The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-06-08
cries STRIDES.
Vast Freight Facilities Be-
ing Constructed at
Weehawken.
PIERS AND STOCK YARDS
Wharyes for Dynamite and oil---
Modern Machinery to Aid in
Transhipment.

The rapid strides which the Erie Kali
road Company has made during the past
year in freight carrying has rendered the
facilities for handling the immense ton
mage at the terminus Of the road il this
city wholly Inadequate An idea Of the
great progress in this particular when
the road has made during the past year
can be obtained from the last report Of
General Agent NJ E. Staples. From tllat
it appears that during the month OF
Marsh. 1889, the company handled 49,, 8sg
tons of freight. while during the same
period Of 1929 the amount handled was
2SI. 3gl tons, an increase Of IS, OH tons. In
1883 the company liehtered at this pert
l.039. 007 tons of freight and rs 600 tons OF
grainy IN addition to a large amount Of
coal
In order to handle This rapidly increas-
ing business the company has baen
obliged TO increase its terminal facilities
at this END OF the road. and for that piIr~
pose are now engaged in vast sysfem OF
improvements at Neehawken Tbs plans
and specifications for the improvements
have been prepared by Mr.. ]. w. EerRu-
son, assistant engineer of the road, and
Mr.. g. K. Archer. architect They call
for nine large whAryes, with Intervening
docks and other improvements which are
to take up 2, 400 feel Of Ehe water front.
THE SITUATION OF THE NEW PIEEis
The new whaFVes are numbered from
A TO J. A and B are just south and adj
and hudson Canal Company and are
completed. Owing TO q bend ia Inc river
at that point each OF the piers is longer
than the one directly before it moving
south, though all are OF the same
width. PIER A IS go feet long
Fnr.f 10 80 4tf
feet longer. Pier A is covered with one
story shed and is used for export oil cake,
fertilizer and tobacco Dynamite and the
cEner explosions which are carried by the
road are also handled az this wharf. a
Two story structure covers bier 3 and 1t is
barrels, which Is Intended either for
ocean steamships or lighters The next
| pier. G. will be 706 feet long, while pier ID
will be Isl feet deep. These TWO piers
viii be covered with a two story structure
! and will be used for handling miscellA-
neous freight.
Piers Z and F will Ebe covered with
| two-story building and are each longer
than than those before them. Iha
next in order pier g. will be an open one.
10 feet wide and 800 feet long. and viii
/ be used for rough freight, which is to be
loaded direct from car TO boat or vice
versa Piers H and l viii be covered, The 4
/ former being go feet long and the latter
| 1000 feet long.
TIE LARGEST OF THE NEW PIERS.
The largest OF the new piers is 70 be the
! last one. pier j. which VIII be 1, 100 1eec
long. 1t viii occupy the place now taken
up by the Erie coal docks, which VIII
soon be torn up, and VIII be used Ter
handling all the coal OF the Erie Railroad
and that Of the Penusy lyania Company
winter instead Of going 10 New
burg The old oil dock Will Be
/ abolished and all the oil in bulk which
comes over the road in the future VIII be
sent down TO the Standard Oil Works az
| Communipaw by rail- small pier,
/ however will be built for the handling
Of oil in barrels and cans The structures
which viii DE erected upon these new
piers will. with the exceptions mentioned
above be of two storiee On the nr55
floor Will be laid tracks with the usual
platforms for loading and unloading
! freight, while on the floor above VIII be
one large loft for storage purposes
| Each structure will contain all the latest
improvements for handling and dlstr1b-
uting freight. Eacn viii be supplied
with steam hoists and elevators OF the
most improved pattern Tor carrying the
freight TO and from the cars and vessels
and the first floor of the shed, while the
upper stories will be furnished with
/ chutes for delivering boxes and bags
from the lofts 10 the vessel or barge.
IN a431LlCu 10 AIcee Tie to4klttiAl WILL
soon take possession of the large three
story building which stands near the
north end of the yard and which IS now
leased by Anderson q Fowler ms
/ building viii be made a modern cold
! storage house. and will be used for the
| storage OF provisions and freight OF q per-
! ishabse nature.
NEW STOCK YARDS TO BE BUILT.
The Improvement conIenlplates re-
4 ARRANGEMENT on a vast scale of the COM
panyss yard back of the new piers. Al
most in the rear of Piers A and 3 there
! will be erected stock yards, where all tbs
cattle shipped over the road for export or
for the New York markets viii be ham
died Sheds and pens, with all the latest
improvements for the comfort and safety
| of the brutes. will be built there, and it
/ may be safely said that no more complete
stock yards will be found along the river
front.
The intervening space between the hill
4 and the waters edge viii be cleared
away. and twenty-five tracks for the stor-
age Of cars viii be laid. The work IS well
| under way now, bnt as soon as the pIilng
/ is completed. q small army OF men Will De
| put to work and the improvements hur-
RED along as rapidly as possible Il IS
| expected that the WORK viii be completed
by September or October, and that Il viii
cost about s., 100000 When completed u
will constitute a portion of whasls known
as the New York terminal, and will be
/ operated under the direction Of Mr.. M. E.
Staples, the general agent OF the road 81
1 New York Ii will also be one OF the
most complete wafer terminal facilities
on the river front and the equal, the Erle
people say, of the Pennsylvania road.
The Lott Will Contest