Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-15
Improvement of Raritan Bay
and River to New Brunswick
Taken Up

Secretary C. S. Atkinson, of the
Raritan Terminal and Waterways
Association yesterday afternoon sub
mitted to the committee on resolu-
tions at the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways Association convention at Nor
folk, Va, a resolution favoring the
deepening of the channel in Rari-
tan Bay and Raritan River from
the Great Beds lighthouse to the
railroad bridge. The resolution,
which calls for the channel being
dredged to a depth of thirty feet,
will be considered by the resolution
committee and a report will be made
tomorrow morning.
The improving of the Raritan
River from Perth Amboy to New
Brunswick so that a sufficient depth
will exist to provide facilities for a
greater volume of commerce was
also included in Secretary Atkin-
sons resolution.
Captain Cox, of Elizabeth, secre-
tary of the Pilot Commission, spoke
in favor of both of these projects
and asked the endorsement of the
association for them.
j. Hampton Moore, mayor of
Philadelphia and president of the
association, made the opening ad-
dress Tuesday and his main topic
was the need of n canal from the
Raritan to the Delaware. At the
present time, President Moore told
the waterways delegates, there are
900 miles of inland waterways along
the Atlantic coast forming a chain
from Boston, Mass, to Beaufort, N.
| C. The only remaining unimproved
canal is the link connecting the Rari-
tan Bay and Delaware Bay. The
present Delaware and Raritan canal
is beyond use for vessels of twelve
feet draft or more. he said and this
route cannot meet requirements.
The proposed intra-coastal ship
canal from Morgan on the Raritan
to Bordentown would furnish a con-
Meeting link through which boats
that pass through the other links of
the chain could easily go.
President Moore protested against
the proposal that the United States
government spend 100000 in
Canada on the proposed st. Law
rence-Great Lakes canal. His count
er suggestion was that the inland
waterways of this country could use
| that large sum to better advantage.
The entire membership of the New
| Jersey State Board of Commerce and
| Navigation is attending the conven-
| ton, the trip having been made on
| the yacht wv. Parker Runyon" =,
| which was named in honor of the
local member of the commission. j.
| Spencer Smith, president of the
! board, addressed the convention yes
| terday.
The convention is attended by
about 700 delegates and marks the
sixteenth annual meeting of this
body. The importance of the in
duence and work of this convention
was brought out by President Moore
when he showed that the govern
ment's appropriation for inland
waterways in the United States has
doubled during tee past fourteen
! years.
An effort is being made by the
Newark delegation to have that city
entertain the association at it's con-
vention next year. Assemblyman
Harold G. Hoffman. of South Amboy
| who introduced the bill in this year
! legislature making available the
money for the purchase of the neces-
| sary rights of way for the proposed
shin canal from Morgan to Borden
town. is among those attending the
convention from this section.
telegram from Mr.. Atkinson, re-
ceived at noon today, stated that the
committee on time and place or the
next convention had unanimously
decided in favor of Newark for 1928
convention at it's session this morn
ing and the committee would so re-
port tomorrow.