Excerpt from Improvement of New York Harbor: 1885 to 1891When it is considered that the City of New York, with its adjacent cities, is soon to become, if it is not already the greatest commercial centre Of the world, and that its social as well as business relations with all nations is rapidly increasing, it is evident that nothing can be of more importance to the interest, not only of the City of New York, but of the Whole country, than an ample water-way between its clocks and the ocean, of such depth and width that the largest Ships of these and future times may pass into and out of its harbor, at all states of the tide, as safely and freely as ferry boats are run on its surrounding bays and rivers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.