New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Thy Is New York?-A Study in Tides of Population
A Metropolis Created by Economic
Law About Port Made II,
Nature

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natural outlet. It is, howeNer NnfofiAaate
for the Queen City as we'll as metropolis
of Dixie that the Father Of Waters flows
due south (after continuously vacillating
few miles due east and then few miles
due west), while the trend of Americas
foreign commerce is northeast For this
reason New Orleans secures only small
proportion of the Mississippi Valleys sur
plus products to export to a foreign cline
The distance by rail from Chicago Is only
twelve miles greater than New York 5, and
alignment and grades slightly in favor
of New Orleans.
The water highway of the Mississippi
River is almost a nonentity account Of
the occasional shallowness of the channel
C feet, the reformation of sand bars al
most soon as dredged away, and the un-
rivaled serpentine channel, rendering it
necessary, on the average, for packet
to steam three miles in order to get one
mile nearer its destination. Only during
freshet can small seagoing craft ascend to
st, Louis.
New Orleans is l07 miles from the Gulf
by way Of the ship channel, which Al the
very enEranee 10 The Gulf Is Kept al il
depth Of thirty feet anly with great dAi
Guilty by constant dredging Lastly hnW
Nfleans is l,a00 miles further lhan hfg
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The world i,ih1 milee ia The iHHi ~ he
mentioned, because Ioeaiad outside Na
tinied States i'ossibg, hui mol pfahaiig,
II Canada had early entered the iininn,
Montreal would haye became lha rrinal
part Of the country ana at The same time
ita metropolis. instead ef New tafk II Is
setY seven miles nearer Chicago b. rail.
enjoys like Nav York "Waief=ievei" rail
route hhd possesses far superior water
communication with Chtapo. Moreover. II
is goo miles nearer the ports of Central
Europe Hut IL has colossal diaadvantarns
at the same time. The 81 Lawrence River.
together With the Gulf Of the same name
by which Montrea's shipping reaches the
ocean, and the coasts Of Newfoundland
which its shipping must follow closely. arc
particularly subject to fog, due chiefly TO
masses of ice floating down from Bafin
Bay from the breakup of winter as late as
the end of July. This fog and floating ice
greatly increase the incidence of marine
disaster and raise marine insurance rates
as compared with United States ports
Worst of all, shipping must absolutely cease
for from four to five months each wear on
account of the frozen river All the other
ports named are open all the year around
Last of all, the natural depth Of the snip
channel averages only eleven feet Dredging
has increased this to thirty feet, out the
dredged channel is 80 narrow as some times
to occasion collision, resulting in the sink
ing of ships