The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-23
ENDORSES THE PROJECT.
FOR DREDGING CHANNEL AND
 BUILDING OF DOCK.

Action by the Chamber of Commerce
 Yesterday NOOn-ResOIutIon Intro
 duced by Judge Harrison Adopted
 Addresses by Messrs. Woodruff, Lee,
 c. E. Thompson, Mayor Studley a0d
 Others.
 At a special meeting of the Chamber, of Cofnmerce held yesterday noon resolution introduced by Judge Lynde Harrison, endorsing the proposition for. the erection of a dock near Kimberly avenue bridge was adopted.
 The resolution follows: That the. Chamber of Commerce of New Haven approves and endorses the proposition to have a wharf and docks constructed, as proposed, on the east side of Kim. | berly avenue, because it is needed by the business interests of New Haven for all future years
 The noon day special session was pre- sided over by Lieutenant Governor Rol- 1 Illl .. WOOuIull, dIlu Js SuiIiSl NS11AeS- 1 gher acted as secretary.
 About thirty-five members of, the chamber attended the melting, which was a goodly number, considering the short notice and the hour at which the meeting was held. -'....
 President Woodruff said that a few 1 days ago. the matter of establishing large wharfage enterprise near Kim berly avenue bridge, had. come to his attention. About all of the wharfage | facilities of the harbor had been taken up by the railroad company. He thought that the proposed dock would be of great worth to the city in the l the liberty to call the meeting. He said I he liberty call the meeting. He said \ the dock was to be built by a stock company, and would not cost the Chamber of Commerce anything. It was to be financed by the Empire Trust 1 company of New York.
 It was explained that the proposed dock was to be established along Kim beriy avenue and between the two 4 land which is to be filled embraces I twenty-four acres of salt meadow own gI ed byq Major Edward M. Clark, j President Woodruff stated that West I river was to be dredged to a depth of sixteen feet and the filling could be used in making land back of the
 wharf. ., 5s1S E%8<
 Engineer Walter Greacen from the
 Empire Trust company stated that 270,-
 900 cubic yards of material would be
 dredged, and 100000 cubic yards would
 be needed to fill the twenty-four acres.
 The sides of the dock would be 1850 and 1,65S feet in length, respectively, l andsat the end s7eo feet The dock I would be dredged on all three sides. v
 G. S. Alexander of the Empire Trust 5 company explained the proposition. He I stated that his company proposed to
 sell $150,0O0 in bonds at par to pay the I cost of the work. Already about one
 half of the bonds had been subscribed
 for Some would be taken by the
 dredging company and some by Major
 Clark for his land, Some have been. sold in New York city and several New Ha- ' veners may take the rest of the issue. Tho company which would be known as the New Haven Docking company i had not been fully formed. There
 would be a small issue of stock, but the , larger holdings would be in the bonds.
 Remarks in favor of the scheme were
 made by Mayor Studley, who said it
 would be a good thing and was bound to pay in the near future. Collector
 Winchell, General E. K. Bradley, Judge Lynde HarrisonS Wilson H. Lee, Sem
 ator Chatfield, c. E. Thompson and J. T. Manson of the harhor commission
 spoke. all looking upon the matter as
 commendable.
 Ex-President Wilson H. Lee said
 that New Haven was short of docking privileges at this time, and should not
 neglect the opportunity given 1t, now The scheme was of great importance and the need of it quite evident. D. ? c. E. Thompson, president of the
 West Haven board of trade, advised
 caution regarding the act of the cham
 ber in dealing with a strictly private
 enterprise. If it could be made a pub lie wharf he believed the chamber
 should heartily endorse 1t, but as to the financial stability of the matter he ad- vised caution.
 Ex-President Lee also raised the , question of track facilities at this point and he believed the railroad was will ing to assist as much as was in it's power to do so. ' ,,
 At this juncture Mayor John P. Stud
 ley arrived and was immediately called F upon by President Woodruff, He !. thought it was a very good scheme and would lead to an increase of manufac. , turing enterprises at that section of the a city. He suggested that the railroad , might extend it's trolley tracks and il
 could then send freights over the road in that manner He thought the soone, 7, the wharf was built the better.
 John T. Manson, president of the Yale n National bank, stated that if the project
 simply required endorsement it was al , right, but if the, Chamber was to be 3 called upon to finance it., he thought
 that they should proceed very care , fully.
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