Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11
HEARING HELD ON SHIP
CANAL ACROSS JERSEY
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to come waterways must care for
most of the transportation, he said,
and now is the time to look into the
future and start work on improving
waterways.
1t was announced by Mayor DON
nelly that the State Board of Com
merce and Navigation now has been
in the field with options securing
the lands necessary for the right of
way across New Jersey for the canal.
These figures will be placed before
Governor SilZer this winter together
with all other data on the canal pro-
ject he said, so that the legislature
may take action when it %convenes
a-in January. Many property owners
5 along the line Of the proposed canal
are willing to deed their and to the
K. state without being reimbursed, the
Trenton a said. The speaker
said the construction of the canal
will require six or seven years.
Russell Il. Watson, president OF
the Raritan Terminal and Waterway
Association, said he hoped the
army engineers would make a ia
g vorable report to Washington on the
agcanal project as it is more than a
local improvement. Mr.. Watson re-
4 ferred to the work as a national
~ DIODOS1llOn WIllCh WOuiu DtLitllI nv
a4only this section but the entire coun-
/ try. The development of warehouses
and terminals will be greatly facili-
+ tated If this canal is cut through,
3, Mr.. Watson said.
Dewitt Van BuskirlS, of Bayonne,
vice president of the Port of New
York Authority, referred to the pro-
posed canal as a highly important
..national defense measure. He sug-
4 ~aAz - ...-.a1 Tho - afpnnp Ynin-
forced road be built parallel with
,athe canal to be used exclusively for
heavy trucking. In case of war,
; Mr.. Van Buskirk pointed out the
IS canal would make it possible for war
ships to pass from the north Allan
tic ports TO south Atlantic ports
without going outside of the "a
and the road would make it possible
to do a great amount OF heavy
trucking of war machinery. making
the two of unestimable value. The
speaker also urged the deepening OF
the Arthur Kill and Kill Won Kull
in order that the port of New York
might be developed further. me
canal meets with the approval OF
the Port of New York Authority,
Mr.. Van Buskirk said.
Walter o. Lookup, representing
the Trenton Chamber of Commerce,
uTK6Q that lile WOlh stat CO DoOtA
as possible declaring that it would
be a waste of time to wait for lower
figures as 1t is generally conceded
that present prices will not be low
cred during the next few years. Ma
than Hayward Of the Philadelphia
Board of Trade spoke in favor of the
project and the representative OF
the Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce maintained that the construc-
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most important projects having al
direct bearing on the progress OF
this part of the country.
A. r.. Smith of the Staten Island
Chamber of Commerce and the Hlch
mond County Board OF Trade, spoke
in favor of the proposition urging
immediate start of the work. Nj. ID.
Grifith, secretary OF the Elizabeth
Chamber of Commerce, presented a
letter from the mayor of that city
heartily endorsing the project
pointing out the importance such a
canal would prove to industries de-
string to take advantage of this
means of transportation of stone,
coal, Stag and the heavier commod-
tiles,
x AfthNr $. Tuthill, chief engineer
of the New York City Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment, rep
,s sS9nert ne tbat eeitv snoIo IN favor
~ The [nrnient having stress on the
n,nortance If such an improvement
~ New york and other places in
This section. n. II. Kellar, chief en-
eineer of the New York Department
OF Docks, presented a of figures
in which he showed that prices were
stable now and thai they reached
their peak IN 1870.
Wilson }. vance secretary oil the
New Jersey Champef Oh commerce
urged that there De no more oeldy