Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-04
CITY OFFICIALS
RENEW ALLEGIANCE
TO HARBOR PROJECT
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The Councilmen, members of the
waterways committee of the Chamber
of Commerce. Mayor Harvey and other
city officials assembled at the odd
Fellows Building at 4.so. Tire trouble.
however. delayed Harbor Commits
sioners Bancroft and Sneakman from
arriving on time and II was after
when they reached the place and
the conference began Mayor Harvey
waited until 8 o'clock and then de-
parted. saying that he was going out
OF town. The mayor is summering at
his country home near West Chester.
But he had his friends there TO de-
fend him, but there was no need fo'
any defense.
While the explanations of what th.
Harbor Commissioners wished 20 ac-
complish preceded the supper at
which the Councilmen again expressed
themselves in favor of the new
project, il was this latter phase of the
ing.
After two or three speakers had re-
ferred 10 Mayor Harvey. each man
commencing the chief executive for
having the courage 10 act when others
opposed him. Howard Nj. Ward. presi-
dent of City Council. arose TO ex-
press the thanks Of Council for the
courtesy extended that body. During
his remarks he spoke of the mayor s
action and in doing so said
His Honor,-if there has been any
error it was unintentional."
Just what Mr.. Ward meant was not
made plain. the majority Of those pres
ent assuming that the Mayor had re-
allied that the harbor project was
such an excellent proposition, that
while he had opposed borrowing money
for It. that now he believed it ought
to go through anyway. That he was
willing TO line up with the other hun
ired thousand persons in this city who
want a new port. and with them put
his shoulder 10 the wheel and help
boost it along, like the good fellow
that he is.
Cooperation and Understanding.
Cooperation and a perfect under
standing seemed 10 fairly stick out be
tween the members Of City Council
and the Harbor Commissioners. IL
seemed TO be a case Of after you
Castor" and no heartIer support
and goodwill has ever been witnessed
between any two public city organi-
cations.
Councilman J. B. McManus, head of
the finance committee Of Council led
off with the speech making when the
floor was offered for remarks. He said
that council was a unit back Of the
faI afxy
the original plans but the extension
pushed forward. II there was any
help needed by the Harbor Commits
sioners they were back of them. Then
the project would also give employ
ment to men who needed it badly.
J. Edward McNabb. councilman.
aid he was not so optimistic about
the proposition paying as soon as some
had expressed themselves. j. Edward
said he was brought here TO Whining
ton when IL months old and had al
ways lived here, but even now there
were some who said he was not a
DelaYarean of native extraction. For
forty years he had been hearing about
a harbor and If the project now under
consideration began 10 prove a pay
that ne had voted right TO override
the Mayors veto.
Councilman J. ]. Mulvena approved
of Mr.. McNabb's offer on loyalty and
would do everything in his power 10
boost the proposition along.
No Good Reason Against Port.
Councilman John j. Murray, a ship
worker and progressive spirit. said he
had always advocated harbor. He
had never found any man who could
give a good reason against establish
ing a port here. II is real thing
and not only Wilmington but the en-
tire state ought 10 get behind il.
Councilman Alexander Abrahams
told of how he had supported the
earlier movement for the present pro-
jeet in the Council of 1918 and that
he was just as heartily In favor of
ii now as be was then. He was back
OF the movement TO the limit.
zPresident Ward of City Couneil
reminisced a bit in expressing how
the project had been discussed and
Of it's growth. He said that the citi-
zens wanted 1t and that not only this
city but the State authorities We're
back Of II too, pointing to the action
of the State Highway Commission in
| building a highway TO the proposed
piers and docks
Charles II. Ten Weeges for the