Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-11
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URGING HARBoR DEVELOPMENT.

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URGING HARBOR DEVELOPMENT.
Real progress was made at the hear
tng before engineers Of the Var De-
rartment in New York Monday. Perth
L.nboy was put squarely on the maj
end the officials were made to realize
the importance of this port. The
argument was along the right line,
TOO. Emphasis was placed on the
channel up the bay from Sandy Hook
When all Is said and done, this Is the
one big project for Perth Amboy.
The ship canal, of course is I'M
portant and means much for the city.
II Is highly desirable that we ave q
deeper channel up the river to New
Brunswick. Staten Island sound
could be improved to the advantage of
ell the towns and cities fronting there
en-. But before any of these in i'm
r~ortance to Perth Amboy is the main
channel connecting the local harbor
With the open sea. This is the city's
front door; it connects Perth Amboy
direct with the outside world.
To get the full value of the ship
oana it must be possible for vessels
tlgaged in foreign commerce to come
direct to Perth Amboy where the car
goes may be transferred for shipment
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20 other parts. Likewise it ought to
he possible to bring tho products OF
various sections of the country here
TO be loaded on the ocean steamships
for shipment abroad. None of these are
possible If we do not have a channel
UP the bay deep enough to float vessels
r. beavy draft. without sue a
channel the vessels will have to go
elsewhere and much of the commerce
passing through the ship canal will
go by Perth Amboy to the port where
the terminals are located.
As far as the channel up the river is
concerned, it's usefulness is limited to
such vessels as can enter the river.
Staten Island sound already has a deep
channel although not deep enough
hat 1t can be entered by the large
Vessels only from the other end. This
crives ships away from Perth Amboy
end into New York proper.
But it is for the development or
Perth Amboy II immediate vicinity
trat the channel up the bay is needed
Industries already located here are
seriously handicapped. Only the
smaller draft vessels can be used to
rcing raw materials here from Tr1ni-
cad and South America. When larger
vessels are used the cargo has to be
srartly unloaded down the bay. 1t
would be q big economy If the larger
vessels could be used. but In order to
realize this economy it must be pos
.etble for such vessels to proceed all the
Nay to the wharves of the industry
where they are to loa or unload.
Not only would present industries
Il eneft, IL new concerns would locate
II this vicinity once the water facilities
ere adequate. The key to the whole
situation is the channel up the bay.
We fully realize that too much can
not be expected Of these hearings such
rs was held in New York Monday
There have been many such hearings
Iafore, but they seem to be a necessary
yart of the red tape that has to be
zone through with before congress
VIII act. OF course, there must be an
o1d 10 them some time. Having pass
od through that stage everything will
he ready to proceed. At least, these
hearings are not to be ignored. They
rive us an opportunity to press home
the needs of this port and the more
prominence We can give it the better
the chances are TO have something
Gone.
Perth Amboy, however, must be
prepared to do its part in the way OF
Iarbor development. Their is nothing
that carries more weight with the fed
oral government than the fact that the
city is preparing to make full use OF
such development as the government
provides Here is where we get back
10 the city plan idea. The sooner we
can get an expert busy along this
Inc laying out a greater Perth Amboy
with bridge approaches. railroad
terminals and waterfront development,
the sooner will Perth Amboy be pre-
Pared to go ahead with the big pro-
iscts that are either und way or
EeIng contemplated.
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