Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-11
Sees RaTitan River Lined
With Docks and WharVes
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NSOhNAAIoCo " Ra6
with a channel of sufficient depth to
permit vessels of large draught to
reach his docks the development will
be rapid.
At present the Nixon plant is in a
state of disintegration. At the begin
ming of the war 1t was engaged in
the manufacture OF ~gun-cotton for
the Allies. Today the machinery for
making ~gun-cotton Is being dismantl-
ed and taken away. Part of the plant
is now engaged in making a substance
called Nixonoide very similar to cellu-
loid. But the hundreds of acres lying
IDLE and all owned by Mr.. Nixon bore
out his statement that he had in con-
temptation a great terminal there
similar to what the government has
erected, only for general commerce,
as soon as the water facilities would
permit.
One of the main things commented
on was the need of deep water direct
from the mouth of the Raritan down
the bay to Sandy Hook. This in Mr..
Nixon's opinion, should be at least
thirty-fve feet. Once this was real
lied the awful congestion and the UNI
necessary Tightening. now required in
New York harbor could be done away
with by coming up the Raritan to this
port. He suggested that steps be talk
en- at once to interest the grain ship
pers of the West in Perth Amboy as
a port. The advantages of being able
| to run freighters right up along side
the dock where the grain cars would
| be loaded direct into the vessel would
mean a saving of several trips a year
( cro the ocean and at the present
rate this would mean a small for
tune.
About the future of Perth Amboy
Mr.. Nixon had no doubt. All that is
needed is men of vision, he said. and
| determination to take the most adj
vantage of the wonderful water facil-
tiles that are available all along the
Raritan river to S~ayreville and even to
| New Brunswick.
Where there is a biS bend in the
river at Sayreville Mr.. Nixon proposes
to dig a canal through rs he owns
most of the meadows which makes Up
the bend. With this canal through
the river its course would be straight,
shortening the trip to New Brunswick
considerably and greatly adding to the
facilities of the Nixon holdings.
While Mr.. Nixon said he saw
great future for both sides of the
river, he favored the north side be-
cause of the three great railroad sys'
TENS, the Pennsylvania, h Lehigf
Valley and the New Jersey Contra,
that could be tapped there.
After gong down the river as Ial
as Keasbey the trip was made back
around the Sayreville bend past the
factories of Sayre e. Fisher Company
to the dock of the sand company alsC
controlled by Mr.. Nixon. Here sew
eral boats were loading, n being
steam canal boat.
The great possibilities of the Rari'
tan were greatly impressed upon al
who made the trip and there is every
reason to believe that the claim o.
the Raritan river for more and larger
appropriations on the part of con
gress will be pressed. The idea wa.
suggested that all the municipalities
on the river. including New Bruins
wick. unite in an effort to push thu
development of. the waterway. 1
would mean the investment of mil
lions of dollars in this vicinity an6
would bring hundreds of industries
to this section.