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Show B ' i NEW YORK WILL H 1 BUILD DRY DOCK BB - H i , i Now York, Nov. 3. --Aroused by BB ' J port Improvements elsewhere, panic- BV J ulbrly In Doston, tho dock department BB ! of New York 1ms decided upon build- BBj ' i lng a dry dock big enough to ax:com- BB i I molato the forthcoming 1000 foot ! chip. Tho dock will bo located on tho South lirooklyn water front. Tho project pro-ject will cost about 2,GOO,000 and tho dock department Is confident that BBj it will provo to bo a self sustaining BB municipal enterprise. When tho space BB Is not used as a dry dock It will bo BB convertible, by simply Hooding It, Into BB a berthing spaco for general shipping. BB '. Uock Commissioner II. A. C. Smith BB i " In announcing tho plan, says Now BB jl York has been far behind tho par- Hl ' tlclpatlon In port Improvement but B " that this will not bo tho caso hence- BBJ; I J forth, sis Is evidenced by tho present H. ldnn calling for a dry dock, which Hj i '"Ul surpass anything Vn tho western BB! 3 I hemisphere In this lino. Bflfltl . . |