The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-25

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ED es.ssd g = AID thsx report IussAst 70 ts pow
Tron shs da1s Of said eomnisso.srs report fsst A.
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as to disturb ntsrfsre with the psmAnsat Mns OF
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that the Lsgisaturs frsm tine g time by the passass
Of several ss resoesssd AID eoanrmsd the permass.t
snos the passage Of that act uniformly Cd % the
line sstabshsd By the report Of the said
the sad nxsd watsr as In ssnt OF the city
After psrlod Of more tAas Aftssn years II sow DR.
the rst time attempted 70 iatsfsTe with the
line ~ 80 stsbshed and that too upon the ground es
sns same 70 an oostrueton or snoroschmsnt upon sns
wtud be good policy End wise lssslAtoa to appotat
enotner commission, TO OVERRIDE to stuty, ssd rsod
whose we're oonarmsd and declared vsd aud sss-
tuA to al intents and purposes whaosvsr and thai tie
same and al ana every Of thsm be held taken go
considered In al courts OF law equity Ia this State"
The minority OF your committee OF opinion that
II would BE- s.AbEsning principle that would lead b
endess applications Z, the Legislature for Of
water nee 1, cannot be expected that any smis-
sion csn satisfy the varied wishes opinions and theories
Of she citizens OF the mammoth city OF New York, WITH
Before pocs sdng sxsmIns the subject OF piers -
connected with the permanent water nae sstabshsd
in the city Of Brooklyn the undersigned respectfully -
to cali the attention Of tho to some few prom.
nent fae's . eonneotsd 9TH this subject
1t is ascsrtAned that ths ordinary sbb AMI aow Of
thu tide in the said hArbor s about ak fest and I've
ovsraow frsshets OF any streams smpying nto ths
Hudson East rivers has made suy matsria dtsg
from the sea- and the natural Aow 4 from thu south -
The North, and Lasts absat six hours the se1&saualS
sws 10 thss entering the n uth Of rivers dives bask
the river waters towArcs their heads or sprn ys.o
For the purposes of 1t In desirable that the
Aux AVID relax Of tho tides should DO uniform; and b.
what means that unfrmity TO be attAinsdf btt not
By securing equal for the tides resp0adisg
with the principal avenues through which the tds1
psss rhi, prop ition oApA ,s Of demonstration. fAs
uni err ensd viii briefly call the attention Of the Lsxsi-
tnie to the present situation of the hsrbor OF New YORK
10 respect 10 the alleged encroachmsnts at BrookIya
far they sHrct La commerce and nAvigaten The
lsg amount Of ster foy the supply OF the tides IN the
East river passss through the channels lying betsssa
Blackwes Island and the shores each side thsrsok
tits sscertatnsd from actual survey Zoe United States
Coast survey) that the dtarcs from the low water mark
ackwsis Island, to low water mark on said island ii
Its avesge With 10 ESQ yards and from tho east side e
Of the Long leland shore il l9b yards. Tais bsisg
the natural avenue through which the tides pas
up and down the East river, follows tnaa
limits Of the pAtu al channels through which the tdse
pass, there be distractions that viii interiors
the sbb .nd aow Of the uass are concened Tbs East
river At Fulton ferry Broo n to its nearest point II
New York shors ia eco yards in width being s2S yards
wider thsn ct Bach Wells Hand the natural channel
through which pass the tidal waters OF hs East river.
