The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-29
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Report of the Chamber of Commerce
 Harbor Committee.

At the annual meeting of the cham
 Der of commerce, held Wednesday even
 ing, the following report was submitted
 by the committee on harbor, consisting
 of Henry c. Rowe, Hon. N. D. Sperry
 F. c. Bushnell, Herbert Mason, John c i North, c. L. French and E. Harris | Weaver:
 | To Max Adler, President of the Cham Der of Commerce.:
 | The committee on harbor beg leave to | report that the extensive and impor-
 tant Improvements of New Haven har- | Dor, which were secured principally
 through the efforts of the chamber of
 commerce, have progressed satisfaetor-
 fly during the past year.
 The deepening and widening of the main channel has proceeded rapidly, under an annual expenditure of $50. 1000.
 By means of this improvement, larger
 vessels now frequent this port than
 heretofore, resulting in lower frelghts, to the advantage of all our citizens. for the larger the vessels that can be ad-
 nlitted, the lower the rates of freight
 can be made. Prior to this year, ves-
 sells of 2,600 tons have been rarely used
 in our commerce but during the year
 1900 the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
 road company have had line of barges
 running here, several of which carry B.
 900 tons or rnore including such barges
 as the Ohio Indiana, Georgia and
 Iowa. These, barges have draft of 20
 feet and inches.
 During the past year your committee
 has endeavored to secure appropriations
 for the deepening and widening of the
 channels of the Quinnipiac Mill and
 West rivers. With this purpose Tn
 view, and in pursuance of a resolution
 passed by this chamber over year ago, our representative in congress,
 Hon. N. D. sperry, transmitted our in- vitation to the congressional commit tee on rivers and harbors, to visit our city and inspect our harbor. This visit took place on the Sd and 4th of August, 1900.
 The chamber of commerce made the visit of the members of the committee as agreeable and interesting as possible. They WeEe taken to drive about the city, shown the university and the parks, and on the morning of Saturday were taken upon the steamer Gordon Rowe" which was rendered for the oc- casion by the chairman of this com- mittee, for an inspection of our harbor, breakwaters and the new Sperry light house. The committee were then shown the methods of growing and catching oysters of different ages, and taken for a sail upon the sound. On their return at o'clock the party par took of a shore dinner at the Ansan- tawae club. From there they were driven for an inspection of the upper portion of the rivers, which they could not visit in the morning on the steamer, owing to the tide being low and the riv- CTS not yet dredged. Major Smith 8. Leach of the United States Engineers, in command of this district. accompa- in entertaining the congressional com- mittee were the following officers and members of the chamber and harbor commissioners:
 President Max Adler, Vice Presidents General Edward E. Bradley and George B, Martin, Directors Charles l.. Bald win, William s. Wells and Henry c. Rowe, Past Presidents Hon. James D. Dewell, Hon. N D. Sperry, General George H. Ford and Nathan Easter brook Frank c. Bushnell, Charles I. French, F. Harris Weaver, John c. North and John T. Manson. Among he other guests of the chamber were General Joseph R. Hawley, Judge Y SA ~i 1f Fy,f,, | ,ia, W. F. Merrill, vice president of the Jew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company. The mayor of the ity was invited, but being unable to be | present., was represented by Director of [ Public Works Alexander Troup.
 The visiting congressmen, Hon. Theo- lore F. Burton, chairman of the com nittee, and Hon. George P. Lawrence, xpreseed themselves as having found much interest and enjoyment In their isit, and recommended the improve nents which were asked for by the bamber of commerce.
 Provisions were inserted i'll the river nd harbor bill in congress, providing or these purposes. but, as you are ware, the whole bill failed of passage. the delegation of the hamber which went to Washington our years ago, with the efficient aid of Sperry and Senators 'latt and Hawley, succeeded in having 1e work in the main harbor placed un- CT the continuous contract system, so nat we secured in the sundry civil bill UT annual appropriation of S50,000, for the work on the main chan el.
 The chairman of the committee on arbor has received the usual applica- on for statistics of the commerce of lis port, and has secured the desired formation for the United States En- neers. The committee acknowledges ith thanks valuable information fur shed by the following persons and . rms with reference to receipts and lipments by water:
 J. Rice Winchell, deputy collector of lstoms; H. M. Kochersperger, comp oller New York, New Haven and artford Railroad company; F. F. De- oung, marine district New York, New aven and Hartford Railroad com- my; New Haven Gas Light company, ew Haven Tow Boat company, w. S. els, J. D. Dewell & Co, Specry X lrnes, Winchester Repeating Arms mpany, Williams, Wells & Co.,, c. w. I es, the F. c. Bushnell company, the aForest & Hotchlkiss Co.,, the W. A. ,ckley company. Benedict, Downs & l., K A. & D. R. Alling the George |