Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-31

fnuch of the place once occupied by
the green fields and purple hills is
so depressing in its appearance that
it creates a false impression in the
minds Of the pepole who know Perth
Amboy only from the car window of
a passing train. Give us a sensible
city plan, plus civic pride, and our
city's prosperity, progress and per-
petuity is assured
Attorney Thomas Browne:
"A beautiful park should be laid
out and built eastward along our
water front, from the Central Rail-
road bridge, where the young and
old, and the rich and the poor, a
enjoy their natural heritage of Gods
sunlight and air; one can rest and
enjoy the exhRaration of a plunge
and swim in our waters on a hot
summers day on a beach that will
be in keeping with the past historic
water splendor of our city.
Improve all transportation facili-
ties and ways leading into and out
of the city. Those are the hall
marks of the city. The first impress
SIGN on entering a town is usually
a lasting one. We have excellent
markets and shops, and wide-awake
and u~p-to-date merchants. Let us
have better stations, better and more
service by land and water and an
improved appearance in and along
our railroads and other avenues of
traffic leading into the city
IA concerted effort should be
made within the next five or ten
years to have a tunnel or bridge con-
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Staten Island and thereby receive
some of the tremendous benefits
that are bound tp result from the con
strUction of tunnels between New
York, Brooklyn and Staten Island
and the eIectrification of the railway
system on Staten Island. An effort
should also be made to have u
water ways in the sound and river
drepened and made possible SO as%to
obtain the mediate and immediate
results that opportunity has offered.
Last but not least, economy in
municipal administratlon-keep the
taxes down. Public extravaganza
lowed in its wake by the same re-
suits as individual extravaganza.
Judge Charles G. Hommann:
~ believe the aldermen have their
hands full for the year 1924 without
suggesting anything else. With the
track elevation and trunk line sewer
the city is pretty we'll lined up with
expenditures. When they have the
money it will be a fine thing to plant
shade trees on many of the streets
which are without trees at the pres
ent time"
Mgr. William z. Cantwell, of st.
Mary's church:
~ think the thing most necessary
as a foundation for progress for this
or any other city, is civic spirit, and
includes less selfshness, more unity
and courage and some superior di-
receive force. Materially l think
Perth Amboy is going to take a great
step forward by the very great i'm
provements that are to take place.
But, we cannot forget on the other
hand, that it is Perth Amboy itself
that has perhaps the least of any
participants in those Improvements
to do towards their accomplishments.
They should spur us on to do
thing for ourselves.
IL have always held the opinion
that the great factories here In
Perth Amboy that contribute so
much to the welfare of our pros
| perity, should take more interest in
the development of our city, in the
home and lives of their workmen.
"In two or three of the higher
classes OF our school the scholars
have just completed essays on the
subject, "What Perth Amboy Needs
Most" and in every one of them
there was a foremost place given to
demanding Fairgrounds for the chill
dren. Twas the voice of the future
Perth Amboy that was speaking. No
matter what else we do we cannot
afford to neglect the children of the
future"
John X. Sheehy:
what Perth Amboy needs to
make it a larger and better Perth
Amboy, is better cooperation be-
tween the many agencies that are
working along their own individual
lines.
"One thing especially, it would
seem is needed in Perth Amboy and
that is a live Chamber of Commerce.
What would be a better nucleus to
a real live organization of this ma
ture, than the mayor and heads of
all organized bodies, whether social,
political, fraternal or otherwise to
get together and by cooperation and
unselfish motives, determine to
make the year of 1924, a \ banner
year for Perth Amboy. Give us a
live Chamber Of Commerce and
watch Perth Amboy grow to a better
and larger city"
Adrian Lyon:
"In my opinion one of the things
that win have a tendency to make
Perth Amboy a bigger and better
city in 1924 is a more unselfish civic
spirit. The lack of that heretofore
has been one of the rocks upon
which so many of our civic institu-
tions have been wrecked. l have in
mind particularly the efforts hereto
fore made to carry on a strong Board
Of Trade or Chamber of Commerce.
1.-THE tendency has been among
certain members to see what they
can personally get out of it for their
own business, rather than the bene-
fit of the city at large. This is a
short=sighted position to take. In
the end it would mean more to the
members if they would think first OF
tho city and then of their own af-
fairs.
81 am thinking OF the wonderful
civic spirit in the city of Cleveland,
Ohio, which is fast bringing that city
to the forefront in the country. If
Perth Amboy would show something
more of this united civic spirit, With
lolI its other dVantaRes. If would
soon out-distance many of the cities
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