Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
WATERWAY ACTION
IS AGAIN STARTED

e. Clark, S~ayreville; Mayor Daniel
IC Chase. South A1nboy; Mayor G. b.
McCrellis, Highland Park; Mayor
Thomas l.. Smith, Keyport; Charles
De Voc, Spotswood; Senator MOI
gan S. Larson, Mayor William c.
Wilson. Frank Dorsey, j. Logan
ICleveLger, Albert Leon, Perth Am
boy: Elmer T.. Connolly, Milltown,
and Charles E.. Bloomfield, Metu-
chen.
The directors at large: G. A.. Me-
lCormick, E. l.. Blood and Robert
Carson of New Brunswick; A.
Clayton Clark, j.. N. Wester, John
Fitsinger and James +. Mcclure Of
Perth Amboy; William S. Dey of
South Amboy, and j.. r. Appleby of
South River.
The directors, rs elected, are: S.
Frank Mason, G.. J.. Craighen, Key
port; w. F. Parker, New Brunswick;
Isaac AIpern, Perth Amboy, Assem-
blyman Harold Hoffman, South Am
boy; Z B. Happen, Piscatawaytown;
J. H. Junker, Midtown; N. w. Clay
ton, South River, and A. w. Quint,
Metrchen.
c. e. Atkinson of New Brunswick
was again chosen secretary and
treasurer.
The members present were: Mayor
Daniel G. Chase, William S. Dey,
Frank Disbrow, of South Amboy;
1fayor John J. Morrison, Russell e.
Watson, C. E. Atkinson. Robert Car
son, Cahrles Mccormick, II, G..
Parker, OF New Brunswick; Mayor
Thomas l.. Smith, s. Frank Mason,
Of Keyport; James r. Mcclure, J..
Logan Clevenger and A. Clayton
! 4 I rly 80 TOa-Nh tN.IAyT - f-f4-aet-
Ing report was received from the
secretary.
Arrangements are being made for
the holding of a meeting in Key
port, which is to be one of a series
of meetings to be held in the differ
ent municipalities throughout the
district, in order to bring port mat
ters before the attention of the
public.
The secretary's report follows:
"To create a better interest in the
movement for the deepening of the
channel of the Raritan river, an ex-
oursion was conducted on August 80,
1922, and Colonel II. c. Newcomer,
the district engineer, with his as
sistant, c. d.. Mayhem, accompanied
the party.
The president and secretary had
a conference with Colonel Newcomer
relative to the deepening of the Rar-
itan river channel, and later bids
were advertised for but were re-
garded as excessive, and thus far no
contracts ave been made. Further
bids will be advertised for, and it is
hoped the work of dredging the
channeI may be put through during
the summer.
Meetings of the Port of New
York Authority have been attended
Ivy the officers of the association,
and MIR. j. Spencer Smith, vice
chairman, whose home is at Ten
afly, has displayed interest in the
proposed waterway Improvement in
our district, and he has assured the
officers that the Port of New York
Authority is sympathetic. Since that
body will have much to do with the
development of plans for the con-
soltdation of transportation facilities
In and AROUND New York, it is graft
tying to know that the waterways of
our district will have due considera-
ton.
Tho chief of engineers has
recommended the following 100000
Tor b improvement of Raritan bay;
100000 for the dredging of Rart-
tan river; $4,000 for Keypcrt har-
49, P+NsRNV III D1Oa4 IldEDOT ana
.Compton's creek, and $1,000 for the
Shrewsbury river.
The secretary attended the ees-
stons of the river and harbor con-
sress in Washington, and that or
ganization is doing it's utmost to pre-
vail upon congress to show a more
liberal policy in relation to river i'm
provements.
THE Atlantic Deeper Waterways
association is doing it's best to fur
Their the project for the ship canal
across the state of New Jersey, and
Mayor Donnelly of Trenton, is hone
Il that something may be done
that will result in progress at the
winter session of the legislature.
James ~. Stout, secretary of the
staten Island Deep Waterways AS
ISOLATION, is working with the same
Characteristic energy i'll behalf of the
waterways in which his association
is interested, and he asks the active
support of similar associations. 1t is
imperative that the work of con-
tinuing the movement for deeper
water to be continued, since moth
ing will be gained without more agi-
tation, and if 1t is dropped there may
be a big loss to the various COM
munities interested"