The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-07

visors in lS.3...... 22s7oo 1850 2,4SS Is
Tax of 1853 rsmitted
by Board OF Super
rsx on Corporation
lots, canceled..... bo7 IS
Total. IS ebs 1872 SAC $50 s47, 463 So
TAXATION INCORPORATED COMPANIES.
Statement No = shows the names capital and amount
OF tax paid in 1853 the aevera incorporated companies
liable 70 taxation, in the city
The total OF personal estate wy All %
real "............ 6,65b,4O7 W
Total valuation .$73 $50, sA 90
Total amount OF tax ............... 1897, 136 ~
BUREAU or ASSESSMENTS
On the 2st FEBRUARY las the asssi sors In the ree De
pArtept whose closed the list OF January, loo
presented to the Comptroller account amounting -
Six thousand and dollars ana f.y cents for the fees
OF the three commissioners. Tne consisted OF
fifty items and ms cad OF giving tie total auiou OF
the in each the rate per csnt OF tho
sYevsr Ninth avspu. from Forty ath Fifty ret street,
340s" The Comptroller declined 70 pay the &C ,ount for
the reason that the Act chapter 45o OF the laws OF
contained provision "rna the assessors OF ths Street.
Department shall hereafter receive compensa!on
to be fxed by the Common Ccuacil which ihal
be In place OF all fees now resolved by them;
bat such compensation for all such oios shall In no
case exceed the Of per cent on this whole
amount Of moneys collected by assessment to be divided
equally among them" Although the act mad been Ia fall
force year and months at that time the Com
Council had not fxd the FEES and the had
continued to levy the property holders at the rate OF
three per cent for their fees The ground taken by the
Comptroller was, tina. although the Common Council had
neglected TO ast still the Legislature had fred the maxi
rate 1T per osnt End thst he would pay them
"a third OF their account This they declined
to receive and commenced suit one OF the items to
test the question The Court of Pleas has recent
ly decided that the act its their fees to per cent
Eessrs. De Mott, Nicholson Smith also claimed in
twenty two other c.ses the sum Of 7s4 So which
includes 81 266 for the section OF tbs
Second avenue, which embraced sum of $22l,So &c
assessed on the city They have proposed to settle on
the subsequent claims total being
Equal to sb 2s2 Although this is $40 52i less than tee
TO the Common Council Alo for the assessment
Of 1921 eco ths city and has offered to pay to the as
SCISSORS 81 Geo 80 tho original claim aed to end
70 the CommoE Council to authors further synent
Of one per cent on all the assessments subsequently male
BY them equs to 52l74 so. This Is large and liberal
allowance althoug h it ST. COG 70 less than the
sors claim They had previously been paid SIS 600 10,
In the year 1867 and Il ell thsse claims had bssn paid
would have smounted to total Of $751; s2 10, principally
Tor tbs year 1859.
At the request OF the Comptroller Russ Reid fur ash
cd statement which is sxed showing the number OF
yartH OF pavement 10 Broadway from Wateha to
Square Yards Cot
Russ pavement. o3ei6 80 $3sl e4l 10
Russ pavement to com plsts 49,. 1900 $3.50 90
Phkerton pavement. ......... .070 400 %
Total cost Of pawn, Broadway. 442 SO
II the pavement In Broadway, which has cost the tax
payers a22 S. two thirc OF which has been tad
down within the last two years. Is permitted to rsmiin
nndisturbed for few years. Au have very fair test
Of the relative value OF tn. different kinis OF paving used
In that crowded thoroughsaIe.
