New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-22
THE pRopE2rv OWNERS tss0cATyoM
THE sEVENTu-AVf. sWIHDL1--Ai ALLEGATION
AND RIIIT.


To the Editor OF Tht 5ribVne.
SIR: The closer the outrageous Assessment
ZOE the stafford pavement in soyonrbGye. 81 ,,uurd,
The worse 10 appears; and, far oXpe..I, OF tho
details Of the job is concerned, Tie IrCIr bWncrs
Association is doubtless doing good work. That the
charge for laying this trumpary pavement Of wood
blocks and pitch-pastcr should Poe S2e mile, when
railroad can be built t20o)0 $3OoOothat property
owners Oh the avenue should to os,cseet not les than
tCGO lot, and Tie ete streets 2f) AMI So
lo-these fects that speak volumes; tud, though
they ind parallels in tho Court House ov'n dies, the
sireetopenirgs and widening, and tho M gcTots other
public frauds OF which s daily spectators, tcy arc
none the eas scandaou5. These vl"ries never be-
como familiar or commonplace, lut must s.ways 10
lrauEht with por,culs of alarm 90 honest puzrn
Jiut now ~ n viii pI,d tu. aI % noise and agitation
which tr Owners Association H. cr6ano. ato
hat eNpedi,n 20 fECB r politicians INTO an outrage
not inferior tO tho original oil us. Inc AssocaIlJh,
said want 10 get tl chHrac- the payementi'b,..t
hat million Of dOars-I iIt0 the Tax Levy, 80 tG-t
bet would He merely local improvement. Tni- puts
the Association itcf upon ~, DEFENSE VINO are the men
public spirt, the act o The Common Council 1ho very
who year attor year have placed the pnidefeis ~
bers OF the Democratic party; the Chairman himself Lac
always been - Jealous sHpportcr Of the Ialnmy
Ticket. 4 Eirtuous spt.m s,lly3 th,,e grhil,"th
when the torture Is applied 90 them 10y the way ~ tho
lo'sei no" ln.i'u ,nJ F"" ''i3 Do ''n
~ tl,r he succcssl; lei Inc Ina million OF to,larl be
on tler part will disappear. TnIHauy VIII hc Il, i.y
tndear,d 10 them. with cheerful IT'S oud willing
hand. they viii return 10 their Obcdici e 10 The hing,
AMI Lep tIo Aldermen 10 ia W n-w owIndi,a AEcL..
Atr lOflk, teD. ~, 1871.
THE REPLY.
IN reply 20 the charges made ia this commune lon the
Secretary Of the Association says:
"Tney are entirely false. The aim Of the Association
f. TO DO away with the assessment altogether, and Il
recognizes no politics whatever. The Association
organized Feb l. IsI. The President Peter DaA. the
Secretary Julian Creyier, jr and tho Treasurer VIM
Youug Tie sole object OF the Association Is mutual
nrotectjo against being compelled pay The
assessments Tor the recently Laid Stafford wooden pave
rncut The Association has az present 500 members. MI
Creyier, on behalf OF the Association as pihnuf, has
sued out an injunction 10 restrain the settlement as they
now stand Of the claims Of Mt Mouliuner the contractor
who laid the pavement The Association hold9 through
H. riantlf that tho act Of the Common CouuCh ny
which the pavement laid was Illegal and
opposed 10 An act passed by the l(g"iahe AprI 20,
$50 This law prohibits ne A hg OF any patent pave
tu,ut unless at the solicitation Of majority or mo
owners 0f pfOpcrty VINO 10 bc asSeSeH ana Fubse-
quen legal proceedings must in part 1c indored by tho
ever. the sxisuG law was ignored by tho Common
Council aud when the Mayor had vetoed tho proceed
iug Common COancl held an extra session at $50 D.
NJ and carried the measure through sp.c NJ
,ranccs Of tho victims OF the assessments qua inc h"
OF the Mayor The property 0"n's nave pe'n 1hSe'soa
az the rate Ut Sl3 90 per running loot ~ -
To-day, with rain the street Is in horrible CON
dton II has been paved 30 mat the ridcs are hShr
thau The center anu consequently, "hth II Ihlnh tno
water collects md remains until it tOaks through 10 ITO
bottom OF the pavement. When 10 freezes, lphg po's
OF the pavement spring ont Of place. and are
10 vehicles Already there have been several accidents
~ consequence ~ these blocks having sprung OUT OK
Pih,e, Nheh the Dill passed the Common COnhcli' MI
oucr put ia his estimate at Is per square yard hu
the contract awarded TO him at that rate Aiter he
ma .bamcd the contract however, ho formally pun 10 u
yard must b. raised 20 % co. alleging that tfcre "A
fi1a o"a' NJ blasting 10 la d"at J1a nsa wss Ina.t