The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . wers. He has authority to condemn and im-prove wharf property and is vested with other powers whichhave served to greatly stimulate the up-building of amodern port. There is maintained and operated by this De-partment a municipal dredging plant, as well as a fleet of iceboats to keep open the channel in the winter season. It mightbe well to mention that since the advent of the high poweredsteamers, which have superseded the sailing craft, the keepingopen of the channel, even during the most severe winters, is nolonger difficult and the
The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . wers. He has authority to condemn and im-prove wharf property and is vested with other powers whichhave served to greatly stimulate the up-building of amodern port. There is maintained and operated by this De-partment a municipal dredging plant, as well as a fleet of iceboats to keep open the channel in the winter season. It mightbe well to mention that since the advent of the high poweredsteamers, which have superseded the sailing craft, the keepingopen of the channel, even during the most severe winters, is nolonger difficult and the work of the ice boat fleet has beenminimized. The Commissioners of Navigation created by the same actof June 8, 1907 have charge of all wharf property on the Dela-ware Kiver and its navigable tributaries in both Delawareand Bucks Counties; they have power to make regulationsgoverning the stationing and anchoring of ships and vesselswithin the entire limits of the Port of Philadelphia and havehad conferred upon them all the functions exercised by the (3). Tender M. S. Quay. Haibor Master under the old law; they are vested with au-thority to license and regulate the Pennsylvania state Commissioners, five in number, consist of the Directorof the Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, who isex-officio the President, two representatives appointed by theMayor, one from the Chamber of Commerce and the other fromthe Maritime Exchange, one elected by the Council of the Cityof Chester and one by the Burgess and Council of the Boroughof Biistol. A liarbor ])atrol of the river from Marcus Hook to Bristolis maintained by the Board of Commissioners of Navigation,under tlie direct supervision of a Port Captain, appointed bythe Board, the Steamer M. S. Quay being used by him forthis purpose. Naptlui tenders under the charge of HarborMasters are in oi)eration both in Bristol and Chester. A dailysupervision is exercised over the entire Delaware Eiver waterfront of the State. PORT O
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