The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-08
PROGRESS IN BALTIMORE.
Annual Report Of the President to
the Hoard of Trade.


the Board of Trade.
BALTIMORE. oct Sat the annual
meeting Of the Baltimore Board OF Trade .
last night. the president, Blanchard Ran
dan. ~ his report for the year. said in .
part.
The work Of the General Government
on the channel and Of the city govern .
ment In the various parts of our harbpr
and its channels has been steadily Iur-
sued. The work on the deep water chan
mel is near the completion of the pies Mt +
plan 10 give go feet width and 90 feet .
depth from or harb0r 20 Sandy Point /
There has been removed in the yea- end +
cd September %. 1901. 3.663.J5S cubic ards
of material which would mean 10 th0se .
Of us not approaching figures Of this sort F.
that as much OF the bottom of the river .
has been removed as would am up Bal Z
timOre Street a. feet deep from house 10 .
house. say. SO feet. for the distance of F
its whole length from city limits 90 city /
limits. and about one mile additional
About seveu-tsuths of the present contract
for eNcavatiug has been completed. There
remains To- complete the survey plans
100000 cubic yards more dredging 70 be
done and two years I'm which To- do IL un-
dr. the continuing appropriation.
THE work Of the city I'm the last year,
while not on SO extensive a scale. his
been important in preserving the depth
Of water FL our h8rbor and It's chIunes.
which would otherwise suffer from the
continued deposits Of sewers and streams
in our citys limits under our present
I system of the disposal of such material
/ About 10000 cubic yards has been re-
moved.
The work of the General Government
/ when finished would mean the removal
/ OF material sufficient TO nil Baltimore
/ Street as above from house to house ~
/ feet deep for near fourteen miles.
In addition t. their interest in the
/ channel your committee on river and
J harbor can report success at last i'm OBJ
| tanning q lighthouse at POint-No-Point.
1 an uuIit portion of our bay Sixty thou
| sand dollars has been appropriated for
[ that work which is being pushed forward
I as ra,.idly as possible, and within a year
we shall have added this important safe
| guard 90 navigation
Il beg to call the attention Of the board
To the admirable work done by your river
and harbor committee in connection with
the National Congress. now about TO as
/ semble in this city. Of delegates from
| boards Of trade and others interested in
the systematic improvements of rivers
| and harbOrs We have ben aided also by
the members Of the Congressional com
mittee. who are in entire sympathy with
this meeting.
| Your secretary has interested himself
in the question Of the proper collection
and classifcajon Of the statistics of the
| coastwise commerce Of this port, never
! before collected. As result the United
/ States Collector Of the Port, the comp
troller Of the city, and the State authori-
I
prove OF great interest and Of far greater
importance TO our port than has been
heretofore understood. It is our opinion
that these figures. when combined with
those derived from foreign trade, Will
greatly enhance the Importance of our
port and viii impress upon the General
I GOvernment-the importance Of our har-
Dor and approaches
The sale by the city Of the Western
Maryland Railroad is again being agitat-
ed. and again at an increased price This
board has for years been actively interest
2 ed in the affairs Of the Western Mary
land Railroad Last year it was our opin-
I ion. as expressed IN the annual report,
} that haste In the disposal OF such valua-
? bic franchise and important rights should
| be made only after the fullest consider
! AS stated in one Of the daily papers. il
/ Is not altogether IN the price ODtalnaDie
2 I that the value Of this property consists
/ Whether this value shall be fixed at one
! figure OF another is a matter for expert
: accountants TO determine with the books
p / Of the road before them Ten years OF
= / progressive mana cement and continued
70 improvements have already increased tht
4 book value Of this property hVe-told, bu'
n the question for the city 70 determine Is
y not only what Is today the money value
i Of this asset but what is now. and Whal
VIII be in the future. its sentimental VALUE
r.g afFr ~ easr nd a n {
2 for the city's good
Built largely out Of the public moneys
q for the public good OF the Souht.el
/ through which e passed and OF the CITY
. its terminus. 20 be feeder pure and sim
= PIE of this city from western Mary lana
< il has accomplished its purpose. and ha
, / become self-sustaiuing. Shall IL now D.
III disposed OF at its mere book value Wlthou
n I some guarantee that its original DurpoS
= shall remain uualteredE Ii Is our opinion
~ [ thal "a sale Of this property snail not %
~ I FASTENED until the fullest lnfOrmatGl
shall have been brought before our mu
q nicipal authorities and solicited from m
~ I commercial organizations
u our board has been represented a
~ usual at the meeting OF the Nationa
Board Of Trade, where measures IN " me
=. we are interested have received dItenllo
- and We think strongly urged before Con
- ! Postal reforms. including 1-cent let
70 > For the creation Of a new Depart
~ / mtut Of Commerce and Industry
PC % To remedy defects in the CuTenc
"a bill
n - The canal route 20 the Pacific
%. The deepening Of the Dismal Swan
AZ Canal. TO form a connecting link m on
p | coast line chain OF protected waterway!
IS In conclusion. we can sum mp IN
IN wears commercial work OF this COmmuI
re I ity as satisfactory. Manufacturing
IN ! steadily increasing Nearly $500 factorlei
ca large and small. are now in operate
ca and on fun time. Baltimore Is more ina
So ever the centre of the canning iudustr
~ of our country. of cotton duck manui,iy
~ turing. straw goods. and wholesale clot
IN ing. Our receipts Of ores have largely lI
III creased In the past few months. as haE
SEA- | our shipments of wheat
We An excellent barometer OF good an
bad times should be our savings bank
I'm some OF which only modest week
deposits are receivable. The ten priac
pal savings banks of Baltimore have il
Oh | creased the number Of their separate n
/ counts I'm the past year by nearly go
and addgd 5; 900 69n 70 their deposits min
he / t-nths II which come from wage-earl
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