Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09
CONSOLIDATION OF THE FUTURE

Sewaren will not become a part OF Perth Annoy inns
year. The bill introduced in the legislature prov1dlnS ior
a referendum on the annexation proposition is as good as
dead. This is not surprising. The bill was one that con-
cerned only Middlesex county, yet Senator Larson, who rep
resents this county, refused to have anything to do with II.
Naturally, if the senator who is directly concerned In the
matter shows such Indifference it can hardly be expected
that the rest of the senators will show any particular in
terest.
But because the movement to join Sewaren with Perth
Amboy has failed this time does not mean that all efforts
in that direction will cease. Eventually Sewaren and Perth
Amboy will be one municipality. And it will not be Sewaren
alone that will help to make up the greater city; 1t Will ILL.,
clude the whole of Woodbridge township.
The DEVELOPMENT of Perth Amboy as a great industrial
md commercial center can no more be held back that the
old woman can sweep back the waves OF the ocean. AS THIS
development takes place Woodbridge and Perth Amooy
are going to be drawn closer and closer together; their III
leres!s are going to become more and more ldenticai' 'her
prosperity will depend more and more upon each other ana
The social and civic life of the two communities Will be-
come so interviewer that one municipality under a single
government will be the natural course Of events.
This process of matchmaking the two places has been
Going on for some time. Woodbridge township has grown
and thrived on the strength of Perth Amboy, and Perrin AM
boy is depending more and more on Wooopro8e d 'e
heme community for her workers.
What has made Fords, within the past ten or fifteen
wears. such a thriving community? What has caused the
noon in Woodbridge proper? 1t has been Perth Amboy's
prosperity spreading out. More and more the industries OF
Perth Amboy must depend upon Woodbridge LOT a nome
community for their employees; at the same time, more ana
more people of Woodbridge are depending upon Perth Am
how for their livelihood. What is for the interest OF one IS
for the interest of the other.
There is no reason why this movement cannot go on
in the ~friendiest way, the one place cooperating with the
other for the advancement of both. There is no DOUBT lnat
The closer we get together the better it will be for both OF
MS. ANY important development in either Perth Amboy OF
Woodbridge is bound to have its effect on the other place.
Just at present Perth Amboy is agitated over laying
railroad tracks across Washington street so as to furnish
railroad accommodations to the large industries along that
section-of the waterfront. This may seem like purely a
local matter, but it has a direct bearing on Woodbridge.
The proposed track through Front street is really the
beginning of a belt line railroad around Perth Amboys wa
ierfront. Once this railroad is extended around the Bluff
MANY people who live in the southern section of The city
are going to seek new homes. The logical place for them to
go is Woodbridge. Naturally, the more Industries and the
more wharves and steamship terminals Perth Amboy has The
greater will be the citys prosperity. Woodbridge can share
in this prosperity better by being an actual part OF the
greater city.
Sooner or later, therefore, the wisdom OF Perth AmboA
and The whole Of Woodbridge township getting together un-
der one government for their mutual advantage will be ap-
parent in both places and The consolidation will take place
Ne saw consolidation rather than annexation because Peril
Amboy needs Woodbridge as badly as Woodbridge needs
Perth Amboy. 1t will not be Il case of one place swallowing
,p the other, they will simply combine and go along as one
each section developing in its own way in accordance VIII
The greatest efficiency and welfare of all.