Artificial Waterways And Commercial Development With a History of the Erie Cana
Artificial Waterways And Commercial Development With a History of the Erie Cana
A Barton Alonzo Barton Hepburn
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Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Newport News, all nearer the West than New York, were accorded rates lower by two to three per cent. Recent alterations in the schedule have re- duced the differentials somewhat, but the ports to the South have still a substantial advantage in respect to rates. On the other hand. New York's insular posi- tion compels the imposition of lighterage charges for the transshipment of freight from railway cars to ocean steamers ; competing ports avoid this charge, because ...freight is transferred from terminal tracks direct to the ocean carriers. A further impost is laid upon New York's foreign trade by her very high port charges, explained, perhaps, but by no means justified, by her very inadequate dock facilities. The Digiti zed by Google 70 ARTIFiaAL WATERWAYS crowded condition of the wharves and the channels of ingress and egress therefrom, and the narrow thorough&tres occupied so fully by other interests, necessarily impede traffic and render the same more expensive.
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