Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-03-27

and we are going to establish a
lshell-filling plant there, and we are
going to have five thousand men
there, and we want you, in addition
to all of this, to move your tracks
as they now run through old Wash
Iington Park, because they will be
in a dangerous place and run right
through the middle Of the plant;
we want them transposed to another
highway, where they will be out OF
danger"
1t requires eleven thousand feet
of track, six thousand feet OF new
track, new loops and new exten-
sions in the National Park exten-
sion, and then they say they want
us to be able to take care Of these
five thousand men. That is not In
these figures, that has come UP
since. / only cite 1t to show how
the picture changes every day.
Mr.. Hermann: I think 1t might
be desirable. if the Board please
to have these offered in evidence
Mr.. McCarter: These reports?
Mr.. HERMANN: Yes.
Mr.. McCarter: Very glad to have
them marked.
Commissioner Donges: They
might be Offered for reference, ra-
ther than make them part of the
record. They may be SO marked
Mr.. McCarter: With the per.
mission of the Commission, would
like to read one or two extracts
from the railway report, that we
may all have in mind the magnitude
of this proposition. The district
served by the Public Service Rail
way operations extend from the
Hudson River, opposite the end OF
New York City. through all the
principal cities and towns of North
ern New Jersey, across the State
and along the Delaware River to
Camden. opposite Philadelphia; and
our line leads i. from Camden
through various towns, to a point
some fifteen miles south thereof
To give an indication of the mag.
nitude of this development, we
would call your attention to the
more important war activities to
which Railway gives service. Be.
ginning at the extreme northern
terminus Of our lines at Tenafly
we find the War Department station
known as Camp Merritt, where as
many as thirty thousand soldiers
have been congregated at one time
Proceeding south, we have at Edge
water. among others, the plant OF
the American Can Company, the
Aluminium Company Of America
and the General Chemical Company
A little further on, in Hoboken, IL
the plant of the Remington Arms
Company.
Coming toward Newark. we have
on the Hackensack meadows the
new plants Of the Federal Ship
building Company and the Founda-
jtion Company, the former engaged
in the construction of steel ships
and the latter of wooden ones. In
this same locality is the Engineers
Stores Of the United States Army
where materials of all kinds will be
concentrated and prepared for ship
ment to the other side. Crossing
the Passaic River, we find the great
development along Avenue r In
Newark. Large chemical plants
such as the Butterworth Judson
Company, employing thousands OF
men in the production Of war mate
rails, have been developed here. To
the south Of these plants is the new
shipyard Of the Submarine Boat
Corporation, and Immediately west
thereof the large concentration de-
pot of the Quartermaster's Depart
|ment, in which are now engaged in
construction work some eight thou
sand men.
Further on. Just over the city
line Of Newark, may be found the
new plant of the International Fuse
and Arms Company. and still fur
ther south, toward the City of Ell
zabeth, is collection Of industries
among which are the Weston Elec-
trical Instrument Company, and the
Dusenberg Motor Company, the lat
ter of which is now doubling its
capacity. and all Of these engaged
either wholly or partly in the pro-
duction of war supplies.
Reaching Elizabeth, we find the
iplants of the Standard Aircraft Cor
poration and of the Moore & Sons
IShipbuilding Company. To the south
of Elizabeth, and in the vicinity OF
Perth Amboy, may be found the
power plants Of the Union Powder
Company and Of the Parlins Works
Of the DUPONT interests. To the
west of Elizabeth, at Bonhamtown
is the large ordnance plant of the
United States Army, at which will
be assembled automobiles for ship
Iment to France, and Immediately
adjacent is the large plant Of the
Nixon Nitration Works. A few
miles further on, in New Bruins
wick, among other enterprises, Is
the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corpora.
! ton. A little to the north is the
City of Plainfield, where the Stan.
dard Aircraft Company maintains q
second plant.
Coming to Camden, we find the
shipyards of the New Jersey Ship.
building Company, the Pennsylvania
4, ,,Shipbuilding Company, to which
should be added the plant now un.
der construction by the War Depart
ment to the south of Gloucester
where shells will be filled, and five
thousand men employed. In addi
ton to the former, Mr.. Ford hal
given notice that he expects to erect
an enormous plant Immediately ad
joining those of the Foundation
Company.
Gentlemen, these are unusua
conditions, and can't be met by or
binary processes. There is a list Of
companies tabulated in this report
showing well up to 100000 mer
who have been thrust. except sucf