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iG ISLAND YARDS
Senator Fletcher Advises
Against Scheme to Sell Craft
to Private Interests
FAVORS MERCHANT MARINE
The government should eterci'e St-
' option anil acquire title of Hog Islnml
'and continue to build hlps there, ac
cording to Senator Fletcher. Democrat.
of Florida.
Senator Flctdier lias gene on record
ns against the Hurley plan of dipo
Ing of the ships to private concerns.
lie voiced his opposition to the Hur
ley plan on the floor of the Senate yes
te'rdaj. The senator has recently re
tired ns chairman of the commerce
committee of the Senate.
"The government "hould retain it
fleet of merchant ships," he said, "and
should continue to operate them and
receive the enormous profit that is now
made in bottoms. This will make up for
dome of the loss sustained in the ship
building program "
Senator Fletcher nii! thnt the Sen
ate commerce committee intends to call
In witnesses and hold further hearings
In regard to cancellation or contracts
The cancellations so far ninde. lie said
have cost the government S200 000.0(10 i
"Congress must determine now (
whether the government shall cense the
building of ships when those under
contract are completed. AVliat is to be- ,
come of Hog Island plant, whidi has
cost about SGfi.OOO.OOO as it .tuml ; the
tard at Bristol, I'n. ; the rights uudei
the option respecting the submarine
boat ard at Newark, and interests in
other' nrds? I
"I do not favor the abandonment
of all construction b the government '
and scrapping the vnrds in which such
large sums of money have been in
vested. I think the government might
rraduallv work out of construction, but
in the meantime get the benefit of the
nlanta and facilities already created
nnd build such ships for such pur
poses as the countiv needs
"For instance we have the option to
acquire fee simple title to the Hog
Island propcrtv. on which we have e -ponded
about $00,000,000 for SI. 740..
7-17 15 nnd we can exercise that option
at anv time It embraces 027 14 n re
of land, with about a mile frontage on ,
the Delaware river, including ripminn
rights, piers, fifty shipwavs, waie
house. railwavs, water, sewer nnd
lighting systems., buildings and im
provements' of every nature. As a great
ocean terminal the propertv is worth
practically what jt,hns cost, but at auc
tion It would not bring one-tenth its
real value. It is too large for anv pri- '
vatc concern to operate as a shipyard
It might bo divided into several yards
just to close it down and nttpmpt to ,
srll It. would call for enormous sacri
fice. We could lease a portion of it and
operate the other, continuing to build i
kteel ships as demands of our foreign
trade require. I
"The jnrd at Bristol, on which we
kpent $14,554,931.10, we might not con-
tlnue.
' "The yard at Xewnrk bay. on which
we have' spent ?17.3'JS,O0S,00, and on1
Which we have a lease on an option toi
Uv. should jield us something. j
x'But whntever we- do as to the ngencv
j arils at Bristol nnd Newark, w should
My "judgment is we ought to continue
to build ships there."
Washington, June 27 Outlining fu
ture plans of the shipping board before
the House merchant marine committee
icsterday, Chairman Hucloy said the
board expected to order 125 ships of
from 11,000 to 15,000 tons "to round
out" the merchant marine fleet nnd to
expend $25,000,000 in building ten dry
docks Inrgc enough to accommodate the
largest vessel.
Mr. Hurley said this program could
not be carried out If the Senate bill
making it unnecessary for shipyards to
secure permits for the construction of
ships for foreign nations were enacted.
He ashed that the bill be laid on the
table.
Mr. Hurlev said the ten drydocks
would he built nt the places where they
could be used most ndvnntageously for
the repair and reconstruction of ships.
The committee voted to pass the
measure over indefinitclv.
BLACKSMITH DECORATOR'
FJUfflOIHT DAI
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Entire Supp.ly Depends
Pumping Station With Anti
quated Equipment
RESERVOIR IS TOO SMALL
Finds Intruder In Home and Fight
Follows Held In $500 Ball
Oermantown's "village blacksmith"
has gone into the decorating business
When he rettirmd home yesterda.v.
he found the house shut up He placed
his massive shoulders (blacksmiths nl
vvajs have massive shoulders) against
the door and hurst into the house.
There, he snvs. he found an intruder
in the closet (ieorge I'lmati. the black
smith, made his first try at decorating
when he hit the intiuder. The ofToit
was a success
The intruder was arraigned befoie
Magistrate I'ennock in (lerinantown this
morning He gnve his name as .Ioepli
Kearnv . Bin e street near Third lie
nnd Mis rirniin were held in WOO bail
each for n t'uitlici hearing Mondav
Wet Philadelphia's supply of filtered
water originates nt the Belmont pump
ing station on West Hlvcr Drive, Fnir
mount l'ark. and is wholly dependent
upon the Schuylkill river nnd the safety
of Fnirmoiint Dam.
The dam. originally built in 1S17, is I boilers
. ... . .i ...
n wooden structure typical ot the uacK Motion
a new dam would permit the use of
water from Queen I.ane nnd other
I plants by est rhllailelphla' in the
event of n brenk nt Belmont such ns the
'one which occurred a few dnys ago
j nt the big Torresdalc station. The
I system nlsoiwoitld enable the central,
i section of the city to use water from
j Belmont In an emergency. i
.. I An Increased water supply from the
Upon Schuylkill tnlses the question of dredg
I ing. i ne l nirmoiint rarK commission
t will have to keep the river clear of mud
' Intakes nrc frequently clogged with mud,
thus causing an upset ot capneity out
put. Extensive dredging is declared to
be needed near the Belmont intalte.
