The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-31
Municipal Affairs.

OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
The Councmen Committee Streets held a meeting
on Friny, 7. A. Dunn, Chairman. The committee met
for the purpose hearing arguments Of those parties
who pet'ioned the Common Council TO take action IN
the matter OF widening or extending the streets in tho
Third, Fftb and sixth Wards as was In contem platon
r. L. schegsln formerly President Of the Board Of Alder
men, argued against the measure. He said was 20 CON
sst OF i've opera,ions-the widening and extending
either, OF West Reade, East Reade, East Duane, Cham
bers and Worth steetsmentonDg at the time, the
probable cost that the improvements which II Is proposed
10 effect In each would the city and showing that the
total amount OF the that must cost the city for
awards to property owners hose property would be in
jured removed and the accomplishment of the work
could not fall short according to his estimate OF 800
He adduced facts from the Improvement OF Nneeh street
TO bear him out In his calculations He tn that
the present stringent state Of the money Market and the
poor condition Of large number OF Consequence
Of the effects Of the late financial crss sufficient
guments 10 prove that the carrying out Of any work which
would not be absolutely necessary and would Increase
the taxation Of the city would be adverse the present
time 70 the interests the people and prosperity or the
city and therefore he hoped that the members Of the
Common Council would have work carried oct where
so much expenditure and consequent taxation would be
involved. lie also showed that the down thst
need 70 rent for $4,000 pay no more 10 the proprc
tors than 5oo and that every department OF business
throughout the city IL proporonsiely essened James
Beatty, John Mchane and others either owning repre-
senting property in the Third Fth sixth wards spoke
after Mr.. shiefen, but added le what he advanced
No srote in opposition to what said against the
eecng OF the improvements and the Chairman therefore
STEAMBOAT REnovALs-THE CONTROVERSY ALMOST
ENDED.
The Cfmmittee WhaTvee Piers and Slips o, the Bnrd
Of Councimen held meet ng Friday 10 hear the argu
ments that are st 10 be urged for and against the well
discussed subject Of steamboat removals Those favor
Of the removal presented the OF 400 persons the
committee, who, In addition those who had previously
sign cd their names 10 the petition 10 send the stea bcss
up town, nov had given theirs. As usual, thcre q
considerable number Of persons Interested both sides
of hA ettan ID .A,-t
speaker lie w a very warm advocate Of havisg the
vessels removed up town, and though he
SoTsss ScTsea snv 0'0,ssaee u,ae me ne ~a nos put
boats should be removed excep, that the vessels
the habit Of throwing the ashes from their furnaces
hey thereby contribute 70 make The hsrbor
shallow and injure the navigation When ne concluded
nc one Took The stand either 70 reply 70 or supper,
not proceed Mr.. Bedford chairman Of the committee
remarked thai the gentlemen had anything further 70
say they should not delay, the committee would only
meet once more to hear any one on the subject Mr.
Beach At " stood up and argued that the removal Of
several of the old arguments he dwelt upon the one used
by the gentleman by whom he preceded, sn showed
that was evident ashes continually thrown over
board from the steamers by reading extracts from reports
Of the Hsrbor Commissioners whom several witnesses
testified that the boats frequently deposit their ashes in
ths, As e.sy s s Hspsor V Gmm .son
believed that the should be removed above
Fourteenth street Alderman Kelly and Isaac Newton
ItPhcu. ah.y SAu I'm inc uoCutnent lrOm NnOh sh'
Beach read his extracts could be made to cut both ways
hkc shakspesres poetry and that they glad 70 have
the opportunity Of throwing the ashes out OF their
Inst hey imagined The steamboats, threw into the North
river They could inform them that they dare not permit
their steamers 70 throw any ashes into the river under
penalty Of f26 and that there always spies 10 gee that
the law carried out In this respect Isaac Newton pro-
duced map the piers and docks In the North and East
rivers and pointed out upon the space Of ground occu
pied by those steamers that Is proposed 10 remove up
town. and demonstrated from table stating the number
Of feet az the docks down town, that oyster boats and
other insignificant and comparatively useless crat occupy
greater number than do the maeucent river sea ners
that contribute materially 10 make New York the greatest
commercial city IN the universe All the rest Of the arso
ments that were made Of by Mr. Newton we're fre
qucny used before and when he concluded his remarks
the Chairman sdjourned the committee.