The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-29

viii be compe led 10 economiZe more rvlGly and
10 accommodate the pubic better In order 10
talny be an advantage 10 the general puohc.
II Is asserted, Tor instance, by the balilnore
and ONO managers that they are not losing by
the present low rates; that they can carry freight
rom New YORK 10 chicago, including Shipment by
sea and fandlng AT Baltimore, Tor sixty cents The
hundred pounds ana NOT lose money aud thar the
Increase OF Their frame usder me low rates does
NOT alarm them or atiict them, as tney are only
Illln9 cars which otherwise they would have had
10 run nai fun or one way empty. Now, so lar as
New YORK Is concerned, n our merchants can snip
goods more cheaply ana satisfactorily over the
Baltimore road than over the Erie, Central or
Pennsylyana. they viii do so. We do not believe
that IN the long run the Baltimore toau WIN DE
aole 10 carry more cheaply ana satisfactorily
Tor u.s. Mr. Garrett Is an able man and
Mr.. Vanderbilt ana Colonel Scott are able men
also; and II the present trouble leads them 10
turn their attention strongly and permanently in
the oil ectiou OF economy-lf once they give their
whole minds TO this matter and abolish merchants
expresses last freight lines and all other inside
rings and thods ny which officers and directors
get rlch IN the Dyways OF rahrOaning at the JOINT
eNpense OF stockholders and the publlc-we do not
fear for the result. The New York and Penusy.
vania Central are magnificent roads, and their
managers are quite able II they nave TO, TO carry
for US as cheaply ana to accommodate US even
better than Mr.. Garrett.
ECONOMY OF MANAGEMENT NEEDED.
The great railroad problem mas now apparently
reached that stage where economy OF management
Is to carry the dag. Wasteiul ways are no longer
SAFE anu especially the shrewdest railroad men
Oegin 10 see That terminal facilities require
more ana more 10 be looked 10. The cost or
handling freight at a railroad terminus may make
vital difference IN It's power OF competing profit
ably with other lines. The net prOnt oil a rallroad
enterprise, though II may DC summed up by MIL
hons is ike the net proiit OF sugar pantition,
made up OF very small; tails A cent pound on
freight rolls up prodiglous sum IN the Course or
a year and may make Il difference OF PROFIT or
loss. Bat slng,e example SHOWS now great an
economy may be MADE at the point OF handing
freignt at railroad terminus. One OF the mat
tiers IN dispute between Colonel Scott and Mr..
Garrett Is the charge maze by the former Tor
handing Baltimore and ONO freight at New YORK.
TINS Is SAID 70 Ue i've cents per pound, ana the
Baltimore and ONO managers say that az Batl-
more they actually handle height Ior nall cent
pound, ana could 40 all that the Pennsylvania
road aid Tor them in handllng freight at the ter
minus Tor cent pound
TERMINAL FACILITIES.
II this Statement made by the Baltimore and
ONO managers Is correct, or nearly So 1t SHOWS
source oil weakness III the lines centrlng at New
YORK, winch lhep Will be compelled TO remedy.
And wnle The managers OF the pennsylvania,
New YORK Central, Erie and other lines are
alre adv busy improving these terminal facilities,
1t Is well 10 remember that the Baltimore ana
ONO peope have at Locust Point, on the edge OF
Baltimore, already IN operation a very extensive
ana admirably arranged system oil PIERS, running
out TO deep water, Win two elevators of I COM
bned capacity OF over Two million bushels oil
grain; also, standing III deep wafer and II course
o. construction, two large storebouses Tor cohee
ana sugar. All the arrangements here are for tie
OF freight. In Boston they are Just now agltatlng
plan which, il carried out as Is probable, will
give 10 that city even better terminal iacilTies
than those OF the Baltimore ROAD. because IN Bos.
ton tney propose TO accommodate at single
centre not one road, put all the I'm.
port Boston already taps our trade at Albany,
and the completion OF the Grand Trunk line com.
freight rates over mis- road which are more favor.
able IN fact tnan those he gives TO New York.
