Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
EDUCATING THE EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL

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campaign of education in order to inform the people living in
The port district of the importance of the development of the
port as a whole, there is good reason to believe that some OF
the members of the port authority need a little educating
themselves as to the real extent of the port and the relative
Importance of the various sections.
From the very beginning Of the port development plan
The Raritan bay and river section has been sighted. In fact,
so little attention has been given this district that we have Of
ten wondered why the Raritan bay and river were included
within the Port of New York district at all.
In the comprehensive report submitted to the legisla-
lures of New York and New Jersey last year Raritan bay and
river received but scant consideration. In the various dis
cussions that have been going on since that report was re-
ceived and the Port of New York Authority appointed, the
Raritan district has had to fight for recognition. In the mo-
ton picture of the port prepared for propaganda work, only
Perth Amboy out of this whole section is included and even
then the city is merely mentioned.
The educational council of the Port of New York Au-
lhority now is offering prizes for essays to fourth year stu
dents in the high schools of the municipalities within the
mort district, and here again the Raritan bay and river, one
Of the finest sections of the port and a section that could be
the easiest developed, is ignored. The topics suggested for
the port essays include the problem of freight delivery in
Manhattan and its effect on the cost of living there; the reg
ulation of the freight movement between Chicago and the
Borough of Queens and the effect it might have on the cost
of living there; the present disadvantage of New jerseys re-
tail markets and a constructive plan for improvement; how
should Newark's waterfront be developed in order to lower
the cost of living in Newark, and the future of Jamaica bay.
s Why should Jamaica bay be thus emphasized, we would
like to know, and the Rartan bay ignored entirely? Does
the education council of the Port of New York Authority
think that Raritan bay is not worthy of consideration as COM
pared with the rest of the Port of New York? Why is Rari-
tan bay, which already has a channel twenty-one feet deep,
be overlooked and Jamaica bay, which is nothing short of a
mud flat, be given such prominence?
D. It is very plain that the education council needs a little
1fncatfng itself before trying to educate others as to the adj
vantages of the port.
We are told by the port authority that it desires to treat
NIL sections of the port with absolute impartiality. Why,
then, is this Jamaica bay project always given such promi-
nence and Raritan bay ignored? 1t is generally understood
that Tammany politicians own most of the marsh land around
Jamaica bay. Has this anything to do with the publicity
that Jamaica bay receives?
Ii is more and more apparent that the Raritan district
has got to fight for whatever it gets out of the port develop
ment plan. A good impression has already been made in this
direction. The municipalities in this locality are aroused. At
the last hearing before the port authority a large delegation,
including many city officials, was present. The steps being
taken by Perth AmbOy to develop a modern shipping terminal
here will also have its effect.
1t is very evident, however, that before the educational
council of the Port of New York Authority can educate others
as to the Port of New York as now planned it has got to get
some education along that line itself.