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along the elevated railroad in the present downtown shipping and distributing dis- 
tricts. The steamship companies taking up the piers, now occupied by the railroad 
companies downtown, will be comparatively near this great district, as against a 
long haul from the proposed uptown location. 
Thus, by any other plan than that presented by Commissioner Tomkins, it 
would be necessary immediately to practically reorganize not only the water front 
but also the shipping and distributing districts of Manhattan. 
THE PRESIDENT:—I am quite sure I express your sentiments when I say to 
Mr. Barney that we are greatly obliged to him for his most interesting paper and 
his remarks in the discussion. : 
The next paper in order is by Naval Constructor Taylor, entitled, ‘‘Some 
Model Basin Investigations of the Influence of Form of Shipsupon their Resistance.”’ 
Mr. Taylor has been called to Europe to testify in a law case, and as the paper is 
purely a technical paper, I suggest it be read by title. 
