New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-18

Gfth-st TO Inwoodst distance OF nearly four miles
He to be one who would be likoy to have exam
ined the Suseot sroetopenngs from all the different
sandpoints and he was accordingly called upon for his
views by TRIBUNE reporter He entered upon the
theme readily The whole system, applied TO the
upper end of the island he SAID, is wrong The streets
and avenues there are all opened under one law Before
that law was passed map was hed ny inc CenIa lars
COmuisS Oner with the streets Gd OUT No othefs IMAM
those appearing on that map are authorzeo' nor San
they laid out other than they appear there Nothing
remained be done but TO award damages and assess
costs this should have been done by one commission ne
traction of the present cost. Now there Is an lnue-
pendent Commission, with all its elaborate and e3Peh-
machinery, for every little street and corner Inoso
commissions cross each other so tnat IN some instances
for each set OF Commissioners make ther deal
there we're no other SIc"t ~
Of the machinery of the commissions is useless anu
extensive. There should be no need OF an & "a
tbe COmmi, sOners were practical real esise oI,
they ought to be. 81 have refused ne s3d' 10 aom
the appointment OF an appraiser on our omy6t
can appraise the property well as any one ouSu
$4,000 in this item 1t seems TO me that the Commits,
suners fees big though they ought 10 DC wen
months at the work If didn't expect yet paid for it.
don't know that is necessary TO spend SIX months 10
finish the lob but they tell me IL Is. They tell me u
will take six months 10 make the surveys:
don't how for they don't make the surveys. Incy
copy those already made and which the COmmlsslOn
under the very law by which they exist are bound to
adhere to- Our Commission was one of those appointed
Will have To he reformed 1t is all wrong. Every ltt6
while We see a swndle stick out For good many my
Commissioners for political purposes me party an ,
ayers would go to Judge Cardoz0 always 10 seet
the Commission appointed They DIDN'T 10 10
Barnard, because Lac always wanted "a man
OF his own on. In the interest OF reform
application was made TO Justice Brady TO appoint
commission for the Boulevard. He decided that prop
more right TO be heard in the matter Of the appointments
than property-Owners who have land to be assessed
He therefore appointed W. {. Traphagan, WIN. A
Seaver and myself men acquainted with real estate
not personally interested, and presumably uOnest We
doing the best we can but with strong tide To
stem. $1,000. -
81 don't know why surveyor should charge $4,000 for
doing what he would be glad 10 get 500 on private CON
tract In the Broadway widening Bagey was the sur
yeyOr and Judge Sutherland in taxing the costs gave
him only ten per cent his charges. In The b OF costs
for opening Riverside Park, the same Judge reduced an
Item Oi $4,000 to s. 000."
Mr.. McCiaye was thoroughly convinced that there
should be but streetOpelng commission 10 90 Jne
whole work required I'm the city. He believed IL cOud
be done the time that the Commissions require
for their detached work and at very little more expense
than that of each now constituted 1De Commission
should he composed Of experts in real estate matters
and the expense of appraisers avoided He lhOughI IL
and apprasemens who obliged TO call in other men,
at an enormous cost, TO tell them how to do It,
is THERE POOL OF sTEALINGsi
A gentleman who had been sitting near, listening to
the conversation between Mr. McCave and the reporters
here turned to the latter and said:
"There's no use in mincng matters The whole sys-
TEN of street openings devised for the benefit OF the
Ring managers, and now the steangs 90 uto certain
Office in tins city The surveyors appraisers, clerks &c
charge $1,000 but all but 200 so OF II goes
INTO tins pool Only last Friday overheard Judge
biggest stealing in NewYOrk is done In the office al
uded to- and he added that If he had his way he would
blow mp the whole concern. StoughtOn was rgnt, anu
there bigger stealing than through the street open
inRs."