Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
THIS CITY BEST
PLACE.
ENGINEER SAYS
At Meeting in Elizabeth Hel
to Advance Cause of Bridge
at That City
HOPES TO SEE BRIDE
Built Here-.-NeW Jersey S!l'
Canal Boosted at Same
Meeting
HOPES TO SEE BRIDl
ELIZABETH, oct. sO:.4-Arthur

ELIZABETH, Oct. 30:@-Arthur i
lattle. chief engineer of the City e
New York. speaking at a meeting OF
the Chamber of Commerce here last
night, held to advance the cause OF
I the spanning of the Staten Island
/ Sound by a bridge between this city
and Staten Island, declared that his
idea of the proper place for the
bridge was between Perth Amboy
and Tottenville and that he hoped ii
see bridge at that point Mayor J
+ Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia.
who is also president of the Atlanti{.
Deeper Waterway Asso citation, IN ! "a
a1dfess urging the construction or
ihe proposed canal between Morga 81
en the Raritan Bay and Bordentowi1
On the Delaware river. declared the
1aet that this canal is still uncon-
.'rncted constituted the weak link
/ in the chain of inland waterways ex-
tending from the Great Lakes to
Florida. Other speakers were Johr
Is. English, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce. John f. Genai
mayor of Elizabeth and Senator
thur Pearson, of Union county
Mr.. Tuttle's statement that Ii
Sound for bridge between the te
states is between Tottenville ~
Perth Anlboy came at The end
his talk, in which he had touch
upon the possibilities of erecting
bridge over the sound between I'll
city and Staten Island. In speallil
of the possibilities of a bridge i
tween Perth Amboy and Tottenvil,
Mr.. Tuttle said, the natural raise
the land at Perth Amboy and II
tenVllle is 135 feet above mean IL
water and would be ideal for the r.
cation OF bridge between the tw
states. Both New York and Nca
Jersey are interested in a bridge n
that point. Mr.. Tuttle stated ana
the state of New York has passed 4
bill appropriating $4,000 10 carry oi
Joint investigation and preliminais
survey with New Jersey for such 4
bridge.
In speaking of the work which has
been done between representatives OF
Union county and New York for the
construction of a bridge or tunnel
between Elizabeth and Staten Island
Mr.. Tuttle said in part:
Ihere were two propositions nut
Forward for a tunnel between Eliza
beth and Richmond Terrace, Staten
Island and the other a bridge. After
considerable investigation it was as
certained that the tunnel would cost
not less than $S,000,0OO and this
huge cost made it out of the oues-
tion. The proposition of a bridge
was then taken up and two different
sites discussed 1t was finally de-
cided that as the improvements now
underway on Staten Island will mean
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad win
have to rebuild their bridge across
the Kill Won Kull, that the most
likely proposition would be to COM
bine in this new structure. not onl4
railroad bridge, but also bridge
for vehicle traffic"
This, Mr.. Tuttle said, would
take the traffic TO Bayway and
somewhat out of the center of Eliza
beth, but he was of the opinion this
was the most desirable. He pointed
out to the members of the Chamber
of Commerce that if they dessee the
bridge for Elizabeth, they must
agree upon what they want andea
then get behind the project.
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