Old New York yesterday & today . South Street in the Roaring Forties, showing the spars and bowsprits of the China Tea Clippers; the Californlan, Austrahan andLiverpool Packets and square-rigged beauties from every port in the tElfE Pater Jfrottt of ®obag The advancing power of steam has all but driven the picturesque sailing ship from the highways of the sea. Through these prosaic lookmg portals, passes most of the foreign commerce of our city. The Chelsea Docks at Twenty-Third Street, owned by the city, are over a thousand feet long and built of concrete. North of Tv/enty-Third Stree

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Old New York yesterday & today . South Street in the Roaring Forties, showing the spars and bowsprits of the China Tea Clippers; the Californlan, Austrahan andLiverpool Packets and square-rigged beauties from every port in the tElfE Pater Jfrottt of ®obag The advancing power of steam has all but driven the picturesque sailing ship from the highways of the sea. Through these prosaic lookmg portals, passes most of the foreign commerce of our city. The Chelsea Docks at Twenty-Third Street, owned by the city, are over a thousand feet long and built of concrete. North of Tv/enty-Third Street are other docks m course of construction by the Municipahty, surpassing anything yet accomplished, both in size and equipment.

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