New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
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North Side Board of Trade
a Great Organization
1t Is Ever Watchfu of the Best Interests of the
Beautiful Borough of The Bronx.

I rapid growth in population north OF the
| Harlem River. Well, ii won't trouble us
as much in the near future as now II we
can help it. And | guess we will not only
relieve present conditions. but he pre-
pared for the future.
THE other two matters which the North
Side Board of Trade is ardently support
| ing are: Proper waterways and better
rapid transit facilities.
| 1--WE cannot grow commercially 10 a
| higher plane unless we can open broader
| channels TO business opportunities here
and also provide more work for the work
ers. To add to this commercial strength
ii is absolutely necessary to provide ade-
quate waterways.
There is much stir nowadays for haV-
ing piers in Manhattan Of about LOO feet
| These piers are likely. it is thought to
| be built just north of the Chelsea Sec
! ton. on the West Side, from 44th street
TO 57th street.
I'VE grant that old Manhattan Is in
dire need of such piers, because the
larger ocean greyhounds are not easily
locked at their old berths. Few words,
/ however have been said about the lack
| of proper pier facilities and commodious
waterways in relation 10 this borough by
persons living outside of the borough.
/ And yet, il is The Bronx, more than any
other place which will have to furnish
| large modern docks or wharves In order
10 carry out the scheme of lessening
barge traffic in the North and the East
/ rivers.
THE importance OF state canals in re-
/ lation to the commercial supremacy Of
| New York is not widely known. The great
/ intracoastal canal planned by the New
Jersey Ship Canal Commission is one
great arm for this canal system.
! Goods shipped from the upstate canals
will reach this city by way of the Hudson
| River. When the barges get TO Spuyten
| Duyvil will it be cheaper for them to pro-
coed further. or will IL be more con-
venient and therefore more profitable for
I them TO go through the Harlem Ship Canal,
! the Harlem River and the Bronx Kills to
an easy berth on the Sound? II seems
I that a child could easily answer that
question, for at Port Morris there will
| be great railroad centres for freight At
those centres there will be rail connections
| to every port on the Atlantic coast and to
all the inland places in the South and
West
"The shorter the journey the less the
cost of hauling goods by barges. Hence,
with the great railroad facilities at Port
Morris it seems natural that there would
be the best place for the creation of un-
usually large barge terminal centres.
Now word about the intracoastal
canal as a factor in this great barge sys-
TEN After the barges on the journey
south reach the lower Hudson River they
will be able to so straight TO Baltimore
on an inland course. if they take the canal
route as planned
1T should not be forgotten that OF
various points along the esterly shores OF
The Bronx the depth of water is $50 feet
and the character Of the land facing the
Sound at these places is such that dredg-
ing for piers could be more cheaply done
than elsewhere.
"The North Side Board Of Trade is not
going TO stand idle and see millions spent
for charging pier centres elsewhere at a
loss TO the commercial strength Of the
borough and consequently to the entire
city"