Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-09-22

Amid the blowing of whistles and
scenes of a gala celebration the big
steamer Berkshire" will glide down
the bay tomorrow afternoon with its
distinguished complement of dele
gates to the seventh annual Atlantic
Deeper Waterway convention and at
the city dock the most notable body
of visitors that ever honored Perth
Amboy will be received by Governor
James S. Fielder.
At 1890 o'clock Governor Fielder
is cheduled to arriy, at the Packer
House by automobile in company with
Senator William e. Ramsay, Mayor
Ferd Garretson, and President John
Pfeiffer, of the Board of Trade. AS
the concert by G. Howard Smith s
band of twenty pieces begins, the
luncheon will be served. Besides the
state executive the honored guests
will be Congressman Thomas j,
Scully, Senator William e. Ramsay,
Mayor Ferd Garretson, President
Pfeiffer of the Board of Trade;
Messrs. j Spencer Smith, w. Parker
Runyon, r. c. Jenkinson and Charles
s. Boyer, of the State Harbor Com
mission; Engineer B. F. Cresson, of
the Harbor Commission; Secretary
Edward Ransom, of the Harbor
Commission; County Clerk Bernard
Cannon; members of the assembly
from Middlesex county; members of
the Board of Aldermen, the local har-
Dor board, Chief of Police Patrick J..
Burke and others.
To Wait for Berkshire.
After the luncheon the guests will
go to the municipal dock to await
the arrival of the Berkshire, which
is expected to dock at 3 o'clock. AS
the vessel comes up the bay an in
formal demonstration will be given
ON the water by the crafts of the
Raritan Yacht Club, and Abel Han
sons motor yacht, Corona, the larg-
est of the Raritan Yacht Club feet,
will go out to escort the steamer in.
When the vessel docks the meet
ing will be called to order by Presi-
dent J. Hampton Moore, of the wa
terway association, and an address
of welcome will be given by Cover
nor Fielder The response will be
made by Mayor George Ainslie, of
Richmond, Va Remarks will also
be made by Mayor Ferd Garretson
and John Pfeiffer, president of the
Perth Amboy Board of Trade. Ad-
dresses on "The New Jersey Ship
Canal and It's Place in the Waterway
Chain" will be made by Mayor Don
nelly, of Trenton, and Hon. w. Par
ker Runyon, of the State Harbor
Commission.
Automobile Trips.
At 2:45 o'clock the automobile
trips are scheduled to begin, the
route being one mapped out which
will enable the visitors to obtain a
good view of Perth Amboy's COM
mercial advantages and the uneX-
celled opportunity for waterway de-
velopment that will make its water
ways a valuable link in the great
Atlantic chain.
Exercises will be given by the chill
dren In the city hall park under the
supervision of Playground Super
visor r. v. Afflerbach. AS one Of
the features the children will form
the letters "a. D. w. A." the initials
of the visiting association. At 3:45
o'clock the autos will return and
shortly after the steamer will de-
part.
Moving pictures will be taken Of
the whole proceedings ana VIII CIR
culate throughout the whole coun-
try, an advertising feature which IS
expected to be of great benefit to
Perth Amboy.
Souvenirs of Perth Amboy made
will be distributed, together with the
"Pacemaking City" buttons and a
booklet which will describe the ad-
vantages of the various muntcipali-
ties In Middlesex county and which
is being prepared by Secretary F. M.
Yorston, of the New Brunswick |
Board of Trade.
Megaphone Committee.
Captain j. j. Scully, of South Am
boy, a member of the State Harbor |
Association, Is making arrangements |
to have a number of pilots act as a |
megaphone committee. They will |
come down the bay on the Berkshire
and describe the various points of |
interest to the visitors on the trip. |
That Perth Amboy. the only city |
IN the state to be honored, will be |
Visited by this prominent gathering
IF delegates is due to the efforts of |
The Board of Trade and largely to
Secretary Hugh Lynch, who has been
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