Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-14

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to those interests In this section.
We will cooperate with the city
and county officials for better roads
leading into this city making it pos
sible for those living in the industrial
and agricultural districts to trade in
Perth Amboy.
We shall cooperate with the
Street Commissioner to secure the
immediate repair OF our paved
i streets, thus saving the city hun
dreds of dollars each year.
We shall cooperate with the Rail-
road officials to secure proper sta
tons and illumination of grade
crossings.
We shall endeavor to secure NUM-
cipal docks for the City.
We shall endeavor to secure the
appointment of a City R%eplanning
commission to supervise the City's
growth and improvements. and see
that all territory which should be
annexed to the City is included in
! the extension of the Corporation
limits, which should be done soon.
If Perth Amboy is to be a bigger
City the corporation limits must be
extended.
We shall endeayor to secure from
the government better postal service.
| The post Office is now closed at seven
o'clock making 1t impossible to have
any mail leave this City after that
time until six o'clock the next morn
ing. There are many other changes
| needed in the efficiency of our pos
tai service.
We shall endeavor to have a sur
vey made of the business section of
our city, hoping to secure a reduc-
! ton of the fire insurance rates.
There are reasons for the rates be-
ing so high and we believe that it Is
possible, by making a few changes,
to greatly reduce the Insurance rate.
Trade and Commerce.
A campaign will be made to buy
at home. Too little effort has here
tofore been made to have our people
trade at home and bring the retail
trade OF the surrounding territory to
Perth Amboy stores. The Board of
Trade will lend every assistance to
| all efforts to win and hold this trade.
The trade of the merchants of
Perth Amboy may be greatly In
creased and improved through CO.
operation efforts. The Board of
Trade proposes to foster and en-
courage all legitimate efforts to ex-
tend and enlarge the business Of the
merchants Of Perth Amboy.
It will cooperate in all movements
undertaken by the merchants to
! bring buyers to this city and to aid
in introducing and carrying through
methods successfully employed In
other communities.
Also the protection OF merchants
| against fake advertising schemes and
promiscuous solicitors by creating q
special bureau where all solicitors
must come to the Board OF Trade and
make out-a proper application blank,
which will be endorsed or rejected.
This will save hundreds of dollars
each year to local merchants. Every
member of the Board of Trade will
| be supplied with a card to hang In
his store or Office, which shall read
as follows: "All solicitors are re-
quired to present an endorsement
card from the Perth Amboy Board
of Trade"
We shall endeavor to stop fake
auction and bankrupt sales conduc-
ted by non-residents.
Traffic Department.
The Board of Trade will endeavor
to secure a better street car service
and the extension of the five cent
| fare zone and express service where
feasible.
We shall cooperate with the Pub
lie Service Railway Company to Sc
cure G traction line to Cartaret,
Chrome and Port Reading.
The Board OF Trade believes hat a
| freight traffic survey Of the Perth
! Amboy district should be made by Il
competent freight traffic commission,
| with a view to determine whether or
NOT our shipments are properly
routed and fairly classified, condi-
lions that enter SC largely into the
cost of transportation received and
shipped are alike concerned in fair
and reasonable freight and express
rates.
We shall endeavor to secure bet
ter freight service.
We shall endeavor to secure bet
ter and cheaper ferry service.
For lack of such service Perth
| Amboy receivers and shippers do not
know what they are entitled to and
| therefore,, w hot hho" W
not they are getting what they are
entitled to. Other towns and cities
are saving money by maintaining
such traffic commissions and bureaus
in their Board of Trade.
New is the Time.
There is nothing which affects the
! citizens or industries Of Perth Am
boy too large or 90 small for the
Trade Of Board to undertake. Men
who do not believe hat the Board
of Trade has done what 1t should,
owe it to themselves and to the com
munity to come In while 1t is now be-
ing re-organized and tell how 1t can
be run
We may differ in our political
faith and our religious creed, but we
must all agree that there Is one plat
form on which we can all unite, the
platform of the Board Of Trade. for
a bigger, buster and better Perth