New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-01
ALBAxY-s1REEr EXTENSION.

Tie tgants in TIA journals hayepassed rom the mer-
s Of the contest 10 the motives Of the contestants
No new facts or fresh views OF the matter in issue
Lave recently appeared. And the tine must be near,
when report OF the Committee and vote Of the ~
dsrmen on that report viii dismiss tie whole subject
or leave tie former order of the Common Csncil to
tske ts course through tie ordinary aud ocular ac,on
Of tie Courts Having opened orr pages freely TO both
parties and reported ire proceedings before he Com
mittee we propose now review the whole case and
Grsw frop it what seems 30 RE conclusion an
lishencd and interested public will expec-.
In favor Of extending Al5any.st to Broldvay f5lr
reasons have been presented by petoncrs,wlo
RED their point before tie lac and several preceding
Boards Of Aldermen. First Of these we may name
the benefit 70 be derived from the measure b. the
owners of property. Tbs is obvious aod just
reason for opening any rev street, or a new part
Of aUy continuous street or for wilening Old
street II fact this reason IS viewed by our law
makers as almost the only Ole 70 be regarded. Ii
this does not exist any case brought forward
it 10 next to impossible TO find a sufficient For,
unless the remaining land could afford 70 Pay for the
land taken for tie street it's scarcely possible that the
public should be benefited by the opening.
The second reason is 70 be found in the right Of the
other property owners and taxpayers have street
in the place proposed. This reason rests the OBJ
yious principle OF social justice that every part Of
commercial city owes 20 every other part equAily
convenient streets for the movement Of property and
persons" There is great force N bis consideration
Tie injury suffered by each citizen may not be great
enough to induce any but the property owners Of the
immediate vicinity 10 incur the labor and expense OF
urging the matter on the attention Of the Common
Council but that very fact becomes strong reason
Why tie Common Council should look carefully at
every ease Of lis SOFT AID make their business 10
give public relief unless public reasons Of higher
order shall forbid them 10 set The aggregate loss
10 tie public from the necessity Of waikiki. driving
rocld Trinity Church yard aud Columbia College has
probably been nCre than equal to tle value OF those
y,st estates
Thirdly. the probable relic. TO Broadway mas been
urged as another and special gsouri for extending ~
b.uy-st Tie true weight . this consideration is seen
Wien the proposed opening OF West Broadway into
Greenwchst is taken in connection with it, 50 as 70
make railroad ayenueior all the west sdeOfthe town
Up 10 Broadway opposite nest, wtboItp passing along
Broadway from ST. Paul's 20 Trinity Church. The au-
lors ard promoters Of this Ingenious plan will deserve
well Of the Clty,i it is deemed expedient to override
lie objection TO passage through the Churchyarl
Yesterday the street being densely crowded with
LicIes il tcok merchant Of cur acquaintance half
hour TO ride in an omnibus ou Tri1y Church TO Bar
clay Oh bis way up town 1.-THE propOsedOpening
made and the railroads brought down, the cars might
carry five thousand people day in passage Of three
minutes from Barcayst. 10 Piue-st, and this whole
number would be spared FROM swelling the tlrODg in
Broadway.
Fourthly the diminishing Of the City taxes has
been well urged as another reason for extending Albany
st to Broadway. TIE opening of this street would
cost nothing to tie City Treasury Both parties main
tain that il would create great addition to The value Of
the real estate behind Trinity Church and south of
Liberty.st to the Battery. We tsve heard the in
crease estimated at two millions Of dollars and even
higher. But suppose il to De two millions Ia round
numbers our whole valuation or real estate is
about two hundred millions. Here then is proposed
relief Of enc per cent This estimate may be large
but, whatever may be the sruefgures, and all parties
make them great figures, they the certain niica
tors of relief to cur by the creation OF new
wealth where none existed before.
As incidental arguments the applicants also urge
that their prayer Las repeatedly been granted by sue
cefsiye Boards OF Aldermen during the las. twenty
years; that Mayors and Aldermen who at first went
against them have af,erward upon mO.e mature con-
sderatiOn voted for tie improvement; that their
is now made much stronger than IL before by
tie ACKNOWLEDGED impOssbiity Of widening Thamesst
ard tlat the offer made by Mr BOorran 10 bear the
expense of deeen'y removing tie Monuments and the
human rem airs 10 Greenwood ought to overcome the
reyUguaDce VII Oh has grown up from the unsighty re-
movsls made at other churchy aids These reasons
derive force from circumstances Of the presenttime
bit the substantial arguments for tie improvement
are the four We have above stated
Against al these corsdsrations it is objected that
TIE proposed Improvement ought Cot 70 be made be-
cause it viii disturb the graves on tie norhery side Of
Trinity Church. ard This is tie ale reason brought
forward against The extension o. Albanysr 1 large
number Of persons have signed petitions 10 the present
Conn on Council pray ng them rescnd The order OF
TIE late Common Council olaly or This ground Vow.
the mere fact that grea: number Of persons aye op-
poted to the Improvement o. tais sole reason, le-
serves to be vel considered and usty weighed against
a. tie reasons urged ia its favor To weigh this Onerea
son against lie otLer four and desre just conclusion
j, Tow tie task imposed on tie S,see; COMMITTEE and
tie Board OF Aldermen
Several collateral points have been made by the
Cturch 10 show that special regard ought TO be paid
10 the sacrednes Of this piece Of ground They have
Insisted On its being very ancient burial place TITS
IS tue bat u Is also true. that it Las been long dis
Used 20 that 'ew. If cry, perso0s low living can
To 70 crt fLe graves ~ heir friend. or f ie. and
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