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June, that steamship line to build up and pro- tect the interests of that port. Should the Cunard line come to New Orlears under the existing port policy, it would not be permitted to build its own term- inals, but would have to take whatever the dock yard had to offer, and, lackizys an invested interest, would not feel tlc permanent interest in New Orleans that it feels in New York. "The association of commerce does not suggest a return to private ownershio, but does suggest the plan of leasing." MARINE URBEVIiIEW CONGESTED CONDITION OF DOCKS AT THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS An idea of the situation which frequently prevails may be gained from this view showing how vessels must be moored tandem to expedite loading and unloading Coaling Facilities of New Orleans UEL-SUPPLYING facilijes. at the port of New Orleans have been increased, starting with the new year, by a_publicly-owned coal plant with a handling capacity of 1000 tons an hour and storage facilities for 25,000 tons. It has been erected under direction of the board of commission- ers of the port and is being operated by them. The new tipple and storage plant stands at the upstream end of harbor frontage, just above the end of Peters avenue at the river, and is served by both the municipally-owned belt railroad and the Illinois Central railroad. Although the plant has a storage capacity of 25,000 tons, its purpose is the immediate bunkering of ships, or loading of cargoes. The coal will be removed as fast as it is brought in, after the storage bins have been filled, according to present demand for bun- ker coal. The fuel to be handled is Tun-of-mine coal or coke and the plant is so arranged that coal may be unload- ed from railroad cars into the storage bins or into boats or barges; from storage pile into steamers or barges; from barges into steamers or into storage bins and piles; and, if neces- sary, from barges or storage piles into railroad cars. Thus the plant - works either from land lines to water, as in the bunkering of ships, or from water lines to rail, as in the handling of coal brought by government barges from the Alabama fields up the Missis- sippi river to the tipple. Wharf 750 Feet Long A wharf 750 feet in length parallels the tipple, capable of taking care of three 10,000-ton ships at a time, while the tipple pours coal into their bunkers at the rate of 800 to 1000 tons an hour. The plant is equipped with a hopper house, three loading towers and one unloading tower. Two of the three loading towers travel along a track, so they can discharge directly into hatches of steamers. The unloading tower is a_steam-operated, traveling hoisting tower, with a projecting beam carrying a trolley and a grab bucket. Chutes are provided along the storage pile, whereby coal may be discharged from wing conveyors directly into rail- road cars. Coal received in gondolas, however, is unloaded by means of the grab-bucket operated from the over- head traveling crane, and discharged through the track hoppers into the storage pile. The plant is equipped so as to per- mit loading of coal into vessels from barges, stordge pile or railroad cars, Coal also can be loaded from barges and from railroad cars simultaneously into the storage pile. Approximately 7120 lineal feet of 36-inch belting serve 13 separate conveyors for the coal from storage pile or cars to shipside on the wharf, This makes the fifth coaling-supply