New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
URGE MORE TERMINALS
oWATERFRONT CROWDED ,
Chamber Of Commerce Names COM
mittcc to DRAFT improvements,

TIE Chamber of Commerce at is meeting ve7tor-
Ga "'t-oIiI'o rs -f'N}a'"t 10 appoint special
or1-i:too ~ i've mar.hcre t. i:lyae.i.,ae t IT.,
.e-rlna- t.ti.'il"S .au report 40 the .ha2h.. "a
erstTo plan far tl. r.ure treatment, ,a
,.reormer: - the waterfront of THIS ,f., in f..
-c.z.lrn 20 commerce
-nis AUTHORIZATION was oa the recommendation
~, -Ha chambers committee on foreign .or,,-.o
TIE recommendation came ~ -la close Of . 1rro
rero-t m waterfront conditions read by ,iusra,-
y SchWn1 ehairman of ID" committec The re-
rort asserts that He commerce rg rl, .ilf- ia
tarpe7ed hv lack of modern terminal facilities"
srd ,E5t This condition if nor relieved viii result
tn serious danger 10 the welfare and future ss-
.-erlacy q New York City"
Tie report quotes from the report made 10y the
New York Commerce Commission. which was an
ronted by Governor Black i'm 1>sS regarding the
fgh rentals of piers ;he North River used hv
ne steamship companies and saws.
TIE theory as san-ti9ned by he law .lnder which
PIERS seems % your committee 10 he flndansmtaIlv
wrong, The policy OF the city suould. in The oru-
ty TIE C7an.2er Of co.3l'n"rCc. be directed toward
:nsnt = pier rentals ar such figures IS win not he
s55res
Referring to the fact that about onc-th.rd Of 7-e
svalabe North River waterfront IS occupied by
the railroads, "-hile the steamships are restricted
50 about Ter cent ~ the waterfront. the report
says
) This frontage on The North River is used bv tie
rs!oads for The unloading Of ears While s,anding
o. floats II Jae slips I. 9ther words. as pTegnantly
ne SIPS which might be useG for ocean commerce
Ses ysrd The s,asas+3c - no, raj1[. 1[
mada t1at. following tie example # the Erie Rail
way company, which has established freight yard
shore bounded by 2>th and 12tn streets. West
street and Thirteenth avenue for the loading and
unloaoihg u freight. tne r.: 'roa5s terminating II
New loh Shol-d .Ieais Il -tt stations east ot tie
HarEtnal street along the No.rh River front and
,+,.,e ~ - S.r--G & - ..ea -'' t - -csS 3sS
zTvl - hose T~1Fl ar.a --. .v-r
ca could he discharged and again loaded. This
witch could ~ turned over n Steamship uses Your
c0'a'nljfeH believe mat ms solution Would contrib
ui' more largely u tie Improvement % the ter-
m.rai facilities in iIis rorc than any other one
= - - e--< 10 VT .f ..a -'t-S -,
. . sI EN- 9l ne .Eo,l.ee J. ,g;l.,A ny re
o. water rra-fie.
Speaking q th7 present difficulties attend ny The
port SAYS:
The construction oc warehouses ovar The steam
So tiyrS appears 'a. .L-.&o-e, o" .ns 10 tie
ara constructed. and oc which they rest, aut il
- establish System n warehouses N West street
5n IN" uelGahoTa.od of The steamship U.e-s and
~ materially reducing the cost II handling the IN
Th4 system of frStorc railroad rrei-l., stations
"1'a has been frequently suggested and has been
carr7er land ear11er and the warehouse. The es-
tahtsLment o. such inshore railroad stations, pos
a frequent intervals slouE tho Waterfront would
SlTe enlarged access four sides for the IcUova,
o. freight aud thus relieve iha congestion in the
st7eef. especially ~ West street. and tie ware
houses could be located iT HE Immediate neigh
o0~Hn1d 0f these freight stations
Either under ne operation e iIslaTe freight sta
rcns ny each railroad. under joint operation If
ec-n tnshore railroad stations through. terminal
company by which re freight Of all The railroads
could he handled, il appears T. your comnitee that
dispatch could De secured "a The handling Of freight
ar is receipt ard devers; that the congestion OF
ratio n West Stree wound he serS.ey relieved.
end tEat th~ amc.rr - trucking throughout The /
cit would be considerably EiD-ul ~i.eG
After the completion O5 tn. present work II i'm
S-o-erneut Of III Erie Canal ,g--,G Gcrar-r an /
large f-elRtr LTRti-. both VrSrrurIul and east
bound. may he expected between E-w York and /
Western points II seems 10 Eou~ t0wnirtar that
the question Of he Irop.r disposal of this traffic
which viii ne added 20 rl- present 0uUle should 1
scrm subject for special consideration
The law a present sets aside for '5= Of canal
bcats certain .lur Of the waterfront. leruerE
p;@rs and s. i-rst River. This involves the
passage down the North River and around the Bat
NerT - all tna fowa conveying product and other
~ teria' down the hudson River 10 Nv York city
$irl Tho result rlat navigation IS endangered and
na'-~3- = you'd appear 20 -7.- -..U.t--e that
u dos E1aiiCu ~ some 0-i-e- section Tor The
co-2of-a -ato-l ~ his special --at-ie should
E.-ar1a which you'd remove -.a danger
y ..rl slipping Is nov exposed in tie North and
IS rivers and ~ the same time provide toT the
n traffic that IS future