. Ports and terminal facilities . oii locomotive crane every 100 feet. in the new basins, the cranes are spaced every 100 feet. Ofcomse, if the city borrows money at a low rate of interest on thebonds and builds an equipment which has to support only theinterest on the bonds and amortization, it can afford to be gener-ous. Here is a great difference between the municipal and theprivate terminal. The new Galveston Cotton Wharf is content with two cranesfor the wharf as a start, which is one crane for every 600 feet. Relation of Cranes to Sheds.—To accommodate cranes it isnecessary to set the tr
. Ports and terminal facilities . oii locomotive crane every 100 feet. in the new basins, the cranes are spaced every 100 feet. Ofcomse, if the city borrows money at a low rate of interest on thebonds and builds an equipment which has to support only theinterest on the bonds and amortization, it can afford to be gener-ous. Here is a great difference between the municipal and theprivate terminal. The new Galveston Cotton Wharf is content with two cranesfor the wharf as a start, which is one crane for every 600 feet. Relation of Cranes to Sheds.—To accommodate cranes it isnecessary to set the transit shed back some distance from thewaters edge. This immediately gives a greater area of depositfor the freight as it comes from the hold. Herein is one of thegreat advantages of the crane. One of the most vexing points 160 PORTS AND TERMINALS of congestion is the point of deposit on the wharf. The area onthe usual narrow pier, completely covered by shed, where thecargo from each hatch is to be set down is not over 8X8 feet,. (Photo by author)Fig. 58.—Antwerp. Portal cranes along the open quay of the Basin Bonaparte.
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