New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-24

W. ,nctcr 81 new system Of docks for the city
of New York. Yesterday tie appointed gay, i"lee
uuuer Of engineers End others interested hiieu '"e
now rooms Of the DocR Department az NO oge broau
Nay pcme presenting plans, ana others listening WIN
Ire deepest interest ngenous scheme after lseo"
.cneme was explained.
Unon the raeeuc barg called 10 order az preeiseN q
President Agnow explained the purpose for whcn ~
Department had organized, the legal reason oI w
invitation they had issued 70 the public, ana ce f'
Judge joseph r. DAILY to address the meeting
Judge DAILY. upon rising said: Mr. lI'siuoI, - CO.
Commissioners Of the Dock Department IN IN, - ,,o
YOU to-day in behalf Of the Citizens AS'o'i"'ioi " -
CITY OF Ncw.York The taxi levy SIX years u.s.
stated that the greatest need Of Ne"-AoiA wac
nicrs t was tfle in that day respecting me hoeos VI
,his reat city Is sin more today with its enhanced
commerce At last see Board oie"ili@'' "No OF
,ointed 10 do this very work You nave DCon oie"'0
beeause You we're public necessity Before tns D'p
,,o,t no Citizens Association feels differently IMAM
o,l5 - 81 addressed any other Department Tbs De
ar,,eept IS ronpartisan II is novelty in the country
n IL the first department that was ever organized
in the United states to do single work.
although single departments have been In exist
enoe for many years in Europe Inc aoVah'ases
Of EewYork are very great II has water ir9n1 OF
over twenty miles Its harhor IS already made. II was
emily necessary foI commerce to DRIVE Jew pres 10 INV
A pier sufficient for its wants. These piers are con
efructeG ia the some manner that thcy were ny tnS
batch eco years ago The Senate Committee appointed
the condition Of the wharyes of Ncw-1Ork was q us,
commerce was being driven, by their diapidated state TO
oiher ports The Committee found no organization 10
soa,trof and protect all the vast dock interests
rs o tsvSd that The streets should be wdened at
les 100 ice and that Board should be appointed with
arhtfSry power TO tahe cItIe OF the ters Su S a
10 deal with is what the wants OF this great CITY
YOn have q city which has sl0M0)GGD worth OF
property, and which is the gateway To q Stale Whcn
POSSESSES S9On@lO0 worth Of properly Great
Iao1d ana y eS3a n }efe S SSS n s
10000 OF persons year The foreign commerce
70 100000 Of o ToPdfr5 y N 9be S cy and du 81 by
ITvat individuals Nearly every lot that these piers are
sSe gaa hc bow err to take the property OF private in
dlyiGi4S their wharyes, and indeed you nave ahsoute
Xast te Won now enter a. trustees You have ire
..3ue1ty worth a. have said, 100000 OO in
gonr trusi fcr long time The City Of New-York stands
You arr 10 provide tor that glorious future You must not
snake mistake You have to provide Tor cerianiies OF
has surrendered you the charge Of her piers More
hTt the 1icr 10 ia the wharf rates. You have another
DUTY rs financial agents. The cost Of constructing these
wear and have the right of issuing bonds to the amount
of 100000 payable nifty years hence, at yearly inter
compared With what other Governments nave sAeieu
cost the English Government R75OOoOOO. But it will
not be money thrown away me city needs Inc @
Erie Railroad Central Railroad increased $20o0OOO
After time by proper % on your part these
for building them Your work, in fact is TO make New,
OTk
lime. OR Py MettheW McMab0n suSn7itted a plan
new wharves and spoke az considerable length of the
israeefu state of the old ones He said that the plan
was designed by Samuel b. Nolan of the best nlath-
ematicians the United States II provided for the
erection granite bulkheads with proper sewerage on
