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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ons of every kind are constantly beingevolved. In large industrial centres there can always be foundin sufficient numbers the class of persons who from theirfamiliarity with mechanical employments can readily adaptthemselves to new inventions and new appliances. Thus thelabor and the materials are at the very doors of those whodesire to enter upon a new or improved field of industry, andobtainable at the most economical cost. This it is that has made New York the largest manu-facturing city on the Continent, and which will enable theMetropolis to maintain its supremacy, in this as well as inevery other field of enterprise. THE EAST HARBOR. The East Harbor of New York, which is formed by thejunction of the East River, the Harlem River, and Long IslandSound, has now become an important factor in the commercialaffairs of the city, more especially since the recent additionof territory. The whole length of this additional territory(more than six miles) lies upon this fine harbor with ample
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68 The Great North Side. 69 water space and ample depth of water for the largest vesselafloat. The numerous indentations in the water-front havebeen made available by the Harbor Line Board for large basinsadmirably adapted to the canal trade, for ship-building, float-ing docks, and grain elevators. In fact this superb body ofwater approached by the way of Long Island Sound directlyfrom the ocean with no bar or other obstructions, or from thelower bay by the East River if necessary, is one of the finestharbors in the world. Here the entire canal trade and Hudson River traffic canbe centred with every possible convenience for trans-ship-ment with ocean-going steamers. The entire coast traffic ofthe New England States passes through this harbor includ-ing the mammoth passenger steamers of the Sound that rivalin size and passenger accommodation the largest steamshipsin the world. What all this is to be in the commerce of theCity of New York can be readily comprehended. There are no limits

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