New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-12
One of Most StupendOus
Projects of Its Kind
Ever Planned.
S4.OO0,000 SPENT SO
FAR ON UNDERTAKING
A S2.OO0,O0O Factory for Loose
Wiles Company Among Build
ings Being Erected.

Long Island City is adding TO the
metropolis one OF the greatest indus
trial terminals in the world: it is the
Degnon operation which is consuming
more than ss.OOO,00O in immediate
preparation, over 100000 having
been spent upon the work in the last
few years.
This gigantic industrial concentra-
ton is peculiarly interesting al this
period OF New York's evolution, as the
old city sections in Manhattan are un-
dercoing business transformation.
with large numbers of firms of one and
two generations ago moving from
downtown to the new midtown centres
and numerous manufacturers leaving
Manhattan, principally because they
can find more suitable locations else
where.
In view OF these facts it seems that
he Deg1cn Terminal. now under devel-
opment at Long Island City, could not
have been planned and built a. more
opportune time % meet the eXactlons
e. the largest industrial concerns. This
Is being recognized not only by the
oldtime manufacturers OF New Iorl.
City. bu. by many Of the largest firms
throughout the country, and many OF
the most important are joining the
movement 20 the Long Island City me-
tropclis OF industry.
The Degnon Terminal is located IN
the most favorable place possible 10
serve the gigantic industries which are
gathering there. l. covers nearly thir-
~ blocks bounded by the Sunnyside
yards o. the Pennsy lvania-Long Island
Railroad, Nandam 81. and Hunters
Point av. i is crossed parallel 70
Hunters Point sy by Anable and Mott
ass. and al right angles by School
Mount. Manly. Orton. Greek. Pearson,
Davis ard Meadow sls, and Queens and
Dutch Kills places
On each end arc cubway express sta
tons OF the Dual Rapid Transit sys-
ten. while the New York Connecting
Railroad. joining the New Haven and
Pennsylvania railroads. will cross its
cnter edge. The Hunters Point sub
DAY station al the entrance Of the
Steinwsy Tunnel will place the Deg
rbn Terminal within four minutes from
the important business districts OF
midtown Manhattan al 42d 81.
BIt the Degnon Terminal also IS
cld,e 20 Newtown Greek. and that Of
fers such unusual trans portation facil-
itits for freight that the centre prom
ises 20 exceed in magnitude and i'm
portancc the great plans Or its pro-
jectors Newtown Greek is deep
waterway through which passes al
ready the heaviest tonnage for such
water courses in the United States.
From the creek % the Dcgnon Ter
minal the company has completed the
Dutch Kills canal. which practically
makes NewtOwn Greek part OF the
term nal itself, Offering facilities FOR
the docking Of ships. IN addition. the
Degnon Company has obtained fran
chise from the city for a terminal rail-
road 10 be extended from this canal 70
every point on the terminal. II viii
equip each terminal block with rail
road facilities, 30 that builders OF fac
tories on any Of the blocks can nave
thc railroad tracks run directly into or
alongside % their plants.
This creates the unusual shipping IA
cilitios for which the Degnon Terminal
T. becoming famous. Cars from any
and all railroads will be carried on
floats through Newtown Creek and
the Dutch Kills canal 10 the new ter
minsl railroad and thence run over the
rails 20 the shipping platforms Of the
new industrial plants on the terminal
blocks. Then the cars can be sent back
over the terminal railroad 20 the floats
and lightercd 20 any Of the railroad
terminals on the Manhattan or New
Jersey shores, such az the Baltimore &
Ohio. New jersey Central. Pennsylvs
MA, Lehigh Valley, Erie. Lackawsnna
New York Central or New Haven sys
tens. The freight rates will be pre-
cisely the same as II the goods were
shipped from the most favored poin
in Manhattan. because the terminal il
within the free lightcragc limitg.
The new terminal railroad will b.
connected also with the Pennsylvania
Lonz Island systems a. the Sunnysid'
yards. and with the New Haven system
over the New York Connecting Rail
road. which enters the SUnnysidc yard
a. their eastern end, and viii give J.
entrance into all New England.
Another strong confederation that II
attracting industrial concerns 10 th'
rev Degnon Terminal is is neaTnesi
20 Manhattan. the grestcst market II
the world for local deliveries. Manu-
fscturers from all parts o. the United
Stsfoa who send large quantities o.
rood 20 The New York retail and
VtoIesslc msrsets are considering tho
new industrial centre because they can
obtain . direct highway from their fac
t1ries on practically = straight line
seross QDecnsboro Bridge. They can
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