Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-19

AAA1 ACtAtT ~GNluGnAly mAAC0 uU a we'll
cleaned city with a we'll planned city
and COMPOUNDED the present with the
future.
"A real city plan is not only a mar
or a picture, it is an arrangement of
a general correlated system OF arterial
streets, providing proper public facili-
ties. such as transportation, sewer.
light. gas, in such manner that the
future city, with time, normal growth
inc economic development will make
it a reality, a sort of a skeleton as laid
out today for our Perth Amboy of ten
or twenty years hence.
"A plan which in the development
of the harbor will also if possible pro-
vide adequate factory space so that
our proposed docks do not simply be-
come a transportation link of the
cargo from the steamer to the freight
car. but rather from the steamer TO
our Perth Amboy warehouses or fac
tories, providing work for high class
mechanics and THEN for distribu-
ton to the world as finished goods.
THE city plan should also take in
to consideration taxable values and
the possibility of creating greater val
ues for purpose of just revenue. !
could continue on Indefinitely on what
a city plan should be. 1t is really only
confined or limited by the amount of
money our city feel they a equitably
spend to have an expert delve into
these problems for us. This Is q u
matter for anyone but must be done
by an expert organization. 1t must
be done properly Or it should not be
done at all.
THE Board of Trade City Planning
Committee was appointed to look in-
to this important matter and report
on It. I now understand hat His
Honor. Mayor Dorsey and the Board
of Aldermen are investigating the adj
visibility of forming a city plan com
mission, under h Board of Alder
men.
TT is my idea and I believe that
this Is concurred in by the members,
that haste should be made slowly.
Study the matter very carefully-de-
bate and digest over the subject and
spread the work, and expense over a
period of several years-many things
may happen in two years-the reloca-
ton of a new bridge over the Raritan
and the annexation of the greater part
of Woodbridge (Fords) are both pos
sible.
1T have been asked by many peo-
pie what a comprehensive city plan
would cost and / am frank to say that
/ do not know, so cannot answer. 1t
depends entirely upon our wants. i
believe 1t woul be reasonable to say
about 1000 to $4,000 carried over
two years would show splendid re-
suits. and when you gentlemen con-
slider the tremendous amount of
! money received for taxes in this city,
1t would not be too much to pay this
sum on a two year period to become
reasonably certain that you would
spend this large sum for improve
ments, which are permanent and
which we will not have to undo in
fifteen or twenty years.
I'm conclusion may 1 read a clipping
which l have taken from the Niagara
Falls Citizen on his subject:
A VANISHED Job.
There is nj royal road to city
/ planning. Hardly anything that a city
could undertake will more vitality af-
feet the welfare, prosperity and hap
piness of future generations. The
responsibility that attaches to it is
the most important duties that con-
fronts a city. and it should be under
taken in all seriousness, with an earn
est desire to accomplish the best in
the shortest time and in a way that
will stand the test of time. II done
in a desultory, unsystematic and slip
shod manner, it will cause great waste
and endless difficulties in years ia
come, but If carried out in a work
manlike and with true fore
sight and vision, it will be the most
striking contribution that the citizens
| of today can make to the welfare OF
those of tomorrow"
Following Mr.. Olsen's talk on City
Planning. the secretary, f. E. Hilton
made a few and then Johr
Pfeiffer was called upon for the clos
ing address.
Mr.. Pfeiffer spoke on the subject
us He congratulated the o
of Trade on the forums and a they
were we'll worth the price of the
membership. He dwelt for some time
on the work of the Board of Trade
and told how important they had
been found in England and other
countries of Europe and how the
United States is just beginning to un-
derstand their work and worth. He
| informed the members hat the
Board of Trades work today consist
ed in a great extent in keeping busi-
ness posted as to what is going on
throughout the business world.
He spoke of the fine cities of South
America and of the opportunity of
| Perth Amboy to do business with
these cities if the harbor is made
| suitable to the large vessels to dock
here. He recalled the trip the city
officials and representatives of the
Board of Trade had made with Mr..
Nixon and urged the members to
back him up in his efforts for a deep
err channel. He told how necessary 1t
is for the Board of Trade to have a
big membership, so that they can be
properly represented at Trenton when
some bill of interest to the city is be-
ing discussed, and said h a the men
must respond to the S. o. s. signal
when it is sent out.
In the course of his talk Mr.. Pfeif-
fer told of the time, money and ex-
penses Mr.. MadSen has given to
make the Board of Trade successful
and said, "I take my la off to Mad
sen, the best president the Board of
Trade has ever had. The call upon
him and the secretary a been great
and they are both capable men, said
the speaker. He called attention to
the fact hat Mr.. Madsen was doing
his work from a sense of public duty
and as a citizen of Perth Amboy, Of
which you and I are a part. 1T Is
not often we get such men president
of the Board Of Trade. I was presi-
and / could not do one-tenth of
the work Madsen is doing. He is a
man at the helm who we are going
to stick behind, make him president
as long as he will nave It" said the
speaker amid great applause.
In concluding his talk MI. Pfeiffer
told of the Perth Amboy of yesterday
year. when the city only had n
school with $50 students to the pres
ent time, with many schools and be-
tween 10, 900 and IL, 900 pupils. w
all love Perth Amboy, we all have
faith in Perth Amboy; don't let that