The plan known as That oi the Boston and North
western Railroad proposes, by a short connecting
line with sufficient TRACKS, TO tap all the roads
winch run into Boston and lead them all TO a COM
mon centre at deep water, where cars and ships
may be brought together under sheds and witt
the most extensive convenience OF storage and
goods. For tnls end 1t is proposed To- utilize
part OF the Flats, territory now owned by the
STATE and needing 10 be hed IN before 1t can be
USED lor the purpose or piers docks and ware
houses. This plan mas oeeu before the Legislature
this winter, aud II mas the favor or most OF the
leading merchants ana capitalists OF Boston. II
Will probably be successfully carried out and Will,
when competed, give to the port Of Boston very
'-' 80 rHE Duty OF NEW YoRK.
1t is In the direction OF greater economy and
convenience in handing freight at the terminal
herein have been neglectiul. II is TACT that
the cost OF single carriage with It's incidents Of
cotee trade, which went TO Baltimore, where the
cars are run down to tue coree ships. The rail-
and elaborate preparations IN this direction, but
the city itself has otener IMAM lot AGED obstruc-
We ought OF our magnificent water front, and a
great deal OF our commerce Is Carried on IN
cumDrous ana costly manner, with Infinite waste
or time and loss from exposure.
THE HARLEM RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
First and foremost We ought Immediately to
connect the North and East rivers oy completing
the Harlem improvement. No more important
work tnan tnis can be done Tor the commerce of
New YORK. An immense coastng and river
traffic, which lumbers the lower wnarves
anc sips, where II Is Josted by other business,
would at once centre al the upper end OF the
Island, where the gram Of the west, coming down
the Hudson III CANA boats, would be exchanged LOT
tne nsn and otner products OF the East, brought
II coastIng vessels through Long Island sound. In
the Harlem RIVER tnis great and important part OF
our commerce could be accommodated and
facilitated n such a manner That lt would
couot rapidly and greatiy increase. fae Harlem
Improvement has been 100 long neglected. and
demands attention as one OF the most important
economical measures or the protection ana In
crease OF our commerce.
THE WATER FRONT
Then the city ought 10 insist upon q broad,
roomy street on eacn river front, whicn should be
vlglanty guarded against obstructions. Inc
present streets front ny on the two rivers are
utterly lncataple OF carving the business wnlcn
seeks them; ana narrow as they are they are
encountered WIN street railroads. sup.
now are, wnlcn the CITY. owning the water 'front.'.
can do; suppose the morse railroad companies
tracks twenty Ieet Ia the AR, 10 the height Uf
the Greenwich street Rail- road; suppose the street
CROSSINGS at tue ferries 10 DE oy foot bridges
above The street Level, and, THIS done, our water
'front.' would De SO conveniently accessible that u
only this, but the rapid transit question would lie
partly solved and at no expense 10 the CITY, for
surely the city mas rI2Ht u require mat the
street railroads shall be nosted up out OF the way,
and the present elevated railroad mas proved tnat
this plan i feasible aud economical.
But IL Is possible 10 nave not only an elevated
passenger road along TIE water front, ut an ele-
waited freight road sucn road. connecting the
Battery oy Dotu SIDES Oh tue city VITA the Harlem
RIVER, would RAPIDLY cnange the whole c aracter
OF our water mont and Prove, we believe, al I'M
portant means OF ecouomy. IL snouid have
sldlngs CONNECTED with the piers, aud other
sidlngs 10 warehouses, and ny Its means the
transportation oil goods from snip TO and
BACK would be linle nseiy facilitated. Sucn a
road, II 1t were no" Completed, would put check
TO extensive improvements ia New Jersey, Tor 1t
" uld BRING BACK 10 our own wharves
the important commerce which Is yearly
crossing he rlver. Nltu the whole coastng
trade removed 10 the Harlem River and
these lacIlItes, we snoud nave wharf room
Tor all the 81 ps and steamers when are not
PEELED 10 seek Jersey CITY and Brookyn because
we do no. oner them accommodations. Aud with
an elevated lrelgnt road connecting the wnarVes
WIN tue warehouses ana with tue railway ter
mini We should Oe aUle 10 handle freight vi
sucn economy Ol time and cost anu with sucE COM
pleIe guards against loss rom thelt ana exposure
tnat we should tempt commerce constantly u our
wnarves.
We 30 not need costly docks Ike those oil Liver