TJic Belmont pumping station is
equipped with two new 22,000,000 gnl
Ion turbo centrifugal pumps, two good
recriprocating pumps vvlth-n capacity
of 10,000,000 gallons each nnd two old
pumps thnt are never used except in
case of extreme necessity.
The other equipment includes six new
The equipment needed nt this
includes one big new pump nt
the Husslan soviet bureau here, were
Introduced yesterday before the Iusk
legislative committee Investigating sedi
tious activities in New York (state.
One cummiiiiicntlqn said the Husslan
Oovernincnt Is ready to honor its just
obligations and is "ready to put to
banks hero cash up to $200,000,000 to
pay for goods purchased and to establish
credit here." It was addressed to
James I Mulvlhlll, Washington.
Among copies of letters rend Into the
record were some addressed to the firm
of Henry lford, sent by the commercial
department ot the Husslan soviet Tw
reou, dated April I), declaring n hearing
was1 sought with Mr.
tuing else than tno
Ford "on .some
nUrclv commercial
side of trado with Itussla tho social
aspects of the regeneration of Hussla."
A telegram from Frank Camnsall,
assistant secretary to Henry Ford,
making nn appointment to meet Son
tcrl Nuortcvn, secretary of tho soviet
bureau, was read into the record by
Was?
Mr. Stevenscu. -Thev telegram
dated April -u, jiuu, and read:
"Glad to bco 8. Nuortevn Saturday
and Sunday down in Detroit. Have
them wire definite time from Chicago."
Mr. Htcvcnfcon said tho telegram was
S resumed to bo In reply to letters sent
Ir Ford, but that he had no evidence
that the appointment hnd been kept.
woods of Maine nnd Michignn, I n cost of nbout $00,000 and other equip-
1'pon the dam depends not only the ment connected with the plant. The
suction nnol from which all the stations I preliminary filter nt Belmont is of the
Deaths of a Day
WILLIAM B. KIRKPATRICK
Newsnacer Publisher and Real Es
tate Broker Dies
After an illness covering a period of
several mouths. William B. Kirkpaf
lick, of North Wales, newspaper pub
lisher, real estate broker and jti.tn e
of the peace, died narlv yesterday at
his home in that borough. Magistrate
Kirkpntrick had just passed his fiftieth
birthday.
Following Iiis location in VortH Wales
some j ears ago, he purchased the North
Wales Hecord, a weekly newspaper
Later he established a real estate busi
ucss and was elected justice of the
peiue in the suburban borough He
was identified with Fellowship Club of
(ivvvnedd. one of the northern suburban
couutry clubs, as n member of the
hoard of governor, nnd was an oflieer
of the Press League of Bucks and
Montgomery inunties, the ofiicial oi -gunizution
of newspaper publishers ami
writers of the two lountics. He was .i
member of several fraternnl societies
and one of the best known men in the
North Penn distlict. '
Some months ago he suffered a nerv-'
ous breakdown, and his condition stead
il become worse. His son. Sergeant
William H. Kirkpatrlck, secured re
leas-c from the service early this year
in order to take over the newspaper
interests, and has since conducted thoi
publication of the Record His wife1
died about n year ago, and, with the son, j
a daughter survives. I
The funeral will be held from the!
Kirkpatrkk lesidenec, 118 Fifth street,'
North Wales, tomorrow afternoou.
along the Schuylkill river take their
water, hut a proper reserve In times of
low pressure
The dam was rebuilt In 1S74, was
badly damaged bv Hoods in 100J, nnd
wns repaired, only to be shattered agnin
by heavy ice jams in the winter of 1111S
Last year Councils spent $45,000 in re
pairing the structure, nnd it weathered
the mild winter of 101-10.
Director Datesmnn, of public works,
long ago ii'kcil CouiKils for $400,000
to build n dam which would insure
safety of the supplv and be in keeping
with thirspnrk siirioiindiiigs. Later this
request was jepenteil nt S500.000. The
estimated cost of a modern dam is now
placed at SI, 000.000
Davlj Calls D.ini Unsafe
Chief Davis nnd other engineers have
charactemed the dam ns unsafe and
laiking in strength to withstand ice
pressuic or Hood conditions.
An interlocking series of pipes under
coke vnrlety and is said to be the last
of its kind left in the country. Its
work is unsatisfactory. There nre also
eighteen slow sand filters.
From the sand filters the water is
pumped to the Ocorgc's Hill reservoir
nnd from there by gravity throughout'
West Philadelphia. George's Hill is
equipped with n high pressure stand
pipe and nn auxiliary pump. The
icservoir has n capacity of 40,000,000
gallons, or less than one day's suppl ,
for the section in the event of accident
or shutdown.
REDS SOUGHT AID OF RICH
N. Y. Probers Hear That Ford Re
ceived Russian Soviet Letter
New York. June 27. Copies of let
teis addiessed to prominent American
officials and business men npimrentlv
seeking reiognition of the Hussion
Soviet, vvhiili weie seized in n laid on
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unquestionably exerci'se our option anil tU interment at Urcenlnwn Cemetery,,
'acquire title to the jnrd at Hog Island North Wales. I
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car or truck. A vast majority of motor
ists and truck-owners understand correct
lubrication to mean Atlantic Motor Oils.
These are divided into a"group of four
principal oils Atlantic Polarinc, Atlantic
Light, Medium and Heavy one of which
is the best for you. Consult your dealer.
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