The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . ne commerce. This business plays so large a part in thevisible marine activities of New York Harbor, and in thetremendous congestion of its water-front streets, that it seemsonly proper to point out that comparatively little of it isnecessary to be done in Philadelphia, and that consequentlyPhiladelphia is not confronted with New Yorks great streettraffic problem nor its present necessity for clearing out thefloating freight yards on its main water front to furnish muchneeded space for bona-fide marine commerce. The balance of the water
The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . ne commerce. This business plays so large a part in thevisible marine activities of New York Harbor, and in thetremendous congestion of its water-front streets, that it seemsonly proper to point out that comparatively little of it isnecessary to be done in Philadelphia, and that consequentlyPhiladelphia is not confronted with New Yorks great streettraffic problem nor its present necessity for clearing out thefloating freight yards on its main water front to furnish muchneeded space for bona-fide marine commerce. The balance of the water front is developed in connectionwith various manufacturing businesses, and as these wharvesare used for purposes in connection with the industrial estab-lishments owning them, and are not generally available forpublic shipping use, no special mention will be made of themexcept in the case of the ship yards which have played so largea part in the development of the rivers commerce. Two of thelargest ship yards on the American Continent are located in 18. 2 o H ^H DO w o M o Ow x£ w w Kl
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