The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-26
FIGHT AGAINST
 HARBOR REPORT George B. Martin Opposes Gen. sure of Congressman Bur ton by Chamber of
 Commerce. WARREN REELECTED HEAD All Officers Are Retained-PetitiOn to he Started by Body for New
 Federal Building
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WARREN REELECTED HEAD

ming chose the same list of officers as that sreved last year as officers for the year to come Herbert c. Warren was elected president; Edwin P. Root and Isaac NJ. Ullman. vice-presidents; John (. Gallagher, secretary; Charles W. Scranton, treasurer, and the following board of directors: William H. Doug i las, Frank s. Butterworth, John H. Pearce. James Hillhouse and Frederick ! $. Ward.
 The report of the special committee appointed on the harbor was read and lprecipitated considerable criticism on the part of George B. Martin. The report scored the action of Congress- man Burton, chairman of the commit tee on rivers and harbors in the house l or representatives on the ground that he held up work which had been in- tended on New Haven harbor and En- gineer George F. Verril for his con tradiction of the harbor report by the chambers committee in 1907. Mir. Martin wanted the criticism of these men omitted and offered an amend ment to haveAthis part replaced by passage leaving the remarks more in- definite. Col. I. NJ. Ullman warmly defended the passage in the report of the special committee.
 MT. Martin thereupon declared that the committee had not made up an en- tlrely new report of it's own but had signed report of Henry C. Rowe, for merly chairman of the harbor com mittee and that their report was not based upon documentary evidence. Col Ullman then said, T do not want to swap remarks with MT. Martin nor do l want to talk to him here as l might In some other place, but l do wish to say not particularly to MT. Martin, but to the members of the chamber, that this report is founded on docu- imentary evidence
 MT. Martin Insisted that the report was practically re-hash of previous reports by the harbor committee. He deprecated mentioning any names in the report as he held that it would n- jure New Havens interests at Wash l lngton
 Frank c, Bushnell objected to the criticism of Mr. Martin against the re- port declaring that it was founded on documentary evidence and signed by the committee only when they knew that it was correct and supported by such evidence.
 Mr. Martitt in eiGto1 wise to pass such criticism of officials in Washington for he declared that it was not by calling them names that favors could be obtained from them. One reason why Mir. Burton would not entertain suggestions from New Ha- ven, he said, was the character of the letter sent him by the chairman of tho committee on harbors of the Cham Der of Commerce
 MT. Rowe considered this a personal remark and declaring that it was islander and referring to a similar re- mark published in newspaper anonymously" he declared demanded that Mir Martin publicly produce the letters that would back up the state ment that his cters were no of proper character in relation to the Washing ton officials.
 The debate was terminated by put ting of the question on the amendment of Mir. Martin, which was almost unanimously defeated. The report of the committee was then approved az submitted and it's recommendation adopted and ordered acted upon by being forwarded to Washington SC far as they related to government work. These recommendations includ- cd the completion of the breakwaters constituting the harbor of refuge, the completion of the dredging of the har- bor, the dredging of the lower Quin- nipiac river to the depth of twenty feet, the widening of both of the 150 feet and to a depth of 15 feet widening of the main channel, re- dredging and extending of the twelve foot basin to the harbor line at Brew cry street. the removing of the Mid de Ground shoal, removing of th,
 
 bridge. a more efficient fog signal a the Sperry light, the increase of thu power of the Southwest ledge light tho establishment of a light and fos signal off the ietty west of the mair channel. and a survey of all the navi gable waters It also recommend that the waters about the wharves b' dredged by owners to the same deptl as the main channel so that ships tha come up the harbor may be able t : unload at tho docks.
 The report also sustains the criti . cisn of the harbor committee on tn , failure to carry out the work whicl : had been contemplated. Gen. Georg H. Ford vas chairman of the specia committee which made the report.
 Two new members were elected t membership last evening. They ar
 Ralph l. Munson and Howard E
 White
 n An invitation to send a delegate [
 the conference which is annually hel
 at Lake Mohonk on international ar l bitration was accepted and the dele f gate will be named by the president i. The conference does not occur unit I May so that tho delegate was not ap 1 pointed last evening.
 T Gen. E. E. Bradley and Charles C | Morris were appointed delegates [ . the meeting of the Associated Cfvi