New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

ing from 100 to 900 feet Bulkhead lines are fixed
R Rs eannot eaG set them further out
as they would encroach on CHANGES In rstanya's r.
dimensions exhaust the possibilities Of the Msa tsat
hat haitian s,snes IF naval and Has
ands Of ocean have set 3ns fhen nd
stablng for the ocean sreyhounds Of the future
elsewhere in New York waters or-lose them al "
But it is an secret that the sngineers OF of 1ns
Worrying Slo over this because they confident they
II the South Brooky9 %ster5sst 5s Of smee 8es
sells grayer problem is the caring ror r., tnf berf TfS
to and from them The trend of the great tbeir
present ocaons por on Manhattan win naturally be in
ns esbssg IF The The n
have already gone; and between these these Rrnoyn s11
viii stretch either the dangerous navgsPq g, 1d
East fTsT fEsP Or tx the snd s3ooR long
Leas obsyossY 6s.a them to the finest covered har5Sr
solution Of this problem. :, +,s
But some may hold that all this Is so far IN ,1e
Well is it? The metropolitan press has e only o- re-
Gently given much space to the reports or ase 90 se
the of which eventually empsy 6n'f Rver
with the Great Lakes by digging an Itinssa artnSa.
waterway through from the CnlGago ~ of re
Fser Fshsl 20 Of 'as WateTs 0s soe Of the de-
srpye and Pgyp0FrEB WeB no noT r
sounds to the rayins cry Of "FouTteen feet through
with that of the Great Lakes is to find Its wSy
to the via this long route gener9uSh,s h
Atlantic Coast and presunably the traction OF fhe
whole country's business II Will utmatey @ , He aest
East. 4 they sG win find New York business men 10
s Great Lakes @ indeed there some Of these who
have already begun to take stock" OF the Iorces
The principal factors upon which they count are are
the di1sEe1Ges ICES OF distance oefS s via fe the ton
barge canal and the Hudson River 20 NsW N fI rHIA
e Bay 6 aha anne wa ae 10 the g great Covered
where. only. the Great Eastern 5o1nd % cshass Wdssr
the great natural advantages of this port over
New Orleans and the fact that II S Is iT aga9y nf m
Industrial establishments or any AMERICAN CITY anu
the greatest trade as wei. backed Oy
New York is about equ-dstant from the northern
and 100 miles iong1 strip which reaches from wash
ipgton to Boston. and which contains more than
OF its manufacturing establishments and about one
srd Of its skilled abO "a and d o sSeos any to and de
sources Its population is being added TO Sy
the great bg a 0' OF people from ali over
the country and representing all the professions and
ceislstionNof these United States. opportunities
denied. or less bounteously provided az home 3 ana M
Inhabitants: it's factory and industrial contingent
by foreign plants that. unable to get along with
out the custom of the richest country the globe
find II necessary 20 establish branches here. 10
thus meet their domestic rivals on terms: by
such followed population and trade inland ., IN
the davs when their business was purely domestic-
hut now having built up an export trade-perhaps
doing that only-naturally seek tidewater and
that where shipping facilities greatest. and by
the MULTIPLICATION ard expansion OF her own actiN-
files Of this kind and character.
II must be obvious that only on the shores OF the
great covered harbor'-the use OF the quotation
marks Is continued for want OF a better means o.
identihcation--and in adjacent territory can land
areas in sufficient quantity 10 accommodate al
these be found, unless New Jersey is 10 profit bF
the greater citys overflow. in the past; and II
should equally evident that such districts within
harhOr a
quantity OF uninproved land. and as ofer the most
and the most easily and inexpensiveiy nlodifled
ally the bulk OF these heavy industries IN
these respects. Long Island has the advantage or
The Bronx. and Westchester. the northern sHoTa
OF the Sound. in that il has more unimproved ana
much cheaper land. and that while the former
have the Bronx River and Westchester creek. ootn
OF which can pc Videned and deepened, the latter
has numerous creeks that can more readily, OWING
the OF the soil. be extended and rendered
useful 10 factory districts, away from its water
front, on the East River and the Sound, for re-
ceiving raw material and shipping out goods Be