Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . ive. West Street which begins off Battery Park and skirtsthe city, facing the Hudson, is the great shipping sec-tion. It is one long succession of steamers, ships, piers,docks and ferries. Thousands of wagons, motor trucksand every description of moving vehicle are constantlycoming and going. A dimunitive street car traversespractically the whole waterfront. Those interested inshipping will find this mode of conveyance a good wayof viewing the scene. The car moves leisurely alongand stops f
Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . ive. West Street which begins off Battery Park and skirtsthe city, facing the Hudson, is the great shipping sec-tion. It is one long succession of steamers, ships, piers,docks and ferries. Thousands of wagons, motor trucksand every description of moving vehicle are constantlycoming and going. A dimunitive street car traversespractically the whole waterfront. Those interested inshipping will find this mode of conveyance a good wayof viewing the scene. The car moves leisurely alongand stops frequently. You need plenty of time for atrip on the Belt line, as interruptions are frequent andcongestion is so great. But this affords opportunityfor study and reflection and to jot down a few thoughtson the Traffic of a Great City. New York is now oneof the great Ports in the world. Some say it is thegreatest, but London still leads slightly. The section along West Street from about ChambersStreet to Desbrosses is known as The Farm. It isthe receiving station for all our huge food supplies and 47. to accommodate the bulky merchandise the street liasbeen widened an extra hundred feet. Here all theCoast line steamships discharge their Southern produceand the great railroads, tapping the rich farming statesadjacent to New York bring their huge contributionsto the breakfast table of the metropolis. Apples, po-tatoes, garden truck by the thousands of barrels andhundreds of tons, are received almost hourly. The man-ner in which these goods disappear almost instantly isa caution. They are sold right on the pier, moved out-side to the Farm and then removed by their newowners. The new style motor trucks carry off as muchas ten tons at a time and as the cars themselves weighsix tons, some idea of the wear and tear on the streetsof New York is apparent. But the most amazing thing of all is the tremendousamount of goods continually arriving and over eight thousand me
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