Daily Republican., 1879-01-27
THE BLUE HENS ss;sFCAENs.
..LittIe DeIawarc's" Resources and
Opportunities.


mington. and at one time employed in
the book store of J. =. Head. Mr.. Hart
since that time has been editor OF the
Pittsburg "Evening Telegraph" but
latterly an attache Of thu Reco,d. His
letter is substantially correct, and the
following paragraphs will no doubt be
read with interest.
Wilmington has four daily news
papers and about twice as many week
lies. The pioneer in the daily line vas
the ropimei cini, started some ten years
ago by Howard NJ. jenkins (now on the
Philadelphia Times and Wilmer At
kinsou, at present publisher of the
Farm journal. Being a Eovelty, the
Commercial was taken hold Of and
swept long nicely, soon getting good
circulation and an encouraging busi-
uers patronage; but 1t did not take root
very deeply, aud so, when a colnpeti-
tor, Erery Erening, came skipping along,
il became question whether the lead
ership would not be lest. Besides. the
new conner was the cheaper of the two
After lively race, the last became
first and the first became last there
was consolidation, Of which nothing,
practically, is left bu, Every Ereni"g.
The trouble with jenkins seemed to be
that he was too big for the place. Evi-
IDENTIFY he imagined that he was editing
the New York 7riJune Cater which he
named his weekly,) instead Of getting
up modest little paper in little Della
ware.
The RewI',can is the party organ. 1t
is bright little afternoon sheet, and
among the penny press, next in size to
| TnE RECORD. 1t is owned and pub
lished by Geo. W. Vernon, an old Dela-
ware newspaper man, and his two
sous.
The Go=ette is the Democratic even
ing organ. 1t is issued by c. 7. john
son, who has Published the weekly
Ga.stte for mary years. The Liernh is
the only mornlng paper published here.
It keeps up its end Of the Democratic
plank with vigor. The Herahd was
"plantsd" by John O'Byrne, Esq, OF
Philadelphia, and is nov edited by his
two sons,
Passing the establishment of Thomas
Drein & Sons, stopped in 10 pay my
respects to another department Of IN
vrntive genius. Captain Dreiu is now
making eight life boats for the grea.
ship California, building at Cramps
ship yard in Philadelphia. Thes"
boats are constructed of galvanized
iron, with air-tight compartments in
both ends. They ar. guaranteed to
float in safety VIXEN full of people
Coach holding forty persons) and the
sea dashing them full of water every
moment. These boats are about thirty
feet in length AMI weigh ], 200 pounds.
Capt. d. also is the sole manufacturer
Of Captain Coul celebrated patent life
raft.
Two Wilmington firms have gained
great reputation as iron shipbulders.
( one of these, the Harlan 4 Ho!lings
worth Company, have built one hun
dr-d and seventy-two iron ships, steam
boats and vessels. The works cover
an area of twenty-six and half acres
and comprise over forty buildings. The
number of men employed, when every
thing is in full blast, reaches nearly
two thousand 1t will be observed that
Wilmington advantages as a ship.
building point can scarcely be overrsli-
mated. On the Peninsula, within the
distance, by rail or water, of one hun
dred miles, is plenty OF the very
best oak timber, while two lines OF
railway communlcat" directly with the
| iron ore and coal regions of the North.
/ The Christiana river is broader and
easier of navigation than tn" famous
CLYDE, and Hlasgow's facilities ior get
ting materials for shipbuiding are not
as great as Wilmington Yet the
harbor here, fine as it is, must be great
ly improved at an early day.
General Humphreys, of the United
States Survey Corps, reports that the
Delaware Immediately opposite vii.
mington is forming heavy bar, and
that an island will soon appear aud
that the channel must be brought close
to the northern shore. 1t will require,
at the same time, but little more labor
and expense to widen and deepen the
mouth OF the Christiana, which is al
ready 50 filled with craft Son.tn,,
that the steamboats, have 'liilicultv in
getting satrty through. Undoubtedly
iron ship building i, rs yet only III 1t,
infancy in this country, AMI as il grows
Wilmington will move forward to the
very front Of the line.
In all the history o. Wilmington as
an industrial and manufacturing CEN
tire there is not one single stain Of
! labor trouble worth mentioning and
such thing as labor riot has never
even been thought of. Why is it that
the very atmosphere here Is different
in this respect from Plttsburg, Scranton,
New York, Paterson and other notable
point, that could be mentioned
In the cities named, especially in til" !
first two; employers and employed seem
to 60 about their daily duties wearing
side-arms. as it were; there is sort OF
armed neutrality existing all the while.
Each side is covered with the sears Gi
battle, and vet both ar" sver ready for
Il conflict. The one says: "Reduce our
wages, make this rulp, discharge that
man. introduce that piece of lahor-sav-
ing machinery and We will strike"
The other says: "I'nie,s you submit to
our demands we will put out the fires
and nail up.' One Of the best known