Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-20
wATER DEPARTMENT SHOWS THE WAY

WATER DEPARTMENT SHOWS ID hAf
Perth Amboy has a striking example of the value OF a plan OF
municipal development in the work done by the Board OF water o
misaOners when that body engaged an expert engineer to investigate
the available water supply for Perth Amboy and plan for the tut"re
development of the entire water system
Tho services Of this expert cost the city a great deal OF money
lint anyone familiar with the results of his work will admit that the
monev w a well spent. Not only has all doubt been removed as to
the hest sonrce of obtaining water for the city, but a definite plan mas
been laid ont for future development that will serve a population many
times greater than the city now has. As a result of this plan the water
board can proceed intcuigently from year to year. adding untS as
they sre needed and developing the water system of the city with the
ultimate outcome always in view.
This plan of the water system provides not only for the pig reSer
yOir at Kinsey Corner, so planned that it can be built in sections as the
needs of the city require, but it maps out the future water supply OIL
the city following the South river watershed with several other stor-
age reservoirs as far south as the vicinity OF JamesDurg' PUMPING
stations. feed lines and water mains are provided for in exact proper
ton to the demands that will be made as the system grows" III en-
.ables the water board to proceed step by step knowing exactly what
they are doing and with the assurances that each step taken VIII nj
in properly with the whole system for many years to come.
This is intelligent, high class work. It's spending the taxpayers
money in a way that brings the best results. What is done is perma-
nent There is no haphazard method of building today to be torn u
and reconstructed tomorrow. It is working according to a plan that
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every conceivable problem that might arise.
What has been done for the water department ought to be done
for the city S a whole. If it is advantageous for the water depart
ment to have a definite plan for the development of the water sys-
Ten showing the source of supply for years to come, providing Tor
reservoirs. pipe lines and water mains adequate to supply the city
for many years to come, how much more advantageous IS 1t Tor the
city a a whole to have a plan for its development. showing the loca-
lions Of docks and terminals. parks and boulevards, trolley lines and
railroaas- union station and municipal buildings? New streets, when
laid out. should intersect at right angles and there should be a build
ing line beyond which no structures can extend.
All of these things can be provided for in a comprehensive city
plan. inst as every detail of construction for the water system has been
provided for in the plan that the water board has had drawn for it to
follow. Then, indeed, can Perth Amboy proceed with its develop
ment with the assurance that as it grows it will become a real city IN
every sense of the word. There will be no necessity of tearing down
at great expense structures that have been erected where the future
will show they ought MOTTO be.
Every suggestion that can be made for the citys development
telligently how one improvement will affect another, as all are closely
related in the working out of the whole.
A plan for the entire city like the plan that has been prepared Ion
the water department would mean the saving of millions of dollars fl
the taxpayers in the future, just as the plan for the water system
means a vast saving in that important branch of municipal work.
Any city that faces the development that confronts Perth Am
boy within the next few years, such as the great New York harbo
development, the ship canal across the state and a million doLa
bridge. across the Raritan,. not to mention the parks and other pure.
beal projects, ought by all means to have a plan to go by.