Arizona republican., 1912-03-18
Enormous Expenditure for Improvement Will Be Made by the City
 of New York
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NEW YORK, March 1t-ThC greatest race for commercial suprem- acy in the history of the United States is now on among the different
 ports of the country. and. according to expert engineers here who have been called upon to prepare plans and submit reports for harbor inn provements in dozen cities on both
 the Atlantic and Pacific seaboard, the greatest overhaulinS and modern ization of port facilities that has ever taken place is likely to occur within the next few years. it IS estimated that the improvements already begun or projected will involve the eX- penditure of not less than $500.000.OO6
 and that they will result in the say ing of far more than this sum through the more rapid and ecOnOmi- cal handling of goods that will re- suit Boston has provided for the
 expenditure of s9.000,0OO in water front improvement and it's port com mission has ask for $25,000.00O more. Baltimore has equally eX-
 tensive plans and the South Atlantic and Gulf ports are all discussing projects for the expenditure of mill lions to tak advantage of the in
 creased trade which they expect to receive with the completion of the
 Panama canal Seattle. within the past few days. has adopted plan
 of harbor development which is eX- pected to involve the expenditure of LOGO. .000 while her neighbor and rival. Tacoma is working on an equally ambitious project and Los Angeles k already busy carrying out improvements that will cost S10,0OO.- O00. The knowledge of these ambi- tious plans has been brought to New York through the presence here with in the past few months of delegations from all these cities to inspect New York's up-to-date water front plant. the great Bush Terminal at South Brooklyn. which is to serve appar-
 ently as the model t1 be followed in all these improvements. Meanwhile New York is just waking up to the fact that sht. must bestir herself OF she will be left behind in the race by these energetic rivals. \ bill pro- viding for the expenditure of over S30. 900 GOO in deepening the city's harbor channels has been introduced in congress this week and the city officials are preparing to take up the plan of municipalizing the en- tire water front and introducing on a large scale the plan of develop ment that has been worked out SD successfully in the Bush Terminal. The cost of providing the facilities necessary for the proper handling of the city's commerce will amount ultimately to hundreds of millions of dollars and it is estimated that S100. 900 0O0 will be necessary tO provide for immediate needs.
 A kissing gallery is the latest word in railroad terminal building and ac- cording to Chief Engineer Kittredge of the Grand Central Terminal the big station nearing completion on Forty-s second street is to fill this Iong-feIt want The railroad is not entirely unselfish in it's intention to provide the thousands of commuters and other travellers with a specially designed osculatory hall since it is admitted that at times Graeco-Ro- man work on the part of temper mental couples has impeded traffic. In design and construction every thing has been done tO insure the success of the innovation. acoustics have been considered and the gal IarV DroVidpd with souudDroOf walls and roof Some of the rules which it is said will be posted in conspicu- ous places are, however. of such nature as to cause some disSatiSfac- tion. For instance those who meet by chance in other parts of the sta ton than the kissing gallery will be under the watchful eye of att tendants who at the first sign of an affectionate embrace will politely re- quest that the soul kiss parlors are the proper place for that sort of thing. There is some fear that in the case of impetuOus young people this may lead to trouble An anxious inquiry by one cOmmuter as tp whether married folks would be compelled to live up to the high standards of the Romeo and Juliet room was relieved by the explana- ton that a spot on the floor in dicated the space especially allotted to the performance of perfunctor2- greetings for the sake uf appearances only The rules will also exclude outsiders who might. if the idea be- comes popular. so fill up the room