New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-08

FAX Of our City TO appear higher and more harden
some tian Il really =
would suggest that the Common Co1Hci. unite
with the Board Of Supervisors IN nemoraEzin- the
Legislature for Al amendment TO the laws relative
20 tic assessment Of property iOr taxes Power
should be lodged in the Board OF Supervisors, Or IN
a Board Of Ofccrs created for tie purpose, 70 cor
rect assessments when there shall appear 70 have
been committed either an error OF judgement Or Of
accident
r. also the Assessors should be required % keep
permanent Office In the rooms of the Controller or
the Receiver Of Taxes and their books exhibited
there for reasonable time after the valuation has
been completed, i is believed thstthe convenience
aud interests OF tax PAYERS would be greatly pro-
NOTED
The 7th section Of the Amended Charter pro-
hibiis the drawing Of any money from the CITY
Treasury, except first appropriated 10 the pur
poses for which il IS drawn, and also io-bids all APP
preparations except based upon specific and detail
cd statements IN writing from the Departments,
through the Controller This section Is evidently
intended 10 insure greater safety n the tnsnces,
aud AZ the same tine the better government and
discipline Of the Departments If faithfully al
hered b. and Observed It will be found to be the chief
safeguard OF the public Treasury. and ! indulge
the hope that the Common Council vii not suffer
u, at any time in any instance, or for any cause
whatever. 10 be disregarded
The number OF arrests made by the Police for All
the vsriops ofenses committed during the SIX
months prec edIng the LIST day Of November l-f9,
amounts io fourteen Thousand one hundred and
eighty eight Gfls7 and this is An increase Of
bat cightvsx over that Of the corresponding SIX
months Of the wear s43 Ten thousand one HIM
5rc1 and seventy seven ll0,l77l Of these arrests
were for intoxicatlon and the usually consequent
oHenses of assault and battery, abandonment, dis
orderly conduct fighting and insanity. being three
hundred and seventy two less than those made for
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period Of the previous wear The diminution Of ar
ests made for oaenses resulting from the lmmode-
rate use n intoxicating drinks ls rendered the
more apparent bv a comparison OF the arrests Tor
intoxic cation assault and battery and dsorderly
conduct during the two corresponding periods Of
the years SIS and Sag There were apprehend
cd during the latter period for these ofenses nine
thousand six hundred and twenty nine persons
1629 being FIVE hundred and twenty three less
than those al the former period.
This fevorsble contrast - the more gratifying.
when we consider that during the prevalence OF
the late epidemic intoxicating drinks were recon-.
mended and were more frequently used than dur
ing ordinary seasons
From report made 70 me by the Chief OF Police.
Itappears that the depredations committed by gangs
of i1ycne thievos-whose number ~ the CITY IS
estimated at three thousand have become a serl-
on, owl Undoubtedly the most efficient correction
Of these practices would be the adoption Of means
% require the Attendance OF these unfortunate chill
dren at school and 70 provide for their employment,
IN some useful calling Yet for the purpose OF
strengthening the preventive power Of the Police
would suggest that more stringent regulations be
adopted in regard to junk shop keepers and second
hand dealers some Of whom keep reccptsclesior sto
len goods and afford especial encoursg to these
juvenile offenders. II the Common Council do not
already possess the power, then the Legislature
should be memoralized for authority % confer on
,i.gfp aof.r .f,.aa "a ONpndGTs
trates to summary punish them for violation OF
the ordinances 4 like measure Ia other cases has
oecn found to be beneficial in its operation
For further information and valuable statistics rel
alive to this department refer you to The SEM an
nual report OF the Chief Of Police, which is here
with submitted.
The organization Of tho CrotOn Aqucduct Depart
ment under the amended Charter and the Act OF
The 18th OF April, 1872 was completed IN August
asst. and the coping OF the High Bridge, which was
the closing work OF the Aqueduct was finished at
about the same period.
4 careful examination Of the interior Of the
work was made by the Commissioner, IN Noycm
Der last, when il was found TO be in the most per
feet condition giving the gratifying assurance that
with ordinary care this master worh may he pre-
served unimpaired for ages
The Department has compiled statistical
Tables" Of those parts Of the City where Water
Pipes are laid for the purpose Of making an sppor
tonment of Water Rents required by the 18th
Section of the Act above referred 10 but owing to
tho constant growth Of the City by the erection OF
new buildings aud the alteration and extension OF
old ones they will. after the lapse Of compare
lively brief period. become nearly useless unless
means are devised n furnish the Department with
a knowledge Of these changes as they occur
For this purpose | would recommend the passage
OF an Ordinance requiring owners, under suitable
penalties, to file in the Department description 81
every new building erected within the w alter DIS
trict and also Of such alterations and additions to
old ones rs NAV affect the consumption o; water on
the premises.
The special attention OF the Street Commission
ors' Department has recently been directed 10 the
extension of the wharves and piers The growing
commerce of our city demands an increased amount
of wharf accommodations the want OF winch has
compelled portion OF our shipping to seek mar
Dor on the opposite shores OF the East ana hudson
Rivers while our own wharves would have afford
I'd more convenient, a safer and better harhor, II
thev had been extended at an earlier period
One Of the leading causes Of this neglect IS found
in the low rates Of wharfage being only about two
and a half per cent on the investment to which
the proprieiors have hitherto been restricted.
The rates now established were fixed by the
Legislature as far back the year 1913, when the
expense OF building wharves bore very lnconsd-
cradle proportion to that OF the present time They
were then seldom required to be more than irom2O
o 900 feet long bv 30 feet wide and rarely had to b.
extended INTO depth OF water Of more than rom
ten to twenty feet whereas, the present length OF
piers IS required 10 be from to GOO feet long by
40 feet wide and are bulk in water rem ~ TO 10
feet in depth
Thus while the Corporation and owners OF water
fronts are necessarily subjected to This great ad.lI
uonal expense the rates OF wharfage remain the
same az before
would therefore suggest an application 20 the
legislature for the passage OF law authorizing
such an increase OF the present rates wharfage as
NAV correspond with the increase OF expense and
SO as 10 pay a reasonable per censage on the IN
vestment
such lsw would serve as strong incentive 20
continue the further extension Of wharves, thereby
siiording the additional accommodations so much
needed and SO long neglected aud would also NJ
ford strong inducement TO the pruPrletors OF the
adjacent property 70 put up and line tine wharves
with valuable stores and warehouses and thereby
give lite and encouragement 20 the trading inter
ests and at the same tune enlsree the basis Of tax
able property in the City
The avenues aud roads have not, in M Judgment,
received from the Common Council the attention.
which the necessities Of our rapidly growing popu
latlcn have demanded. Many years have elapsed
since the avenues were opened "a iGp. The own
ers through whose land the avenues run have been
assessed for such opening and the assessment. long