Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-01
sEWAREN HAS EVERYTHING TO GAIN

Sewaren has everything to gain and nothing to lose by
coming into Perth Amboy. The town has little to show for
all the taxes that the property owners there have paid into
the treasury of Woodbridge township. Aside from a lot of
cinders that have been dumped on the streets annually there
have been practically no improvements in Sewaren except
what have come mainly through the influence of the people
Of Perth Amboy. AS far as Woodbridge township is con.
cerned, Sewaren might pretty nearly as well not exist.
Practically without police protection and with no fire
protection at all excepting what may come over from Wood
bridge, Sewaren has been left to shift for itself except for
The voting and ~taxpaying. Almost any kind of a crime might
be committed and the perpetrators make good their escape
long before any policeman from Woodbridge could arrive
on the scene. In case of fire the building has little chance
when the only help available must come from Woodbridge
after an alarm has been sounded.
Up until a few weeks ago there were not even schoo1
accommodations for the children of Sewaren. This ner-
maps, has done more than anything else to retard the de-
veiopment OF the place. Parents, especially those with small
children, would not live there because the only way to give
their children an education was ito send them by trolley to
Woodbridge, a risky trip for little ones. Yet, during all
these years that the Sewaren people have been paying high
er and higher taxes they have put up with this neglect and
indifference on the part of the township authorities. No
wonder this delightful little place has remained little so long
and real estate there has continued to be a drug on. the
market.
Bat now that Sewaren has a school of it's own. the
thanks are due largely to a realty company controlled by
Perth Amboy capital. 1t was these Perth Amboy men who
agreed to give to the township of Woodbridge the necessary
land for the erection of the school provided the township
authorities would agree to give Sewaren a school within a
year. Were it not for this interest shown in Sewaren by
Perth Amboy the Sewaren people might still be sending their
children all the way over to Woodbridge to school.
About the only other improvement that Sewaren can
boast of in recent years is the paving of West avenue. But
in this matter, too, the thanks are due largely to the interest
shown by, Perth Amboy. 1t is we'll known how reluctant the
freeholders were to pave this avenue and the Woodbridge
township authorities did not appear overly enthusiastic in
The matter. But Perth Amboy put up a real fight for the i'm
M urOVemenf. DELEGATION after de1auatinn of Darfb Amhov|
business men went to New Brunswick, giving their time and
money, to urge the paving of West avenue before the county
board. Backed by the agitation in the Evening News, Perth
Amboy was mainly instrumental in securing this big i'm
provement for Sewaren.
Under the circumstances, therefore, it is not surprising
That the people of Sewaren are turning to Perth Amboy as
their best friend, the one municipality that has the interest
OF Sewaren at heart. Sewaren certainly can get no less than
she has been receiving by coming into Perth Amboy and,
Judging from recent experience in the way of improvements,
she stands to gain a great deal.