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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1872
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426 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 13,
Baltimore forever second only in importance to New York
amongst the seaports of this country. Our geographical
position makes ours the natural harbor for the foreign trade
of more than two-thirds of the States south and west of ITS.
Within the past two years an enormous quantity of agricul-
tural products from the west has been thrust upon us almost
unbidden. Business men in the interior are seeking new
connections, and they naturally look to us as their proper
ally, for we are nearer than any other large market to them,
and our facilities are in some respects superior. The owners
of foreign steamship lines have sent their vessels here at
regular intervals, and each one has been promptly furnished
with freight. This, too, while some other cities are strug-
gling hard to establish similar lines with their own money.
The day of small sailing vessels for ocean service seems to
be past, and three thousand ton steamships are superseding
them. In order to accommodate this new trade, the ship-
channel in the Patapsco river must be materially improved,
or all our lute new business must bo profitless to our city.
We ask you to authorize the City Council of Baltimore to
contribute five hundred thousand dollars to the furtherance
of this object, in order that the largest class of vessels may
find an easy passage to and from this port when laden to
their full capacity. This done, it will require no wild fancy
to predict that the population of Baltimore will have doubled
itself fifteen years hence. If our merchants are now true to
themselves and not faithless to their children, the wealth
and importance of the Baltimore, that is to ie, will far
eclipse the present Baltimore. As merchants, appreciating
the necessity of entering upon the march of improvement,
and moving steadily onward with it, and knowing that much
'of this new pecuniary burden must fall upon the shoulders
of members of this Association, we respectfully ask your fav-
orable consideration of the following resolution, which was
passed by our Board of Directors with only one dissenting
voice:
.Resolved by the President and Directors of the Baltimore
Corn and Flour Exchange, That the honorable members of
the Legislature of Maryland, and especially the members
from this city, be and are hereby requested earnestly to use
their best efforts in having passed an enactment or law, au-
thorizing the City Council of Baltimore to appropriate five
hundred thousand dollars for repairing and otherwise improving the ship channel of Patapsco river.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
[Signed ' WM. S. YOUNG, Prest.
WM. J. WHEATLY, Sec.

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