The daily gazette., 1882-01-30
THE BoARD OF TRADE.

AtN 6A8 Ans
The Board Of Trade held nn impor-
tant meeting, Saturday evening, In the
offics Of the Secretary, X. A. VanTrump.
sixth and Shipley streets, President r.
N. Buck IN the chair. Among those pres-
ent we're Ell Garrett, George w. Bush,
Job III. Jackson, Preston La, Samuel
Bancroft, Jr., James Bradford, Charles
E. Fritz, E. A. VanTrump, Thomas
Garrett, Washington HASTINGS, FIN.
Buck, J. II. Hoifecker, Jr., Esq, e. T.
Warner, james p. Hayes, DR.. James A.
Draper, Henry Mendsnhall and others.
The first business considered was the
report OF the Executive Comm ttse,
which was az follows:
The Executive Committee Of the
Board OF Tale having carefully con.
sidered Its work, finds thAt several OBJ
jects Of Interest require very thorough
Investigation and discussion. These
will necessltate large correspondence
Ia order 10 secure Information that 70
the committee seems Indispensable 10
intelligent ac.ion.
As set forth In the circular OF Novem-
Der Sth our water supply 10 Of the great
est importance, and the question arises,
can thiA beard after the adoption Of q
plan for supp 'ying the city with water,
exhibit such faith In Its recommends
tlon as to say TO the city authorities,
"the capital necessary to the execution
OF the plan is 10 readiness TO erect the
works, lay the pipes, and supply the city
With pure water ct less cost than ls now
charged by the city for the impurities
that are Low furnished our citlzens?n
This subject demands the most thought
ful and intelligent study, and the board
recommends the appointment OF COM
mittee TO investigate and report such
plan a. may be The result Of such inves-
| tigation. For similar reasons the sub.
ject Of sewage should receive similar
| committee.
The development and protection of
our harbor require the NEST watchinl
care, legislation SHOULD be had from the
general Government directing = survey
OF the Brandywine with q view to It's
| improvement. Wharf lines should be
decided upon and established by COM
petent board composed of government
engineers, our city engineers and Tipa-
rian owners. Laws OF other cities
should be consulted, modified and en-
bodied In laws that may be thought ad-
visable for the government Of our har-
Dor. The duties Of our Port Wardens
should be defined. A building inspec-
tor should be appointed, and such bull
dings a. arc now being constructed
with scarcely strength to support their
weight during erection, should be
prohibited, and special care should be
taken to insnre thst furnace fues shall
be constructed in such q manner as 10
give che tenants reasonable security
against IRE.
This work appears to demand the
faithful consideration and CO operation
OF two committees, one for the deyel-
opment and protection of Wilmington'f
harbor, and the other TO secure neces-
sAry legislation.
And lastly, committee should bs ap.
pointed to to interest itself In looking
after new enterprises, and calling the at
tention of the capitalists to The adyan,
tages we can offer them to locate here
assisting them In the selection of prop
erty most desirable for their purpo ,es
There appears SO much OF Interest
demanding the attention OF this organl.
zation at the present time, that the ex
tcutive committee feels warranted IL
recommending the securing OF q room
for The meeting Of committees and tn.
general b Iard, that 1t should be SUITABLY
fulnished, and that bl- weekly meeting
OF the general Bosrd shall be hsld.
e. I. WARNER,
+. b. COTTON,
Commi. tee
Discussion of tho report being Ii
order, Sam'l. Bancroft, Jr., was aske,
for his views upon the subject of wslel
supply. Mr.. Bancroft WIS OF the opin
lon that the city was nov using NOR
water Than 1t was entitled TO by itt
rights, and suggested removal OF th
pumping station up the stream.A SUP
ply from Red Clay Creek, he thought
was IN pl lac.lcable; as the fow was mucl
less thal that OF the Brandywine, ant
II would cost more TO bring It to th
/ city. The flow of the Brandywlne owe
the dam OF e. |. Dupont u Co. wa
found by measurement to be 1000 cubil
feet per minute.
He thought Rockland would be goo
place for the pumping station as 1t wa
141A feet above tide water, while Coo
Spring reservoir Ii lao feet above th
pool from which the water is now pun
ped. This would leave pumping ele
vation of less than 10 feet II the wate
was pumped from Rockland to Coo
Spring. Nj. Bancroft spoke at length
! aud very forcibly, in favor Of moving th
city pumping station further up th
stream.
0 On motion, . committee consisting G
q Henry Nendenhall, WIN. T. Porter
George s. Capelle, DR.. j. A. Draper an
q VIM. Bush was appointed to conslde
b and report upon this subject.
o DR.. Draper, being asked for an ex
preston on the water question nald II
/, his opinion the pumping station shoult
be moved, either TO BancrofL's dam o
the dam at Rockford. The latter he con
sidered preferable, as by using cit th
drainage OF Rising Sun and the impuri
Q ties further down would be avoided. FL
a referred to the analyses of the waite
o made last summer by Prof. Leeds, OF y
j., and j. FL. j. Bush, of this city, an
+ said the Board would have q more care
!, full examination made in the spring. Th
| impurities In the water, In his opinion
were due to the bad drainage more thai
10 the mills.
The subject OF city drainage and sew
erage was next discussed the Wafinl
system, In use In the city of Memphi
aud fully described In recent issue O
Z the GAzETTE being favorably spokel
I of. The subject was referred to 9 com
; mIttee composed of Chas. q, Fritz,Al
9 Speakman, Stansbury j. Wiley, DR.. j
IL P. Wales and Geo. w. Stone, with In
stri ctious to confer with the city author