New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-15
OFFICE OF IRE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE }
REMOVAL OF THE QUARtNTGNE STATION,
NEW-YoRE. jan. I, 1853. }

REMOVAL OF THE QIAkANIlNE oIAltoN,(
NEw-YoKS. Jan. I, 1853.
To His Erc,UHcy. Edria d. Morgan, G0rsrI9r Of
ne STATE Of Nsr-York:
SuR-The Commi. .s.osors for the removal of IN
QuaraZ tine StttVn Ttsi ecfuly present theF annu'i
R-port. ,
state in The early e Of n year make anot ler
applcation to the ) .te of Nsw-Jsey for grant OF
Guarantee iuriadicOu over Sandy Hook, such appca-
ton dolly made, and refused by sad Safe, wa,cn
resut was reported in detail u the Governor of this
State on fret day Cf March, lSS-shch report Is On
file 10 the Executive Depsrtnept and to shica q
beg leave to c-ll your dttention.
The State of NewJerssy having for The third u ~
lopce in the year 1919, end zgain in lso' and lS)e
refused the State of NewIork the use OF Sandy HOOK
for Ousrautine st,tion, and the Governor ot tnat
SITE having expressed his decided opposition % the
require grant, thOs dsspatng sl hopes o saGcsss IN
that ausrter the undsrsigned, believing with Coy.
King, Ii, Mt Gov. Sslden and Comptroller C1urch,
that no location, at all suitable Tor the purpose can
be selected upon the present sOl OF the STAT, were
" the requisite structures could be preserved Eitn)nt
I" the constant presence of large military froce,
were compelled to investigate the feasioihIy o, can
structrg Quarant ne site on one OF the shosls IN
Rartan Bay, sud, having sttishe1 thenselys, tht
such a project W-s feasible aIc rot lmmOdtratey eA-
pepsiye reco nuendef such a construction To tho
Governor Lieutenant. Governor and Controller IN the
report above alluded 20.
The attention Of the Legislature was called TO this
subject by the Governor in a communication bearing
date March TO- 1853 which referred 10 the Com
mittee of the Assembly on Commerce and Nivigation
by whom the proposal was favora5y received. bill
making the appropriation necessary % construct the
uroposei work was reported to the Assembly by said
Committee, but failed for want of time to become
law.
Deeply mpt, ssed with the necessity of prosecuting
the business in their chsrge the undersigned next ap-
pied 10 the United States Government for aid, and in
response to their petition 10 Congress- Dill granting
power to the Secretary OF the Treasury to advance
funds for the construction of Quarantine ste on con-
ditiop Of accommodations 10 be furnished thereon for
the revenue department, introduced IA Congress
by Senator Seward but at too late period for noai
action during that session.
On the 18th of April last the following resoidton
was passed by the Senate o. this State viz.
On the motion Of Mr. spnola, Rssoirsd, that tae Commis
.oner. for the removal OF the Qasrntre station are hereby
ion Of snv lands ur der water within this
trance habor Of New IN Sandy Hoos Ran,
sctipg an island or block Of land in said Of sufficient
,ze be used when for eew Quarantine Ste and
is,ure.a
In pursuance Of these Instructions the undersigned
applied 20 Professor A. D. Bachs, Superintendent Of
the Upited States CO.stsuryey Department for suct
information supposed 70 he on record in his de-
partmeut and when il was believed would furnish
satisfactory answer to said resolution. In reply Pfo-
fesso. Baohe expressed himself unwilling and unable
10 give dee siye answer the points s2eciied IN
said resolution without entering upon thorough sur
yey for the purpose aa sing that neither the survey
lately concluded fer the HarbOr Commissioners of this
State, nor those previously made fo- the use OF the
United States Government, were sufficiently accurate
10 determine them.
An attempt was then made by the undersigned, in a
series of perscn4 interviews aud by correspondence
with Prot Bsche, 10 agree upon price Tor The sdr-
yey which he Considered necessary tor that purpose
but as they could arrive st satisfactory conclusion
the subject finally dropped, and on the llth dty
of August last this Board adjourned without expects
ton Of meeting sgsin before the next assembling OF
the Legisls-Jre.
TIE destruction Of tho Qusrantine buildings at
Tompkinsvie by FIVE the nights Of lst 5ut ID Sep
.mber last called for mmsdiste action on the part Of
the undersigned, and they accordingly reporei pl.n
for Quarantine remoys To the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor ard Controller OF THE state OF the tn Sep
brlsst fsee report cn fle in the Executive Depart
mentl which they believed ehssp, feasible and capa-
bic of speedy constr Notion. TINS report was referred
by those officers 10 Capt H. w. Benham oil tue United
States Engineer corps who at proceeded 70 make
the sur seys necessary determine the practics5ty
of tbe plan therein suggested.
This survey was completed and ts results duly re-
ported to the Governor and the undersigned ON the
srh cay Of December, 1853, from which II appeared
that the conclusions previously arrived az by the
uudersigned were substantially correct. Tnis report
was duly transmitted 70 the Executive Department,
and is POW TO be found there.
The ipnsGiste tssity ior furnishing Qnsrs1tine
acsonnoiat On having in the mean time been pro-
yded for, the undersigned had hesitation in con-
curriag il the views Of Capt. Bsnhsm, and accord
nsly recommended the a. option of his report by the
Governor, lie Qtt IdlI-UofrrLc1 All NOuLoLcts
Such report was approved by the above named
State officers % toe 2Sh December, 1855, which ap-
prov viii be found the ie according 20 Las IN tue
office Of the Secretary Of State, and the nndrs ned ~
once proceeded to advertise Tor proposals TO construct
a block or Island on Od Orchard sh0al
The undersigned, aware of the difh culties encoun.
tered BY the sie Governor Leutensnt-Governo-, and
the pressut Controller Of the STATE, In deciding On
new Quarantine location, take pleasure ia bearing
wituess their patient investg alton, careful fore
thought and wise declsion-
Asby the second section Of tbs "Aet for the removal
"of tie Qusrantne Station" the Commissioners are
called upon 70 determine what wbsrves, buildings,
offices hospitals, warehouse rftures, fdrnitlre
" ard facilities necessary a. he new Quarantine
ste the undersigned have earnestly endesvorei TO as
certain whether the expense and wants OF such an
establishment csnno. properly be reduced from toer
present overgroyn proportions. In the sxsminstion
of this sebect they have called TO their aid the eIpe-
rience OF the most distinguished medical gentlemen
formerly IN charge Of the various departments az
Quarantine, well as that of others known TO this
community as eminent IN their profession. From the
combined testimony Of those gentlemen an Of which
will he touDi Oh De In y Executive DrglItLisr.i