Evening journal., 1903-11-06


Whilst those who answered, the ma
jority seem to be ntfavor OF erect-
ing the building. but being such a
small percentage Of the total number
IL hardly seems like an expression or
an opinion Of tho board.
Yours very Respectfully,
DanicN w. TAYLOR, secretary.
r. J. MacIean. chairman Of the mem-il
bershio committee,s prppafd. fors smein-'l
bershlp Es cqlemp9 1, s,dnIonE pgastaeAtf
81 the dup6nt BoMdsr coirn,sSs.
Pierrees. 'dul 3eDt, .treq3 3krer OF the ,sqlpq I
company and Alfred o. Crozicr, Of the i
cement Products company. The fol- I
lowing letter accompanied n. @. du-
Points applications, ~ .tE
Il am in receipt of your letter under
date OF the 2Sth ana beg TO advise
that ] have filled Out witlh a great deal
of RleazuEaa axayF aenlhABass ntsAllS
Rnd, shall pe pleased lpassd So, uessaae,
member OF your organizations Y Ny
only regret is that at present my time
Is 10 completely taken up with other
duties that am afraid II will not be.
able q be Of much persopalf help to-
YOU, but assure. you that appreciate
very fhut'i' 'ti% opportunity to let you
timoA0 I'sAA Mai eue4ptAtl &. that lis for
Z the good.of WimiBgtnnS Atri ~. ~
4 : MI Ggozier who. was present was
CALLED on for "a speech. he stated that
be hhd made n study OF the Industrial
pr@specisahere ana thought there was
* lsrsai fNNrs aer WilaiNetpn! ssfr1
\ GrqSi stated, that .mapx tqwnf sirsd
been crippled when the boom came
because Of the increase IN the prices. Qf
property lie thodght however that
4 property is reasonable ,here. He spoke
9f the naeessity for an inlmdiship eaimSl
lto e9pi}est me Delaware. and ,Ghesa-
4 route ftdni sohtheAi points. Hco Md
the navigation question was Of the ut
most Importance to the state.
Senator Ball speaks,,s "a ;
Senator Ilau was caued.- oar Jrnd
Stated that he favored a thirty-aVaf afeot
fchinncl FOR the Delaware and twenty
one foot channel for the Christlana.
Il have no doubt before many more
Congresses have amet the Inland shin
canal win have been completed The
surveys already have been made
There is no doubt but that the present
route the Delaware sand Chesapeake
canal, Is most available. The bill was
brought before Congress last term and
q majority OF the committee TO which
Il was referred was favorable TO th,
project They did not think itia ia.
vorahle time 20 report II. The, COM
mittee VIII be composed practically O
the same members atsthe next session
Or Congress, and feel confident tha
the canal win be built. II cannot fai
70 be q big help to wilmington and 4
\ the state ann here osdo All Ifca
= for the business interests OF Whining
I ton"
Z Alfred Gawthrop also spoke IA fave
\ o. an inland channel large enough (,
Z 2 battleshipsto pass Through. is
i. Senator Rail- spoke % the investisa
3 ton recently made at the forts nea
Delaware City lie said thatthe foun
lhat there were two conlpaniesgof artfi
: lerysat Fort Mott'and one atiFort Del
! aware and one a. Fort DUPONT. He ex
I planned that there were only hal
enough men az the Delaware city for
l tihcatlons to sunn the guns on IN
curing throughout The country Sena
Tor ban said he found that the sam
condition prevails ut hearly ali The, for
tihcations IN the country.
A communicati0n was received from
the Synacuses Chpmber OF Comnieree
asking for anA outline of the methos
used Inc securing funds for the snev
building, Secretary Taylor said he ha,
written the Syracuse. people that AZ,
board has no new building. .s Z.