Evening journal., 1903-03-28
Solid Wharf From Mouth
of Christiana to Edge
Moor Where Ships Can
Discharge Cargo
Dream of Those Back of
Enterprise Soon to Be
Realized City VIII Be
Important Point

When the Delaware river bulkhead is
completed it will indeed be Greater
Wilmington.
Along the mighty stream from the
mouth Of the Christiana river to Edge
Moor there will be big wharves, large
factories will cover what are now
marshes; the hum of the thousands of
wheels will be merry music for the
thousands Of men who will be given a
chance to earn good living. Putting
locomotives, pulling long trains Of cars
loaded with raw material, will run into
the factory and mill yards, and come
out again with manufactured articles,
showing the skill of the American
workingman. At the wharves engines
will wheeze and puff unloading and
loading the big ocean steamers.
To add to the other sounds of indus
try will be that of changing trolley
bells. They will skim along the
streets carrying the busy throng to
and from work.
Millions Of dollars that have been
spent in Philadelphia and other towns
will be expended here, and the name
Of Wilmington and its advantages
carried to the four corners Of the
earth. The cry will be on the river,
and the Wilmington of today will be
lost sight of in the new Wilmington,
On the heights overlooking this hive
of busy bees, modern houses win be
erected to accommodate the thousands
of working men who will be attracted
here. They with their families will
make a new and prosperous commu-
nifty. The stores in the centre OF the
town will have to rebuild to make
room for the increase in stock neces-
sary to meet the needs Of the addition
al consumers. Every branch of busi-
ness will be benefited.
When this is accomplished the dream
Of many people will have been realized
For years they have seen such things
as are told OF above. People laughed a
them. but they kept on dreaming ant
working. They never lost sight of tho
river front and now they have seer
their efforts crowned with success. The
contract for the bulkhead has beer
awarded and the other things win fol
low.
The shipping interests will be mos
benefited. Any boat of ordinar.
draught, or in other words, any Graf
that regularly travels on Delawar,
river, will be able to land at the pro
posed piling. This will virtually give
Wilmington a wharf one and a-hal
miles long, with a depth of sixteen fee
of water at low tide.
Will Not Come at Once.
It is the opinion OF many that thu
work is going to be rushed TO compile
tion, but such is not the case. 1t vii
probably be three or four years befor'
the vacant space between the pilinl
and the present shore line viii b.
fitted uD and leveled. but that nee'
make no difference about the use Of th'
bulkhead as a wharf. Some light pill
ing could be driven at a very small
cost, and a trestle made from the soli'
ground to the piling line and a whar
erected there This wharf could b
enlarged as the business increased ant
there is every possibility Of its doinl
so.
All down river boats would be onl
too glad to stop there. It was tried 70
time to have them stop at this city
but the time lost i'm running into tn
Christiana and up to the city was to
great to make it pay them and adde
to this the tides in the creek sometime
held them prisoners here for severa
hours. and as a consequence they wer
forced to abandon stopping here.
Great Saving to Ships.
II will be far different when the ne'
bulkhead is finished. They will simpl
have to run in, tie up and as soon a
their work here is completed, go o