The New York herald., 1867-04-11

the PROPOSED rxrrnaon b cxuaea sraslr 10 TINE
MIEAy.

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Msesiss Of the Property Owners I.ssrssssA-
The Resslatienp Adopted, Gc.
Pursuant 70 advsrtssmsnk meeting Of The property
ewnas a1sdsl ~ ~ ssesnsioa os Church sssst from
Fulton ssrsss 70 Ne DaIsssy hsd yesterday sfssrs
noon q Powsrs' Hossl ~ soon = the meeting had
been called 70 order Judge Bonnsy was appointed chair
man and james vn Name, secretary.
yudge Bonnsy, In assuming the chair, briefly
Stated Ne purposss for which The meeting had
been called Most Of thoss present. he I'D
had doubles understood for year or two pass
that there bad boon project for extending
Church from IT. present terminus q Fulton street
70 the Basssz ssvsra months ago. the application
Of The Common Council. the Suprsms Court appointsd
three commissioners In the ordinary way V lay ous such
street and 70 make awards for damages and ssssss-
menss Tor benenta That commission had been . long
time In dsbsraton, and about the 20h Of March they
made their report That report proposed % open
street. whore Il now tsrminsiss 70 norrs street The
street would pas and through the blocks
lying between the two termnt The amounts assessed
70 pay tho damage that must necessarily be caused
amounted TO 81 2bo0 0o0 The amounts assessed pay
the expenses incident 70 the laying Of this street.
or the proso. pr @ werc not yet | sscsrained The vast
amount OF the assessment had prevented the estimate
900 The amount Of 600 vas proposed 10 bs paid
TO the persona whose property was taken between the
termni from Fulton down Morris street The amount
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that he had heard Of Included % al the
to Canal, running from Canal up to Hudson and from
Hudson TO Fourteenth street. through Fourteenth street
Bowery Chatham square New Bowery and 50 70 James
street, down James street to South street. down South
street to the Battery and so 70 the place OF beginning
The assessment took In all the property within
these boundaries. leaving out, Of course, all dock
property. No ess than seventeen thousand parcels OF
Tho question TO be submitted tho gentlemen pres
ent was whether not they approved OF this projects
whether they thought the benefit bo derived from i
likely to equal tho amount which it would cost and
whether they would rather have 1t carried through or
have stopped Any property owner could present %.
or benefit assessed TO him before the 10Th inst,
and might { dissatisfied with their decision
majority amount OF all tho damages awarded and the
assessments made for benefit 80 decided they could
stop the o 0 G 20 s
application bong made the Supreme Court arc authorized
TO have tho work discontinued.
Judge HILTON madc bref speech, denouncing the so.
called Improvement, which, he said, he understood to
DO scheme for tho destruction Of large section OF
property for the benefit OF certain city railroads. aud
tho following resolutions In order elicit the
sense Of the meeting:-
Resolved firstly That the judgment this meeting Of
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should be sonensd With .pproprsns to their use With
upon property expense opening
IN y!:. ?, tn: proposed PIE. g,
adsos: = iss in: :.s;ns CSSsss s.sss sAs
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poses this meeting By taking such shall be
street. With al sscsnces 70 add 70 Their NUMBER
70 call future meeng and generally our inter
man and secretary 70 form part OF such commitss.
Colonel FRENCH said he thought the best plan would
be to defer action upon the resolutions for day
In the meantime COMMITTEES such a. that snggcstcd
and forward II TO the gentlemen interested further
meeting might then be had and gentlemen could vote
stand Tho matter a. owing 70 the crowded state Of the
no had been unable 70 hear all that the chairman
had said
MIR. RruRBAxD said he scarcely saw the expedency
Of making any reference In tho resolutions 70 the Fifth
extension the encroachments and apacity Of
the railroad companies Tho extension OF Church street
would involve great destruction Of property ana would
he thought that was sufficient ground OF complaint
Colonel FRENCH said that he thought IA case fuvov
ing such vast interests opportunity should Be afforded
Case He necessity for haste Two days' delay
would not iuure their prospects Of redress greatly
Ocnsderabl: aiscusacn ens1sa: saes wn,cn Judge
The nrst and third resolutions wore then put to the
vote and carried unanimousy II was agreed that tho
Chairman should appoint the COMMITTEE
Hilton and the Secretary. announced the following gen.
tiemen a. the committee: Ambrose G. Kingsland James
Harper, George Opdyke, Jonathan o Fowler, Erastus
Brooks A. I. Stewart, jackson s Schultz John p
Beach, David NJ Carl, Amos r. Emo, stephen wray,
Henry Hilton, Robert L. Stuart Peter Lynch, wyilis
Blackstone. William A. Martin Howell Hoppock, James
The names selected were unanimously approved, and
the meeting adjourned.