The New York herald., 1922-09-04
N. Y. PORT ENGINEER
RETURNS ON CEDRIC
B. f. Cresson Says Europe
Rushes New Docks for Ex-
pected Trade Revival.


Benjamin Z. Cresson. chief engineer
of the Port Authority of New York, re-
turned from abroad yesterday on board
the White Star liner Cedric, accompanied
by Mrs Cresson and his seven-year-
daughter, Cornelia, after having made an
extensive trip through European capitals
inspecting the freight handling methods
and operation Of ships and docks abroad.
He spent six weeks in England and on
the Continent
Despite the fact that shipping both
here and abroad is at a very low ebb,
European shippers are going ahead with
large plans to corral the commerce of
the seas when shipping conditions have
returned to more normal state, Mr..
Cresson said, and everywhere abroad
docks and piers and warehouses were
going up in anticipation Of the boom in
commerce which Europeans feel sure is
bound to follow shortly.
AT practically every port I visited
there Is extensive construction in prog
ress," Mr.. Cresson said New docks.
new quays, new warehouses are all
being built and they are all equipped
with the very latest freight handling
machinery. During the four weeks that
i was ashore l visited and conferred
with port authorities or with the steam-
ship and other officials at Liverpool,
Manchester Southampton and London,
and inspected the works at Tilbury and
the new King George " dock. At Glou-
cester and Leith, at Copenhagen. Stock
holm. Hamburg and Rotterdam / in
spected the dock facilities and also had
brief views of the harbors of Harwich
and Dover, Esberg in Denmark, Malmo
in Sweden. and Boulogne in France"
Il also conferred with the Post Office
officials in London and went into the
tunnels built for their automatic rail-
road operation and discussed with rail-
road officials the matter of store door
delivery. In Holland l drove along the
dikes and viewed the works that had
been constructed on the Hook of Hol-
land and Scheveningen to protect
against coast erosion on the North Sea.
i also saw similar works at Brighton,
England.
Individuality as it is known in opera
tion in the port of New York was un-
known in any port abroad which |
visited and / should say that in the
organization and operation of port IA
cilities we are. speaking generally, fur
ther behind European ports than in any
other respect. The extensive distribu-
tion OF commodities inland by barges.
which is SO universal abroad, accounts
to large degree for their need of
cranes, and their railroad freight cars
are better adapted to the direct han
ding of cargo between rail and ship"
The Cedric took on twenty-six third
class passengers at Queenstown, and
among them was a man. whose name
was not given. who, according to many
OF the passengers, was one OF the band
of Irish irregulars which ambushed and
killed Michael Collins, and. according to
many on board the ship, he openly
boasted of having participated in the
kilingi Officers OF the ship said that
this matter will be taken up by the
authorities at Ellis Island, where the
third class passengers were sent when
the Cedric arrived here.
The liner came into port with her en-
sign at half mast, as mark Of respect
to the chief butcher. David Atkinson.
who died of apoplexy yesterday morn
ing
Among the 279 first cabin passengers
was Junus Spencer Morgan, son OF J.
Pierpont Morgan. who was accompanied
by his wife and their two children,
Louise and J. Pierpont Morgan. Jr. Mrs.
Lena Mary Scott-Gatty, o. B. e., mem
ber OF the Liverpool County Council. ar
rived on a three weeks trip to friends
In Washington. She Is the daughter OF
Sir William Dyke.