New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-23
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
IMPROVEMENT.

THE Projected STREET IMPROVEMENT.
The Committee on Streets of the Board OF Council
men held another meeting yesterday afternoon to hear
the remarks or statements of persons in favor OF or
opposed to the opening Of new avenue on the line OF
Old York Road Mr.. Booe in the chair
Mr.. PyLL in addressing the Committee, said there
was street in the lower part OF the city contracted IN
lis limbs crooked in its course billy IN It's grade and
unequal in its width and the question occurred why
was il not widened, Strengthened and graded Inc
Committee might say there wa no business trans
acted in It, and that these defects We're there
fore Of no consequence; but so lar nom ms
being the case, il is thronged iron sunrise 70 sunset
Yet II would be folly and nlustceto remove there i
perfectons because the lots on SAD street Wec IelI
ar almost fabulous prices-bect buildings had
been erected on these lots at the cost oi on5 oi oo
lars. He referred 10 Wall street pu' no" inner gu,
was the case in point From Barclay street On tIe
south 10 Central Park on the north, from bIvad"ay
ON the east 10 the Hudson River on the west theIe
were two extensive and commooous th1r3usnlaTes'
enc feet and the other 100 feet ~ Nu oul unloI-
un8tey these two avenues were Ien1,eH IN
| avoiloIIe nv being disconnected what men was
necessary 10 be done Simply unite me TWO ny a'al'
ng ourselves of those portions "a ZIG puuIV s'evS
through which new street should De oPeueu anu 'hS
parts adjoining and thus connecting IN. TWO oFoad
,bo.oughf.r,s Sucb a pan was contemplated ten
years ago by large portion Oh pioPiIy o"He.s On
this very line, who at that ulne pfoeusu .e
If An eminent surveyor. IL Wts al that Po4"N sen
evident 10 them that such plan would diminish Inc
crowding Of carts manufacturers mays &C. through
Broadway. We need scarcely ask, II necessary Ten
years ago, how imperstively necessary Is upon Us
after the lapse of so long an interval % carry INTO
effect an Improvement absolutely GeuIal1eh oy me
whole western portion of our city lie oniy obstacle
10 this great Improvement arises IRON an ues 'hst IN
property owners on this line VIII not Oe adequately
compensated This obstacle Is enuIsy e9nJec-
tnrai. Why is il 60 Simply RON these fact:
The real estate and public streets through "hlcn II
is proposed that this line shsl pass IS IN the hrst
place, property lying removed from bsslness thorough
fares; in the second place. II l. property on winch
houses were erected many years since III SuTaP ana
now artoua;ed syle OF building; u the ru pace IN
many instances the larger number ut suoh houses nave
IL II much to be regretted passed mo diSreputabe
hands in the fourth place there mas consequently re-
suited 10 the city not only minimum amount 81 taxes,
but from the unfortunate occupation Oh large portion
Of this property, il has become 10 COMPARISON bur-
den TO the city treasury IL Is WeIascer'aned tact,
from estimates made by those VINO nave surveyed the
VII ole line that for the proposed street he owners on
the same can be compensated ior sueh property as
much again as the price az when they onw value Il
He hoped that the Committee would report iavorably
10 the project. ... .
Mr. Br1en next addressed the Committee In favor OF
the project; Mr. Romeyn opposing on me ground that
1t was rot wanted-that it would destroy a large
amount of property the owners OF which could not