Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-12
APPROVAL IS VOICED FOR
new JERSEY SHIP CANAL
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urged the construction of the canal
SO that produce could be shipped to
New York and the eastern markets
in quicker time and stated that il the
canal had been in operation last year,
when New York was at the point of
starvation, because of the CONNECTION
of freight. supplies could have been
shipped into the city at once.
] As most Of the other reasons for
the canal had been dwelt upon by
the other speakers, President Dubois
confined himself to a few remarks
urging the construction of a twenty
five foot sea level canal. but If this
is impossible at this time, to build
the proposed twelve foot canal. as
TINS is better than none. In closing
he presented the following resolution
which had been passed by the Ter
minal and Waterway Association.
Resolved, That we strongly urge
upon congress the incorporation of
the next river and harbor bill of n
provision to approve the project for
a modern waterway across the state
of New Jersey, as surveyed by the
army engineers, and to accept from
the state of New Jersey the right of
way for that waterway. as stipulated
by the army engineers and pledged
by that state. There now exist free
public waterways from the Great
Lakes and Narragansett Bay TO New
York harbor and Raritan bay, and
from the sounds of North Carolina
to the head of navigation on the
Delaware river. To bring these two
systems into communication new
construction across New Jersey is es-
sential. The industrial area to be
served is one of the busiest and most
important in the world. and the i'm
~portance of safe communication be-
tween the navy yards from Norfolk
to Boston is self-evident."
Representatives from the Bronx
Board of Trade. Merchants Associa-
ton of New York, The New York
Products Association. greensboro
Chamber of Commerce, Staten Is
land Chamber of Commerce, c. S.
Atkinson. secretary of the Raritan
Terminal and Waterway Association
all spoke in favor of the canal.
There were two persons who
spoke not against the project, but
not in favor of it. The first was
bridge engineer of the State High
way Commission who was concerned
about the bridges hat would be
built over the canal and the other
was a representative of the Public
Service Company who was concern.
ed about their tracks crossing the
waterway.
1t is figured that the original es-
innate of the cost of the canal,
which were about $4,000, 900, prob
ably will be doubled under present
conditions. but the canal will pay
ever at those figures, according TO
the evidence introduced at the meet
ing. The present estimate calls for a
twelve foot channel. but this will be
deepened eventually, so hat large
vessels car be taken through the
canal.
Freight rates will be lowered, and
there will be no possibility of a food
shortage in New York due to bad
weather or strikes. Water will b.
furnished from the higher levels of
the Delaware river and power will
be generated for lighting and oper-
ating the machinery of the canal.
The i~ntercoastal system will elimi-
nate the dangers and expense of out
side sea traffic. In ten years there
were $500 disasters on the Atlantic
seaboard. with a loss of 1000 human
lives and a cargo and ship loss of
s3S. 000. 600, all of which the inter.
coastal canal system is expected to
obviate. The completion of the New
Observation-Disclosures link will open up
1900 miles of canal for New York
trade.
New Jersey is to provide the right
of-way for the projected canal and
the expense of construction is to be
borne by the Federal government.
Another meeting in the interest of
The proposed canal is being held to-
day in the city hall at Philadelphia.
Senator Thomas Brown, president of
the New Jersey I~ntracoastal Water
way Association of this city, is at
tending this meeting.