The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-19
DOCK OWNERS
SCOUT ]! .|.|.|| N new Plan. ]. n ]
Declare System Of Wl1arves OIL OIL
Lover Thames Would Prove q
a Gigantic Failure.
COST MUCH AND PAY LITTLE.
Scheme Inpracticable, il, Fact,
Say Opposition Leaders, Who
Have Own Intcrcsts.to Serve.
spec,al Cable 10 Tho Times Dispatch and:

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(gpccial 4 Cable to Tho Times -Dlal'atcn anu
New York 1icrald0
downright, by tho New York Herald Coz 81
5gI, ,ONDON, March 1S.--As might well be
s,,pposcd, the big scheme for the con-
structlon OF whnrves In the lower 7 names m
whereby 4. Is declared the facilities OF tlic
port OF London will be greatly increa SEQ SEQ,
Us not viewed altogether with favor aver Dy
The existing dock companies h 88
Tho nature OF their criticisms may pc
eathercd from an interview with the Hon:
sydney Holland the deputy cllairman = oI
the London and India Docks Company.
s stated IN general terms, Mr.. iolland
contention is that tho scheme ls Q pen 70
crfticsm&itl every respect. alike on finan-
\ cIal and practical grounds. and he holds
h unworthy OF serious consideration
Method Obsolete.
IS IN Tie first place, the planAt2 build
\ wharves Instead % Il docks Implies J reyer-
! sion, to old fashioned methods which have
long since been abandoned. Elsewhere
Sin Antwerp. a for instance, they are now
q $suppcinentinE their wharves wit h docks.
.sFurtt1cr,'s Afr. Holland said w q our
selves have tried a ;jcttyE for twenty-five
years outside the Albert Dock and we
I have not been able to get general ships
to come and deliver their cargocs there
y 50 we have had to confIne Its use q PEE
i trolcum and coal. and this wharf Is i'm
I sf1nitelyg better situated than that pro-
posed. 4 I lis on the proper side Of the
Thames. much nearer town. and y has
railway connections and 80 on. VI
Then the eatinate g OF six mill lion tons
4 of shipping Is absurd. + MS you MI l under
stand when i tell you that Sthis5as much
as that of all our docks together, and
We have twenty-onel niles @tof these,
against the one mile and a quarter Of
the quay which " hey propsoose 81 g
Company Abandoned Plan.
4 .1n this connection may remind you3
further that the Peninsula and Oriental
8 Company some time ago Eongh land with
"A the view or trying the same plan as tilat =
now proposed. z but a fterWard abandoned
THE idea aud went to ri ilbury Dc ock 20 gf ain.
.'As TO the cost of construction en- tailed.
this must be- rnueiIss gherSt thni tisn rot,
dock work. on account of f5j1hc tidal coti-5
alterations involved. = ass ss
In reply 10 he ti,Icst ipn :ss .ssnmlng,.:
n 5llowrVer,s that the $w llaryes. are constr
ed and everything is in ord err. how d you
think the scheme would work n Mr.. fiol-4
b land replied s 81 s.ss N
..,rhc answer to fthatsis simple. 1layc5
no hesitation In saying that the scheme
is slmpracticabic. They talk o. long arm
z cranes being employed to deliver goods
straight out of the holds of ships on the
river$sldc8 Of the wharf and deposit them
In barges on the land side. This. f;isl
\ stated, will Il o ava. with Que III the great,
objection to wl,arves, which is that of
having bargcs lying alongside "a shipEand
humping her vii h ever ry3Si swell #
Saws it is Absurd. 5
...rhe suggestion is. however. a absurd,
having in4yicw the quantity Of cargo
which 1T is proposed to deal with In this
ridiculous fashion. might remind you
among other things. that tile II biggest
ships nowadays use their own cranes
and these certainly areanot OF the kind
snitablc for such purposes as that s.ig-
T gcstcd The notion of cargoes being sat
sisfactorily dealt with in any5such fashion
b Is not practi ca BILE. s{ Es Vi Z AS
questioned assto the statement that tho
charges would be more lnoderatc G than
those In existence mir, Holland said !: is
81 seriously Imagined we! should sit still
8and allow tllcnlSfto ,inderhld us l6stlle
manner proposed. 5. or course. we should
do nothing Of the kind, Apart from this.
what amount OF custom could thcy$hope
$ to oTobtain? They are on the wrong side
ofetElcs river, for one, thing, which Is a
] fatal drawback The fire risks again
would certainly be great. more particu-
slarly4 If 1t is proposed to construct the
wliiWes Of wood IS
s.'somc Of the details which have bccn
4 published would seem to indicate, indeed.
that tile scheme has llardlySbeen thought
out ina practical spirit Mt all. The scheme
is one put forward ostenslbly In the in
tcrest Of ship owners. but how about tho
consgnccs and shippers? They are the
masters Oft situation and absolutely
object to receive delivery Of aluablc
cargo on the river. III St 7s
American Honorcd.
!. (specia u Gable to i The Times Dispatch and
VA y New York Herald)
~ lCcnyrlght. by the New York Herald COD Y