Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-07
Addresses by Prominent Wa
ter Advocates to be Feat
ure of the Meeting
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
Engineers to Report ---Pro-
posed Belt Line Railroad
Also to be Taken Up

ing in the high school auditorium
tonight in the interest of the devel
opment of the port of New York in
cluding the proposed belt line rail
road, as it affects this city and sur
rounding municipalities, was re-
leased today by Jean Dubois, presi
dent of the Raritan Terminal ant
Waterways Association. The pro-
gram consists of nine different sec.
tions, as follows:
8 Sections on Program.
Meeting called to order by Mr.
Atkinson, secretary of the Raritar
Terminal and Waterways Associa-
tion.
Reading of address of President
Jean Dubois, president of the Rari-
tan Terminal & Waterways Associa'
tion by Mr.. Atkinson, secretary.
Address by Chairman w. Parker
Runyon.
Reading Of letters from those un.
able to attend, by Mr.. Atkinson.
Short talk by Judge Pickersgill
regarding the history of Raritan bay
and river.
Talk by engineers of Port of New
York Authority with showing of
views.
Open discussion.
Report of committee of engineers,
composed Of Morgan F. Larson.
Charles Dorsey and Asher Atkinson,
city engineer. n @t
Election of ten representatives.
1t is expected the meeting will
bring out the facts connected with
the waterways development in such
way. that Perth Amboy., New
Brunswick, South Amboy and other
nj iv, ~
he state will know just how much
If fight must be made by them. if
hey are to receive the benefits nee
sssary for the advancement of the
local waterways and railroad facil-
ties.
Personal Invitations
Personal invitations have been ex-
tended to Long Branch, Red Bank.
Metuchen, New Brunswick, South
Amboy, Keyport and Railway to
nave representatives present at the
meeting, and it is expected that one
Dr. more persons from each of these
municipalities will be present.
Among the notables who are expect
I'd to attend are: Congressman T.
Frank Appleby, State Senators
Thomas Brown of Middlesex and w.
A. Stevens of Monmouth.
A. large delegation is expected
from New Brunswick. This delegd%
ton will probably have from twenty
20 thirty automobiles, and will leave
from the corner of Church and
George streets at 7:15 o'clock. The
meeting will begin at o'clock.
Two of the most important Sec
tions of the program are the reports
: of the engineers and the election of
ten representatives. The committee
of engineers, consisting of Morgan f.
Larson, Charles Dorsey and Asher
Atkinson are meeting in this city
this afternoon and preparing the
data that will be submitted by them
at the meeting tonight.
Considerable importance is connec-
ted with the election Of the ten busi-
ness men who are to represent the
two counties. Among those who have
been discussed for this board of rep
presentatives are Robert Carson and
G. A. Mccormick, of New Bruns-
wick Mayor S. Frank Mason, of
Keyport; Charles A. Bloomfield, of
Metuchen; Director w. s. Dey, and
former Senator d. C. Chase, of South
Amboy; Mayor George l.. Burton, of
South River; J. Logan Clevenger and
w. Parker Runyon, of this city, and
C. Asa Francis, of Long Branch.
Prior to the meeting tonight the
official representatives Of the various
municipalities and the New York
Port Authority will be the guests of
Jean Dubois, president of the Rari-
tan Terminal and Waterways Asso-
citation, at the East Jersey CLUB,
where luncheon will be served.