New-York tribune., 1915-07-04
EXCEEDS TONNAGE
ON MISSISSIPPI
Harlem River Is Now a
Most Important
Waterway.
MANY TERMINALS
ALONG SHORE FRONT
Ex.Borough President Cyrus c.
Miller Tells About Proposed
Railway In District.

Thc territory in the southerly end Of
the Bronx fronting on the Harlem
River from The Bronx Kills to High
bridge is less developed than the ter
ritory either south or north Of II, says
CYRUS c. Miller, former Borough Presi-
dent. Ii is one of the first settled parts
of The Bronx, yet it does not match
in land values other sections of much
later development.
As to why it does not, Mr.. Miller
saws: "The reason is that the value OF
this territory lies in the possibilities
of its waterfront, and they have not
vet been fully developed. The tonnage
of the Harlem River IS create. than
that Of the Mississippi. so there Is
every reason for development here.
"A water front Is valuable only when
its facilities are co-ordinated both with
ono another and with the upland back
of il A railroad terminal on water
from AZ which goods are discharged.
which must be trucked away, adds TO
the same terminal connected with half
q dozen others and with docks and
piers bv a common utility such as an
industrial railroad, becomes nucleus
Of ever-spreading values. Between The
Rronx Kills and Hiehbridge are six car
Aoat terminals New York, New
Haven & Hartford, at l33d st. and
lincoln Ave, the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey at 1880 st. and Third Ave,
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad. the Baltimore & Ohio and
the Erie at l35th st. and the Lehigh
Valley al l49th St, not 70 mention the
main lines of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford and the New YORK
Central roads.
at is proposed to connect them by
an industrial railway beginning at
Highbridge and running eastwardly
parallel with the waterfront, but back
far enough 10 leave room on the water
front for terminal warehouses and fac
tories. This railroad will connect with
the New Haven road in the East Bronx
and the Pennsylvania Road coming
into The Bronx over the Veil Gate
Bridge. II will give perfect fexibihty
in the handling Of raw materials com
ing IN and manufactured goods going
out of the borough Spurs from the
railroad can be run into the terminals
and waterfront buildings. IL is easy
TO see at a glance that such co-or-
dination of the waterfront and rail
road facilities must result IN great IN
creascs of values in the section named,
because the district would receive rail-
freight from the East by the New
Haven Road and from the west by the
New York Central, and water freight
from everywhere. Being 80 near 70
the populous centres of Manhattan and
Bronx. what more ideal sites could be
found for factories and for distributing
depotg for flour, sugar, automoolies
and the like? Fortunately the build
ing OF. such railroad will be compare.
tivelv cheap because Of the absence or
grades and distractions.
''To enlarge the traffic handled by
this waterfront property, faculties
must be furnished for the waterborne
freight coming through the Barge
Canel down the Hudson River and
into the Harlem. The river must ne
straightened at Spuyten Duyvil ana AZ
least two piers must be removed from
High Bridge. We must enlist the aid
of our Congressman, our state Sena-
tors. our Assemblymen as well as the
members Of the Board OF Estimate and
Apportionment, because the Federal
Government, the State and the City
mus unite in the work.
"The Board Of Estimate and Appor-
tionment can order the changes IN
High Bridge.
"A great help TO the traffic through
the Harlem will be given by the dredg-
ing Of The Bronx Kills. thereby fur
nish.ng d through channel from the
East River 20 the Sound.
"The question Of an appropriation by
Congress- for this work will come up az
the next session Of that body, and our
Congressmen must be ready 70 take
action.
The intensive development % the
waterfront will have an immediate
effect on the values OF the surrounding
properties We shall seefthis section
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