Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-28
Development &.
Of PORT URGED
Mayor Wilson Among Those
to Speak at Big Staten
Island Event

Mayors from a number or New
Jersey cities, that included Perth
| Amboy, Elizabeth, Railway, HOBO
ken. East Orange. Montclair, Gar
| wood, Kearny and Harrison, together
with members and heads of Cham-
bers of Commerce from the sur
! rounding towns included in the
metropolitan district, members OF
| civic bodies, city officials and others
were the guests of the Staten Island
Chamber of Commerce on staten
Island yesterday.
There were more than 200 guests
and members that gathered at Bor-
ough Hall, st. George, at 3 O'Clock
where a conference and speechmak-
ing was held. Cornelius G. Kolff,
president of the Staten Island Cham
Der of Commerce, presided at the
conference and made the address OF
welcome following which he intro
duced the speakers.
Addresses were made by Mayor
John f. Hylan, of the city of New
York, who arrived almost at the
close of the meeting. Others who
| spoke were Dock Commissioner
Murray Hubert of New York; Conn
| missioner Grover Whalen, of plants
and structures; Borough President
Calvin D. VanName; former Public
Service Commissioner Lewis Nixon;
Mayor Mravlag, of Elizabeth; Mayor
| William c. Wilson, of Perth Amboy;
former Mayor d. c. Chase, of South
Amboy; President Bunnell, of the
| Newark Chamber of Commerce.;
President Keenan,, of the Bayonne
! Chamber of Commerce, and former
Senator Howard r. Bayne, of New
Brighton.
The one theme of the speakers
was the great port development of
New York, together with the effect
on the rest of the cities and towns
in the metropolitan district. After
the talks by the various ones the
guests were taken on the, steamer
Correction of the city Of New York
On an inspection of the twelve new
docks which are being erected by
the city of New York from Tomp-
kinsville to Clifton.
After viewing the docks from the
water a landing was made at Fort
Wadsworth, where the guests and
members looked over the fortifica-
ton at that place and viewed the
harbor and the surrounding country
from the hill tops. When THIS had
been done the trip was made by
boat back to st. George, where watt
ing automobiles made a circuit of the
island to give the visitors a chance
to see the beauties of the borough
of Richmond.
This trip was terminated at the
country residence of Hugh Beh.
rend, president of the Union
Transport Company, in Bard ave-
nue., Livingston. where an elaborate
supper was served, with Mr. and
Mrs. Behrends acting as hosts. There
were nearly a hundred automobiles
in the line which took the guests
and members about the island. In.
cluded in the talks by the various
speakers was heard the means of
transportation from Staten Island to
New Jersey, in view of the new piers
being built along the eastern shores
| of Staten Island. The building of
subways and bridges between Stat
en- Island and New Jersey was dis
cussed at length by the various ones
on the trip.
Those from Perth Amboy at the,
gathering were Mayor William c.
Wilson, w. Parker Runyon. a mem
Der of the State Board of Commerce
and Navigation, and John Bergen.
secretary of the Chamber. of Com
merce.
South Amboy was represented by
D. c. Chase. president of the Cham
Der of Commerce, and j. D. Van Pelt
one of the directors Of the organiza-
ton.
Those from Tottenville We're B.
Williams. chairman of the Totem
vile committee. Gilbert s. Barnes,
secretary of the building loan asso-
citation; Fred Cozzens, Allison Andro-
vette, and Herbert Huntington, Of
the Staten Island Transcript.