The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-09

.uf foreign and domcrf.r commerce.
department uf commerce. TINS rapid
development Is attributed tu the re-
cent commercial growth OF the couu-
try. go the building of the Panama
canal. ana to the recent tendency Of
congress To require communities TO-
lcciNtng federal APPROPRIATION Tor
ItiVcr ana hnrbor work goo cooperate
h. making the Improvement ct to
provide public terminal
All Americans VIII bc pleased To-
learn that American ports are better
suited hy nature to handle the larg-
est liners than any of the uld-World
ports The author oi the report
Commercial Agent Gru-,cnor VI
Jones. states that there are four
American ports-New York san
Francisco. seattle u Tacoma
where II is possible to dock boats "a
large as the Aquitania and l%mpcrator
at any stage of the tid, and lu Hos-
ton such boats can proceed 10 the
wharyos at high tide lu natural
advantages the busiest of the Europ-
can ports do not compare "a ornhlS
with these and "a number of other
American ports.
~ is interesting to u the state
ment hat the great maIuuts 80: our
| ports along the scdboatH are actually
located on rivers, some NJ the most
important ports rcach'i hS ocean
going vessels being located far in
land Thus New Orleans ~ 1906
miles from the Gulf OF Mexico PM
adclphia los miles from Delaware
bay baltimore Isl miles from
! Hampton roads. other ports located
q considerable distanc" inland are
Brunswick. which ls about ~ miles
from the ocean. Hartiuri about 81
miles, Houston, 50 miles Jackson
lyinc -iir miles. Mobile go miles
Port Arthur Texas. about - miles.
Portland. oregon. ne miles, Rich
moud, 100 miles. Sacramento, III
miles. savannah, 20 miles. Washing
ton. lHi miles: Win .ngtun. Della
ware. - miles WilmIrgtuu North
Carolina 81 miles.
Mr.. Jones has c%onnn,I has attcn-
ton 20 those ports HAVING water
borne commerce amounilug Goo oOn,-
uoO shor, tuu IN volume OF $50 o00.-
0O0 in value II IL rath'. surprising
TO find that there ar eight
ports 81 this importance in the Unit
ed States q on ne Atlantic coast.
eight ON the Gulf u McVir" ten on
the Pa,inc coast, two "a the ohio
river. and no less than Twenty-Five on
the Great Lakes.
In recent years there na- been a
decided tendency toward public own
.nalHH. 80 rt.4vsr. fr.nF rV.,f4.rFN dino
boz purt Geo % recognition of the CONF
munl't value - a port ana go part
To the increasing tendency of on
gre-~ iu require commit Tics receive
iug federal AID in harb,r aud water
ways Improvements TO maintain pub
II. terminals buIE a. few ports.
namely New orleans san Francisco.
Los Angeles and san Diego. own tho
major portion OF ih'.r water fronts
or are bon q position fu acquire th"
bulk OF l The ports of Oakland
Sacramento Stockt.u IA Washing
ton are similarly placed. These are
tine only ports 81 the siNt, -'ight
studied .u which 'h" public interest
is dominant. SIN uf these eight ports
are located ON tho PIcihc coast
AIthoush AZ cI.u of the other
ports tho '%ruutarr owned and con
than uuo-htlf of f.. Total n,aI.aul,
froutngo such fr.r't-r ue,orthclr--
usually ruprc-'n'# t substantial ln-
l%tcrost This .- tr., 90 the port of
| Sew York. philai'Irrn Hostou ana
Baltimore ON ne Atlantic coast. and
of the ports of S"rff." and Tacoma