The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-07
EAST RIVER.

S~u-reIyrH sTBssr On EsLL eArE1HhEy.
ra ferry has bus two boass, The Astorls Of 10 oia
fn 10 I5so and he suBs sick Of 129 ons cuih 10 1sss
TDey are both bail, after rrmive style OF The
Hnboken ferry boats, and with the exception Of
sss 10 feet oHs, board the Asoris both zoe bridges
nd nosis vtnori ne fret ugcle FOR the prervaJn
sd iivar -hero ro. even mush q So<lhoak 10 Do
,pusa 90 board . ner o. he soAss ~ .ee bridges
sshsr aee e. zoe river. rne ordses are Cd ricsoty
snpiain'rs q ve-y heavy prcss ere
Wednesday o. even week his ferry slnos. entirely
-cverkd iLio cssie fsrfy lsFe punoer crossaG On
amoet every hor vtsh renders tryt,rg ers pleasant
asresahe for fce nassengcrs. the cshns uc exceed
nsb small and wholly rev ded with crshIors, .hc
biss rssre NO ferry houses ca ether s6s Of .ha
yy for The accommodation OF passengers, The fAre being
norsc1d On hc Zip aoross he rivoy.
sRuurelsT, TnsTn AND rvprTyBRD r-KREr
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rs ocmras ooancl n Nev Ysrh, some Eve ~ str
yeArs sipce, svassec peyr sesou 10 sr lee Eosrp
S.s ssi,a stress T 70 % Sr,sspo,n. sss.sTos y ,as,
eswssd The foo OF Twensy hivd srses had fo~ several
Seass, been occupied By ne oA,vAry ocme'ry oompzy
seeded . asnna ,se.e ferries In opess.on sseoi four
ysass snce me landing foos Of roureenh rrcei wss
- sssss ,so q Sac - ,ss. sSs c Sy ssansos. y
rvivaie psrtes who vstcv Sont = snss plsoe
scyspd he original exterior Hoe, tA,ow,ss Obstacles 10
ne vsy Of esecoug me p@opcs srre ferry houses sc
Ae~s NE company, In order 70 complete ihsr ferry
rAnseuens, were 81 Iengh ohHsve 70 lcase half rer
ws she Dry Dock uompAny, a NE f,n Of Tenth street,
100 10 ssduor !, which ,ney ssvs $50 snnuaIIy %
NV me CORPORATION of New York for Inc srv>ge Il ne
bc d rpurssenth street. vhoh they DO nos ana cannot
secy, Tor NE reason above stated.
IMPROVEMENTS.
"A Nc tine this Ferry was frn nsrtet theve wa tot
&c am on the cree spen. sde, which cytepded nwsvdy
NON the Quar- end Of The bulnhead soms two huadred
hei Flrdlpe extremely difcuh In sne winter GET 70
ne bridge 70 Of ho largo acun OF co .hl n
soniinualy oaaed in and blocked rp tie sap (~a.ch
one oy two occasions prevented ne Dos nom geuns into
sbei sups fer zen dsys time, In The viners OF 1855
anA 1850, company last spring proceedea 70 make
and come 40 hundred feet frrtner cc AMI oonstyuct
slips and bridges, which ther are now Jdsi sboct
somplesing sl sdduona erpeSse ef from f2boco 70
10000 1hIs inpro cement cossiG n sddaon %
HHng In, grading, psvrg &5 OF t-o new piers extend.
ns sme 80 feet from the ferry kndlog into
Me river, either side OF the sfpr, an
addhoaa br sge Tor tne scoomnoda.lon of mo Iserv
ird treei ferry boa exoussey, {hat eost bavrs ror
merry run into tho TENN stree, ,y sIr sud t~o sub
nesi osnerg bridges, .rrrcrsed ny ncn SOD Sasrer
time.
The ferry hogso c. tne roos Of Twenty tn'r1 tsree,
erected originally ~ the calvary Cemetery Ferry Conps
NJ, nfs been repaired and loT .fe
Sfesent socommodaN5n " We travel between tnns poD
and efeeppoint Tao h0use st Greeppyut ts so-. Cns
nunareo iest long ~ thirty feet ~de mmodane 90
enc sde Of ne srth or gateway no oce- s,oreros ns
40 mo onersoe bciug divided into go srali rtoiDs,
sooui 10 tquare ~h plain board benches ercuud
ssss, ana ee'lsns,ed s aides and kepgemens ,iaps
rsems The hsuse The loot of Tenth ssree, . rlns, "a
ali resTeaa 70 us described win TIA ~ ,eulgou
cs haylng % OIL lec, and nc being qaie &C lsTre
-EF noA~s.
The coupsnv have ve bo.ts three OF wbloo sre aeu.
" acfve fesviae, lvo on the renth, and one on mo
T-ery hrd r-ee fe-rie- while two are held in resevve
ese q iouosr9 zoe ntuef @ ne hcss rep-