Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-07-16
THE PULLMAN PLANT.
It's Enlargement 10 Receive
Prompt Consideration.
EXPERIMENTS ON THE MARSH

49, a-NAAL aAN 4 - OA AAA
Vast Quantities OF Mud and silt Dredged
From the Brandy wine aud Spread on
the Land by Means OF Trough-If the
Scheme Proves Successful the Reolama-
tion Of This Waste Land VIII Follow
speedily-De Description Of the Method.
This morning President Lawton, of
the Wilmington Improvement Com.
pany received the following letter in
answer TO the one recently sent 10 the
Pullman Palace Car Company, relative
to the enlargement Of the plant in this
city:
PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY,
OFFICE OF THE SECOND VICE
PRESIDENT
"T II. WfCKEs. Second Vice President.
CHICAGO, July a. 1894.
"Subject-Enlarging plant at Whining
ton.
William Lawton, Esq, No. Gil Mar.
ket street, Wilmington. Del, Dear Sir
l beg to advise you that your letter of
the 10th instant, addressed to Nj
Wickes suggesting the enlargement Of
AhAo SvLhHlJ sup pldAb hN hNMmluE
ton, has been received 1t will be placed
before Mr.. Wickes for consideration, at
the earliest opportunity.
"Yours truly,
n p. VALDEZ,
Secretary to second vice president.
While this reply conveys no definite
information as to the possible attitude
of the Pullman Company on the subject.
still it is by no means unfavorable. but
rather indicates that the matter will be
given the consideration due it's impor
tance 1t is thought that the superior
inducements offered by this city for the
company to increase its shop plant, viii
have considerable weight, and will
result in a move in that direction,
The Wilmington Improvement Com
psny numbers about one hundred and
fifty members and comprises our most
Influential and solid business men and
property owners A meeting Is talked of
for the near future, when active steps
viii be taken to insure favorable result.
This morning the Delaware Construc.
tion Company of which Alvin r
Morrison is president, began a
new experiment in filing the marsh
land. They own property at the
mouth of the BrandYwlne A row OF
piling, about fifty feet in length, has
Oeen put down about fifteen feet from
the base of the bank. It has a cap on It,
on which works long trough six feet
wide and made Of heavy plank, which
can be shifted to any point on the cap.
Four acres of the compRny's land has
been enclosed by mud banks or walls.
ana it is this plot tine company designs
to fill
A dredge located in the Brandywin,
scoops up the under strata Of the rivei
| bed, consisting of a mass Of roots
/ of eel grass and other water plants, and
dumps it in the trough 1T is ther
washed on to the land by the pulsometei
aud spread ali over the surface. As tn,
silt fills up the hole cleaned out by tn,
scoop it is pumped into the trough anC
| spread. the water afterwards finding It's
way off by the sluicss and evaporation.
The work is rapid, aud by actual timing
this morning, II was found that a bucket
holding one ton, was dumped every hal
minute, or about 100 tons an hour. At
this rate il is estimated that the entire
four acres will be raised foot month
Il will require about eight feet to fl
the plot up, and this will, in consequence
take eight months II this experiment
succeeds, the eventual recovery of all th'
marsh lands, 10 the river, will follow
| speedily.
Said business man to an EVENING
! JOURNAL reporter this morning: "I
this plan results in success, the con-
struction company has a big thing ty
the way, what is the matter with th'
opening of Seventh street TO the oitl
property 1t cost the city $i5. 600 t,
fill in Fourth street to the river front
and this opening up was to be done righr
along II hasn't been done yet and l
for one, an curious to know why"