New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21
HAS VAST WATERFRONT AREA
Staten Island Is So lavsy Endowed in This Respect Say tx
perts, That Harbor Facilities Can Be Quickly Increased
BARGE TERMINAL PLAN NEE rs WITH HEARTY APPROVAL

Staten Island is destined 10 be one OF
no greatest shipping and manufacturing
:ehtres of this country. 1t has many
nres OF undeveloped waterfront which
:ouid be made suitable for the use of the
argest ocean greyhounds afoat or
damned and for the erection Of a great
inion terminal for seacoast and ocean
iners and all the trunk lines Of railways
entering the greater city.
such an addition TO the improved water
ont properties of New York is needed at
,nce if the metropolis OF the New World
e 20 maintain its commercial suprem9cy
according TO the majority of experts on
such matters. And these same experts
liter most thorough ANALYSIS Of al the
Nater facilities of New York Harbor, OF
he East and North rivers and Of Long
stand Sound, unequivocally assert that
hsdevelopment of the splendid Waterfront
area Of Staten Island will solve the dock
lng, lighterage and other corrclatiVe Orob-
ems.
u is also theiy opinion that with the
:girying out OF this necessary pro1ec, Tor
Inc proper expansion Of the harbor facili-
les the cost Of handling freight viii be
considerably less and. furthermore there
viii be quicker communication between
shipper and producer or manufacturer ana
retliler. There should consequently oe a
rroportionate decrease in the price OF
ny farm products and factory ware TO
Ri kinds Of buyers in Manhattan and the
other boroughs of the city.
S,re engineering experts have looked
fondly at that vast stretch Of salt marsh
land known as the ITackensack meadows
IN hope of solving some il not all, Of
New York harbor's difficulties. why
'ocl: outside the boundaries of New Io"S?
ak those brainy men who have devoted
many months 10 the determination of the
Nalle for commercial purposes of the
shore lire Of Staten Island at is zee !
les1 to search further. Immediate and
future demands of the metropolis for new
and better karbor service can be ale-
ouately supplied by staten Island. The
NeE Jersey schemes would divert Dus'-
res from the city and depreciate Ike
value Of waterfront properties"
The plan Of the Staten Island Chamber
Of Commerce for the DEVELOPMENT Of the
w -erfront sites on q prodisious scale has
be, n characterized as practicable, and one
mat should be immediately nut into effect
TIE plan provides for 4 barge canal ter-
u.s AL on the southeast side OF the isl
AMI. T. Kennsrd Thomson, c. T., recent
" suggested that somewhat similar
location on the island be utilized for the
,rcation OF artificial harbors for ocean
steamship traffic
Tho improvement planned by the Staten
Island Chamber Of Commerce would not
Only DC. il is said. a basin for barge
coming down on the enlarged Eric Canal
but also harbor for oceangoinG steam
ships intending 10 discharge or take or
freight or passengers.
The Staten Island terminal can DO
used as an unloading berth for an
III ters OF 1roror size ana consiruC; c.r
fo: the wcstbound and southbound
freight, and as a railroad and water ter
rnusl combined it will afford all tn
Necessary facilities.
1t extends from Fort NadsWorlh o.
W thin half a vile of Midland Beach an"
on be extended into the lower pay an
-. oulred distance.
III lice In tho pain OF al oCcdHeVI''@
v,,.sels It has the advantage Of large
adjacent acreage Of cheap lands for rail
Dad. terminals.
at is adjacent row 10 the Baltimore q
unfo Railroad. and when equipped with Il
I1e OF railroad seven miles In lenstl
across Staten Island. it will have con-
lection at Port Reading or thereaDouts
With nearly all the trunk lines ruhhl"7
into New Yorl; from the South or west
''By it's size it can accommodate INC
largest vessels afoat. as the piers can
be made 100 feet in length by 100 feet
in width, and yet there would be searoohl
between the piers Of $7S feet
no other location i'm the CRY or Nv
York can be had giving the same areas.