Evening journal., 1906-08-30
RIVER FRONT PIER
OF GREAT BENEFIT
Foreign and Down State
Shipments Pass By the
City at Present

Collector Of Customs David S. Clark
cannot understand why the enterpris-
ing business men Of Wilmington do not
take off their coats and go to work in
earnest for a river front.
There is only one way to get it, and |
thai is in the same manner that other
things have been obtained-work in
earnest.
Business men here are importing
thousands and thousands of dollars
worth of goods weekly to Wilmington
but when the report of the Govern
ment is made the port Of Wilmington
does not get any credit The reason
for this is that there is no river pier at
which the ocean steamships can land
I TO unload their cargoes. San tran-
r cisco, New York, Boston and Phllaaei-
= phia gets all the credit Then the rail-
e roads and freight carriers have TO maui
S the imports to Wilmington. 1t Is
/, known that s14.OOO.OOO worth Of glazed
d kid is made annually in Wilmington
s and to do that the skins must be i'm
n ported Take for instance the great
d plant of Blumenthal & Co, with its
l. thirty storehouscs and squares of fac
II tories. Suppose the skins were TO come
j. here direct in this case, as well as
d others: IL can be seen how the value
IS of imports would be increased anc
he when added to the S1,00O,0OO worth o.
90 the Ford Morocco Company, the show
ing would be a splendid one.
rs Pays to Have Home Port
"a During the past few years the WI
is mington importers have learned that
- pays to bring all their imports through
r the home port They do not have 4
IN engage the costly services Of a brVkeI
I'm other cases where small shipment
are made the goods are carted TO tn
,el warehouse and unpacked In cases
~ has happened that owing TO imperfec
n lrepacking some pieces Of valuable set
he lof china have been broken and othe
ir. larticles damaged.
n Had these goods come to Whining
.ar lton in bond the inspector would af
ler company the goods from the cars TO II
20 Warehouse of the importer, and q
I, goods would be unpacked without an
80 danger Of breaking any Of the pieces
~, The f)elawareans abroad have fail'
- lin line and all boxes and parcels Of
tieles purchased out of town are clea
-, led through the local Office, where Del
U.S. utv Collector Titus is always ready
accommodate those who have busine
there.
Local Trade Suffers
At the present time there are twel
lines of down-river steamboats, runnil
IL Ito Philadelphia. and Collector Cla
lsays he thinks wilmington people a
making a mistake in letting the ira
pass their doors.
~, The boats carry farm produce, al
'tii after unloading bring back thousan
of dollars worth of goods weekly
v supply the down State stores in all
towns Freight by water is cheap, a
consequently the down-State busine
man wants to take advantage of
chance to increase his profits. E2
lere poultry and farm produce could
lal- unloaded at the river front pier a
uth on a good road TO the city could
lme carted at the cost of a trifie.
When down-State people can ride
VII Philadelphia for 81, by boat, and
as train fare is 50 to 81, it is easy TO In
Ike the place they are going to spend III
the money. Then again there is no rea'
we're why the Wilmington business peo
-fter could not sell at advantageous prices
the down-State people and snip
the freight by boat and thereby 81
un- money. The Mercantile Associat
we're and the Board OF Trade will shoi
was take up this question.