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Port of Boston Seeks State Approval for Commonwealth Pier Plan
Chairman Hugh Bancroft and Port of Boston directors urged the executive council to ratify canceling the New Haven lease and invest about 2.5 million dollars to convert Commonwealth pier at South Boston into an ocean liner terminal. They argued public control is needed to upgrade port facilities and compete with New York and future Panama Canal routes.
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Hugh Bancroft
Port of
Boston
Conry and Fitzgerald
Foss
Executive Council
State House
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Commonwealth Pier
South Boston
Bancroft
Luce
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Panama Canal
New Haven Road
New Haven
Woss
Henry C. Long
Real Estate Exchange
New York
Bayton Harbor