New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Activities at American ports
'1rain starta Il NIontreal


Grain Starts at Montreal
MONT REAL, Sept. ie. aon4rsal
,.'s1, ,ss.looI has been a busy zone this week
fras,, & shs s Ut, 1lht grain boats arriving
s,a! Wy sdsss with this seasons crop.
~aI.E Val aSf.vais OF liners bringing home
Sensins american and Canadian Yn,.y-
ists and ceiliers from Nova So,
Scotland and Wales. A nsn, as,a,a,s oJeis'
ment ~ export shipping has been tbs
o.spaeeA OF Niagara peaches n nfif.
ain for the first time ~
contracts have been Iet shis wal.
1of vast extensions 70 the vhar,,ae 80
PIERS and tenders are being asked To-.
!, me n construction @ of the frsf unit ~
c.an osvuo.voo oan bushels Of the projected 10
pp",Voosoushei grain elevator which will
pe one ~ the largest in Che world.
" NJ. v. l.. McDougald, president and
"a. fehheh general manager of the
7saSpor T" commission. have been in
the, American Association of pnrt
Autnorlties, 70 which Mr.. McDouraid
9s.eI'vefed .. an address urging the osiab-
lishn1ent OF free port zonr ;r ~,
haro9r Of Montreal TO which oveyseas
mefchandtse might he CONSIGNED r.
euik TO be warehousod and made readv
1or reconsignment. He favored duEv i'm.
posed only on goods reconsirned sor
Canadian consumption.
St. Lawrence River passenper staa.r.
ers arc still running between the Grnat
nA@eS ana the Saguenay, but are near
ing their last trips.
More Wharves at New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, La. Sent. is
Rudolph S. Hecht, president of Tho
DOCK beard, announces that ii has
been decided to add a,l11 linear feet
or wharyes here during 1922 and . 922
linear feet during 1928.
II also has been decided TO open the
inaustrlal canal early in 1928 and to
build quays or slips to accommodate
boats. Each slip will be 600 faet IN
length and will be 80 feet deem. "a ac-
here 'Ns
At a meeting of the Steele stezn-
ship Company, J. ". Steele president
retired to spend considerable time on
the Pacific Coast. Seems Steele. OF
! Galveston, Tex, and Neal NJ. Leach
of New Orleans, vice~presidents, will
operate the company.
Naccaro Brothers will, hereafter
handle the business Of the Mexican
Fruit Company and continue to oper- r~s.l
ate the steamship Youma on her reg
ular ten-day service to Frontera.
The steamship Psnuco, now en- route
from New York TO Mexican ports, will
replace the steamship Yucatan, which
went aground at Tampico in storm.
Philadelphia After Grain Tea,e
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.-S. T.
Wagner, chief engineer of the Reading
Railway, and Fred Jasperan and his as
sistant, .. II. Hagerman, in charge OF
the Fort Richmond terminals Of the
Reading company, are making tour
OF inspection, planned to take them to
the leading Atlantic and Gulf Coast
ports. They will inspect the modern
grain elevators with view of embody-
ing new ideas in the elevator TO Be
quilt for the Reading Railway at Port
Richmond.
Construction details Of the elevator
have not been divulged, but it is said
the structure will have q capacity Of
not less than 3.oo0,o 900 bushels.
The Commercial Exchange for several
years has agitated the project as Il
necessary, addition of the ports in
creas!ng business in export grain. 1t
is pointed out that with the proposed
pected 100000 -bushel increased stor-
age capacity of the Girard Point ele-
vator of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the possible construction of an
elevator in the vicinity Of the Phila-
delphia tidewater terminals, Philadel-
phla can expect within the next few
years tremendous increase in export
grain. With the new elevator and the
floating elevator being constructed by
Pusy & Jones Company for the Penn
sylYania Railroad Philadelphia will
have equipment with which it will be
able TO compete with Other ports on
the Atlantic coast.
Baltimore Sailings Gain
Increased activity in shipping is in
dicated by scheduled sailings from this
port within the next few days. The
Clyde Line announced u boom in freight
shipments to the north, and the Mer-
chants and Miners Transportation Com
pany reported yesterday that its pas
sen2er tratiic both north and south had
increased.
Trans Atlantic ship captains are ad
/ vised they may resume the normal
! winter route with safety, according to
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