Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-01

wharves now. The view down the har-
Dor at present showed the Southern
hallway piers and the coal piers at
Lamberts Point to obtrude so far as
10 destroy the appearance of, the har
Dor at least
The piers at Lambert's Point should
never have been built SO far into the
river, MIR. Hoggard said. THE Norfolk
and Western has plenty of land at
Lambert's Point, and this desire on the
part of the road to go still farther into
the river with their new pier is to keep
from having to do Il little dredging
that would be necessary to build II
shorter pier. The harbor is unsightly
enough at present, and should not be
made worse in this respect"
MIR. II. l.. PAGE.
Mr.. II. l.. Page. the real estate
agent. was just preparing to leave the
city for the summer yesterday, when a
reporter for the Virginian-P Pilot asked
posed pier to be built at Lambert's
Point by the, Norfolk & Western
Railroad Mr.. Page said: Anything
that would help a large corporation
like the Norfolk & Western would help
Norfolk"
Mr.. Page spoke dsparagingly of the
Harbor Commissioners for not grant
ing the privilege of building II bridge
across the Southern Brench asked for
by a company of which he was a men,
Der. He spoke in favor of granting
privileges to corporations whereby cap
ital and improvements would come to
Norfolk.
MIR. w. II. II. TRICE.
Mr.. w. II. III. Trice, real estate
dealer. said:
II see no objection to the proposed
pier OF the Norfolk and Western rail-
road. provided it does not obstruct the
channel"
But MIR. II. II. Trice. whom the re-
porter met in the same Office at the
same time. said that the pier must be
IL great obstruction to navigation be-
cause his experience was that he had
been detained there, in his pleasure
yacht. two and one-half hours one day.
1t was difficult to tack so as to get by
the pier.
Hon. w. r. Mayo. former president
of the Board Of ilarbor Commissioners,
was asked for an expression of his
opinion on the matter. He said he
would rather not say anything.
MIR. II. T. Rogers declined to talk for
the reason that he did not know any
thing about the question under discus
sion.
CAPT. GEO. p. HUDSON.
Capt. George p. Hudson. of Hud-
son Bros, and formerly actively en-
gagged as sea and harbor captain,
said that he felt a great interest in
the subject because of his intimate re-
lationS with all SeafarinE and ship
ping connections. He is jealous of the
safety and progress of the commerce
of the city. Every dollar that YES
sci entering here eNpendS is charged
against this harbor When these
charges. or the restrictions of the har-
Dor. become excessive the owners of n
vessel will say come away from there
as quickly Is possible. or do not go
there. That must not become the case
I, L..
light and facilities great That will in
vitc vessels here. We must maintain
n wide channel and a good anchorag c
we are blowing that we can compete
with the world in harbor facilities:
that we are bound to outstrip all OF
our sister cities. If we mean that we
must preserve all the water way we
have.
There is channel of $50 feet and an
extreme width of water at the Nor
folk and Western piers of say 900
feet. Now, am sure that any captain
Will say that such a space is too mar
row to steer II big ship. l have felt
that there was not room enough to
breathe. My idea. therefore, is that
the Port Warden's lines should be ex-
tended toward the shore. The channel
now is too narrow. The piers of the
railways should be cut off. They ex-
tend too far into the water. They could
have facilities for loading their ships.
whether 500 or 1000 feet long. by dredg-
ing into the land rather than building
out into the water.
MIR. EDWARD HIRSCHLER.
Mr.. Edward Hirshchlcr. of the
Hecht- Hirschler Co., said he did not
know much of such matters. but he
should urge that the views Of the ma
rine interests should prevail The men
representing those interests ought TO
know what Is best for the harbor 1t
is to be supposed that the Harbor Com
missonerS will consider the question
graVely and decide for the best inter-
csts of the city
COL. WALTER II. TAYLOR.
Col. Walter IL. Taylor. president of
the Marine Bank. said that his position
as director in the Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company prevented him from
talking for publication. He declined TO
he interviewed.
a LETTER
The following copy of an old letter in
connection with the extension of the
Port Wardcn's line. at the request of
the Norfolk and Western railway, will
be read With interest:
IIarbor Commissioners ONCE. }
Norfolk. Va, December Il. 1881
NV Dear Sir-We have agreed to
place the Port Warden's lines In accord
ancc with the views Of your engineer.
and have extended it out nearly quar-
ter of mile beyond where the Ad-
vsorv Board originally recommended
write to say that YOU are entirely
indebted to Colonel Lamb. He intelli-
gently and pcrsistcntly worked in your
interest and so satisfied the Advisory
Board and the state board that ii
would he TO the general interest of all
tho channel AND EXTEND YOUR
DISnrI-E'rN Npu,.s firmly