Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31

Mr.. Elliott and myself strongly advo-
Gated The drawing in. instead of ex-
tension. of the Port Warden's Line,
our idea being that 1t should be limit
ed to the siN-foot water line on both
SIDES of the river. which would have
carried with it the cutting off of the
of the channel on both sides of the
river between that point and Craney
Island
MIR. KEY COMPTON.
Mr.. Key Compton. agent of the Fay
Line. said that the river off Lambert's
fotnt was already contracted too
much. ana that life and property was
endangered there now. He opposes
any further encroachment on the river
At this point, especially IL navigate
VIII be made more difficult thereby.
He mentioned the fact that the curry
ing of the channel Oft Lambert's Point
made navigation more tedious at this
point.
Il do not wish to be put in the light
OF criticising the Norfolk and West
ern. Mr.. Compton said. but shipping
should not be more consested than it
CAPTAIN HENRY SEYMOUR.
Captain Henry Seymour. the local
representative of the Merritt Chapman
Wreckng Company declined to ex
press an opinion on the question.
MIR. X. Is. COOKIE.
Mr.. Il. Il. Cocke. agent of the New
York. Philadelphia and Norfolk rail-
road and its Cape Charles steamship
/ route. said hc WAS in favor OF dealing
literally with such corporations as the
| Norfolk and Western railroad. whose
interests here meant Il great deal to
the city. He thought the permission to
! huiid 10 the present Port Warden's line
should be granted. Shipping corpora
| lions here have built 10 the Port War
| denis line and he did not see why the
n n ok 4,
given this right AS TO extending the
pier beyond the present Port Wardens
line. he expressed no opinion He said
the Norfolk and Western people were
as much interested in Keeping the
channel clear of obstruction as any
others. lie thought shipping was CON
seated enough at this point, owing To
Inc reverse curve of the channel and
thought that the government should
straighten this. Such action. he
thought would do more to solve the
problem of congestion than anything
else that could be done
MIR. NJ. II. CORWELL.
MI. NJ. Is. C"owell. general agent of
the Old Dominion Steamship Line said.
IN substance: Any contraction Of the
channel here would be serious detri-
inent To the commerce of Norfolk"
Speaking further he called attention
to the number OF accidents which had
occurred in the vicinity of the coal
PIERS. Ihen lie said that Norfolk wants
Il broad channel. The sides of the har-
DOT shoutu he extended SO that there
would he an anchoring place for ships.
1t often happens that there are vessels
anchored directly in the channel.
CAPT. OSCAR T. SMITH.
CAPTAIN Oscar l.. Smith, president of
the Norfolk Dredging Company. said he
did not understand that the Norfolk
and Western railroad Intended to build
piers so as to obstruct the channel. Rut
the general idea is that the water
should be extended, not narrowed. In
stead of the blocks of brick buildings
here on Water street there should 10
water. There Is 81 plenty of land but
water ways are needed. Even with n
| ninety foo; draw no stra,r, !, h,.,d..,
spans is restricted TO ninety feet it
can't re any more than ninetv foot
wide. hence they should be cor,,,e,,ah -,
add passwavs ana rood wo,. cor ~ ~
neo,,e Tnat ,,o nmu 'o.u WHY'S Tor the
b,lt II may onnl,, -, r,,, e'''T ms, v',c'
should he no cortrootin, ~ -, ine!c
gatjon foc;lit,ns hcro '''e ''''
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dongcro,,e ,,",v i"~,ro ,,n~ csmta.,
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borlor To- have those niers extcndine |
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