New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-07
Eare, Of the Enlargement on the ,.ar'or
Corye. pcndenee between AID "r'"" an"
Cen Mc>irU.


Eare, of the Enlargement on The nar'or,
Corve. pcndence between Ai"' "s'"" az"
Gen. MCNEIL.
Gen VS. GleBs McNIELL June -, ao,s 81
Dxey SIR The undersigned, one Oh We ihehiDeIs Va
tho Suec.al Committee OF the Board OF Aldefeh On
,he .b;ect OF The enlargement of the ba''''y' US
&c ,o REQUEST your opinion on the question, when
has been aglia,ed slace The passage OF the 9roaVc
nroyding io he Enlargement, as 70 me ehec' Il''
The chrnc- Of ne Eas ana Nortn hNer,, ,,,
might 70 suit RON the said enlargement II
From your long experience ana intimate dcqus.lt'
ance with subjects Of this character, your opinion
would be received with great interest Dy Ine I,e'n-
bers OF the BOARD, as well as the pubic generaiy
Respectfully yours, EDNIAD hRItstN'
NEW YORK, July 90, 1851.
EpnrsD GMtfIN, Esq, Chairman ol me 'Peciai
HD c,o,,,,inc of the Board of Aldermen, &C, New
Dr.Rs:r Your communication OF the .'th June,
an he Eul,rgcment OF the Battery, has clhh"n my
ey,ous ,',eni on and study-not Only pecdusc YOU
80 conc, ed nav opinion OH the question, "hich
49, been since the passage 81 tlc oI,hdISc
nroydlpg fof he enlargement as 70 lhe eect oii Wv.
channels OF the East and Nortn HVets W.vn Iils% ,
,csnt from he said enlargement II cdiileu ou' i
Not hec,usc nv opinion, from long experience am
intimate acquaintance with SUBJECTS OF thls ViaiaN
Tor would be received with great ihteresl; 1u. ".
canse udo,t ndent OF your unexpected can lor my
a,n,o, dc.ny impressed with the importance VI
INV Ineas,ue which might impair the na'oo. VI
New yorl. IN the prosecution OF wmch' tlc H'oI'
commercial world IS mtereste1, oouan nc,snre
ID 4
n,onoScd seemed 10 me likely 10 anect II PeJuIicltI
IL have therefore. thought much upon .'io s,sn'
iect ard the more so because OF the ol"cIs oP ,i
ions of those whom personally anu proies>Vnlny
mighty esteem, ana NhVsc oP'i''''' W. ''
The question, submitted are not, sS gniers,aap
Won Shall TIE Battery be enlargeh VIVA. ti' a. g.
yy.n,see of enlarQlng II What the cost But
simply If enlarged as proposed, what tae ehec',Io''
change of direction OF currents, m te t"o eStu.o'
North and East Rivers, 50 termed, or eAiS'"s 0"'''
nels IN the h1rhor. e...,
Reterrlng 10 Document No. 3, Board OF Assistant
Aldermen JULY IL, 1915" =, is IN ie" words propoSe1
10 more lhan cOubc the area oil the Battery OF 70
make If IN all about - acres according 10 Tue survey
al Daniel L. ven, Esq. City Surveyor by hllnS III
on line of Enlargement, which commences al the
westerly side of West street, ami thence runs IN a
direct hire until strikes the northwCslory angie Oh
The block on Which Castle Garden Is erected thence
along the block TO It's westerly angle, ana thenCC Ill
A curve lire until It strikes the new Pier No East
River abou 900 feet distant from the present Battery
wall.
b. reference 10 the map OF Mr.. EwcnS survey, Or,
what would DC quite as we'll and better, on inspecting
the premises themselves, aided by llat map II VIII
be clearly rCittWcj that Plcr NO NoIlh hNS' Iu,'S
ar nroiec,s 30 far out and is 50 constructed mat 'he
filling IN betw en- il and Castle Garden could not APP
preclabl, affect Tic current, ana henCe cod'' uot VIZ
iurb The channel ana 1t IS equally oONIoN, ma. '
6llrg IN gnIn Castle Garden to the new llcr no.
