Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-02
III)SBID'
kOCEAN LINES
Dion Never Better,
ort Of L.. S. Engi-
neer Reveals
IN IS FEET IN PARTS
uler Cites Advantages to
eAty.6ve Companies Dis
Ielied With New York

|I[| II.1oolphiae campaign 10 win lhe
14(lve transatlantic steamship
D 4hich threaten to leave New York
ue Of lack Of facilities there. was
1&<ly rc-enforced today when l.. d,
10A. United States engineer in
~ of port improvements here an
<ced that the channel Is in better
1kion than ever before. and that
viii soon be resumed on the project
- &1xlng II n depth of thirty-fve feet.
z&n 1bur ranges. the depth already ex-
&0G1 thirty-flve feet and in three others
r. II more than thirtyfour feet. At only
~ points is the depth less than thirty
and dredging is TN progress at two
<neee.
~ Webster cites Advantages
s. DocN Director Webster has already
nHe formal request to representatives
~ the twenty-five steamship lines to
15nrks their western terminals here. In
= 1etter pointing out the advantages of
00ch move, he says:
B ~ recent survey made for this de-
1&&&&DnGnt showed number of piers on
- Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers un-
kcGus6ed and as Director of the De-
S1fffrnent of wharves Docks and Fer
~ and as president of the Board of
fsommissioners Of Navigation for the
1Stlnware River I would he very glad to
facflitate any effort you might make to
fi5A Recommendations for your company
nsya. further, to aid in the establishment
- YOUR business at this port.
= ssY3rlefly, the location OF your steam
trhiv line Mt the port of Philadelphia
ronla give your company advantages in:
s fNfime saved through undelayed and
1Hf&cx railroad transportation
4 2ssslrirst-hand communication with cap
<SfSa Of the largest industrial section of
~ world.
<Esfst-ciass wharfage and pier sc.
linodation.
|ss5 ~ sA6euuate channel depth.
z s1Excelient harbor service"
s Chamber Of Commerce Acts
a 80 Chamber of Commerce also has
1&n In line in the movement to
hiladelphia the chief export point
Sfter-the- trade. The board of
1ebrr has authorized appointment Of
: - nocial committee to take up the mat
Eknsst I. Trigg, president of the
6pber. commenting on prospects for
merits future, said:
FN&U IN obvious that the export and inn
~ business for the port of PhiIadel-
EEfa Il bound to increase by leaps and
ko@ands as soon as the commerce OF
fis,al times Is restored.
Es{N1t - q matter of general knowledge
~ our wharf and dock facilities per-
~ the direct loading of cargoes for
l1fGeas Our fresh-water port is the
5ost Of its kind on the Atlantic sea:
1xfn. Our channel to the sea is re-
<trfng constant attention.
NJ what Is the use of having these
716fARcs unless the commercial and
tuf nf tho ;o
5a to the necessity of making use of
~ to the uttermost? No matter how
~ equipped the port may be to handle
- business. the prime responsibility
x11o on the business men of the city to
the volume OF business not mere
&D to the capacity of the port to as
nllnte it, but to keep it even ahead Of
tt{31orge F. Sprouie. secretary of The
~ OF commissioners of navigation
rebukcd the business men of the
tff0r failure to boost the port
x4<If the merchants will get together
~ what has been aptly termed the
York habit. and make use Of the
4ady established facilities of the
he said. and II the shipping
3fd hceds the appeal for more just
0Dogtion of the overseas trade con-
11lod by 1t. l think there need be no
61kk Of the growth of our port
UtheH peace comes l feel we will be
S<nfiaed by the growth of our trade"