The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
EXPORTS INCREASED
Contracts to Pay Part of Dredging
Costs and Make 100000 Addi-
ton to Works.
Philadelphia, Aug. 13

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Along what lines the present ad-
ministration of the Dock Department
is directing it's energies, and what
those policies are accomplishing in
the way of increasing both the facili-
ties for commerce and commerce it
self, in the port of Philadelphia, are
well illustrated by a contract just
being entered into by the Dock De-
partment and the Barrett Manufac-
turing Company, one of the largest
pitch and tar roofing material con-
Germs in the world.
The agreement typifies the basis of
progressive economy upon which Di-
rector George w. Norris has placed
the department. The net results of
the contract will be to bring a dozen
more vessels into the port of Phila-
delphia for many sailings annually;
to increase the expectations in a sim
gle commodity by 100000 a year;
to make additions to the big Barrett
plant that will cost between $4,000
and 100000, and to dredge from
the Schuylkill River channel be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 cubic
yards of material, for which work
the Barrett Manufacturing Company
will contribute l cents per yard.
This is entirely aside from fully
100000 cubic yards of other dredg-
ing in the Schuylkill River, regarded
generally as a Federal Government
obligation, but which in the lack of
any assistance from that source, the
Dock Department will carry out dur
ing the current year from city and
State appropriations.
The Barrett contract, after setting
the party of the first part, and that
the Barrett Manufacturing Company
is the party of the second part, reads:
Whereas, in consideration of the
parties of the second part letting
contracts for additions to its plant,
located on the Schuylkill River,
which will cost between Seventy-five
Thousand Dollars (S75,000) and One
Hundred Thousand Dolalrs ($100,-
000), and upon consideration that
the parties of the second part char
ter additional steamers and thus in
crease the export business of Port
of Philadelphia, the party of the first
part agrees to dredge from the
Schuylkill River, in front of the
property of the Barrett Manufacture
ing Company, from the area between
it's bulkhead and the channel of the
stream, whatever amount of mater
ial the said party of the second part
may desire dredged, not to exceed
10000 cubic yards and not less than
1900 cubic yards in quantity, un-
less said agreement be modified by
subsequent agreement; and, in con-
sideration of the said dredging, the
party of the second part agrees to
pay to the party of the first part,
in oh naly Il h. ~.
Receiver of Taxes, IL cents per cubic
yard for each and every cubic yard
removed, ten days after the receipt
of bill for the same from the party
of the first part"
This move by the Barrett Company
is not unlike that made recently by
the Pennsylvania Railroad when, in
preparing to divert much of its coal
shipments from New York to Phila-
delphia, that corporation let a half
million dollar contract for improved
trans-shipping facilities at Greenwich
Point piers.
We contemplate very large ex-
pansion of our Philadelphia plant"
said Mr.. Ehret, the local manager Of
the Barrett Company.
" The additional vessels have been
chartered and will be put into SER
wee during the coming season, which
in our business is from early fall un-
til spring.
Heretofore we have not used
more than three vessels in this SER
vice and often only one or two. In
stead of increasing our export ton
mage through New York we are now
prepared to send that business
through the port of Philadelphia.
"W We expect to send out during the
coming months not less than 100000
tons, perhaps more. The largest con-
signments will be for Italy, France
and England, with more infrequent
shipments to other foreign countries.
In value this increased export busi-
ness will be not less than 100000.
1t may be more. Assured of a suffi-
cient draft for our vessels, our ship
ments from Philadelphia will far ex-
ceed those from the port of New
York"