The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-12
SOLVE PROBLEM
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Tha,l1es u card GARD I Plans I; lill Csol'nss,trulc-
tionSof Huge System
Of VIl1arvcs. II NJ.
HANDLE SIX N LION TONS.
nprovelnentt Conceived on
Scale Which is Attracting
Widespread 4 Attention.
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LONDON March 1 w .; hile so & nuch
that Sis heroic is being attempt ed for the
Improvement ot tiie 4 port OF London,
is not q little interesting 4 to find 4 hat
ractical PEG pleS are coming forward with IA
q u scheme which, though comp paratiye mod
est y,in ineeptio ion, e nia y, IL receiv YES q
due sjrn easu 3aiir of port ultimate lead
to sthe 4 sat factory solution Of a q prob
lem which for some years past has at y
tracted a. large measure OF public attcn;73
ton III and for 4. the II set tlements Of which
even Seff forts Of HI he goYernrnen have p
prov cd utlle.a II.
ESAtsa. meeting OF tho IT thames GonserYant
cys 30 ara sthis elk sane ion was 81 ven to
Ethe cons structl Ion 10 "a v hug ten, Of
wsSharves. which will be Of grea fsinpottS
ntce to- the.p pprtt Of Lond on 4, ttts
The new schema Is co ceiYed on a scale;
viii eli ntSS once strikes the Ina gina ton
Is completed the wharf will be
nble to deal With six mil lion tons e goods
IN q year. al lthoug III, all he stimates are
based upon the handling Of three NIL
tons. n i IA n 8..
Il No FEVER than twenty ships three hun.
|dred feet long and drawing any "a ept Il Of
wa ter up to thirty feet will be ahle lie
alongside nt one time. while q hundred
|barge can be In attendance to have cargo
transferred to them.
III he wharf runs across a a bend In the
river for g, coo feet in al II and 81 tGonc end
there il ample space for the cons structioi,.
Of d craving dock. which will be made
after the whnrves have been constru ructcd. !!
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chosen. ~ t Is a long reach on til 9 Kent.
side Of tho river, within eighteen miles
of London by rall & s $ Is
There Is here q great area Of land 5ipra g
tically uncovered ( at present, and upon
this an ptions has been secured by men
who have started the scheineo wharves.
Wharf a Mile Long. 81
IL .A low embankme wall will be con-
structed and on what Is tho sheltered side
Of the river wharf Of more thanjsa
mile long Will be thrown across q bend,
tho frontage being y 1+O 4 feet beyond tho
line OF low tide. n 48$ s9
Between the embankment and wharf,
thereforcs there will be a great aren Of
sheltered water In which bnrges can lie
and he loaded from Vessels. and long
armed cranes on the wharf lifting goods
Straight out o E tho holds Of the ships on
tho riverside II ,s;f 3is 81 5S 5
Al This 1t, lis believed, viii do away With
ono OF the great objections to wha ryes, J,
which la that 8of, /, having barges lying
alongside and bumplng horlswith VI VI every
swell 4 ifa ie ss 8
t4If three million tons can be handled Mt
the wharf MS est!lnated. that would be
equal to about q sixth Of the whole
trade Of the port. .,{i III s6f
5 or course, tho scheme depends for sue
cess upon being able to offer charges
very much less than the docks, and the
contemplated scale shows great reduc-
tions upon the present dues @
THE promoters believe that if they can
make the Whnrves pay on anything like
these charges they will lle able, by
cheapening tho port, to draw further trade
to theSThnmes. lA555s ri L. III
They have obtained the powers for
which they have been asking they have
ample area Of land at command and they
believe that they VIII he able to do some
thing to solve the problem OF tho Port
of London. a{ q n 3is33s 4!sE i5
In fact. enthusiasts 30 much further
than TINT; they. declare that tho time is
not fal, distant When the greater part OF
the trade of the Thames will be done by
means Of deep water ettles, Il Il IS n