Evening journal., 1912-06-13
THEY BIND TAXPAYERS TO MAINTAIN
UNUSED PARTS OF 10, 900 FOOT BULKHEAD
Philadelphia Dock Director Makes Earnest Plea for cyOwned
Waterfront So Commerce of the Municipality Maybe
Controlled at All Times in the Public Interest

NOHTOHed di MI iiHeS III ihe uDHe i"S'SS"
Discovery okers" proposed Of the wImnsO"
Company exploitation of the Delaware
intensity the indignation Of the public TINT
such a considered seriously by city Council
"iokers- pledge the city 10 Cooperate with the WI
mnrion Terminal Company obtain whatever ga-
ou NAV he necessary 70 confirm the title expers
the hundreds mark and also to
give to them free possession the bukhead that
Federal Government an expense running into the
hundreds o thousands Of dollars
iokerv pledges its influence with the Federal
the h behind made for the
waterfront spu spuaies that of the work
he done by the city the buIkbed he not under
contract or from May 1917 then the
agreement null and void and the city shall
nothing from the expo'ers for the work may nave
done.
The Buhead Law OF prevents and the
secretary giving the marsh land spectators title to
land under water until the buhead a ha
been built competent legal authority and GER
tain Of the spectators been advised Of tho @ that
the Bulkhad Th ee in the proposed agree
meut with city Ociais obtain whatever legislation
may the agreement en'e and under ose pOao
terms tho city would pledge the Legislature to make that
law constitutional everything that might be needed In
legislative way waterfront expters to get away WITH
land That -ioker Is found In the iO
lowing section OF the proposed agreement;
aIN ACCEPTING PROPOSITION THE CITY OF WHINING
TON EXERCISES ITS PRESENT CORPORATE POWERS TO
THAT END PLEDGES ITS GOOD FAITH TO COOPERATE IN
THE PERFORMANCE THE FULL EXTENT OF IT'S
POWERS QUESTION EXISTS As TO ITS PRES
ENT CORPORATE so COOPERATE IN THE PERFORM
THE SUCCEEDING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE USE ENDEAvORs TO PROCURE
SUCH AMENDMENTS TO ITS CHARTER AND ENABLING bfhOh-
SHALL AND WILL RATIFY AND CONFIRM AND AuTHORAk
EMPOWER THE CITY TO FULLY PEbtOlM THE AehhhhN1S
HEREIN CONTAINED!
"ioker" which contains practical confession
the deal through in far as
the Federal building of the bukhead aud
the making words the city must exercise that in
auen expos bukead valued hundreds OF thou
sands OF dollars; they
Of
s1O0OoO and system OF city sss and
boue,a hundreds OF hou'
sands OF all that the city would receive e
acres of this showing that the r'erfront
pIocrs depend the city work the Federal Goenment Tor the
bulkhead and fll is fonows
~THE CITY SHALL Use ITS BEST ENDEAvORs
HAVE BETWEEN SAID BULKHEAD AND THE PRES
ENT BANK, WITHOUT EXPENSE TO THE SAID
COMPANIES CITY OR ANY OF THEM, FILLED IN WITH
EARTH, STONE MATERIALS DREDcED AND EXcAyAI-
ED FROM DELAWARE RIVER OR ELSEWHERE TO An AVER
AGE HEIGHT Low WATER ALONG SAID BJLkHEAD
OF AT LEAST FEET NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL
OPHRATE TO PREVENT UNITED STATES FROM USING SAID
PLACE OF FULL EXTENT or TWELVE FEET
ABOVE MEAN Low WATER, AFORESAID; BOTH SAID
PANIEs AND SAID SAID AREA SHALL
PLACE FOR DEPOSIT BY SAID UNITED STATES TO THE
FULL CAPACITY OF SAID AREA AND BILkHEAD"
Nor is additional ~iOLer7 which commits the
city 10 exercise turned
exper forever and that would with
the state land behind buIkbad Joker
loads upon public
II in repair. actually shall he used by
front cxpIoiers
the cxpters the waterfront
years than they have years. public would
TO maintain repair
the provisions iOkerr agreement Joker follows.
WILMINGTON, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
OWNERS SHALL PROCURE BY LEGAL
UNDER THE OTHER LEFreRu PRO-
PRIETORs BVERFR0NT ALONG SAID
BULKHEAD UNOBsrRUcrED AND POSSESSION
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