Evening journal., 1890-01-02
STRENGTHENING THE cHRlsTlANA
The Inestimabte Prosperity Which
Would ReauIt Therefrom.

The Inestimabie Prosperity which
Would Result Therefrom.
An EVENING JOURNAL reporter noticed
q gentleman on Third street bridge this
morning and az he had a solid looking air
about him and appeared as II he might
know something of public interest, the
ssribbler determined that IL the stranger
was pumpable the EVENING JOURNALS s
patrons would enjoy the overflow from
| his tank of knowledge.
he accordingly approached the promis-
ing looking parsonage and with the man
| ner which he reserves for special oceas-
ions said: "Good morning"
| His salute was well received by the
stranger, who returned the compliment.
| The reporter was about to speak of the
weather when the gentleman said all In
one breath: Remarkable weather, isn't
it2 Had the grip YETI Did you ever see
such winter? DO you live in this cityg'
''Yes-no-no-yes," said the dizzy re-
porter.
There are some smart people live in this
town, d MT they, chi" said the stranger.
"Yes, think so, said the news gath
erer.
well then, all have to say, contin-
ued the voluble gentleman, 'is that they
keep themselves pretty well hid or have
a morbid way of keeping their knowledge
to themselves.
! Now, look here. How far Is it from
this bridge to the mouth OF this creek. "
II don't know" said the reporter.
"Well, continued the stranger, 81 tel
you what you do know. You are aware
that It is four times as far as it would be
in a straight line, across that marsh
Now, l always will believe that q maj
or number Of men who will toilsomel'
travel miles to get limited prosperit.
when he or they would have an unbound
. ed prosperity by going one. mile is bloom
ing idiot.
Now, l understand that the people o
1 this city, a few years ago. were almcs
persuaded to spend two or three hundrel
I. | thousand dollars in widening a street, o
, IN opening an avenue through solidl
= built up portion of your city. Is tina
+, Jrue2"
YES" said the reporter that i
e true"
r. "Why do they not straighten the Chris
T. tiana2 1t is a small job and will take
L. com oaratively small sum of money I
ot do it,
q. In the first place, man of foresigl
Ii can see that it would only be a matter {
is short time when the banks on both side
v. would be lined with wharves all the wa
\. to the Delaware. This would make IL
overfowing of the banks impossible, al
a | would make the marshes, between whi
r. is now the city and the Delaware, avai
as able for manufacturing and buildiI
,y sites.
Of "If there was no other argument
or its favor this one would be sufficient
~. 20 o4 M
nifty. The result of a straight strea
cwould be increased water. as {
current would keep the bed Of the strea
clear Of mud.
"The sites on the banks OF the stres
" would be the finest in the world for shi
III building, and the marshes behind the
al would soon be filled with rolling mi
!. and machine shops, engaged in manufa
40 40 turing supplies for these yards. 7
tle establishments already planted on t
ne banks of the stream would have the a
~ vantage of an increased supply OF wat'
=; and shortened route to the river.
"a few years would make the Christiana I
Clyde of America.
w w "a rosy picture, indeed" said
IN IN reporter.
oy Rosy, said the gentleman, "why,r
20 =. young friend, / cannot do it justi
~ ~ Why the possibilities l see in that il
40 provement makes me enthusiastic ey
A. when / have not got a mill at stal
w . There will be a boom in. iron ship-bui
ess ing in this country in the next TWEEN
;n rs years such as you never dreamed
The men who win 60 into the iron shl
;eb building industry viii be looking
~ ~ sites and do you think they will come
! - your snake-shaped creek, which is full
~ " mud and piles, and always be so long a
o is crooked2
inc "No, my friend, what this city wa
~ is the Christiana Strengthened and
5iss year 1900 will see 200 600 busy, hal
tbal people in this Peninsula metropolis"
dis- ''Mr. Lobdell who has built extens
the works along the creek, partly because
fro. the water facilities we would ha
He would be left some mile or so inla
, said the reporter. "He certainly wo
Of be strongly opposed to such thing.
col. HE would object l suppose, said
60 gentlemen, but the city Of Whining
could afford to pay him his loss and
twenty years be twenty million dollar
the good.
'It looks good, said the reporter
En- "Why, it is good. Suppose all overt
was prevented in these marshes sro
y.5U Wilmington, how much healthier
ANA people would be. If this improvem
9 IN was made you would be surprised
and soon the low lands would be filed up
me. the malaria and fevers would be ain
hre unknown and Wilmington would star
ines pursuit of her big rival up the river. Z
OF "Well, I must be of. What is }
and name2" said the reporter.
an IT r priaa said the stranpe