Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
C|TY'S ADVANTAGES
As A SEAPORT
Board OF Harbor Commissioners
Shows How Wilmington
= 10 Favored.

According to statistics complied by
h Board OF Harbor Commissioners
and published in n pamphlet on the
"For OF Wilmington Delaware" APP
proximatoly eco. 900 tons OF cargo
valued at about sees. o0o. 900 entered or
left Wilmington by water during the
year OF 1920. 1t is estimated thu
about Is per cent OF his amount. or
about 100. 600 tons, would come in the
category 20 foreign
The necessity for tho development
OF port facilities and marine terminals
outside of the urban zones. which Is
being brought about in Wilmington by
the construction Of the new port. is
stressed by the Harhor Commissioners.
IL IL peiated out that Il Is most APP
propriate that at a point midway be-
tween Philadelphia and the sea there
should he developed a port equipped
with all modern devices for handling
cargo, at which aan he assembled for
shipment the products Of the fac
tories along the river and the indus
trial hinterland.
In tracing he development OF the
city h commissioners have learned
that i67 miles il devoted To streets in
h city, which has an area OF IL
square miles. Close TO COO acres are
devoted 20 park purposes. The city
has n population OF 10000: the ad-
jacent residential districts. 5000. and
the outlying centers 10000. making
a total urban and suburban population
uf l65. goo.
The temperature Of the climate
average SO degrees I'm summer and 40
degrees In kinter. one hundred and
cighty-tve passenger rains arrive and
depart from the city daily. The school
system Is worth over So 900. 900; the
water system il valued at 81. 500. 600.
The city has a library of 10000
volumes; n four platoon police sys-
tenn: a two-platoon fire system en-
tirely motorized; eleven building and
loan associations; IFS churches: ex-
collcnt hotel facilities: adequate Office
buildings. three well equipped hos
pitfalls: over rs theatres: three daily
newspapers: one Sunday newspaper.
several weekly and monthly journals
and eight commercial and two saw
inss banks.
The city is s,rikingly situated 40
Tar as the possession OF all the essen
,ial qualities FOR a great port is con-
cerned, and the opportunities for n
successful port development at this
point are most unusual. Its harbor.
nc h confluence Of m Christiana
and Delaware rivers. il about 80 miles
down stream from Philadelphia. and
40 miles from tho ocean capes. II is
frcc from ice cmbargces I'm winter. II
has a frontage ON tho Delaware river
channel ~ about two a half miles:
"a frontage on both sides OF the
Christiana river OF about three and a
half miles. In all the total u.ilizable
waterfront approNimates IL miles in
length, for all purposes. within the
scope OF progressive development.
The requirements for tho CREATION
or n successful seaport Include deer
ana ample channels 10 the sea. and
safe anchorages; case Of accessibility
70 an extensive tributary region with
n great producing and consumins
population; proper moorlng ant
docking facilities and suitable me.
chanical equipment fer the promp,
and economics. loading and discharr
F' - hNNc'ANf &AAf4atNt Edlirt1O con
nections to the tributary hacl
country; intimate physical relation
between railroads and water fronts
ample facilities for the Interchange O
freight; sufficient w~arehousing ac
commodations TO properly ake care O
overflow cargo held for DELAYED de
livery; and ample area 20 insure 70
future expansion. n arord,nr on
portunity within the termina zone an,
contiguous properties for location G
industrial plants.
In the quay wall berthinr OF IN,
wilmington Marine Terminal there :
space for three average sized ocean
going steamers. and river and coas,
wise. side-port Tho rail
road trunk lines serving the ,ermfna
comprise the Baltimore and Ohio IN,
pennsylvania and the PHILADELPHIA an,
Reading railroads. There is suficien
area closely adjacent 10 the cary
SHEDS 10 insure erection OF a lon,
period multiple story warehouse sys
tenn.
The transit shed. 10 house cargo N
immediate loading. Will be 4OOx12O fee,
and there will b. an omen s,orav
yard, equipped with locomotive Gran,
and storage sheds for general pur
poses. The capacity OF Unit No
which VIII be ready about 1929 Wi
be approximately 4Oo. 600 tons an
nually.
The forage yard capacity Will b
about 10 cars. Platforms 20 fee, u4d
will Be established FOR receiving an
delivering orgo Inside platform
Will serve railroad cars and outsid
platforms VIII serve drays or truck,
The total covered storage canaci,
will be 100000 cubic feet. Mechan,
cal equipment will be installed. inclua
ing tractor rrailers. locomotive nm
Gantry cranes. etc, as reouirad
electric dock wtnches and fixed ste.
Burtoning spans.
The present project calls for 2
feet CT water at extreme low It'd 81
ultimate depth TO be 80 feet. 10 coli
eide with that of the main shin "a,
Of the Delaware. approximately or
mile east from terminal. A new :.