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plete removal of the entire shed, in- cluding the bulkhead erections. This will make the pier an open one, ideal for the handling of drafts of lumber which vary greatly in length. The steel salvaged from the demo- lition of the pier shed will be used to erect a transit shed for dressed lumber in one corner of the transit yard, Java Street Pier This pier has a north side length of 539 feet and a south side length of 557 feet. The width of the pier is 80 feet and the depth of water at its two berths averages 30 feet. The pier is entirely covered by a steel shed, the sliding ports of which measure 20 x 28 feet. The deck is of concrete construction. Like the Huron street shed, two double rows of windows are fitted into the center of the roof in the form of an in- verted ‘‘V’’. This allows plenty of natural light to filter through to the inside of the shed and makes arti- ficial lighting unnecessary during the daylight hours. This pier, at the present time, is used for the temporary storage of lumber requiring protection from the elements and for the storage of gen- eral cargo carried by the lumber ships visiting the terminal. The Ross carriers also use this shed as a garage when not in use, Ships dis- charge cargo direct to this pier when a berth at the India street pier is not available, Kent Street Pier The Kent street pier is 560 feet long on both north and south sides, and is 60 feet wide. The depth of water at the north berth is 30 feet. The south berth is used at the pre- ent time by the International Mill- ing Co. Lighters and barges tie up on the south side of this pier as the slip is too narrow for use by ocean going vessels, At all the other piers a slip 200 feet wide is provided. The steel shed on the Kent street pier measures 30 feet in width from the north side. This leaves an un- covered space 30 feet wide on the south side of the shed. Both the covered and open portions of the deck are of concrete. The roof of this shed has the same type of windows in the roof as have the Huron and Java street piers. The shed is now used chiefly for the tem- porary storage of flour. While no definite plans have been advanced for such a development, it is expected that the city of New York will some day abandon the Green- point ferry slip, which is on the south side of the Kent street pier. If this is done it will present an op- portunity of widening the slip on that side of the pier so that ocean going carriers can dock alongside the 30-foot apron, If this is done the utility of the Kent street pier will be greatly increased as far as the terminal as a whole is concerned. The area north of Huron street is utilized as a storage-in-transit area, capable of holding 56,000 square feet of lumber. The lumber is crane- piled by steam locomotive cranes having a capacity of 10 tons. These cranes, which run along tracks the entire length of the yards, have booms 60 feet in length. Plans eall for the removal of the tracks and crossovers in the yard because of the extra space necessitated by the tracks which must be laid on the ground in addition to the normal motor truck passages. The cranes will be equipped with caterpillar type traction which will make them more flexible and available for service in any part of the yard. This area is soon to be covered by a steel shed which is to be built of steel taken from the India street pier. From Huron street, another stor- age area extends southward to India street. This yard has a capacity of 100,000 feet of lumber, and is divid- ed into three sections by two sets of tracks for the two 10-ton steam locomotive cranes which serve the area. Switching tracks are provided at the eastern end of the yards so that the cranes may be moved about quite readily. These tracks are like- wise to be removed and the two 10- ton cranes will be equipped with eaterpillar traction to provide great- er flexibility. In addition to the 10-ton steam- driven cranes, a 7-ton gas tractor of the caterpillar type is also available for use anywhere in the yard, At the present time that portion of the yard extending from [India street to Java street, and from the bulk- head line to West street, is also an uncovered storage yard. Plans have been made, however, and construc- tion of a large warehouse is soon to start. This warehouse will measure 250 x 525 feet and will provide stor- age space for 100,000 square feet of lumber, From Java street and ex- tending 60 feet south, there is a warehouse 338 feet long. This build- ing, which is of brick construction, has a capacity of 28,000 square feet PTTOR RAEN SS FP euntaneearneauuuene ty a ate “ean of lumber in five rooms. South of this warehouse there is an additional storage space available for 60,000 feet of lumber. This area extends to Kent street. In the storage yards the lumber is crane-piled. The height to which it is piled depends, of course, upon the amount of lumber in the yard at any one time. Lumber has been piled as high ‘as 18 to 20 feet. Handling Lumber In the handling of lumber from the ship’s holds to the deck of the pier, 13-men gangs are used. Wight men of the gang are employed in the holds, making up the drafts, two are winchmen on the deck of the ship, one is a Signalman, also on deck, and the other two are on the dock to re- ceive the drafts. The lumber is stowed in the ship’s holds and ’tween decks. As each lot of lumber is stowed in the ship it is marked across the top with various colored paints or chalk. Double lines of a particular color of paint are drawn across the top of each lot of lumber, and where the lot does not extend clear across a section the col- ored lines are continued down the side of the lot. The ends are sim- ilarly marked, sometimes with the same color and at other times with a different color, The stowage plans for the lumber ships are made up of several sheets, each corresponding to a hatch. All the cargo that can be worked through each particular hatchway is shown on the sheet which represents that hatch. The following informa- tion is recorded on each sheet: (1) Stowage number; (2) separation and end marks; (3) sizes of lumber; (4) place of stowage; (5) quantity in board measurement; and, (6) con- signee and point of discharge. The sheets, one for each hatch, are then fastened together in such a manner that when all are opened out they present a complete view of the ves- sel. On the reverse side of the sheet for No. 1 hatch, which would be on the outside when the plan is folded, there appears a recapitulation of the entire cargo, showing the place of Layout of the Brooklyn Intercoastal Terminals on the East River, after proposed improvements have been made MARINE REVIEw—March, 1935 27