Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-23

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a'anf4ally zoancDnec Dy ne Government
ana Just nov We are rryinR 20 cOrIvluee
the War Department gf The reeeassr. ay
kseping iris channel % % The rnsrlz.
IasrH - m rsason Why this stream
AhoulG - thrown over esDeciaIls, zhen
tns benefit thereby gained h. 20 i'm
Doftsnt 70 the big refining companies and
other induEtrles lO1ated along its bsnkg
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nsi through the bed Of the river in this
zectlon.
"As for the Southwark Dlers On the
Dsia ware between catharins and Chris
han Etreefg, they are designed far the
immediate uEs Of going stearnshlre.
They will cost approximately oil. % 11D
each and are numbered y 20 - South
Nbsrve0- Both Of these piers are now
coTnpietsd ard ready for use. Many in
HIif1@s for space on them have been re-
ceiVsd- but neither. ~ yet, has been
formally lcassd-
"Of co-IrEs the real c0n.rnsnceroen, Of
ths arg scale expansion Of the port Of
Pai a1elD Dnls centres around the Moya-
ns12ing Improvement. the - huge piers
planned for erection on the Delaware
River beloC AcKean street. Taese piers
Constitute the D,R program for the future,
ard already two contracts have been let
~ foT dredging and PREPARATION Of the
site. and q Construction u the s1Ibstruc-
ture % the first Of the plsra The city
% INV committed financially 70 me prof.
% am the entering WsoF. has been
driver. Only q Dropping back into the
"a rate Of inertia can cheat the city
out ~ tie goiden era already Visible.
As 70 the future Mr.. AeiEs said.
philadelphia has great possibilities.
Z Or Dhystcs. advantage are uniqos. The
grOw:h Of tie port EhO1d be large and
raDid. for when our harbor improvements
are finished We will be able 20 Offer ia
cilitleE superior 20 thOss offered By New
York. SlisTe physical Conditions nsces-
aiiate . costly IlghtsrsSs service.
1T -ests with our rehsbiiitstsd Chamber
Of C"nrncrcs and our puDlic-spirited cit
izsns 20 get out and hght fer the bust
HcGH that rfEhtfully belongs to Phils-
dclphia. Baltimore and this city should
have the same inland railroad import
rates, and neither given an advantage
over the other Also the extra cost Of
loading and unloading in New York. nov
unfairly absorbed into railroad tariffs
should not b. PERMITTED 20 operate against
this 90 any cher port On the Atlantic
aeaOOFrd. This incidental lighters ge
charge, 10 which all Of the steamship
frelght handled IN that city is subject.
b alone enough 10 Impose handicap on
her commerce sufficiently powerful 10 en-
able 'sar FiVsla 70 obtain their rlghtful
shars-lWere 1the fact but realized and
acted upon"
Mr Aieigs asys that once the various
railroad rate determinations against
PHILADELPHIA have been adjusted the port
will boom az In the old days
The contribution Of the Biankenburg
admlnistratiOn 10 the progress OF our
city, N rough Us Department Of Wharves.
Docks and Ferries. was the realization
Of the clty's opportunity and an actual
start il the way Of extending the bust
ness of the port. As result. instead
Of the city being forced 70 make indef-
mite offers 10 iDquiIfng steamship com
panies, based upon Hypothetical improve
ments. II can now make offers of def
inlte service. based upon new piers.
WarehOuses and railroad cOnnsctiOns
actually being constructed snd under way
Summed up, philadelphia. an result Of
the constructive efforts OF Mr.. Norris and
his successor, Mr.. AeIgH, lOome large
commercially upon tbe horizon Of the
future-lf the good works they have begun
are carried forward 20 completion and
not allowed 70 perish BY an old crowd