Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
WILMINGTON MEANS
Continued from page I

Wilmington starts its new campaign
hr winning place among American sea-
povt cities with An absolutely clean bill oi
nss.lth. without any liabilities on It's hands
a the way Of, unsuitable and uneconomt-
usl dcvlopmepts Of its waterfront which
sould require rehabilitation at great cost
and with unsatisfactory results. Ii can
start it's modern program unhampered py
ANY unw,sc improvements OF the past
And IN po~ltion to take advantage oi the
hssst standards of port development OF
Ihe present day with respect to an ideAi
layout of its new project.
The city is strikingly situated SO Ia,
AS the possession of all of the essentna,
qualities for great port Is concerned ana
the opportunities for SUCCESSFUL port
development at this point are mos, uil-
usual, Il not unique: The reany ps,,o
nr,nc,plcs upon which any solid fouuda-
tsou of healthy port growth must be
founded arr 50 few and yet so impera :
t,vc that will briefly recaplt uiate them
Thcsc are:
1. Eaxv accessibility to an extensive
tributary region with n consNierabie pro
sluc,ng and consuming population. ms
Is first m order and is prime essential, As
without II any further consideration oil
the subject would, of course, be futile.)
2 Deep and ample channels To the
sea. and safe anohorag,s for ships await
ng orders. T.
Z. Proper mooring and docking ia
cilthss. ample sued piers for the handling
of freight, and suitable mechanical equip,
ment Tor the prompt and economical
k.ssi,ug and discharglng of vessels
4. Adequate rgilroad connections 70
che Tributary back country; intimate phy,
sical nclat,ons between the railroads ana
waterfront; and ample facilities ior tht
prompt and unrestricted interchange oil
freight between the piers and warehouses
and any and all of the railroads tapping
the territory which the port Is TO serve.
& Sufficient warehousing accomIno-
dattons to properly take care OF overflow
cargo held for delayed delivery INTO uht
hack country or pending the arrival o'
shYs. .c - :.
La addition 10 these qualifications, II
NAV hc added that any port expecting tt
develop along rational business lines must
be m charge of an administrative organl
Yat,on adequately empowered 10 eincieh@
" Organize and To tinance the compiett
activities of the port--lts chahhels
anchoragcs, docks. piers, elevators, "are'
houses, marginal and communicating
str,~ts. and It's hclt line and other ailIe(
railroad tracks and yards
In the above. no account has been takcT
az the xrrat Importance to the community
of the ~rnation of industrial develop
ments adjacent to the waterfront faclil
tics prnysnr the picrs ID warehouses s.
that such Industries rs would be beueiltc'
hv Il may hc afforded an opportunity Z
establish themselves contiguous 20 the ter
mlnal piers for tho prompt and economi
cal transfer oi cargo from vessels TO iac
tories and vice versa This Is one Oh TN
creates, benefits derivahle from the pres
q 90 ~ ocean piers IN manuiactuflhi
immunity, and cannot be over empha
ed.
PRESENT ATTRIBUTES.
That Wilmlugton already possesse
most al these requirements although iaten
4 unused must be admitted by any IN
vssugat0r taking thu trouble 70 ascer
tam the actual facts and conditions con
rcted with the citvs environment an
phvsical attributes: and those QualltIo
which Il does not now poSseSs m actualit
may be acquired by reasonable civl
,Nortion
The tributary country from which IN
freight for building up succeSsiul pof
must hc drawn IN future IS existent DC
Naud controversy, tins beng practcali
the same country that Is auxiliary to IN
te,ehboring port Of Philadelphia, the IN
mediate hinterland not quite 50 rich an
productivc as that Of the older port, bU
,hc middle districts and the far country
,.c rich territory of western PcnnsN
ma aud az the Lake States and the mlo