New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-07

statement which is annexed, showing the number OF
,ouhIe wards of pavement in Broadway from Nhtehai
to Union place. The result il &c follows;
vur,r,u,, ss.' ,se as' % ......ss,loG 10
Rss. F.Stmertto complete. $50 $50 %
Total cost Of PAVING AZ 50
If III. pavement in Broadway, which hes cost the tax
payo.s si S. thirds of which has been lad down
within the la,t two years, is permitted to remain undis
turbod for few years we shall have very Jar . OF me
relative value of the different kinds Of paving used in that
crowded thoroughfare.
Rents PIERS AND sL1fs-PAIEs OF WHAhiA"h-LN-
cnoAcHYTNTs THE HtBBOR
Tie City has interest in bulkhesds wharves and piers
estimated to be worth s3O25OOO. OF this amount the to-
ial valuation the East River is estimated at s9-)OOo
AID on the North Iii, er Oh, 429 000-tota sJ,25s,OCO
In whatever concerns the preservation aud productive
ness of this property the Corporation of the City has Ii
rect pecunsry interest Beside that pecnnary interest,
which shares in with every individual who Is
interested in wharf property the Corporation has
duly 10 perform municipal Government
IN protecting the harbor from encroachments, and in Civ
ing such protection and encouragement to the capitalists
es will induce them TO construct suitable wharves al slips
for The accommodation Of chipping and the commerce
which concentrated in our harbor and increasing win
the opening Of every channel Of trade by canals or
railroads The gross receipts for rents of ~haryes ana
piers ought be the Of eight cent equal on
lie capital invested TO 100000 The actual receipts for
1853 have been sl27CO0 expended by the City for re
pairs s37 Geo proceeds 100000. This is less than
three per cent on the estimated value Of the piers ana
clips belonging TO the City. There considerable
amounts in but in many cases nothing will be re
allied from them owing to the fact that the lessees are
PARTIALLY wholly deprived Of the OF the piers in ex
lending rebuilding OF repairing them There is heavy
rebate demanded and allowed every year in consequences
Of these Interruptions Why is that the piers and slips
which furnish accommodations such as they are, to an
amount of commerce from which the Government of the
United States collected for the year ending Dec 81 1885,
Of e43579s4O 80 on part only OF the Imports
il so depressed in value that encouragement for con
struc1 such docks the extent Of the business would
towaHant Is it not owing in great degree to the
fact that the rates Of wharfage low
that he investment Of capital in this species OF
property finds adequate return While our wharves
are in state OF dispdoop, aud The repairs on them
erudeiney made capital is readily invested in stores Tor
tie accommoda Of the growing trade whicn commerce
concentrates here. 1t freely bestowed in constructing
public houses for the oil those who vS he
City and in the distribution Of the fruits of this nerce
10 all parts of the country and is not spangy devoted
TO the construction of steam and sailing vessels which arc
uuequGod and fully up 10 the wants OF commerce. When
the demands Of commerce urgent that OF these
fine ships with valuable cargo must wait five ten days
to get beth Of suitable dock why i: that oTaef
Of his whar property will fill up clip with 10 feet OF
water for the purpose of making few building lots
With such demand for berths why ii thai the owner OF
the Zip where the Grea, Republic was burn ID in c9n'e
quence Of being aground low tide not dragged os
md its capacity adapted TO the reception aud secure ac
oommodaticn Of the monster which was brought into
our by the great demands Of commerce Can any
other he assigned that the fact that for forty years
ire hare Rad rule regard TO ire rates Of rhart
Gge, which al nof perma rhd and slip ProPTty 10 er
rand and keep pace nth The RAMS commeceY is stated
by those WHO ere paying the City 5000 or sSIco
annually fer pier and alp that az the
legal Of wharfage they could not collect half or GER
Giny not two thirds Of the sum which they are paying
They forced do tbs in many from the neces
ty of having fixed place and even after submIiingto
these severe exactions in many instances hose who claim
10 bsve authority viii embarss them by keeping them
Out OF the very berhs for which they are paying themhh
rates. The regulations Of the State Uouniy Govern
ment 1t is believed require revision and amendment in
der TO the rights OF shpmasters well lessees
from vexaous exscons owing the defects in tho regua
tons abuses of their execution By the general act in
relation the City of New York passed in 1855 no
tka puf iona
been passed allowing pesons to make ersctons over tho
waters Of slip extending out thirty five feet from West
81 eno sometimes interfering with the rights Of )nny
owners or lessses Of bulkheads This obec
tonable than properly constructed covering portion
Of pier to shelter goods when loading Unloading or
fromhe elects of storms These nigh be made Of iron,
if combustblo material would endsnger the chipping
There moy have been some reason for this prohibition
ter line Of the City .houd be revised and established par
cuarly the East River Grants have been made and
buikheads constructed beyond any grants existing from
the State Legislature This matter ought 10 be settled
and adjusted by tn act Of the Legislature.
Where the erectors within safe limits TO the navi-
gator there shord be legislative recognition obtained
done when TomIk ns 81. established the exte
rior lire In reporting case referred 10 him BY the
Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund the Controller had
occasion TO examine into the tenure BY which the City
holds the land under water by the original charter and the
several State laws the subject Copies of this report
will be placed in the hands Of the Clerks for the use of
such members as desire to examine it, II will ct
lest index to the various laws this subject In
suggesting such increase in the rates Of wharfage
Will secure fair remuneration for this description OF pro-
perry believed that the character of New York az
desirable shipping port viii be benefited instead OF being
INJURED. slight increase in the regular rates would Sc
TO trade convenient ard accommod =.
cost less than the present irregular exsc.ons for inferior
accommodations In selecting Just medium there l. no
good TO apprehend that ships will DO driven aEav
from our port We have asked too low of Wharfage
~ get up TIE Of the cheapest port the Continent
until We have literally the shipping into the md
Appended TO this report is statement comparing the rates
Of Wharfage in New York with those of Boston Ph.del
plia, Baltimore, &c. The rates of wharfage on the en-
p!oyed vessels in the City OF New Yo.k, is but small
fraction the average Of what il charged in nearly evsry
other port in tie Union and rlso in foreign ports either
on the vessel cargo both few eases out Of the
nultrte VII TO illustrate ths subject and SGT in
clear and also tend to show the inaiequale cono,n
sation owners OF piers in the City Of New York now re-
oeive The sloop TecuInseh OF Rhode Island. 20 tqns
register and carries 200 bbs discharged her cargo on
pier No II T. r. and paid 62I cents Tor one day. wharf
age, the legal rate For this privilege Of dcharsing
SIMILAR cargo on one Of the piers in Rhode Island she paid
the regular wharf tax Of two cents per barrel or s for
the cargo. The chip Nicksburg of y tuns register
and carries zoo bales Of cotton discharged her whole
cargo per y. r in two Aud half days using hlrse.
power oI the purpose. To this cotton rss ana
cart was required to tie pier 400 times, Fou,
large or fye small bales constitute load.
Tor this entire OF the pier she paid three days'
vl,iele at 81 co. ctnf pr d-r or s. s. IN ell being
,ht cal rs:e L. Balm She wouii be g-irei O. pi5
ego - Gcst-r eos. IN CHARLES. H. Ll5,e lul ! o.
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