New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
VIEW ANCHORAGE RULES
REPORT ON n. Y. HARBOR.
Suggestions Likely To BE Accepted
by Secretary Straus.
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and if he approves the recommended regulations.
rs he is confidently expected to do, the rules
will be put into effect within the two or three
months. The committee. which appointed by
Secretary MetcaIf last March. consists of Law
rance O. Murray, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
and Labor. chairman; Eugene Tyler Chamberlain.
Commissioner OF Navigation: Captain Frank H.
Newcomb, Of the cutter service, former
supervisor Of New York anchorages; Rear Admiral
NJ f. S. Mackenzie. L. S. N, retired. former in
spector Of the New York Lighthouse District. and
Ira Harris, supervising inspector OF the steamboat
service.
The report is. in part. follows:
IL less than twenty years the growth OF the pop9-
tated great improyements in the system of metro
pa' pIor change in the anchorage limits " were Sc
Quence of The pressure of trade and population
the tunnel under the North River and of new ter
a sn seamshp Sl'h Tese aG iGa IN
transportation facilities have entailed immense
Fedea ny over
So exercised as to secure TO the citys future the
fun benefits Of Improvements completed or under
ANCHORAGE NO Is.
The south anchorage, Hudson River, known as
ands 1853 vas e pnepa by ateI in OF
consideration to all arguments relating to it. This
over one mile from a point about opposite 2iissa
% 9t its nesg @ SS d ta NsT
lines on the New York side the river varies from
ss the ocean com@eTce Of New York City has so
mat e at s IT as an
where Anchorage No IS is placed would not
The tonnage Of steamers entering New York from
ions in s t @ a e ons in 1861 lsS The yera ns
size Of STEAMSHIPS entered from England IN that
tons. and from Germany 1900 net tons 10 over
the world Iover 1000 gross tons register Twelve
now dock regularly on one side the other OF the
largest longest and fastest ocean steamships enter
The confguration of Manhattan Island and the
nature Of the watsrs which surround It vii re-
ing Of both sides Of the Hudson River within the
eign and domestic commerce. in the lines of it's
he e aP f he edafs FoTe
ment before @ many years viii find 1t neeessary to
and TO undertake the regulation of tows in New
In the time the increasing length OF
oeean steamers demands more clear water fer
) 81 feet long: the two Cunarders. to arrive
at New York & next summer. Hil be about seven hun
the great ocean steamship nowadays must 60. up
tugs. The present clear channel. as stated is
fe g'G S the feet oa ride n d lines Is Sne Of Of the n9
have their New York terminals opposite the present
limits OF the south anchorage.
RIVER AND CANAL TRAFFIC.
The Dock Department of New York City the New
York Chamber of Commerce, the Sandy Hook pilot
psaieS desire the i nmediate abotion Of Anchorage
No ls so that the entire navigahle width OF the
vessels at anchor. Within these waters however,
River and Erie Canal haVsafion meet 1 and oonict
The anchorage @ Is the point where many TOYS % OF
for points the Hudson River are 2 assembled. The
ss Of as Of hs Erie the e6m ON 5e
ZION Of the Improvement river ard Ca canal nayiss
prove entirely inadequate as tsrmnsI for tews OF
ae 9rg yo long n do%nriver tews and assembling
those bound north at points in the Tver above the
able. Sooner or later these toTs must be broken up
m eoee bes at he qR begnng fs oud
ne made at the opening Of the next season of river
navigation.
PROPOSED ANCHORAGE no. 16.
Accordingly we recommend:
First-That the lower limit Of Anchorage No Is
panys pier Hoboken to the end Of the. 25th street
pier MeT 9rk about % t ag o
IS oe line from the southeast corner OF Gokeys
the West Shore ferries the end of the 34th street
Third-That the eastern limit of Anchorage No.
IS be moved westerly hundred yards to line
By this reduction the width Of clear channel op-
posite the Chelsea piers and the piers nm df
and for the entire length Of the anchorage ground @
clear from anchored vessels is increased partially
10 provide for the increase in length OF ocean
The lanes for ferries are also widened. The total
per cent The committee does not make this
Communication as compromise nor is IL INTENDED as
@ to the river and canal thss bc hey gnf 5
considerably above 44th street II may De imprac-
committee therefore has recommended reduction
the anchorage rather than its abolition soiey tor
the purpose Of giving ample time for the making ol
new arrangements.
ANcHoRAGEs NOS. Il AND 49,
Of he this sas RO fo the the
reanS sn The the " st side s Of Ee
Anchorage No. Ito the westward OF the centre
line Of said river running about NE. II n. tc4r.
Castle
white anchorage buoy off 6Oth street to the nortt-
o %aFg Weof 81 shors e Per Ne WeehswEen to the
Of the 54th street pier, New York ABOUT Sf1:
running from the end Of the Ciuttenburg pier
the end of the West 10th street pier Ne"
Anchorage No IS new number)-To the north
ward of q line drawn from the pier on the Guttel-
New York (cor mag), 10 the westward OF q iihe me
parallel TO and Us yards to the westward OF ene
N the same line it recommends the repeal Of the
regulation which prescribes that Two or more Ves
cable in any part of the bay or harbor, ano Iec-
omnends that stake boats used Tor assehlDil't asi 'ts
barges, canalboats and other vesses d onIy In
being made up in tows may pt pa ,er 'y y,nv
such places as the supervisor OF anchorases ih'S
NAVAL ANCHORAGE.
The committee has been impressed by the arSu.
presented in behalf OF the Navy Deps su sIiiol @
for an anchorage for men-of-war which sbtil &c
comrnodats a mobilization OF our own and 3oreign
warships when occasion may require ~ "hel n, thS ~
New York and whence access TO the city f1ay De
safe and comfortable for their of1cerS ana Ill ,
In e p past ea ssg he
II the better policy To establish deniteiy an tntsr
ests Insy know where any considerable nun per OF
vessels will be moored whenever IN the naino5
OF New York. Such occasions VIII be rais aru s
during most OF the year anchorage srorno ior
warsfips viii not be occupied .-,.
The committee makes the following recon- henua-
fion.