Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-03
|RI0S7ERS OF PORT
/ START MOVEMENT
c,,,srence Called at Mayors
Instance Names Committees
on Various Phases
TO SEE SHIPPING BOARD

pen - philadelphia will be taken
to,lowing M meeting OF represen .a.aats q,
of shipping and business 'n
City Hall. -, rostsrJa,
Inc astion of Mayor Moore. Sey-
the susss,ittees we're appointed to take
eral c.TIrnnt cgI,,t nhases of the work. =,
up diuear iueear,r,;ttee is authorized to consult
Vne esssn;oia of the United states snip,
WIN snard in an effort to have alioca,eu
plns n' nort n sufficient amount OF snip
10 tnls pt 70 serve properly existing de-
tcnnsse Tho second is committee on
manqps,, p.,, Line Railroad, having us It's
tne p .ho bolding of conferences with
duty .n .ntot;ves of railroads with a view
repless.onJ;ng and increasing the use
70 Co. es.'b of the Belt Line Railroad. The
iuinss'S July Committee is a committee TO I'D
.nnu tbe facilities Of the port. 70 II
cressNie,oted cresse the work Of making a study
oeihai,ional facilities needed to main
eJ .,s and augment the business OF the
port. A.. Committees has seven
Sars Ea.n In addition to the Mayor and
mein' ne Director of wharves, docks and
tne who are to serve upon all three
iell;' .l;.s JJpon the committee on tins
ppHy.a".t,on pH.t, of ships the Mayor appointed
Sa1T GSaor1ss r. Mcgee, A. d. Cummins, Il:
1Tn.sahsrt Warren, II. II. Sharp, Samuel
+ Rursess, Charles Devlin and IL. Il.
@Tss Tss Belt Line railroad committee is
..,,nosed Of Alba b. Johnson, presi-
% Sent y the Chamber of Commerce
Francis B. Reeves, Philip Cooley, W.
+ Tarar. Coleman s. Sellers, Jr., q.
uorbert Bell and Emil p. Albrecht.
M.mbers named on the committee to
Increase the facilities of the port are
rs W. Holton, II. B. Holmes, Wal
trr T. Roach, Robert G. Wright, d. J.
Murphy, Jr., James Potter and w. o.
Hampstead. o.,,
The Belt Line Railroad committee is
rlal Exchange, enumerated four steps
be deemed requisite to immediate port
ernansion. They were the acquisition
AZ the United States army quarter
master terminal at Oregon and Della
ware avenues, the acquisition of the
Hog Island shipyard for terminal pur-
noses, the establishment of new facili-
tis, including the enlargement Of
|
use of the Belt Line Railroad, and an
extensive campaign of advertising of the
port -,
IN communication with the War De-
partment at Washington in regard to
The quartermaster terminal. A pro-
posal from the department was recently
rejected by the Mayor as unfair. There
Is no doubt the piers will soon again
be the subject Of direct negotiations"
the Mayor added. .. -
Hog Island. Mr.. Moore said. was
'lkely to be continued as great ter
minal for increasing the business of the
port" The Mayor also said he had had
correspondence with Rear Admiral Ben
son. chairman Of the United States
shipping board. upon the ALLEGATION
and distribution of ships with respect
to Philadelphia. He declared he knew
Admiral Benson. who was formerly in
command of the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, was sympathetic to the interests
Of the port Of Philadelphia.
An organization here similar to the
Bush Terminal Co. at New York, to be
financed by Philadelphians. was advo-
Gated by Alexander Wilson. head of the
trafC bureau Of the Chamber of Com
merce,
Dr.. William p. Wilson, director of
The Commercial Museums. asserted that
Philadelphia manufacturers did not
ship through the port Of Philadelphia.
He urged that committee be appointed
toquery the manufacturers and deter
mine their reasons for sending their
products elsewhere for shipment.
A. J. Ball, of the American Railway
Association, told Of the increase of
shipping at the port here. He said
that before the war 1916 tons a month
had passed through the port and during
ne war the tonnage had increased to
$4,000 month. The port, he added,
nad not sufficient pier space to accom- :
nodate demands made upon it.
Inc view has been taken in shipping
circles in New York, declared Mr..
wright, freight traffic manager of the
pennsylvania Railroad. that, because of
Plo1teerng in shipping berths ut New
iork, the United States shipping board
wouid De forced to allocate ships from
mat snat port to Philadelphia and Balti-
Charles E. Ware, president, of the
Sorth Atlantic and Western Steamship
w., winch has recently opened steamer
service between this city and Pacific
portst proposed that an expert be en- :
bt faEea 70 solve the shipping problems of
Inliadelphia; That, he said, had been
aone IN baltimore. Don't be afraid
70 pay $40, 900 or $50, 900 a year for a
sompetent man, he advised. Mr.. Ware
..sIsseSted mat the commercial organiza
.uOhs OF the city unite in a movement
%L port development and form a com
M'etee composed of the representatives
oa each body, to function under the
supervision Of the shipping expert.
Exercise OF a greater public spirit
was urged by Mr.. johnson as essential
70 any movement for expansion of the
pGrt. There has been too much m.
Willingness in the past" he said "to
s0.o work on behalf of our CITY"
Among others who spoke were Mr.
M MMDaGh OF the International Mercantile
Wine WWatlne Mr.. Holmes, of Furness,
IMNhy q Co., Limited, shippers II. d
sSIWtn, S,Sto, vice president of the United
Ss Ssates Grain Corporation John II
fraaT.e' fIIe' OF John II. Faunce & Co.,
TeSnt Tnotnt iorwarders, and William r.
TTucEer, secretary of the Roard ~
Marit,,uoM M, Mr.. Holton, president of the
s,riroI msitltlme Exchange, presided until the
Wr W'dI ~ 3i Mayor Moore, who came late
Mr, H0ltOn was n.oso. , Jaw