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268 THE MARINE REVIEW Cement Faverment - 700'-0" e July, 1915 NN TT I ii f Jini ir Dc Office Building Cement Favernen?y ae = = Cement Faverment C&B Office Building Freight Shed ---- 4/0'-Q" a SHAE ans sek Saaicoaa 7 UMTCKS SS ea Freight Shed - 4/0'-0" HUADAGAUCQHNGUELARRGEEGEOUOUEGAOGGOUUNGOAUENGGHO ee oe OUOURNGHUARERENEOQUONOUENOUOUGDGAUQUSDONECHNGGNONDROOENDOPOQYIC! sees BOT Beas eee 7 Ei, ESE G08 ; Coal Fit [east (7 Se S Cernent Bees FIG, bridge, gives a clear channel of only 100 feet for the passage of steamers. The big. side-wheeler, SEEANDBEE, of the Cleveland & Buffalo line, which is. 500 feet long with an extreme breadth of 98 feet, 6 inches, had a clearance of less than 1 foot on either side in passing this bridge. Two warehouses were used by the Cleveland & Buffalo line in handling its traffe and this arrangement prevented rapid and economical loading and un- — FIG, 3—-NEW WAREHOUSE OF THE C. 2—GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF NEW DOCK loading of its steamers. The company does a large interchange business, that is, traffic carried in conjunction with railroads. In practically all cases, the freight had to be handled twice, from freight cars to the freight shed floor and later to the boats, or vice versa. Two separate gangs of men were maintained to move the freight. One set of workmen, known as the street gang, handled freight from _ railroad cars, or city freight from wagons and trucks, to the floor of the warehouse. The second gang, the _ stevedores, handled freight between the boats and freight sheds. The expense of freight handling was further increased by the charges for towing the steamers from the main dock to the second freight warehouse and the loss in time of the street gang and stevedores while the boats were enroute. Conditions confronting the Detroit & Cleveland line were closely parallel. Its & B. TRANSIT CO.