The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-09

eve hevs during the period. dyked the Hobotea
meadow and mae Hlogs bet ~een the high AMI Low
water v~y An inoseua Dls amount all Of which was
allied By water coming through the Sandy Hook
"NOv tits to this nnins up of IN. water way or the
space ioto which tide sbbs aid lows that ascnbs
srs.t measure this immense change il the oonstrus
harbor.
rhs existence Of such change does not rest upon the
survey for the lighthouse in 1851 for naturalization
ia fully confirmed BY the surveys OF Lieut. HILL private
dJAughsmaA Of the commander IL chief lot the English
n i,os And compilations n i,'c from d: eur
and other gre officers and pilots in his mAje,tys
vice. lin the library Of the Historical Soos.y) An
particularly from the surveys Of hsrs Blunt Of this city
1871 the survey Of Major lie oompt Of the topoglph
cal eosneerf in 1919 ana the coast surveys Of 1885 AZ
~ and s-taess last Ave being expressly to ascertain
They established the fact Of Extraordinary extension
ard regularly increasing snoroAohmsnt Of the upon
the cjsDLel way and total extension of the Hook, OF
| high water.
secopdy The next great for chspgsin hs Hsr.
Dor the alterAt in tn. directions OF the
both the ebb and food tide by tbs prssnt system Of
dock Dg and the irregular mode OF extsnoipg
Your committee have before them great amount of
evidence to hs uis OF the evil dose by
which have been passed At Albany and OF the still great
amount Of injury which will bs inflicted upon
meros Of New York unless the Legislature o. this State
promptly nerposes its power to arrest further mschisf
are before your committee this subject. They
come from organized bodies, like the ClAmosr OF Com
from the Marine Surveyors the port OF New York.
from tho Mayer Com ptros and Recorder OF the city OF
New York. from committe-s OF merohsDts and citzsns
selected 10 ures the egsAtnre Of New York TO the
harbor Of the great metropolis Of the country
from destruction, from the presidents and Vi presidents
generally Merchants of the int gritty, the longest
ervi,e and who and pre- emne In the community for
voice Of plain, ag.irs the sroeg which has bssn
done and the Legislature. most earnestly to prevent
s continusncs by the strong arm Of the la. Millions
Of property are Represented by tbs petitioners and
through there millions many hundreds OF thousands of
dollars 10 that taxation which goes to thu direct support
OF the whole civil whore they reside Bat the
petitioners corLed to class OF citizens What
inorss the the farmer, mechanic and
turer and 1t is impossible in commercial, city
~ Ia pal, the interests Of class OF citizens without
| damaging tbe whole local community.
The true wesr. OF crest city like New York also sI-
tends far beyord lite borders and reaches directly tho
whole State and indirectly the whoe country having Ia
tercourse with II The ships In port frsshted from
ae committee representing the commercial and nsvi
eating interests OF this STATE know distinction be-
tween the inland which fringe upon Western
State boundaries and the greater ocean whah separates
culture, and the handmade OF every industrial pursuit
land and the raw mat raI Of ships OF wood and iron,
hewn out OF the forest OF dug from the bowels Of the
EARTH II designed to illustrate tbs Pr lvidsatAl
oepenoence Of the sea upon the lacd nation without
COZ nerce would the picture Of country without
civizAton ard for the reason that correctly
understood embraces all tn classes of pro sssions and
snployments .bich 'pr ng from = dvi ION Of aoor.
The port OF Ne York alike tho nucleus OF ships and
commerce Foreign and domestic ira centre there At
all seasons OF the year the figs OF almost all the civil
general receives a. much revenue from duties
foreign goods imported into The country. from all
the rem anng States Of the Unnion Whatever
upon its fer the mod alton OF ships
wneh her CON ing om sbroad laden with the products Of
the old world sent here for csoes to be carried
ry every state and In seeking there
lore to protect tss hsIso3 OF Nsx York We Aim a. ss'g
teSess than to the public welfare.
The important question presented to as for considera
~. Ssrar nave
ditionA encroacnments are authorized and what Is
the remedy.