What your committee would desirs 10 impress upon the
Iegsat by this is that tho narrowing of the channel
of the East river at the Of has tendency,
nsead Of obstruotiog the navigation to produce
ds current through which VESSELS may be nay-
gated with safety than thfou; tbs
OF The tides and eddiss upos
the nsowog and widening Of the river ~ different posats
exists This is In accordance with the estmony
OF the practical pilots who examined before the Com
to your committee that tie tides in tbs Eat river wsrs
stronger than they were thirty years ago. and
each Of these witnesses had that period time bee.
almost constantly engaged In navigating the EAg
river This portion Of their testimony 9Able Of bs.g
spbsnt sted scientific principles We aSe for grant
that to ncresse the force velocity Of water In
narrow chanEel, the same quantity has to be forced
through in less space Of time, or larger quantity n
would increase the force or velocity Of the vats but
neither Of which trn. In respect to the Ess river
The vine the ebb and dow Of the tide Is nxed ut sx
The tce formerly. It 10 from tho ocean flowed
up through the East river ard Hurlgats to place called
SOUND forming asi natural barrier to the tidal
waters Of the Eat river This Ter meeting Of ths
the dss meet some ave or six miles nearer the city thar
formerly and therefore this large that lies bstwe
the meeting Of the tides formerly and not allsd
by waters Of the East large uantity Of wastes
not having to pas thrsugh his narrowed chsnnel ooa.
queny the force viooisy Of the waters In ,hs EAs,
The permanent bukhsad line in front Of the city q
Bfoehlyn having been Asshsd in the hss;a
ssd other States trusting to the pshtsa faith Of H.
State Of New York, through iu Legislature, have ~
pended and expspdins large sums OF money ID
the erection Of vhsrves and other permanent improve
ments upon the Said line established ~ law. ~ q pro
poisd By the report snd action OF ths maj ty Of IN
sh extraordinary powers; 70 restrain ssd stay ali pro
eesdDss unit the further direction Of the L,gsasuIs
urdsr grants already made .ad for Witch the owner
too without mailing any provision for iniemniyns q
| Pefers irjurd or WHOSE proceedings may b. suyed
DO" -: .S n ave.. -, peer ,.s,
which the u1dersgped do not feel themselves compsteal
decide But ttey have advised upo. this subject wt
stmnsnt council who give 1: ~ tasf oplnion thA1
suoh An act would b unconstitutional. and could -
| legally BE- enforced.
principally TO the question - connected with the psrma-
neDt line Of bulktesds In the city Of Brooklyn ssab-
iss p T will .Sps b. .s,sns: to n: report
hey tia, piers Be- sst.Ssnsd for the s.sssy
oontairsd in their report 81 it. Ast -
zion passed sot In comic nifty with tbs same having
q sd IL sad Il on ~: Sus
line adopted the daton BY giving grants -
such Individuals p, .ssnd piers ns{.oa n.
thur bolcrg private gran from the Lsglslaturs avad
themselves Of such grants BY extending the piers to The
then selves OF the grant under the said act OF the st
tefsion Of the legislature.
OF in the port Of New York have ursd ID
dtopa accommodations for shipping for several years
last past the necc sity for "ths isrP will b Accounted
for IL well known hat majority Of the large Glass
81 vessels in tbs por, New York MT unsrsq
dsts.nei from one to two weeks, waiting 81 great
and serious inconvsDiencs TO consgnsss for bsh
!, dcbarss their oargces Are the e,mnsros asd
gss OF tie Empire Stats to DO crippled BY suggssoas
smapasng from theorisss Aud the pghted faith a
State TO b. violated under the prstenos that NE
erection Of piers at Brooklyn Will bs enoroach nens upoa
the harbor Of New Yorh? The East river
point proposed pier head line ia nesr, double
the width Of the rhares and hsrsey. Great Britain
To the former river In standing regulation Of the pct
that ,hps shall be toved ou OF the river b. at the a
| two steamboats,
TEE shipping interests have for years. In almost svsry
rssnce employed steam 70 TOW ships and other axea
vessels in and out Of the hsi Dor OF New Yonot for e
resscp Ct the narrowRess Of the channel but
Of the economy In time Ia getting in OF the hax.
boz aud ALEC from this fact that vessels nov bsa9
used in thoss waters OF from three times greater
tonnsgs than formerly indeed the vessels OF fom
10 Eve HUNDRED to.- tbs szs that vs.ses Formerly