Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . rable shipping on the oppositeshore of the city—the East River. This locality duringthe reign of the clipper was a veritable forest of are signs of a rejuvenation of American MerchantMarine and perhaps before long we will again see thewhite sails of ocean beauties and hear the song of theChanty man. The South American trade docks largelyin South Brooklyn, where an immense terminal develop-ment called the Bush Stores has been in process of com-pletion for several years. This now
Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . rable shipping on the oppositeshore of the city—the East River. This locality duringthe reign of the clipper was a veritable forest of are signs of a rejuvenation of American MerchantMarine and perhaps before long we will again see thewhite sails of ocean beauties and hear the song of theChanty man. The South American trade docks largelyin South Brooklyn, where an immense terminal develop-ment called the Bush Stores has been in process of com-pletion for several years. This now embraces miles andmiles of piers, all equipped with the most modern appli-ances for the mechanical handling of freight. A lessonfrom Europe has evidently been learned by the Americanshipper and some of the ingenuity hitherto monopolizedby the ore handlers of the great lakes has finally beenadopted in the East. Huge factories are now locatedon these docks and an immense saving of unnecessaryhandling of freight is achieved. The old shipping quar-ter of Brooklyn, which formerly began at Pierrepont 55.
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