Identifier: greatnorthsideor00durs (find matches)
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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issioner of StreetImprovement, have l>een arranged for, and the plans arc weliunder way. Under Chapter 970 of the l\ S. Laws of 1890, it is pro-vided that the Secretary of War shall fix the time duringwhich the draws shall be opened, but that -said draw s shallnot l>e opened except for vessels propelled by steam, with orwithout vessels in tow; nor shall they he required to heopened at any times other than between ten oclock in theforenoon and five oclock in the afternoon. Experience hasshown that the draws should not he opened between five a. m.and eight p. m., and that all steam tugs should he compelledto adopt devices to enable them to pass tinder the fixed drawsat all stauvs of the tide. With the completion of the new bridges having a clearspace of 24 feet above high water, and the enforcement of theU. S. Law of 1890, and of the ordinance of the Department ofPublic Parks of November 30, 1892, many of the disadvantagesassociated with a territory separated by a navigable stream
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I 12 The Cn at North Side crossed by low level bridges from the old, wealthy, and thicklysettled portion of the city of w hich it is a part, w ill be greatlylessened, and some practically removed. The commerce of the river will be principally in buildingmaterials,fuel,and the product of factories along its banks,This bulky freight w ill be carried in steam-propelled vessels, adapted to passage under its bridges, which will in timebecome practical!) fixed bridges, affording uninterruptedtransit; thus increasing the value of properties on the NorthSide to very nearly an equality with those of like characteron Manhattan Island, and stimulating growth in populationand wealth in ever) section of fche North Side. The bridges re-built, to meet the requirements of the 1. S.Law, those in progress of construction, and the others a> ar-ranged for, are all conspicuous examples of engineering skill and adaptation. For beauty of desigp and detail of mechanism,they are as fine examples of bridge

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