Palisadian., 1923-08-10

Jersey, the building OF bridge be-
tween the two states over the Hud-
son river and the construction of sew
eral belt lines or marginal railroads
in New Jersey, which will connect the
twelve transcontinental railroads en-
tering the Port District. 1t contem-
plates also the construction of motor
truck highways within the state of
New jersey some of which will be
in our own county of Bergen, and the
construction and operation of docks
along the waterfront which will be
adequate to take care of present and
future needs. Within the port dis
trict there is a waterfront of I'll
miles, of which SIS are in New York
and 1913 in New Jersey. The part of
the waterfront in our own county in
cluded within this area, extends from
below Edgewater to point about
Fort Lee, intersecting with the lower
boundary of the Palisades Interstate
Park.
There is not a shadow of a doubt
that if this comprehensive plan, either
| in whole or part, is carried out, Ber-
gen county will benefit probably to a
greater extent than any other terri
| tory within the Port District. as it
will mean that this county, now prac-
tically the only large area left for
home development within reason
able distance of New York, will en-
| joy adequate transportation facilities
and corresponding increase in popu-
lation and wealth which invariably
follow better and adequate means of
transportation. Bergen county, with
an area greater than Kings and
Queens counties combined now has a
population of about 100000, while
Kings and Queens counties together
have population of nearly 100000.
1t will mean cheaper fuel, cheaper
building supplies and cheaper food,
because the present expense of light
erage will be largely eliminated, and
the belt line railroads will do away
with circuitous routing and duplica-
tion of freight charges incident there
to. To illustrate: A shipment of
a carload of asphaltum, moving from
Constable Mock to Passaic on August
3, 1922, was routed via the Central
Railroad of New Jersey to Lake juno
ton, and via the D. L. & W. to Pas
sale, and yarded enroute at three
places, Elizabethport, Highbridge and
Lake Junction This shipment routed
in this manner, travelled a distance
of 107 miles, with freight charges of
S13699, and took two days in transit.
If routed via the Belt Line or Mar
ginal Railroad No. 13, this particular
shipment would have travelled 19
miles from point of origin to destina-
ton, would have been approximately
one-half day in transit, and the
freight charges would have been ap-
proximately $1,000 instead of S136.99.
Another illustration: A carload of
radiators moving from Bayonne, N. j.,
to Passaic, N. j., was routed via
Easton, Pa, and travelled distance
of 165 miles; taking three days in
transit, with freight charges of $9S.14
If routed via Belt Line 10, the dis
tance travelled from point of origin to
destination would haye been sixteen
and one-half miles, the time in transit
approximately one-half day, and the
freight charges approximately $500
instead of S9S.14
I'm addition to freight handled by
the railroads, the construction of mo-
tor truck roads will give the farmer
merchant and manufacturer of Ber.
gen and other New Jersey counties
convenient and easy access to not
only the New York markets but also
the local markets, and not only reduce
the price of fruit, vegetables and 9th.
er foodstuffs in both. but largely do
I away with the existing disparity in
prices of these commodities as be.
tween New York and New Jersey
towns such as Ridgewood.
CAS- member of the New Jersey
legislature | will make a special study
of these transportation problems"