Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-22


New YoRK, Sept 20.
Inc commerce OF the great city or New York Is
aoout 10 Oe affected In a way that will be felt by
every o"eiler In its boundaries Two enterprises,
w" ABOUT completed, are destined TO work q revo-
luuon In metropolitan commercial and mercantile
circles The tendencies OF these respective enter.
prlses are directly opposing, N that one viii bring
more commerce to New York, while the other will
take some OF our present commerce away. The
one mat VIII bring more commerce and trade to
New York and cheaper almost every article In the
New Workers. household economy is the Arthur
hiii bridge, now about completed, connecting New
jersey, near Ezabethport, with Staten Island, and
10 De used by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
me other enterprise, which win take away some
Vi New IorkS commercial Importance, Is the
bridge over the Hudson River at Pouohkerpsie.
Ihls bridge Is huge cantilever structure, having
iour piers in the HUDSON River. II Is 6,246 leet
feet-cantilever spans OF 525 feet each from The
shore pf rs and tn two truss spans OF 500 feet
each connecting with the central cantilever span
OF 90 feet. The top or the structure Is PIP feet
above hgh-water mark, or 1O2 feet inches higher
than the roadway Oh the Brooklyn bridge at the
towers. The roadway will accommodate two rail-
way tracks and two foolways and will stand a
load OF 10000 pounds TO the linear foot. The spans
Over the river viii support a moving load Of i54,-
100000 pounds.
RAILROADS TO BE BENKFrrHp.
There will be several railroads entitled to the
use OF this bridge, namely: the Erie Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley, West Shore, Philadelphia and Read
Ing, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western New
England. Hartford and Conn cticut western
Pougnkeepsie, Hartford and Boston, and Massa-
cnusetts Central II the amount OF commerce d.
verted from New York In its passage from the
West and South to New England may be Judged
from the estimate made by the Erie railroad pres
ident concerning his own line, this city will lose
the handling or millions OF tons every year. The
president OF the Ene calculates that his road al
send no less than LOCO cars day over The BRIDGE
which are now beng transferred around or
through New York. Placing the average value of
CARLOAD OF freight, he says, at $500, this means
1000 worth daily, or an aggregate OF $ls2, $780,
road says OF the bridge:
1--WE regard the bridge as OF the greatest import
ance 10 our company and the various lines It con-
trols reaching 10 Cincinnati Louisville, ST LOUIS
Chicago and other important points throughout
the West, and at their termint forming connection
with all the existing lines OF railway to and from
the most distant trade centers OF the cont It.
NOW We are practically debarred from recei. .ug
from or delivering toNew England any proper pro-
fair toll for its use shall undoubtedly transact
a Very large business over the bridge. The tranic
10 and from our lines and their connections will in
ltself De enormous and In addition there must be
q heavy anthracite and bituminOuS coal trafic
Passing over :or New England use, here will be
direct connection with the anthracite regions by
our road, the Delaware and Lackawanna, the Le-
high and the Reading, and with the bitumlnous
regions by the Pennsylvania"
The ARTHUR-KILL BRIDGE.
The Staten Island bridge over the Arthur XIII Is
the project OF that busy Canadian, Erastus wiman,
The staten Islanders. who in the past were either
Flooding farmers. oystermen, or New York bust.
ness men who reJoiced TRANQUILITY In a quiet rural
home on the island, say that Erastus WiInan wants
TO max. new Isle OF Wight OF the old Dutch
island, and they point for corrODoraton to Mr. WI
mans remaining oil New Brighton into st. George
and the rumor that he is TO call the terminal STA
ton OF the Baltimore and Ohio on Staten Island
has
proving Staten Island and enhancing the value of
every foot OF It's soil right under the noses and In
the very teeth OF the ola ISLANDERS, and more than
that, ne has won over many OF the more inf1uen-
tlai residents 10 his views, notably such a man as
George William curtis, who has lived on staten
Island Tor years. Mr.. Wiman has built two rapid
transit roads, one along each shore or the island
So that by using last boats from the Battery
IN New YORK, the distance TO towns PIN staten
Island Is made matter OF from twenty to forty
minutes ride. He did not, In connection with the
Ba timore and OHIO road, bu.d the bridge over tine
Arthur kl.l, however, without very bitter con-
test with tine state OF New Jersey. which influ.
enced oy the railroads already terminating with.
