New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-27
sSpense TO the city.
After briefly reviewing the matter. Mr.. Delsyan

suRgfsted the appointment Of a Comuittee 10 ,nyes
.ea.e me subject IN order TO relieve him from the
emearrassniehs under which he is placed aud says
II the contractor cannot be made to voluntarily re-
linqnsh h scot tract the Committee may be en- bled
to recommend some plan Of improvement without
further Oss to the city,"
On motion Of Mr.. BooLE, the communication WA
rsferr.d to the Joint Committee of The Common
Council on Streets with full power 10 investigator
A ie,olutI0n was adopted appr0pratinQ $3.50 COG
for the care and mainte nance OF the Central Park
the Board cOncurriDg with the COuncilmen in di.
rcctipg the Controller issue bonds for the amount
On motion OF Mr.. OTTiwrLL, q resolution wal
adopted appropiating the sum OF $o,O9J toward the
support Of the Home of the Good Shepherd, an i'll
stitu'on for the maintenance Of reformed uniortu
nate women.
Mr.. BooLE moved to take from the table the re
port OF the Committee on Wharyes, Piers and Slips
and moved its publication in The Herald and TIRE
UYR. II was an important subject, and he desire
that it shoad be given to the public through IN
columns Of tie leading papers. o,,
Tie motion WIS amen dcd by the addition OF IN
Iirnes aud World.
The report is Us follows:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE on wHARyES, PIKR
AND SLIPS.
Tie Committee on Whsfves Piers end Sps TO whom va,
referred the unutxed resolution. directing your Committed
to inquire into aud report to this Board 20 the oxpsd
OF cont uctbg stone piers at Loe pieces II .ny where th'
may be better adapted 10 shipping purposes than the
REPORT:
That subject OF such Importance, and 30 intimately
connected wuh the commercial and m CONSEQUENCE, ey
ner interest centered In this city received az It need
the attention the part Of your Com nee
The present whsf accommodations sadly deficient both
~ character And extent much as mPefatyey call ioi
tn action Of the cty aSthories with view Of
d.Srios comp rehensiys end general an Tor al
fofdng to the daily soga sntns commercial Walls aud re-
shipping business aay u.nseed The CO.. sucon Of the
present whsryes and pers 10 faulty Ia tho extrene-they are
th-in
done by tie job frequently III great haste and often az no.
bed Of lbe river Some comparatively white many
either SUNK bent otteD broken or injured IequIs
ant and expensive air. to preserve them om total
Destruction Beng almost ell Cases built across the cut.
scarcely Of equ, without doRs
damage part portion OF then-their aeuder pro-
tcctop for shipping S apparent In many cases 1rbddns
by prudent add careful esens Of valuable
vessels while their Dimensions are satse, q
lie SPIRIT enterprise and ssgaci that should cha scsetire the
Of The municipal auhotes OF city OF the pfsscn.
greatness aud future prospects soch a. are now ep"Jed ~
the City ofNew-foik.
Your Committee have given the subject much grave and
rous they have consulted many Of most
pom mont scisbhc citiZens nearly al Of whom differ in
their opinions and views and The projects proposed have
b. en IS numerous. nearly the naLnosr o. Persons cor
sud IL tho investigation your Committee have been foci
Xiv impressed with plan SuOu lifted TO tho Common Council
,ns ey in the year 1890 BY the Somui Tee on Wbsves
posrd TO suspend hereafter the building OF any, but few
small pier. om the island, and In lieu thereof erect oo
tho I'll River stone Inland or quay 70 Do called the Great
est Pier to extend in due time Iom the South Battery
nortLely Kins'bddse or all events as fsI a. the iter.
s OF shall require to be bulk nom 300 to 100 feet
5-yond end the preent sm. whsry-s along TIE
nh constructed without the aid OF cofefdans
and using diving only D the hr's i've or six feet imedi
atty below low wstsr be ed to the main snd by
bridges each $50 feet WIDE Quit OF TIMBER az
oored upoD the psn generally Of that bull, lately at the
foot of Mkethed street. With editions Of strength
aud braces and other particulars, thus dividing
me water. b.twssn the city and great pier into sew
G L.1u. or S,psItmerts ADD the use Of the connecting
wbsyes regulated to sfod walk in the center Of each
h raised VI twenty-five fees Tor s people travelling 20
thA fDiaT ANY, oil
large under the walks BY means OF chich the
and NTH of be should 10 carried beyond the pier
the bay river having each side of said walk cart
yehc going 10 and returning o the pier oil hy
each heo leaving quay or wharf On tie upper or
lower Size Of sxytwo std hall fee; EACH for the lading
and uLlaos OF vessels All this can DO done, giving more
snps aud facility for the Shipping than
docks Of London and Liverpool aud with
out any part monrOus 1peniture Of those places for
ocs an gates &C., because tie se aud fl Of tides
NO. there vi. be in such Of The bridge.
