The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-04
THE WOLVES AND THELAMB
THE NEW cHARTbR AND IT'S RESULTS.


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THE NEW CHARTBR AND IT'S RESULTS |
The Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund
mud winter Grants The Riparian Owners
hive no Rights under the New Charter
100000 W orth Of Public Property Pre- |
scented 10 TamnIany Politicians.
In 1888, Charles Henry Hale, Of Harlem, gave |
to lis two daughters Owe lots near the Third avenuc
fronting on the Harlem river. One of these dau5h- |
tiers married the wenknown DR.. sayre; and as her
children grew up she and her unmarried sister de-
termined that tLcse lots and the valuable water |
front and adjacent land under water should be fept
for them. One Hundred and Tbirtietl street was |
filed in in front OF the ots, the Third avenue bfidge
was built by their eide new bulkhead line was |
laid out nearly two hundred feet from the shore,
md the intermediate land under water was granted
to the city reserving tie rrcfmptve right thereto
to the owner of the upland. These water lots grew
TO he immensely valuable, and began TO excite the
cupldity OF certain leading politicians. Eut Charles
Henry Hale had in his day been stanch Demo
cra, rendering great service TO the party He bad
also been n leading public spirited citizen filling
out many Of tho UPPER streets at his own expense
and presenting them to the city; and his children
could not believe tina, the present party in power
would plumber them. however they might treat the
general public Besides the custom had passed into
law to grant the land under water only TO the
OF the adjacent land, and the charter of the city
tnined provision that all property belonging to tie
city Except land under water 10 which the owner
of the upland haH hote presmpdre ,tyi0 shall
he sold at tubic auction TO tie highest bidder
Land under water along the Harlem river, valued
at millions OF dollars had Tor the last seventy years
been invariably granted by the city to the Of
the upland at a nominal price, had been sold hun
~, k.uN Hal
the titles.
PLUM ron POLITICIANS.
However, these ladies at length heard that these
politicians spoke of tits land under water as already
their own, and It seemed time 10 take steps to
the legal title. The following account will
show what security properly holders In New York
may look 'or under new charter.
THB OLD cusroN.
In order to obtain rom the city q grant OF land
under water, the owner OF the adjacent upl1nd ap
plies TO the Con missioLers of the Sinking Fund, a
body composed of the MAYOR, Comptroller, Com.
missioner Of Public WorSs the Recorder, aud two
OF tic Common Council by them the application Is
re erred to the Comptroller and Commissioner OF
Public Works, who fix the price, and II approved by
the other Commissioners, the grant Is made These
ladies accordingly Ircrarcd their application, and
filed 1t with the Comptroller in February, of this
year.
WHERE THE NEW QUARTER COMBS IN.
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they were informed that their application had been
rejected and that tic grant about to be made to
two gentlemen well known in political circles, and
that the decd was in course Of prenaraiion by the
Counsel for the CORPORATION. fastening to lis olct
the following resolution was discovered upon which
he was about to act:
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Is nUtLotigrl 10 c,,sc Int n he issnc To- N liar,
and W Rcusen for The llud under water in front Of
iwecn ia, AVA isi ,,S, on nD em tyrL, pe
they nay have required ffom JOHN b. Coles and
Isaac Adpance - set forth in their application,
,ior ue Of 10 ciiv 80 nov ,c by if 1 . 49,
ing the usual covenants ard conditions, at 80 per
foot irott running mea'uie
How tae resolution was passed does not appear,
br' under 1t there seemed to be SIN some hope, as
Tie intention might b. TO grant TO Hart & Remsen
only tie land undcr water adjacent to the upland
owned by them. One o. the Commissioners said
such was the Intention. aud We believe majority Of
item So Intended. Application Wa, therefore made
70 TIE Corporation Counsel for hcIiin- upon this
question Of The ownership OF the upland. Tie lear.
Ing was granted ard al rare' appeared b. counsel
MIS-. sayIc proved that lorsister AMI she Owned the
upland, and that fact was rot contested, but fart
Henson claimed t''t the owner OF The apanl had no
rreemp'IVe right under the statutes and new char.
YER ahd mat TIC commissioners could make tie
grant 70 WON .hey ehose' MS sayro counsel then
"r-u'I 'iat uhuer tue resolution OF the commission
ers this question dl not arise, but II It dill and Il
4 ere was ma rf,rrfiys r,it In 40 cr,,r of ,t
80 ' o""N' ~ Wv
ep4hu' Il TIE l1tu Iueer wafer was tic absolute
LroIcriy Of tho city. like "a park or q bull ling then
a. t,pst he solI If .n,i;on if .,ll,t al ,l .,.,4
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not he srahicd 10 my beneficiary whom tie cIi.
onl,ii9 nigh, select
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Some vceks after the arrrmlnt the Corporation
Counsel f,rdef,l IN a. iri., NOT ,,, Tia. ,.,,.,i
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r'''ltu 10 lhh-'ae uNh'lshlp OF Tue NJ lhhu-pu'
upon the i-lt Of the Commissioners 10 DISREGARD
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opi"lo" ""ic" VIZ c''h"cnh 10 Upse owning winter
fronts around tie city. By It's Icrusal one utjt et o.
tbc ne,v civ a., i,ar,,r vul ho,,,ro .D,.o-o,
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