Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-02-26
BIC WATERWAY
; MEN To SPEAK
HERE TONIGHT
Great Crowd Expected to
Boost Ship Canal Project
Lecture to be Given
AIDS CANAL BILL
Delegations Coming Here
From All Parts of Central
New Jersey, is Report

One of the biggest boosters meet
sngs ever held in this city, is sched-
uled for tonight at SIS o'clock, in
the high school auditorium, when
the citizens of this city and vicinity
will get behind the Intra-costal ship
canal from Morgan on the Raritan
bay to Bordentown, on the Delaware
river. Their attendance at the
meeting will show the state legisla-
ture that they favor the adoption of
the bill introduced by Assemblyman
Harold Hoffman, authorizing the
using of the funds from the sale of
the Morris s, Essex canal, for the
purchase of the necessary land for
the long deramed of ship canal
across the state.
The speakers on this occasion will
be Mayor Donnelly of Trenton, Sec
Z retary Schoff of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association, and Con-
sgressman Elmer H. Geran. Mayor
William c. Wilson will make the ad-
Ddress of welcome and Russell Il.
Watson of New Brunswick, the
president of the Raritan Terminal
Ss Waterway Association will preside.
One of the most ardent advocates
for the canal has been Mayor Dom
nelly of Trenton. and it is largely
due to his efforts tina the activities
for the canal have again been start
ed Although the canal has always
been advolated, and bills have been
pending in the legislature to have a
bond issue to raise money with
which to purchase the land neces-
sary, it was not until the sale of the
Morris .G Essex canal that a con-
certed effort has been made by the
people to have the money thus OBJ
tanned used for the purchase of a
right of way for the proposed ship
canal.
Mayor Donnelly was quick to
realize the possibilities of obtaining
the right of way by using the money
obtained from the Morris canal for
this purpose, and has written long
letter to each legislature urging
their support of the Hoffman bill
He also sent copies of this COM
nnunication to Chambers of Com
merce and other organizations inter-
ested in the waterway.
Secretary Schoff will give an ad-
dress illustrated with lantern slides.
He will discuss the canal PROPOSE
tion in such a way that everyone will
present views of successful canals
throughout the country. He will
bring to the people of this city and
vicinity a message concerning the
proposed canal that will show them
how necessary it is to have the can
al constructed as soon as possible.
In all probability Mr.. Schoff's ad-
dress will be the feature Of the
meeting.
j. Spencer Smith, vice chairman
of the Port of New York Authority,
Awill not be present at the meeting
onight, but has written Secretary
of the association, that he
will do everything possible to aid
the movement for the canal. His
letter follows:
"Conf1rning our conversation Of
Monday it is simply out of the ques-
tion for me to be present on the
26th. I have a meeting of tho
Board of Education of my own town
at which I must be present. You
know of course that / will do ev-
erything can to aid the movement
we are all interested in
The meeting is beins held under
the auspices of the Raritan Ter
lninal and Waterways Association,
and it is expected that a large dele
cation will be present from New
Brunswick, South Amboy and other
cities and towns of Middlesex and
Monmouth counties, in which the
residents are interested in the de-
velopment of the waterways in this
section of the state. The delegates
from New Brunswick will be trans
ported to this city by automobiles
md motor buses.