Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-09-21
Advisory Council Of Port
Meets Here to Decide on
Program for This City

Bergen, secretary of the local Cham.
ber of Commerce. was also present.
Robert Carson and Charles A. Nc
Cormick of New Brunswick, Robert
Fountain of South River and Assem-
blyman William S. Stevens of Long
Branch were unable to be present.
The session was opened by MIR. Du-
Bois. who said that he did not think
it was necessary for him to explain
how people in this section are placed
in the New York district without
their consent. The district includes
Jamaica bay. Hudson river. Newark
bay and then Raritan Bay. On one
side Mr.. Dubois said New York city
has appropriated $6,000,000 for piers
on Staten Island, and the city OF
Newark has appropriated $2,00O,O00
for water front improvements. While
neither this city nor district has
spent one cent.
1--WE are either going ahead or re-
main where we are" continued Mr..
Dubois, 'as the Port of New York
Authority has only one idea and that
is to relieve the congestion of freight
in New York city"
This City Must Act
He pointed out that compared with
New York city and Newark we do
not stand much of a chance and
some action of a definite nature must
, be taken to let the Port of New York
Authority know that we are awake.
1--WE have nothing to show except
| beautiful natural resources" he said
| and added, "the question Is. how can
we remedy that which our forefath-
ers left undone. He then opened the
conference for general discussion by
asking, What are we going to tell
the Port of New York Authority we
want and will do?"
Bloomfield Speaks.
In the discussion that followed,
Charles A. Bloomfield said there Is
lone way in which the port can be de-
veloped and this is by building docka
storehouses and creating Transports.
ton for steamers. He told how foui
men had developed Brooklyn BY
building piers and warehouses and
that the same thing can be done for
Perth Amboy. This section has the
natural resources, according to Mr..
Bloomfield, but it has got to get the
money necessary to build the ware
houses and piers He said he saw
New York develop and that this port
would also develop If it had the pro-
per facilities, as there are ships 1y-
ing in the harbor now waiting for a
place to dock, and this means loss
to the companies.
Mr.. Du Bois was asked II the Port
of New York Authority had sug-
gested anything that this section
might do and in answer he said
that the authority desired to know
what Perth Amboy and this section
could do to help them. He pointed
out that there are four New York
men and two Jersey men on the au-
thority and for this reason 1t SEEM
ed as if New York held the upper
hand.
At this point In the discussion the
ship canal across the state from
Morgan to Bordentown was brought
| up. After some consideration IN
, which it was thought best not to lose
, sight of the canal it was declared
, that this is a national and state af-
fair and is now up to congress ana
has nothing whatever to do with the
Port of New York Authority's work.
Canal Is Discussed
Later in the conference, however,
, the canal was again discussed ana
, at that time it was thought that ar
rangements should be made for q
strong committee to go to Washing
ton and place the matter before the
Rivers and Harbors Committee IN
order to secure part of the appro-
priation necessary for the digging
OF the canal. so that the state can
proceed with the purchase OF the
necessary land. The state law In re-
, gard to the construction of the canal
is that the state will purchase the
necessary land as soon as congress
appropriates some of the money nec-
essary for its digging. 1t was point,
ed out by some present that It would
be an easy matter to get this ad.
vanced appropriation as several OF
, the members of the Rivers and Har-
, bors Committee are favorable 10 the
= project.
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