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roads. as Eell as the New York Cen
uaI, whose tracks would thereby dlsap-
pear from the surface Of Death Ave
n8e"-Eleventh avenue. All this would
complete z system. release Waterfront
space for shipping and substitute order
for diSo-der. At present II Is said. some
railroads occupy piers on the West side
o. Manhattan not because they need
them as freight terminals, but on ae-
tount Of tlsir advertising value. Mean
rhls ocean steamships are barred from
ee docks
L the railroads should not Jointly
Construct TIE freight tunnels under the
Hudson the job might be properly under
taken ~ the states Of New York and
New Jersey OF by the cities most con-
csrn.d. There would be no objection 70
brsdge over the Hudson If this should
be found more practicable than tunnels.
The KEY 20 the proper development Of
both tie New York and New Jersey
sste-fronts Is the handling OF the rail-
'oed terminals. Freight tunnels under the
Narrow or Upper Bay will soon be nee
ssssry 20 link Staten Island and New
Jersey with Long Island. This extension
6. tunnels will make possible loop
c1zasctiou with the railroad system in
TIE rear OF Brooklyn. The construction
Of the Wards Island bridge BY the New
Haven and Pennsylvania railroads viii
eor1p lste the route from the New Jersey
mainland through the port OF New York
10 New England.
Il VII be 10 the advantage Of the rail-
rOads - well a. the city to stop terminal
competition. once the principle is stab
Hshed u will Be comparatively simple To-
orssnize all the separate railroad termi-
halls a. one organic whole. making all
parts Of the port accessible either by rail
OF car float approach. 70 all the railroads
correet terminal organization OF the port
unesr..es It's orderly and progressive de-
relopnent The Bush Terminal. at south
Brooklyn affords the best example o.
terminal organization. The docks are
eonnected with the warehouses and indus
nal buildings in the rear by marginal
railway. Shipments can be made from
he elevator doors Of these buildings over
Sery railroad and steamship liSe TO all
parts Of the world al a minimum or ter
nhai expense. Similar installations
should be planned at different points on
III New Jersey and New York water
fronts.
The commercial importance OF Newark
BAY Is secondary only TO that Of the love.
hndson. II IL now a shallow basin OF
nod and water But what has been done
u Creating ports at Antwerp, Rotterdam
breEnerhsven and elsewhere can even
more easily be accomplished here A
s'eat harbOr can be dredged out OF
marsh, the cut balancing the fill The
ridges over Newark Bay should be ulu-
'nSieiy eliminated and tunnels built III
'oelr place or the railroad crossings
snould be DETECTED 10 points further north
me State Of New Jersey should reserve
'parian nights along the shores or New
sA Bay. a general terminal system, IN
aooins all the railroads on the meadows
IOuid b. developed and maintained under
nigh degrees OF state control
commissioners TomkinS suggests that
'n the removal Of the navy yard from
80, present site the principal naval ana
sanitary base OF the United States be
,s.sotshed In the Bayonne district VI
'he cost Of living Is largely dependent
correct terminal organization The
80. railroad and steamship terminals
winch food products are brought in are
Asct wholesale markets. and should
H., under high degree Of public con-
N0i Under q system OF public control It