which Government stores and warehouses would he con
strueted He had eOnversed with many sea captains
Iobe tlv never met with such poor pier system as
they did IN NewYork. outside Of the granite Dulkhe%d
be able at amy 6I ne 70 aroes Would pay the debt in
Them He estimated tnal the I'M
proyement would he equal 10 S0O00OO for eaeh block
Mr. II. c. Gardner next addressed the Board He said:
The duties which upon you the life of thousands
and the financial prosperity OF tins CITY we propose 70
extend the bulkhead so teet and then CONSUME sea
wall nasOn-wOrk between the present bukhead ana
sTound The civ Between the bulkhead and the street
we will construct which will he covered making
sSsioH Nil be made Of 500 feet into the stream,
which viii be constructed the piers, ana upon pll
The warehouses will be provided as to the nrst Story
car ~ guarded al night This gentlemen rs the plan OF
ti,e New York Pier and Warehouse Company. BY their
proposed by DE Company the health Of the city will be
GREATLY improved. the new piers viii not become
be- derived by the city 1t is estimated that there
$4,000 Of sewerage matter wasted mGer the
present system every year. Treated IN i DrOp-F
manner thi, sewerage is worth $ a ian. From this
source alone the o.t would gain sl9OOp0 That which
wa u,CG 10 destroy tS health would become pre-
Ecivatiyc. Mr. Gardner then 90 considerable length,
prompt! il toe u e Of selecting plan. L they took
IInc 20 ma; as,, ana year, 70 execute them, the
any improve could he made. TIE commerce of
York ~ lHe p.,tit ,Ae i' double that OF london
of the country, ard our domestic commerce j., five
HAT ~ hit tie commerce OF N,w-York is superior to
That of LONDON and Liverpool IiS system Of ware
o@cg to cree. these wnaryes We can save you 5000
go You have 5000 yatan, os - tle city now, you VIII
lncrclsr tfe value oi these ois .l0J each D. yod adopt
or plan Beside. you have lgIey upon The growth of
the commerce Of the United STATE, which - simply
fLconc, yahe. Last year lEe railroads cnlied
Ii5O0WJ tmis of freight Il becomes your duty
claim That THIS plan is Tie only plan which is pos
Hrlc % meet tue requirements ol mis- commerce.
been the product of many wear. STUDY u mi, lar He
proposed, first, that old wall of masonry should ue
along one un. form line OF the Shores coiuciden with le
Pestnt nuikhead limits. Through ihs wall Tia, sewerage
N%i Tis,,i, I,ot o,i, c,.rS ~ The - ,, uSu
nom the rivers. secondly, 10 construct from
~ sinking cast non plies and filling the pine, With
my, d. concrete. under pressure, 90 oIm
tru ait i,aI STONE. The r -. Would Doc so arranged as
= ug nee space Tor dredging under che pitts should 10
"a ana laudinc-@ay o. non ana wood. TIE pier
would be employed asa weather shed aud warehouse, ny
erecting thereon proof non buildings ts' stories in
l. ght The plan VII show pier feet long oy Feet
MIoe, with warehouse '95 IecL long by o5 ioct wide.
Vessels could he ou either side alike.
Mr.. Theodore L. TOIninsOn proposed to construct a
permanent wharf upon series o pair, uf column. of
stone, - or 20 feet IN diameter the foundations the
columns extending 70 tlpti OF nom ~ ieeJ, te
distance Of us feet Tie space between these coiuun,
10 te spanned by ca ssOn IS e n depth each OF
cOluun- These ga docks could be constructed rs
IsSsiycIy a. durable "a, Tie structure DESIGNED ~ M.
tain the more of masonry which VIII 0rln
the picrs OF BROOKLYN bridge. Pans. which were moi
read were 20 submitted b Nj. r. A. Gipin 0r Tlco
Allen by Howe * Colon. II. f. TJvlr JaI.- T. W .s1-
r \. Chctscb0rougl, Aired p Boiler, ara b. y. P.l.i-
day, WhcH Icy Will AGAIN slt go receive plans ,uo hear
them explained.
THE NEW FLOATING BATHS.