New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-04

for appointment hospItai on iana VII oe oohsn,
AID on appropriation shouId be made n meet tho prob
able cost Of the land and becesary bndIngs; az aiso
for the support of the temporary bospa' dn1og 'ns
Inst Summer snd ill the perrnsDeuf one prepared:
Auiho,ity should be given the COrnmBsloners 70 seu
lie land and buildings Staten island, the Prsceeds OK
which will be than sufficient 70 pay the cost sx
the new establishments
The experience of the past year las shown that the
exaciiobs and annoy TO which the nerce OF
Ney-York has for several years been subjected AZ
Quarantine, arose p'Dcpa " from The mode OF enfofo
ing the regulations thert. But recommend thai ule
Chamber of Commerce Of tbst city be empowered 70
establish rate Of charges for stevefores and lighter.
men employed in dischsrprg AID TRANSPORTING Injected
earpoes Steps have been taken 10 procure the re
quisite information preparatory 10 suggesting reys-
ion OF tho health laws
No appropriation was made last year for the Com.
missioners Of Pilots Of the arbor Of New York. not,
90 believe, became the Legislature did NOT recognizes
the importance and value OF their SERVICES Out because
ii wac rey aIded a. local matter, belonging TO the
city rather than 10 the State and yet the whole Sat9
r interested IN preserving and improving be hafbor 81
N,w.York, upon @hch much Of the prosperity, DOS
only OF the city but of the State depends reeon~
mend that cum not exceeding - OUO should be APP
ropristed be expended onder the direction Of tho
Ptt Commissioners for the protection Of the barhor.
The act of April l3 1851, entitled " An act TO regu-
late the use Of clips and wharves OF the City OF New
York between piers No. aud No. TO- East River, ss
well as all other spe ,ia acts OF this character should
be repealed. These laws, instead Of protecting ana
facilitating commerce. sacrifice the general public good
TO benefit private interests. -.
In pursuance Of concurrent resoinhon snof.o~
April IL, 1853, the drawings VI the map known ss sno
uarbor Commissioner Map Of the harbor OF New
York have been continued, and are now nearly com.
pleted The expense WIS, by the resolution, Initsd
to s. 5C0 but contract has been made ior $o,iWs
which amount should be appropriated. Inc PnyacsA
snrye, oftbe barbor Of NeWYOrk bas been eompseseo
An expense of 81 SO has incurred beyond former
appropriations, which should also he provided.
Nv attention has been called during tne past JesI "
the defenses of New-York, aud have awaited myself
Of an invitation from the englneer oDcer IN enaige,
inspt Ct the Notifications at the Narrows tn oovlonk
that the approach to Ne"-fork oy wafer mo-. NV
adequately defended. Its defensive system has NOS
vet received the full development contemplated oy INC
able Board Of Engineers which immedla'ey amer .ue
war of 1912 devised II. Since that DATE ana pafueu
| lary within the period commencing WIN the aPpne.
ZION Of Steam To ocesn navigation, the means OF mari
time attack have assumed character and power qn'7
unantcI ated when the existing system was devised.
| The Lo,t of New-YorB has become the great en-
norium Of commerce of the nation. Three foartbs OF
its entire in the shape Of duties upon imports
are collected there. lts perfect defensbiiEy there
| fore IL matter of national importance. But Is 10 OF
estecis interest the people Of tins State and az
their representatives, you invited ~ considSr
whether action OF your OWL may not ad IN pro-
curing from Congress the means for the promps COM
! pletion Of our defensive works.
The number OF vessels surveyed by the Wartens APP
| pointed under the act to r.organize the Wsrdens
| Office Of the Por, of New-YOrk" passed APrl IL,
1857 was during the first eleven months OF the ear
| 1859 326S against $50 surveyed during the snnre
year of 1853. The number OF surveys made during the
eleven months of 1859, TO- 37 during the entire
year of 1853 1922 The gross receipts of the Once
during the eleven months of 1852 were 1924 ",
| and the expenses 1928 TO- During the year 1913,
| the grOsr receipts were $2i5i7 IS, and the ex-
penses s. 33l 70. The increase is probably due to
The natural revival of business from the commercial
de resson of 1857 and 1855 to the decision Of the
Cnr, of Appeals a,m ming the constitutonaty Of tho
law; and TO the increasing confidence Of the public in
its wisdom and proprety.
Tbs gross amount of fees received BY the Harbor-
| masters of the port of New-York, during the eleven
months from JAN to Nov. 80 1852 was vi go ~
The number of vessels that arrived during thaS period
was IL SIC of which 800 were under q coassng
license, ano therefore paid no fees. The law relIng
TO the hsrbor regulations requires amendment. Tho
piers snd wharves of New-YOrk aud Brooklyn arc
divided into eleven districs, each assigned 20 one
Han borGaster VITO bss entire control over his ds-
trict and acts upon bis own construction Of the law
There should be established officer correspond
ing to the of the Port Of most European cities,
" no should have central Office, where list Of AZ
vacant berths should be Sept, aud who should estab-
lish general and uniform s,siem OF regulations The
Harborn asters should be under his supervision
The number of alien passengers who arrived at the
port of Eew-York during the 1859. aud for WHOM
Communication money hss been paid was n, $50 asaiat
Is, 500 10 1853. The Commissioners Of Emigration
have refunded TO the several COUNTIES on account Of
advances msde by them, $3 5j5 IS, which leaves Q
balance due tie counties Ut 1915 49, Tais amount
the Commissioners hope "a pay in full within u few
weeks. The number OF emiyIants remaining in tho
institutions Wa'd bland 737, against l9 last
year. The expeDses of these institutions were &3-
6i8 40 in 1859, $7S $50 IS 1858. The aggregate
expenditures of the Commissioners, exclusive OF tho
amount refunded counties $l63 IA ~ 1859,
and $&0,975 " in 1853.
The continued and unexampled growth Of the City
Of NewYoIk has brought with it the necessity OF pro-
vdiDg means OF 10 the upper part OF Nam
haitian Island. recommend therefore, that the
Der of railroads in the upper part OF the City Of New
York be increased IL doing this, however
should be taken, while limiting and equaiiziDg the
of fare all railroads in that city, to render the
valuable franchise source of income TO the city.
is believed that the State is the of valuable
property in and around the City of New-York, now in
the possession Of Others in relation to which the rights
of the State should be maintained by prompt and Wig.
orous measures.
recommend to your careful attention the highly inn
por,ant subject of the public health especially in the
City of New-York. A considerable personal expert
ence, obtained in official capacity during the preva
ebce Of epidemic cholera in lS49 convinced that
the absence of scientific sanitary supervision evea
then great defect in is municipal organization.
Having been officially informed by the Governor Of
Connecticut thar be bad appointed u commission
for the purpose Of settling the Iuted boundary be-
tween that State and our owD and determined meet
this action the part Of our sister State in proper
eprit, appointed commissioners the part OF this
State The representatives. Of the Staes have met
and formed u JOINT Board aid have examined the dis
put+d territory, but after several meetings have beea
unable to agree upOn basic for settlement. | sill
hope that the D dispute will be satisfactorily
adjusted; but should this he done, some action on
your part may become necessary during the present
seseion.
The act of April I2, 1853 TO provide for the caro-
snd instruction Of IDLE aud trusnt children" has re-
named almost dead letter upon our statute beck.
The Law contains q general provision making it the
duty Of all police officers to enforce H. but ths cad
would he much better sooompl shed IL each Guy and
town were required TO make il the especial duty OF
some ,1cer.