Evening journal., 1896-10-16

this waterway worth easily, with the
present shrinkage in farm values, $50
an acre. Believing one-half of this
land would be affected, the thing to
consider to-day is how far to what ex-
tent, the so-called Liston Point inn
provements would affect these farms, "
he said. 1T is as fertile as any land
in the United States, and its fertility Is
maintained by good husbandry. II is
the home Of people who have descended
from the earliest settlers of this coun-
try who want tnem on account Of the
advantageous situation And II would
be a calamity to imperil the health Of
those residents by changing those
conditions, by turning lie currents
and flow OF the streams. And
we claim that the plans laid down In
that dyke viii menace and annoy II
carried out
If you leave at that point an open
ing of some 500 feet to allow water to
flow through the dyke to prevent any
stoppage of flow of the water between
the point of that dyke and the river
shore
you stop the flow OF that water, and
you turn the space fronting Port Penn
and Augustine Park into a frog pond.
II you hll up the space so as to raise
the water there, you impair the offices
Of every sluice in the neighborhood.
Senator Gray has told you that it is
coincldent with our will to have the
Delaware river improved fully and
] Il. t,I
ask you to remember the old Latin
/ phrase: TO use your own do not in
/ jure your neighhors.'
Here II is destroying or impairing
/ the health OF families. and Il seems
that neither the government, secretary
of war, or the board OF engineers ever
anticipated adopting any measure that
would do this"
Senator Higgins also spoke OF the
tonnage and commerce OF Appoquini-
mink creek and the amount of busi-
ness done there.
General j. II. Wilson addressed the
meeting on the general sentiment ex-
isting against the present procedure
and advocated a point taken by Sena-
tor Gray, that the immediate deepen
ing OF that channel could be brought
about by wise dredging across Dar
Baker at once.
Secretary Tucker, OF the Board o
Trade, and Joel Cook chairman OF th'
Board of Port Wardens, addressed th'
meeting on behalf OF the Philadel
, phians. Mr.. Cook said: "As Senator
Gray has said, there is no movemen
TO improve the Delaware river that Il
intended to cause annoyance to any o
, our neighbors in Delaware, whose In
terests are indeed, coincident with us
! Now we simply want to remind thl
meeting that the 100000 has been ap
, prOpriated for preserving and imprOv
! ing the ship channel of the Delawar
r river. Such improvements to cOmmerc
Z are certainly beneficial TO the Who'll
people, not to us alone, but to the en-
tire country Now suppose that 20
q consider the Blackbird creek and tn
4 Appoquinimink creek and don't conaide
/ the maintenance of the Delaware rive
q what's going to become of your ow
Z states interests, your large fleet
pilots, your tremendous shipbuildir
B. interests?
A. Now you gentlemen surely dor
l. want 20 force rs TO go to the Unit'
Ie States Senate every year and demaf
# S5O0.O00 appropriations for digging Of
- mud that runs back again next yea
}. We want a perpetual Improvement
y the river, and II we don't get it an
E, don't continue Philadelphia leadir
t, mart OF the world, then Senator Hi
- gins farm will not be worth that q
Il acre (holding up a Mexican dollar
r which is the dollar that Senator nil
gins don't want in this country
Il George IA. Higbee. OF the Information
e al Navigation Company, told OF no
/, the large vessels which were drive
y; away to New York last year we
If loaded o. thirty feet maximum, VIII
y this year they can not load a vess
/ drawing more than twenty-six fe
'. with any safety The result is that OF
i- competitors, with modern sups carr
a, ing eight tons OF cargo across q
s, ocean to a consumption OF one ton
. coal, are getting our trade from u
r Even now they have TO start their We
IN sells In Time to cross Cherry Island
high water, proceed TO Dan Baker ai
III there anchor. The channel was fast b
y coming dangerous to modern shippii
2, and something must be done
el William Lawton, president OF q
" Wilmington Board of Trade, cOnclud
ne the speaking by assuring the gentl
q men that every interest OF Philadelph
er was vitality near Wilmington's.
n Colonel Roberts closed the meetil
lt by assuring all present that a caref
ld stenographic report OF the entire pr
ed ceedings had been taken by a COVER
ment stenographer and every stat
sc ment would be most carefully consi
es cred.
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