Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-18
MARINE TREMlNAl
SPELLS SUCCESS FOR
FUTURE OF THIS CITY
Continued from page 1.


ninston fe,.s and has felt for many
seasn that with the natural flowing
Unaware bearing part Of the COM
metce ~ the country past its door.
w which 4 did not enjoy or partake
tf the arvrued hencnts from such
solnmetve. that it wa~. IN word
iroislra
NenS. 90 your citizens and your
sl,lr Nd,rn have realised that this
pealllun ~ isolation. II continued.
would hM only retari but diminish
thv nfowsh ~ your beautiful city. a
natural playground fcr progress
'rhp wrath 81 fear has stalked In
funf midst, untu your men OF vision.
,nul Chamber 81 Commercs. your
ihaii - iiarhur Commissioners. rose
o. the occasion and today the Port
of Wilmington II gradually making
place for fitpelf on the map--not
pNiN un the city map but on the map
cf Tho United Statee--the map Of the
wAfld Wilmington n port of call.
ThAie iusl what 4 means.
7'rhe Delaware River is rapidly be-
snmlna the American Clyde. and In
auaiflra taking in vast quantities Of
heavy and bulky raw materials and
rphdlnR uut nnlahed products of large
huh and WclFht are locating In in
tftAalnN numbers along its bank,
where land ih large areas II compare
lively ohoap
"a N muai important, that at
nulnt midway between Philadelphia
nnd M, SEA- there should be developed
port equipped with all modern de-
Nifla fur handling cargo, az which can
be assembled for shipment tho prod
Mla ul factories along the river and
iH lhu industrial hinterland. No such
Wadufnlfrd port for handling and
shlpuinn earEo in iarRo quantities at
muani exists. except az Norfolk and
Charleston, both of which portAarc
NUl Within convenient range ~ the IN
analfiAl district ! have mentioned
sttpn today, there Ia a considerably
naN 81 commerce passing IN and out
pi the Chrlatlana. Statistics assembled
"A thn chamber 20 Commerce cover
ina ihu Vpaf 1899 show that approx
nnteN e0nOo tons of cargo valued at
Nlaiut tent nNO 600 dollars entered or
isf Wilmington by water during that
ptfiud uf which 70 10 fair 90 assume
ihai a loaHl 1855 would come In the
tatpHurN of foreign commerce. This
wsuld approximate 100000 tons.
lOHiX Indirectly can this be con-
adhered ah cfitcficn % the future of
ihU roft ~ wilmington, but With the
pttapni inadequate and antlquated
NHHHfa. nn further expansion seems
fusHlhip ur likely.
NIht principal features of the plan
AZ ihu nluNialon ~ hcrthing bulk
huad iaiu feet lons, icngth sufficient
a. accommodate three Rvcrage sized
Ats4nlpfH al the same time, Marine
taFtn Transit shed i2o feet wide by
ahH ieei Ions for the sorting of cargo
tun Wins Sheds. each TO feet wide
4, ana frnl Ions. fot the storage apd
ssssuhilna 90 freight = coastwiSe
tafeu aheA. 40 feet wide by zoo teet
inNe for the accommodation ot river
nnd aaaatNlap vessels, and an open
piafaas Yard containing about acres
.auinpsa for the handling ~ oumher.
s.e,e and bulky freight not affected
~ exptaure a. the wcather
ano the south side a tract of nearl'
ann nrrsa extends from the mouth
.he ghflslinna 90 the Pigeon foin
t4.f. and this site ~ located, ideally
80 terminal development II is clos
Al the eltV. railroads are already Il
slaar pfoximiiy o. the SITE ana IN
ualn channel ~ the Delaware Is clos
81 hand This entire tract shoul'
.tsniuaiiy be developed. When it is
wilmington viii posses as hne ter
lniAl ~ may he found IN America.
eln ftnr of tho harhor facilities. al
industrial development on the f--s
land should be- the natural result an
Al Is toward this end that the plan
fol tho river front improvements hav
hoen made.
va ~ evident that the development
uf lhis entire area should not be &C
pUmnllshud at once, ~ musr prccee
ls evolution and the question az issu
was tho incatiun of the first stage
~ The developments. should Che firs
ttnatfuuiion be made on the Delawar
~ usi within the mouth Of the Chris
tlanni
Huns ~ the requisites for sue
sesafh terminal IL that Il should
slaas a. the central part of the cit,
The site uei cited meets this require
msni and the Improvement of Chris
tianR avenue brings it still Close'
Thr railroads are close AZ hand. Tn
ground IL fnsi down ~ the water
sdnr ~ much for the land side Z
tht terminal
A. fuf the advantages from m
water slde. they ARE, II anything. NOR
apparent AnY construction on m
Delaware. az this a q. would mea
enc uf two things, either that m
apaht would be- close In 20 the shof
ard consequently far from the chann'
a. q would involve the extc..sion Z
the main hand Far out into the stresn
~ clihsf event. itswould be a cost
operation. ou the other hand. N
prNssnl Chfistlhna channel rs fe,
asep ~ within stones throw Of N
shore,
"A channel ~ sufficient depth an
Nihih a. serve efficiently the ne
vhafveH' az laid out also VIII sery
shf various shipping interests furth,
upstream, while channel 10 ser,
suulNAl.nl facilities on the Delawai
would involve 90 maintenance ne we
a. ihe maintenance Of the presei
channel Ia me Christiana.
IA single pier IN the Dclawar
whlth IL an that would be construct,
Hl the present time. wiuld act as
bAHlt and CAUSE such deposit
srHinshlNfr material that continu,
atthNihr would DE required
In north east storms. ships berthe
~ MnHls pier on the Deawai
wvuifA exposed "a the fin force
" storm IA the mouth uf The chri
tam. q sheltered hnrbor h. afforde
'"fhp tendency IL. and has been. Z
~ phii ~ business enterprise.
Rtth locations closely adjacent. or a
fuHllt in metropolitan on urban zon
alffnNf ritrn over lu such ontsspris
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