Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-04-15
HARBOR BOARD
MAKES APPEAL
Name Committee to Confer
With Acting Governor In
Interest of This City.
$40 A FOOT is TOO HIGH
Want State HarbOr Board
to Come Here and Take
Up Street End Matter

Following a communication from
the State Harbor Boards secretary
stating that no date had been set for
the next meeting of the reorganized
board, at which time the Perth Am
boy Harbor Boards request for a
visit and conference here with that
body would be considered, the local
body decided last night to appeal to
Acting Governor James F. Fielder, a
member of the board, for immediate
action. Commissioner Peter c. OIL
sen was appointed a committee to
gain a conference with the acting
governor. and urge him to negotiate
a conference for the two boards as
quickly as possible. The commits
sioners are averse to the idea of the
city paying $40 per foot for street
ends indiscriminately, as they believe
that the state board on a personal
inspection will find that some are
not worth half that much.
The appeal to executive was finally
decided on after a fruitless attempt
was made to secure a conference
with the board through the custom
ary means of writing to the clerk
of the body. Since the reorganiza-
ton of the board, there has been no
meeting to give the clerk an oppor-
tunity of presenting the communica-
ton from the Perth Amboy board to
the state body. The commissioners
believe that they should either ap-
prove or condemn the purchase OF
the street ends acted on favorably
by the Board of Aldermen, so they
are taking this extraordinary means
of securing a conference with the
state board to accelerate their action
In the matter. Then too, there are
many other important subjects upon
which the local commissioners wish
enlightenment by the superior board,
Before such knowledge can be had
they are unable to act in these mat
ters intelligently and judiciously
A communication was received
from the clerk of the State Harbor
Board stating that the local board s
request to the state body for the re
moval of the old hulk of boat
owned by James Pearson, of this
city, from the foot of Market street,
would be presented to the state body
at its next meeting. 1t was brought
out In the meeting last night that
Mr.. Pearson would in a few days
take steps to have the bulk removed,
and that he is waiting for a clear
moonlight night for the removal of
the craft.
President Richard A. Bolger
stated he had received complaint that
big logs were now and then let
loose up the sound and floated down
to the bay endangering small craft.
(The EVENING NEWS last week re-
ported O. case of this nature, when
a log about forty feet long and ten
inches in diameter passed in front
of the New York and New Jersey
Steamboat Company's dock In Front
street) The complainant to Mr..
Bolger believed that the logs came
from the Lehigh Valley railroad coal
docks, and the board, thereupon In
structed Secretary Wilbur La Roe to
communicate with the company and
demand an abatement of the danger
GUS nuisance.
The board deemed the concrete
bulkhead at the foot of Catalpa ave-
nue. In a bad condition, the concrete
having a large crack in the middle,
which seems to be growing larger.
Commissioner John c. Donehue
stated he would investigate the mat
ter thoroughly and ascertain the
best method of dealing with the de
fective abutment, and report at the
next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned by the
president for two weeks. at which
time some definite date for a CON
ference with the State Harbor Board
Is eXpected to be had.
The following commissioners were
present at the meeting last night
President Richard A. Bolger, John G.
Donehue and Peter c. Olsen.