Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-05
EAyoRs BRIDGE MEMORIAL.

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The suggestion of the EVENING
NEWS that the new state highway
bridge acros the Raritan river be
made a state memorial to the New
/ Jersey boys who fought in the World
War Is beginning to attract state
wide attention. A few days 6 we
published a letter from State Engineer
Thompson heartily endorsing the pro-
lject. Today we have a letter from
John w. Herbert Jr., chairman of the
State Highway Commission, who also
sees in the bridge an excellent oppor-
itunity for a suitable state memorial.
Like State Engineer Thompson, Mr..
Herbert points out the increasing i'm
,portance of this structure, the largest
In the state and linking North Jer-
sey with South Jersey on the main
state highway hat connects the great
cities just over our borders with the
famous Jersey coast resorts.
Further endorsement of the project
is given by the Hudson Dispatch in
the following editorial published in
that prominent Hudson county news
paper on Friday:
"The Perth Amboy Evening News
proposes, and very appropriately, too,
that the new bridge which the State
and Federal government are to build
l~across the Raritan from Perth Amboy
ito South Amboy be put up as a
memorial bridge to the soldiers of
New jersey who lost their lives in the
World War.
1.-The bridge is TO cost between 49,
OOO, 600 and $4,000, 600. 1t will be the
Longest span of any bridge within the
borders of the State, It will be a bridge
,centrally located almost midway be-
Tween the northern and southern
iparts of the State, and it will be a
structure that will be a credit to the
Estate.
"As a matter of utility 1t would be
la fine type of memorial, as a matter
lof beauty 1t will be worthy the fine
boys in whose memory it is proposed
Ito dedicate 1t, and as a matter of ex-
Inhibition 1t will be a connecting link
lon a highway that will be travelled
leach year by thousands upon thous-
lands of people. not only from New
Jersey, but from almost every part OF
1.-THE country.
1T would be difficult to imagine
any objection to the memorial plan
while on the other hand II would be
a very fine thing to rave a structure
stand as a permanent memorial tc
the fallen soldiers from New jersey
1t is significant that the publishers
of the Hudson Dispatch is Secretary
of State Thomas L. Martin while the
managing editor is Haddon WINS, &
former resident of this city who Il
well remembered by residents o
seventeen or eighteen years g as
local newspaper reporter and manage
iof the once famous Marion baseball
team.
Only the slightest consideration
necessary to realize the feasibility o
making this state highway bridge
state memorial. AS the Hudson Dis
patch well says. lit would be Difficult
10 imagine any objection to tn
memorial plan. while on the othe
hand, it would be a very fitting thin
to have such a structure stand as
lpermanent memorial to the falle'
'fsoldiers of New Jersey"
A bridge that will cost $~2,5o0.00
going to be no insignificant structure
Being so located that it will be see
land used by thousands of Jerseyme'
and nonresident tourists every yeai
it could easily be made a thing o
,beauty and something of which tn
state might well feel proud.