Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-03-02
C|TYSETSPACE
FOR WATERWAY
Jean Du Bois Temporary Head
Of New Association
MEETING AT COUNTY SEAT
Resolutions. Adopted. Last
Niqht In First Actual Step
for Deeper Waterway to
New Brunswick
MEETING At COUNTY SEAT

A temporary organization for the
Raritan Terminal and Waterways AS
sociation was adopted last night at a
meeting of about forty interested mu-
nicipal official and industrial mana
gers and superintendent held in the
New Brunswick city hall.
Jean Dubois of this city, who mas
been Perth Amboy's delegate to va
rious rivers, harbors and deeper wa
terways conventions, was unanimously
elected temporary president. zen
vice presidents were named, they pc
Ing: w. Parker Runyon, Mayor
Frank Dorsey, Albert Leon, of Perth
Mayor Frank V. Gordon of South
Amboy; Charles A. Bloomfield, OF
Metuchen George L. Burton, of South
River; Mayor John j. Quald, of Sayre-
Vile; +. f. Conolly of Midtown; and
Mayor John ]. Morrison, OF New
Brunswick; c. S. Atkinson. OF New
Brunswick, was made secretary ana
treasurer. and Fred E. Hilton, OF TINS
city. assistant secretary and treasurer
A Board of Directors of nine mem
bers was named, consisting OF =; H.
Blood, of Highland Park; !. I. Mad
sen, of this city; Robert Carson, OIL
New Brunswick; j. A. Piquet, OF
South Amboy; N. G. Vreeland, or
Metuchen; C. w. Kuhlthau, of Mill
town: C. A. Mccormick, of New
Brunswick, and Robert W. johnson.
of Highland Park.
The meeting was presided over py
Mayor Morrison, of New BrunsWlck,
until the election of officers had been
completed when Mr. Dubois took the
chair. Several resolutions were OF
fered by Secretary Atkinson anu
unanimously adopted.
These resolutions were considered
while a committee of five, CONSISTING
of Fred E. Hilton, Il. i. Blood, Robert
Carson, Stanhope Nixon ana Mao
John J, Quad, named by acting Chalr-
man Morrison, was in session to oe-
eide upon a constitution for perman-
ent organization. Owing to the lack
OF time this committee could not CON-
plete It's work but temporary constl-
tuition was offered by them, ana
adopted, which shall be used until
permanent one has been drawn up. rms
committee suggested the names OF the
associations officers.
Tho first resolution to be passed
was the following:
Resolved, That the Raritan Termi=
nal and Waterways Association faVors
the extension of the proposed belt
line railroad alorg the waterways OF
New Jersey 20 Perth Amboy to afford
better facilities for the interchange
of freight between the various sys-
TENS that such q belt line would In
terest, and also it. favors tho deepen
ing OF of the channels of Raritan bay
and Raritan river. The organization
is hereby pledged to cooperate with
the various bodies engaged IN the
Improvement of the waterways OF
northern New Jersey or those seeking
to relieve the congestion of the New
York harbor, and 1t stands ready to
cooperate with <ths Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association in connection
with any plan that will affect this
Part Of the state"
Owing to the fact that the report
on the Raritan river survey, printed
in House document No. 1341, of the
third session o. the sixty second con-
gress, provides for ffteen-foot
channel up the Raritan as far as
Sayreville and ten feet from that
place to New Brunswick, instead OF
/ fifteen feet the entire distance, as
was expected, a resolution was pass
ed asking for a examination of the
report tho association believing that
consideration of the prospective traf-
fic in the near future will show the
importance of further deepening the
channel of the Raritan river to New
Brunswick as soon as practicable.
Another resolution was passed
favoring section three of the III. R
bill No. 1892 which repeals the limit
of cost in placing contracts Tor the
work of deepening the waterways as
The retention of this provision might
indefinitely delay the placing of con-
tracts for dredging work owing to
the continued high cost Of labor and
materials.
The next matter brought before
the meeting was that of assembly
bill No. 205, section of which makes
It impossible for a municipality 1c
obtain waterfront and dock property
by condemnation. AS New Brunswick
is now facing a condition where con-
demnation proceedings are necessary
In order to provide for municipal
dock, and because of the POSSIBILITY
Of other municipalities along the
Raritan being faced by similar condi-
tions in the future, a resolution was
passed opposing the passage OF TINS
bill. 1t was decided to send copy
of this resolution to the chairman ol
the committee on municipal corpor'
ations of the assembly and also the
senate.
Many reports have been prevalent
recently of the intention of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company to aban-
don the Delaware and Raritan canal
between New Brunswick and Trenton
and after some discussion the associa-
ton last night adopted a resolution
opposing this abandonment as the
closing of this waterway would result
great loss to the shipping of both
ties and curtail the shipping facilities
Of many towns to that of rail trans
portation only. 1t was decided that a
copy of this resolution should be sent
to the Public Utility Commission of
New Jersey and to the Trenton Cham
ber of Commerce to indicate the in
terest of the communities on the
Raritan river or adjacent thereto. as
we'll as the opposition of the associa-
tion to any scheme which would be
detrim entail to the shipping facilities
of the state.
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