New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-03
Observation-Disclosures. to one.hundrca and.alty


nnthst.
Let our readers bear the following in mind Eighth
ave runs in fact but to 0ne-hundres and fftieth-st
the road then turns to the right and runs to Macomb
Dam; but from the turning it ceases to be Eighth
ave- and becomes the Macomb's Dam Road, and this
road leading from the turning to the dam Is not any
portion Of Eirhth.aye. that is worked as country
road. We say again Eghth-ave. stops IN TACT al
Onehundred- and ffteth-s. In theory, or according
TO the plan Of the City, it then runs across some 10"
land until il reaches near the line Of where One-hund'
red and fifty -fh.st will be in the course Of tme 1t
then meets an embankment of dirt aud stone which up
to this time extends from the buikhead line OF One
hundred and fifty ninth-st at Harlem down to about
One.hundred and fifty -ffth-st We repeat Eighth
ave- has no actual existence from One-hundred-and-
fftieth to One-hundred.andfty fth-sts., which any
person can see by going to the ground There 1t will
be seen that if the 10000 cubic yards OF filling
were used they must have been placed on Eighth'ave
from One.hundred and -fortieh to observation-disclosures
fftiethst, and from about misunderstanding
to Onehundred-an d.ffty -ninth-st.
The other day committee OF gentlemen, one
member Of which was o competent and skilled en-
gneer, went upon the ground and examined critically
the notorious nineteen blocks between One-hundred
aud-fortieth and One.hundred-a and fifty -nlnth-sts
worked" in 1865 by SenatOr.Sreet-C Commissioner
Charles G.. Cornell, and Supervisor Deputy Street
ommissoner-Street- Opener, Referee, &C., &C., &c
William NJ Tweed, to the modest tune of S3i,4o7 90
All the filling" that was patent was the "hlling
from One -ninth-st. down TO One
hundred and fifty -ffth-st. Upon fair and generous
found tn he 600 tept long
30 feet wide, and 10 feet deep. Getting the product
of these dimensions and reducing them to yards we
find less than $500 cubic yards OF filling WITHIN
the last above mentioned limits. SubtTacllng thS
amount from the alleged 1000 cubic yards oil " NIL
ing furnished we get, allowing generous margin,
so 900 cubic yards of filling unaccounted Tor.
Where could this balance of filing have been used
Certainly not between One-hundrcd- and-f and
One.hundred and fifty fhsts for the road haSno ae-
tua existence there Thus the only place left where
by any possibility it could have been used, Is between
One-hundred and .fortieth and Observation-Disclosures
tiehsts. 1t must be borne in mind, in this connection,
that the Eighth.ave., between the limits last above
mentioned has existed for a very long time. In ITS
widest part is not more than 30 feet and needs very
little money to be kept in good repair. The length
of this strip is about 1900 feet Multiply this length
BY the width and the product is 5000 square feet.
If the so 900 cubic yards balance Of filling unac-
counted for were used on this part OF the road we
arrive at the conclusion by reducing the 10000 CUBIC
wards to cubic feet and dividing the result by the
Z 200 product aforesaid that in the year o65 layer
of dirt was placed in Eghth-aye., between One-hun-
dred-and .lortieth and Onehundred hitieth-sts
1900 feet long 80 feet wide and II feet deep This Is
the conclusion to which the figures lead us. Whereas
the fact that at the very most not more than ~ or
u inches of dirt were placed the avenue in loO1
between the above limits. This variance Is monstrous
! Let us take another view of the matter. Eighth
ave. from One-hundred- to One-hundred'
and fifty nnhst is less than 5000 feet long, and
rs a country road about 80 feet wide. Now II II be
true that 60 900 cubic yards of filing were used
in 1865 between the above limits, then that flling
should have built the road 5000 feet long, 80 feet
wide and 10 feet deep. But what is the truth 1t Is
that instead of the road being built 30 feet wide and
10 feet deep for 30 blocks it is built but 20 feet wide
and 10 feet deep for blocks only (rom e-hundred
andftyninth.st to Northumberland -iifth-st)
and then stops What sane or insane man believes
this amount of filling" was used We tell the au-
hor of this stupendous fraud that there must be an
/ emu 10 the Dusl4leSs.
Notwithstanding the S3l,i S7 80 spent and an extra
$40 900 incurred making il at least $4,000 for fill
ing" in 500 Cornell had the unblushing efrontery to
state to Controller Brennan that $4,000 would be
necessary for this same filling" business in 1850
Even Brennan. accustomed as he is 70 "bg things
could not stand this; but in his City Budget for 1866
recommended that S25 900 should be allowed for this
purpose. As Cornell is Senator as well as Street
Commissioner, he managed by being on the ground
at Albany 10 have the Controllers estimate increased
to S2GO and we suppose that this sum will be de-
voted to the same kind of filling
Is Il not evident where this filling goes At -
cents a cubic yard We call the attention of the pub
! lie generally to this gigantic schemes and We trust
that the gentlemen who have the getting up OF the
charges against Cornell will lay due stress upon this
filling" business. Ii fairly presented, no Governor
could hesitate to remove from power a Street Com
missioner who is thus "rorking" the public purse.
If this filing business is not an argument in favor
OF Board Of Public Works, what is VIII not the
Governor at last come to the aid of the City and re-
move from power an official who year by year, sane
tons and perpetrates the most shameful wrongs to lis
oyerburdened taxpayers
OREGON.