The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-23
THE DOCKS OF THE CITY.
Annual Report Of General Mcclellan, En-
gineef in Charge.
A Scarcity Of Money Has Seriously ImpedtA
the Work of the Department.
The following report was made to the Dock Com
missioners on April &c. and is now published for
tho fret time


DEPARTMENT DOCKS, ExcINEER's BuREAu,(
ton. Il is hs sasns l rs
extremely that we cannot report greater prog.
the
1s YUS arc Of nature eay
under which this
ess
Of oq When repeat
a arys often stated to you that II is and w
as %tS No s and despatch
Be-
viii es
sns a%rms
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hs Of hs III that loud 6 st the
&: n ss
the winter ought to Engaged on sa
tension ion Of svst the new y, river wall As is the
iSS%sa s'n decided upon, the nssesssry
looking made TN
spp that the orkn hss
as the next to be taken up 50 that under the most favor
selves Of great part worsins year.
my The se has n
adopted for the Of the water front since
mited to and approved by the Board OF Dock Commits
a c pSftp3 sssy de-
s as III
York and close aeauaintance has only the more con.
IL: s
Of ser No. The soPPS %s ~ss w
during the past % low
III i. mud FROM
Mers has been SiSsis and tedious The necessity q
@ 5 Of U the s s
t 4 was r not possible to complete the prepare
%'1Sas,s .' s'sa
vey . a ss
and specifications have been Completed aiandins
oS IF the T Ss nw in Of
are now under consideration. -~N ''' ""N ''''
The general working plans for the extension of tho
sJ R the 10 yysr
piers Seen Fsceng
@ ss wsssg pans
sS%S Ss @ Ms0 water %
tons have been continued and results Of great impor
ef?a ss Ssn
island and numerous bench marks cut in suitable naees.
%adqna q the series q Of the water
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sr SsSaa S @ sf svss s1d sS9Gh
The as's n'M TaRa Street. ssis Rssf
and pss thu
Within the limits covered by these last maps the lines
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prohles, working drawings, &c., have been made.
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been ssn. annual 1l
Which Was intended anG Sy the 4npdy %p
SHaa
s M orS S e at
nofqs Ea Ss9 snd s No. the
Eyer THESE e, borngs in go down the bed
very solid SotssOm have
the ba e on s the ef% c wan a. e.
ace Of the proposed river wall and two lines
a' asoa na % Rc
~ Ss1s u In
s 81
been GsSn u
the ss S Of
81 and aHd
$; caSs 9a sa..
this now completed and ready for and has
on bet %0 cs I o. the Com
b a4sau e hs @ s the outlay
Taia; tSs laid out as xs as
af re e ST and IN the
contract necessarily appears in the account Of MS
IS S hs
III Re esp etHfSu snbmitt sae WORK
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN,
Engineer in Chief
Dredging done during the year ending AP pI 80 p
Battery, by Morris Cummings. ......... 24,Gss ~"
Battery, by department dredges ......... 20,909
Piers 81 and ss North River. by department
Gansevoort and Little Twelfth streets, North ''''
River by department. dredges s5s2au
dredges 1850
meni dredges. -. l,7oo
Piers i and Is North River, by department
and $50 tons stonc dredging at this point
seventy ninth street, North River, by depart
ment Dire dges: 1855
dredges ...;..;....;....: i,s4o
dredges ..........;.:.:.....:. $500
by department dredges ............, $3.50
dredses ............... I7,oos
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, East River,
by department dredgcs. .:....:.......,... 1910
seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, East
River, by department dredges. 1880
'lers and s, East River, by department
hers 5 to Z. East River by department
dredges: 2os7o
06h street East RIVER by department dredges 1880
sivngton street, East River, by department
The two sunken cribs off Ffty. ninth street. North
liver which were very DANGEROUS obstruction, have
zen rcmovcd as also Forty seventh street. North
tiver, and large one between piers Is North
siver referred to In foregoing statement Of dredging