Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-12

development has It been brought. and
so attractive are its facilities to the
shipper, the manufactured and the
dealer. that practically every square
DOT of It's area works win an Ell
ficiency peculiarly American.
In its entirety the terminal con-
sists of three things-its docks. It's
warehouses and its factories, OF the
wharves, which are first to catch the
eye n excite the admiration OF the
approaching voyager, there are
seven, each built out into the water
to the length Of 1,340 feet. or about
a quarter of a mile. Each Is l5O feet
wide. and there Is 27O feet OF water at
an average depth OF 50 feet between
each pair of piers. making a series OF
basins In which can be m-anoeuvered
safely the largest ships afloat. With
commerce at its height here, where
achieves its maximum. II IS
no thing to see two dozen
monster %freighters discharging and re-
ceivi.g cargo at once-a mere trifle
of 10000 tons. to carry which a train
Of 1000 freight cars each holding
10000 pounds would be necessary.
such a train would be nearly fifty
miles in length.
Back Of the docks are the ware
houses. 1871 in number, with a COM
bined space available for the storage
Of merchandise OF &c, 1000 600 cubic
feet, into which go the strange goods
Of barter Of the wide world TO be
sorted and distributed. So scienti-
fically has every DOT Of room been
utilized to achieve economy n eff
ftciency that the unit OF space for
renting is a block" 12Nl5 feet, and
there are 5000 such blocks at the
disposal of tenants. Beyand the
warehouses, but still within the magi-
cal quarter OF "A square mile. are the
factories. in many respects the most
remarkable buildings Of their kind
anywhere. There are three of them
now. while fifteen more are TO be put
up. and they constitute the largest flat
buildings ever erected-fOr the
{ crowding Of the twentieth century
which causes nearly a million people
In New York alone 20 live in flats or
apartments has at last produced the
factory flat i'm which space can be
rented, large or small. as may be de-
sired. In these modern business flats
there Is no longer any worry for the
tenant as TO power and light. engi-
neers or nremens strikes, power,
heat. and light. are All furnished from
a central plant and all the tenant has
10 do is to utilize them as his needs
require.
As If this crowded plot were not
already full enough. or needed furth-
er title TO be called the busiest spot on
earth. there is within its compass a
complete railway system with more
than twenty miles Of track on which
merchandise Is hauled M and down,
delivered or started away. More than
$50 carloads Of freight are moved
each day and the connections thus ar
forded with an the railroads and
steamship lines make possible In large
measure the tremendous volume OF
activities conferred az the terminal.
For the individual manufacturer.
Z shipper or handler located there.
there is no problem Of trucking or
teaming Raw products from any
mort " the globe are landed AZ the
door Of his apartment factory ana
from his door are taken IN the shape
Of finished product Go any market ne
NAV wish 10 reach. BY this method
= effected a saving in time estimated
al more than l. per e
The sum OF dollars that represents
the value Of the merchandise that
passes through this great terminal N
a year far exceeds the figures OF the
national debt or o. whole federal
revenue. The quaint q curious me
rare and mysterious. the common
piace and the precious, telling tales Of
strange trades, strange people, and