Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-09
CALL THIS CITY
'4TH GREATEST
!. PORT ON COAST
Organization Meeting Of AssO-
citation Held in This City
TO REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR
Exports and Imports for This
Port Amount to $4,000
900 for the Past Year

L
the Board of Pilotage Commissioners
of New Jersey for the year ending
October 81, 1919, which was read at
t the monthly meeting of the commits
sioners here yesterday, was claim
that Perth Amboy is classed as fourth
greatest port of Revenue on the At
lantic coast. New York, Boston and
Philadelphia are the only ports which
surpass this The exports and i'm
lports coming in and going from this
II port exceeds $17.o00,000 this year.
! The report. as is customary. is
made ont to Governor William Run
lyon and the Legislature of the state
of New Jersey, and embodied therein
Is an abstract of the boards proceed
! ings OF the year just ended, together
with the statement of the number OF
pilots in commission. the numbe. or
vessels taken in and out Of Sandy
Hook by them and recomm mendation5
on observations in relation to the sys-
| tenn of pilotage and essential improve
ments.
| Among the changes made by the
1 board was that of the service OF ap-
premiership, requiring the applicant
| to serve three months in the Harbors
| in order to acquaint himself with the
inside channels, docking and undock-
| ing of vessels, etc. was changed to SIX
months. Another change was that OF
the retireSnent of Sandy Hook pilots at
the age Of seventy years, which Is for
the best interest ef the system.
ference 1o T5fe adsScatfon OF deeper
| waterways in Princess and Raritan
/ Bays, and better facilities for larger
vessels to navigate in and out of said
ports via Sandy Hook. The manu-
| featuring interests have progressed SO
as to increase the commercial trafac
| to such an extent, the report reads, as
| to warrant navigation for larger
ships to meet the demands of trade;
at the present time we have only
| nineteen feet of water in the Princess
bay Channel incoming from Sandy
! Hook to Perth Amboy. 1t Is obvious
| that such a depth is entirely made
'quate to meet the present day re-
lquirements of navigation in said wa
ters, and needs attention and action at
the earliest possible moment.
| The board recommends that instead
of proceeding with the improvement
of the old channel and Princess Bay,
to dredge a new channel from South
| west Spit Buoy, a point in the main
channel near Sandy Hook, the chan
mel to be In straight line from said
spit buoy to Buoy s, which lies at the
entrance to the Amboy channels; this
/
wide. The guides from sea to 1be
range light on the New Jersey shore
In connection with the great Beds
Light and is going to sea range light
on Sandy Hook. Also recommended
by the Board is that the funds ap-
propriated for the improving of the
old channels in Prince Bay and Rari-
tan Bay he applied to the new chan
mel, as recommended above, thereby
| Ii, CT o. 1t tar nd
route for navigation in these waters.
/ Another improvement which the
board urges strongly Is that of the
| dredging and widening of the chan
mel to the north of Shooters Island;
the old channel to the south of
Shooter Island Is a very dangerous
| affair, being so congo sted at times
as to cause many serious accidents.
| The accomplishment of the proposed
| Improvement to the north of Shooter
Island would then permit of the
/ north and south channels being used
as one way channels. AS the above
Improvement has been recommended
by the River and Harbor Committee
and passed by congress the board
recommends that action be pushed
| as speedily as possible for the pro-
lection of marine property.
The report shows that in 1914 the
imports here amounted to S6,753, ,032
| ana the exports 9G,Iot,I III, Wnlle the
1919 records show that imports
amounted to s14.2ss.616 and the ex-
ports S3,221,S8S
The following pilots having passed
the age of sixty years. appeared be-
fore the board for extension of IL
cense and having duly passed the
necessary examinations as to color,
sight and hearing. were granted
same: Marcus A Carr, Edward p.
Nichols. Allen M. Beebe and John r.
| Hall.
The number and kind of vessels
piloted in the last year were as fol-
lows: Inward, 2,367 steamships. Z
ships, % barks, "a schooners. Out
ward, 2,347 steamships, ships, 26
| barks and 76 schooners.
The retired pilots are Richard
Behrnes, Thomas Burnett, Hiram
Treat and Nathan Wood.
Mention was made that the pilot
| boats New York and Sandy Hook,
one stationed at Sandy Hook and
| one at New York, do very valuable
service outside their regular line of
| duties.
| The members who comprise the
| Board of Commissioners of Pilotage
! of New Jersey are: Benjamin Van
| Note, president; William T. Cox, sec
! rotary; Alfred b. Devlin, Thomas
| Goldingay, s. ID. Hadly and John
| Predmore.