The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04
Importance the question was to the peo-
pie Of Portland and the state.

pie Of Portland and the state.
After Mr.. Baxter had finished Mr..
Hooker the chairman of the committee
said that he thought he could safely as
sure them that the committee were very
much interested indeed In the project and
that they would be very glad to give
them such position in the formation of
the bill as would very adequately provide
for the interests of the harbor and that
they were so we'll advised of the situation
and the project that although they would
be glad to hear from any of them to any
extent yet they did not deem it at all i'm
portant that they should present any
thing further. That they were very glad
to have heard them and that they would
tryEto make such provision for Portland
as would under all the circumstances be
entirely adequate.
Mr.. Larrabee requested that sthey in
dulge few moments more while Mr..
Winsow the president of tho Portland
Board OF Trade made a fewEremarks and
upon the committee slgnifying that they
were not only willing but glad to hear
him.
MR.. WINSLOW ADDRESSED THE
: COMMITTEE
He said he was glad of the opportun ity
of addressing them and thanked them
for it. He said it was matter that had
come up before the Board of Trade at the
had had for manysyears that the matter
confronting them was one that awakened
a very deep interest indeed and for that
reason they were sent there as delegates
to present The case, and to explain the
wants of the people and the,wants of the
harbor. he said he did not intend to go
into details, as Mr.. Larrabee and the
Mayor had already pretty we'll covered
the ground. He said we had the finest
natural harDor on the Atlantic coast, and
that no snip has to wait at the door of
our harbor for an invitation to come in
or III other words to wait for the rise of
the tide that there was always Water
enough; but that our harbor was not
large enough to accommodate the vessels
that are now being built, that there was
one of length of $40 feet and which our
present channel would not accom- modate.
| He said that they did not come there to
tell them what should be done, that they
were perfectly willing to leave that mat
ter to them. That it was matter that
not only interested the city, but
THE WHOLE STATE,
and that at meeting of the State Board
of Trade where fifty boards were repre-
|
cussed very fully, and a resolution was
passed and sent to our representative
here in Congress of the feeling in regard
| to Portland harboT. 1t was a matter
that Interested not only our state but
| the whole western country, Detroit ad
Chicago, all were interested as this was
the natural outlet of their products. He
referred to the immense value of the car
| 60 of the steamer Scotsman which recent
ly sailed from the port and showed how
very much more extensively the harbor
would be used after its Improvements
| than at the present time. He referred to
the facts. stated by Mayor Baxter as to the
wharves along up the harbor from 400 to
| 1900 feet in length which were not now
accessible to ocean traffic. He stated in
answer to question that they wanted the
harbor widened to 900 or 1000 feet and
deepened to thirty feet.
/ At the close of Mr. e. ID. WinslOW's re-
marks
CAPT. J. S. WINSLOw
made brief remarks to the committee,
stating that he was interested in several
steamship companies and was president
of the International Steamship company,
and he spoke briefly of the great interest
these companies had in the project and
of the immense benefit to all concerned.
Mr.. Cooling did not address the COM
mittee, but the difficulties that beset the
boats of the Casco Bay Steamship COM
pany, owing to the inadequacy of the
| harbor are well known to the Portland
public, as this line last year carried little
short of half million people. The hear
Ing closed after Captain Winslow's re-
marks.
q Mayor Baxter was seen last night by a
PRESS reporter, and said that the trip,
although very hurried one had been q
very pleasant one.
EVERYBODY was exceedingly cordial and
kind to u.s." said His Honor, land we
received every attention. We were very
much impressed with the personnel of the
committee on Rivers and Harbors. From
Chairman Hooker through to the last
the committee is an unusually able body
of men. We felt very confident from the
way the committee. and especially the
chairman talked, that we should get sub
stantial recognition. OF. Portland's claims.
Ibid you seq Speaker Reedp"
"We did. and had very pleasant call
on him in the Speakers room during
the recess of the House. Then we called
on all the other Maine Congressman and
Senators Frye and Hale all of whom were
very cordial in their attentions to U.S.
| whatever may he the sentiment of
the country, Mr.. Reed is Washington's
candidate for the Presidency. He is the
most talked about man at the Capital,
and is immensely popular with every
body, both political friends and foe. If
the popular vote of Washington could
control the convention, MIR. Reed would
| distance the field"
| (The action of the committee upon
Portland's request will be found in the
telegraph columns.)
| Great Rejoicing in Auburn,
| Auburn, April 3.-The strike at the