The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-04
The BOARD OF TRADE.
To Flake the Channel IS Feet Deep. Presi-
dent Lawtor's Measure for the City
Of Wilmington 10 Assist the Q0y.
ernment viii be Baked by the
Board.

The Board of Trade, at well, attended
meeting last night, ratified the bhl dralHn
by William Lawt0n and sent to the Legis-
lature. providing that tho city Of Will
nington shall appropriate to assist the
national government to improve permant-
! iy the Chrlstianu harbor Mr.. Lawton
said he personally had drawn the bill and
not in hls9liicial position cs president Of
the board as had been stated. Tho bill
calls for the city OF Wilmington to con-
tribute 800. 0U0 in flvoy as to deepen and
kOop the channel clear in tho Chrisiana
river.
he bill has been sent to Dover and he
should like to hear the expression of the
membcrs of the Board on the same. He
had also sent some eighteen inquiries to es.
tablishments along tho Christiana river
asking whether IL well defined channel OF
IL feet depth would be OF any advantage to
item. and if they favored the city to ap
propriate 10 per cent. to improve tho
channel. TO these inquiries no said ho
had received II replies, ..of which 9 were
favorable to the proposition and two wero
opposed to the use OF the city's money in
that manner. u....
Mr. Lawton also submitted q rough esti.
mato Of the cost to improve the Christiana
river, made by George W. II. Miller, Of the
United Stptes Engineers Office inetthis
city: The estimate Is for channel eigh-
teen feet deep md 800 feet wide from the
mouth Of the Christiana river to Ihe pulp
works and IL includes only work of dredg.
ing and removing rock. According to tho
estimates 1,437,p00 cubic yards of mud
would have to be removed. as follows:
+ From the eightsen-fOot curve of the Della
ware river to- Third street. bridge, 1900
feet, or $4,000 cubic yards; third street
to Market street 5000 feet or 222, 400 cubic
yarls Market street to B. & o. bridge,
2400 feet or 144, 700 cubic yards; b. q o.
bridge to the upper end of tho pulp works,
270O feet or 20 800 cubic yards; total 2l,6O)
feet, 1,437000 cubic yards.
The cost of this Mt twenty cents cubic
yard would be S2S7, 400. For shoaiing in
two years 100000 cubic yards Is allowed,
and its removal at 20 ccnts II yard would
cost si0,0)J. AT least 245O cubic yards Of
rock would have to Lo removed at q cost
OF Sl4 yard. or $3i 800. Allowing s36, 17O
for contingencies the estimated cost Of the
chanreii. $397S7O.
W. d. Mullen said that when tho Com.
mittee visited Washington, to urge i'm
provement ut the Christiana 1.-THE first ques-
ZION put to Them was: what are you
willing to do?' He said the city must ap-
propriate, even after he government up.
propriatrs to keep out rcfu and sedi-
ments He felt that If tho city would do
boincuHluR Iue ujNtFnIlleul WUull De Will
Ing to complete tho work. BY this means
other industries would loca!e along the
Christiana, If they could gotsthe proper
denth of water.
f. Il. Ward of the Liebeg Company,
said the propo.ed eighteen foot channel
would be benefit to hem as several times
they had no lighter vessels. Mr.. Moore
moved that Mr.. LawJon's bill bo adopted
which was carried unnnimou ly
A mi Of 3 !, h ~,
board will confer with the Board of
Health regarding tho Liebig Chemical
Company reg irting the condition OF it's
plant, Mr. " ward of the company Stated
that improved machinery obviating the
offensive odors, from the establishment
had been put N, but still some peroolls in
sisted that the unsavory whiifs were still
borne to their nostrils. Lately. owing to
this. the plant had been lille and unless
something is done the establishment may
be forced to leave this city.
he committee will confer with tho
Board of Health whether or not offensive
odors still arise and try and have the
works stared up again.
Max Ephraim thou ght the board should
try to induce tho government to locate It's
armor plant on Cherry Island marsh Wy
offe:ing a free site s
Two members will be added to the Com
mittee to arrange for Trades Day In this
cry. and to secure special excursion rates
from all points from thu peninsula.
William McElwel was elected menis
bar of The board.
The committee on stop-over privileges
and special excursions reported progress.
A letter wa3 read from Senator Gray, ex..
Misrepresentation OF being made 10 |
member of the board