IN lts boundaries, professed to see a menace
10 It's privileges In railroad which should use its
SOIL only as a means OF getting upon the soil OF
another state. But Mr.. Wiman perseyered and
won, and the big bridge, with Swing" OF over
400 Ieet In total length the longest swing in this
country, Is now done, and as soon as half mile of
track Is laid To connect II with the TRACKS OF the
central Railroad. or New Jersey, at Elizabethporu
through Baltimore and OHIO trains from WASHING,
ton, Chicago and ST. LOUIS will be run across the
bridge at ST. George, Staten Island, where ferry
Doats Will transfer PASSENGERS 10 New York An
twenty minutes. II was the first Intention TO
build road through New Jersey Ior the Baltimore
and ONO 10 use, and the Baltimore and New York
railroad Was Incorporated in that state for the
PURPOSE But since the Baltimore and Ohio has
made arrangements with the Re- ding road which
Sonuois tne New Jersey Central, Tor transit over
It's tracks, the Baltimore and New YORK Railroad
Is not pushed. Survey 5 OF a route have been made
however, ana In case OF a rupture with the Read.
Ing people the Baltimore and OHIO could have its
connection In a
short time.
NEW YoRK's INCONVENIENCE.
TO understand the effect this bridge will have
upon New York's commerce, IL is necessary to
know That the present terminal charges In New
York for freight brought from the West ana south
are simply enormous as they have TO be- New
York Is accessible BY Fail from the North onlv
The whole West and South, the great productive
regions Oh the United States, cannot reach New
YORK except by transhipment across the Hudson
In oargeS or lighters. The transit lines thai
the mass OF their traffic not withstanding thai
every foot OF jersey Citys water front is oW or
leased by railroads. Thus the Pennsylvania road,
carrying the resources OF the vast territory OF
thousands OF miles which 1t covers, has TO DUNN
all the productions OF these regions into about n
thousand feet Of water front. There are NO stor.
age facilities possible In Jersey City. New Yorks
shore Is entirely given up 10 docks, ana 1t has no
shore storage warehouses. Brooklyn alone has
these factors In commerce at command, and
and Southern transportation routes by 3
miles or more OF water. Every article
that Is exported or Imported must needs
nnd temporary stopping-place somew here and
the cost OF nghterage, towage, delay. breakage and
stealage In rehandiing Is a serious tax upon b0tn
the producer and the consumer, no matter where
they may De located. Grain for export Is now re-
ceiVed from the West ia cars which are run along
side OF elevators where the water Is too shallow
ior ocean steamers 10 anchor. The grain Is un.
loaded into these elevators, loaded again into
canal ooals or barges, towel out into deep water.
anu pumped by floating elevator from barRes
N NH
kizaDelhport, or Bayonne, In New Jersey, UNI
loadeo, reloaded into barges, lowed 10 10 20 miles
70 New YORK, and ho.sted into steamers or I'M
loaded and reloaded again for It's destination. Ac-
corning 70 reliable statistics the amount or cost TO
Inc RAJ roads terminating at jersey City for luxa
ny neeIs' oarees, &C., In year is 5000 This
amount must necessarily be averaged up and put
upon the goods handled, and must be paid by con.
sumers - WIZ
STATEN ISLANDS ADVANTAGE
Now, the Arthur Kill bridge comes In. On Staten
Island alone, OF any portion OF the harbor OF New
York, can the three great factors OF commerce he
Receipt by rail Is the nrst factor and the brid,e
and Bait more and Ohio connection accomniisn
tnat. storage Is the second factor and mar \. as
sureC oy the large sea front OF the island winch
can oe secured at the lowest figures Tine iast
FACTOR Is Shipment oy vessel and as the bay shore
vi staten Island mas, from the Kills TO the Mar
rows, water enough 70 noaI the largest sea0.sng
steamers, that factor is also assured Crain VII
come oy rail- from the West and Will be loaded from
cars directly into the elevators from when win 90
hanolng, IL goes into the ocean steamers moored
at the elevator DOCKS Coal will be shipped win
equal ease. All imported freignts destined for the
West and South will be unloaied from yesse,s inc
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