Evening journal., 1902-03-03
Presldent Lawlon HoneIul

President Lawton Hopeful
"Ihe recommendation OF the River
and Harbur Committee OF tha House Of
Representatives that Wilmington be al-
lowed $4,000 for the Improvement Of
waterways, and an additional 5000
it tho City Council of Wilmington as
sists the Government in maintaining
Chrieuana river Improvement is ex-
ceedlngly good news to the business
men of This State said William Law
ton, president of the local Board of
Trade, TO an Evening Journal reporter
this morning.
When we urged the committee sew
cral weeks ago TO grant us an appr0pri-
aton, we did not expect to get S25. 600, a"
continued Mr. Lawton. Or Ball. our
representative Ia Congress. has been
alive to our needs. however. and out
OF his efforts in this particular diroc-
tion much good Will come TO him is
duo all THE credit hope the people
of Delaware will sec their way clear to
send him back TO Congress next year.
We Will want q representative In
Washington TO urge an additional ap-
preparation Or Si00 900 for bulkhoading
the creek, and see no reason why that
representative should not be Dr. Ball
CITY Must Help
But about this conditional S25 600
/ suppose you know What THAT means.
nc is q gentle hint that wilmington
must do something TO keep the Chris
.tlana clear Of sewage after the Gov
.ernment gives us "a twenty-one foot
channel TO the river. 10 is the belief
of the Board of Trade that such a
channel can be maintained only by
bulkheading the creek banks. This
work will cost at least s5O0O0O Of
which eXpenfe the city must bear al
least 20 Dor cent. or sl25.O00 There
should bo no hesltancy on the part of
Council I'm making this wise expendi-
tme Of money The interests of an our
would be advanced by
ihe bulkheading Of the stream. and i'm
oalculable benefit would be done our
IF Wilmington gets the S25 rec
commended by the committee. the money
will be spent IN making a new survey
of the creek and i'm dredging q twenty
one foot channel from the yards Of the
Harlan and Hollingsworth Company to-
the mouth of the stream. ] believe THE
people OF lower Delaware win put to
good use tho 100000 recommended fer
Improvement 10 the Arpoquinimink.
Mispillion and Smyrna
streams"
Mr., Wallace Is Grateful
IT. r. Wallace. president OF The Dia-
mond State Steel Company, said. 81
feel very grateful that the appropria-
tion Is made. but am disappointed that
it was not larger, as the growth Of
business in the Wilmington harbOr
iusuiies larger appropriation.
u am not familiar personally with
what Congressman Ball did to obtain
the appropriation. but I am told that
he was very influential and he is to
De congratulated for what ne has done.
lt is only unfortunate that we have not
the appropriation that the importance
of the harbor demands, and something
must DE done 10 enable Wilmington TO
take care Of its increasing traffic"
Praise for Congressmen Ball
A captain Of one Of the steamboats,
plying from one of the streams down
The state. on hearing the news of the
said: Congressman Ball
has worked hard I'm the effort 10 se-
'ure this appropriation He has visit
ed cur people. and has used every ef-
Fort to ascertain our exact needs. He
assured MS that he would do an in %
power to secure a proper appropriation
for our stream. but, while knowing
that he was interested. we feared his
tory would be repeated. and that we
would get one or two thousand dollars
or, perhaps nothing
"The appropriation of $4,000 will
keep the stream open and WILL besides
allow beginning on a permanent i'm
prOvement Politically, have not been
a follower Of Dr. Ball. but it seems TO
me that he has shown qualities which
entitle him TO the thanks of all our
people. and that ii would be 10 our in
terests should he remain in a position
to be Of service for some years"
City Should Help
A representative OF The American
Car and Foundry Company said. "The
Government can well afford to spend
S500 on the Chrisliana. as Il is need
ed very badly At present we are sup
posed 20 have an eighteen-foot chan
mel but we are afraid TO bid on a boat
with a draught of seventeen feet.
Heretofore when we built cars for for
eign ports we always had to send them
30 New York cr TO lighter them to the
Delaware TO be loaded on large ships
that could not get into the Christiana.
"When a boat drawing twenty feet Of
Hatna az