New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02

B,oadvsy, snd, If sny widening vs. 70 % ".
vas m favor Of .akiny Nassau street us e cn -
that DE relief in Brosd~sy v@ 'eqa,eo 49, 49,
Pnk; above the Pshk, be thought no rene, va
santed The ompouses, he saia, we're sArcne
DuissDce in New-Yoik. and they sbos1 DC ~si 'o.
n m Broadway. The mart'r vi comPeilog INC ocan-
ard other steam % land their pssesgers aoVe
Csra street side snd Futon street On foe o'os.
was pow before the Common Counci and he thought
il we good idea. Toese boats tended 10 incresie
the crowd below the Park. The markets should also
be removed they drew large crowds of people snd
b1JdIeds Of v.hi-les below tbe Park. Toe people oil
New-York were overidden by the onnibus interests,
and if they we're oontiaued below he Park, theo he
you'd favor the sideniDg OF Nasssu street, sad aso
Church street beo~ Fulton street, and extending Il 10
Tin ty place ard 50 on to the Battery.
Ex Aid. CHAUscEr ssd thst the time hsi CONS
When sop hould he pu. 20 this eternal widening OF
srees and the opening OF streets. nan could no,
row tel bow long ha should have house. over MS
bead. In Boston and Other large cities Oh TINS CONT
bent, and in European cites there was not inns eteIn
corfu-ion. He ,aej, 10 tJto 20 az street I'M
provepents rhe omuibuses were grea. nuisance,
AID theIe too many Of them in Broadway. de
thought that the pavement OF the side streets With tue
Belgian pavement would tend TO relieve the street IN
qu.sto He opposed the opening Of new streets
without the content Of the msjoy OF The people hvlnS
thereon; end the Common Council in extreme cases
were ony justified in tex pg the property OF citizens
Councilman FRAsELIN aivocsted the establishment.
OF Anew avenus on the west eide OF Brosdsay, vs
ptetBc eNit't ouI tulNtlrlll PoSo won ~-,e WV
done and stsges snd hcen ed vehicles compelled TO 60
down by one route and up another, Broad"ay would
be relieved, and Lot before.
JOSEPH PIGoT thought there were too msny doctors
at work trying TO relieve Broadway. He vas opposed
10 opening any more s4eets wlnou the consent OF q
ms rty Of ssceDts OF the line Poor people could
Lot stsrd The pressure in the wsy OF assessments.
Mr. HAGGEhTY approved the widening Ct Pearl
street The eum of 1896 3lS bsd beer assessed Pesr
street for the opening II the 61wey and the pir-
es a. hso derived cent worth o. oenent
The amount If the bill for the counsel fees clerk hire
&c, fer the improvement, am uned 70 about 81, 5Oo
Wi The exception OF The originator CT The scheme be
bsd hesro tbs matter ., oxen Of only gith disgust Hs
thought ibst if Pearl street videned 1t would De
FIR ever ruined as pIare OF business. -.'s sa1ZaaE
SAMUEL +. HoIT said he commenced doing buslne,s
on Peal street 10 1911 had roCsd thst toe wldes
poriio, of the rect tie last n places OF
busineu. The cause of the deprecated renis in Pearl
street 10 be our in the fa:t that TIE dry goods
en- had mostly left Pearl street, and whenever they
went rents increased. The present business on the
street required longer stores than formerly. and yet It
was proposed TO cut down these stores by widening the
street.
PETER TITUs thought that the widening of Chatham
street would damage property on that street. Tle lots
were very narrow new, sud if the street was opeDed
there would be nothing left.
After some brief remarks by e1Counclman swan
Councilman OTTARsoS e1 Alderman IiTus and 0tb<ra
the meeting adjourned.