The New York herald., 1850-01-12
The battery Eni.rgemsnt Humbag.

TBr HoS. CAIEn 5. WooDnULL -
pleasure and satisfaction. I sincerely hope that the
Common Council will have hrmness and decision
enough to carry out many CT your excellent suggcs-
ticns.
feel and very naturally take, q very deep and in
tense nerest In the welfare Of the city which has been
the home OF my family nearly two centuries.
know cir, your feesgs and views In regard to the
city, 70 great extent, the same mine A long
your patriotism, and devotedness in promoting the
true Interests Of the city, therefore, encouraged
70 make some suggestions, which, hope, may benefit
the public,
The only matters in which might differ In regard TO
the improvements recommended by you are those OF
extending the wharyes and the Battery Before this
IL done permit respectfully to suggest that care
full survey Of the bar Dor, and expei the
force and direction Of the tides should b. made to as
certain how far the encroachnents the East aud
North rivers have affected may her, after Affect nju
riouty this beautiful harbor fou know the currents
In the rivtr materially changed from what thsy
twenty.f Eve years ago, and probably know that
mud banks forming whore vessels formerly freely
the Eat river made passage through Buttsrmik
Chan mel long since. this city would have been subject
TO Iundaton, and great lOa aud damage By the
extension Of wlsryss on the Nsw York aud Brooklyn
sjes Ought TO be carefully made and not without r-t
obtaining correct nation from scieuthe sources
TO what may be the probable regt OF the proposed
encrtecbment On The river.
am far irom being singular in the apprehension
entertain that the continued extenfoB Of wharves IN
the East liver will end Ia come serious catastrophe
There are many men OF science IN this city Who euter
Council with caution Ia this mater and taSe
jsct
The enlargement of the Battery in the manner rro.
Tcfed will assuresly form new chsunels whichmay ma
tsriaJ injure the tnett harbor In the world The ebb
tide In the North river you are aware (perhap. owing
20 the freshets) longer third 10 time and
therefore with mofe force, than the food By taking
t~elve or fourteen acres from the river aud nng up
part or all the prefent deep water new channel viii
be formed. The mud. sand and rocks cast up aud
moved BY the rapid tide Ia forming the nsr chsnoe
-. ia A 10 n.s 4.
this viii be probably opposite the point o Governors
isard. Here this mud and sand viii rest, only until
removed BY the flood tide AIDED by south west wind.
which will serd IL up the Eas river aud In It's turn IL
will rect the fret reef nat aud this nat u 20 be
found bstwssn Cosntss slip snd South very, Brock
lyp. Such portion of the mud and sand 20 removed
which soss not permanently rest the reef will be
vashcd inside the vhsrves betseen Co,ntes snd Peek
Slips and will f them up, and probably be q constant
matter 81 labor aud expense 10 the city
Tie extending Cf the vbarves the North river has
already csussd q rsmsrksble change. Twelve years
ngo fedimsnt deposited a. the foot of Franklin
srct nov 10 ie dcut to Keep the clip OF wharf clear
and IL hs up gradually every year. Tte difficulty s
OF The city viii have 90 b. sunusily stased ont.
Agsin Ry the proposed incIeass II the Battery you
will o'Triye our city OF the hpe choing gros nd In
front q tn pr,tsnt Battery. protected the
moth wind By the Castle Garden shch 10 Invaluable
70 cur ,outhsi vessels waiting wind" ADD for which
tut,d
Tfe question arises ought to run tbe rick of d..
stry ng sry portion o. The great advantages n the best
faib,r In TIE world merely TO extend the Batsry al.
ready large snous all the Useful shch "
can be applies! Twenty years ago u the resort
prcnensds Cf great many citizens who then lived
in the irtt and second wards, thr,e-fourthe of whom
have removed The usefulness OF the Battery and it,
confequtBt value has greatly decreased and " is no
held CT the same Importance 70 the city that t
once
On b,se considsrs,cns enreat you 10 pause before
you isrotiUn tuppo ed prpvem "a may be pro-
ductive - sn injury 10 the commerce of city an
hjuiJ which II once inacted can Ievsr be remedled.
hope iir you will excuse the liberty have tai
IN pr,t.ntpe my Views to you and that you vi stft.
butte this letter 10 the grst anxiety feel 10 regard
tle uue interest of this city Yours, M
On the goth ultimo Jesse Wood ward, q citizen q.
Green county, Alsbams out hunting In the woods
near bis hOufe. and the q a runa.