The sun., 1888-02-12
THAT BRookLYN TRUST.
Nav . Sister CITY Has walked Hnte tAs
shippins Busiuess ef shis PERT

,ars that pass from one bloated monopolst to
another to regulate tho terms for some newly
formed trust II is not strange that We should
have heard from the Brooklyn warehousemen.
They OF all other men In the country are most
favorably situated mo ,or entering into an alliance
position. They have monopoly thrust upon
fighting among themselves. Their only adver-
'I several sSs raj combined causes have produced this
.,t,ar s,,notin. hnt ,h. f,rst and chies cau..
is res to be- found in tho tenur. OF the land under
wsio. -, ~ th. nort o. Nav Yort. Ola Gov
Dongan thought himself doing handsome
turn for the city of New York when he made
her a present OF this ovsrflowed land. extend
ing all the way around from Corlears HOOK.
River. to a point on the North hiVsr wniea mas
siace become the terminus OF Canal street.
70 90 ,eares sns, No a,u NAL 'sr, 1s,
turn. dc only awakened her oup'oi'y' anu ieo
nss w. os ars.ts M have added to her do.
80 ,ha ont,r. c,rcnmsara,c. ~ the ial.rd
maj main ss. ssso
poss.ss s..s .nr..r To- shs h.s si,o. s,;an-
st.d possibly as much ns half Of her
.~,,,,,l nossas.,one. but aha Laa a,waya
hold with firm grip to the right Of eminent
domain. II the phrase can be used in reference
to municipal proprietary rights, and has shown
derived from the 81 exercise OF these rights w But st
ertIholdsrs been permitted to g occupy u their their
concerned them COMPARATIVELY little to know
who owned beneath the piers a leasshold
e go o ana a tte IN sn ob,ansS With
tho, property; put II would haXe servei;
and tho owners OF the riparian land conld
sadsa ies the sonsssisses& ;sis & Il &ae%nssss FRI Pr
the Guy was not satisneo "lIn tns possess ssion ,,
n S ' ssS soua nS1 81 sP h a
and by the simple TRICK oI eonJsrudnE ; ~ into 70
TRs
orhors imm9rtalzed BY Washington. to Irving. g:
from some Of their earliest deseepdsnts: M but It
nss btEhhy in the TSs OF 4 fner s
cr 10y s
the tho the %bo. e o Nss
front plaza without a warehouss within hail.
Here lies the secret OF the indspendioncS pio es OF
ssiepsideaiIy Na term those xelI Ventilated !hSr:
great Geart Of the metropolis. But she has Ave
Or six miles Of waterfront warehouses rising
ndso To sempsre great things small
t6e1 stand like soldiers in line OF battle over
looking the East River aud New York Bay. or
they form in solid square around the Atlantic
basin. and throw out their skirmishsrs to the
shores of Govanus Day. But every
where they advance as nearly to the
mershandSe miSI and s viii permit and they ofsr The
only place for the storage OF heavy goods TO pc
nn5 hs hssq tbs n uot n
resy Srs n9 Known Hs wan hat hat, cent
Of t the "es Exports s%H and imports Of the por Of
York are handled over the Brooklyn piers
Hhs Edokyu fas on
a aCustom House of1csr and it is probably true.
also ha aS " srs SoaE
the reader does not see It already the reason foI
this h,eegira Of New York commsEce @ across thH he
hcavy yS NOR more M ha ndise passing through tho por!
Of New York. II it is to remain any length Of
i i ran hardly be- said that there is any alterna:
tive, Think OF the labor Of transporting 9
be- q q ssss o
PORTING it back again to the pier. q to RAILWAY
ms on s rs. Th.rs
nearly 100000 tens Of sugar at the srooklyr
1 two to1s to the load. It Would have cost 15S 90!
truck trips to have put this sugar in New Yori
Warehouses;, and 100000 more truck trips
making 9OO,OOO in all, to have delivered 4
again for reshipment after the merchants hac
Received their orders for sending 1t elsewhere
But sugar is only one commodity CofIee come
TO BrookIyn by tho million bags. 500 900 bag
We ara told in n single year Fruit also Gomez
Nv the millions Of boxes. and many other com
mobiles M H % suggest I an avalanche IN totals. /
step % procsssion around The globe to do In Nov
York thS WORK that ia done quietly In Brooklyn
Tbe %sS 1 S bssiness dese by tho Brook
lvn Earebonses ia substantially tho growth O
he last thirty years. and it has grown at tn,
exnense OF the New York water front. Thi
statement may possibly be thought not true
In View Of the fact that the steamers OF th'
Transatlantic lines, largely increased In mum
hers and in the amount Of their trafflc. still
iischarce their cargoes on tho piers OF tn,
North Riyer But. In tho first place, tho traffi
Of those lines has not kept pace with the in
place the North River side OF the island dit
not formerly odate nearly all tn
Shipping that came to our wharyes. OIL
shippers recall tho time when the Eas
River wat yr front was constantly lined viii
ships OF the heaviest tonnage. moored tw'
and three abreast waiting for their chance t,
receive or discharge cargo Now tho piers OF