Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-12
VALUABLE DATA
ON PORT PLANS
T0BE OUTLINED
Big Public Meeting Here Sept.
7 to investigate What is
Being Done
BELT LINE RAILROAD
Plan Under Consideration by
Port of N. Y. Authority
Comprehensive in Scope

After a conference with members
of the Port of New York Authority
Jean Du Bois. president Of the Rar-
itan Terminal and Waterways Asso-
citation, believes the interests Of the
communities in the Raritan district
as well as the northern section of
Monmouth county can be helped
materially if the residents will dis
play an active interest in the plan
and investigate what is proposed for
the improvement of the terminal
and waterways facilities Of this seq
ton. To give the people a better
idea of the scheme a public meeting
is scheduled to be held in the Audi
Amboy, Wednesday evening. Sep
tember at eight o'clock.
The plan under consideration by
the Port of New York authority is
comprehensive in its scope. A belt
line railroad is designed to connect
all of the big transportation sys-
TENS running in to New York. 1t
starts north of Hoboken and extends
to Perth Amboy. To be of real
value to this section of the state 1t
should include Perth Amboy ind
New Brunswick, with the many IN
dustrial plants intervening.
Motion pictures illustrative Of the
plan now under consideration will
be. displayed at the public meeting
to be held at Perth Amboy Septem-
ber Z. They will demonstrate the
need for improving the present ter
minal facilities as well as the I'M
portance of deepening the various
channels in the rivers and gays con-
tiguous to New York and forming
a part of that great harbor, the con-
gestion of which is the main reason
York Authority.
With the display of the pictures
Of the proposed belt line to connect
the railroads the people of Middlesex
and Monmouth counties will have a
splendid opportunity of viewing the
improvements proposed in connec-
ton with the plan. In this connec-
tion it is planned to have two or
three engineers. familiar with the
district ard it's needs both rail and
water. and have them make sugges-
tions as to what notifications OF the
plan might be made to adopt II to
the localities Interested. Also. ths
meeting will be asked to designate
ten mer to act as representatives OF
this section at meeting of the Port
of New York authority to be held
ct later date.
Mr.. Du Pois is hopeful that the
chairman of the meeting on Septem-
ber will be man who has long
been prominently identified with
waterway improvement and also that
three well known engineers VIII
agree to visit the office of the Port
of New York Authority and famil-
iarize themselves with the details OF
the plan.
1t is the wish of the officers OF the
Raritan Terminal and Waterwa!
Association that members Of the gov
erning civic and other organizations
in the various communities on or ad-
jacent to the Raritan Bay and river
may accept the invitation that Will
be sent to them in the name of the
association to be presented at the
meeting. This will be an unusual
opp, tunity that will mean much to
the entire district. The amount OF
interest displayed at this meeting on
September Z, will have much to do
with the consideration this part OF
the state will receive at the hands
of the Port of New York Authority.
Therefore the importance of every
organization making arrangements
to send a good representation to the
meeting cannot be emphasized too
strongly.