Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-02
A REASONABLE PROPOSITION

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ing the proposed siding which the cable works
would like to build along side its building on the
east side of High street. Mr.. Marsh makes sew
eral strong points in regard to the siding and
what it will mean to the city.
There seems to be a decided misunderstood
ing regarding this application of the cable
works, or else there is a deliberate attempt
to deceive the people. In urging that the city
grant the cable works permission to extend the
siding as requested, the EVENING NEWS. a few
days ago, suggested that II anyone could show
where he would be directly injured by the siding
to come forth and show what injury he would
receive.
Evidently in response that invitation, a man
who said he represented the John F. Seaman
Company called at the Evening News office and
endeavored to show how the property OF Mr..
Seaman on the northwest corner of High and
Washington. streets would be injured. BY the
use of the city map he showed that, as he I'M
derstood it, the siding that the cable works de-
sires to extend is the siding on the west side OF
High street which runs in to the rubber plant
Of the big concern Immediately in the rear Oh
Mr.. Seaman's property. He urged that to extend
This siding all the way to Washington street
would cut Mr.. Seaman's property off from High
ytreet entirely. He said that should a ferry be
established at the foot of Washington street
Mr.. Seaman contemplated constructing a garage
on his property and that 1t would be a great
detriment to him to have a railroad siding all
along the High street side of his building max
ing it impossible for him to have an entrance
from High street.
Natura NY, a siding such as this man seemed
to think was intended, would be a decided detrl-
ment to the Seaman property. Mr.. seaman
would be justified in opposing the proposiuon
and it could hardly be expected that the Board
of Aldermen would grant such a request even
though the benefits to the factory, and' Incl
dentally, to the city as a whole, would De great
But the siding that the cable works desires
4 -yuild is not on Mr.. Seaman's side OF the street
at all. It is on the other side or High street,
the side toward the water. where the capie
rorlrs buildings are erected right out to the
Washington street line. A siding cohstr"c'eu
along the side of this building would anect no
one but the cable works itself, and 1t would Dc
of great assistance to them in increasing thei'
business, thereby indirectly benehting the CITY,
AS Mr.. Marsh pointed out in his statement
published yesterday, this strip of land supposed
TO be reserved as a sidewalk, is at present ooins
no one any good. The cable works oui'uihs
starts at washington street and the property ex-
tenas along the east side of High street Tor
~ 5sO feet. Immediately adjoining the cable
works, nroperty is the plant of the Atlantic
Terra Gotta Company which extends all the rest
of the way to Buckingham avenue. This plocN
ON the east side of High street is used exclu-
siyely for manufacturing purposes. The sioe-
walk. so-called, is seldom. If ever, used. IT by
.n.-.-. 3lie s+riD oF land for a siding one OF
our most Important industries will be able to
greatly increase its business, enlarge Its plant
and give employment to more men, it is very
narrow and short sighted, indeed, for the aioer-
men to hold up the proposition on any such
himsy grounds as have yet been advanced
against it.
Mr.. Seaman, who Is raising the biggest op-
lection because of his property on the opposite
side of the street from where the siding is pro-
nosed TO be constructed, can hardly be injured
by the siding. The approach to his property
viii not be affected in the least. There is al
ready a siding running up to the rear OF MS
nroperty on the west side of High street. but
the frontage of his property on High street IL
not interferred with in the least. The new sid
ing, il constructed, will not prevent Mr.. Seaman
. erecting a garage on his property with as man1
entrances as he may ueSue vi LIZ iheh sNS
side. He may build a garage. a factory or
sky-scraper on the site for all the injury tina
the proposed siding on the other side of tn
street-and it is an extremely wide street a
that-would be to him.
On the other hand, the siding would be OF un
told benefit to the Standard Underground Com
many. 1t would enable it to grow and DO NOR
business, as we desire all our industries her
to do.
There is already a siding on the east side Q
ire cable works building which runs up lnsid
the-company's yard. This, it was expected
would be adequate railroad facilities. But tn
plant has grown and there is a desire to increas
efficiency at every point. BY having a siding o
10th sides of this building the company coul
be loading and unloading at the same TIM
With present facilities cars have to be loade
and hauled out Of the way before loaded cal
can run in to be unloaded. Thus there is
great loss of time and real efficiency is impoS
sible. To have the siding on both sides of tn
building. as would be the case if the muse
sidewalk space on High street were utilized fo
the purpose, business could be practical
doubled and that would mean a lot to Pert
Aneoy. especially at this time.
As the John +. Seaman Company was I'll
only party to respond to the invitation OF tt
EvEsNING NEWS to set forth any harm or