New-York tribune., 1903-05-06
BRONX WANTS q. S. HELP.
Federal improvement of Wdter5cays
-COngreSSmen Here.

-r,.. o,bere NJ the Rivers and Harbors Com
uittee Of the House of Representatives lnFlIeu ps
tont committee from the North Side Boaro Oh
Trade the Harlem Board of Commerce, the TAX
,o-., Alliance the Fordham Club, the Kings
bridge Improvement Association and the mount
Vernon Board of Trade TO inspect BrohA "a'ei
vavs with a view TO their Improvement mace
tour yesterday IN boats, starting from river
the-Hudson and traverslng the farleHh i'i'ei ~
tributary waters.
AS the party proceeded on their way they were
greeted with three salutes, each the reguiatioh
Congressional salute of seventeen guns. one was
fired at Kingsbridge by the I'd Battery, N e. n T.
one at Fort George by the 1st Battery, and one at
WiIlett's Point by the regular army garrison sta
toned there.
The banks of the Harlem River were lined with
sightseers, who cheered as the boats passed The
first stop was made at Port Morris. AT Nllletts
Point the artillery was inspected and luncheon
served on the boat. AT Pelham Bay, the next stop,
gasolene launches were in waiting and the Con-
gressmen and few others on board were trans
ferred to them. The launches went up Westchester
Creek as far they could go and then returned
II had been planned go in the launches up East
Chester Creek and the Bronx River. but Repre-
sentative Burton. chairman of the committee. and
other members said that they thought they under
stood the situation and that these trips would be
unnecessary.
Francis A stratton vice-president Of the West
chester Lighting Company, and one Of the enter
tainment committee, explained to the Congressman
the necessity for improving East chester Creek
He told them that his company furnished the light
ing facilities for almost oil of Westchester County,
as well as a portion of The Bronx and City Island.
The only way the company could get coal was by
the New York, New-Haven and Hartford Railroad
and the freight rates were high last year that
the company found 1t more profitable to expend
ss5 900 In dredging out East Chester Creek to get
coal by boat Representatives Burton and Gaines
said they had been impressed by the necessity
for better shipping facilities for that section OF
the city.
The Joint committee argues that inasmuch as the
waters around New-York are under the control of
the War Department, and that the city has had TO
comply with the demands Of that department con-
cerntng height OF bridges which put over the
rivers. the federal government should stand the
expense Of improving the streams 1t is the de-
sire of the property owners, builders and mer-
chants of The Bronx TO have the government bulk
head the Harlem River down far as One-hun-
dred-and- -twenty-nin and then cut a channel
through 10 the north Of Randalrs Island.
Members of the Committee on Rivers and Har-
bors who were present the trip were Theodore
E. Burton, of Ohio; Blackburn B. Dovener, of West
Virginia; Roswell P. Bishop. of Michigan; Ernest
F. Acheson. Of Pennsylvania; De Alva 5. Alexan-
der, Of New-York James H. Davidson, of Wiscon-
those who accompanied them were Jacob A Can
tor president Of the Borough OF ManeaTan Ma @ @ LOUIS
Charles V. Fornes. president of the Board or Al
dermen: James H MeInnes yice-presldent or the
Board OF Aldermen; William r. WILCOX, CoTnrnls-
sioner Of Parks; McDoCgal Hawkes., CoTnrnlss lssloher
Of Docks; Colonel Amos suGkney Uc . ana a. ,Tb EN-
utary waters and Postmaster Cornelius van Cott
Manhattan Hotel, went in body with their hosts
10 the Harlem Opera House, where Joseph Jefferson
is appearing in rip Van Winkle.,' o,z.o..
Of welcome by Mayor Low at the Hotel Manhattan
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Side Board of Trade will give a dinner for them