Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-03
ACTION ON PORT
At WASHINGTON
Both Senate and the House
Approve Measure at the
i. Same Time
BY George II. Manning

washington Correspondent Of the
Perth Amboy Evening News)
WASHINGTON. June 3.-Ths
resolution granting the consent OF
congress to the states of New York
and New Jersey to proceed with the
comprehensive plan OF development
of the Port of New York under the
Port Authority, was adopted by the
senate and House yesterday.
The Edgs resolution. introduced
Ia the senate by Senator Walter T..
Edge. was adopted by the senate
and the Ansorge resolution present.
ed by Congressman Ansorge of
Brooklyn, was adopted in the House
simultaneously.
This resolution is supplemental to
the federal authority contained in
the Edge-Ansorge Joint resolution
passed by the House and senate in
August 1921, and signed by Pres
ldent Harding with elaborate cere-
monies at the White House on Au-
gust "a. 1921. The first resolution
gave consent of congress to creation
OF the Port of New York Authority
and the Port of New York district
as provided in the treaty entered,
Into between the states of New
York and New Jersey signed in the
Chamber of Commerce in New York
City on April 80. 1921.
The detailed plans approved by
the Edge-Ansorge resolution adopted
today provide for extensive tunnels,
bridges. terminals and belt lines
which will bring the transcontinen-
tai railroads into the city of New
York, thereby eliminating conges-
ton, delay and expense of distribute
In . nndGfErffa - A.,
to the people of New York and vi
cinity. The plans provide hat ter
minals within the port shall be uni
fed and consolidation of shipments
shall be made at proper points to
eliminate duplication of effort, con-
gestion and long truck hauls. The
plan provides also for the laying out
OF highways for motor truck traffic,
for prompt and efficient distribution
OF commodities which must be hand
led by trucks. such highways to con-
meet with existing or proposed
bridges. tunnels and ferries.
In discussing the resolution Con-
gresham Ansorge said:
The creation of a single Port
Authority and adoption and ratifi-
cation OF the comprehensive plan
mark the greatest step ever taken
towards the intelligent development
of the Port of New York.
ut IL estimated that it now costs
three times as much to move food
stuffs from the meadows of New
Jersey to upper Manhattan as it does
to bring them all the way from the
Middle West to the meadows. The
proposed bridges and tunnels. and
the automobile electric system for
serving Manhattan Island, will
bring all the trans-continental rail-
roads and their cargoes of foodstuffs
and other commodities right into
New York city.
Heretofore. lack of cooperation
between the two states of New York
and New Jersey, has been chiefly
responsible for the terrible cOndi- |
tions of congestion which now char
acterize the distribution Of food
stuffs in New York city and adioin-
Ing territory. The Port of New York
be efficiently and construc-
tivelv organized and furnished with
modern methods of pier. rail. water
and freight facilities. The treaty be-
tween the two states and the COM
.prehensive plans adopted by the leg
Islatures of New York and New Jer-
sey. to which the consent of congress
Is now given. mark the elimination
of the most forward step ever taken
for the intelligent and comprehen-
siye development of the greatest ma
tural port In the world"