194 V. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



VEHICULAR TUNNEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION 



This tunnel, to be completed in the fall of 1926, is being constructed 

 under the Hudson River and connects the Jersey City and lower 

 southwest Manhattan fish-receiving districts. There will be two 

 20-foot roadways, one for each direction of traffic. The entrance 

 plaza on Manhattan Island is at Broome Street, midway between 

 Varick and Hudson Streets, while the exit is at Vestry and Canal 

 Streets. The entrance plaza at the New Jersey end is at Provost and 

 Twelfth Streets, while the exit is at Provost and Fourteenth Streets. 

 The tunnel will be 9,250 feet long and will have a capacity estimated 

 at 3,800 vehicles hourly, or 46,000 daily. Upon completion of the 

 tunnel, traffic between Manhattan Island and New Jersey will be 

 expedited and congestion minimized. 



INLAND FREIGHT TERMINALS 



A system of inland freight terminals has been proposed by the Port 

 of New York Authorities to relieve congestion on Manhattan Island. 

 Their plan involves the stopping of freight at the railheads west of 

 the Hudson River, and provides that this freight be moved by rail- 

 road-operated street trucks via underground tunnel or ferry to freight 

 terminals located in various districts on Manhattan Island or brought 

 direct to the consignees' door. The tunnel that is being constructed 

 under the Hudson River will greatly aid such a plan. 



According to this plan a freight terminal probably will be erected 

 in the vicinity of Pearl and Fulton Streets, which is about tlu"ee blocks 

 from Fulton Market. Incoming fishery shipments will be delivered 

 at this terminal by railroad-operated motor trucks, to be picked up 

 later by the wholesalers' trucks for delivery to their own establish- 

 ments. Outgoing shipments for any raihoad will also be carried to 

 these terminals. Under this system long hauls would be eliminated. 



The charges for delivery from the railheads to the inland terminals 

 will be included in the railroad tariff, and the rate will be figured from 

 the point of origin to the terminal on Manhattan Island. 



A similar plan has already been inaugurated by several railroads, 

 the New York, New Haven & Hartford being a notable example. 

 Carload shipments of fish shipped on this railroad from Boston enjoy 

 a through rate from Boston to Fulton Fish Market. Such ship- 

 ments are carried by rail from Boston to the Bronx and by motor 

 truck from the Bronx to Fulton Fish Market. Service by this method 

 is efficient and quick. 



An objectionable feature of the plan is that it necessitates the 

 extra handling of shipments at the inland terminal. Various whole- 

 salers are of the opinion that the intracity congestion could be lessened 

 materially by having freight fishery shipments originating on all 

 railroads switched to a common classification yard west of the Hudson 

 River, and moved thence by truck directly to Fulton Fish Market, 



BUILDING REPLACEMENT 



Many of the wholesale fish firms are conducting business on the 

 ground floor of old brick buildings. If the wholesale fish business 

 in New York City is to keep pace with existing sanitar}'^ regulations, 



