New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-21

o,, ~ ours M rights the Brooklyn side e>cepi
the property that 1t owns In fee ana OF which have
i Iar ,ohen II I, worthy Of note. too. that New.
| York holds jurisdiction over all the water on the
rroot,vn ,dc mat not for instance the vessels made
| ,s, ,hore Wherever the land IS extended out or a
nier bui,t II remains under the jurisdiction OF Brook
Iyn: but wherever there Is water New-iork claims
| Jurisdiction
| .Tbat distinction would make II appear as OF little
| advantage 10 New York" suggested the reporter
| aft Is not OF much advantage said Mr. Stranahan.
and vet Il looks as though there a certain con.
tro, in IT, II Is not altogether convenient for Brook
lyn 10 have outside Jurisdiction come right up to her
doors II enables NcwYork to control all the ferries
for which the city OF Brooklyn pays large sum.
| Fulton Ferry, for example. pays 100000 a year
YORK; and TO all the other ferries OF Brooklyn the
right is given by the city Of NewYork. and a heavy
tax Is thus levied upon the business to which Brook
Iyn contributes so largely
| "whv didn't Brooklyn obtain the same control rs
| Ncw-York dldl'
| "Who knows1, said Mr.. Stranahan: at is so long
| AGO. and In those days Brooklyn nothing. while
| New.York was everything The land first belonged
IN rplrian owners and subsequently, in the Atlantic
| Basin for instance. NewYorhs claim was exungIished
| by the payment. recolect. OF about S13 900. II
YOU want build pier or extend one into the river.
the State authorities give the title and United
states authorities who have control over all tn navi-
gable waters grant permission through their engi-
There are In Brooklyn sixteen miles Of water front
| along which shipyards. sawms. timber yards.
foundrcs. oil reGncres. sugar factories. sparyards,
hat factories ronworkS sorehouscs, grain elevators
| and many other buildings. In which manufacturing
OF various kinds Is carried The wharfage extends
from Ncwtown Creek along the East River, past Red
| Hook Point into Gowanus Bay. far as Hamilton
| ave- and along the Gowanus shore TO Sixty nfh-st
| There Is more money invested In sugar refining
than in any other single Industry In BROOKLYN though
the oil rcncries also represent an enormous amount
| Of capital The sugar relinercs In the Eastern
District. where the American Sugar Refining Company
has the largest refinery In the world. covering the
| ground on the water front from South First TO Sonth
| Fifth s's. and several squares in Kcnt-ave. This
| one place produces 1900 barrels OF refined
| sugar each day, and the Grrcnppint refinery about
one half VI this. In Grecnpoint and Long Island CITY
| the standard OF Company has It's reinerics. which
are less important IN that special branch Of In
| dusry II is estimated that one half the used
| In tn. United States Is made I'm BROOKLYN.
| The dry docks and the great basins noted feat
ures Of this extensive water 'front.' the Erie Basin and
| the Atlantic Basin being large and commodons. Biz
Iron ships having repairs 10 b. done AT this port have
| thu work performed AT these doc,s Of which Is
so feet IN length and The other SO. The Volunteer
and The Thistle prepared here for their last In
ternational yacht races and the first whaieback steel
| bargcs on the Atlantic coast were built here.
| You reach Atlantic Basin from New York by vav
| Of the fIamton-ave ferry. Butermilk Channel flows
between 1t and Governors Island which Is almost di-
rcctlv opposite ships enter here rs securely at
cbb tide A. when there IS high water. The basin has
an area Of ory acres and has substantial warehouses
several stories In height AMI 100 feet in depth built
| around rs Side. Three Of It's four piers are each
| 800 and zoo feet long. and so feet wide" The
Ncw-York Grain war"housIng Company controls six
| Of the seven elevators and Pinto brothers own
| tho other.
| Mr. strlnahan IS president Of the Atlantic Dock
| COMPANY There are three miles Of piers within tho
| Basin and they AL leased BY different persons.
Mr. strnnahan SAYS there here the largest sorag"
facilities In the world for crain the elevators being ca
psblc OF containing at time from eight 10 ten NIL
Hon bushels Of grain. A. this moment there are twelve
large steamers there from various ports Of Europe and
other parts Of te world loading and unloading the rich
products ~ the earth. II has taken about forty
10 buili up and 10 keep going The great rsfi which
YOU may witness In TIL, place from day to dny. \
large proportion ~ the Government exhibits for the
Worlds Fair from the various countries Of the world
have been landed In the Atsnnc Basin and at other
piers brooklyn. The heavy articles that have come
from Europe. Mr. sranahan says. have largely found
| their way TO railroad piers, so that they might be
shipped directly: but the lighter freight has been
landed at the niroolJyn vhsrves. The Union. Ham
burg and the Nicaragua and Central American lines
OF steamships lease the South Central pier and others
are leased by lines trading with Oporto Bordeaux.
the East and West Indics and Italian ports.
| The gran elevators the water front in Brookvn
| have four times the capacity Of those of New York
and Jersey city. or than 2oOooooo bushels.
bows. In columbia st. AZ Pacific l. the largest. II
las six miles Of rubber belts. operated by two engines
| of 400 horse. power .Ach. IL would We'll repay any
on" who spare the time TO visit this place. The
| speed with which a live pg can b. Transformed or
De- said 10 be-. IA Chicago may reasonably be compared
| 10 the rapdiiy with which vesscs are loaded and
| unloadsd At BOWS Four ships be loaded with
grain at once and ocean steamer. II the reception
Of her cargo was the only formality 10 De complied
with lefor proceeding 10 might begin h"r journey
| In three hours. frm The canal boats the grain In
transferred 70 he bins then the belts 10 every part
| Of The building, and lastly 10 convcycr. which con
nins ,iX Of these belts. two for the incoming grain.
and the other fonr sending along the pipes which
| pour a Humorous volume into the vessels. The
| trimming crew. the called who attend TO
Ia" buckets Which scoop up the grain from the canal
boats their mngs from the cddcs OF dust which
| constantly arise by adjusting spongcs over their
mouths and nostrIls. Here Is an estimate Of the
capacity of hrgcr elevators exclusive OF those In
the Atlantic Dock whose aggregate capacity has been
estimated BY Mr. stranahan nj about 100000 bushels
r,.. wnsrc s'or'Efe I nI.S.i.
Columbia Stores Atlmtc.aye 900 600
bows Stores. ra hc.st 5eoooO
woodruff Joio,cinons ....i 300 900
WAt.on .furmon-st. 100000
IN" UhflNlcr rhpa'HN OF All Er'i' hiu
small. Is i27 900 bushels hour. "while Won wouh
counting the sands the seashorc' IS illustra
ton often used 10 convey 10 the human mind even the
sin,es idea Of eternity. While would be- count
| Ing the grains Of corn In the BROOKLYN elevators
might inaptly h. substituted occasionally by way
| Of variation to teach the lesson.
When a man Is devoted 10 business affairs all day.
he wants chance to go somewhere at night TO tighten
the burden and relieve his mind from worry and spec
| nlaton. He has many clubs choose from. rs was
shown In last Sundays actice. but he can turn his
| attention, too. 10 more than dozen theatres and
choose his iavorite BROOKLYN people To New York
I'm great numbers to vSt the theatres but II Is really
more 10 have II TO say" than anything else; FOR
| there Is as high a class Of acting In their own play
| houscs MS In those OF the metropolis and whore this
is not so the fault Is rather with the public than the
manager, Of thcic favorlte resorts. who not want
| ing In public spirit or enterprise
| Ihc parl Ihcairc was the first rcgnlarlY cstnb