TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENTS AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC PORTS.

RATE setting; GOVERNMENT ownership of railroads; MARITIME shipping; TRANSPORTATION planning; HARBORS; RATE restructuring; TRANSPORTATION industry; ECONOMIC development projects

NEW York (N.Y.); PHILADELPHIA (Pa.); BALTIMORE (Md.); BOSTON (Mass.); NEW York (State); PENNSYLVANIA; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED States; SAINT Lawrence Seaway

The article discusses certain prospective transportation developments which are expected to affect the relative economic position of the four great North Atlantic seaports, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston. New York has campaigned for some time for the equalization of rail rates and port differentials in Philadelphia and Baltimore, although this event would not effect Boston. Other possible developments which promise to affect the North Atlantic ports include the opening of the St. Lawrence waterway, the Oswego gateway, the Ogdensburg gateway, and the deepening of the Hudson River as called for by the Albany Port District development.