New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-18
TAXPAYERS DEFRAUDED.
THE SYSTEM OF STREET OPENINGS COR
RuPTED.

HE S1OlEM w OlhEEl -NA iS-'L'ND 49,
RUPTED.
OPPOSITION TO THE PAYMENT or THE C0MMIs-
sIONERs-THEIR CHARGES DECLARED To 81
FICTITIOUS - REAL ESTATE DEALERS AND
TAXPAYERS AROUSED-THE WHOLE SYSTEM
DENOUNCED, AND RELIEF TO BE DEhANDED
OF THE LEGIsLATURE-MANY THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS LIKELY TO BE SAVED TO THE lAA-
PAYERS AND THE CITY.
Considerable excitement exists among tho owners
of real estate in this city concerning the contem-
plated action of the Commissioners in various street
openings and extensions. Many of these schemes
have been under contemplation for three or four
years, and have been carried along from time to
time by the Commissioners, for no apparent reason
other than those which to their personal ben
eft and are now suddenly pressed to a consumma-
ton These various enterprises are the creation OF
the Ring and the great majority of the Commission
ers were intimately connected with the Administra-
tion and appointed to that position by the hing
Judges Barnard and Cardozo. An examination OF
the facts shows that the individuals were ap-
pointed Commissioners in many different enter
prises; that in many cases they were Interested IN
the opening and extensions which they were called
as Commissioners to adjudicate npOn; that they
were appointed, upon the suggestion OF Corporation
Counsel 0GOrman, by the Ring Judges in every
case without argument; that the amount OF awards
in many cases is entirely disproporuOned TO the
amount of the assessments, thereby creating gem
eral dissatisfaction among interested taxpayers;
that their charges for costs expenses of the Com
missiOners range from ten to one hundred times as
much as the law allows; that most of the Commits
sioners being already in the employfof the City,
were thereby disqualified, according to the City
Charter, from receiving any pay as Commissioners;
that they are believed to have caused unnecessary
delays in order to swell the bill of their costs, and
that the whole scheme and system of street-Openng
commissions is an outrage upon the taxpayers OF
the city, and Of the worst devices for the perpe-
ration of fraud enacted by the members OF the
Ring.
In view of the fact that the next Legislature Will
probably be urged to take some action toward
breaking up the present iniquitous system, great
efforts are being made by the.more active of the old
Ring Commissioners to put these various schemes
through at the shortest notice after two years Of
unaccountable delay, so as possible to bring the
awards and assessments Of the Commissioners to
confirmation before the end of the year. and thereby
to establish the enormous assessments as Liens on
the property assessed.
SHORTCOMINGS PENDING.
There are at present pending in Improvements and
street assessments As different enterprises all OF wise
conception the development Of the city, but nearly
all Of them mismanaged not indeed fraudulenty con-
Quoted The following is a complete list:
Prooeedtng Commtsron>rs
Nnety-frst-st, from Fourth-ave. 20 Gersbon Cohen
last Michael Norton.
seveneth-st from Fourth TO Fifth Cyrus H. Loutrel.
aves., and Third-aye. 20 East RODt McCanerty'
River GIath
seventy-fourth-st.. from Eighthave. - ~ STANLEY
to the Hudson River VIM NJ Tweed IT,
from potl Natban'
Eighth-ave. TO the Harlem River. NJ 81 Murphy
One hundred and forty -fourb-st Frank MeCabe.
from Eighth-ave. TO the Harlem joel A. flihan'
River. (JOhh pIeShn.
One hundred and fifth st from SIcSoias, %nner
Third-aye 10 Fifth-aye.....-..... Andrew j. Smith
One hundred and thirty. sixth.st, L. B. Hart.
from Eighthave. to the Harlem ); ;. hennessy
one-handred-andtiifty eighth ST. j. W, Fowler
from Eghth-aye. to the Harlem A. j. Mathewson.
ohS-hnndred- and Foriy.sccond st., Peter Trainor
from Eighth-aye. to the Harlem Henry NJ Garvin
oneGundredand forty eighth ST.; j. creaner
from Eighthave. TO the Harlem Edmond Connolly
CnaIles rilcc'
Observation-Disclosures. from Pbrt s'tberiard
Eighth-aye. TO the Harlem River. Jobn II Hornett
slxtyfourthst from Third-aye to- Abpaba Ient
the East RlYer...-..-....--........l Joseph Meeks
sixtyeighthst from Fifth-ave TUh Ga%nhcu
the East River lanes Moore
Northumberland forty ninth st., MIch. G. Murphy.
from Eighthaye. to the Harlem g. n. Herman.
Hetshon Cohen
Avenue A. from One-hundredth-st to Nm A n 1s
One hu1aGed-aa9 ,tgenty ttth-st" VIM R. Farrell.
Seventy thrdst, from Fifh-ave. to Thomas Conan.
the East COr'lihs j. Farley.
Avenue b. from seyeuty-hrst TO John Bryan
Eightythrd-st. and from Eighty Francis NJ BlADy.
sxth-st to the Harlem Riyer...... Henry A. omltn.
Madison-aVe., from Opehundred- Gratz Nathan
andtwenty -fourth-st. 70 the Har- Charles race.
lem RIVER j. NaInvt rVhcl'
Onehundred-andforty thirdst from u,c p Wbjtne
Eighth-ave. TO the Harlem River. Holm 9cott
EIeventf-ave from the Boulevard cn T smith
TO the Harlem River ............... r. H. Hart
Eghty-frstst from the Boulevard Iosenb " Mees
TO the New Road or Driye.......... Lanes Bagley
Eehty-hfth-st., from Nnth.ave. TO N Muller.
the new road or drive, and from John Breslin.
Twefthave. to the Hudson River. Michael Halpn.
g. s. Hennessy.
Eightyeighth-st-sam limits. A. NJ soteldo, jr.
(Thos. w. Pittman
(John Brown.
Eighty ninth-st-same limits. Joel A. Fithian.
Richard A Croker
Ninety hrst-st-same limits. Charles Price.
Henry NJ. Garvin.
(JOhn Mutually.
Ninetysrond-st-same limts...... }Thos. $. Brennan
tJohu l.. Wilton.
(JaIoes Bagley.
Observation-Disclosures limits........ James Moore.
Edmond Connolly.
edmond Connolly.
Ninety fourth-st.-Sam limits. Magnus Gross.
(James Bagley
Ninety hfth-st--same limts......... James Moore:
(Edmd Connolly.
One hundred and twenty-hfth-st, Dennis Burns
from Ninth-aye. 10 the Boule- JOhh breslln
One hundred and Atty second. st., John Brown.
from Nnth-aye. 10 the Hudson Joel A. Fithian.
One hundred and thirty. s1ti.st,
from the easterly line side OF the Charles Price.
Boulevard TO tho center line or j. " W. DOty
BlOOmngdale Road as formerly james Crerry.
lAld OUT
One hundred-and-tenth-st opening
and widening from a point $50 Thos. W. PttInan.
feet west OF Eighth-Ne TO new Nicholas Muller.
road 376 feet west Of the Boule- NJ A. Flunel'
Kngsbridge-road, northwardly from Thos j. Creaner
One-hundred- and-hfty -fthst. 10 Henry Parsons.
the Harlem Idyer.................t J0hn McOOWan
Lexngton-aye., from one-hnndred william Hltchman