Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1917-10-02

u are 3S miles OF dockage and
Sont within the present city
san6 a total OF 40 miles or
ie waterfront facing az least
or depth IN the immediate en-
3f Baltimore harbor. A uniform
% 50 feet is maintained up 10
..providcd for transatlantic
hips Up TO the beginning OF
1ar the city had expended
ID for deepening the harbor and
q for public wharves and docks
brginal or waterfront streets.
9ion. the National Government
fnt more than $1,000. 900 I'm Inn
the channel approaches to the
q aggregate Of 81. 900 900. The
8 Baltimore Will benefit hand
s by the passage OF the rivers
fbors bill OF the present year,
*ineans that the Curtis bay
will be deepened and the
( in the Middle Branch wild
is desired that the depth OF
snnel from the ocean TO Spring
A and Curtis Bay shall be 40
#sg York and Norfolk have this
II water and Baltimore needs
'tter compete with those cities.
rest Drydock Built Here.
as port the Dewey. the largest
g drydock In the world, was
eted In 1905. Shipbuildtng Is ex-
~ engaged in and many, of the
ht vessels OF this and foreign
=. as well as some OF the |
iolliers and boat de-
4 OF the United States Navy, |
4cn built hero.
3gress OF construction is a belt |
away 70 entirely encircle the
t. with facilities for switching
Zen with imported goods and |
efor export to the various rail-
Is radlating from the city.
government is now engaged |
BE construction OF a modern
ti0n station and pier adjoin-
]oric Fort McHenry.
modern and powerful fireboats
3atained on constant duty. sup
I'd by the Harbor Boards
stimore. A police boat patrols
Dor at all hours.
powerful iceboats keep the
open throughout the most Sc
'nters and safely convoy ves-
Ind from the city.
six miles OF municipality
wharfage front are In a high
zmodern development. Projects
Der way for acquiring more
Y for municipal ownership and /,
nent and a system of wide,
Sie marginal streets now un-
Instruction. which. together
beit-line railway. will great
bate the hauling and handling
5n1merce OF the port and bring
tortion OF the harbor within
Feasibility OF the inland CEN
Hlndustry.
les OF three modern concrete
Ndgos linked by wide and we'll
ftrects and roadways connect
LIZ city with tho rapidly devel-
ldewator sections of Anne
\ and Baltimore counties. This,
inover street bridge, OF this
= an excellent example OF en-
s skill.
fnicipai steam ferry operates
the north and south sides or
scr at 2o-minute intervals.
Dom For Development.
,onal 20 nearly six miles OF
al wharfage front there Is
ha corporate limits OF the city
nd rtili open 10 further de-
mt more than 81 miles of pri-
arfawe. OF which 10 miles is
by railroad piers and docks,
! four tenth miles by steamship |
ses. two miles by wharf and
npanIes and 10 miles by In
concerns.
bort has mammoth modern
evators with a total capacity
BOO bushels. These elevators
sly placs a.Eoo, 900 bushels OF
GARD a vessel during a work
There is a difrerential or
.nfhs OF cent per bushel in
Baltimore. as compared with
rlx and Boston, on grain for
rom the Great Lakes region,
- that arriving by rail from
81 the ditferentiai Is nine
J i coal piers equipped with
aiding devices, together with
q proximity 10 the mines,
laltimore the greatest exporter
lsn the continent. The Curtis
Il pier OF the Baltimore and
k.ilroad is one OF the largest
IL equipped coal terminals In
,|ld. This pier Is 500 feet long
accommodate vessels up to
draft. Two other piers-one