New-York tribune., 1886-11-14
UHAT PEOPLE THINK AND SAY.

NEw-YORK AS IT SHOULD BE AND AZ IL Is.
To the EdUor Of The Tribune.
SIR: This city is of regal splendor, with lts
600 900 Inhabitants central In location, between the
marvellous producing West and the great marts OF Eu
rope having one OF finest harbors in the word.wth
fifty miles of oommOdious dock room, molerats tines
nsvgabe water nearly all around the city proper
ana proposed waterway through It's centre
which, when opened up. will give new route
by which passengers, mails aud products can
be transported from the West to Europe
in fourth and expense than possible now
by any route Ocsan steamers OF the largest class
should 60 from docks at Port Morris passing out through
the deep water channel OF Long Island Sound these
docks being easy for all incoming freight ana
passenger trains from the East, North and west
close schedue could bs arrangoi iniepen dsht ol
all It'd al influences The departure OF steamers being
fxed for say 3 D. m rail connections could DC maoe
with them al that hour with unerrng precision frcsh
beef ami could be sent from chicago 10 Lonuon
i'm eight days. and pasen AMI mails, on close soneo
ule time, could go from San Francisco to LONDON III
eleven days with line OF American steamers Quilt on
the now propulsion plan. of 1000 tons burden buh'
.ou,ppsd aud navigated By young men,
These increased facilities would encourage
production so would be ample business for
of the United States should willing literally
for proper mail service. AS do other Governments
In lS4O Great Britain treated with Samuel Cunard
and two other young men for putting on .0rtnsn'g
Boston touching at Halifax. for which Cunard should
receive 800 900 annually and tho subsidies nave con-
nued present increasing with the growth OF tne
ste2msbip service WIll any presume 10 say thas
Great Britain has not made money In so doing IL 10
suggestive that all other progressive nations ahop. the
sams course toward their marine servcs. Woulu any
consiierate man say that it would not De au'sn-
tageous to our great industries to send pro-
visions from Chicago to Loudou In eight Gays I
Embassies the Imperial Courts OF CHINA ana japan
after landing Francisco, could enter tho Court OF
St. James In twelve days. could reach our own scat
OF Government in proportionate time ., -
Wny then should not the Harlem be rendered nav-
gablef The local benefit that would result from ~
would be on normous would relieve the oyor-crowdod
waters around tho lower part OF the city, now filled
with vessels OF every description from row boats TO
ocean steamers IL would indirectly relieve the crowded
streets lower end of the CITY, and create new ln
dustres in the upper end, whore there 10 unlimited
room for expansion. The accommodations OF naiI
century in adequate as would the pair Oh
OF urchn OF four years DO for an oversro"n
lad OF fourteen.
The CIty OF New-York had In former times an uu-
equalled ue OF packets In the London trado, whicn
were the admiration OF he marine service OF the worlds
Ii has now While the port or New-fork mas
great natural advantages the cYs busine - pent up ln
a smail peck at tho lower end OF the Island
when two-bushel basket would be far too small forI
largo part OF harbOr and port has never been oc-
as uey-New-York has not ocean steamship line TO
carry its own products to European markets, our own
mails must under foreign figs and our own people
going Europe must sail Under the protection oil fo-
eign powers II aliens; and We have not even navy
TO protect In their legitimate work OF hshng In
our waters CHARLES SrOUGHrOS
Neic- York, Nov. IL, 1886.