The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-21
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION.

THINK or THE DECAY IN COMMERCE.
Yesterday very important meeting Of the Cheap
Transportation Association was held, At which most -
portant report made by Committee on Terminal
Facilities There present hessrs. b. p Baker.
John y. Henry, A. b. Miller, Theodore y. Lees, J. B
Robinson William H. GuIon and others OF the associa
ton; Messrs. Rutter and Chauncey n. Depew OF tho
New York Central road; Mr.. Bylis OF the Erie; Salem
h. Wales, OF tho Dock Commission; officer Of tho
Belt Line Railroad and number Of shippers. repre-.
sentatvcs OF steamship lines and warehousemen. The
following summary Of the object Of the meeting and
resolutions explains Itself
To THE DlRrcToas rHE Exw York omEAr rnAssroRrA-
mi. meeting ~ss called 70 consider Ter
transferring freight about portion Of the water front
The committee who have given subject local
transfer Of produce aud other merchandise much attention
following touching this subject and ask
Board hsS January ~ is7i the comns.ss On Terminal
Facilities submitted setting forth the comparative
Boston, Phiiadei pha and Baltimore Tho facilities pos
o or
promnencs given the facts that in Boston comprc
the construction commodous warehouses The bar
s as s ss e S T. as
connecting with such warchcuses
PhisaepSs. had decided 10 open up aud WIDEN Dsswars
from Dock ,re, 70 Christian rect Jr
turnous 10 be run existing warehouses The
than Phade iphia in bringing ship var and
rether the railroads actually running streets lateral
In our report submitted that time. and smbodyipg
by otnsr cities earnestly advoesied as one Of The
an q s ss ne a1S
nsn ps and the a along s .s
connecting all tho RAILWAYS terminating In this city with
wharves and and thus furnish means for
without the slow tedious aud process Of frequent
Ss sss .so S
lime ,D . n @ Ct ss ps
eced and published amount OF statistics showing that
.s hass rapidly their a.
q Sss III. sS river
Company applied 70 the Board Of Aldermen for permission
track ssA ., the Belt Line Rarasa
in Canal and their I q G.s o. s.,c
ton would be occasioncd to tho usual business Of
i as ONE a due
dressed the Board e on the 10Th inst.
things. and accompanying that sasn an extension Of
comprehensive public such have alluded
To- would tend simplify and cheaper local transfer sssry
direction Indicated We also earnestly ureed that no ex
other railroad companies from like rights ami privileges or
that might hereafter embarsss the Of line OF
OF all RAILWAYS termin ating In this city.
Of Aldermen asking that their hnaI action might be
deferred until further nys.tgstsn q sns subject could DO
action on The 18th inst and now after further and due do
ing points for your consideration, viz.
the charter Of The Belt Line Railroad Com
ncaton had with that company We are led 70 believe they
as we'll as their own by extending those
trunk lines may wish their track tho
seo:d-Ths. ss certain points on the East River where
n.s %as s' ss s'r s
their be loaded during the day ana evening
in the Of the New York Central their track in
proposed facilities the Hudson River
sde would bring principal storehouses and steamship
landings direct communication with all cf
railways thus dispensing with an immense amount Of ex
greatly the liability Of losses from damage,
Tar~fnss under proper regulations the
transfer Of tor loading and OF loaded cars DO
50 that very sie il any would 6s caused
any whatever While the and
FomM-Tnat the substitution Of suitable rail for the
or the purpose SCI forth is properly mater Of
the railroad companies using the track and
therefore resolves itself into obtaining from the city
hauling freight portion OF the Belt Line Rail
s % sS
full recommendation Of this Board that tho same be
Resolved permission be and hereby granted tho
BY dummy engines the hours OF six o'clock
Of the Bss ns railroad with permission 81 rail
road N.Y. to aud fr"m ssch points on hs Hudson and
railway aud approved The Heard sub
sc 20 n o e 81 sn
~ the New York central and Hudson River Hsroad
Or stand said between sSs
in aS @
stood that they DO not consider the proposed At
really require e.nno. DO provided until the Dashesd
s . IS @ ss s yan
purposes and enlgntening TO weat need and
Improvement the front broad and comprc-
hensive plan
Referred with power to act, to the committee.
Mr.. A. b. Miller addressed the meeting as a member
OF she committee earnestly advocating the adoption
Of tho>resolutron by the association. He said:"Tho
day was when New York enjoyed a monopoly OF the
trade from the West the seaboard but this has boon
diverted in great from by other cities.
and now we must do everything power TO bring
back the commerce."
Mr. j. b. Robinson, another member Of the commit
tee said that he had been In business in place
this city for forty-one years and no had seen many
changes made by the railroads He now thought
however, that New Workers wcro content to rest on
the natural advantages of city and rely for tr AIDE
upon IT'S past prestige, forgetting that other cities
more cnlerprislng were taking away our trade.
Sir. John Il. Henry thought the report should DO
adopted It's entirety, as II provided ono Of
The great needs Of .ls c During as
he surprised to and that the Canadian merchants
actually believed that New York as great trade centre
Mr. Perry, OF the Belt Line Railroad remarked that
the company had nil tho rights needed, except pcr-
hsps tntt to dummy engines; but Mr.. Thsodoro
Lees said that right undoubted. Mr.. William H.
Guion pledged his word that tho steamship companies
ready 70 facilitate In evory way the matters
fcrred
MIR Salem H. Wales, of the Dock Commission, was
the next speaker He said he was Ia full sympathy
with the movement, and hoped that tho trade OF New
York would he resurrccted Hc had watched tho
growth Of New Yors with peculiar interest, and he be-
licvcd n had been for the antagonsm OF the up
town properly holders 10 the railroads we would have
been day very ahead IN business OF any other
city The bencnccnt Creator OF the world has given
advantages above most other places the
Continent, but as have depended upon these ad-
vanagcs other cities have been extending themselves
all tho Wcst, and to-day the Gao
by which Baltimore, and especially Phlla-
dephia reached, cclipscs US entirely. But
dad believe New York Ii TO permanently decline
We must resolve 70 meet tho question fairly IN tho
Taco aud hoIp ourselves. As representative OF the
Dock Department he could say that the Central Rail
road struggling to meet the issue They are spcnd
ing amount OF money at Barclay street, and II
they The Belt limo great part Of the difficulty
Is solved However, We must widen our streets aud
improve front And he uttered this decIara
nre N Wny Of