Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-09-30
DRY DOCK BUYS
MORE PROPERTY.
Add Standard OIL Property to
Their Holdings
FRONTAGE OF 1900 FEET
Many Changes to- Be Made and
Piers Will Be Re-
built

The Perth AmbOy Dry DOCK Com
pany has just completed the purchase
of the Standard Oil Company property
at the foot of Washington street and
will add this land to that of the old
Raritan Dry Dock Company property,
which was purchased about year
ago. At that time the James Shewan
& Sons Company of Brooklyn were
occupying the Raritan property, but
this concern has since moved away
so that the Perth Amboy firm might
start the work of building the fourth
largest dry dock yards on the Attain
tic Coast. The purchase price of the
Standard OIL Company property was
not made public.
Through the purchase of the Stan
dard Oil Company property the Perth
Amboy Dry Dock Company now has
frontage on Staten Island Sound of
1900 feet, the site extends from the
plant of the Roessler & Hasslacher
Chemical Company plant nearly up
to the lands OF the Atlantic Terra
Gotta Company. Many changes will
take place at the old Raritan docks,
the piers will be rebuilt, and consider
able dredging will be done, the ma
chine shop will be extended to twice
its present size and built of steel and
concrete.
Not only has the company made
big plans for the new yard, but the
present plant will also share in the
improvements. Large steel cranes
will be erected in both the new and
old plants to handle the heavy mate
rebuilt to considerable extent. The
company already owns the block
surrounded by Washington, Rector,
Front, Broad streets and will erect
new buildings on this property to
house the present boiler shop. black
smith shop, forge shop and plate
shop, thus making considerable more
room in the present plant.
The company also has the riparian
rights to the property just purchased
which was obtained before 1891.
| No new riparian rights have been
granted. The riparian rights at the
| foot of Washington street are owned
! by the. city and are now leased to the
! Perth Amboy and Tottenville Ferry
| Company, which concern plans to OPP
crate ferry between this city and
| Staten Island sometime in the future.
| When the new plans are in opera
| ton the company will employ force
| OF 1900 skilled persons. At the pres
ent time their employees number
| about $50.
A new 10000 ton dry dock, in three
sections, is now In course of construc-
| ton under the direction of Lockwood,
| Green and Company, engineers of New
York City, and will accommodate ves-
sci $50 feet long. 1t Is also proposed
to biuld a 5000 ton dock which will
take a vessel 45O feet long. The 10000
foot dock is being built by the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation and the
Perth Amboy Company pays the Cor
poration five per cent every SIX
months until the dock is paid for.
| which will take a period OF ten
years.
This means that the boats of the
United States Shipping Board or
which the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton is a part, will be sent to this CITY
for repairs. The new yard Will be
maintained practically for the re-
pair of steel vessels and will mean a
great boom for Perth Amboy In this
class of work. With the new docks
completed, the Perth Amboy Dry
Dock Company will be able to take
care and repair ninety-five per cent
of the shipping coming into New york
Harbor. The company expects TO
have the necessary improvements
made and the enlarged plants open
for business during February or
March.