Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-10-21
ENLIST AID
IN CANAL.
ACTION
Not a Dissenting Voice Against
Waterway at N. YIN. J. Port
and HarbOr Commission Meet
Ing City Represented and
Encouraged.

Not dissenting voice was heard
yesterday at the conference of the
New York, New Jersey Port and Har-
Dor Development Commission in the
New York city hail. on the question
of building an intra- coastal ship canal
from Morgan on the Raritan to Bor-
dentown on the Delaware. Represen-
tatives were present from various
j municipalities in this state, Philadel-
phial and New York. Addresses were
made by B. F. Gresson, Jr., consulting
engineer; General Lagdon represent
ling the engineering department of the
Army and Navy; Congressman Moore
candidate for mayor of Phila., Mayor
Donnelly, of Trenton; Assem- blyman
Warner. of Union County; Senator
Thomas Brown, representing Perth
Amboy and Mr.. Smith an officer of
the New York Chamber of Commerce
William r. WILCOX, one of the
chairman of the New York Commits
sion presided at the conference. The
other comm issioners present were:
| Eugene III. Outerbridge, Ex-Congress-
man Murray Hubert, George w
| Goethals, chief consulting engineer; j.
Spencer Smith and Dewitt Van Bus
kirk
The first speaker was B. F. Cres-
son, Jr., consulting engineer. He
told of the general purpose of the ca
so far by the United States govern
ment in the intra coastal water ways
were complete from Boston to South
Carolina, except for the small stretch
extending from Morgan on the Rari-
tan, to Bordentown on the Delaware.
He said that at this time a sea level
canal twenty-five feet deep by 125
bottom width would cost forty five
million dollars and that a lock canal
twelve foot deep would cost approx
imately thirty million dollars.
The next speaker was General Lag
don, who Is now connected with the
Second Division of the Engineering
Department of the Army and Navy.
He was spoken of as the engineer
of the United Stg!es government who
will represent thL government in case
the canal is constructed. within the
immediate future. General Lagdon
spoke very favorably of the project,
both from practical and engineering
standpoint.
Congressman Moore spoke in favor
Philadelphia, also spoke in favor of
of project and gave brief summary
of the history of the work of the At
lantic Deeper Water Ways Associa-
ton, towards the completion of the
Intra Coastal Water Ways along the
Atlantic coast. He also pointed out
that the missing link of the compile
ton of the national project under
discussion, was a canal from Morgan
on the Raritan to Bordentown on the
Delaware.
Mayor Donnelly, of Trenton, also
spoke along the same line as Con-
gresham Moore.
Assemblyman Arthur Warner of
Union County addressed the meeting
as did Assemblynan Pierson who rep
resented the Governor of the State of
New Jersey
Senator Thomas Brown appeared
for the City of Perth Amboy as we'll
as the New Jersey Intra-Coastal Ship
Canal Association. He brought very
forcibly to the attention of the joint
commissioners and the delegates pres
| ent that New Jersey and all of its po-
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