. Elements of transportation, a discussion of steam railroad electric railway, and ocean and inland water transportation . iverpool andLondon, have been improved and are administered by pub-lic trusts, which are corporations controlled jointly bythe public and by the commercial interests of the third class of ports, of which there is a large and in-creasing number, is typified by Southampton, England,which was constructed and is now controlled by a railroadcompany. It is thus seen that the great ports of the worldmay be divided into three classes according to the authoritywhich contro
. Elements of transportation, a discussion of steam railroad electric railway, and ocean and inland water transportation . iverpool andLondon, have been improved and are administered by pub-lic trusts, which are corporations controlled jointly bythe public and by the commercial interests of the third class of ports, of which there is a large and in-creasing number, is typified by Southampton, England,which was constructed and is now controlled by a railroadcompany. It is thus seen that the great ports of the worldmay be divided into three classes according to the authoritywhich controls them—public, semipublic, and private. 230 ELEMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION American System of Port Improvement and Control.—Inthe United States the improvement and administration ofthe seaports are shared jointly by the Federal, State andLocal Governments. The United States dredges, buoys,and lights the channel and the harbor, and establishes pier-head lines, i. e., the lines to which piers may extend fromthe shore into the channel. From the pier-head line to theshore the State Government has authority. It may exer-. OxK OF THE Basins at the Port of Antwerp. cise this authority directly, as is done in California and afew other States, or it may authorize the city governmentto regulate and develop the terminal facilities as has beendone at New York City and Philadelphia. Whether theport is controlled by State authority or the city govern-ment, the piers and other transfer facilities and the groundalong the harbor front may be reserved as public property,or may be sold to individuals or corporations. Until recent OCEAN IIICIIWAYS AND SEABOARD TERMINALS 231 years, llie practice of most American cities has been toIKTinit the ])i-ivate ovvnersliip of harbor frontage; the timeliowevcr, has now come when tlie commercial necessities ofour birgest seaports make it desirable for the public tosecure possession of the harbor facilities and develop themsystematically with reference to the
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