Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-08-15
WATERWAY BILL WILL
BE PUSHED THROUGH
SENATE, SAYS STOUT
While Work on Waterway Measure Remains Suspended Also
on Trust Legislation, for American Shipping Act, Stout
Saws as Soon as These Bills are Passed Rivers and Har
bOrs Bill can be Taken Up if Quorum Can be Maintained.
SURE PRESIDENT WILSON WILL SIGN THE WATERWAY BILL

Commission up to two months ago, when
I the commission was abolished, and for
years has been an ardent advocate of
inland waterway development. He de-
clares that the passage OF this bill Is ser
iously in danger. The mayor urges that
the friends of waterway development
write or telegraph strong appeals III be
| half of the bill to the New Jersey SEN
ators and congressman at washington
The rivers and harbors bill includes
appropriations for fourteen water I'M
provement projects in this state, the ap-
preparations therefor aggregatlng 81
| O57 800. If the bill fails, of course,
none of these New Jersey approprla-
ticns will be available. Mayor Donnel-
| ly outlines the appropriations for New
Jersey as follows:
"Staten Island Sound New York
and New Jersey, $5o0,00o; Raritan
Bay (For Maintenance), $4,000; New
ark Bay and Passaie River, $l50,0O0;
Woodbridge Creek (For Maintenance),
$4,000; Keyport Harbor, Matawan
! Creek, Raritan, South and Elizabeth
Rivers, Shoal Harbor and Compton
Creek and Cheesequake, (For Mainten-
ance), $4,000; Raritan River, $25O,O0O;
Shoal River and Compton Creek (com-
pleting improvement $4,000; Shrews-
bury River (For Maintenance), $4,000;
Cooper River, $4,000; Racoon Creek
(For Maintenanee) $4,000; Salem
River (For Maintenance), $4,000;
Alloway Creek, (For Maintenance), $3,-
600; Maurice River Improvement and
Maintenance), $4,000; Toms River,
| (For Maintenance), 81 900. Total, 81
057, 500" :"
The letter of Mayor Donnelly follows
In part:
/ ITO my mind, the most pernicious
attack that has ever been directed at
the policy of improved national water
ways has for some time been in prog
ress in the United States Senate. The
unfortunate part of the whole thing Is
that certain portion of the daily press
is supporting the attack.
! 1.-THE passage of the Rivers and Har-
bors bill, now pending in the Senate, is
seriously endangered. The Democratic
Caucus has adopted the set principles
of suspending consideration of all meas
ures until the trust legislation has been
disposed of. That will probably con
sumo several weeks. When the trust
Legislation has been completed the time
will have approached for the Senators
to return to their respective homes to
prepare for the fall campaign. Conse-
quently there is serious danger that all
other measures will fail of senatorial
consideration.
IF the bill does not receive af-
firmative action, there Is no possibil-
tpu ri n
dividual waterways in separate bills.
New Jersey improvements have sew
eral important items included in the
pending measure, so that our state
in vitality concerned in the early pas
sage of the measure.
"In .ddition, the appropriation OF
$2,250,000 for the purchase of the
Chesapeake and Delaware canal and
the $1,000,000 cash appropriation
and $1,000,000 contract authorize
ton for the Delaware river are of as
much Importance to New Jersey as
they are to Delaware and Pensyl-
4 vania.
New Jerseys stake in this year s
Rivers and Harbors bill is certainly
large anough to warrant the putting
forth of every possible effort to Sc
cure it's passage. This Is my primal
purpose in writing to you. A flood
of personal letters or kilograms to
our representatives and senators in
congress is probab bly, the strongest ap
peal that can be made in behalf of
the bill If they are convinced OF
the unwavering interest of their con-
stituents in the favorable considera-
tion of the bill they will put forth
strenuous efforts to crytallize the at
tention of their colleagues on the
measure before the yearly adjourn
ment is sanctioned.
/ ''If you will write yourself and
cause others to write or telegraph in
behalf of the bill it will have the
effect of giving an impressive demon
stration of the extent of public in
terest in this matter, and will have
the effect of giving an impressive
demonstration of the extent of public
interest in this matter, and will have
a potent influence on members OF
congress who are now vacillating OF
inclined to be opposed to the bill. -