New Britain herald., 1926-08-20
WORLD COMMERCE
 ENTERS HUDSON
River Is Melting Pot of All
 Nations Trade =.

New York, Aug. 20 tP-The com merce of the world comes into the Hudson river, and about its mouth clusters unequaled activity.
 It often has been compared to the Thames and the Seine. but neither of these is deep enough to care for the great liners which rest at up- town docks along the Hudson.
 This activity even descends be- meath the river for subway lines and railways have run cylindrical tubes far beneath it's bed. so deep that the roar of passing trains is muffled in the depths.
 Vessels from all Nations
 For miles below Seventy-second street there is the commercial activ- ity of metropolis, and it continues even farther north. but from that juncture upstream there are two west shores.
 The largest ocean liners, includ- ing the Leviathan, tie up at piers on the Hudson. while others accom- modate the freighters from every land. There is a clamor and hustle different from other busy sections about these docks, and there also usually is distinctive odor that marks the product of commerce handled on each freighter's pier.
 Banks Congested
 Space Is at a premium along the rivers bank, whether for busi- ness requiring q square or merely a place to set shanty. There are lumber yards, chandler's places, mechanics shops. blacksmiths, gar ages and junk yards The only order in this confusion is that necessary to keep one business from flowing over into another. But hardly ever does q ship sail late, or a cargo re- main aboard too long.
 Here the river is democratic. but i above Seventy street there | is more exclusiveness in its car- riage. ..
 Aristocratic Section
 A&AS AASA tAtNi II SlielIlACi III tllt SuilI- n1er months usually is graced by | naval vessels, trim in their grey paint and gayly decked with pen nants. The river has & ''tone" for about fifty blocks. White river boats arrive and deart and at in- tervals of ten or fifteen blocks are the anchorages for exclusive yacht clubs. Close to each club house rest the motor boats. The dingys hug the shore, the speed boats line up next, and then the cabin cruisers. Usually there lies in the open chan nel one or more ocean going private craft with brass gleaming and paint fresh.
 A Study in Contrasts
 Here is where the river has two banks.
 The lower one, skirting the edge of the water. is used by railway tracks. much of the land having been formed with dirt dredged from the channel. Freight trains lrawn by switch engines shift back A md forth between the docks, and ,arsoes are transferred to conti- rental trains. K
 High above this level is River ide Drive, or The Drive" for it is he ony one of it's kind.
 Schwab's Home Oycrlooks
 The foot of the street is marked y the most aristocratic house on he drive. It is the home of 1harles NJ. Schwab, occupying a arge part of an iron fenced Quare, it's trees and shrubbery orming beautiful private park.
 Continuing north there are other, mailer houses, mostly ten or more 'ears old. for the street has been iven over almost entirely to large partment structures.
 That Strip of Green
 Up and down, sometimes mar ow, sometimes wide. between hese two levels runs Riverside ark, strip of green used princi- ally by the children for a play round and where nurses wheel heir charges. It also is marked by two great tructures, the Soldiers and Sail rs' monument and Grants Tomb, le latter a mecca for sightseers. amous statues of famous people { 1ere are, too. among them being z eneral Franz Siegal and Joan of re.
 And then It's grandeur passes. he ferry slip at 125th street arks the line, although the change arts some blocks below.