Evening journal., 1896-01-03
ANXIOUS.
She Evidently Believes Will
mington Will Have a Front.
WANTS TO CREATE A DIVERSION

d hnihtinE Citizona Here In Her
Scheme TO Improve Her Harbor-Tha
Bait Not AiIurinR Enough- Questions
or Importance Discussed BY tho Board
OF Trade.
This Board Of Trade met last evening
and had general talk on several ques-
tions OF Importance.
One WAS that of improving the system
OF collecting state taxes The methed
used In Pennsylvania OF grading the
tax seemed to be the favored one.
Vice President W. d Mullen. Jr..
expressed his belief that at least ons
half OF the people doing business paid
no state tax, claiming that the business
done by them came under the limits aet By
law. A. =. Reek confirmed this Owing
to the absence of Joseph l. Carpenter,
Jr., who was to have spoken on this
question. further discussion was post
poned until the next meeting Of the
board
River Front the Loading Qaestion.
The question Of river front was the
leading subject OF converaatlon how
ever A. =. Reed said that the Whining
ton Builders Exchange had resolved
communication ffom tho Philadelphia
exchange asking for cooperation In the
effort to have the Delaware river
deepened from the sea to Philadelphia.
Tne Philadelphia exchange hes
written Congressman Willis a letter
asking hi aid and 1t was suggested that
the Wilmington organization do like
wise Mr. Reed thought II would be
poor policy to ask for any favors for
| Philadelphia when WILMINGTON wants
her own hArbor improved. he wonld be
glad to see the Delaware deepensd to
| Philadelphia but wanted to sse the
| Chrlstiana benefited first.
President William Lawton said Phlla
delphia proposed % spend 80 600 000 to
make ber harbor accessible to big craft.
do had been told by Major Raymond Of
the government service that the next
money spent In the Delaware would be
for the removal OF Cherry Island shoals
Mr.. Mullen thought with Mr. Reed
that II would be unwise to ask Congress-
man Willis TO push the claim of PhiIa-
delphia when Wilmington's own needs
are 30 apparent and 10 was decided to
take no action for the present Mr..
Mullen further reported that ho
had been comforting with the railroad
companies Ia the matter OF stop over
4
that he would succeed In securing con-
cesslons
Declined TO Express Friendly Feelings.
The board was asked by William
Brown, OF New York to pass resolutions
expressing friendly feelings Tor England,
for the purpose OF forwarding them to
some trade organization ia that country
This is the outcome OF the prevailing
war fesling. and the board declined to
take any action.
Mr Mullen informed the bosrd that be
had been corresponding with q manu-
facturer Of lawn mo Teis and grass clip
psrs who would settle here Il be could
be suited In location aud could frd q
partner BE had made inquiries and both
man and articles we're all right
Philadelphia shows Fear
After the meeting one OF the members
who has interested himself very much In
the river front scheme, ana In fact is
ernest In anything that will aid VIII
mington said: THAT Philadelphia Is
beginning to fear that Wa will supplant
her Is sho Vn 10 the eff ,rt TO get as TO aid
her Ia getting the Delaware deepened 80
as to make her harbor accessible to craft
Of deep drsught. Nov so far as We are
concerned, these vessels can come up the
river without any serious diff
Guilty until Wilmington is reached
and then comes the trouble As
a consequences the deepening or at least
the greatest amount OF 10, would have to
be done above the mouth Of the
| Chrlstiana
'Now Philadelphia, In opening her
harbor, will have to deepen past Will
mington, while We, with the same object
ia view, certainly do not have to make
good the road right past our door and
clear TO our rivals shops. II We get
road or roads to the river front and
improve cur harbor, we will have nine
points In the game, and the craft which
Philadelphia Is now bidding for will stop
ut cur docks, and the freight OF the
world will bs loaded and unlosded In
Greater Wilmington.
Something has been said about the
action of the new Street and Sewer
Directors and it has bsen suggested that
they are begging the question. They are
not. They simply claim that they do
not see their way clear to make costly
surveys and expend considerable sums
when no dednite plan has been formu-
lated for this road, and even It's location
Is Ia doubt. Just as soon as this matter
ls licked into some sort Of shape, the
commission will extend its aid and win
90 operate with the movers for tn Q road
We have got to have this frontage and
We will have 1t soon, too