East River would not affect the current OF chanhei
ON that side in other words, The eXlstng IleIs Nus
IN and htycis) and the intermediate fieT u as
tie Gardcnj direct and control the current wlthh
these limits aui the proposed hlihg m coulu nave
no sensible eject upon II. 1 assert TINS po'iuNeV'
but with dive difference to arous expressed %
II ~ equally obvious and lndiSputaOlc lhat ,he
water within he proposed nci IN area must b. dis
placed and be- distributed elsewhere throughout tne
beautiful Rav o. New-Nork, which exp1nds 70 Ihies
IN width Immediately opposite yet ms could not
affect the influx and eiiux OF tides ap1rcclaby, II al
all Astoeh3t Lieut. Wo0thul is reported 10 nave
sand about The effect of CnCrOachmeniS on me biooA-
hn side Il, Co.'s not seem TO me that It pertains 10
aSoh. 4 .4tS HnttDrmltk (
been increased thereby IN depth so much the Oettl
He does no, ,as that other channels have oeeh Oh
mni>hcd IN depth, ana as to channels gong li the
arc of circle" (al,hough don't see what thal
has TO do WIN ihc question: rather think he would
End exceptions ON the Hudson River and ON the
Mississippi, where the deepest water Is oneh MoiS
shore AZ all events, the proposed enlargement, mas
much a. il does not SO beyond Pier No East RIVER,
which nov directs the confuenceS, cannot IN any
way affect the cum, L; Of either the Easi or North
River
Doubles ihe changes represented by MAJOR Della
held 10 have taken place IN the course of Il century
al sandy Hook and within, are well authenticated
Out Whether or not attributable 10 the causes as
s'sheu II Is 10 my mni clear that the proposed en-
t%genleIi can have no sensible effect IN producing
Iu''nei ohargts Admitting, or rather moi denying
N MNof De!aaed expresses himself that every
'u"c aiu al water ABOVE low waterlCad that is dis
placed 0y earth, OF other solid matter decreases the
QUANTITY o. water 10 The same extent" although II
wnuio seem mat iron Increased depth OF ButtermIa
Channei. there should hC no more obstruction now
than formerly 20 etfux of as much water Is ever)
mat would Otherwise GENE IN from sea through the
channel az sandy HOOK, and as a necessary conse-
9uehee, decreases either The depth width of the
Chsnnei unh an equilibrium is restorcd"-So does
peooie tGOwn INTO pool, or the broad ocean, pro-
auee iSilpples aud tie breadth We roSplre produces
uneMat'ns ,hcrce sound which, IN the refinement
oil sense, peiNade the Universe. How far disturb
aHse ehSNcS has no, been calculated exactly
DO h"l sec the affinity inferred between the
es'aanss ,esned the North and East Rivers and the
iNtfS "up}lES south cs SANDY Hook the Delaware
&c" ana laos especially the Mississippi which is
thipAaiicaiiy River. But | 10 see from the very
name OF Sftfr Hook, why encfoachmcntS should he
nsue' OF s c'ai mel vary, asi, does all along sandy
Coas' VITA which entertainments or changes con.
seQusnt' 1 repeat, that the proposed enlargement
WI he' &c al>oerncd element in tho Calculation
u an UhAlo"9 quantity, and may well be stricken
N" Rat, co. >SHi space OF anchorage m front OF
sne pauttl, winch can now only be used by small
siaiI; VIII IN few wears, be filed with The debris
..n - 10" constantly accumulatng by the irregu-
.u,s'h'S aho eIiies caused oy the two projecting
fe.s nos ! hS>t and North Rivers, ard bv Castle
ua'aen BY constructing a regular carved shore or
s""SI Is : proposed, connecting the two above
Isne1 peiS, and embracing the site O. Castle Gar.
W., 'ne csahnss OF the North and East Rivers will
nI"sSsti}' be mproSe1-as u were. cut of all ed.
1es ara counter currents, which must otherwise
essss .N iorm bars Extending out in the channel
saJ 'se result Mould be The extension OF What may
wen DC termed The " Poor Chis,t's ParS"
&Ae the liberty, and, unheSltaimsly, the respoa
SSoinis, 10 noor>c this part OF the Report of the
nosiu o. Assistant Aldermen dated july -. 1919 to
III A'eIse to any plan which might have for its
OBJECT tie appropriation OF the sroYnd OF ae Battery
" any pant thereof 10 any other than ;helr present,
1v that "oy extending lis exterior line so as %
eosace ,te portion OF water IN front. both on the
h soitn ahd south % the Castle, and including the
S.VcA ca Nech Tue same Is located. us bounds would
&c sha'geG 10 an extent tiai would greatly improve
~, 9e'h a. place OF pubic resort and promenade,
AN az az o'i1neii OF our City :, AMI that I'll other
ADVANTAGES aIile pa,ed, rs rec,ted in thl, renort.
.oa"' III ny op'rion ensre without the least appre-
New.Nork " ~ ''"N' ~
have the ,onor TO be. s,r. very rcsn, ,,f.llv
Your OBJ servt, WM GUS NcSiyr
FATAL ACCIDENT N Ro,rox VrOo
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