Evening journal., 1895-05-31


the city, IN which every one OF them have
not only an interest but a pride take her
place among the cities OF our country.
am prepared to say, both for myself and
the company, that any man or men who
want room to erect factories or works
can get all the land required for nothing.
And further than that we are willing to
give him all he can prove he requires for
the next five years. We are willing to
do anything in reason. l have some yalu-
able land over there and / am willing to
give an acre Of ground to any man who
will use a quarter Of that space for a fac
tory.
las an illustration, suppose the Harlan
ana Hollingsworth Company should desire
to move to the Delaware river front and
again build up the immense business IN
shipbuilding it once enjoyed but which
has now been diverted to other yards. Sup
posing they should want sixty acres. We
would willingly give them thirty acres out
right and make fair and perfectly satis-
factory price on the other thirty What
more reasonable terms could you ask than
that, what better inducements could any one
hold out?
"Now as to the land. The marshes
We're never in better or safer condition
There has been absolutely no water flowed
on them, excepting from the backing up
Of Shellpot. The company expended Sl2.-
600 last year and has appropriated $1,000
this year to be used in still further
strengthening the protecting banks. Des-
pite the heavy tides ana freshets, the
banks have stood the test and nothing less
than tidal wave could now overflow or
break them down. From Edge Moor clear
round to the New Castle cut-off bridge
the bank Is thirteen feet seven inches
above mean low water. Is forty-fye feet
wide at the base. twelve feet wide at the
top, and the river face is protected by
stone wall wherever il Is at all exposed to
danger Men are now at work strengthen
ing stin further this levee
"A proof Of the confidence Of the owners
IS the fact that there are more acres Of
ground under pl3w this year than ever be-
fore and fully twenty per cent. Of the en-
tire marsh will be planted. over a hun
dred acres below Fourth street alone viii
be cultivated. II you want to see as fine
field OF oats as you ever laid eyes on,
you should see forty-eight acres just below
Fourth street and reaching 70 the Chris
/ lioAa. AhNn again AAtIt - nthtig "a illA-
lion dollars worth Of property over there.
The National Dredging Company has S7s.-
900, while the Pennsylvania railroad Com
pany has nearly half a million invested
there.
The advantages which would arise from
the opening up Of the river front would
be iocalculable. To-day this land is as
sesstl Sige from $50 to $500 an acre.
Opened up il would increase in assessed
value some 500 per cent. You can see how
this would be OF advantage to the county
and ultimately to the city To the manu-
facturer who builds on this land there are
many advantages. In the first place he
| can get his land for nothing; then he
pays no city taxes for ten years. The
] Pennsylvania railroad runs its branch
/ trough the very centre Of this strip and
spurs from it TO the factories would be
! given right Of way The entire river front
Is accessible by Baltimore and Ohio floats
and thr ugh them connection can be made
at Penns grove with the Delaware River
and Central Railroad Of New Jersey. In
fact there is not a spot in the entire sec
ton which would be over thousand feet
from good wharfage and accessible by rail-.
BY the way, the soil Of this section has
a peculiar characteristic. II you take a
sixty-fsot pile and drive 1t half way In the
ground and let it stand for a day or two
it Is very difacult TO bulge it. even with
a pile driver. The soil seems to cling