Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-10
NEED OF A LANDING C

HarbOr Well Set Forth.
 othe Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 have been informed that the town of New Haven has appropriated $10,0O0 for sea wall to hold harbor mud in place while the city is filling in the flats over which the East street park has been located provided similar amount, $1O,O00, is ap- propriated by the city whick has just bought this most desirable site for park. It is of the greatest importance that the work of filling in the flats and the con- struction of sea wall be conducted in the most intelligent manner so as to benefit forever after those who are to pay for it and their successors. This payment should be made in long bonds at low rates of interest maturing fifty years hence, principal and interest payable from taxes collected as time goes on, by those living and having benefit therefrom.
 We are told the population of this city in 1790 was about 5000 inhabitants, and that in 1890 there were in the same limits upwards of 100, ,00O inhabitants. sNow, at this rate of increase, what will New Ha- ven's population be fifty years hence. It will not require much thought to esti- mate the probable population then. We leave this "big sum" for others to calculate, and ask that the improvement of this East street park may at once be called up by our city fathers for immediate action and disposition.
 What is wanted before the filling in of these flats proceeds further is scheme for public wharf and slip pro- lection from southeast gales and the swash of passing steamer, with a landing stone step inside and the slip capacious enough to meet the requirements of our harbor, has town and city water frontage to-day of several miles without one public landing place which is fit for civilized people to use at low tide.
 The slip should be made capacious, the mud dredged down to hard pan or bed rock below the "glacial mud" and this mud. the deposit of ages, be distributed on the park in the same manner as Bar mum covered the salt marshes at Bridge port and by so doing beautifed a most un- gainly tract of salt marsh and reclaimed it..
 Hundreds of thousands of acres have been so reclaimed, in the lowlands of western Europe. After the mud is dredged, the sea wall should be laid in ce- ment notwithstanding the expense which the New Haven man will cry out at) and so save from destruction by the 'Toredo' Cor ship worm) piling which is sure to be eaten above the mud under water, as the Northampton railroad dock abundantly testifes. Build a slip with granite quay similar to the barge office at the Battery, New York, of Stony Creek granite, or the boat landing at New London, opposite the railroad station there, these landings be- ing similar to the boat landings of con- o;a1 of countries.
 Anyone that witnessed the landing of Admiral Walker and staff with Gin full uniform) the officers of his command last Saturday night at New London en route to assist with their presence at the magni- icent ball given in the armory of the Third regiment by the city of New London to the Squadron of Evolution would have said here is landing place in keeping with the requirements of a commercial port; and if New Haven man, he would have said, this is just what we want at our town, boat landing
 Now as we have proper harbor site for the location of similar slip, let us take time by the forelock and do as our neigh bors have done before us. Let us make facilities for landing not only voyagers but gentlemen who would gladly, as they tell me, bring their superb specimens of naval architecture into our harbor while visiting sons at Yale university, from which many of these princes of fortune have gradu- ated and to which some have largely do- mated and who are also enchanted with our lovely parks and drives. They would so- journ with us weeks at time could they have proper facilities for going and return ing to their floating palaces, the true yachtsman's home. .3
 And now will not finger longer on this long needed want, except to mention the fact that the city of New Haven. faces a harbor which has advantages second to none on the New England coast. All that is required is a reasonable outlay and the use of ordinary intelligence. Nature has done well it's part and all that is wanted is a long pull-a strong pull and pull al- together by town-city boards of public works and park commission, and with those efforts consummated will be returned the expense and outlay one hundred fold, and this and future generation, will for ever call you blessed. PRO BoNo PUBLIco.