The sun., 1918-01-01
j. TAKES BUSH
TERMINALS AS
SUPPLY BASE
Founder TO Retain Only
Railroad and Industrial
Buildings.
COCKTAILS ORDERS STEP
Eight Piers and 1870 Ware
houses Will Be Used for
Army Purposes.

The Federal Government yesterday
requ!si;!Dred the great Bush Termir ais
IN Brooklyn FOR use as a supply base for
ne arm. Word TO this effect was re-
ceived by Irving T. Bush. presiden. and
founder o. the Bush Terminal Company
who while asserting that this action
would cripple his business said that ne
would submit gracefully 10 a necessary
war measure.
Eight piers and $50 warehouses will
be taken over BY the Government. leav.
ing Mr.. Bush the railroad terminal ana
the industrial buildings. Tho order is
sued by Major-Gen. Goethals. acting
Quartermaster-Gener will go into ef-
feet Immediately.
Mr.. Bush made the following state
ment in his home, eS East Sixty-fourth
street. last night:
Il was notified to-day by the Quarter
masters department in Washington that
the terminals were to be taken over as a
supply base for the army. and must
say that It Ia n very serious matter. 1t
means the Gripping OF a business that
have been twenty-five years building UP,
and I suppose after the war Is over
will have to start all over again. 1t
means that I will be put out Of business.
but I will have to submit. 60 tho fortunes
Of war The Government OF course
would not have decided to take this ac-
tion unless it was thought to be very
necessary
Couldn't Help Being Upset.
Mr.. Bush said he was As patriotic as
any man. and did not want his remarks
to be misunderstood. II was to be ex-
pected. however. he explained. that he
could not help feeling considerably upset
over the stoppags OF his business. MIR
Bush had rot received any information
As to the remuneration he will receive
from the GovernU ent,
Il suppose this will be decided by a
commission" he said. but no matter
what the result may be, no possible
rental would be adequate
This was taken to mean that the high.
est possible rental that might DO decided
upon could not fail to fall short OF the
average income derived from the docki
and warehouses II Is estimated thai
the net income is more than 81. .00o, 900 q
year, In 1907 the gross earnings were
sl.0l@.511. and total net earnings s667..
AL. hut since then the business has
doubled.
The Bush Terminals and Bush Termi
nal Railroad represent an investment OF
about $20.o0o.ooo. The industry cover,
| nineteen city blocks. and contains twen
( ty-one miles OF railroad tracks Its wa
/ tcrfron, space Is more than 5000 feet
and factories and other buildings cover
nine blocks. Facing the Waterfront. is =
forty foo; channel. which makes the pier.
available for the largest vessels. Tn.
piers that the Government will acqu.r.
are each a quarter OF a mile in Length
and are locked in deep basin tina
: gives absolute protection to all shipp.n,
inside.
inner City OF $4,000.
There arc thirty Industrial buildings {,
which more than 200 manufacturing en-
terprises are housed. ranging from chew
ing gum and corsets to pianos and ga
( engines. The railroad yards can accom-
modate 1000 cars. and more than II .O0'
persons are employed. representing will
their families . city Of 10000. II ts
city that has It's own police force, land
scape force. street cleaners, trolley cars
locomotives, tugs, fioats. lighters ant
barges
Mr Bush on November s last was ap
pointed chief executive oficer Of the New
7 Ork lOrt war SuaIO, ana SINCE tnei
has superintcnd the coordination OF al
tho steamship lines In berthinS ships
loading and unloading supplies. Unde
his supervision all docks. piers. ter
:ninals and storage houses on the New
York and New Jersey sides OF tho har
Dor have been brought under 4 centra
control.
Mr.. Bush was born on July IL. 1868
at Ridgway. Mich, and Is the son O
Rufus j. Bush. who left him several mil
lion dollars and the land occupied by tn
Bush Terminals. In 1895 Mr.. Bush con
ceived tho idea of building a great ware
house and terminal company on thi
land. which was then nothing more thar
bare. sandy lots. He organized the Busl
Company. Ltd, and then tried to Undue
the railroads to cooperate with him.
After being turned down wherever n
went Mr., Bush sent a represcntativ
through the West to buy hay Soon afte
the railroads began to get inquiries fron
various Western firms as to whethe
they could deliver large quantities Of ha