New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-23

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towage. Wide vessels drawing only
twcuty-four feet OF water can reach Baltimore,
or. as a rnle. NewYork. vessels OF twerp-sX feet
dfaught can enter tie harbUr at Philadelphia Ne"-
and carry per cent heavier shan IN tie fresh
water barbol. at Phiadelrhl and Baltimore Jhe ex
wich Point bul mainly at Guard Point five miles bG"
the cuy Inere are large era elevators nanare9 Inde
i ore 1, cents nor ..ael ON freight received from
cars: on freight received rom vessel including ten
ays storage. cents; delivering same e. vessel OF
Com crv succeeding ten DAYS storage, 3 ola cent
An Philadelphia rolds have excess 10 iue wafer tront
warehouse ana vT.sol without any intermediate hln
ding on expense Ffeght cars are moved tIou&h me
streets lev horse power, ~ d. balm"Ie' I'Ie s Any
amount # wa.cr front easily hVMld"'e' at compare"
M CIV OF Boston has hne ba1bor The stat II
NItSG' LI-ets recently completed u tNrouoiiIr', uC
tOrdlac the statement OF TIE Massacnu,otts ~ road
COMMITS -'rs: cHchains nt'rra' J" 'iuAit' 7,D, ~
SO 52@JD ~, IN b.ilcus ne S".e h"iI2au "sl"..n
Greeunola ANA North Adams. and Ia iunnr as me
Uoosac Niountn'ns. improve it commercial conhoc-
tou. with tne West; aud has incurred ercat eXpen'r in
building ht k-head piers ana slips aIt Otherwise I'M
H. M Boston hve .ss % an docks war, houses
along the city's Waterfront. and thc sane facility IN
posss sscd That BiltImore and Ilade,ii.a enjoy. ,
Norfolk nos onc or le nhe' Farmers III tHr "1ti" 'nu
ttge1t,rn conn. rec Of the corat.v
Richmond, I0i lie. up he James River, i. accessible
10 ves-c drawing el-cen ictt cd water hl - t"Y "lc
nc claim 10 share ia lie commerce OF the West and
Southwest
A BAD SYSTEM IL NEw-YOrN
In the ha b3rO NcwI there Is ii(h e3ge Iense
OF cents yer hundred wei llt necessarily incurred I'm
freight from the proper terminus on the railroad TO
WAGONS warehouses aad points OF ehlprent IN New
York Br0ohyn, Staten leland. the dorsey coast ana
other points about the hn-bor. the ghtcagc charge
Is deduct from the through freight raie from the
west and The balance pro. ratcd over the entire
Ihe New-Y ,rk Central the buik 0t its ircihhi
TO Sixyilitii-sf., the lowest downtown place where
# could secure ANA HHe - .1c nH""E "a r'so
and grain. IL has per atsIhirtdtmrdst.' ana SUI
ton ST. Johns park Tor Local freight IL mas access
20 these BY rail, but its Barclay ST. station "nd
stations al piers and East rIfrr are IeAcneu ony
by floats and lighters. II has tracks TO the steamer
it, freight Is ghtercd from SXiy-hfthst. when IL
Ought, pace wlth Other railroads. aud New,
S",,ivrta r. ijrnads mating M Ter CIV Cly are
compelled to lighter their freight 10 aud from g j
points Manhattan Island Long Island, staten 81
and. etc. Aud all these roads IN comnetiti"n WIN
The canal pelod to deliver tregA' al any ana al
points throughout the halbOr where consigned may di
rect Cana boats lowed utO tGe harbOr matter OF
convenience them a. the easiest way of discharghg
carg lowed along ship-sde and unioadcd
directly MO the vessel The railroads Transporting
freight competition with the canal were compelled 10
deliver the freight as the canal an ana henee tle
by The canal compel at this day, the performance or TINS
expensive ghteTage service. necessary to connect me
terminus OF roads with the point of delivery ior
shipment abroad. and the warehouses OF merchants
The very prosperity Of the hail III one sense lgsra-
vafts tins matter The steamships enabled TO obtain
cargo from the prOunseuOus freight onerpg Hse ana
wharves elevators OF the railroad and insist upon an
freight being brought TO their dock The same eentr
ally true of sailing vessels who receive their freight
alongside. lying at anchor ~ the harOor me extent OF
tins hgherage service IS well Illustrated DY ne tact
EIc railroad made 1893 special deliveries
grain III the harbor OF New-York TOT The year ending
December 81, 1873
The Ere rosd has Zine distinct stations in the harhor
OF NewYOrk Tor the delivery and reccpiion OF freight
and n ceved freight during the year ISIS from seventy
three different points the barbOr. All other roads
terminating In NewYork, OF course In competition, are
compelled 10 do the same thing Ihis lgheThgc chaigc
profit 10 the railroad aud OF no advantage 10
any one save the parties engaged IN performing me
work. is inst much upon the transportation
Of gOOGs through this port ana must ever continue as
burden upon commerce Threatening a dlverSiOn from
THIS city, until the vessel ana the car are drought TO-
getheE
RAPID GROWTH OF RIVAL ROUTEs.
