Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-11
CONFERENCE ON
Borough President Van Name
and New Jersey Freehold
erS Confer on Tunnel.

TBy Eyening News STAFF Correspondence
TOTTENVILLE, March 11-Bor-
ough President Calvin ID. Van Name
of the borough of Richmond, held a
conference Wednesday afternoon at
Borough hall, St. George, with
members of the board of freeholders
of Union county. New Jersey. with
regard to n proposed tunnel con-
meeting Elizabeth and Holland
Hook, Staten Island. In the party
from New Jersey were James o.
Brokaw. chairman of the Union
county board of freeholders; James
l.. Desmond, of Elizabeth; Clifford
B. Gehring Of Railway; Daniel l..
Miller. Jr.. of Hillside. and Jacob
J.. Bauer. of Elizabeth, county en-
gineer of Union county. and Corne-
Illus c. Kolff, secretary of the Staten
Island Chamber of Commerce. Bor-
ough President Van Name assured
the board of freeholders of Union
county that he was heartily in favor
>pf the project and said that the
BOARD of Estimate and Apportion-
ment to furnish the share of the
city of New York for making sur-
veys and preparing maps. The
freeholders of Essex county will
hold a similar conference the COM
ing week with the Union county
freeholders, when the matter will
be discussed and plans decided upon
MI. Bauer and the ~freeholders
said that the people of Elizabeth
and adjoining towns are eager to
have the tunnel built. Mass meet
ings to enlist the active support
of citizens to help push the project
will be held later. The tunnel will
1.oxta ,1oIvvoy for 4raIrnr~G naNoE
auto trucks and automobiles. Staten
Island would be greatly benefited
by such a tunnel because 1t is said
that the present ferry service be-
tween Elizabeth and Staten Island
is Inadequate for the rapid increas-
ing size of auto trucks.
Completion of the new city piers
on Staten Island will enlarge the
traffic and create a condition that
will be deplorable.
Manufacturers in Union, Essex,
Middlesex and Morris counties. ur-
gently need a tunnel to facilitate
the transportation of raw products
used in manufacturing that will
come by ships from foreign coun-
tries to the new Staten Island piers.
1t will save them thousands of dol
lars. in time and transportation
charges.
Borough President Van Name
said:
"A tunnel would be of inestimabIe
value to the city of Elizabeth and to
Staten Island. 1t would assure rapid
and continuous service In all kinds
of weather and under the most ad-
verse circumstances. New Jersey
are not far from the new
piers.
'The advantages from a business
point of view would be mutual.
Elizabeth has big wholesale estab-
lishments, and their trade with our
retail dealers is steadily developing,
but there are great possibilities for
Its further extension. Tod ay much
of our supplies come by way of
Elizabeth. The business men of
Staten Island can contribute in
many ways to supply the comforts
and necessities of life to Elizabeth
and nearby towns. Our industries
can exchange products probably
with our neighbors across Arthur
Kill. Truck farmers will be enabled
TO deliver fresh produce to the o
sumers and market direct from the
farms. Workingmen, mechanics,
clerks and all kinds of labor en-
ployed In our factories. shipyards
and other industries will get to
their work to and from New Jersey
more comfortably and expeditiously.
The good will. esteem, friendliness
between our people will become
closer and stronger commercially
and socially.
1.-THE movement to build this
tunnel is a timely and laudable one,
and l sincerely hope that the citizens
of Union and Essex counties will
advocate 1t increasingly in order that
it may be energetically pushed to
a much desired and successful fin
ish."