Word: piers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...morning of Independence Day found the S. S. Leviathan of the United States Lines lying at Pier 86, in the Hudson River, at the foot of 46th Street, Manhattan. It was a dull morning, but the ship's three red, white and blue funnels shone in their new paint...
When it seemed satisfactorily arranged that the Leviathan was to have a dock in Manhattan-the only unoccupied dock of sufficient length- Mayor Hylan of New York stepped in with an objection. The City of New York owns Pier 86, which the Shipping Board wanted for the Leviathan (TiME, May 5). However, in awarding the contract for the reconditioning of the President Buchanan, the Shipping Board trod on the toes of Brooklyn by awarding the contract to the Newport News Shipbuilding Company instead of to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which made the lower bid. Accordingly Mayor Hylan (who lives...
Naturally, both the Shipping Board and the British lines showed anxiety. The solution, however, appears to have been found. Secretary of War Weeks indicated that he would not insist on the removal of the extensions on the Chelsea piers until the city had provided other 1,000-foot piers for the British vessels. Meanwhile, it appears that the Leviathan will be leased Pier...
...wrote: " The Leviathan is the property of the United States Government and is operated by the Government and therefore it is the property of all the people in the United States. ... It seems unbelievable that the Leviathan should be excluded from the pier in New York owned by the citizens of that city...
...situation is this: there are five ships serving the port of New York which require 1,000-foot piers: The Majestic, Berengaria, Olympic, Homeric and Aquitania-all operated by British lines. When the Leviathan comes into service on July 4, she will be the sixth ship of this class. The British vessels have been using the Chelsea piers, which, originally not so long, were extended during the War for the use of these long ships. The City of New York is also building a series of 1,000-foot piers farther north along the shore of Manhattan. Pier...