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FOR THE

HARBOR

iportant u> Coaoly. SUM. and

opportunity tor U>«

ordinarily would b* rxpecMd to proyld.I am. Your* *»ry truly. LEWIS M CKES8E. Sum Senator from Cape May Co.. S. J-

Pilola *»aoclatton ot

appointed Mr. IxmlaC. Sayre.

of the New Jcncy oaa the entrance ti

Third. Any project.

and in addition aSordiny much

iltlng your charu you will

Cold Sprint Inlet:

rotary o< the JJary'a OtCce; Durina

The connection to the Harbor by

Mr. 0. H.tHt

thlac to which they all looked forward. While I ham not actually made rUff of .r-'CBxessfjsfc yonder, or I mtkht any that of tbcae not carried away from me by the Olyfl War. them not bnrted oat

itian from for the Urea of He narb

im eaheot add •< **—

l*or of Krfi'U.thatl.

of Bafny

regard

Ufa w

tapent moetly

._ edfiAac* rii MMMI . ewrpt by moelng Ma M a Harbor

gmtnd It moat°Ukiiy to

.. ... .0 the Delaware Breaktar. I can mu-tiller when a aalda hoy • Mwmen of tboee daya -waaa eo mnnh tfraid of the elooe. making the Bieakater ta they were of Br^btlaaBhoaU*! „r dracrlbe. would be a harbor by lae aaa. wholly land- lacked, ^praetteelly^ tldyUpe. when nade It a ref oat aad fret from dangen of being a gal n dragged oat *0 eea ta

the mldet ofbnge lee floee.

Such a harbor, the Ideal harbor' we will hare ben wbrn oom^lrted.^ ^^harbor

“ ' Wt tah

9 my know-

Imwar Hoote of Coag._ ,. Mmol* foci that auythlag I aright toy or da la the mailer may be Meea at haring 'me other mollr# or Internal “‘ le aaplrationt would u - *- 'arorably reeomni

B ready to make

The Railroad!' Cc-Opcratioo. r. looming Ibeottaltd that Mf. A. 0. —Jaualand. SuperlnModtot of tbt Hilladtlphla and Heading Hallway Comuau; expected to be preaeat bat wat unable u

at. ezorncir't HatlB.

lea M make one bat o A dge been thought out - » m oa a a mall acale at til

ilaatlc City. . _ Now then It no harbor that l am ■ of between Cape Charlee aad fcnfy at pnemtdTadMWMt In war way equal tbit or that can be * ,rbor of refuge. The - — •Mr It difficult of aeeeee aud uutafe after in get there. , If one moeed by aeoUmaot'through the Iota of Urea endeared by childhood companiooablp. abould alt down to dream of a harbor of refuge, hit firm Impreaaloo would be one. cloae by the tea. landlocked practically wlthqut current and affording fe anchorage In deep waMr, than la the

would haee eery ifttle to do with It. The Tint qneal loo WDOId be-the practical one: What la your commerce • or what la your general utility of the improremtot that

Tirol: Condition* aa to the harbor of refugt are abaoIttMly Ideal, aacaaaiblelB all coodlllouaof weather, land locked.

I- u

John* which I underotand I* the al harbor of the world.

tent hit regret* and at*ted that be would aaod a oooiuiuntcaUoo to the

:

Letter* of regret were read

ator John K. Dryiieo, and Senator John - Keanlowbldb they ex preened themaolraa aa.UaarUle U /aror of tby propoaitlon bat on account of prevloua eonenu they were nonble to be

unable to be -preaeat baring bean detained in \V exiling tun aUending to QotyremlopaJcainjaigu matter* Col. - t'l would like to aak . .me reaael men preaeat whether an entrance eucb a* oacd would beenfficientfora veaael r aU cirrum»l»noea of weallmr. Mr. I C t Hayfe,g Delaware Itivor Pilot aoawerrd that be did not unde etand

__.-bor of retnga, reached by

—. Iroad*. cloae to the ma. calm water, aafe from lor. aorrounded by fa- _ rorahle oondlUona la of any mw to tbr Kary of the United StaMa. then It will be bere-wbeo Urig project la 00mplated accordiiut to plan. If there la another eucb place, reached by two groat trunk

Uoee I do not know where it ax

Third: Commerce: The flrot queaUon What b your Congneef The anawer b nothing or rary UtUe beoanm It ronnot

there. Ofoouroa HIeero and Harbor*

demand

demand facllltiee. and jtnder, prerailing ooodltlona they will kert^ gft teither. With three two railroad* leading down ■ere direct from Phlladelphb to a perfect 1 arbor, a* againal the Delaware lea bound md with It* long tedkinaffhhnngl.lt a 2 difficult for a man who haa bed bueineaa propoalUooa to nrrteam

her oooclualon than that a meree will follow and build up here from day to day. . _ Now if tba United State* aa a broad pro poaUion wanted a harbor of refuge oo the Atlantic Coaat. it would be '

makl— aw angrnanh to. - r - 3|ch b more than the Nary or —

ament of the United StaMa would get If - - would have expected or eean dreamed ot'the carrying out of thla pan of ah*

