. Ports and terminal facilities . Delaware Wharves. Cargo of 3,680 tons of flour on main deck. Teams and Motor Trucks.—The other movement from the pier,after the lighter and the railroad, is by dray or motor movement, except in the case of railroad freight at Man-hattan, is much the smallest of the movements of the cargo. The congestion on the railroad piers at Manhattan is due tothe fact that as it is the piers can not carry sheds of sufficientarea to accommodate the freight, and in addition teams and draysare permitted on the piers to load parcels for the wide pier
. Ports and terminal facilities . Delaware Wharves. Cargo of 3,680 tons of flour on main deck. Teams and Motor Trucks.—The other movement from the pier,after the lighter and the railroad, is by dray or motor movement, except in the case of railroad freight at Man-hattan, is much the smallest of the movements of the cargo. The congestion on the railroad piers at Manhattan is due tothe fact that as it is the piers can not carry sheds of sufficientarea to accommodate the freight, and in addition teams and draysare permitted on the piers to load parcels for the wide pier as at Philadelphia, with ample deck room on eachside of a roadway would be the solution. With such piers itwould be possible to drive to the loading point and receive theparcels from a loading platform of wagonbed height. In thiscase the car-floats would not be of the platform, 12-car type, butof the 18-car type and therefore more economical. Freightwould be unloaded directly to the pier. Congestion would be WHARF EQUIPMENT 143. 144 PORTS AND TERMINALS eliminated because of the free movement of the teams down thecenter roadway to the point opposite the merchandise to beloaded. This is not possible on narrow piers which have no provisionfor teaming space, or on piers whose principal movement is byrail. The solution is to move the freight, by mechanical meansif possible, as described in the chapter on carting, to the bulk-head house. This is the building at the entrance to the pier andextending along the bulkhead. This loading platform at the
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