The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-23

BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

ther pay Although men OF family tney lave been sefv
Ing steadily without receiving auy The time Of
their appointment, TIE paper VA re.errsd to the Com
mitiee Oh finance
STEAM FIRE ENGINES
The report 10 purchase so steam fire ergnes
for ibe OF The city camo and After discussion
was referred back TO The committee.
AxroloR WATER lSE or THE n .sr ENTHUSIASTICALLY IN
REposr TO The IMPROVEMENT OF TEE CITY AND
Alderman S,Ex4s called up Tho special report OF the
Committee on The East river exterior line Of the city,
which Was as foows:-
The committee respectfully report That after much and
tended nvesig aon and candid discussion aod patient
eng NJ ss sSur @ Of the
of the other Board dier with them in small degree
The questions vital importance the well
pend much Of her future aS prosps rty ''
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depha so rapid and steady has been our increase that
bence New York viii be The emporium Of the world her
extended every sea- and her ships the pride our
II argument from your committee to satisfy
commerce that nom this source flow wealth
ne n osr 'a
To these objects ID TO make and
remedy as far possible dcaies nature placed
resting Places shipping that COME % pour Their ea
From the to the present day. the
the great depot Of our commerce. with two outlets 70
signed Already have The wharyes along become dsnsey
snd he ss from o aSoa
viii be REQ occuped-uuless driven away by our
s Sa Ss our than yet
proposed alteration calculated in the opinion of your
along this river of creating such safe and wharves
70 steal from US our Advantage
es ia osors M se
suit Of their investigator with tho reasons that have impelled
The proposition % aer and lay exterior line
from East street to Thirty eighth street in such manner Is
water along he New York sare 'u' VIC
the ws s
rap With deeS water from Twenty eighth street TO the head
through which The eSs and tides had formed
G nd nsss
es aps hs ae nea esa
mile inward Extending out from Burnt Mill point
shipping ard dincuit Of removal From Burnt S poiu %
Of snUas he Of he srsa% with sufficient
is well known that the East river s divided in part by
side hs so with an average depth sixty feet q water
into the channel and between Foy fourth and Fory.hh
streets quite the shore appearing again mid
ing down 70 Coraer Hook nterspersed here and there with
The channel at ebb Tide made alerg the
reached The sounsrn shore o. The from thence was
York side following the shore @ the bay.
detected 70 the New York side thence % william.
hence again to uy Cove and to the side Of
BY following the Of these it will be reen
any deposits he river and hence we find minor channel
the New York side. from Corlears Hook Twenty first
street with average Of "a feet at low water.
such continued % be The condition Of the river above Cor
The these up waters and create eddes
in which The sediment deposited The covering Of the
find 1857 thai extensive deposits have been made
endne rem mawSy me stream 10 near ana al some points,
that these deposits extending
and rapidly increasing and approaching the New YORK side
through which ships Of he largest class could safely pass has
been almost entirely hed up and destroyed There not To-
packet ships from Grand to Fourteenth street.
become imperative upon provide q remedy
Sa rsoSs S n Sn further DE
one answer What then, Is the remedy and how snail be
tee and from the concurrent Testimony persons he re
ms can only be found BY erecting sea wall or bukhssd IN
ebb and flood tides along the New York Shore the OF
a y All asees s
The necessity and effect OF this but entirely 70 the pre-
Your committee have heard of the Harbor Com.
sent a commune alton received rom them p''
ss. can learn ns no ssrs
that would accomplish the object sought some
Hook p''; and
hs Vr wsss az y asn s wse
side the 'front.' Of solid bulkhead from Fourteenth Seven
seyenssnh street would be sixty Or syve feet wide, and
say By car,ing Inward right angles !, current
feet hence sgryng until they meet the present exc
lhe river thus proposed such anchorage
ground Terms space within the line your commitiee
thousand TAO hundred feet deep deepest part Of the circle
teen admitted that was Intended 10
carry out he line on the brooklyn side three hundred
nty feet at Grand street Williamsburg extending sll
further iom Grant to south Seventh street. opposite Grand
Your desire YOU to bear in mind that the main
chanuel ~ upon the Brooklyn side, the Of
which from twenty I'VE 70 forty feet deep sony the wharycs
me propcsed by lie nm eeeeenns 1Hs se
You'd The middle o. the stream, and then rapidly shoang
These views plans out would widen the river
Fo,senh 70 Seventeenth street average huaired
and ny iee from Thirty eighth stree II four
miles the Brooklyn shore, nearly three hundred
rBqi than this close bufshead line pro Sosss
by hs above es would present face q
ebb tide forcing the whole directly near
water rom street % uorser oo wSs .s ns
ood ds woad rush cong the line % seventeenth street
instead Of diminishing the dlncule, already existing
for which The were appointed or IL coafoym
with me professions made By them in their report Of sh
out none Of The class Of shipping Tor which they are = ant
S.Ga S sr 1psS oSs Ne"
ind & Sssr WITH oSr
ies o. wMer needs no reply nor Is scarcely 70 be SUP
class Of vessels hey speas o. TO anchor stream ike the
ro and Win mIire ~ steam and Tier yesye Constant snd
y moving up snd down rs channel
derstoo4 hese Conn .one's but their communication OF The
seconT shovsn 10 be their settled conviction.
These views Of the Commissioners induced umtee
10 anime critically, her report Of sh OF January
where VIII be found their explanation Of their du
ties follows @Thcv che COMMISSIONER al : aso dresied
70 inquire and the propreiy OF laying the
East river, street. the permanent line the city of
Brooklyn 70 b. called west street, and upon the power
paetcabliy and utility Of establishing boundary line be-
we.n The counties Of Kings Queens New YORK on
last river ~
~ this short paragraph be found complete solution
q The pass hey propose the building q BROOKLYN The
meaS % mpeach he tile Of the city give color and stand
ing 10 the chms and ~ etences Of Brooklyn.
The line proposed by the Board Councmen the north
Of Eighteenth and ID Is pre- ysey
the recommended 10 the HarbOr by their
advisory counsel rom Eighteenth street TO Thirty eighth street
The line recommended by your comInee Ia the
mended by he adysort oounael and te Commsoners
curvnr Inside OF the line OF The Board o Councnen I'M
Eighteenth street Thirty eighth slightly outside
gOm twenty eighth street 10 Thirty eighth street Your
ml'tee believe that such VIII be In harmony
With the current without affecting the regularity streets
and avenuee
Prom Rivrgnn to Eighteenth street majority Of the Har
Dor tommissl1 nefs In January last line
Rvngon " Fish street outside Of the recommended bv
committee and nom Fh to Fourteenth slightly
inside which subseque ny amended report OF
March last conforming thereby more nearly the line Of
committee.