The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-21
WIDENING OF BROADWAY.
Tho Report Of the Commissioners Of Estimate
and Assessment To Be Presented TO-DAY
1hs Facts and the New Figures

the commissioners OF Estimate and Assessment
OF the Broadway widening scheme VIII pre-
sent their report for confirmation to the SUI
preme Court this forenoon. The report will show
that the amount assessed upon the Mayor, Alder. |.
men ana Commonalty Of the city or New York.
which the law requires must not exceed onehal Of
the total cost OF the whole "total beneatn II
sl.s5l,os7 81. The result Of the Commissioners'
labors shows the following
Total COST OF awards. o5l, 724
faxed costs OF Com nissioners OF 1870. le5,eaS
Estimated cost OF present proceedings.... 135.32S
Grand total. ...S44l6,790
1t will be borne In mind, especially by those
whom the Broadway widening project moro
directly concerns, that the amount OF assess
meuts made by the old commission was over
six aud o quarter millions OF dollars. Tns
revision OF the old report by the Commissioners
1t will be seen by the above 1gures. considerably
lessons the general amounts. The report however,
contains features that yet cause considers
able OF rumpus and
PRoLoN0 THE FIGHT,
which proved such bitter one year aao-in fact,
which has been going on ever since the idea Of
widening Broadway above Thlrty-lourth street was
first mooted In 1865, and which may IN the long run
put an end TO the scheme altogether
The bin passed last winter PROVIDES for the widen.
Thirtyourtn street and Flity-nintn street and DO.
tween Thirty -second and Thirty fifth sreets and
maling the street ZOE ieet wioe between Forty.
second and Forty.sevcntn streets. The assessments
THIS tune do not reach as far on oil sides OF the
thorougnfare to be regulated tne7 did the 1rst
report. Ine property to DC AS seS,ed on the weae
side this time extends as lar as Nlntn avenue. The
extreme east Is Madisoa ana portions o. Lexington
avenue; the extreme north SlXiy-siAth streer-in-
steat OF Eiglt,,-six;n street, u beiore-and tho
extreme south Waverey place.
IL IS Claimed by many or the owners of property
which Is III the opinion OF The Commissioners 70 DO
teaeuted VI the Scaemc, tina. they nave been as.
reai possess For sa ns.' seysra awe ooen az
sessei lor twenty-five loot lots VINO own simply
seventeen 1907 lois These assrieyed parties have
NO MEANS OF REDRESS
since the books OF awards aud damages have been
opel Tor public inspection ana exdiuinaLion. The
reason oil THIS Is mat when iney COM
planned 70 the Commissioners ABOUT the mat
ter aud demanded correction IN the amoune
OF assessments set opposite t.sr nalhes LheJ were
Told that There were 40 correct maps IN The hands Of
the Commissioners, and tas they nad necessarily to
30 oy whatever maps tney could get 1t Is believed
taai the property owuers who have cause OF COM
plant on ilis score Will be able TO iaye tue mistakes
recll.ed after the continuation or the report. How
this Can De done, Or whether 1t can DC done at all,
Is just now question which Is boIlerihg them very
mucl.
IL may be that the confirmation OF this report
VIII gave rise TO very complicated question. The
awards Tor damages IN tle CID report were conSld.
cred excessive III some strikIng Instances, and thq
Assessments against otner parties were cried out
naturally enough. fought the old report tooth and
nall, and, alter It's CONFIRMATION the rgnt Of
the Commissioners to act as they had done
was taken into Court on appeal. OF course,
II Those who were anxious to fght the
first decision OF the commissioners, on the ground
that thsy were excessively assessed, now ind that
tley nave been dealt Wan more generously, thsy
wi IN al PROBABILITY be less ANXIOUS % nave t1e old
nght 20 on, while those wac May think themselves
oseriaXei by ne present report ana as having oeen
generously dealt with b. the other VIII endeavor 70
make the CID 1gures stand 9ool. TAe whole case OF
those who appealed against the decision OF the
other report and carried " into Inc Courts
is ascertain whether the Legislature has power to
repeal al ACT the PROVISIONS Oh wiIicn mad already
In eiect partly been carried out, anu III q mluner
confirmed us riyat by the supreme Court There
ls &c may he mentioned, considerable dssatlsiac-
ton among many Of those VINO are to be heavily
assessed, as they complain that all the taxpayers
scheme when Is really IL the long run to bene0t