Telegram-herald., 1890-05-15
no REASON AT ALL
Why the Proposed Dock Line
should Not DC Established.
THUS SAYS MAURICE SHnlHis
{. b. Jzdd Also StFORsly in Favor OF 1t
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-Bei9 Lizs ROsd.

Ex-Alderman Shsnahan, Of the Bis
sell Carpet Sweeper Company, i one OF
the most enthusiasts men IN town IN
favor Of a new dock line on the east
side OF the river, from the u. K. q l..
bridge 10 the Sixth street bridge. lie
said 10 a TELEGRAM-HERALD reporter
yesterday: "It youwant TO know how 1
stand on this question, will just refer
you TO my record in the council when
the matter came up a couple OF years
ago. AT that time il was referred 20 q
committee, of which Frank A. Rodgers
was chairman. The question Was al
lowed 20 die by the committee, and Mr..
Rodgers never reported 70 the council
There Is no use of the river beng so
wide. Ii seems 10 me that any one at
all familiar with hydraulics must see
that the river is plenty wide enough at
the G. K. & I. bridge. and there Is no
necessity of having 1t any wider above
the bridge than at its narrowest point
in the city.
LAS the dock line stands at present,
it furnishes large number of lagoons
and lodging places where ice can pile up
in the winter and where filthy matter
may gather in the summer, and stag
nate and breed disease. There Is no use
talking, this valuable portion OF the
city must be developed, or II Will
have bad effect upon the
whole community. A stranger coming
into the city over the d. & NJ, and rid
! ing down Canal-st., INTO town, Will see
a wide sluggish stream with It's banks
almost destitute OF factories for long
! distance. This gives a visitor bad
impression of the city on the start. |
would almost be willing TO guarantee
! that If fine straight stone dock line
were built, the manufacturers would,
within ten years, have Canal-st., ana
/ the river front built up with solid brick
| buildings. ! can not see how any
reasonable citizen can discourage such
a project. The establishment OF the
present dock line was a nonsenslcal
piece Of work, and, with the broadest
/ possible allowance made, | can not ac-
| count for it. can not see what the
/ Board of Public Works reckOned from
/ when they fixed the time.
A belt line railroad down the river
| front would receive the full and undi-
| vided support of the Blssell Carpet
/ Sweeper Company. Such road could
| connect with the North Park road at
/ Taylor-st,, come down the river front
| to the G. X. q |. bridge and connect at
| that point with all the roads running
into the union depot. The North Park
road could be extended across the river
/ at Big Bend and thus connect with the
same roads, and, also, the D. & NJ. on
! the other side of the river. Ii this city
/ Is TO grow as fast as II can, the interests
of all parts of the city must be looked
after. Such an Improvement could not
! possibly lnjure anyone, while, at the
same time, the city would gam about
/ 81 900 900 worth of taxable property on
/ which 20 assess.
"Those who Will oppose such an enter
| prise must be men who are afraid that
someone else Will gain more than they
Will by it. G. B. Judd IS now in New
| York City on business with our foreign
| agent. Mr.. Williams, who IS about to
sail for Europe, but you can say that
Mr.. Judd Is just as strongly IN favor OF
/ the enterprise as ! am"
"That was a mighty good suggestion