AS TO the injuries lone snd contemplated We have no
doubt As to tbs rsm-diss they lie within reach both
OF the city and State So far the slips and docks Of
the port Of New York injured BY sewerage aud 40
sers and the cenng OF docks and basins from the deposit
tory OF the con'ens Of the city savers, the remedy is
made o bel s of the remedy to be found
in the establishment Of an exterior water line axei as
far as possible fer all time, aud beyond which all local
authority fha be forbidden to 2, Toe State has been
the instrument hitherto in permitting the unfortunate
innovations into the chanLe Ard the State IS far Is it
it, own exercise OF On the North spd Eat rivers
the SPACE Of about Fifty years. the docks have be.n
'erded II IL said than thousand fest. the
lines Of docks I'D piers have been thus pushed
street, parallel to tins sreA thoroughf.rss Of
tbs city have b.en made in the otnr until ali the old
maks Of the city Ia Its most valuable business neigh
horhoods, have been lost.
The in jury which threatens the hsrbor OF New
York. which will certan, accrue uplsss srres BY
state law, has already happened other cities and
s,ltes Occurrences on the Delaware and Mississippi
ought especially 10 of the conseq aepcss
ers or indifferent lsgisixon upon suajsct Of 80 much
rportsncs.
graced with the presence OF the nobles ships
that ever fosed upon the 81 bore the the
Great Republic, and In her name not appropriately
Illustrated The commercial growth and greatness OF the
Country which see WAS built to honor. Though Of
ssniacsnt national vsssh than o, private shp shs
btefs built by sidgle citizsn for indvs uL
bsnef. and designed If pioneer OF lns
OF vessels to trade bstween the New World and Old
The supposed capacity OF the Great Republic equal
to freight Of forty thousand barrels of f,u more
but ewing to eiffoues OF egress from the port the
necessary Of the ship Ia harbor the
CT the riyer-which il is proposed s further to ccuu
the Of the Great Repu ohc we'll
pilots ard insurers deemed 1t to load this noble
vesssl with than three fourths o. cargo The Rs
public built at cost Of si6o oO0 and freshted at An
experfe nearly equal to the balance Of the ship aud
equipmerts, lies wreck 1t one OF tbs docks OF New
York; and three bundred and twenty-five thousan4 dol
lsrs have recently been paid in New York for Losses
tsined BY the New York underwriters But from her
ruics other ships msy RISE spacious imposing and
which will command great . depth OF water, and
fer saf. and easy manage nent. Recent ad
sicsa rom Great Britain that thsy pre-
plirg 1e1e to build tsamer for the New York trade
siy and ffty feet long and eighty feet vide
wbich Is more than double the siEs Of any vefsel
floating upon the waters Of the world. Watcher not
ship can or stA be built OF this extent 1t Is certain
that order Of naval architecture has bsen adopted
and that ships Of two and three thousand tons win
become ~ common those of re to eight hundred
and ors thous.pd tons few years sinos Shipbudsra
both In the United States and Europe, are making
important experiments In the character and capacity
" vessels, ard the endenug IL to increass their
capacity and speed II Is the policy OF government
Ike our, to be prepared 70 meet those imp rovements l.
IL possible to build ship OF thousand feet In
length, ought not to be said that In great
cial horoushfsre like the port CT New York and the
East River Of that port where congregAted the rg
ships Of the country he world and the Dor
Gers Of which built the largest warehouses
OF the city there is not the safe anchorage and
easy and convenient of such vessel II Ia
sad, however, that without additional piers Ia the
hArbor Of New York. II will he impos bie TO afford
rommot lions for the chips arriving there from day to
day But your COMMITTEES Of the opinion that fur her
up the East River, on tie North River; and Il need be-
ether parts OF the Brooklyn side there is for
giving both shelter 10 vessels, and the dis
charging their cargces with convsoiencs and despatch
but the were necessary delays which need not
BE- the dtcAs And piers erected Ia tbs proper
localities delay in The discharge of ships cargo Ia
secondary consideration to the sacridcs those