project by priraM anlerprim. •

If tbe propoalUon b not accepted If the

the ooodKIoo that thmn it tn me to reaaoa It oak. Certainly If proposition b not aocepted. no one living will erer nan a harbor of refuge •tailed along IheAtlanUc Coaat. Certainly no propoaitkm aa favorable aa

xcaraled aod completed, aad Ita naa off rad to the United Wnlnn Goe*rnment,my ofnrmatlon b that reaponxlblcguarani — tand ready to give ample hoed. If It be n matter of Judgment ns to IM unity aa a harbor of refuge, I wbh to ay that tbe best authorities la the a "

happen! to the pilot lima and Ume 1 until be become* more trained aad hbjodgmeataboat a harbor«' ' ’ worth than that of any other 1

gtarn In New York which worn recently ooroDieted by the Peonaylraala

Ka'lroad Company.

Veaeeb Deeding e-ml mu*i go up to Philadelphia for It, tbe ooal fr-m Virgin bn god Went Virginia mluaa moat gn 1.. Philadelphia for ablpmeot, aud vrnarb tea king thaaa cargos* moat go empty lo Phlladelphb to get them. I need dwell oo the dlalauo* up the DeUwa '*••••••■ or go Into any detail

leu I tie* of going op

pared to the advantagee of making tbla now port at Cape Mar, 'n point ou to yon the edvaoMgm of I hi a propoetiton from a commercial ateodpoll. 1 The harbor now under euoaideration al

fee. point I with t • bare elucidated la whether thla Harbor would f nuoeaaable at all tluea Mr. Sayre answered, •■Yea?" I don't know bow you could mtaa it, 1 don’t 'wow of any Harbor easier to make beatnae in thick or foggy weather this approach can be found by the lead coming in from the eea which cannot be done at the Breakwater ” Col. Lockwood axid "I mean in a gale

of wind."

Mr. Sayre aaid could mak _... on the jettiee ” Cot. Lockwood eaid "What do you iron when yon any yon could get in if yon could make it do 1 nodenUod yon * you could make it if you c—' J pT Mr. Sayre said “Yar la what I mean, yon know Colonel great danger in making ibe breakwater la from the aonth east and East winds which danger does not exiat in making Cold Spring Inlet aa the entire Jerw Coaat acta aa a break for these winds. CoL Lockwood aaid "Do you mean ft new Break-water erbtn yon refer to the Breakwater, Mr. Sayre aaid "Yea Sir." Mr. Learning introduced Mr W. W. Atterbory the General Manager of tbe Pennavlrania KaiUroa'l Company " ‘ came down eepecially to repreeeot Company at the bearing. Mr. Atterbory came down on Elf prirnte car which made a apodal ran from Broad Street atatioo, leaying tbere 7.45 a*, m.. and bringing with him other railroad affiaalaTllr. R M. Carton, A eat. to the General Manager, Mr. J. a Shend. (Ale. Engineer, Mr. D. 8. New hall,parchxxlng agenL The Pennaylyama a R- Oo. was also repreaeotad by Mr. Geo.

_ r _ Irani* Railroad Company with tba commercial ad ran lagaa it pratinto that they have already expanded large sum* •>( money In Improving and double-tracking tbslr Una* tu Capa May and In making ootmaoUon rb Delaware Bridge, between Cape May aod Broad Street Station, Phlladelphb. Thoaa Improvements bare gone forward to the point 1 bat it mean* tbe expenditure of but $900,000 lo doable ireck a at.elch of twenty mile*, lo give u* flrot-cl double-track railroad aervloe betwt Cape May aud Pblladelphb. I think you will agree with me that tbe reputation ' that ctirrpany b a sufficient guarani

that'the work will be completed.

We muai not lose a gbt of tbe fact that there are other InMraaM be* Id re our own. Wa are luMrasUd from a o-enmercbl aide, which la after all additional to tbe ■Me of safety. In whieb tbe National (■kwenintent b lnt<rested, the SUM of I'euntylvtula U luMrceMd to a great ex'ent In that tbb harbor gly-eber a nearer .ud more accessible port >< entry u tbe icaboard for exporting her prodneu. A* I said we were interested lu Ihe commercial aide only To any one who

atndy the map aud nalural adi

of thb port, shows It most bet a great purl of entry. To any one who itudlea the alloalion It will be a uatlonal

and not a local advantage.

Ou behalf of tbe Peonsylvanb Railroad we leod oar beany endorsement by ■ be expeodltnre of three-qnanera of a I too dollars and what the Govern m ei akkrd Pi epeud b a email amoant in e parbon to what the various corporations InMresUd have expended In endeavoring to make tbb what It abould be a aafa harbor at all times and a meritoriout

piece of work.

I do not know what elec I have to aay to yoa except to thank you for tbe opportunity presented to ns to present on r vie* a. At the 00Delusion of Mr Lovell' speech tbe meeting adjourned in ordc that tbe Board of Engineers could make 1 inspection of the harbor and the

OnaUeowu: It b sot my purpose whotakea tW an dimly the nSataod gin thought to the merit of the subject, can no haipfaat be 000 n need that thb

project haa great merit.

