The New York herald., 1870-09-16
DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS.
Meeting Of the Board Of Commissioners
Grievances Of the Eighteenth and Nine
tesnth Wards-Ths Dumping Board
Question Repairing and Drsdg-
ing 0rdsred-Another Plan.


The Board OF Commissioners of Docks met yester-
day afternoon In stated session, with Commissioner
Wilson q. Hunt acting chairman pro tenn. After The
usual preninaries had been disposed Of the Execu-
tive Committee offered number OF
REPORTS
In relation TO the dredging OF the slips between
piers Nos. and = Is ana TO- 20 and 81 and foot Of
Twenty street East river foot OF Thirty sixth
I street, Thirty-seventh street and Thrty.eghth
street. North river They reported that the contract
had been awarded to Livingston. Fox Co., they
being the lowest bidders.
form OF advertisement, notifying the owners of
sheds erected on docks that they may obtain per-
mits Tor such sheds, was also reported and adopted
The Auditing Committee reported that they had
audited during the week bills to the amount OF
5000 St, which were ordered paid.
. THE DUMPING BOARD QUESTION
was called up by resolution directing Superfntend-
ent westervelr to repair tbe dock at the fool OF
Twenty-third street, East river. at cost not to ex-
ceed $500, and directing the Secretary to confer
with The street cleaning contractor to have the
dumping board at the foot Of Twenty third street re-
moved 10 the foot Of Twenty fourth street.
10 this Commissioner WOOD offered the following
amendment:-
Co. of the Cleaning Association and endeavor to OBJ
pier ses Ga % s94ra 70 iss ss ous ns
hsna Sna abort & pier 70 oe butt, thesfrom the Of
foot OF street the side, the
prevented the cree ion Of dwelling twenty
second street between avenue and the East river.
This resolution was adopted, after which Commits.
sioner WOOD offered resolution, which was
aaoptei, asking that the opi1ioa OF the Corporation
Couhsei De OBTAINED As TO What measures Werc ne
cessary 10 prevent the taking OF any OF the piers Of
the city 10 be used as dumping grounds.
A communication was receved from the Street
Cieanin2 Association asking that they be furnished
with new dumping boards at foot OF Forty-sixth
street. East river aud that their boards 40 Thirty.
seventh and FOrtyse, enth Streets North river can
not be used In consequence Of shallow water: ana
their board at Twentythri street. East river cannot
De reached. the pier In so diapidaed Condition
as 10 imperii horscs; and desiring the Board to
adopt measures to remedyte grievances. Re-
ferred to the Executive Committee.
ESTIMATES
were received from j. o. Nichols for building pier
according to his plan 500 feet long, sixty icet wide
$500, ,OoO also Tor bu ding granite bukhead on mis-
pan one mile IN length, with al average depth OF
thirty feet Tor Sl,O5o,000.
& THE EIGHTEENTH WARDS COMPLAINT
was received IN the form OF petition from ma
loruy OF the properly holders OF the ward calling
the attention OF the Board to the limited facilities
anOed them on the river front and to the fact that
business generally In the neighbornood suffering
calls attention to these street assa
2 ha2 no pier; Twenty-trst street pier Is owned and
occupied by the New York Gas Company. twenty
second street has no pier; Twenty-fourth, Twenty
fifth, Twentysixth and Twenty seventh streets are
devoted 10 the use oil the Commissioners OF Char-
ties and Correction so that ut Twenty third street IL
the only available pier between Nineteenth ana
Twenty-egnth streets, ana that the present dilapi-
DARED cOndltOn OF the pier renders 1t entirely unit
Tor use. the petitioners ask that TINS pier be re-
paired. and that IN view OF the adjoining Jerry aud
thicky populated neighborhood the use Ol the pier
lor manure and street use be discontinued. The
petition was referred to the Executive Committee.
TIE NINETEENTH WARDS COMPLAINT
was referred To by commissioner Wood, who offered
preamble and resolution rectng that the Nineteenth
waTd h.,Rhp Wth f 10000 had only piers
seventy ninth streets. and pier at foot of Sixty
first street, regarding the ownership OF which there
Is dispute and that all In pad repair and that
superintendent Westervct reports 10 the board the
cost Of building bulkhead from Forty-sevenlh TO
fotyninth street. East River inclusive. and OF re-
pairing piers foot of Fifty and
streets. The resolution was adopted.
ANOTHER PLAN FOR DOCKS
was submitted by Messrs. SpOiford, brothers a Co.
ON behalf OF James Graham Kelis civil engineer OF
Lcndon, England. Mr. kells states his idea as lo
with all the existing pers Hudson Eas,
rivers az IN my opinion 1t u Chiefly owing to their position
the Hudson and East rivers that the depth of
80 much Of late years ane h, always been found
tide and therefore proper stream piles OF
Of this yoa have ample evidence That such Is The 6e
latter owing the being swer and PIERS shorter
In order 70 AVOID this setting up Of the river feis popa'
both Of Hudson and East rivers with trymway and iroa
bridges connecting said each otncr ana he
shore In winter, prevent dana ehipp NJ fron, m
or heavy Hoods large iron toang casson between pier
and the shore.
g. complete range OF large freproof warelou.ea on Is
level with West and South Streets with tiAnlHy
laid In front and under basement Of said bri dinss,
Uner the embankment roads formed aior1 West
strec on oo side and South street the other pro-
pose constructing
cULvERT
collecting therein the whole drainage from both i!re
Broadway, and then by of re s1hOns of
iron pipes the accumulated sewerage tho as
river ~ or from point Fulton 10 tr
Brooklyn side, near Furman street. At thai side arge
and powerful pumping engine would lkeiy be
itself. All sewerage would then he conveyed IN cast iron
pipes to some point to be fixed Iyer where
four tanks unfecrund reservoirs would he
structcd. the last tank to be used filter qud
which, after having passed through this.
lowed to How into the lower harbOr
fear of doing any injury TO the health OF public
time for settling would be collected mixed with and
other things and found most valuable MANURE
think In few years, amply repay the original cost for
construction.
would be constructed OF Uon follows Cast. iron cylin
ders filed with masonry when the foundations rock,
but piles would be when clay sand was met
with the shore longitudinal distance between each pile
would be from to ny feet according length of
sixteen feet apart 10 be of
and gtudinal grders groove
side piles to receive Iron plates TO continuous wharf
and present clean surface for dow OF stream The swing
WROUGHT IRON
connecting the wharves with each and the Shore
all cranes its in warehouses, Sc wound be worked by hy
drauIc power.
There would difficulty making the culvert TO
provide side along which the water and gas mains
could be carried and thus much trouble
lifting of streets when repairs are required
The communication was referred 10 the Engineer
nChtcf, and the Board, after announcing the cX-
tension of time for receiving plans TO the lst or
tOber. adjourned.