Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-12

this section favor the fixing of the
Port Warden's line at Lambert's Point.
as recommended by the U. S. Advisory
Board. instead of the line fixed by the
Groner Board of Harbor Commission
ers. which was placed 500 feet further
out into the harbor to extend the pro-
perty of the Norfolk and Western Rail
road Company.
RE-ADOPT THE OLD LINE.
Among the practical men who know
something of the subject under dis
cussion is Capt George p. Hudson, of
hudson Bros, and formerly actively
engaged as Il sea and harbor captain.
On this subject Capt. Hudson says:
My idea is that the port Warden's
line should be extended toward the
shore. The channelWay now is too mar
row. The piers Of the railway should
be cut off. They extend too far into
the water. They could have facilities
for loading their ships. whether 900 or
1000 feet long. by dredging into the
land rather than building out into the
water"
SHORTEN THE PIERS.
Mr.. Louis Fuersten. of Fuerstein e
Co, Il company having the most init
mate relations with the truck. fish. ami
oyster fleet, said to number about five
thousand craft, says that he favors
shortening the present Lambert's FONT
piers several hundred feet in order to
restore, to some extent. the open cham
nelway for small craft that are now
crowded out into the narrow main
channel.
SHORTEN TIE PIERS.
Certainly leading exporters ought TO
know something about cur harhor,
hence what Mr. J. Davis Reed. OF the
! firm of Reed. Bros. n Co.. has to say
on this subject should have respectful
attention. Mr.. Reed favors the cutting
off of Hospital Poin, and shortening
the Lambert's Point piers, and the
widening and deepening of the chan
mel. He suggests that united effort
might result in securing an appropria-
ton for this purpose.
SHORTEN THE PIERS.
Mr.. Caldwell Hardy states that the
present piers should not have been per-
mitted to approach nearer than 1900
to loo feet of l.ambcrt'S Point Light
house. and that this space should have
been dredgeI out from time TO time as
necessary fog the increasing demands
OF shipping. When new piers are
needed M Latlhcrt's Point Mr.. Hardy
favors the erection of such piers, back
toward The shore line. in order that no
other costly permanent improvements
be located near the present Port
Warden line or the natural channel.
! MS Is GQEOClCct Dy the NlTElnlslfl-
Pilot. short piers, as many are needed.
not extending far on, into the water
way.
SHORTEN THE PIERS.
MIR. Robert Johnston. OF the Old Do
minion Paper Company, says: Now
that the matter is under discussion
think it will be a long time before
there Will be {. more favorable oppor-
tunity then this 10 secure the shorten
fttr n
SION believes in beginning now the
work OF shortening the piers. as they
are present obstruction To naViSa-
tion, ana the allowing of more piers
of nearly the same length. Will make
the shortening OF all of them, which he
regards as inevitable, still more diff
cult.
Mr.. Z. T.. Woodward. president of tho
Bruce Grocery Company. says the
piers should be cut OFF, and they should
not have been allowed TO so out where
they are.
Mr.. NJ. L. T. Davis. one of the larg-
est wholesale grocery dealers in the
South was asked his opinion Of the
new proposition submitted 10 the Har-
Dor Board by the Norfolk and Western
Railway, and, after some hesitation,
he said:
whether or not the the proposition
Is good or bad depends. OF my own
knowledge 1 do not know tho exact
COutl'lpn Oh inc n1rpor at TINS point.
An interested person told me that there
Is nothing more than a sand bank on
that side of the river as far out as the
piers extend. / don't know how deep
the natural stream is at the end of the
piers, and great deal depends on that.
My position is this: If that part OF
the harbor al and around the end OF
| the piers can be utilized in widening
| the channel and otherwise benenttinG
| the harbor, then the piers should never
I have been built out SO far. If that be
! the case, no new steel pier. tie re-
| moval OF which would entail heavy
loss, should ever be built as far out as
| the existing piers
SHORTEN THE PIERS.
Capt. George T.. Phillips is opposed
20 any concessions TO the Norfolk and
/ Western railway that will further OBJ
struct the harbor. He is Il practical
mariner. and with The firm OF Hudson
NORFOLK REALTY.