The New York herald., 1869-11-30

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Fifth avenue, when united with the extended
with the avenue VIII give clear th0roughfare from
one end OF the island to the other in Its central part
viii unite with West broadway, and the latter by
the short extension or few blocks will unite vita
Greenwich street, and from the point OF Junction the
nnisned this continuity Of roadway Will be the glory
of New York. Strangers VIII be driven over ifs IN
street OF which the world can boast. West Broad
way. end lined with the palace msrts OF COM
merce, and Fifth avenue at its other end, with
the private palaces OF our foremost cltlzenA .@e
LAFAYETTE PLACE EXTENSION
The junction OF Lafayette place with Bleecker
very fine street. which Lafayette place undoubtedly
is, usciui as well as ornamental. Lafayette place
as Ills might very appropriately have notice put
up at either end with the words mo thOrOuRhare.u
1t 10 purely private street, at1Oraing aid re-
lief TO the traf1ic Of the city. The great aim OF
course, In these wldeninGs and extensions should
be the relief OF Broadway or some slmiI Iarly over.
burdened highway. Lafayette place can contribute
to tins end BY uniting 1t with Crosby street and
dering 1t convenient TO Mulberry. track Of the
Broadway cars could be diverted at Seventeenth
street, and, turning eastward through Union square,
brought down Fourth avenue 70 Eighth street,
where by gentle swerve towards Broadway 1t
might enter Lafayette place. and. following the
tension, pursue the line OF Mulberry street to the
City Hall. @W4 #5 ~ aae
PARK PLACE WIDENING.
The broad though brief commercial avenue OF
. splendid appearance. Robinson street. the con-
tinuaton OF Park place, is rather narrow for the
demands 81 ano bne MAKING Of !. nnl
should confer Q mutual benefit
BROADWAY WIDENING.
The widening Of Broadway from Tnlrty-fourth
street to the Park Is work Of seriSus proportions
Mr.. George II. Purser has ordered some lthographic
copies OF The projected Improvement bound up WITH
property owners. 1t contemplates making the
street twenty-five feet wider than 1t u. at the sacri-
appointed to award and ADJUST damages are Senator
Thomas Murphy Charles T. Cornell: and : Hennessy.
OF setting the awards ~ and sstsfginT ss S' tss
demands IN any reasonable form OF the property
owners on on this this route These people have most ex-
ties. and place the valuation by tine prevailing
and accepted standard OF price, but BY the prospec
fortunately, has not provided as 1t should against
SPECTATORS who, on hearing OF projected street
Improvement, Jump in and purchase tots and houses
and then turn around and demand double the
amount IN damages tnat the property Il worth at its
market value.
few remarks concerning the law and the man
ner OF laying out extending ana opening streets VIII
aT ereetno hu,dInas sese nd o. New
streets, simply provided for their immediate wants
and necessities. AS early as 1900 publc attention
lishing city upon well considered permanent and
uniform plan, and IN 1907 an act was passed
ments under the act Of 1so7 was raised
exclusively by assessment on the property bene-
fted. In opening streets and avenues. however, the
Far lnU faHn
eventually became merely nominal because tho
change OF ownership under deeds conveying the
Amounted % . dedication Of the land REQUIRED ior
such public uses. The assessment for TINS class Of
cases is confined to hall the adjoining blocks. In
lation TO the widening and extension of ancient
streets or the opening OF avenues aud the erection OF
parks IN the upper portion OF the city, different rule
prevails ana assessments may bo imposed without
territorial limit upon all property which, In the
opinion OF the commissioners appointed BY the Su-
preme Court, Is actually advsntaged. 1t is found
dicult, however under this principle to collect In
many cases, the awards and expenses The cause u
obvious The buildings erected for purposes Of busi-
scter ana the land Of great value. To assess the
total cost upon the property fronting on or actually
advantaged would frequently amouns TO its
COnHscatlOn. Under such CIRCUMSTANCES commits.
sioners are obliged TO extend the OF assessments
beyond the area OF benefit for the Improvement must
either be abandoned or provision made for the pay
ment by Imposing burdens strictly without legal
authority and for which the necessity alone const-
tutcs the apology Legislation hitherto has failed to
embrace all the interests involved In municipal Inn
pr0vements and adjust to each It's Juss proportion
or the burden. In the construction OF convenient
for the recrest.cn ana health OF Of tins ana a fpturs
generations, and In the widening and extension ol
ancient streets necessary for convenient public uss
a substantial benent Is conferred not merely upon
particular houses and lots, buG upon the commerce,
the business and the people OF the ciLy. Ii the con-
tracted and unjust policy which prevails here had
nave remained wit Without IA any % or those m&ssnicsns mag
improyements which render then cities g
attractive and prosperous Tne Boulevarda
the Thames embankment, nor the Hoborn vladuct.
II the operation OF the law had been such that tho ex-
pense involved IN these improvements snouid %
imposed upon property Immediately adjoining
by an extended but arbitrary area OF assessment
Yet this Is the way II Is with US. But detective ana
1nqngp y, pc c,v Ias rOs
opinion is gaining strength that improvements
which confer general and public - we'll - local ana
Dy ssaon u. cS@1y q -.
sessments are imposed merely Tor the purpose OF
providing for the expense. and without any regard
will be justly condemned II not resisted, as arbl-
trary and oppressive. Our citizens and property
usually meet these burdens without complaint have
right to insist that they shall not be uneQualy i'm
posed or distributed without oenent. ~ Hs0
THE BoYLsToN BANK ROBBgRY--It s learned
from Chief Kurtz that very minute Description OF
the men who are certainly known to have been en-
gaged IN the robbery robbie Of this bank has been for.
and South America and Europe. This descrlptl0n Ia
pregnant with details OF the most important charac
shed and distributed by authority OF chief Kurtz,
giving detailed description OF the bonds and Other
that were stolen by the burglars which
value Of The lost securities for their return, thn
paragraph being endorsed By all parties who have
funds IN the hands OF the burglars This proposluon
Will OF course, be largely criticised; but such Ia she