Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-23
Station Action
is Taken to Aldermen

give the use of their lands just north
of the Public Service Power House
for a landing for use by the b. & o.
in connection with their (B. & OIL
ferry in Tottenville, and the l.. V.
X. X. in return to get such freight
and passenger service as might come
their way by reason of the ferry
making an exceedingly short cut to
points over their lines and also some
returns on the Staten Island passen-
gers they might shuttle from the fer
~ to the Union Station in Perth Am
boy. where the traveller could make
connection with trains to Atlantic
City, Asbury Park, etc, by way Of
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
and the Pennsylvania and their own
line to the great west and northwest.
We are also urging the l.. v. X. r.
to maintain a ferry as outlined even
though no arrangement "a be made
with the b. e. o., and lay advised
them of available lands On the Stat
en- Island side opposite their IL. w
own lands or the Jersey side. We
have asked them to consider If their
freight station of the future should
not be located somewhat above the
place here outlined for a ferry in
view of the fact of the proposed six
feet depression of the street at the
present site of their freight house
making freight handling at that
point difficult for both them and the
public.
We have shown them how their
ferry might carry a part of the hum
dreds of tons of farm produce that
is brought by auto truck into u city
from New York. via Staten Island,
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hollow brick. tile. terra Gotta, brick
and porcelain products carried out
bv auto-truck. across the ferry at
Perth Amboy on the way directly to
the spot in New York or surrounding
cities where the building is under
construction. Where much handling
is entailed wise shippers are not go
irg to ship by rail where the haul is
short.
On less carload shipments by rail
from Perth Amboy to New York, a
matter of only twenty-eight miles,
such shipments must be manually
handled five times up to the time it
arrives on the job. In comparison,
shipping by auto truck, from and to
the same point, requires simply plac-
ing on the truck at the factory and
at the job after. a motor
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Island-the other fourteen miles be-
ing covered by the ferries on both
ends, the one on the Amboy end be-
ing the one we are trying to get the
Lehigh Valley railroad to institute
because we believe the city needs a
ferry. and because we
feel it will also benefit the Lehigh
Railroad Company. With
a ferry they would get lot only
a share of the great amount of clay.
and other products shipped
from Staten Island over a long west
and northwest haul, but also many
passengers simply crossing the ferry
as well as those they will carry 20
the Union Station for points up and
down the Jersey coast, Is mention
ed. Even Mayor Hylan's trackless
bus will help them, or any
one else. for that matter. who will
run another ferry to some more
northern point in Perth Amboy.
We present these subjects for
attention and action, gentle
men. because we feel that this is
our golden opportunity, and if we
neglect it at the present time we
must forever remain-not men-but
mere objects for the scorn of time
to point its slow unmoving finger at
'you-the man who failed to do his
DUTY"