Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-24
BOOST PORT PLANS
AND TALK FINANCES
At TOWN MEETING
Small But Enthusiastic Gathering
IN Council Chamber Forward
Vital Harbor Sche me.
STATE AID DiSeOooED

S,xty-tbrcc citizens including one
citiycness-vcrc on hand IN Council :
chamber at \ 20 last evening IN response
IN tho call for a town meeting Ia discuss
tho Wilmington harhor project IN IT'S
ls,es, nhasr. brought up hN the recent
re,,ort of the HarhOr commissioners.
Tins attendance total Is outside the
Council membership and the mayor. so
that the gathering really numbered
~cVrntV-fivc. which was q large meeting
- such things gu. especially m view ol the
forrrutla dowupour ol ram Tor an hour
hciar, the umc sci ior the event winch
kep, many ~ home who would otherwise
have been on hand Sui none the less
,hcrc WIS cuthusiastlc support from those
Vha ~lccccded iu attending the meeting
AMI really measurable progress was made
m rvardlnc the port PROJECT. winch iar-
sighted " hmuctouiaus consider ? matter
of vital Importance tu the city wcliarr.
rwo IDEAS ran Discussion.
Uarhar Commissioner Charles Warner
nrcsldcd with President lNou AMI Mayor
lawson on tho ru~truW. oN-oticio Mr.
Warner sld thst a,tt'n was sought 90 Two
matt,r.-th, construction ~ produce
vh,ft III ,liv property II ron and
hurrh .trccts and thc much greater mat
teJ ii drep-wat,t pl.rs ~ the thnstiana
mouth
N, rraia,. uasf rrolc. includes a
hulNh,ad Il .lnu t,, trontacr pi'en ~hCds
iar projection 70 rr'iu,, hut also await
.El 'af oth., frlri,o4o~ railroad
-uhne vhlch Il Iart of the plan would
t Is .mrpnr N ru sich manufactured
rf,,illef. f, ar. available rs motor hoat
onra.O'Iau alauc the Delaware rvcr
and it- frhuftu
Information reaching thc HarhoI Com
mi--lar Is ta thc ~, L ths' 4 considerable
,olum, - + arkc truck whlch NOW goes
pa~. th,- ~, lr9n dovn-rlvcr point ~
rhadeiphl Wosld - brought here. i
cqua'b rori 'acIfft,- and cplal nrlC"s
v,r, .~utcj
rHr QUESTION FL rRI,t
\, IL the latter. i Is tie prevalent I'M
pfcs-lar tlai IL The pat prices ~ VII
mtncton hove hccn eoto Ell per cent higher
than tho-c obtaining ia fhiadclrhla -
that Their, should 81 ne diilcult, on that
score. while the adoption II the present
construction plan would coNcT thc r"-
manning objection.
lfit werv to bc assumed that thc SAVING
IN pnccS secured through th, Whar'
cNnstructIon amounted ~ 81 Por capi's
per wear, this saving would rrpaN for the
outlay the tir~t wear and give 4 return ~
100 pcr cent on tho investment every wear
thereafter a. tho probable cost i close %
si00 noO according e. preliminary cst-
mates.
TBF BIGGER TR0nlhM
Tho second project for dccp-Vstcr
per j. i much hggcr problem and
should hc viewed from the ponf ot con
s;rucirvc municipal >tatr~manshlp slncc
II has wider features than that oi
strlctN business pru.cri involving the
growth 81 the lty,
The present plsns arr based on tho
repor made Some months AGO - ihc
commission ~ rs cngtneer export John
Mclgs Il involves the atquir'moHt Of The
I,obdcH properties Which consist 81 l0l
acre. II hlgh ground and an approximate
II equal ares ot lov land and marsh which
are available al "a prlct 81 : eco per acre
tor the whole tract and MAY hc obtained
m exchange Tor an lssuc 81 CltN bonds,
which vii be acccptco a the market
pr1ee. without the lormality 81 d hond-salc
It tins can ht arranged
The CITY should acquire this property
IL onre II was set forth 20 the meeting,
and the detailed plans would bc a matter
ui tlmc. perhaps requiring two or three
Continued on rag IS