New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-18
TRANSPORTATION FACULTIES

TRiNSIt)RJATION fdtILI fIE's
MEETING or THE SENATE CoaMrTTI:E-TIIH CAPACITY
on rIlE CANAIs-MrUIODo or HANDLING Pro
DCCE ~ TIE HAHBOR.
The Senate Committee on Transportation
was again nc the Fifth Avenue Hotel yester
day morning Robert A. Chesebrough OF this city sub
mitted pamphlet setting forth the matter n keeping
the canals open for navigation during tho Winter season
through the agency Of artificial heat, by this mean.
facilitating and cheapcning transportation. The
paper based tho necessity OF cheap
transportation for grain TO tho seaboard The
producers of the West" IL says ARE determined 10
have speedily Of carrying their products to
the coast at reasonable cost and will all lengths 10
obtain It," and "the City OF New York cannot afford, NJ
any cost. matter what, to this question deter
mined without regard 10 local interest for her great
and supremacy the chief commercial city OF the
Union are at stake" The Erie Canal ia taxed to It's
fullest capacity and several plans proposed for In
creased water transportation First. 10 build ship
canal from the st. Lawrence River TO Lake Champlain
and thence to the Hudson. The second plan 70 build
q ship canal from Oswego TO the Hudson, and the third
plan TO convert the Erie Canal from Buffalo TO Albany,
into ship canal throughout its length. The
object OF the Improvement which this paper proposed
the by preventing che canal from
freezing and the paper intends to show that the com
parative OF fuel would be small and that the heat
may be distributed evenly the surface Of the water
This system besides bringing about the great adyan-
tages Of chea food for the world. VAST increase OF
wealth the west and NewsYork. and check the
railway freight tariff will furnish many minor advan'
tages. such water communication with the scaboard
all the year for al the cities and towns the line Of the
canal increased earnings Of the canal and consequently
lower tolls prevention OF Winter damage by ice aud
dsuse and increase in the value OF boats and boating
business.
Emerson Foote " the firm Of yibbard Foote & Co..
the Steam Cable Towing Company, next made a report
to the Committee the subject of steam towing. re-
specng which pamphlet has been published. He
claimed that the system practical and economical
Benz p. Baker. Chairman OF the Committee on Ter
mina FACILITIES " Of the New-Yorl Cheap TranspOrta
ton Association. made written report 10 the Com
mitee Of which the chief points these: The grain
warehouses Long Island fully sufficient to handle
and store al the grain arriving By canal or that Will
arrive 10y canal. should ITS capacity he increased
100 per cent The present system Of lighteragc
from railway to warehouse ia objectionable. aud
beside OeIug attended Oy loss and risk. II causes
delay and unnecessary charge. lots al from 10 10
cars sold by sample otherwise DC put on board
lighters and delivered 10 steamships rs cheapy a. mona
warehouse. FOR the labor Is the same but vessels that
load entirely or nearly 10 WIN gram receive ther los
from spous, thus saving all lgbterago charges Ihe
uuwHys cenirring here have yard ana track cdpaclE
In abundance, but since the "buihlng system ~ not
pracuccd and no warehouse is ready 10 receive mneh
delay is caused small lots consisting often OF single
car lots thus causing delay 10 thr whole
trHlu aud often so cars on the same track. WIN the
system perfected and Inspections ~ gram IN
ears on arrival train can DE- nloidcd every - nm
utes II we adopt the grading system shall no
doupt be governed by the Chicago standard for Illinois
whcat the milwaukee standard Tor Minnesota AMI WI
cousin wheat the Toledo and Cleyclnd staud4rd Tor
Ohio and Indiana wheat Buffalo would lkel> adopt the
We need, not only improvements that going
hut Others, such ~ railway tcrmlu. CtlciOun
gram "aielOnSes our uclutlSs LOT hdhdhng "'oi'ro
are probably moro complete than those for handling
have not improved for 80 years Our docks far he
hind age aud the piers should all he covered. and
elevation equal O. the second story OF the pier ware
houses. The facilities Tor handing petroleum are at
present fair eXceU 10 tne Pensylya ernin where
they entirely inadequate, 50 lar as regards snip
pug, Sc
dOre n. Lees, member OF the Cheap Transportation
Association. There are no stationary elevators here
said and the main dependence "a placed
and trsnsterrino gr,n 5lthougb mi, me nod is behind
tue age open other objections. Under the present
system, grain can ne received ana handled more rap
idly than the trunk lines can receive from their con
nectons and bring 10 this city. This fact directly
flutes statements made regarding terminal facilities Jy
persons luiuc 70 the interests OF NeWGOrk. aud u
powerful argument IN favor of new national double
track freight road.
Robert Tay Tor OF tbi, city read paper the
general subject considering. first. what the terminal
facilities Of the port Of New-G0rk should consist.
Edihces, constructed or iron should he erected opposite
New-York; each warehouse should be provided with
eleyaung apparatus for raising and cooling gram
secondly, When and where should gram Oe lnspeteu
ON the on tner arrival mt New-York,
and by the Chicago standard, rs this : now
well understood aad satisfactory. Inc enect OF
The erection Of such warehouses will be t. encourage
direct shipments this OF large quantities of grain
ana ether products; to equaze the price OF grain ana
frrighs cause warehouse receipts TO pass current n
Wa-s CleaTinghO certificates. Sir. Taylor also
the building of large iron Warehouses on the
piers this city, positively re-prOOf the approaches 70
them TO be by elevated railways the upper floors
10 I've used for the storage Of general and i'm
ported merchandise. The street railways should
he utilized this purpose. Tue termlua.
facilities the receipt and discharge Of cotton at this
MORT are the same that existed hrtY years age, when
everybody was honest and waste cotton Could not be
solid Tie consequence Is that much cotton goes To la
rope from SCUM which would otherwise come
Cotton sheds snOud be erected hre-prOof, two stories
high locations removed from other commercial opera
tons by this arrangement danger Of cOntagratiOn
would be avoided, Insurance would be assured ard it,
location known, while its sale would be effected tine
same az present.
The Portland delegation was then received. I. j.
Anderson President OF the Portland Board OF rrYe.
sad that he wished TO suggest the geographical position
of goods. II j. half day nearer Europe than Boston,
"A whole day nearer than NewiOrk, ana only 22O miles
from Burlington The hrOOr OF Portland l. the safest
or four lines seek that barbOr in Winter.
which during the go to Montreal. After few
remarks by Mr. Hursey OF the Portland Board al Trade
the Committee adjourned to lO4 o'clock saturday.
The IT'D OF the Committee 10 the south has been de-
ayed TIL November. They Will 60 10 Cincinnati ON the
9th inst stop there day. then proceed TO ST. Louis
remain there three four days and adjourn. On the
l5tn OF November they viii meet IN Washington and
depart Tor New Orleans.