Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-19
MAYoR-ELECT MooRE'S
LETTER
Gossip About the Deep Wstorways
Warner HargroVe's
Snake Story

! NobSIp ABOUT the pcep waterways |
observation-disclosures HargroVe's
Snake story
lust before New Years forty years ugo,
II. E. Nausciver, q lad who had grown
up in the Fifth ward, took minor position
with tho Philadelphia and Boston Steamship
Company commonly known as the Winsor
Line. The founder of that line was Henry
Winsor, Philadelphia, and he Is reputcd
to have made great deal of money as
pioneer in the New England Delaware river
trade. Henry Winsor had two sons james
y. aud William D., who took as active an
interest in the business as their forebcar,
and who were equally successful. They were
Wig figures aloug the rivcrfront when joel
Cook. William r. Tucker, Christian *. Ross
rud Jonathan May were keen young fellows
IN tho shipping world In the course Of
time the Winsor Line vas absorbed by the
Merchants and Miucrs Transportation Co.
a much larger concern, having extensive in
forests north aud SOUTH but the merger car
ried Nanscivcr along with it aud today he
is the superintendent of the consolidated
company. On the recent trip of the steam
ship Howard to Savannah, for the twelfth
annual convention oi tho Atlantic Deeper
Waterway" Association, Nanscivers ap-
preaching fortieth anniversary in the steam
boat business Waa-co commented upon, aud it
j. just possible George +. Sproule. John
Nirdin, Albert L. Brown and William i.
Bernard may take occasion to celebrate the
event during the Christmas holidays.
WILLIAM T. BuDD, whose long expert
w ence with the Harlan & IIollngsHorth
people brought him m exceptional knowledge
of ships and shipping, is now secretary Of
the Wilmington l;oard Of Trade aud rs such
l. booming that thriving Delaware city.
Nj. Budd has looked over Mayor Dounely
greater plans at Trenton, is keeping in touch
with Mayor Ellis IS activities in Camden and
has an eye on Chester new Mayor Ramsay,
who is about TO join the waterfront contin-
gent. John Meigs at one time Director Of
Wharyes, Docks aud Ferries of Philadelphia,
devised the plans for Wilmington which Mr.
Budd has in mind. They contemplate q
business union of the Delaware and Chris
tiana with great wharves extending along
both rivers, and industries behind utilizing
the vacant space back to the Pennsy ylyania
Railroad Persons who observe Whining
tom situation On the high land, with its
waterfront except for the Christiaua almost
waste, have often wondered VIII. the city
hag not been built down to tho greater
stream. The Wilmington Chamber of Com
mcrce plan contomplates that very thing.
WARNLR HARGRONE continues to put
w BROW Mills in the Pines GU the map
Acrordin. to Warner, who holds most of the
public offices Of Brow ns- Mills in the Pines,
50 many thing, are going on in that Vicinity
that even Doctor Kccly of the Art Club aud
William ". Pearson, leading summer resi-
dents are beginning TO pcrk up little Har
grove has added to his list of accomplishments
Il suakc collecting agency. and up to date
h" suIa It has been mCasuraby profitable
except in one instance And this Is how
lac tells it: II went out into the Pines one
day TO look for snakes and found two big
fellows fighting. Now snake fight is v orth
witnessing aud | stopped to act a. umpire,
but this is what happened After sparriug
Il little. ono Uf those snakes grabbed the other
By the tail aud began to swallow it. When
the second Snal l,o observed what was hap
pcnnr, he grabbed tho tAil of the first snake
and also began to swallow And those two
snukcs kept on swallowing each other until
there was no snake" IIargroye cay this il
the funniest snake fight he ever saw.
l. c, I'LL, Of Trenton, put in an ap-
IL. pearaucc ut the Charleston convention
! of the Atlapt" Deeper WATERWAYS Associa-
| tou with t. report of the National Board Of
| Trade proceedings Of 1891. In those pro
| Ceedings We're continued q photographic re
! port of the action Of the board concerning
| the iutracoastal waterway a. II is now
understood and generally approved. \
number of Phiadelphans participated il
/ that meeting of the national board and were
! not altogether in favor of treating the prof
/ Get as anything more than local. 1t was
| about the time city Councils appointed 4
committee to obtain q survey across the state
Of New Jersey with view of connecting
New York and Philadelphia by water The
report of this committee came TO be known
| rs the Martndaie report. Professor l.. G..
! ILaupt had much to do with it, preparation,
but the project did not get very far aud was
held in abeyancc until the Philadelphia con =
yention Of 1907. Now the project across the
state of New Jersey is regarded as national,
since it is the one connecting link between
the waterways leading up from the South
and those running on to New England.
TNLISHA WEBB, Jr. who gathered lis
IL friends around him for the celebration in
Charleston OF his twenty fourth wedding
anniversary, is not only live steamboat
man. but an exceptionally fair comedian. In
order to make up as q Chinaman for q
| masquerade on board ship, it vas necessary
for Elisha to shave his Edgar Poe mustache
The deception was so perfect for the pur
poses Of entertainment that it Is said &c
| have occasioned some embarrassment when
the boss returned 10 the Webb establish
ment on South Front street Faithful en-
ployes are not prone to take orders from
men they do not know
rT,HE REV DIR. II. A. F. HONI, of Gym
/ wyd, whose work as army chaplain
made him a faVorito with the boys of the
old national guard, has taken to water
The doctor goes aboard ship and eats thret
meals regularly like a veteran mariner
Moreover, the doctor mixes, lie likes people
and is not afraid to talk to them 1t il
not altogether idle to suggest that the mixing
habit properly cultivated materially assist.
tbe minister in his work