Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-05
Members Of The Associated Press.
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A FRIENDLY CAMPAIGN

Herbert are carrying on for the
Republican congressional nomination
this fall. While not conducting a
series of debates exactly. they often
appear on the same platform at
Republican gatherings. each one
making his appeal for support. 1t
is seldom that a campaign OF this
sort is carried on by rival candi-
dates. The friendly feeling that has
thus developed between the two has
added 10 the popularity of both.
Men who can earnestly oppose one
another in a campaign in such a
broad and fair-minded manner can
not help but win admiration.
Judging from the remarks of
these two candidates they stand for
practically the same things. Mr..
Herbert, due to his activity as a
former member of the State High
way Commission. lays special en-
phasis on the construction of ma
tional highways. especially for truck
trafic. This is q mighty strong
argument for we here in New Jer-
sey, and especially in Middlesex
county, know what it is to have orr
roads that cost so much money
worn out by the heavily loaded auto
trucks running on schedule time be-
tween New York and Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Harrisburg and other
cities beyond our borders.
Mr.. Appleby's argument for a
tunnel under Raritan bay from
Toftenviiie to South Amboy which
he made at a meeting in South
Amboy Monday night, and his fav-
oring another from Tottenville to
Perth Amboy, is a little far-fetched.
we cannot help but wonder if, when
he goes to Keyport, he also urges a
unnel from Staten Island to that
lace, too. At a time when it Is
rext to impossible to get a tunnel
built under the Hudson between
Jersey City and New York where
tie traffic is a hundred times great
err than here, it is hardly to be
expected that a tunnel under Staten
Island sound between either Of the
Amboys and T%ottenville will be
realized in this generation at least.
Mr.. Appleby is also unfortunate
in advocating the widening and
deepening Of the Delaware & Rari-
tan canal, stating. according to the
account of the South Amboy meet
ing. hat while he favors the intra-
coastal ship canal across the state
from Morgan to Bordentown, he
did not think the time opportune to
construct such a waterway.
In the first place. IL is impossible
to deepen the Delaware & Raritan
canal because Of the viaduct at
trenton where the waterway is car
ried over the main line of the
pennsylvania railroad. The clear
ance for the trains under this via
duct is hardly SUFFICIENT now n It
Is impossible to lower the tracks
because they would then be lower
tban the Assanpink creek, which
flows alongside the railroad at this
point and which. even with the
tracks at their present grade some
times overfiows It's banks and ties
up trafic.
This and many other reasons
make II impracticable to develop
ne present canal across the state
There is great need. however Tor
the ship canal and the third con
~ress,onal district certainly want a
renvesentative at Washington who
nas ouly believes in it. but who vii
work theoretically for it all the
tlme.
both Mr. Appleby and Mr.
uerbert are o the development 81
Paritan bay and river and. after
Ill. this is the one big project tina
counts most here. Give us the deep
er channel up the bay from SANDY
hook and then on up the river q
<sw brunswick and the future O.
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