The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-05
HARBOR WORK HERE
URGED FOR DEFENCE
New YOrk's Members in Con.
gress Hear How Port T.
COngestcd.
L. S. AID BADLY NEEDED

The vital need to this community AID
to the nation at large OF haibpr IN
~pr0vements here was presented to Sow
York State representatives In COugrc,,
yesterday afternoon at a meeting called
by representative bodies Ia tho Alder
manic Chamber of the City HUI.
Thirty of the forty-threc members o.
Congress from his State, about to start
for WASHINGTON, listened to ~" eches
from shipping men and others depicting
conditions here by which the chipping
facilities OF the port are hanpered, ant
we're urged TO work as n unit for the
adoption by tho Board OF Engineers ~
plans calling for extensive Improvements
particularly In the East River.
Fred Il. Dalzell pointed out that A.
present II was impossible for a v.bs.l
drawing over tweHty-eight feet to nav
gate the East River, and that only dur
ing one hour In the day was II possible
for a battleehip to reach the nav yard
Big ships. ne said. were repeatedly str!.
Ing bottom In the East River, whic'
meant costly repairs. and II was I'm
possible to send a ship through lie
Gate drawing over twenty-five feet.
''In our preparations for prepared
ness" he said. I'VE had better start A.
the bottom. There Is no use in build
ing Government ships or any Others
without water enough In which to sat
them"
Herman Metz said that 10 had hai
experience h Congress and knew tha
when New York representative ~
down there they would forget what was
said and work for their own local IN
terests.
Conditions at this port" ss!d "
Metz, affect Tho whole country. TIE
higher charges here IRE n burden to bus
ness from the Pacific const. Condition.
surrounding commerce here arc a d.
grace. You cannot hire or load a v,sscI
without the permission OF tho Brit.sH
Consul. We are handicapped, throttle
and strangled. We ar. living in a fpo,s
paradise 80 far as shipping Is conccrue.
Every day tho provisions for doing bue'
ness grow lcss and The business create
Improvements and extension of watcr
transportation form tho only solu''ou
To-day It is almost impossible to s1'r
~ receive freight at this port"
George w. Mc.tncny said that Ssv
York never hsd received It's shar, 90
tho money spent by the Federal CO,
ernme't for such improvements 1h'
city, he asserted, was prepared 10 cpcr'
every cent OF money possible to solve
the question and was doing all that L,
could. but the trouble was I'm Rett'rg
a larger measure OF money from To
Fcdc.a! Government.
The rest of tho country shou's
know" he Insisted. that In serving tns
Interests of the por, of New York y
serving the interests of tho whole cuuH
try
Figures were presented showing tn0
Of sos, GOO. 600 spent for ra-hJr i'm.
provements since tho establishment u'
the Government only Sls per cent N.4
been expended on ~. Uo't. Stut-
gineer Frank NJ Williams. Ropr-,-u't
tive Caldwell Of Queens. Edward - r.
E.yck. T. '. Boyntop, prcsiiou, = 're
American Real Est.'c Cor1.arv No. goo
Gr!ffen OF New Rochelle. ~cN-Supr,r..
Court Justice Edwiri " Ian. i;.'r
sentative Ruben l. Hasl' of H.. A..
ana senate I'm of Buffalo wcrs nI1Y.
those who made speeches. ti.p"Ls elm
ton of Buffalo acted As chairman of w,
mceting.'
The resolutions adopted urged 'hc t,N
York Representatives to worh 'u' .r
for the Improvements In tno Hast H..
but also those recommended by tho cd
sineers for Buffalo. the Ippor liui~.
the poets. or OsweEo, Osurushurr 90.
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