The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08

VIII % Auu teat Mlue. " mas Oeeu on tht
map for some time. bat a. yet only a
stretch Of two blocks has been built
from Second avenue TO Fourth avenue
which serves - an approach TO the ShOrs
Drive The drive meanwhile h being
doubled IN width. A retaining vail 81
masonry has been built out In The water
some distance from the shore and the
work Of filing in the intervening spare
10 In progress. The wall follows the shore
line from about SiGty-iifth street 10 the
army reservation.
: sEssARgAsLa WATERFRONT nEvELDP.
MINT.
The borough Of Brooklyn ia usually
| spoken Of a. the borough II homes. A
matter Of fact. however its business
interests are very extensive and are
growing at a rate which Ia likely 10 make
the borough before long one Of the fore
most industrial centres % the country
Manufactures. ahipyaris and basins,
WAREHOUSES and grain elevators OCCUPY
the waterfront 81 the Fast River aud the
upper bay from NeWtOWn Greek the
boundary line between n ooklyn aud
/ Queens 10 Bay Ridge The riverfront
/ between NeWtown Greek and the anchor
age % the new Manhattan Bridge h given
over almost entirely 10 hg Industrial
enterprises that extend inland for several
blocks: 10 light and power plants, re-
llneries and paint works and To the
WallabOut Market and the navy yard.
Below the Manhattan Bridge are a grsat
many warehouses and grain elevators
and line Of piers alongside which freight
steamers from the West Indies and from
South American ports tie up 10 load and
unload their cargOes. Further 10, the
south IL the GOWanus Canal region with
it, coal pockets and its brick and lumber
yards Beyond the Gowanus basin e1-
tend the factories and piers 81 the Bash
Terminal Company and the new municipal
docks.
The business development Of the water
front ends with the Pennsylvania freight
terminal At about Slxty-sixth street in
BAY Ridge From there ON southwark
20 Fort Hamilton the shore front Of the
NarroWs IL bordered by the SHORE road. q
parked driveway hanked by handsome
residences and by the extensive grounds
Of the Crescent Athletic Club. Below
Fort Hamilton lies 0ravesend Baya
sheltered anchorage for pleasure craft
and fishing boats and the long sandy
strip on which are located the popular
summer resorts 81 COney Island and the
more exclusive neighboThOOds 81 Brighton
Beach and Manhattan Beach. Further
borough. il Jamaica Bay, which the city
Ia planning 10 trahdorm into a great
seaport.
Practically the entire industrial water
'front.' IL being improved on modern lEes
The most important development ~ yet
ia ~ Raw Ridge, where the Pennsylvania
Railroad the Bush Terminal Company
and the city are building docks and ware
houses Of the sire required BY modern
shipping The work Of the Bush Terminal
Company is especially notable because
of the economies il affords 10 manufac-
turers through the application Of the
principle % cooperation. Il IL of sIIfiici-
emit general interest 20 have attracted the
attention Of the National Civic Fedora
ton. q COMMITTEES Of which has been ap-
pointed 70 report on Il The character
ard purpose 81 the company's great
plant were explained recently by Pres-
dent Irving T. Bush in a Newspaper in
tervieW
The building up Of south Brooklyn
he was quoted AZ saying. ia an illustration
81 what can h done ~ well defined prin-
ciples he permitted "a govern the develop
ment Of q city. A large part Of this sec
ton. bounded by Twenty eighth and
sivty-ffth streets. Third avenue and
the pier head line. n controlled by the
city. the Pennsylvania Railroad and tho
Bush Terminal Company all working in
harmony.
The waterfront IN lined With great
piers. Back ~ these piers Ia an extensive
series II freproOf warehouses and behind
these q great union railroad terminal.
where cars for every road await the
freight from steamship or warehouse
BACK Of tho terminal IL being reared
a series ~ factory and lott buildings %
steel and concrete. Underlying Il all IL
. network Of pipes and wires controlling
q double system ~ fresh and salt water
Are sprinklsrs. steam for manufacturing
and heating and electricity for power and
light Again back We hnd the thin
boundary Of Third avenue lined with pros
porous shops and then . series Of model
tenements Overlooking Il all Is Sunset
Park and behind Il a vast territory Of at
trartive homes.
The development II this Industrial CitV
within a city not only illustrates the ad-
vantage 81 a definite plan for municinal
growth but recognizes the foundation
upon which all commercial communities
must he built Il h. based upon q definite
principle. operating economy economy In
Insurance. carriage the shipping and 80
ceiying of freight and IN arFan gements for
labor which assure the hest results for a
given outlay
Western. cities recognize that indus
trial growth must be based UPON econ
Omy and foster In every Way facilities 4
for receiving and distributing freight I
In New York popular interest centres .
IN subway and surface passenger lines .
and gives little thought 20 the sconOtni- .
cal movement - freight. II II inter I
esting. therefore 20 md in this section 4
~ South Brooklyn a development based .
primarily upon the elimination ~ waste .
effort in industrial life Already 50O.OOO
square feet u floor space in modern fac
tory buildings has been erected. and the
projects an expenditure Of
many millions to provide u. ON. go square
feet Of floor space for manufacturers and .
merchants. more than one hundred ~ .
whom have already moved 20 South
Brooklyn
Easily accessible from all points 81 this
colony. the city IL setting up ~
new market. be'ween ThHty-eighth aud
Thirty-niuth streets and second avenue
and the pier headline u upper New York
Ray
II must be admitted thai bus for the
Government enterprise private Capiral
would hardly have chosen the Bay Ridge
Tor it, investments Uncle
Sam practically guaranteed success 10 the
shipping interests by the creation IT the
channel which skirts south Brooklyn Il
made the Undertaking % the Buzh Com
pany feasible. and it, possibilities induced
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 10
plan its huge freight terminal. which will
extend over 5g0 lots. situated west Of
Fourth avenue bet Ween Sixty fourth and
II 3tv- ninth streets Connection between
his yard and the main line AZ Granville I,
IL TO b. established Nv means 81 hoats
Ehile the New York Connecting Railray
will form the links het Ween the rev depot
and the other big trunk roads u tha
Nine public docks. 10 he erected he
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