About a year ago, when Oapl Mag hr

came down her* bet Nov, T made a report from the r laud point I of fee interest* of the Penney) yaaia Railroad, aod Since that time have bad ample opportunity to rfive additions! thought to the project, and from a commercial railroad stand-

point, thb appeab lo me to-day mi strongly than It did before. e large expenditure upon .the part of

the Real EaUM Company-faere baa rather caused many of ua lo lose sight of the fact that the principal tfaiug about Cape May may be of a resort character, because their expenditures have been large aod expended in thawdlreotioo; bat from a railroad etaodpolnt, tbb projeotappeab to me rather different from a passenger operation. It b my privilege to have

charge of all docks and wbarena ef Penuaylvaute HallAwd Cuthpaay 19 l 1

Mpti

maylvauia Rallreed Compaay li Ipbta, for four years, anti I am,

fore, very familiar with all the water 000d.tloua of Phlladclpbb; aod abo the dlfftenlt ohancal of the Debware River, and whatotruagly appeals Ioom now b the tact that the poawbUIUee of thb harbor at Cap* May, not only aa a harbor of refuge to which vessels may flee In time of storms, bat that tha railroads can lake advantage of that port for loading for

export, particularly coal and gralu. I have charge of the ooal piers of Phil-

adelphia, and I look back now upon tbs vast qaanllUea of ooal exported. It was mggMMmjjr *.to hurdle from «50 to

r, and there waa always on band. When I paaa-

ed thane pier* a few davs ago, I waa great ’7 anrprbed to find what lUUe differ*. ■era waa In the output of these pier*. Non from that alone It srema to :

that the possibilities of

marked. I ane •• asst ‘

dangara of the river,

readily aloo* 1 Inn _ ..

‘■J advaoUffa, not nob fe the rail-

hut to the SUM of Peuaeylvaob. , b no brill launsted ta seal aad d prod ecu, aod mad* noon adjunct harbor of the Cily of PbUadelphb

foff the ewport of be prodneM, eepecblly

•“ nfe. IB* opwori natty fur the

« ef mtmy biUerrte* b right

fere b Cape May.

May, uidMyew wdl erwdy tfeekaatZe of anal mantteoa yea will Sod maay

uu hi laud Meu Mew Yeah fe fifed 1 er pUnu all fees lanfefea fer haadWag

coal for onaaa traffic. It b aot merely a local qaeatlon that yoa most take InU. oonakbratloui I lake It aa a quae)loo feet means much to fe* satire SUM of Patio■ylvanb. Prom New York lo Lambert'a •*- to facilities for the ex.

Philadelphia, . gardlng fe* dll

1 of Engineer*, represent* Railroad*, steamship lines, tint of Veoneia and many

Tbe Board of tivrs ef the Rati: pilots, CBptaint

other gentlemen who fee project I Deluding fee Congreacman aod Senators took carnage* to Scbellem gera landing and embarked on fee boaU

to examine tbe harbor

In Mr. John M. Roger*' boat the' cedes” ware Lieut. Col D. W. Lockwood, Lbot. Col. R. L. Hnxie. Mr. W. W. At Mrbury, Mr. Geo. W. Boyd, Mr. Look C. Sayre, Mr. .Peter Shield*. President CapefMay Beal Em ale Co., John M. Huger*, a promlDeat r■aidant and |

arty oweer of Cap* May.

In Geo. Baom'a boat "Rnae B,’ .... Major PAP Plagler. Capt C W Rat*. A H Weber. Coogreeaman Uardyer. Sena lor Crease. GoomBcam. Ellis D Thom peon, C E, N M Canon. J C Stand, Chief Eo. gtoeer Poona Railroad, Prank A Pnrat,of fe* Fu rat-Clark Dredging Co, aod D S

In John U Newkirk’s boat “Mai._^ ~ • W Mllbt, 8 B Wllano, J , E B Learning, and ' In Dr Walter R Starr's beat, ‘Oore," ware Colonel F M Barksdale, and mw bus of tbe press from Philadelphia, Nr York, Dr Walter R Starr aad Dr Msec

ataj ou* uinMign umu opting JS2££2ZiZZZ of the dredges now at work excavating feo harbor, return log to Sohelbacer's Landlbg at the bead of the harbor where they took ceirleges aad returned to fee Windsor Hotel where they took Inneb. Tbe Board of Engineer* were taken to Phlladelphb on tba pnrole ear of Mr. W. W. Atterbory, General Manager P. R. R. which waa ran through special to Broad Street Stattoo.

Tbe following newspapers bad apeebl representative at fee bearing and reported fe* matlir in splendid a rile las; Pbllaib Evening Telegraph, Eveolag Bulletin. Frees, North American, Ledger,

We acknowledge the courtesy of tbe Dally Star for tba one of the launch used on the flrot page of thb edltioo.

1* at a moderate price

A few vary dasiraU* soU

M meat deMrofale port ef the town. Abe ■am bargains la lob b dlffeteot unflaai of fee city. Near b the ttme fe bay year

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