Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-13


nance granting the Jersey Coast
Ferry Company the use of fifteen
feet of land on John street to be
used for slip purposes the matter
was passed by the council at the
meeting last night. Councilmen Dis
brow and Delaney voted in the neg
ative.
There may or may not be some
ulterior motive in this resolution"
said Councilman Disbrow, land J
| cannot for the love of me see why
f, any more han they have already
got. BY doing this you are playing
in the hands of a certain few-the
stockholders of the Jersey Coast
| Ferry Company" The councilman
J argued that by granting this priv.
lege to the ferry company. any other
competitive company that wanted
the use of this available water
front, would have to buy it from
the Jersey Coast Ferry Company.
THE company can very easily
move north a distance of fifteen
feet. They do not need the John
street section at all. Instead they
are trying to tie up other property
to insure against competition" the
councilman stated.
COAiiNAiliiaii IOfCis aAAIS VI II
resolution, said: II don't think it's
right to stand in the way of this
improvement and l cannot see why
anyone can talk against the ferry.
1t means that when the ferry gets
into operation, a man can take his
family to New York for fifteen cents,
something that cannot be done these
times"
At this point Councilman Disbrow
rose to his feet, shouting: Beware
of Greeks bearing gifts. They tell
you all this, but the fact that the
company can, but will not, NOV
north fifteen feet, desiring to be the
whole hog or none, is what gets me-"
To Councilman Lovely, the fourth
ward councilman replied: you're
willing to give them all the citJ
owns You're going out of office
and don't care" Councilman Love-
ly interrupted, saying: II want you
to distinctly understand I don't want
to give anything away"
Councilman Delaney came into the
argument at this time. He said:
There is no reason in the world
why the Jersey Coast Ferry Com
pany cannot move north the fifteen
feet they claim is necessary TO pro-
tect their channel. 1 cannot see
into giving one foot of John street
to them"
}, Councilman Disbrow asked the
; president of the council to ask the
city engineer whether or not the
company could move north. Mr.
McMichaels stated hat it was pri-
marily on account of the sanitary
sewer, that extends along this line
that the company asked for the if
. teen feet on John street. He also
stated that a total or $50 feet woult
be used for the channel. The en-.
gineer stated that it was the inten
ton of the Jersey Coast Ferry Com
pany to build two slips, If they wer'
successful. He added that the Mair
: idea was to provide for the future
, why didn't they ask for the entir'
l water front from Henry street to tn
! Terra Gotta while they were at it?
> asked Councilman Disbrow. He wa
bitter in his denunciation of the Fer
ry Company. He pointed out tn
; condition that would follow the con
tipued use of John street by TIL
> heavy traffic. He rediculed the idea
. of giving anything away to the com-
pany. He scorned what he charac.
terized as, an attempt to make PEG.
pie believe that it was in the inter.
est of the taxpayers, when in reality
only a mere few have any money a
, all invested in the enterprise. Thu
vote showed Councilman Lovely
t Connors and Tice voting in the at
firmative.
Mrs. Marion Webb Cleveland. 6
delegate from the South Shore Pro.
| ~tective Association. stated that sht
had come in the interest of the fer
ry, having heard that there was
| hitch of some sort in this city. She
told the council members that she
was pleased with the action taken
on the matter, and felt that this