New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-06
WILLARD REED MESSENGER.

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= Whole subject Of modern termi-
s.,;r,ies is little understood and
- ;~rortanee little appreciated in the
-. - states. Probably more falla-
:. have been promulgated in this
o~ ',,rv regarding transportation than
49,. any other subject Of so vital
A.,,risl Importance. Professor Edwin
r,,,, Of New York University, IN
:, efir,. hook. "The Port Of Boston,
~ 80 ant that, contrary 20 a popular
F...sS,ception. the Port Of Boston mas
=. MEN retarded in its growth, out
y, bsen built up by the railroaos'
s,;,b were anxious TO have imports
20 .ynorts in order to supply greater
s..;vbt tonnage for their roads ana
...,ssruentlv steamship lines have been
- -, free pier accommodations. more
~ a decade ago the New Haven &
y'..sord Railroad decided 70 90 into
~ r. wort business and engaged for
70" ' co,,.b Boston docks line 70 Ant
W So cd another to Manchester, but
W, sI discontinued this undertaking,
lEfer NiNNNtANtt+@-
s,,ling il did not pay
isssx's -reat waste. costly delays, in
.A.:s,rv and expensive handling
'H. .,.. -. in the long haul transporta-
ron either by rail or water but IN tne
,,snsfsr. distribution, storage, imper--
-. coordination and articulation OF
- SiHerent carriers within compare
. .s ANAL terminal areas. Often the
S,nSlins, transfer or storage OF mer7
.S.-Iss for local consumption or for
s-.o,, within q city's limits is more
.rrn.,.iya than its actual transporta-
,;nn FOR hundreds Of miles.
~. Federal government has ex-
...Sss inward Of $1,000,000,000 in
riyer and hsrbor improvements a anS ma mas
lust Appropriated another s4o,oOo,oOo'
and in the past probably greater per
ssntsge OF such expenditures has been
wss,sd than OF any similar sum ever
Ssvo,sd 10 transportation purposes.
DIV about $4,000 900 Of this total has
bssn eIpended for New York, although
RS mort handles more than one-half
~ the nations foreign trade, and de-
mite the fact that the State OF New
York has expended about $500 ,OOO,OOo
a., its canal improvements, for which
New York City is taxed about ~ per
cent But recently through the enorts
Of Congressman Murray g. Hubert,
who is the first Representative from
Nev York City 20 be on the Rivers and
Vsrhors Committee Of the House, New
York is receiving a reasonably proper
,jonate sum for its port improvements.
IN addition 70 these expenditures,
New York City has, since the organl-
,stion Of the Dock Department, IN 1870,
devoted sl40.O00.O0O 20 port improve
ments. and the city now owns over EOO
riers. including the l,700-foot piers, the
largest m the world. Probably a sum
equal 70 the city's has been expended
bv nrivate interests for Industrial and
Shipping terminals, such as the Bush
Terminal. New York Dock Company,
prooklyn District Eastern Terminal,
American Dock Company, Degnon
Terminal and the new 200-acre in
lustrial development Of the Bronx Ter
nnsl Corporation.
There are also several trunk line
railroads entering the Port of New
OIh VIII 4u444lOAo VI NNiloAo 49,
n their New Jersey and New YORK
criminals and the 1000 lighters, car
ioats. grain elevators, oil and coal
,sfges required TO handle their enor-
nous tonnage.
$500 900, 900 Spent On n. Y. HarbOr.
Il is easily seen that s50o,0O0,oOO is
.ot an extravagant estimate of the
o,al combined expenditures MADE
2 New York City for the de-
elopment of its port It is un-
ortunate that this vast sum has beer
rpended by so many different and in
dependent interests; federal, state
municipal. railroad, steamship anc
r.vate companies, and under changing
governmental administrations. com
,ittees and commissioners. over a lone