. The problem of greater New York and its solution. hemselves inaction.^ Where is there a comprehensive harbor plan for NewYork like that of London, Liverpool, Antwerp or Hamburg?The metropolis has show^n that it can deal in a large way withsome of its problems. Its $375,000,000*** rapid transit plan isgenuinely magnificent, its $176,000,000**** Catskill w^ater sys-tem is an engineering triumph; its bridges are of these represent civic might conquering great in contemplating New^ Yorks harbor policy this virilepicture vanishes, and there is seen instead the inef
. The problem of greater New York and its solution. hemselves inaction.^ Where is there a comprehensive harbor plan for NewYork like that of London, Liverpool, Antwerp or Hamburg?The metropolis has show^n that it can deal in a large way withsome of its problems. Its $375,000,000*** rapid transit plan isgenuinely magnificent, its $176,000,000**** Catskill w^ater sys-tem is an engineering triumph; its bridges are of these represent civic might conquering great in contemplating New^ Yorks harbor policy this virilepicture vanishes, and there is seen instead the ineffectual figure * Liverpool has an extreme tidal range of 31 feet. See Appendix (Note 30). Many of the other Euro-pean ports must also contend with heavy tidal ranges.**See Appendix (Note 17). *** The present subway system is estimated at $50,000,000 and the proposed extensions at $325,000,000additional. **** The original estimate of $161,800,000 was increased by $15,000,000 by change in plan. 31 T HE P R 0 B L E M () F G R E A T E R X E W Y () R K. Photo, hij Keller THE SITE OF THE NEW PIER DEVELOPMENTShowing piers that are being removed to make room for the new structures. of one so pampered by fortune as to have been rob})e(l of allresourcefulness—helpless in the face of opportunity. AYhile other cities have been compelled to create greatharbors imder adverse conditions, Xew York has always en-joyed the advantage of natural deep water at its Manhattanwharves, and cannot yet realize that this has been ftdly has not learned to think in any other terms. It is the victimof its own good fortune. Xew York has generally met the in-creasing pressure of commerce with spasmodic, inco-ordinated,hit-or-miss measures of temporary relief, forgetting that reliefsoon calls for more relief, becoming in the end more expensivethan the ctire. This will become evident from a brief stirvey. The City of Xew York has expended $115,000,000 upon itswharves and piers since 1870, principa
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