New-York tribune., 1922-06-27
New York Port
Bills Passed
BY the Senate
Measure Already Approved
by House Grants Consent
of 2 States to Develop
Terminal Facilities as One
Prom The Trbp-,, wasA'r0'or Bureau

Prom, The T1bY-ss Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. June 2e.-The Port
OF New York bill. already passed by
the House. was passed without a roll
call by the Senate to-day. II grants
the consent OF Congress to the States
Of New York and New Jersey for COM
prehcnsiye development Of the port or
New York in accordance with a plan
already agreed on between the two
states.
The bill was sponsored by Repre-
sentative Ansorge in the House and by
Senator Edge in the Senate, and Is
known as the Ansorge bill. II is sup
Elemental TO the grant Of Federal au-
thority contained in the Edge-Ansorge
ioint resolution passed by the House
and Senate last August, and signed by
the President August %, 1921. ms
~oso,u.ion rave consent OF Congress
"a the creation OF the Port OF New
W. Autnority and the Port OF Ne"
york District. as provided IN tne treaty
hs,,roc, New York and New Jersey.
Re- This treaty the two states agreed
60 co.operate in the development ana
simpliiication Of port facilities ana
LAO agreed TO creation OF JOINT com
uission composed Of citizens OF ooth
s,etes 10 be known as the Port OF new
York Authority.
vast Facilities Provided
notailed plans approved by the An
- bill provide for extensive tun-
80 hridoes. terminals and belt lines
n,bicb will bring the trans-cont. aentsi
,aiiro,ds into the City Of New YORK
srho nurnose Is 20 eliminate conges-
,inn 5elav and expense Of distributing
snnast,tTs and other commodities 70
.So noonle OF Greater New York ana
r;c;ritv. The plans provide that tho
terminals within the port shail DC un.-
ga and consolidation OF shipments
sball be made at proper points 70
Eliminate duplication OF enort' cohBes-
tion and long truck hauls; ,r,r,
Arother provision calls Tor laying
80, higbways for motor truck traihe'
o. nrompt and efficient distribution
81 hnilding material and OF other com
oS;,;es which must be handed oy
.svcts such highways 70 connect WIN
existing or proposed bridges 'unne''
and ferries. .,,. ,or. an.
,horitv and the adoption and ratlliea,
zion OF the comprehensive pIah I'aLS az
,he greatest step ever taken toward the
;nt.iiioent development Of the port OF
New York" said Representative An
sorge.
Great Saving Expected
OF, {. estimated that II now costs
three times as much TO move ,ooos.u.s
from the meadows Of New jersey 70
upper Manhattan as ~ does 10 PIN
them ali the way from the Mlaoie
Wost TO the meadows OF New JERSEY;
The proposed bridges and tunnels anu
,ho automatic electric system TOT seI,,
&c Manhattan Island will bring al,
.hs trans-continenta railroads ana
.hoir car0oes OF foodstuffs and otner
sn,,r, odities right into New YORK City'
uoratofore. lack OF cooperation De,
49,, Tho Two states Of New York ana
-. rsrssv has been chiefly respon-
NJ NJ 90, the terrible conditions Of con
s.o.,;or which now characterize the
dis,rihn,ion OF foodstuffs In the City
N Now York and adjoining territory.
MAYOR Hylan has asked TO be neard
nv President Harding before the presi-
dent signs the resolution Ihe "nyo.
il understood 70 be opposed 70 tne 5or.
OF New York Authority. Inc rIss.osn'
Ia expected 20 sign the resolution oe-
fore recess Of the House