New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-15
THE QUARANTINE DAMAGES.


Tuesday week.
THE QUARANTINE DAMAGES.
The Quarantine Damages Commission met at Mr.. Pc
ter B. Sweeneys Office, No. AZ Wall street, yesterday,
and resumed the investigation of the damages done at
Quarantine in September 1853 All the members were
present, Mr.. +. w. LnAvEswoRrH presiding.
Attorney General MYERS proceeded with the claims
Of the Emigration Commissioners for personal prop
ery, and for property held by them in trust for the
State.
omnsoner Of Emigration IN September 1851 that time
mere brick buildings Quarantine which
S e sOen sOne were about fs. front and about
% disg s the street, they sSc1
each probably there were eight shanss they were
S SSsS o the the various .h,De there were five
wooden shaItaes with brick 200 feet long, they
s sSa rs e ws .y Rs
the others web constructed and We're worth seou,
one wood brick houses two stories high Is feet
By 90 feet there were five long shsnes and three short ones
occupied by Dr. Waller recoct that house twas wooden
nS Dr. p SSh A sSss' va. son si2 '' "Sn
two stories end worth $500 II was Of brick must
hsf SS the seis wa burned With
ksos Hotel 6.ds :sv sey ssss sS, i. build S1S
iSs can be ~ Controller book at Albany to have
Ing Il was three stories high 'front.' and two in about 30
feet deep long think ii worth much
s the St S abb q ss s 100 feet sna
worth aboq, CO. the house occupied by Dr. Th9mp.oa wa.
about 50 900; We. homestead there dead bouse
Of brick and mes. red about a feet SQUARE y had almost
knew Dr. Walkers house, two story brick house and
s % S ssF SSsssa a" with
dok building but the testimony can be better given By MI
st 9 and
G gate sSS s 81 81 Ga Iaeo.c hf how an . sn
outhouses; there barn connected with Dr. Walters
ne SOD included tIst With Dr. ws,es house did not
did not know anything aoOut the fences
Mr. BRADLEY objected TO the Last question, because
he thought the item of cost did not come within the
range Of the statute The commission 10 estimate
the worth immediately previous to the time of the burn
ing and not the cost OF anything.
eIamnedTho boatuens houses there In 1851
when the Board of organized the shan.ies were
rush Of emshts they serwsrd perfected and made into
sfSS ss sa
weather eOd,p think %ge not gnsd the ceiling. s
bundredfeetons hospitals were built the same a. the
Mr.. BRADLEY continued to examine the witness as
10 the particulars upon which his estimates of the value
Of the buildings were based.
WirSEss-I never examined any of these buildings with
deal Of money wasted on them particularly the ST. Nicholas
believe from information tina. he haies were the best adapted
the St Nicholas are desirable for hospital purposes the 81
injected vessels used principally boarding
hoase -, =, ,rl..,o @. .,:,s,-., ~
hospital - was objected 10 by the Attorney General
| Mr. BRADLEY said he did not desire to prove that
if the building wasworth nothing for hospital there
fore. it was worth nothing, but for the purpose Of
coming dow TO the value of the materials.
The Commission admitted the question.
wIIsEss-n giving evidence DO not tell what any Of
sasns sy
ton conm.soneI would have built for an hospital
The Commissioner the Al and Mr.;
| IN he oft hnild for a
purpose:
guilty Of destroying the property IN question, by fierce
| and violence. The Sipervisors of Richmond County
are merely the victims of the results as it became
known 10 Them 10 the people of the county and to the
people of New-York large FIRE. There were num-
bers of persons in the county who did not approve of
the act, and Others of whom he one, who believed
il 10 have been lawful act. He claimed the right of
insisting upon finding the value Of the st. Nicholas as
hospital, that he might be able 10 arrive at the
value of the materials.
The Commission, after consultation decided to admit
the question
wi1yEssMy estimate Of the value of the St. Nicholas
based ON s connection with the other quarantine build
Mr. BnADlK1-COald not building less value, and we
same puiposesf
Mr.. LEAvEswoRTH said the State had perfect right
TO erect Just such buildings pleased without regard
expense, for any purpose, al any cost less
He could not see the relevancy of the question.
DR.. BssKLL recaed-I familiar with the grounds and
houses knew the buildings known the boat
mems houses they stood sogether my opinion is that the
shanies worth "a 500 they could he built aud
there the whole eight worth 530O0 the large
would be worth $500, and the small worth
s2eQO ~ f30 the brck offces worth from 20 70
81 900 piece the wooden Office worth 81 2 the four
BIRCH outhoues worth 1900 400 each; the six wooden
outhoues worth 100 $3.50 each barn and
sheds worth 50 the wash house. dock and bridge
worth-the wsshouse 5000; the bridge between the wash
house and the dock uinurd but don't know what the
repairing the dock entirely burned
my opinion that the deck injured &lo00 there
wooden fences about GO 90 rods Of picket fence worth
sbout So 49, rod another fence my office worth
10 SIS rod the outer wall Of the Enclosure destroyed
worth about $50 81 eo0 there 10 chestnut
could tell the value Of them there or large pear
and others injured could not tell the
Of them they must have been 90 100 od there
number Of round the st Nicholas in relation to
the estimate OF the value Of the dock have knowledge OF
own; think Mr.. Ferguson the who told me.
Cspt ELEiss CRABTBBg, vcePTesdent Of the Board Of
Emigrsnt Commissioner being duly testified follows
have been ecqusined with Quarantine for eight
familiar with al the buildings had the superintendent Of the
erection Of buildings Wards Island also in repairing
docks knew the st Nicholas have always estimated It at
$1,000 Fl the time the Wash House burned should think
worth co., could not the dock repaired
e. 70 be the before the FIRE, for Tess than - 800
shond tk the bridge about 800 long suppose the
bdge might have been repaired before
be or OF $50 the water pipes destroyed with the bridge
worth 5000.
Gross exenined-Ihese were made BY after the
Ere on the grounds think the 81 Nicholas worth $4,000
for hospital purposes we have had 500 passengers there
week, observations II there when first came mas
ship in September 1875 sailor and the anchor al
the attention Of when
Bay always pointed out the group buildings to my pssen
gers. u place for the sick
Adjourned till 10 O'clock this morning.