Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-16
WATERWAY RESOLUTION
PASSED BY ALDERMEN
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NCOnllnueQ from rage i
the engineers felt warranted in rec
ommending the adoption. of this pro-
1ect without insisting upon the ac-
tlon by municipalities along that
waterway in making terminal i'm
provements.
Here in Perth Amboy You are
coming into an entirely different cat
egory. l would be glad if you gem
tlemen in Perth Amboy decided to go
ahead with the erection of a terni-
nal and l would undertake to go to
Washington and try to direct activi-
ties so as to bring about a favorable
report on this deep channel PROPOSE
ton. The Board of Commerce and
Navigation is in close touch with the
army engineers and as we have had
considerable experience with that
body we know what information
they desire and how they want il
presented to them. 1t is useless to
expect federal aid unless you intend
to do something here in Perth AM
boy"
by way of advice" Mr.. Smith
continued, II might say that a great
many communities are what Won
might call port crazy There is
something alluring about having
ocean-going steamers coming into
ones home port but over-imagina-
tion will not pay the increased tax
bills which would come with the
large expenditure necessary to such
a port layout.
Il would urge you gentlemen, be-
fore You make plans for the erec-
ton of any terminals. to secure the
services of an expert to make a sur
Vey SO that the plans will fit in with
the situation and bring in as in
come that which you have invested.
Port planning is a business in itself.
4ou are wonderfully favored in
Perth Amboy and have a fine op-
portunity if you conduct your port
plan along sane lines but you should
not attempt to compete with the
ocean going tonnage of New York.
After a knowledge of general
conditions has been secured you
could establish a port here which
will bring great wealth into the city's
treasury. II you go at this in a hap
hazard way you may have the piers
mere and a ship now and then but it
VIII be big blow to your treasury.
10 do this thing right you should
get q man who possesses the science
of port planning one who has made
a study of local conditions and
knows what plan is best suited to
Perth Amboy. If 1 were in your
position, / would have no hesitancy
in saying to the federal engineers:
We will lay out and create a munic-
lpal terminal on this waterfront
They will have more faith If you
also said you intended to engage
an expert in port planning"
Mr.. Smith then told of the WON
derful port to be found in Whining
ton, Del. In, that city, he said,
commission of three prominent busi-
ness men was named to go ahead
with the port development plan. AS
they knew nothing of such work
they engeged experts, the city ap-
propriated a sum of money for the
work to show the government
1t was sincere in its intentions. 1t
then asked the government for over
100000 worth of waterway aid and
got it.
The speaker said he felt he could
safely say that the city of Whining
ton now has the premier port layout
of any city in the United States as
that city did not attempt to copy the
ports of any particular city but built
according to their own needs after a.
careful study had been completed by
experts.
1.-THE presence of industries means
much to a community" President
Smith continued, '.and in Perth AM
boy you have two wonderful oppor-
tunities. Situated on the edge of the
Atlantic ocean and close to the port
of New York there is a thriving in