New-York tribune., 1876-01-19
TERMINAL FACILITIES.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CHEAP TRANSPORTATION
AssoCATIoN-PIER AND WAREHOUSE IMPROVE
MENTs-A WATERFRONT FREIGHT RAILROAD
ELEVATORS.
The New-York Cheap Transportation Asso-
cation held its annual meeting yesterday. Benjamin i.
Baker President read the annual report ana sho"ea
what had been the Asso aton during the
past year. and the prospects for renewed activity during
the coming season. The delegates to the Cheap Trans
portaon Convention held in Chicago during December
last, presented their report with Recommendations
which were discussed and referred to the appropriate
committees The Committee Terminal Facilities pre-
sented long aud interesting report from whieh the o'
lowing Is taken
Your Committee believe OF the great necessities OF
the hour be the OF docks ana water
fronts the construction OF substantial warehouses " H
permanent wharyes piers. AMI the experience OF tne
past years has plainly denonstiatsd nc Ic,, @ @
unless some general OI as ,T hn
of hs port will transacted in the matter OF storage
Brooklyn, Jersey City, or on staten lslanl. hnthS
properly extending from the hatey te ese in
value much unemployed for years, ana "IiaVes S s .
heretofore were crowded with shpping ARE Tow I i s
City, and Staten Island water fronts nave mcIeasea ~
value and in amount OF business done. we h u
embrace building Of hre-prooi waiehoh&ses & on ,o
ag, Mallory eta that legislation is necessary to legaze
the building Of such warehouses , , 4,
Your Committee believe that a sufficient numhcr OF
pers should be erected at different points along the
Waterfront, Of the requisite strength ana solly 10 sup
port warehouses tor the storing Tue idaug s,iirs @ o
ner, the whole structure (both pier ana ware
housc TO be OF treproof nltcflal aa thlt ~. I,
track railroad for the transfer OF freight should pe pl
along the new bukhead 10 bc operated by steam ana
connected with each warehouse by spur-traeks aha
switches. An elevated freight road IA greatly he.dou
which Will enable freight arriving IN this cy 10
reach the point storage shipment Without ie SLOW
tedos and expensive process OF unloading from the car
Oadng ON carts, carting through the crowded streets
and unloading at ship or storage Warehouse when noN
urevas and as special would he devoted In
specal storage il would afford an opportunity 10 cohce
trate business and thus greatly diminish the cost o s
transaction. Such warehouses, properly constructed
would relieve both merchants and the General Govern
men from the embarrassments when now NcN D0ih as
to" bonded stores, and remove lhe nee sS.l9 Nm Nno -, %
exists for c,Tng goods from one size OF thc GU! 10 '
other to reach place of storage only 70 hc car'd Dh
again. in many Caste To bc rcshpped rom the same pei
from whence they first started ,,,.,
Perhaps nothing would 80 much increase our
FOR doing grain business with economy al d7ldttu ~
the building. the terminus Of each rlincaifyg ran
way terminating here, large and properly arranged ec
yators warehouses built on the WatFI-lnc, VIII sum
cicut depth Of for the largest steam vessels and
having such arrangements that cars o"uld come on 10 t
piers, gsdc OF INTO tue warehouse uuoi ti
fhcy do In Chclg Milwaukee, ia Few inmates anu
switch Of the way ON their return tr1p. IhtS'
grain elevators should BE- provided Win separate hs o.
such size and number 10 permit al the gram arriving
to be bulkcd, II necessary, according To grade
The following were declared Directors OF the Associa
ton for the ensuing year: II. h. Clafin, H. g. Arnold
George A. Merwn. W. :. Fairch!ld. A. B. Miller. H. n
Miller Franklin Edison, y. 7. Baker, Chas Watrous VIM
Duryea Theo. f. Lees, W. f. KiIder J. Spencer Turner
r. b. Thus bcr, +. A. Schroeder, d. c Robbins. W. H.
HurIbnt, Harvey harrington, f. Il. Dirxec. John. T.
Henry lohn Dwight W. |. Preston. W. H. Wiley. Brnlh
min chrHsiciu. George Brown James = barron, James
pyle MayeI Lehman, T. +. BROWNING, Jordan !. NOT,
j. T. Robinson, +. A. Conkng, H. J.. Ackcrm1n. Darwin
H. James, Simon Stcrne, and Ihoo. T. Allen. H. T. BaA'I
C,l Conking addressed the meeting on the subject
Of the transportation system of the State Of New-forA