Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-27
JUSTICE TO RAIL TRANSPORTATION

Tie decision Of Judge Lynch refusing grant
Junction restrain the Central railroad from building
croSs Newark bay from Elizabethpor to Bayonne brings
the meht the question of drawbrdges in gen.
raL Under the law water transportation has the right OF way
ever rail transportation This law relic Of the old days when
a1readng its infancy before it thought Of
Of the transportation done by water Them too it
Of the sailing vessel As the saboat depended the
and tide easily managed that under way it
kept moving It's might get beyond control
When saboa approached drawbridge, therefore, it
Necessary have the open forthwith the boat likely
damage Because Of these condition and because nav
gable the main arteries Of and therefore
be kept open water transportation given the right
way and the law has never been changed.
But times have changed and the law has been outgrown The
railroads have come to take place in transportation
stem and the steamboat at all times under the control of the
navigator has replaced the sailing vessel almost exclusively
pt And when the vessels approach port
they are invariably in tow of tugboat.
Besides in the development of transportation is mainly the
BULK freight carried by water whereas the pershable goods
nd that which intended for prompt delivery is carried almost
xuvely by rail- When is realized that the millions of lives T
great cities dependent upon these train loads of produce
,ong through time it does ridiculous doesn't it, to
train Of perishabe freight held to give loaded with
bricks the right OF way1
But we have been considering only the freight traffic The
pcrance Of passenger traffic adds emphasis to the need of
nge regarding the right of way drawbrdges Thousands of
muers every days greatly Inconvenience because of open
awa Many business engagements often of much Importance and
uetmes involving millions of dollars broken train
barge lumber boaoad Of sand has been given the
jsht Of way passenger train at a drawbridge.
Railroad trains loaded with pershab freight carrying
hundreds people their businessmen to whom perhaps the
few minutes wait for the boat pass worth than the whole
eargo the carryngought to have to give
lighters Business conditions and the mode of trans
changed years that revision of the
navigation the right Of at drawbrdges is OF
Exshe greatest needs.
In advocating change the least betng the
Eportance of waterway transportation On the contrary the
Evening strong and consistent advocate of waterways
There freight that be handled much cheap
advantageousy by water than by rail- and considering
railroads keep abreast with the demands OF
commerce. tremendous of building railroads and main
gainng them, adequate waterway facilities essential
for Newark bay bridge which there has been sc
much controversy difficulty of delays to trains will be solved
rge by making the bridge high enough to permit most Of
e water traffic to pass without lifting the draw This
m should All bridges especially those in busy har
ought either of the suspension type that all vessel
Fan pass under them high that the draw will have to b
only exceptional While the Importance
water transportation is not to be betted 1t time that raj
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