as may be found and ,uch oueu into the river.
the pier may DO thought be Tor the use that may
lie made OF ihsm"
Il was ,,o proposed that in the Ea, River shove Cor
Hook stone pier and beaAwster shah be constructed
90 the plan of the recommended for the North River
and ding Thirty street. kips Boy and
sna neoDs al anpo portion OF mat part Of the
Eat River also that good and substantial stone bulk
a, be p.ced along shore OF the lsand thst fast
sny the piers shall be conpeted durable whsvss sab'.sn
ii,y pus.d aud foo-d and of,ced 'hs Q. extended to
on the shore AID ct such places and from such tuch
streets % shall be found proper"
Your would desire nothing better than to revive
the old D. feeling assured that such comprehensive
and enlarged wharf pier and alp fAete. VIII ultimately be
undertaken aud cowp les, being sufficient to
the and da Commercial busibes
tho city But In their opinion the present Is not the ts
when the expense. to tho prosecution Of the
ar being wAged for the Walton 81 the Union tho
axnatiou of business generaythst Of mercantile
in other and adverse depressing i.husnces
directly upon citizens preclude Any such under
tas ing at this time.
YOU Com0es. however of opinion that steps should
NJ once be taken the suou,ion OF stone 10
lieu Of WOOD in the contraction Of oil new piers. The sd
vsnlsges wood. IN erecting submarine 'truc.
tur obvious scarcely to require mention II /.
ea,y Of proof that wharvss and piers
ood bu, mere temporary erecttons and
odnre only fourteen to seventeen years before they
DESTROYED by worms; while their Original cost Of eonstruc-
ton combined with the annually expended in tneir
aud pre.eryaontskiug twenty year. az tho msximum
,rm Of their e1irteuce-woud sufficient pay
for the erection Of stone structures OF equal dlnensons-
crrdable TO the City In every respect adapt
al fo Tho ,rsnsscton Of tho business Of
chants requiring repairs and whcn properly cared for,
III pre.ep mode Of building piers very repYeheni
HE should DO mprovsd else the work OF build
ips piers OF wood should be eairJ s4sndoosd Yhe in-
outer ends Of the piers are very frequently over tie
bel Of by the eosp'ins Of the wooden iocouIss
TerJ have bus np.dea the current 70 snch an extent hs
s at deYos ensue aud the basins oetweso our wnarves
a,e been filled in many places such degree that even
sinai yes e viii hardly aoat now where the water vas form
rfy Of grpal depth This peneous pfsctice Persisted
H. II Wi inevitably resu, IN doing ssn0n. Jay to- 1t will
not utmasly destroy the anrssled conmefca sdvantass
of am ton thar nave derived from the natural cncu
stances Of tho position OF the ny
No .ubi.. intimate INJECTED with the future pros.
u,ry ard oftLe.cty be entertained or consd.
cred by It's atnoe than tho now unter eeu.idsistion
Rejection j. Lost ia amazenent Ia contemplating the are ca
,,,s certain result by OF rsig-uce OF indite
on the of tr municipal authorities OF THIS cy 70
h 60, .cted with ths protection aud petu
slion of the advantages veuckssd to US
m he 10 nation m the hsrooT and its adaptation 20 tho
ol Ito O1undless entoIpi'c % cnsTa;eise OF
our mile marine not than criminal TO pcr
init nav to auto rizs and direct the bpdns OF structure
II m he shore tie island oa Into ITO stream Ia ooth ins
n h and Eat have been clearly shown to 90
not toay united and Inadequate TO the purposes iof
vile the, it. nded. but which arc posve oo,uuc
xiafio of
vii inevitably result In the total destruction 81 the hsnfa
and cimurcai advantages )o Oh by tho CRY
An ap,thy, IL criminal neglect mas gov
arn.d auh0Tine, OF tDis city snce lie n.@fp',h 10
s.is. ng upon iii. subject The Chy Of New'h9rh, inc
mor in point OF po u.ton sLd wealth. and possessed OF
commercial advantags city, far superior TO any In either
LIN Of MIL. lALl oil LEI