Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-11-07
NEW YORK AS we'll AS
THIS STATE TO PUSH
WORK FOR THE CANAL
State Chamber Of Commerce
Give Waterway Project Great
Boost at Newark Meeting.

The New Jersey Federation of state
Chamber of Commerce, at its sixth an
nual convention In the Newark Board
of Trade rooms yesterday discussed
and acted upon the New Jersey Intra-
Coastal Ship Canal project at the eve
ming session. Among the speakers In
favor of the canal from Morgan on
the Raritan to Bordentown on the
Delaware were Mayor Donnelly. OF
Trenton and Senator Hammond.
Not only was the project acted upon
by the New Jersey organization, but
at the monthly meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce Of the state of New
York, which also met yesterday, this
organization went on record favoring
the project A resolution was drawn
up and presented by Delos w. Cooke,
chairman of the Committee on Inter-
nal Trade and Improvement of the
chamber, and was adopted. after a
sharp debate and opposition on the
part of Judge Charles F. MacLean.
Speaking before the New Jersey
Chamber, Mayor Donnelly of Trenton,
urged the chamber to act on this issue
Immediately, as the prospectus Cor the
proposed waterway Is at present in
the hands of the River and Harbor
Commission, which has recommended
the plan as being not only feasible but
certain to help enormously in the de-
NHlOpLuGIlb Ol JllS bldlc.
Valuable in Defense
Senator Hammond declared that
the canal would not only be god
send to New Jersey, but would tend
to develop trade relations between
the northern and southern states sit
uated along the seaboard, through
the connection of the four great At
lantic ports, Boston, New York. Phil
adelphia and Baltimore. The fact
that the network of canals already
existing in neighboring states will be
of the greatest protective benefit to
the navy in the event of future hos
tilities, only IL the New Jersey canal
is comrkleiu1. was pointed out by the
senataNasl
S. Tor Hannond estimated the
cost of the canal a3S%2 ,0OO,0O0. "A
motion was drawn upSS Secretary
Schoff, Philadelphia, calf =sn. ~
legislature to grant an appropriately 9
sufficient to permit of the fmm mediate
work as a preliminary nature. The
motion was carried unanimously.
The chamber decided to invite the
Deep Waterways Commission to hold
its annual convention in Newark
next year, with a view to having
members of the commission investt-
gate the proposed route and passing
Judgment on the advisabiiity of con-
struction at an early date.
In opposing the adoption of the
resolution favoring the building or q
sea level ship canal from Morgan 10
Bordentown across the State OF New
Jersey, before the Chamber of Com
merce of the State of New York yes
terday, Judge MacLean asserted that
the construction of such canal
would mean the loss of q great deal
of revenue to New York as there
would be q large number or snips
pass directly through the port of New
York, which depends for a great part
of its revenue from the transshipment
of merchandise and other freights at
this terminal point. The resolution
however, was adopted over Judge
MacLean's opposition. The report OF
the canal committee read:
THE United States Army engineers
have recommended, and the Secre-
tary of War has submitted, thelr
recommendations to congress tnat
canal be constructed across the state
of New Jersey from Morgan, on the
Raritan bay, to Bordentowns on the
Delaware river, q distance of about
thirty-two miles. The State of new
Jersey has already committed ltselr
to an appropriation of $l,ooe,oou lor
the acquisition of right or way anu
passed appropriate Legislation max.
ing it possible to cede the right OF
way So acquired to the federal gov
ernment, -,
1T is expected that congress Will
act on the proposal in tie rivers ana
harbors bill at the regular session
convening in December; ana your
Committee on Internal Trade ana
improvements has taken under con-
sideration this project. A member Of
the committee attended a hearing be-
fore the New York, New Jersey. Port
and Harbor Development Commission
held in the City Hall on October ~.
This hearing was called to consider
the New Jersey ship canal proJect,
ri1 ,r9s largely attended. Sentiment
Ulae unanimously in favor of the con-
sfruction of the canal, the only differ
ences being in respect to engineering
details. o>
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