. Ports and terminal facilities . ached; 2. warehouse not otherwise reached. (c) Or across the pier—if it is a narrow transfer pier as at New York—to be lightered to 1. warehouses with waterside delivery (lighter canal); 2. industrial plants, with Waterside delivery. Railroad freight should not be lightered except at ports where thebelt line railway is an impossibility. II Overside at the pier the cargo may be loaded directly onto lighters 1. for movement to warehouses with waterside delivery; 2. to industrial plants with waterside delivery; 3. to barge canal terminals inbroken lots, otherwise
. Ports and terminal facilities . ached; 2. warehouse not otherwise reached. (c) Or across the pier—if it is a narrow transfer pier as at New York—to be lightered to 1. warehouses with waterside delivery (lighter canal); 2. industrial plants, with Waterside delivery. Railroad freight should not be lightered except at ports where thebelt line railway is an impossibility. II Overside at the pier the cargo may be loaded directly onto lighters 1. for movement to warehouses with waterside delivery; 2. to industrial plants with waterside delivery; 3. to barge canal terminals inbroken lots, otherwise cargooverside may be loaded directlyto canal barges. Ill Overside in Stream. Cargo ships berthedin stream at mooring posts will dischargeoverside 1. into barges for the interior; 2. into lighters and scows for localconsignees having watersidedelivery; 3. minority cargo (in the case of aship carrying its main cargo inbulk and a small portion aspackage freight) to (a) ware-house, (6) railroad freight sta-tions, (c) Fig. IIA. Cargo ships carrying largely bulk cargo and some parcelfreight, but enjoying the free wharfage afforded by the mooringposts for bulk cargo, will prefer to lighter the small proportionof package freight rather than pay wharfage on the entire ship. In order to visualize the freedom of movement which a well- 32 PORTS AND TERMINALS organized port should offer the diagram in Fig. 12 may be will be seen that the various vessels and vehicles, in order ofimportance are: belt railway car, harbor lighter, and riverbarge. The dray should never be called into use except when I Tmt Ffca-r o^ -rue- Wof>LD \ <S dhtP
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