New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-25
FIFTH AVENUE REFINING WAL
SHINDLE.


n as Efsssr y To ~ y. HisssA
Sir; By the proceeding OF the CON 20. Cosaci. .,
published in your paper of the 10Th ins., Il sppes,
TIE Committee on Roads, in the Bc0d Of Adern..
made report ccncurrirg with the Board Of COanc'
rtn in an ordnance fer buidrg retaining val
Fifth avenue, between Efsy.fosr.h and Nftyns'
.treets and they ssy amoog other thi5gs, they o..
ratified ard agr with the vie xs entertained By
Depu Street Commissioner on the su'jeci, who s.'
Tina. tie interest o. the city will be more esroi"
guarded and protected by this Arrangements thai '
" the work is entrusted to another Contractor %
Committee therefore recommend q concurrence g. .
rsie Of 10 cents per cubic foo'-thst is they coo =.
with the Board Of Cour cmen and Deputy SIR
Commissioner whoever he IL, TO chsel the popsr
holders in that locality out OF twenty-five or nj v
tbonssnd dollars. The whole subject, hosev,r,
finally laid over till the next meeting, wheE,t
prossbly lie until sNer the approaching eleet.o.
when il the Tgh, are returasd, "a Shey are vet,
likely to be the vilairy will be forthwith ccnsunmst
The day, l admit has gone by, for wonder or So
prise a. ar act OF the Common Council, or Hesi
department IN this city however daring Or steciou
Nevertheless there is and then one. 20 much me-
conspicuous for vilairy than the last when the che
acteriscs Of the kpeye and pickpockst are 30 prom
rent ard wen5 fined, hstit really amounts % noshse
more less thsI a criminal participation Ia TIE pre-
meditated rcbbsrs Of s neighbcr t. suffer 10 pass
with silent Ddifersroe. Tts retaining.val scheme
| conceive to be one OF them.
II the Depu,y Street Commissioner hsd said the 10
terest Of the contractor and those ia the plot would -
more carefully guarded by certain arrangement tEao
if the work was n'rustsd to another contractor there
would be DO deny ing his premises Bat tossy or ntsr
that the interest # the city OF that OF the properly
the aforesaid locality would be in any way suoseivec
by the erection Of retaining wall, even without
ob0ge 10 cay infer that which Ia cot pooc
cf proof by him or ths whole Street Department IL
lie, however due Mr.. CoDover the prescott Stree. ceg-
| missioner, to cay that be hss had no hand ID tao
iLiquty in question.
The regulating and grsdirg Of any given street or
avenue as matter OF course, carries WIN tno ne
cessity tcr filing in TIE sunken lots IL any, before tie
same can be made available for building purposes;
ard if the sad street averue be graded 20 It's fah
width il Of ecesty must be, the several eonken
lots Chtirg thereon are ertited TO me oenen. OF me
slope or core running into upon them from TIE sur
ce of the street, inasu uch they are compeeo 70
pay for il by the terms Of the contract with tbs city
ara CONTRACTOR IL follows then, that the erection OF
retainI wall at the expense Ut toe los thsf muss
necessarily deprive it of the advantage OF the SLOPE or
core for the exclusive benefit If tho contractor, snd
that does not obyiste 10 the slightest degree the ne
eessy for fUrg the same, Is nothing more or iees
N an an sdrot swindle upon the unfortunate ownr.
Ard when we take into consideration the fs shss ne
grading Of tbe street and avenue tho ming OF tns
surken lots, ard the erection OF Wall al coa OF
s25 eco or $50 C which latter is Of 80 mshne, o. use
oers. to the pIspesy S~nders ssss s to
ire lots on its line both difficult and dan
| g,rcrs- the whole 20 be made an exclusive charge
upon the property fronting said street OF avenue 80
when we consider further that the average coes PEI
lot for reducing sny street or avenue upon tno no-
en half or thieefJur,hs of the IsIsad 70 revemsst
curbed Asegtd ard severed, amounts to sun u
dore in the more prudent and economical manner
equal 10 about fix times that required and paid PEI
Tot for al nar purposes In any portion Of the c sos.n
Ct Tenth street. aud Of the rough sbd rocky ne9san
ties OF the earth in the former localtjwhes, sey
th.ee things fairly considered, IN ccrnsccn with
tie annual imposition Of 80 inc, easing bstnssscme
tax and that too upon unprocuchve property, yoa
VII r, ably perceive the that cpsls %, 10 Ne
case of this wall, TO cry murder, stop thief
Netc- York, Nov a. 1887 ONE OF TdL r1orLh-
PS-Tpon inquiry we find there ere out fsw coa-
tractors who have been permitted to indalge in Ne
luxury of err. citing retaining VALE some OF whom We
will encesvor 10 point out in our pext together With
little Of their devilment on Fifty fou:th street.