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VALUABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE GREATEST PORT IN THE WORLD-SYSTEM OF BI-STATE (NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY) PORT CONTROL PENDING-MORE RAPID AND SYSTEMATIC INCREASE OF WHARFAGE FACILITIES ESSENTIAL TO NEW YORK'S RETENTION OF WORLD PORT PRIMACY-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOW DIVERTING TO OTHER PORTS VAST PROPORTION OF COMMERCE HITHERTO AND NATURALLY TRIBUTARY TO THE PORT OF NEW YORK

COMPILED AND EDITED BY

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ALEXANDER R.SMITH

AT PRESENT EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK MONTHLY "THE MA-
RINE NEWS," THE LARGEST MARINE NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD

Former Member of the New York Commerce Commission-Former Secretary of the New York Barge Canal Terminal
Commission-First Secretary of the National Association of Port Authorities-Former Superintendent of
the New York Maritime Exchange-Former Editor of the New York Marine Weekly Newspaper

"Seaboard"

1919

PUBLISHED BY

SMITH'S PORT PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.

2 AND 3 SOUTH STREET, NEW YORK CITY

COPYRIGHT 1919 BY

SMITH'S PORT PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.