Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-07-23
WILMINGTON, DEL.
"Wednesday Afternoon July as
ACTIVITY AT TCHEsrER, NEW CASTLE, AND
DELAWARE CITY-wHAT OF wILEING-


DELAWARE CITY-wHAT OF WHINING
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The prospect that the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company may use itslsrge purchase
of property, at Chester, for an extensive iron
ship-yzrd, is very encouraging one for tha'
clty, whose industries are actively employed and
steadily developing. At New Castle, the opera
tions of the Messrs Tasker are on mammoth
scGls, and they propose to realize, eventually,
gigantic series of iron-wcrking establishments
At Delaware CITY, much is expected OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, and it is believed,
there. that not only will large shipping wharves
for coal be built, but that other improvements
of the most extensive character will be soon de-
veloped.
We mention these evidences of activity all
around us, in order to keep our own citizens in
mind Of the necessity for at least equal energy
and enterprise, in Wilmington. Our city is the
largest in the section to which it belopgs-com-
posed of Southeastern Pennsylvania, West New
Jersey, and the Peninsula- -Philadelphia and
Reading only excepted. 1t is prosperous, busy,
and moderately rich 1t has . splendid start in
the race. and every natural advantage that we
could desire. In order that we shall grow and
lupfONet IL Only nbou1 euokB9 ohu 6OOo h4nAabS
ment on the part of our people.
The present year is one OF rapid growth for
Wilmington. A large number Of houses will be
built by the end of the season, and valuable
local improvements, such as the macadamzing
OF Fourth Street, the widening OF Water Street,
the enlargement OF our Water Supply, and, Qf
the unwise opposition has not been too success
full the initial step for securing Public Park,
will all be completed, or at least commenced,
But these though excellent in their way, II
economically and honestly DONE are compara-
lively small matters. We must keep our eyes
open and our energies in training. for such an
enlargement OF the industries and trade that
make our city great, as will materially forward
ourgrowth. The addition to our operations of
such business as that which the Messrs Sellers
are establishing, or such as would
be included in the reported design
of bringing an immense ship-building establish
ment from Belfast to Chester, would give gen.
eral and very strong impulse to every interest
in the city. The Wilmington and Reading rail
road was such an Improvement as did this, and
its extension to the Lehigh will double its value
to Wilmington we should say triple Of
quadruple. The Wilmington & Western, nov
Just getting into operation, is helping us great
ly, and its extension to Oxford, and connection
with line through Southern PennsylyAnia, vii
develop our city's trade and business to an i'm
mense degree
We caution our citizens that they must not lie
their watchfulness for Wlmingtons general in
terests relax for a moment. Enterprises o
great importance are developing all around us
other towns and cities are pushing forward wit
bold strides, some of them aided by the cApiti
of great railway corporations, whose abilities ar
greater than any one force which We posses'
Chester, in 1870, had population (south Chet
tar and Upland included, OF II 900 New Castl
had 1916 Delaware City had 1859 while Wi
mington had more than double the populatio
Of al of them combined But they are shown
prospects, Of great growth what is WilmiDgto
doing We are not stagnant, but are We layir
hold of every advantage Are we doing all {
develop our city that inay properly and pref
ably be done J.?