The sun., 1918-11-07
HUBERT URGES CITY
T0RUSH PIER PLANS.
Get Concessions of Roads
While Unified Under Nc
Ad0o, He Says.
TERMINAL SHIFTS VITAL
Importance of Immediate
Preparation for After War
Trade Emphasized.

Exactly why Immediate authorization
by the Mayor. the Sinking Fund Com
mission and the Board OF Estimate
should be given to the Dock Commits
sioner's plan for coordinating and In
tensifyinE pier facilities at this port was
pointed out by Commissioner Hubert
himself yesterday.
The success Of the PLAN" he said.
depends upon the cooperation OF the
railroads having terminals here. IL this
city administration really desires 70
provide for the great commerce certain
to flow into the port OF New York I'M
mediately after the coming OF peace then
steps must be taken at once to induce
the railroads TO make the necessary con-
cessons and changes which would be
helpful to all industry and commerce.
Peace is coming rapidly. Is almost here.
In the life OF this administration II Is
likely that the railroads will revert TO
private control In that event II seems
obvious that the old competitive, selfish
methods will go back into effect. and
that II will be very difficult for the city
to get what 1t wants from the roads.
"Now as matters stand all the roads
entering New York are under the au-
thority OF one boss. William G. McAdoo,
Director General 1t would be compare
ments are necessary through this one
boss, Mr.. McAdoo BY virtue of his au-
thority he could influence or direct the
railroads to adopt a fair and generous
policy toward the city's traffic and trans
portation needs. Through him we could
get the railroads to surrender piers use
less to them and to employ much more
intensively than they are doing piers
that they must retain. We could bring
about the removal Of Sound steamers
from their North River terminal to a
much more accessible and suitable ter
mnal at Twenty-third street and the
East River. These things are obvious
Need for Quick Action.
THE point is that If they are to be
accomplished by this administration
something must be done at once. When
the railroads get back to a peace footing
and are released from Government con-
troll II Is unlikely that they will be as
easy TO deal with as they would be at
present earnestly hope. therefore.
that Mayor Hylan, Comptroller Craig,
rhe Sinking Fund Commissioners and
the Board OF Estimate will see the ne
cessity for calling a conference at once
with A II. Smith, Regional Director Of
the United States Railroad Adminisrra-
his aids"
SO far as making arrangements with
the railroads Is concerned Commissioner
Hulbert's ideas come to this: He be-
lieves that IL the United States Railroad
Administration would apply the principle
adopted in coordinating the railroad pas
senger ticket offices to the unification of
activities on the forty-six piers now oc-
cupied by the railroads on the water
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piers would be released TO meet the COM
merc!al necessities OF water borne traf-
fic. at the same time effectlng a sub
stantial saving in rentals and cost OF op-
Grafton, while attaining a maximum of
efficiency at the minimum of inconve-
nience.
These conclusions have been submitted
to Director-General McAdoo and Re-
gional Director Smith by Commissioner
Hubert and those officials have defi-
nitely approved his plan. Really all
that remains is the o. K. OF the Mayor,
the Comptroller, the Sinking Fund Com
mission and the Board OF Estimate Once
that Q. K. is received the Commissioner
can go ahead and work out the details of
the scheme.
Ready to Go to wark.
Mr.. Hubert has worked out in dol
lars exactly what he proposes TO do
II was a programme for four years, but
there has been so much delay already
that the 1918 programme may have to be
carried forward to the 1919 programme
This includes the following Items:
Assessed value of property required
for pier a. Stapleton. .............. As mn
COST OF Improvement. ................. 100 900
Assessed value OF property for new
=, piers 2. and I. North River: ?,sSs, 700
Removal nat
of Improvement northumberland. e,o4coe
cost OF platform at Dyckman street. 10000
Assessed value OF property for new
pier. South Brookyn........,....... as ooo
rost OF Improvement, ...;.;,......... 10000
nue.. BROOKLYN; Overwhelmingly. aooooo
street TO Whale Creek. .";.,........ 5000
Repairs TO East Twenty sixth street
Repairs 10 Esst Twenty sixth street. ''''''
pier and shed ..................,... 50 on
Jamslcs Bay unloading platform. $500
DREDGING MIL BASIN. ...........,.... 80 90
dredging ~ GrsVesend bay.."..... 5000
Total 81, 7ss 900
These stems are the first steps OF the
Hubert Improvement scheme and repre-
sent obviously, the first things that
must be done Once In his stride no
would take up further extension of i'm
provements which would include:
New sheds at East 18Th 10Th, nth
and list streets OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SS-s M
New pier and shed East Twenty.
third street ,.......... ',...... 800 900
ment ......................... IA m,
Grand street ferry Improvement, rs oSS
New piers at East Sixth and East
seventh streets OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1so M
New pier extension al East Eighth
street ..,..,..;, 1000
to Eishtieih street. East River, ooOo
1870 1870 AH,us' neH pIa'Iorm. 5000
tn, nes Day ureusns ;...,.,..., $50 900
Staten Island. 'na,:;;.'..............: $500 900
siI'y'sixth street, Brookyn....... 100 100
Total Tor second year..........,... S. oss 40
In the third year Commissioner HUI.
bert would spend little more than az =
100000 upon absolutely necessary re-
pairs and construction. listed as follows 4.
New pier, North River and Forty.
New pier. North Rive; and i,sth "'0''"'
New pier, North River and i,Nh 10000
street .,;..:.,..,......,.,....... $50 nm
Snw u,oertS i ,.;...'.;.'...; $4,000
l6, East River .,,'' anu ..o o,o
Two new piers. south BBrcooIlyn,. 1900 ooo
New pier, Harlem River and Ford.
New pier, Harlem River and sosth ""0
New pier, Harlem River and so,th "'"'
New pier tween Bay Ridge avenue '"V
and sixty'sixth street, Brooklyn. 100 no
I0A Tor mira year......,,......,..S 4ss as
The fourth years improvements would
be on scale much more modest, since
the big things would have been done,