The chronicle=news., 1913-06-18

PIans are now under way here to
provide New York With the creates,
freight terminal aud trans~r station
ir the country. As now outlined. and
II Is practically certain tnat the plan
Will eventually he carried out. thi.
great terminal will BIZ built and
owned by the city at 4 coz, which
may rcach SIS.O0O.O00. Il will not,
however. be municipality operated hu,
leased instead TO the great trunk
lines which Il Will serve. This term.
insl which II II. planned to locate on
the Brooklyn water front will bc a
great clearing house for the traffic
Of the city. Il will be not merely u
point Of transfer for freight from ono
road to another. but between rsi,-
roads and stcamshtps. Already DOS.
sessing the two greatest railway pas
senxcr terminals In the couatry, this
new plan will give New York term
inal equipment nowhere else ap-
preached In size aud efficiency, The
now terminal according to the plans
OF the committee which has the mat
ter In charge will include not only
railway for the transfer Of freight
but also the extensive development oi
comprehensive marine terminal In
which the rail- transportation facilI-
tics behind the docks may be co.or
dinatcd with the docks and other ma.
rine terminal facilities In one general
terminal. all ultimately 10 bc owned
and controlled by the City Of New
York. and whose operation will be
regulated according to the policy OF
the port ns formulated by the govern
mcnt Of the city. The entire invest.
mcnt that the committee suggests al
present is 41l.23s.516. The city uu-
der the plan would furnish and con-
Iruct the marginal railway at an es-
timsted cost Of $500. 900. The
tunk line railroads have agreed to
organize an operating coApany to
furnish the operating stock and per.
form all service and to guarantee
the city an annual rental Of 5.4 pcr
cent on the cost. not to exceed 81.
100000. This would make this In
vestment self-xupportins and exempt
It from the debt limit. ii
After being neglected for more
than 200 years the grave OF New
York's first Mayor, Thomas Willctt,
is to have u fitting memorial as soon
as the details OF the plan looking to
this end can be completed. It wa.
only by chance that the matter has
come to public attention and brought
forth the fact that willett's grave on
Long Island is marked by small and
decayed pieces OF slate on which tho
letters were growing more and more
| lillegible. On the headstone the let.
ters read: 1874. Here lyes We body
OF Thomas Willett. Esq, who died
August 4. in the saith VI. Of his age. :.
The real story is on the footstonc
where the inscription ran: WHO wal
the first Mayor Of New York AMI
twice did sustain We place" A com.
mittee now has arrangements Il
charge for the future care Of thu
grave which will be marked by 1
great boulder. That Mr.. Willett wal
an active citizen is evidenced by the
records which show that at the en-,
OF his term of one year he became AL
dcrman. and the next year. 1867. wal
elected Mayor again. this plan of rb
tation in office being feature OF tn,
charter. The very recently pub
lished Records OF Nieu Amsterdam
show that from 1914 until 1871 b,
was prominent in all the affairs o
the city-a busy merchant. council
lor, Commissioner OF Admiralty, In
lterpreter for both Indians and Dutch
as well as being arbitrator and peace
maker.