Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-16
SOUTH AMBOY
WINS BATTLE
Mayor Stanton's New Ferry
Plan is Accepted by All
n Concerned

SOUTH AMROY, Oct. 16.-Mayor
Michael ]. Stanton has at last won
his battle with the Jersey Coast Fer
ry Company, by having the officials
of that company accept tine terms
offered to them over a year age The
climax came at the business meeting
of the common cornell Friday hight
when j. w. Van Brunt, president ot
>the Jersey Coast Ferry Company,
with John j. Scully, of this city, to-
with Charles Steuerwald, well
known real estate promoter, and
Michael Leonard, property owner at
the shore front, and the members
Of the council, formally accepted the
plans of the mayor.
The benefits that South Amboy
will receive from the ferry PROPOSE
ton, by the mayors persistence, it
Is claimed, more than South Amboy
has ever received for any of the con-
siderations she has ever given.
The two per cent Of the gross re-
ceipts of the ferry company annual
ly, embodied in the original fran
be paid from the beginning. of the
operations.
The ferry company will pave John
vLI9cL lIOIl CuTD " CuIDy " oIOdo-
way. The pavement to meet with
the approval of the State Highway
Commission.
The ferry company will fill in
three hundred feet on the shore side
Of Henry street. This will include
part of the bulkhead now being con-
structed at the foot of Henry street.
The three hundred feet filled in will
be a public thoroughfare for the
people of this city.
Should the ferry officials deem it
necessary to switch traffic over Rose
well street, to Bordentown avenue,
they agree to pave that section of
Roosevelt street to Bordentown ave-
nue..
Then for the use Of Roosevelt
street, the company has donated
twenty-five feet Of their property on
Roosevelt street, making that par
ticular street seventy-fve feet wide.
1t is understood that two other
owners have consented to
donate an equal amount of land to
make the street a uniform width in
every instance.
The pavement is to be finished be-
fore the company can start opera
lions in this city. That South AM
boy is really to have something
without the least effort seems to
startle many, who for the past year
looked only on the dark side of the
question.
1t is the contention Of a great
many of whom have interested
themselves in the ferry project that
the company will necessarily have To
use Bordentown avenue, as well as
John street for the influx of heavy
traffic that is wont to be in the sum-
mer season. If this turns out to be
a reality the ferry will prove to be
a great worth to South Amboy, and
will undoubtedly increase the prop
erty valuations at the short front.
Instead of dying down the fire lit
by rumors of a ferry operation from
this city, has gradually become
brighter, and ferry seems to be a
by-word with the people in every
section of South Amboy.
Final action on the matter is ex-
pected at the meeting of the COM
mon Council tomorrow evening IN
the City Hall. New agreements will
be necessary to bring the matter to
q head.
The work on the bulkhead at the
foot of Henry street and John street
is being rushed at this time, and the
short front daily is the scene of
many interested townsfolk who anx-
iously watch every movement that
means sooner or later to be the
scene Of much activity.