New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-12
WANTS PIERS IN NEW YORK.
THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD SEEMS
WHARFAGE IN THIS CITY.

,-x,,,vss ,,rrsySvss TO BE HANDLED ON THIS SIDE
Am vrprcur IN onoKEN-THE HAMBURG
AMERICAN LINE LIKELY TO FOLLOW SUIT
tn. North German Lloyd Steamship Company is
concentrating an addition 10 It's present W'ar'es
Facilities by acquiring piers on the Ne"io'N sue
=, the Hudson. There much Interest IN steam
% $50. ,,ssreriav when II was learned that the
ornnanv had communicated TO the Dock Board IT'S
aes,re 10 get piers in Manhattan 1t now mas aDout
6oo feet OF water front In Hoboken' OUT III Oo"Se-
ouence OF the large increase In business emu w
addition OF many new vessels 10 its iarse H'e. ~
present facilities entirely inadequate siIu
sides this It has long been It's aesre u se'
New-York .,o Arm
when Gustav H. schwab member OF inc nm
Of Oerichs & Co.. the agents OF the Norm "e''
Lloyd was seen yesterday. ne saio' ... Tho
1T is true that have communicated VIZ" L.
Dock Board regarding pier facilities on t,n' 81
of the river and have received some 'elnp'n1 20
.ers These have been communicated oy o"o', y
Iei' .aoa ana nothing further will be done
until they reply. Lave IN New
.a1-be principal reason why desire piers IN new
York "a that we haven't room enough III fiVO 60
The line Is now building eleven new vessels ~,
Of which will be ready for New-fork service 80
,osr This increase necessitates an lhcrea'e
S..o,a ..cil,t,es either here or in Hoboken ana
hs sd is preferred We don't intend 10 leas tred
boken. but our express ser' burry about it, and It
10 ,ske Mace for year at the least .rs or
Mr. schwab declined to na Sut said that he had
no objection to the Dock Board naming '"e
saw II Farley secretary OF the Dock BOar ga, s tbe
that the Board had long been enA ,Ia citv hut at
Horth German Lloyd Line over 10 me ~; The line
Ss time il has no piers which II can et Ss n
have The FIVE new piers rece noDe Vu have been
s.sed 70 the White star Cunard Wilson an ra
PbGnix lines and until further apr s Dianned
ade no more can be built although IL Is piai nort
mace on M the improvements from Gansevooft
Market TO Twenty-secono-st'
THE HAMBURG LINE TO FOLLOW sUlI'
Tho tan,burg-A American IAne. whose piers adJoin
those of the North German Lloyd IN Hoooheii nos
recently acquired from the Stevens estate anu Wv
pennsylvania Railroad additional go IeeI rV tnn
ace along the river and IL was the lines % III
to make and ,T 6IS b%t the action
Of the North German Lloyd may nay Io oT on al all
suit and come TO me woT rs on hem e
and specifications for the new piers nas Cnrmsn
pended pending final action by the North herman
Emil L. Boas general manager OF the line said
yesterday: . 49, a,s,oso1 of our
extra nroperty In Hoboken. We are ouidlnS lour,,
Teen new steamships. and with all TINS aoae s
~ the North German Lloyd transfers part OF Its
business 10 NewYork II will bring over It's eAp.eds
Sfeamers and we should do the same we mdue
Application several years ago 10 the Dock boaru,
but was not able to oer AWNING amt ing bsn do lust
at that IT. time ns sSs aGn eye Kne% "iA'
yev 1oas Minated that II piers this side were
acquired they would be between GanseVoort Marhe'
and Twenty second-st s,.,.s
over the reports that the two principal INES win
piers there were taking steps 10 get piers IN new
Work and some of them contemplate action Win
a view 10 keeping the big lines from moving. ,,,
while the North German Lloyd does not think
of leaving Hoboken altogether In the immediate
future IL is understood to be their ultimate purpose
all their business TO this city and should
this be done by that company the Hamburg Amer
ican would undoubtedly take like action. -
The Hoboken Land and Improvement company
and the city OF Hoboken will make every effort pos
slbe to keep the two German steamship INES IN
that CITY Everything possible will be done, II is
said 10 provide the North German Lloyd people
with the wharfage facilities they need. Is
thought this can be done.