New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-28

Church fr purpose for which OF the rric vel
fare have long since forbidden L ~ be used and th
gToupd be used Tor any eber purpose excep
by the City Authorities.
The proposed street would be an important aveaue Of
comerce the town and w0ld open passage f,g
the vast travel Of the west sd OF tie % the head %
Wsl ST., UiilCgi passing through the n's narrow al
crowded part Of broadway. below the PARK
SecorolyThe opening o; Albany - TO Brosiway Is "a
set of simple jutce 70 the property owners Tho py ~
H. II /. Just what the founders Of the City woui have
done Il they had foreseen It's commercial growth. The
Of City and whs laid nut the present map OF oar Isl
and adopted The plain rule Of social Justice. that every
part of commercial city 10 eyery other part con
venieui and continuous streets And this rule specially
sfrlcahe in that section Of the City where business h
exclnded private dwellings, and lefl occasion fJr
churches Commercial facility which is another name for
the cheap snd rapid movement OF persons and property to
ard 81, m given point, bss given al beyond an arricul
tura vAue to any part of our island Tbs advantage IS
the why sny Of a. are here thout this a
vantage a single church wonlt have been sufficient This
commercial fac itv the special 81 the City aulh3r
ties 10 protect sgans the sehsh interests Of individuals
and corporations, who msy wish 70 enstrucf oy withhold
ing from the public any Pee Of iss9 which sreqaired
for a continuous street.
The property owners in the vicinity Of the proposed i'm
proyemen began forty years ago to clsm from me Cor
pOrsfiOn Of this City just relief by the wcenins o
Themes St the extending of Albany & 10 bfoad"ay.
The records Of the Common Couccil fall Of these pro
ceedincs from lei downward Three times they carried
fker Application successfully through the Board Of Ster
en- and orce through Cemmis.ion Of Estimates, bat
they always defeated by the same powerful adver
Wien Trinity Building was about 20 be ommenc0a
the applicants for the proposed improvement made
ofer in writing 10 the Corporation Of Trinity Charch to
the widening Of Thames ST. and abandon forever
the attempt extend Albany st. II that wealthy Corpora
ton would pay fsr proportion Of the expense bat the
Communication was not answered snd the building vent
up which precludes any possible relief except the one
now sought.
Albany st, must now be extended or large and grow
ngy important section, in the very heart Of commerce
must be permanently excluded from its just share in the
mefce of the City.
Iiirdly-The opposition to this movement comes chiefly
from Trinity Church Afer disregarding the overture for
widening Thames and in view of the fact that the
church edce is needed by any surrounding inhab
ants blocks up the passage Of Wall st. across the town.
this opposition to Committee unreasonable and
unworthy to prevail. Religious corporation. enjoying
perpetual and princey from estates which owe
ell their value 10 the labOrs of surrounding commerce.
spends those in obssrueng the pNh through
which that ought TO flow and does 50, when
the ground in question never be used oc any purpose
without the consent Of the City Government nor for any
eful purpose except complete unfinished and most
important street The idea that this ground in past
used burying place no enger relied on as
sufficient objection, especially after GRACE Church ana
numerous Others have wisely removed the human remains
from grounds nc longer permitted to be used for blra
but demanded for the of the living But another oo
cason for renewed opposition now sought IN the very
questionable assumption that soldiers Of the revolution
once buried in that ground Since the commencement
Of these proceedings the Corporation of Trinity Church
has erected costly monument on the ground in question
for the obvious and declared purpose of deterng the City
authorities from making the proposed improy ement 10
say nothing Of the historical fitness OF Trinity Church
erecting monument TO revolutionary soldiers your Com
mee eravey doubt il any such soldiers buried
in that ground The specific evidence relied on by the
counsel Of Trinity Church before your Committee was an
ancient con- found upon of the disinterred bodies
bu hen your Chairman removed the rust from this coin.
II proved 10 be zone cent of later date than the close OF
the
Such an appel under such circumstances to the sacred
feeling patriotism for the purpose of resisting the pro
per authority in determining question of pablic utility,
and the private right of citizens your Committee cannot
to cha
petitioners ought be granted They therefore beg leave
TO offer the following resolution
P.ted That The passed June 1851 for extending Al
from TTnityp BE- amended 20 that
Abanyst shall be further extended from Tnypase 90 broad
souherly side thereof shall be In astrsgh line from
broadway In centinuaisn othe sonhe ne OF
Greenwiehs rinitypce aud that the
northey SIDE thereof shall be line running from Innrypaes
southery side Of the lands and premises
Trtv BUILDING Broadway that the Counsel to the Corpora
egs the into effect