In 1869 the Pennsylvania Railroad entered Chicago
and began, in its interest and tnat OF pha,
a contest for the trade Of the West. Ia Isl
1t extended It's eastern terminus TO NewYork. The
Pennsylvania Railroad system has a capital OF nearly
$500 OOOO 00 according To Judge shpman; and III the
pooling agreement gwen % per cent OF the New York
business Last year carried - per cent OF all the
freight shipped to NewEngland, and in 30 doing hight
cred it from is terminus at CommnDIpaw TO Port Nor
r1s a distance Of twelve miles, ard thence by rail.
The Baltimore and ONO Road entered Chicago in
1874 and began contest in the interest OF Baltimore
1t comes into New 1oIk ny an ~ tahSenenI win
the Pennsylvania Road and philadelphia, Wilmn- Ton
and Baltimore Roads and Is gwen per cent OF ne
That New-York been seriously threatened win
diversion OF trade. She has httle to fear from Boston
nor. indeed, from the North, unless the compile
ton OF the Wellapd Canal enlargement should
be supPlemansea c35aSsPo"u Wcb Would
create rival Of most formidable proportions;
Goods can be clipped from Chicago to NowYOrk Via
Philadelphia twentyeigh miles less distance than by
the Erie and It's connections and fOrtYwO miles less
than by the Centras short line and hftyeight miles
less than by the Central and Lake shore.
Goods be shipped from ST Louis 70 Baltimore and
coasted up to NewYork distance 10 miles less than
tine Ere road AID 40 miles ess than wa the Centra
road. Chicago 90 miles nearer TO Philadelphia han
TO York, and lis miles nearer than by any New
York road; 40 miles nearer Baltimore than New Ork
and 1873 miles nearer than by any New York road ST.
Louis * I49 Baltimore than to New York,
and 90 mIes ThaD by any New-Io road On
miles nearer than by any Newly road. Baltimore. is
only miles nearer Cincinnati than Richmond. and 70
Cincinnati has lust incurred an Indebtedness OF
SIS 000in opening southwestern railroad t. Chat-
tanOOga order % make itself the distributing ana re-
ceivDg depot Of the Southwest why should not these
cities send their produce seeking European markets by
the shortest the seabOard and thence by vessel
abroad We looked for the answer 10 this question III
the topographv Of the country. IFS solution he
found in united and cooperative effort the part OF
railways our state, our city, and our cl2ens 10 re-
tain increase our commerce. Success cannot attend
Our roads in need of no subsidies but while other
States and ciies are subsdzng their roads ahd incur
ring vast amounts OF Indebtedness In acquiring larger
snare Of ransportatlon New YORK must NOT pursue ~"
obstructive policy, which the testimony tends To faslen
upon her. A., 49,
par with other roads and to place new fork on par
with other Mr. Vanderbilt testes that the bust
inc rts facilities in New York Mr. Blanchard
describes the terminal facilities OF the Erie as made
New-York has recently submitted, in the interest oil
rapid transit-wlsey submied-O have her streets o.
cupied by ungainy structure the value oi certain
property seriously urbed and the convenience OF
portion OF her citizens materially interiered with
and IL seems equally necessary, in the greater
Interest Of commercial supremacy, that she sub
init to whatever Inconvenience attend In bringing
her railroads in contact with her warehouses and
the whaTves OF her steamships If the tracks can
be brought down 10 the wbayes OF the steamships
must be devised OF inducing the steamships
the elevators al whaIves OF the railroad. This
would stl leave Brooklyn Insulated. and afford facili
ties Central line which would IL Just much
advantage the Erie and other rivals At this point
Mr VandcrOil's testimony that his rivals would not
permit him the Belt line of railroad for freight
ears at night privilege accorded him by the city. II
pertinent az showing the complicated nature Of the
question and extent to which railroads combine 10