Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-17
PRESSING NEt[S
POINTED OUT IN
COMMERCE REPORT
Paid Fire Department. Conven'
ton Hall and Other I'm
provements Recon-
mended.
YEARS WORK REVIEWED

Various civic needs are pointed out IN
tbe rcnnrt of Secretary Clarence I.
k,lIan NJ the Chamber ~ Commerce
which vns prrscnted at the snnual meeting
of the chamber. held last night at the
Hotel du Pont.
.'A-,d, nom the many obvlou> com
munitv tasks that await performance
industrial expansion, educational pro
rr,ss. traffic rcadlusi ncnts, clNle bctt'r-
ments. governmental reform. lew prom
lcms above othcrs seem 10 d'mhhn Pui'A
solution. ne rpoI' saNS' S'tt' NN''s
that
Wilmington should have a paid trc
denarimen, aud that quickly. iC
,ransltinn from a volunteer TO pald
hasis should hc accompanied by absolute
fairness and justice 10 al concerned.
Tberr i no more reason vhy a city the
~,5r of Wilmington should expect voi'ln-
g. r. - fight It's fires than 4 shoul eN
- volunteers to collect It's garbage ~
s,J,ce ITS streets \ hlll - create pal1
dcpart ment has been drafted nnd thl> nh'
,npresscd your directors as hcng 80 tair
- au ,,s nroyisinns. that they havc IN
dorSed a. We ask that every mcmhcr ~
the organization support the measure with
every means IN hls power after y is pFc-
scnted ~ Dover
, W. sinrcrcl, trust that thu present
Iee1.lature WILL create a commission thal
wll deViSr means II eliminating the marSh
and low lands that hem IN parts ~ our CITY
IN tho south and east ASIDE trom sanitary
features valuable industrial sites awaU
reclamation state action = necessary
because much of the land lic- outside the
vtv lUri'e
5 Certainly >oWc commission or other
BODY should he appointed 70 make
srecisI stud, af additional sources oi
rr,pnur for oar municipal government
Il i not rraSonahle 20 suppose that on top
81 a hieh county rate. a much higher tax
rate ,.tn lie imposed on rcl estate u
the CITY Is a. provide this services Il
should for is citizens. new sources oi
rrvcnuc viii have o. To- found Many un-
prrtudiccd Observers are convinced that
INADEQUATE rcvcnu" Is really ~ the rnot 81
most ~ our mumcHal Ills
some action -houii ~ taken looking
toward The cr.a,,an W plan commission
Gar New Cast, county With RrandNVnr
hundred especially beng but up ,rr,
quickly. some public body should haNr
centralized control ~ the location ~
streets ana public utilities md y the de
yelopmcut II suburban real estate plots
Otherwise the raukcst ~ott II Coh'lsion
will result IN very CIV wears
& onc ol the imperative needs - the
CITY j. convention hall Or auditorium
II i lamcntah'c IL consider that our arr
a.; public halls with the exception 81
theatres. regularly IN usc, viii scat or =
few hundred Other Clfic- find that their
iarve aiId,toriuus an used frequently
for conccrts, community SINGING, con
yentions lecture courses mas meetings
and gatherings ~ a highly educational
nature Wilmington should have such
building Il memorial Is - hc erected
% COMMUNICATE the herolsm .. Delaware
soldiers who pAr,icipatcd IN the World
War, would not an auditorium he ~
appropriate q memorial a. could he dc-
vipde We certainly hclieyc - AMI hone
thai a movement ~ erect -ucA sorciN
needed ruhne structure will takc definite
form quickly.
YEARS ACTIVITIES RTNIrWE Ell
The activities 81 the chamber IN the
east wear an reviewed N the rypprt, oi
which the following Is 3 summary
War Shipping COMMITTEE Tho work
az our War Shipping COMMITTEE. consist
ing al Hon George Gray, HcnrN i scott,
". W Lard. Joseph bancroft and Josiah
Marvel. organized ~ 1917 g. lcnd all
rosslhle aid locally = the production oi
ships. proved extremely interesting. Speak
erS T cote We-, secured 70 address mass
meetings G; workmcn ~ the wards. par
.icularlv az noon me, and ai~n meetings
m the public theatres frequent con-
ferences were hall with officials ~ tie
shipping Board and With prrS,ntatIycs
az empl1vcs and h. ward management
THIS committee worked directly under
the SUBDIVISION oi ta, " ~ shipping Com-
tnIttet oi thc Nsuouel han.har u Com
mere and lad II al times the benefit
Ci the laftcl 60 uffV-Nlde experience
and expert kncWle, g
War saving throughout the wear
the secretaT.u Wuf> ior The state and
county War Savings campalgn has been
conducted from votr office IN tte tWo
Liberty Ian camp ugrs, Your 3rPanlLa-
tl1n worked along lines requested BY the
eaupqlgn directors IN tho juno Rod rls-
campaign, the United Va Nert drive
ard the Red Z ~oss Membership Roll-t .ll
N.uI body wa represented hv te.m Nh'
worked N the designated ficld>
IIousinc-Probablv the outstanding
,sl achievement q the year has beer
ihe housing project a. El'n Peri Car
dons \ our chamber does not assume en-
t.re credit for the realization ~ this pro
le.t because credit Is manlfestlv due the
utited business interests q the c0uWln-
~ who purchased the land and specIa
commrndatlOn j. due the officers o! nc
Wilmington Housing Company and IN,
Ilber' Ian { ompauN.
Viewed lu the large the salient tea-
tlres II TIN. PROJECT are For d local in
vcstment %. SlUO,o0O. thi, city has Sc
cured 5lRi model WorkIagmcn 5 homes and
some apartments % superior construc-
ton on a adlnrab, site, scientifically
planned, WITH practically every facility
such a. development should have Iho
government Investment wlil probably b,
elight.S III tAct~,, ui s. $50 900 The opera
ton executed la. been declared by
competeut critics 10 IT, certainly the Sec
ond best Il not the best 81 all the pro-
iects undertaken ~ the Fleet Corpora
ton.
The hnuslng survey and report on
community ocv.iepucu prepared for
vour chamber bs John Nolef. prelruin-
AIRY 70 the hUus ~ operation. proved "a b,
ar exceedingly yaluable study and has
been sent ~ pamnhlr form to .tll part. III
the country
HARBoE DrVILoINiNr.
No one will DENY that FIJI, bigpcst p,e.,.
oi WORK yet % b. done tu ralSt. Win .ifp-
ton tC ~ proper auli uduetralIl and
commercallyr = the development oi its
harb0r facilities and particularly the con
structlOn oi piers dock warehouses and
the other necessary modern accessories
that would enable thi- cIty to handle OK
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