The daily gazette., 1882-04-07
TME BOAnD OF TRADE.
MONTHLY MEETING LAST EVENING
REPoRTs AND REsoLUTIoNs-NEw
ENTERPRISES.

REPoRTs AND REsoLUT1oNs-NEw
ENTERPRISES.
The Board Of Trade held q regular
| monthly meeting last evening In ts
rooms, Exchange Building, Win L. B.
Cotton In the chair.
The Committee on Room reported
that book case aud bat rack bad been
purchased, and the Finance Committee
reported that the assessments had been
generally paid up and also that the rent
Of the room had been paid mp TO March
26th 1883. The Committee on Water
Supply made the following primary Ie-
port, whIcn vas adopted:
1t 10 an undonbted fact the city must
N the near future make some provision
for an increased supply Of water, aud IN
ons'dering the subject due care should
be taken to get purer water than at the
present time. Your COMMITTEES recon-
mend taking water from Rockland dam
or some other point on the BrandyWlne
above The present pumping station. Be
foro making full report upon this i'm
portant subject We desire 10 have made
for comparison an analysis Of the water
at the present pumping station at the
Rockland dam and at intermediate
points during the coming tummer when
the stream is at It's lowest stage, aud we
recommend you TO ask the City Council
to have this analysis made. AS add
tionAl legislation will no ubs be
necessary befVe any important changes
cAn be commenced we believe that no
time will be lost by waiting until the
information asked for can be obtained.
The following resolutions offered by
j. II. Hofiecker, Jr., were adopted:
ResotOed, That In order 10 ascertain
for comparison the relative purity OF
the wat sr OF the Brandy wine with
view to Improvement In the character
aud quality OF the citys supply, the City
Council be requ ssted to have at anslysis
made by q competent chemist Of the
water Of said stream, the wa er being
taken from various points between the
| crescent pumping station and the Rock
land dam and at such times during the
summer season when the water Ii 10 west
| iD the stream.
ResolUed, That the secretary be re-
qHested to toward copy of this resc-
| luton to the City Council b. fore the
next meeting thereof.
The Sewer Committea reported tha'
| the Boards action together with that Of
the b ard Of Health had bsen laid be-
fore the City Council, ard hat special
committee hal been appointed by that
body TO enquire into Ihs matter.
Mr.. Ooltln Of the Harbor Committee
| presented report In which be s'a'ea,
that owing TO the increasing valus of the
water frontage an the Delaware, Chris
tiana and Brandy wine, there should be
some s'eps taken to protect them. The
| present laws and ordinances are not Ad-
tqulte to meet the pr, sent neede. The
exluriGr wharf lines ~ laid down nv the
COMMISSIONERS February 9, 1855, are
unreliable owing to changes, errors in
measurements, and loss Of weM, defined
landmarks. The report coneBdhed as
| follows:
AS the whaTvss, PIERS and bulkheAds
have been and VIII he hereafter almO-t
wholly constructed by private enterprise,
II seems necessary thstt0 provide against
| Injurious modes and for the protection
| of adj AGENT owners, as well as to m IKE
your port desirable, care should he exer-
cised by the public through its suthor-
J Ized representatives. For such purpOsts
lseiel luon should be obtained as early as
practicable empowering the Harbor
Board or Board of Wardens to act In
conjunction with Harbor Master, who
shall have power 10 revise and establish
| pier lines, make rules and reRulatlo ons,
| provide penalties for violations, require
p'aus to be filed for all proposed wharves,
| piers of structure for examination and
approval, with power to grant or with
hold license for such ereetons or struc-
lures and generally supervise aud control
haTbor matters. Frequent conferences
should be had with the United States
engineers In charge of channel improve
ments aud lines, structures, etc., be male
10 barmonizs with channels as esiab-
llshed and maintained by the general
government.
A postal card was read from ). Cattin
and w. y. Sutton, of Philadelphia, atat-
ing that they proposed TO establish a
factory here for the purpose OF manu-
ftcturinR brussels C.rpet, providing
sufficient inducements were offered them.
The card was referred to the committee
on new enterprises.
The treasurer reported that there was
balance of Sill In bank.
The committee on sewerage were In
structed to uss their influence to have
trap placed at Eidergut run, to prevent
the washiDgs from flowing Into the
Cbristiana.
The proper officers were instructed ia
endorse Q commune 4tion from the
Board Of Trade OF Baltimore, In refer
eLce to the Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal, and send It to Congressman Mar
tiO, with request that he use his In
hubnoo to further the matter.
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