RENTS OF rxRs AND sIlrs-RATrs OF WHARFAGE EScaoAcH
MINIS THE HARBoR
The city has inesest IN bulk aead,, whAyves, and
piers, estimated 10 be worth three millions and quarter
Of dollars VI this amount the total valuation on tbs
river 81 ,429, oeo-Tota' IS, 26s o00
Ia whatever concerns the preservation and pro'usve
mess Of this property, the corporation OF the ely has
direct pscunAry interest Besides this pscueiy inter
est, which II shares in common with every Individual
who is In ser sted In wharf property, the oorporato
has duty to perform a. . municipal government
In AID Qi
g such protection AID encours em.pt - the capitalists
rs viii Ia luce them 10 construct suitable waarvss and
slips for the accommodation Of chipping and the
merce which senTAes In hArbor and Is inceas
Ing VITA the opening CT every channel of trate by
wksrves and rsru ought to % At the rata o. PSF ant
equal the capital Invested 81 $3.50 COO the actual
pt for 1858 have bsea sla Geo. expended by the city
for repairs ISL 00oIet proceeds $50 600 This is less
than three Per the est natoi value tina piers
and slips belonging to ths city Taere considerable
amounts in arrears but in many nothing will bs
allied from them owing fact that the lessees are
partially or wholly deprived OF the o! the perh In
fent ins rebuilding or repairing them There is heavy
rebate demand ed aud allowed ever in
Of these Interruptions Why thai the piers aad slips
which furnish accommodations, such as they are to
amount OF commerce from ehica tao e the
United States collected fer year ending Dec o. 1853
revenue OF $ia 5e $40 60 part only Of the Imports
so oppressed IN value Tat there is no encouragement
for constructing such docks the extert of the
would seem to variant IL II not owing in degrees to
the fact that the rates OF wharfage low that the
Investment CT capital in this species OF property
6ads adequate RETURN Whilst our whsrves
in state OF dapdAtion, and the repairs on the
grudgn ely made capital readily Invested in stores for
the accommodation Of the growing which ZOE
concentrates kere. 1t freely bestowed in
public houses for the Of those who Visit this
cy, the distribution OF the fruits OF this to
n parts OF the country and 1t la not spArngy devoted
10 the construction Of steam and sailing vessels ach
When the demands Of commerce urgent that one
OF these fine ships with valuable cargo must wait Eve
or ten days to get berth at suitable dock why is it
that an owner CT this wharf property will all up slip
with forty feet OF water for the purpose OF making
building lotsY With such . dematd foi berths, why
Ia it that the slip where the Great Rspubho WAS
burned OF being ayr nd at low tide was
not dredged out and Its y adapted to the
and accommodation OF the monster which
brought into our waters by the great demand of com
mercef Can be assigned than the fact
for forty ysare have had iron regard to tho
property TO expand keep pace With the wants OF
merctf II Ia stated by those who paying the CITY ou or
nix thousasd dollars annually for pier and At thu
legal rates ef wharfage they could not cosct half or
certainly not two thirds Of the which th.y are paw
Ing They forced TO 10 this In many cases. from the
necessity OF having fxsd place, and after submit
Who claim to have authority will enbsvra them hy
keeping them out OF the very betths for which they
paying these rates The regulations of the State aad
city government, II Is believed, require revision and
amendment In order to the rights OF hp masters
NJ well - essees from vcxstious exAconf, owing the
defects the regulations or abuses In their execution BY
The general act In relation 10 the city OF New YORK; passed
In lss3 exactiors allowable the piers. Blu,
resolutions have been ssed allowing persons to make
srecons over the waters Of slip extending out thirty
I'VE feet rom West street and eiisJ interfering with
khe rights OF adjoining lessees Of bukhe IDS
This objectionable than properly constract
ID covering portion Of pier to eltsr FOODS when
loading or unloading from tbs effects OF storms These
might Be mace OF iron, co noustbs material would
Hanger the shipping. There may been some reason
or this prohibition fifty years ago. which does
D1ist.
me- sxsnsvs water line Of the city should be revised
md sstsbhshsd par ioulary the East river Grants
,sye been made and bulkheads constructed beyond any
rant existing from the STATE legislature. This matter
ught BE- settled and adjusted by act Of the Ley&
urs. Where the erections within safe limits TO the
navigator, there should be legislative resogr iion OBJ