The evening world., 1911-01-25
APPEAL TO WAR
| Department FOR
LONGER PIERS
bipping Interests Say Failure
ITO Grant Extension viii
r. Hurt Port.
WOULD ADJ 100 E E
An Transatlantic Companies
Join With City's Business
Men in Appeal.
MOULD ADD 100 FEET.

i1hs agitation which mas been waged
tAtermittsnriy BY the allied trsnsat-
iSsse shfpping interests and the De
fbrtmunt OF Docks for the extension Of
tters IN ths Chelsea DISTRICT to a length
~ feet, 20 accommodate the great
dpsen liners now building or planned.
sSa6hed Its elimination to-day when
ebvecates and opponents OF the plan
o1oWded> the room In the Army Build
~ where the Harbor Line Board OF the
vt Department held a final hearing
- me recent application of the Inter-
uhtonai Mercantile Marine Company
IT. TIE Improvement.
lffhres other transatlantic steamship
(4mpanies--the Cunard. the Hamburg
xnsrican and the Compagnie Generate
fPansatian.ique-have Joined the Inter-
thttonal Mercantile Marine Company
shs effort TO persuade the War De-
lsrbuent to permit the extension OF the
North River piers from Fourteenth TO
4Wenty-third streets from SIS to s.5
iket. The present docks, which. as
Originally planned. were expected to be
S~aeSuate for the accommodation Of the
lkresst ocean liners. have already
ftoved too small to accommodate the
tset White Star liners Olympic and
36tsnic, both OF them sS21s feet long.
IA will prove far too short for the
Nv Cunarj liner. which will be 1000
H long. The proposal of the steam
9sip companies is approved by Mayor
oAynor, Dock Commissioner Calvin
4ompkins and other city officials.
Opposed by War Department.
the War Departments objection to
~ proposed extension Is that the North
lIveF q at Its narrowest at that point.
ia 70 add 100 feet 10 the present dock
Ne would render the river unsafe for
asv4gaxiou. This view q been taken
o~ecrstaries Root. Taft and Wright.
IA n also said to be the view hold by
{~Dcretary Dickinson before whom the
poposed extension was urged last De-
Dmber. and dwho ordered The fnal
SSDastnx to-day IN response 30 urgent Do
knnds.
TIE extension Is vigorously opposed
enc towing interests on ths ground
HAT the river Is already too narrow for
jk6sky. Another point Of view IL pre-
SIm6d in the argument that II the levi
4Ahkns Of the Atlantic ocean cannot
Accommodation for their passengers
tEdfrcght ATOMS Manhattan Island they
Nm. - compelled TO seek docking facih-
NJ 'elsewhere, either In South Brooklyn,
~ Sarsey shore or at Montauk Point. L.
Il b the great detriment of the hotels.
tnubements and Wholesale and retail
tnslhsss Of the city.
yrAe opposition. on the other hand.
e1aisns thu. docks Of adequate length
(buld be rlIt either above or below the
Qhsisea improvement. =
Longer Piers In Jersey.
yths Riparian Commission OF New Jer-
~ announced that II desired to extend
10 feel pier headlines from . point
aiettIe south Of Hoboken ferry to Just
ateve weehawken Cove. which includes
~ piers Of the American
t1ovth German floyd and Holland.
American lines.
Co. william T. Roessler, residing,
a. william T. Roessler. presiding
r3oA . letter from the Cunard steam
~ Co.. that unless the extension wal
0)UDood Il would b necessary to ~
u|ovD the White I steamers r
~ Fort Of New York. Other letters
V5Drs ssad from the Lehigh Valley RAN
M. the Della ware. Lackawsnna ans
Western Railroad. the New York Cen
II Railroad, the Erie Ratlroad. tn
Milan lines. the Shippers & Travellers
NEehnngs. the Merritt & Chapman Der
r0bklA wreckinx Company. tho Retail
M Goods Association. John ciafil
90 the Southern Pacific Company.
feoys Port Has Already Suffered.
.sS1rsat injury Is beang done to tn
Ut 1t New York by reports and reso
i1k1orb OF various trade organizations,
M r. 8. Landstreet. President Of IN
NV York Dock Company. 'in almol
stsry Ease where application has bee
100 for additional pier facilities o
Manhattan Island or the extension Z
t9sse facilities.
k'Ths Impression has been sprea
Dkpadcast over the world that b POI
= Nsw York has reached a point wher
~ III not possible to accommodate III
ilrg3v vessels now under construction
II eve those now In operation, an
TIT the facilities of the port hav
r4acaed the point OF congestion whei
dinicult to get traf1c throug
without unreasonable delays.
fsrhs trade and shipping organization
Il the world, the large vessel owners
uDguoe. Congressman n Senators. IL
y o1eo(s o. our NaAonzi Government On
Or Consular service abroad, I find a.
t&oroughly saturated with this false In
pteeStsp.
&tk~The foreign shipping interests COZ
t(ncsating service to this country. y
u&orceants abroad as well as In the II
t(1or Of this country have becon
anguaA over the statements made. al
- natural conclusion. will make q
49, 70 avoid this port"