Evening journal., 1896-01-21
THAT ROAD TO THERIVER
Manufs cturing Firms May
Locate Here if it is Opened.
IN TOUCH WITH BOARD OF TRADE

IN TOUCH WITH BOARD OF TRADE
The Owners OF the Riparian Rights and
What May BE Dono with a Buikhsad.
Philadelphia Would Like to Block Will
ningt0n n-Oniy n starter Required.
The local Beard Of Trade is busy at
work on the proposed road te the river,
and Is In communication with q number
OF large manufacturing firms which are
desirous Of either changing their location
or are looking for q site to start la
business.
Among these to whom The advantages
of a location on the Delaware river
between Edge Moor and the jsttJ have
bosn shown. are the ST Louis and
American Gar Company, among the
largest manufacturers Of street cars. now
located In st. Louis, but dssirous Of
erecting an Eastern plant, and the
Psekhsm Motor, Truck and Wheel
Company. OF Rondout, N Y. which
wants TO locate near them To these
firms most advantageous ofers have
bsen made. and it is believed that, with
a read TO The river, thus opening a way
for the shipment OF their manufactured
products, these offers would be quickly
accepted and the works located there.
The Seventh Street Route Favored.
City Engineer Wilson made a tour over
the Cherry Island marah recently and It
is understood will report iavorRbly on
the sdvisabllity OF opening Seventh
street and carrying 1t to. the river. This
would be o starter and would cost a
comparatively small sum.
Uuited States Engineer Ray ymond has
promised that in thu event Of a .bulkhsAd
being erected from the ietty st the
mouth OF the Christians 20 Edge Moore,
he will have the material drtdged from
the channel, which by the way. will run
very oless to such a wall aud will be
thirty feet dseP, dumped back Of the
wall, thus reolaiming acme 800 acres OF
land and making q soiid and valuable
river frcnt The cost Of such avail
would be less than $2C0 eco, an expense
which would fall on the owners OF the
riparian rights
who Owns the Riparian Rights?
o, this river trent soms 1000 fact is
owned by the Standard Dredging Com
Pany, while another Thousand feet is
owned by the Edge Moor Company, both
well able 10 stand the expense. Between
these two the rights sre owned BY
parties, many OF whom ara not 10
position to stand the expense, but who it
Is believed ceud be bought out or with
whom some arrangement could BE- made
by whlsh the work could be accomplished.
Philadelphia awake TO Her Interests.
Philadelphia has secured $3.50 600 for
Improving the Delaware river channel,
and has selected the Cherry Island shoals
as the point where this amount Is to be
expended. Once opened, the Uniled
Statss Governmsnt cfcsrs say, the
cheunsl will clean itself and no futhsr
troubls need be apPrehended IL Is also
said that Philadelphia sppFshonslve Of
losing her supremacy as a sea pert and
fearing that II Wilmington with a river
frost Weuld reb her Of her great oceanic
trade, will try 10 secure the riparian
rights from the present owners, srecs the
bulkhsad and thus practically make an
inland city Of Wilmingtsn; forever blook
this city from having q frontage on
the Delaware, and divert what little
business NOW cones here. to its own pert.
Not n Mere Fancy But Fact.
"This, said q merchant who has taken
q prsminent iAisrest In this matter, lis
not q fancy; II Is fact, aud unless we
awake ana do something we may see cur
selves blsekod in. Philadelphia rscsg-
nizss that her lsursls are in peril aud
will pay wsll to shut us OF from the
river. All that Is asked Is that there be
sone Communication between the city
and river1 front This the public
would pay for. The bulkhesd. piers
and other Improvements would fan on
the swnsrs Of the riparian rig ats, and Of
the land benefited"
The Dredging Company VIII FIJI.
The dredging company intends 70 gil
In the point Of land at the junoturs Of
the Brandywine and Christiana. and will
erect werks there. for d0ing All it's
business. This is a starter II Is also
believed that in any evoDt this company
will build q bulk head Rlsng its river
front, OF some 600 feet, and bshind
this will be duSp ped some Of the dirt
dredgtd from The new channel. The
othsr owners will undoubtedly also build,
when the road to the frSnt is assured.
WORK on the channel will be begun this
Spring The building Of the bulk head
Is a work not Of q week sr Of a day, but
II started it could be kept going pretty
nearly as fast ss the work Of dredging is
progressed.
The initial wedge, however, Is the
establishing OF road 70 the river.