Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-13
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ALL TOGETHER For PORT DEVELOPMENT

If there ever was a time when the people
interested in the future development of this
city should get together it is on the evening
of September Z, when a public meeting is to
be held in the high school auditorium to con-
slider harbor improvement. The meeting is
called by the Raritan Terminal and Waterways
Association and is to be held under the auspices
OF the Perth Amboy Chamber of
While people may differ as to how the har-
bors and waterways in this vicinity shall be
developed, all must admit that the future of
Perth Amboy depends largely on what use is
made of the water facilities here. What con-
Germs the development of the city concerns each
resident of the city. The harbor, therefore, is
of vital importance to all.
Perth Amboy has been slow in taking up
water front improvement. Aside from buying
a few tracts of land to be used for terminal or
park purposes. nothing has been done. Other
cities, however, have forged ahead so that Perth
Amboy, with unsurpassed facilities, has got to
bestir herself if she is to keep up to the pro-
cession.
In fact, during the past year the development
of the local harbor and water front has, to a
large measure. been taken out of the hands OF
the local authorities. Through the action of the
legislatures OF the States Oh view lolh dHu ""
Jersey a body has been created officially known
as the Port of New York Authority. 1t Is, in a
sense, a treaty between the two states to de-
veIop the port of New York Jointly. This
compact has received the sanction Of congress
and is now in force.
This new port authority has jurisdiction over
ell the harbor in and around New York, extend
Ing from Piermont, a point twenty-five miles
UP the Hudson river, all the way down the
New Jersey shore along Staten Island sound TO
Perth Amboy and up the Raritan river as far
as New Brunswick. Continuing on the south
side of the Raritan, the Jurisdiction covers the
Monmouth shore as far as Sandy Hook. on
the New York side the authority extends from
above Yonkers along the New York and Brook
lyn shore and out Long Island, including
Jamaica bay.
A-rhfs Pow of New York Authority is made up
representatives of New York and New Jersey
End broad powers are given this authority TO
proceed viii the development of the harbor
included within the limits here mentioned
This body is proceeding to draw up plans for
The harbor development and it is to report to
the legislatures of the two states in January.
In order to get the sentiment of the various
localities included within the jurisdiction OF the
port hearings are to be held. The public meet
Ing in this city on September 7 is to get to-
gether the representative people of Middlesex
and onmou counties to try to adopt Npme
policy for the development of this section.
The importance Of Middlesex and Monmouth
counties getting together on this matter is
evident when it is realized that this newly
created Port of New York Authority is going
ahead with plans for the development of the
port practically ignoring the Raritan bay sec
ton. Being located as it is at the extreme
southern end of the port authority, it is readily
seen how easy it is for the overwhelming senti-
ment at the northern end, including Manhattan
and Newark, to forget that Raritan bay is even
included within the jurisdiction of the port
In fact, at the meetings thus far held the
Raritan bay section has been so poorly rep
resented while other sections have had large