The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-31

Charles G. Morris, necrologists Of the hamber, read an interesting obituary hper on the thirteen members who hve died in the last official year of the ganization. Those who died and the ate of their death follow:
 Charles B. Gilbert, April 1, 1903. Dr. Sherman Hartwell Chapman, pril 15.
 Edwin Marble, May 2S.
 Judge Pickett, June g.
 Philo S. Bennett August g.
 John Clark Hollister, August 29. Sidney B. Oviatt, October "A. Carl o. F. Jente, November ?. Asa c. Bushnell November F. Charles P. Bogart, December "A. John H. Platt, January IT, 1904. Herbert Mason, March 6.
 Captain Charles Hervey Townshend, arch 29
 The committee on town and city im- Foyement reported that the efforts to scure action by the city to preserve 'e beauty of the central green had fled. The report was written by the airman, Henry T. Blake. During the course of the meeting an nendment was made to the bylaws. V this the chamber will meet on the St Monday evening of every month cept June, July and August.
 The report of the committee on rivers Ad harbors follows:
 New Haven, Conn.,, March 2S, 1904. r. Wilson H. Lee, President of the Chamber of Commerce of New Ha- ven:
 My Dear Sit-The improvements of lr harbor and rivers, which were 'ged by this chamber five years ago hd have been in progress during the Est four years, have proved of great ivantage to our commerce.
 During the past year, although the prk was delayed by the strike of the al miners, and later by the ice, the edging in Mill river has been virtu- y completed, and the Quinnipiac riv- has been dredged from Tomlinson's idge to Ferry street bridge to a depth twelve feet. The small and tortuous tural channel from the Ferry street idge to the Grand avenue bridge has en dredged in places to a depth of Bht feet Thus the improvements tuUIILtu Dy CUilSIGSS Have USSA WIT" ally completed, excepting between the Frry street bridge and the Grand ave- e bridge.
 Che river Improvements, while of eat advantage to navigation, must be garded only as partial and temporary q far short of the urgent needs of commerce. This committee called ention on February 12, 1902, to the cessity of a depth of eighteen or enty feet. in the lower Quinnipiac, h Id the opinion of the committee at at time has been sustained by the # perience of the National Wire cor ration in. bringing to their docks ean steamers of 4,00O tons and over, By having suffered great inconven- ice by the need of greater depth. The Ter Quinnipiac should be dredged to lleast twenty feet at the earliest prac- able date.
 It has been proposed to divert the ap- bpriation authorized in behalf of the per Quinnipiac to the deepening of channel up to the dock of the Ma nal Wire corporation, and a bill is Wv pending in congress for that pur- Be. If this is done it will postpone
 improvement of the upper Quinni- c, which the property owners in that ality much desire, and it will be but t to them that the chamber make ery effort to secure the completion the work in that part of the river at
 earliest possible time, in accord ce with the project recommended by jor Leach, approved by the war de- rtment and authorized by congress- This is important, not only by reason the present and prospective need of local commerce, but because this tion of the river is much narrower more shallow than that above or ow, and during the lower stages of tide forms an obstacle to the flow the water, which is needed to keep
 channels in other parts of the river |e' from the deposit of silt. The fol- wing improvements, therefore, are bded immediately for the convenience bur commerce and the benefit of New wen:
 Eirst-The deepening of the lower innipiac to at least twenty feet at water.
 becond-The deepening of the Quin- biac between Ferry street and Grand enue bridges to at least twelve feet, pursuance of the project already opted and authorized.
 rhird-The survey of the Quinnipiac bye Grand avenue bridge with refer ce to future improvements.
 Fourth-The widening of both chan s in Mill river to a general width of feet.
 Fifth-The dredging of the channel to Ey Point and through the West river the Kimberly avenue bridge, in ac- rdance with the recommendation of jor Powell, dated September II. 19OS Eixth-The widening of the main hnnel opposite the docks near. Tom sons bridge, and from there south y.
 eventh-The widening of the lower innipiac.
 n addition to the preceding improve Fnts it is likely that we must soon to have the harbor channel deepen from twenty feet to twenty-four or enty-six feet also that the rocks in Morgan Point entrance to the far- should be removed. These improve |nts are all needed by New Haven, D. are approved by Major Powell, the |l1ful United States engineer in Rrge of this district.
 The committee respectfully recom- Ends that the chamber earnestly con-