The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . of this space is not an unlimited and unrestricted main purpose is to secure and improve the commerceof the port. The extension of a wharf into the public high-way is an invitation to the public. The owner is under thesame obligation as an inn-keeper, to receive those who call,provided he has room and they tender a reasonable com-pensation. (Degan vs. Dunlap). Under the decision in this case it will be seen that the rightsof the public in the use of wharves in the State of Pennsylvaniaare preserved and guaranteed. No private
The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . of this space is not an unlimited and unrestricted main purpose is to secure and improve the commerceof the port. The extension of a wharf into the public high-way is an invitation to the public. The owner is under thesame obligation as an inn-keeper, to receive those who call,provided he has room and they tender a reasonable com-pensation. (Degan vs. Dunlap). Under the decision in this case it will be seen that the rightsof the public in the use of wharves in the State of Pennsylvaniaare preserved and guaranteed. No private owner can dero-gate to himself the exclusive use of his wharf. The rights of ariparian owner extend to high water mark absolutely and tolow water mark merely in a qualified sense. Between lowwater mark and the exterior or pier head line, fixed by theSecretary of War, the water belongs to the Commonwealth,The privilege given a riparian owner by the State to extendor build a pier is for the purpose of securing and improvingthe commerce of the port. 48 \,. mm I r()jecting ])ie]s, and the balance are in-dividual sections of bulkhead frontage develoi)ed by the con-struction of timber or concrete bulkliead walls for shippingor commercial use. A list of the piincipal wharves in the City, with a brief de-scription of each is furnislied below. A total of 77 piers aredescribed, and these represent the better part of the equipmentof the port in this line. Of these principal piers 8 are ownedby the Cit}^ 44 by the Railroads, 4 by Steamship Companies,and the balance by various private oAvners and industrial cor-porations. GENERAL CARGO PIERS—FOREIGN TRADE Pier No. 19, North Delaware AVharves (Vine Street), owned by the Cityo
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