The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-26


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by the Commissioners They gavmey and full notice in such
Who had onsnded 81. the notice being anhsedsd
they 70 the Ash poles The law
middle de Haason river he invited the CO
ssrser ihsss annoyns
win his ocs legal ADVISER declmsd to act
concert with the or 70 act In The matter ata
tate entered Commissioners and performed
0er 'he' @lras4sa xsp nrrAnrsc PIERS
The piers and wharves e. New York are IL cSnssn
While millions d0srs useless unAya
security Of property and wharves suffered so
to and . sss sd ne s
limited requiring the lessees pants Of public
The @ aSs
greatly depored have dsiased
hin
SaE @ are ans 5 @ hSs r a s1s
Insurance Of ts accomplishment They respectfully
RECURRING the
Of SUFFICIENT ss % IN S bends % the
he commsre Of his city and Of the State 'p'A
sy II
se.aels owing tue se%dsd Of e
slips he ships were kept properly dredged out and the
cyl woH sy sSSs "
booths and other built partly on the piers and party
bes and other commodities thus dyerng the only places in
public use fhe Commissioners have endeayered % carrect
5 EVIL limited by e law to the
and kept the piers They have commenced number Of
Most The defendants put defence founded the aegs
ton that the piers occurred Sy them are private property and
This section i thus construed would virtually license the
the law shall leave distinction between
piers of them being alike for the accommoda
STATE OF New YORK, ExxcuIIvE DrrAR1sEsr}
transmit herewith the annual report of the Commission
OF Pilots with the draft Of act prepared by Them which
they deem needed tor the proper enforcement Of The existing
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
The appointed under the act entitled An &C.
to establish regulations for the Of New York; passed
April t. 1851 and amended April Is 1858, respectfully
Of as tss
an Ss y Ss Of Ss &
By
+ The &C S beg 70 call The
perform consist chiefly in the The mohe and
crying evils which he Of this city and Ss
ana se saye the i'm
piers New York have been appropIaed to private
e 'hs Sp al f re Of
and the loose material DISCHARGED from vessels have been
Ss
he On
which have been made hsrbor and the which
of oversight and vigorous and constant application pre-
venive rue5 TO put end to the evils which existed
and The commissioners have great satisfaction reporting
that The Following abuses have thus In
pressed TO the benefit of the pubc-The OF
ashes In the waters Of the harbor the dumping of night
and rubbish into the slips the deposit OF ex
cayaied from slips into the of the port the improper
and reckless landing of Goals ballast &c In
abuses ard the others prohibited in the great majority
aoiee 70 parties q the provisions q he
hoSev TO report the following number OF sns commenced
and mes and penalties imposed and collected
AVERAGE DEPTH SLIPS.
The Commissioners caused careful aoundiues
to be made during the month Of December 1855 slips
on both The North and East rivers The result given the
table annexed to this which exhibits the water
as COMPARED with that ascesined by the Harbor
sioner In 1856 These soundings
OF depth in all the slips taken together of
some OF them there increase depth by the
action of the tide The necessity of uniform
The slips strongly exhibited by the statistics thus
afforded.
AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW
The Commissioners further that the
provisions OF the law be amended greater
cheney in carrying out the intention of the The
ferrins greater power the COMMISSIONS amply TO
give facility and prevent DELAY In executing the they
now possess Many of the violations by lighters barges
and oher transient vessels which escape with mpuniy owing
to delays In serving process which avoided as the
law now stands. The amendments proposed are with a
which can thus be oSved The a difficulties bea
state that although the law ast session
hAng her amount OF compensation and provided for
APPROPRIATION was made therefor and the
have been obliged advance all the required for
being according it's provisions 1hey respectflv AN
that such appropriation be made The here
with submit dram OF an act embodyng such az
enectual the sautary provisions Of the law.
AL OF which is respectfully unlimited.
RUSSELL 6fURGIS, Pres't1
ROBERT TAYLOR