Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-20
Long Island Sound.
The Re-Survey Question and It's Import

The Re-Survey Question and Its Import
 ance.
 We publish below the names of influential
 people in New York and elsewhere who have
 added their signatures to the long list of sig
 natures by prominent Connecticut men, in
 aid of the memorial for re-survey of Long
 Island Sound. The subject of a re survey
 was broached by Captain Charles H. Town
 send of this city to the late Captain Patterson
 then superintendent of the coast survey
 Capt. Patterson approved of it heartily, and
 his successor, Professor Hilgard, upon having his attention called to it recently by Captain Townsend and Mayor Robertson, who visited
 him in Washington for the purpose expressed
 his hearty concurrence. letter from Prof.
 Hilgard to Captain Townsend gives assurance
 that the matter will when presented to Con
 gress, receive his earnest support. The me-
 morial and the new names added are as fol lows.
 NEW HAVEN, Ct., March 1O 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assem- bled:
 We, the undersigned, being fully impressed with the importance of a re-survey of Long | Island Sound and the approaches thereto, | most respectfully request that suitable ap- propriation be made for this purpose. It is now about forty years since Long Island | Sound was surveyed, and during that time many rocks and shoals have been discovered which should be correctly located and laid | down on a chart thereby obviating the dan l ger made by these Instructions to commerce, l which has been more than quadrupled dur l ing this period and as it is the eastern ap- proach from the sea to the important port of New York, and to the numerous harbors of Connecticut, it is unnecessary to mention it's ! important position on the Atlantic coast, which would be largely benefited by such 8 survey as is asked for by your petitioners. ! Charles Dennis, vice president Atlantic Mutual Ins. company, New York; Alfred Ogden, vice president Orient Mutual Insu- l rance company T. B. Bleecker, jr., president New York Mutual Insurance company; J. P. Paulison, president Sun Mutual Insurance | company; Philander Shaw, vice president Phoenix M. Insurance company Ferdinand Motz, president Great Western Insurance company; Higgins & Cox, attorneys for sub- scribers at United States Lloyds W. I. Comes president Commercial Mutual Insu- rance company, New York H. & C.. l.. Des- pard, agents Boylston Mutual Insurance company Jones $ Whitlock, agents Union Marine Insurance company, limited; Ward Williams, secretary Boston Marine Insurance
 company Whipple $ De Birmingham attor- I neys South and North American Lloyds; G. Bentkan Rae, agent Sea Insurance company, limited; Catlin t& Satterthwaite, attorneys Insurance company of North America H. H. Thayer, manager Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance company; R. M. C. Gra- ham, attorney Manufacturers Insurance company J. Bertschmann, attorney Swift zerland Marine Insurance company of ' Zurich J. Bertschmann, attorney General ! Insurance company of Dresden; Paul ". l Cesar, attorney Rhenish Westphalian Lloyds; ; Hugo Menzel attorney and general agent Swiss Lloyds; Willoughby Powell, agent Providence Washington Insurance company ]; Samuel E. Olmstead, banker and manufac- turer, Henry I. Hoyt, Thomas S. Morrison, 1 and George R. Cholwell, Norwalk, Conn, l and Board of Marine Underwriters, Wall street, New York; William O. Street, president ! F. c. Fire Insurance Co.,, Norwalk, Conn. i; Frederick St. John Lockwood, president ! Fairfield Go. National bank; Robert B. 1 Crawford, president National Bank of Nor walk Captain o. R. Mumford, 59O Halsey I street, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Captain Francis A.. Martin, Captain G. D. S. Trask, Captain | William A. Ellis, Captain w. c. Davis, | Brooklyn, N. Y. John B. Hubbell, superin- tendent Bridgeport Steamboat Co.,, Bridge l port, Conn. D. $ N. c. Miller, wholesale | coal dealers, Bridgeport, Conn.