Evening journal., 1911-09-07
FALL WORK OF
TRADE BOARD
Town Boosters to Discuss
Many Topics at Friday
Night Meeting
WANT IDEAS ON THE
RIVER FRONT DEVELOPMENT

RAt AA AUlNA III LAOt MALlV
The Board Of Trade will enter upon
its fan activities on Friday evening
The board bulletin follows.
THE subject of the improvement of
the Delaware river front has again
been brought to the attention of the
citizens of Wilmington and particu-
larly TO the Board of Trade through
the Hon. William II. Heald. member
Of Congress from Delaware. Whether
or not the City of Wilmington can do
anything to warrant the completion of
the bulkhead in the Delaware river
and thereby take advantage of the OPP
portunity in securing the dredgings
from the completion of the 35-foot
channel In the Delaware river is a
subject in which every citizen of VIII
mington should take a vital interest in
order to ascertain what. of any effect
such a reclamation OF the lowlands
I'm front of the city would have upon
its prosperity BY action of the board
of directors of the Wilmington Board
of Trade. the communication of the
Hon William II Heald and the subject
of the Delaware river front was re-
ferred TO the river front committee of
this board. and no doubt they can offer
some suggestions relative to the sOlu-
tion of this great problem
"The industrial committee under the
direction of James H. Mehaifey, chair
man. has made considerable progress
I'm the work before their committee
and has had prepared a map Of the
city upon which the manufacturing
sites MS filed with the Wilmington
Board of Trade are indicated numeri-
cally. msuring ready access to the
sites as filed mainly by the real estate
agents of the city
.'lt is the purpose Of the industrial
committee 10 have the entire list Of
manufacturing sites in the city and a
brief descriDtion of same published in
order that they NAV be readily brought
10 the attention of prospective con-
Germs seeking a location. II is the ut /
most desire of the Industrial commit
tee to endcavOr TO be entirely fair 70 /
the real estate agents and persons fill I
ing descriptions of manufacturing sites /
with them Every member Of the VIII 4
mington Board Of Trade should make |
an effort to call to the at
tention of the industrial COM
mittee any manufacturing sites |
OF which they have knowledge in
order that same may be properly list
ed for Quck and ready reference so
that persons making inquiry for
manufacturing sites may have same
placed before them as much details IS
possible without delay.
"Your presence at the September
meeting will be very much appreci-
.ated by the committee and you are
particularly requested to examine the
chart as prepared by them and make
such suggestions. comments and criu-
cisms as YOU think win aid them in
their work IT, after any member who
examines the chart should know Of n
manufacturing site which is not indi-
Gated thereon, the committee Will feel
obliged # same will be called TO their
attention
New Hotel.
Wilmington at last Is 10 have
new. modern. fireprQof hotel and II
is the duty of every member of the
Wilmington Board of Trade to lend
every effort TO insure success to the
management as well as 10 those finan
cially interested i'm its construction.
I'm order 20 boost hotels. in other
cities the local Boards of Trade and
Chamber OF Commerce have embarked
upon a campaign Of securing. conven-
tions TO be held i'm their cities. Should
the Wilmington Board of Trade om-
bark upon alcampaign of this kind is
for the members to suggest and deter
mine
"The convention OF the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association will
be held I'm Richmond. Va. October II,
rs. ~ 2o 1871 and it is hoped that "A
large rumhCr of our members Will be
able TO attend the convention.
This association has done much to-
ward furthering the acquiring OF
canals along the Atlantic seaboard
and their conversion into deep ship
canals. should the association meet
With the same success within the next
few years as It has in the past the
conversion of the Delaware and Ches-
apeak canal into a deep ship canal
owned and controlled by the United
States government cannot be much
longer postponed Tho conventions Of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
sociation for progressive thought, hard
work and effort are unsurpassed by
any conventions that have been made
for any purpose in the United States
Those who nave ever attended ore
of the conventions of tkis ASSOCIATE On
have always locked forward to tho
subsequent year in the hone that u
would be their privilege to attend TIC
next convention Should any of the
members of the Wilmington Board OF
Trade desire to take part in the 1911
convention. the chairman Of the Will
mington delegation no doubt viii take
pleasure in furnishing full data.
For the September meeting Of the
Board of Trade. the new quarters viii
be refurnished and the members are
again requested TO attend the meeting
IN order to appreciate what is beine
done and to which they are lending
their support.
"The house and social features com
mittee propose 10 furnish a social fea
ture for this meeting in the form o
refreshments which will permit th'
members getting together and becom
ing better acquainted.
Howell S. England. who has jus
returned from an extensive tour of tn
west. will. no doubt. have much Il
tell the members Of the methods pur
sued by western commercial organiza
tions in promoting the interests G
their cities"
WOMAN CARRIES SUSSEX MAIL.
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
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