Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-04-08
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More Members Are Added to
County Organization City
Well Represented at Session

considerable business was transact.
ed at a meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Raritan Terminal and
waterways Association held in the
New Brunswick city hall last night.
rive new associations were taken in
as members, they being the South
River Metuchen and Milltown Cham
pers OF commerce, and the Piscata-
way IoWn Improvement Association
There are now included in the mem
bership of the waterways association
elght civic organizations total
membership of about 1900 was re-
ported last night.
The directors last night took the
action necessary in making the tenn
porary Offices of the association per-
manent, Jean DBois of Perth Am
boy, presiding as president.
A schedule of membership fees
was adopted, being as follows: Indi-
Niduals not associated with any civic
BODY III annually: Chambers of Com
merce and Boards of Trade having
more than 200 members, S25; similar
organizations having less than 200
members. $40; corporations and in
dustrles $40; governing bodies of ci-
ties. $25; governing bodies OF bor-
oughs and county organizations So
Several honorary members were
taken into the association they being:
Assemblymen G. Raymond Lyons, +.
w. De Voc and Albert w. Appleby;
Spencer Smith, president of the Board
OF Commerce and Navigation; James
N. Stout, secretary of the Staten Is
iand Deeper Waterways Association.
ana Col. w. &. Longsett, a retired
member of the engineers corps
AS result of the action taken by
the Pennsylvania railroad In closing
the canal at New Brunswick every
Saturday at midnight and keeping It
closed for twentyfour hours a reso-
luton introduced by /. Il. Madsen, of
Perth Amboy, was passed protesting
TO the Public Utility Commission and
the pennsylvania railroad against this
action. The resolution states that
there Is no cessation in railroad
freight transportation over Sunday
and that such cutting off of traffic by
water Is detrimental to water ship
ping. one of the reasons for passing
this resolution was the recent estab-
llshment OF the new barge line from
New York to Baltimore which must
use the canal In making it's trips on
scheduled time. Copies Of the reso-
luton will also be sent to the Cham
bers of Commerce of New York, Jer-
sey City. Newark. Trenton, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore.
Congressman Thomas J. Scully was
made one of the vice presidents OF
the association and the eight direc-
tors at large were renamed so that
they now include: l.. Blood, of High
land Park; Robert Carson, of New
Brunswick; Daniel ]. Delaney, OF
South Amboy; C. w. Kuhlthau. OF
Milltown; C. A. Mccormick. of Mill
town; Robert Johnson. of Highland
Park; John Fritzinger, of Perth Am
boy; A Clayton Clark, of Perth Am
boy.
On May 26 there will be conduct
ed by mail county election for the
selection of nine more directors-at-
large. Those present from Perth Am
boy last night were: President Jean
Dubois. Albert Leon, /. It. Madsen
and Fred e. Hilton. New Brunswick
was represented by Robert Carson
and c. s. Atkinson.
A sketch was presenated at last
nights meeting Of a seal which it Is
proposed to use on all stationery. On
this stamp are portrayed the various
means of transportation, there being
a steamship, railroad train, automo-
bile truck and two airplanes.