Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-04

by the Port of New York Authority is now in the hands oil
the governors of New York and New Jersey and is ready to
be submitted to the legislatures of those states as soon as
they convene.
This report tackles a big project i'll a big way. 1t con-
siders the port as a whole irrespective Of state boundaries
and has worked out an economic development that will easily
make New York the foremost port in the world.
The Rarilan district, and particularly Perth Amboy,
has every reason to be satisfied with the report as submit
ted to the governing bodies of the two states. Ihe port au-
thoritv has given this district everything it asked for as far
as it lay within the power of the port authority to do So
Marginal railroads are planned for both sides OF Rarltan
bay and river connecting with the main belt lines that iced
the great railroad distributing yards. This Will give the
entire Raritan section the same advantages that any other
part Of the port possesses as far as industrial development is
concerned, and if the city will make full use OF the natural
advantages of this locality Perth Amboy can easily be made
one of the foremost shipping and terminal centers on the
coast.
The other project advocated for the Raritan district
was the free port, or free zone within the port as it might
more properly be called. This is a detail that remains to be
arranged when the two states finally accept the plan as
worked out by the port authority. There are many argu-
ments in favor of a free zone on the south shore of Raritan
bay. The port authority has shown a friendly interest In
that location for a free zone and when the time comes for
selecting the sites we are assured of a sympathetic hearing.
AS far as Perth Amboy is concerned, this city has a
prominent part in the final report as submitted to the two
governors and the state legislatures. This is due to the
prompt action on the part of the committee appointed a few
months ago by the Board of Aldermen to consider a proposed
million dollar development on the citys waterfront. This
committee, of which Peter G. Olsen is chairman, got to work
promptly and soon had tentative plans drawn for a big mu-
nicipal terminal on the cty's property on the river front
from the railroad bridge to Catalpa avenue.
These plans were drawn by B. F. CressOn, Jr, an eX-
pert engineer, who had charge Of several big waterfront de-
yelopments along the Atlantic coast and who is also chief
engineer for the State Board of Commerce and Navigation
lis well as the chief engineer for the Port of New York Au-
thority.
On the maps showing the Port of New York as a whole,
which form a part of the report as submitted to the state
legislatures, The proposed site of the Municipal Terminal at
Perth Amboy' is plainly marked with a big red arrow point
ing to the spot. 1t requires only a casual glance to see at once
The advantages this proposed terminal has over all the other
proposed developments as SET forth on the maps of the port.
The railroad facilities here and the accessibility to the open
sea as compared with other terminals are apparent, while
directly opposite this terminal is marked the proposed ter
minus of the ship canal that is to be built across New Jer-
sey. With the right kind of enterprise on the part of Perth
Amboy this locality can successfully compete with any Sec
ton of the port on the ~friendliest terms.
Again, attached to the report are several separate maps
Of different local developments showing the plans in detail.
Among these are Jamaica Bay, Port Newark Terminal, Jer-
sey City's development at Droyers' Point and on the Hack
ensack river, and the proposed municipal terminal at Perth
Amboy.
These plans and maps place Perth Amboy right up
among the leaders in the whole scheme for the Port OF New
York development. 1t shows that this city is awake to its
possibilities. 1t draws attention to the excellent facilities
10 be found here that otherwise doubtless would have been
overlooked. 1t is a big advertisement for the city. 1t is talk
\ing Perth Amboy in a way that counts.
With this local waterfront development so suspicious
X started and with the prominent recognition it has already
been given, it behooves the city to go on with this project
with all the energy that a thriving industrial city can put
forth. The committee having the waterfront development
in charge will be ready shortly to lay the whole project, as
far as it has gone, before the Board of Aldermen. With
Their cooperation the work can be pressed forward. In
view of the report sL-mitted to the legislatures of New York
and New Jersey by the Port of New York Authority, this
local project by Perth Amboy assumes added Importance
and becomes one of the greatest things before the city. 1t
will mean the making of a great seaport here, and being a
part of the great Port of New York fitting in with the elab-
crate scheme of development that has just been worked
cut for the port as a whole, il will do more than ANYTHING
else TO make of Perth Amboy a great metropolis at the mouth
Of the Raritan.