of the finances of such city and ask
for a detailed recommendation of
proposed expenditures. They 10
not require it, however, of the play
ground or shade tree commissions.
~ understand that the harDor
commissioners in q personal confer
ence with the aldermen recommended
an appropriation of $4,000 TO carry
on the work of 1914 and, in gem
eral way outlined their plans. 1t
was up to the aldermen to approve or
disapprove the recommendation and
my information is that the board OF
aldermen, without dissenting voice
agreed that an appropriation would
be made. | cannot account fof the
change of front but it gives Eace to
the gossip going the rounds that
there is personal objections on the
part of some aldermen to the harDor
board as at present constituted This
is unfortunate, If true, as It may
block plans that would be OF value
10 the city. The harbor board should
be given definite statement as to
the disposition of their recommends
tion and they should surely have
enough money at their command to
meet the needs of that important
department.
Lack of Funds.
Mr.. Bolger declared that the har~
Dor board had several objects IN
view, but because of lack of funds,
they were not in concrete shape. He
said the plans had been placed be-
fore the city fathers on two occa-
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