New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-27

h, ,mp-,s.sg hs ess The sec. Of The diseass svi
IDENTITY fer soG'h Of Greene street. and N ny opinion
the Corporation scapes that il to ssy the picksr and
croEbsf ihoulc be applied TO the masses Ct brick and
nor.sr which encrmter the blocks between Vesey
srtst and he Battery.
N,vYork is like huge fan, and lie strse.s diserge
Ike sticis from the Battery, which represents tao
handle. Broadway is the ceniraistick Nov, g.srcs
At lie nap elbows that between this central stick and
tbst which corresponds with Greenwich street lying
nesr The very western edge Of the fan there Is no stick
Al ali scuh Ct Fulton street only o little bit Of
.hot one at Tioy place In other -ords there is no
avenue whatever running north from the Bsttery be-
txeeu Broadway and Greenwich street eouth OF Fd'on
excepting din inufive alley which extends FOR snor.
distarce in the Of Trinity Church. And this il
tie very part Of the city where bere tie largest
vsrei orr ee the most important steambeat landings,
,be New Jersey ferries the Hsvre packets and nal.
ttrde Of ether foe1see Of trade and merch sndse 1t
IL here ore thar anywhere else that thee should be
broad avenues leading northward to the upper part CT
the town But Us l have said, there il no district
where they are 70 few and far bet seen. TIE blocks
bounded by Broadway, Greenwich, Fulton and Cedar
str. els the widest measured from east tc west IN the
oiiy-buge, compact masses OF warehouses, unnser.
sected by single opening and Trinity placo at the
south of them is go neow that IL can afford Io relief
whatever. Every cart which eonveys- merchandise
ron oil these man month stores from all these stesm
boats ard ferries and packets TO any ether district ex
cep,irg that hch lies immediately the North River,
mus. necessarily 90 through Broadway What can be
clearer than that Few avenue Is the only mode OF re-
Ievrg this difficulty Tie REMEDY is as clear as day
LIGHT. Let Church street be opened to Trinity place,
and Trli ty place to the Battery then let this new
thorougfafe Be made Of the uniform width CT seventy
1--WE fee ard the chief difficulty will be cured After:
ward Cnurch street might be connected across Cana
with Wooster, either by cisgona or crescen: suc1 as
one sees in Londop and Wooster street widened to
the dimensions of University place. This would be of
great use hut only suppen entail to the Improvement
have mentioned further south SO. also, would tend
greatly to deplete Broadway if Ma su street which
Is one of the narrowed diriies. and most crowded
fhoiorgDares in the city should be Sidened. Tois en-
lae ement would perform the s. service IN respect to
tie eastei traffic which the extension of Church stree.
would sfford to the western As addition al relief
the ompbuses which bound from the Battery to the
eastern parts Of tn city might take the rJute through
Beaver Bread and Nassau streets, while the Others
might take the pew through Church street, all
ths ines descei ding a. at presen through Brc adwsy
All these changes would be of service but thu st that
should be attempted and the most import Int OF them
all, is to open the new avenue through from the Ba'-
terry to Church s.tet. This alone, In my opinion,
would give nearly all the relief we desire, and wonld
acd to the comfort of citizens more than any other
municipal undertaking since the introduction OF the
CrCtOn Water. X.