Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-24
IMPROVEMENT Of HARROR
Representatives Of This City to be Given
Hearing at Washington Oh Friday.
A MOVEMENT TO DEVELOP TRADE
Effort to Bring New Jersey
Purchasers Here.
TO ACCOMMODATE WOMEN SHOPPERS

Indications are not lacking that Will
mington has fine prospects for pros
porous spring and summer season. With
cheap excursions and stop.over priv
leges promised, with the energetic
movement for the increase Of trade, tie
business mon Of the city are iindng
ground for much hopDfulneas. Not Tue
least important, in the efforts TO- the
Improvement of local trado conditions,
is the question OF the deeponingof the
Emanuel. On Friday the riSr hno
barhor committee Of the louHe OF
Representatives will give tearing to
the representatives oil this 'ity IN the
interest OF an appropriation for the
Chriatiana. Chairman AVN ~ Nor
rison OF the Board Of Treie committee
On navigation, accompanied by several
other gentleman, will &c to Washington
to- murrow afternoon, j. preparation for
the hearing ON Friday and will be the
guests Of CongressmHi u. Irving Handy.
II is desired 60 have large representa-
tion at Fridays hearing. a party will
leave here that ncrning on the Sol
O'Clock train over tho Pennsylvania
rAilroad. City Council has decided to
go to Washington and urge the passage
Of Christinna appropriation.
WANT JERSEY TRADE.
The latest development in the move
ment to increase the trade of Whining
ton is desire TO secure the custom Ut
the people who live beyond the Della
ware River. Ths truckers OF that
neiRhhorhood bring produce to this
market and in the course Of season
receive great many good Wilmington
dollars. Now il il proposed TO devise
plan whereby the residents OF New
Jersey Immediately opposite Whining
ton will find il convenient to come to
this market to make their purchases.
Ihay are to be brought here instead of
having TO go to Philadelphia. The
plan is simply to provide cheap ferry
aystem, under which for a round trip
rate of not more than 10 cents they may
come 10 this city. Sufficient trips are
to be arranged for daily to make it en-
tirely convenient for them to come.
Those interested in this movement
intend to arrange With the Wilmington
& Northern Railroad Co. to run four
or five trips day 10 Penn's Grove at
the cheap rate, the business men Of this
city paying the company for doing 30.
Thus, while it will cost the business
men something to run the ferry, they
will expect TO be more than reimbursed
in the end by the increase in business.
AS TO THE CHEAP tXcURsToSs.
The idea OF organizing merchants
nd manufacturers association to have
charge of the cheap excursions which
arc to be started in April Is still under
consideration, and in short time is
expected to materialize. The first ex-
cursion will probably be made the uccu-
sion of very enjoyable time for the
visitors.
To-day. President William Lawtou
Of the Board of Trade received the fol.
lowing letter from Mrs. j. Frank Ball,
acting president OF the Young Women q
Christian Association, referring to &C.
Communications for women visitors who
may take advantage of the cheap excur
sion rate
'Dear Sir: Tho Young Women.
Christian Association, now situated nj
No. sos King street, desiroe to draw
your attention to the fact that it nov
has, at it's command, several sleeping
apartments for the accommodation o.
women visitors. Our association earnest
ly hopes that YOU may be successful il
attracting, by means of your contem
plated excursions, a largo number O
visitors and shoppers to this city. 70,
will greatly oblige. therefore, the boart
OF directors OF the association, and in
terest the women in the lower part o
our State. if you will sneak of ths &C
Communications for women which we ar,
now ready to offer at a very low rate. ;