The sun., 1901-01-04
HARB0R BILL
DISCUSSED
Brought Before Board Of Trade
Meeting Last Night.
BILL HAS BEEN DRAFTED
Want to Move Delaware College to
Wilmington. Special Meeting
Thursday Night to Take
up New City Charter.
BILL HAS BEEN DRAFTED


number of important questions were dis
cussed. Ine most important thing, how
ever, was the River and Harbor bill now
before Congress at Washington, which
was brought to the attention of the
Board by President Lawton.
The members present were: William
Lawton, Daniel Taylor, A. s. Reed,
William ID. Mullen, Jr., George G. Lob
lcll, George Moore, w. Dew. Dimock,
William Bancroft, Josiah Marvel, Theo-
lore A. Leisen, j. Newlin Gawthrop,
Patrick Neary, Frank Il. Slocumb, Cal
vim |. Swayne, Henry II. Pickels, o. G.
'urdy, w. II. Smalley, Frank Williams,
W. G. Phillips and George A. Elliott
The River and Harbor bill was freely
discussed by several of those present and
very means possible is being made to
get Congress to make the appropriation.
rhe majority of the members are of the
opinion that the city should help with
The appropriation as great deal of
he trouble in the Christiana river is
.aused by sewerage.
President Lawton in introducing the
subject said that as the matter needed
attention at once he had taken the au-
,hority to get an attorney to go to Wash
'rEtOn to advocate the matter. George
v. Lobdell talked at length on the i'm
prOvements which are needed in the
ghristiana river. He spoke of the large
Iuantity Of sewerage which goes into the
river and Of the dust and sand which
5 washed into the river from the streets.
''The Pusey and Jones Company" he
said will have to do dredging at their
lwn expense to launch boats" Mr.. Lob
lell said that boats which draw only S
md feet of wafer could not get up to
lis wharf even Mt high tide. In conclu-
ion he said tnat old river men had told
lin that there was not near as much
water coming up the river as years ag
md that the flats which have formed
near the head of the stream prevents ii
Sand and Dirt Wash Into River.
j. Newlin Gawthrop said: "The great
trouble is nc: SO much the sewarge. II
$ the washing Of sand and dirt into
The river. That however, will decrease
as the streets become better paved
iIr. Gawthrop was of the opinion that
the city snould stand some of the cost.
Mr.. Lawton on being asked the question
Is TO how much ii would cost to bluk-
lead the Inristiana river, replied that
rom what he could understand it would
,ost about $40 per lineal foot, which
would amount to between three and four
million dollars. The east side of the
river from the Jackson and Sharp Com
pany to the Harlan cnd Hollingsworth
Company already has n, bulkhead
Mr.. Pickles Favors New Bridge.
Henry Il. Pickels said: Il think that
she city should take charge of the sewer
age. | don't think that the city should
allow ,,-ft and sand to wash down to
the Christiana. There should be some
means to get the dirt and sand away.
Until the city does something you can
n0t expect the United States~to do any.
shing." Continuing Mr.. Pickles said:
There is something at present Of even
more important than the matter being
discussed. | refer to n new bridge which
4 needed across the Chrstiana river al
Market street. | understand that the
HARLAN and Hollingsworth Company can
not bid for large boats because they could
not get them through the present bridge
and that state of affairs should not be- p
President Lawton stated to the Board
that n large concern along the Christians
is done they will get out an injunction
against the city for running sewerage
into the Christiana.
Decide That City Pay Part.
The Board mas had a bill drafted ask.
ingCongress for an appropriation for the
Christiana river. The bill is similar to
the one which was drafted two years age
and unanimously approved by the House
Of Representatives at Dover. The sum
to be paid by the city was not mentioned
in the bill and this was left to the mem.
bers of the Board to decide. On motion
of Patrick Neary it was decided that the
city pay ten per cent of the appropriation
by the government, providing however
the amount is not over 100000 and not
more than $4,000 to be paid any one
year.
Council Will be Solicited.
President Lawton will appoint a com.
mittee of five to take the bill before
City Council and also the Legislature
and urge their adoption of it. Mr.. Neary
said that he thought the Legislature
would pass such a bill after it had been
approved by City Council and passed by
the Board of Trade.
Before adjournment was made Presi-
dent Lawton asked the Board that some
means be taken whereby the attorney
who is at Washington in the interest OF
the Board could be paid and also that
money he obtained for other expenses
On motion it was agreed that letter
he sent to all interested asking them
to help pay the expenses.
Report on Charter RiII
The new city charter committee made
its report and special meeting of the
Board will be held next Thursday night
when the matter will be discussed. The
charter has been printed and in few
lays will be distributed among the mem
bers to give them chance to study it
In the committees report the following
paragraph was added:
"In offering this report we desire tc
mention the great industry, earnestness
and intelligence in this work of our late
colleague, George w. Bush and our
sense of the great loss Wilmington has
suffered by his DEATH"
An interesting communication was
read entitled, Facts and arguments
showing that Delaware College should be
moved from Newark to Wilmington"
The communicative cited several cases
where colleges had Been likewise moved
and had afterwards met with much sue.
cess. A communication was also read
from DIR. Eugene w. Manning, pre-
sor at Delaware College asking the