Evening journal., 1913-09-25


tor the last past ten years above high
water mark, A. provided in the law OK
empt.ng them from taAation.
And there is little doubt that any
rights vested by the bulkhead act of
1901 should be. and no very great nm
certainty, that courts would decide those
conferred rights To be, and that they are
unconstitutional and dead
As to the Chamber of Commerce
promises BY word. and implied. in the
resolutions and report of March II and
Of April 20. referred TO. even since these
mouthings were vaingloriously but re-
luctantly recorded by the Chahmber OF
Commerce four 10 six months, have
gone into the dead past, and what has
the Chamber 81 Commerce helped to
start for the waterfront or
south of the Christiana or in the
Brandywne or the Christianaf The
mnsical family used 10 sing a song;
"Give him q dose of calomel, Sc The
Chamber OF Commerce seems TO desire
to give the waterfront for Wilmington
dose Of President Clcvelands "innocu-
Gus desuetude." II has been doing other
splendid and very helpful things mag
nfcently. but ignoring the one ncedful
and necessary step of advancement for
Wilmington The greatest thing of VIII
mington's world TO conquer.
Somebody in that splendid organiza
/ tion must have known that the resolu
tions aud report favoring south OF
Christiana waterfront development,
were only to dodge and evade and with
draw attention from their public duty
TO help the present and immediate need
for action for the conservation to the
city, and the development Of the north
Of the -Christiana waterfront, where the
government is a1xious and willing 20
help the Development. for the improve
ment of the navigation of the Delaware
river which will insure To the great
good and Advancement Of Wilmington.
Somebody in the Chamber Of Com
merce must have forcseen that for
southside action by the city there
would be need Of legislation that would
necessitate two years delay till the
next Legislature meets. at least
Somebody in the Chamber OF Com
merce must have realized that from the
Christiana TO quite a distance below thr
city's southern boundary line. the dis
tance from the riverbank out TO low
water line. and TO deep water is just
about or very nearly as far as it is
north of the Christiana, and somebody
must have realized that to 20 to the
point where. as their report said is "the
much shorter distance from fast land
TO deep water on the river" You have
to 90 almost down to the old Whining
ton and Northern pier, now Reading,
and there you are on county frontage
below the city's limits. and there's your
need of legislation before the city could
take interest.
The insincerty of the Chamber of
Commerce is already realized II hasn't
taken step, not so YOU can see it,,
for south of Christiana waterfront de-
vclopment in the past twenty weeks 1t
may be well to remind the Chamber Of
Commerce and the people of certain
facts.
The southern boundary line of the
city of Wilmington from the Chrstiana
river opposite the old Walton and
Whann bone mill. crossing the south
Market street causeway Just below
Garasche's Lane. and through Eden
Park to the Delaware river. has not
been changed since 1866. almost fifty
years, and that southern boundary line
OF the city strikes the Delaware river
at point where the bank of the Chris.
tiana river has hardly finished its curve
around to the line OF Delaware river.
shore.
Examine maps and 60 out and view
the river bank and You will question ii
IL be the Christiana or the Delaware
where Wilmingtons south bomdar,
reaches the river
But at any rate the only Delawar,
river frontage the city of Wilmington
can be considered to have south of tn,
Chrisisna is on that curving bank fo
width of about seven or eight hundre,
feet southerly from point on thu
south Christiana bank opposite the Oh,
lighthouse at the north bank end of thl
! Christiana; while north Of the Chris
tiana there is close to eight thousanl
feet within the limits of the city o
/ Wilmington. fronting all on the Della
ware river. and all to have the bulkhea,
, built and the land developed in from
, by the government project that woul,
, have been completed doubtlesslv. near
" ten years ago. but for the hostile ac
tion and rapacious demands of specula
tive riparian owners. whose claims am,
+ speculation the Chamber Of Commerc
+ seems anxious to uphold and support.
I And now comes the publicity mana
I, gers remarkable letter that docsn'
once name the Delaware river.
+. What fresh argument has the Cham
I bcr of Commerce or what fresh attrac
n tion 10 draw passing shipping into tn
!, / Christana for the Delaware ryerg
; Some other questions occur to us /
ask the Chamber Of Commerce as to tn
attitude of the publicity department
ON Nlmington's Delaware river dee
waterfront, which We may ask al an
other time. but pertinent to that r.,
markable letter. We cannot hut wonde
Il what plan the publicity manager of IN
Chamber of Commerce has in mind. I
= stand ON the Christiana iettv end an
c with what measure Of salt to cate
y those commercial birds Of passage an
4 haul them from their Delaware riy,
courseg
If IL may he possible 10 reach the Al
'e tention and good Judgment Of the ind
vidual members of the Chamber Of Con
T. merce, many OF whom We know are sii
ccrely and earnestly in favor Of scttir
ID the benefit OF the good services and il
tentions Of the government 10 the in
n provement of the magnificent waite
q front for Wilmington" as United Stat
y Engineers reports said. incidental
y the governments desire 10 improve ii
J. navigation of the Delaware river. Al
:. If II may be possible TO influence tho
=, individual members to forciblv impre