Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-20
PORT EXPERTS SAY
MARINE TERMINAL
WILL PAY ITS WAY
Through Development of Indus
trial Life and Interstate
Commerce.
DRIVE TEST PILES MONDAY

That the new wharves of the Will
mington marine terminal at the mouth
OF the Christiana river. on which pre-
fminary construction work has been
started. will be self-sustaining and will
prove foundation for a great indus
trial development is the opinion of j.
Spencer Smith. New York Port Com
missioner. and member of the Tech
nical Advisory Council of the Board of
Harbor Commissioners.
festerd at noon, Mr.. Smith, in COM
pany with h. +. Cresson, Jr.. another
member of the Advisory Council. ar
rived in Wilmington enroute to Salem.
y. j. They were entertained at luncheon
at the Hotel du Pont by Charles II.
Cant, Secretary OF the Harbor Board.
Following the luncheon a brief con-
ference with officials of the du Pont
Engineering Company relative To the
preliminary work on the site of the
new city waterfront. was held in the
council chambers of the Harbor Com
missioners. In discussing Whining
tons port. Mr.. Smith said:
The terminals at the mouth of the
Christiana river, when completed. viii
inaugurate a new channel OF trade,
not only for the City of Wilmington,
but for the State of Delaware. As an
authority on port matters and during
my many years of experience. know
of no other community that has the
development and opportunities that
Wilmington has
"How will the City of Wilmington
benefit by the new port development? ?"
was asked.
veil haS th.a "A ,Nfsa
as the busiest thoroughfare of your
city" said Mr.. Smith. Wilmington is
located closer to its industrial life. than
any other seaport town along the At
lantic seaboard. The new terminals
viii mean a great industrial develop
ment as well as the development of
land. With its many transportation
facilities 1t win mark new channel
for trade.
However" continued Mr.. Smith," IL
would be big mistake IL Wilmington
should attempt to rival the ports of
New York and Philadelphia. These
ports. from a financial point of view.
derive but little from the vast amount
of foreign exchange.
The new terminals will result in a
rapid interstate industrial development.
new iisGistrleS VIII slfiifE up ana
within short period the warehouses
will show a return profit. In this
manner the city will profit ten-fold.s =
said Mr.. Smith.
During the course of the conference.
the preliminary work and the progress
of building the port from a technical
standpoint was fully outlined 1t was
announced by officials of the du Pont
Engineering Company, that the work
of dredging the Christiana in front of
the port site. would be commenced
next Monday morning. Test piles for
the protection of the contractor will
also be driven Monday.
1t was announced that all foundation
work would be started Immediately
prior to the coming of cold weather.
Mr.. Smith paid high tribute TO
members of the Harbor Commission
and its secretary, Charles II. Cant.
What has impressed me greatly" !"
said Mr.. Smith. SIS the splendid CO.
operation of each member of the
Board. 1t was this splendid co-opera-
tion that prompted me to accept the
third membership OF the Advisory
Council"
b. r. Cresson. another technical ad-
wiser. who accompanied Mr.. Smith on
his first visit to this city yesterday.
was also highly spoken of.
I'm Mr.. Cresson." said the port ex-
pert Wilmington may well feel that
1t has the greatest terminal engineer
in the world working on the new port
He cannot be surpa sSed -