Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-07
TONIGHT is THE NIGHT

Tonight is the night to talk Perth Amboy If
the public meeting to be held in the high school
auditorium the matter of harbor development is
going to be taken up in the most comprehensive
manner ever considered here.
And more than Perth Amboy alone is con-
cerned. Every municipality bordering on the
Raritan bay or Raritan river as far as New
Brunswick is vitality interested. All of these
places have had the matter put up to them and
it is expected that they will be represented by
large delegations tonight.
This question of port development has got be-
yond the narrow, selfish point of view. 1t is no
longer each town and city for itself.
has become too extensive for such petty meth
DDS. The present plan is to consider the port as
a whole and it has been given the name of the
greatest city included within the port-the port
OF New York.
state lines have been ignored; municipal
boundaries wiped out as far as waterfront is con-
cerned, and the Port of New York Authority has
been created to take charge of the whole prof.
ect.
Perth Amboy, South Amboy. Woodbridge,
Metuchen. Keyport, South River and New
Brunswick are just as much within the jurisdic-
ton of this Port of New York Authority as IS
New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City or Newark. 1t
cannot be overlooked, however, that the mu-
inequalities Of Middlesex and Monmouth coun-
ties constitute a district that is somewhat apart
from the rest of the port and, being at the ex-
treme end of the port 1t is apt to be ignored by
the overwhelming majority from the other Sec
tions.
Yet, the fact remains that here in Rarltan
bay and river the Port of New York Authority
has the greatest facilities for harbor develop
ment and relieving the congestion in Upper New
York bay. 1t is for the Raritan bay interests
to bring out these facts in such a way that they
cannot be ignored.
The proper development of Perth Amboy's
waterfront alone would mean millions OF dol
lars to this city and county, besides the great ao-
vantage it would be to commerce IN general
{ covering the whole country. And when the de-
velopment of the whole Raritan river section as
far as New Brunswick and along the south shore
to Keyport and beyond is considered the result
staggers the imagination.
This matter of port development is going TO
be decided definitely this winter. The port au-
thority is working on a plan covering the whoie
mort and once this plan Is adopted by the legisla-
lures of New York and New Jersey there is no
doubt about the backing that the federal gov
eminent will give to it. 1t will then be next
to impossible to do anything in the way OF mar
Dor Improvement that does not fit into the
scheme Of the port authority as a whole.
This shows how essential it is for Perth Am
boy. South Amboy and all the cities on the KARI
tan to get together and press their claims now
while the whole plan is being formulated ana
before anything definite has been adopted.
That is the object of the meeting to be heio
in the high school auditorium tonight. Every
Perth Amboyan interested in the growth ana
development Of his city will be there. Every
municipality bordering on the Raritan bay ano
river will be largely represented. 1t Is goins
10 be one concerted move toward putting the
Raritan section on the map. Much depends OF
the attendance at this meeting and the interest,"
displayed as to what extent the waterfront o.
this section is to be developed during the mex
fifteen or twenty years. And upon the develop
noent of the waterfront of this section depends
the growth and development of this entire sec
ton during that time.
The Importance of tonight's meeting Is pam
Make sure YOU do your duty by being present