The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-30

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The Tenth Avenue Aqueduct.
Commissioner Van Mort, of the Department Of
Public Works. has sent the following letter to the
Mayor on the subject Of the alterations Of the aque-
duct on Tenth avenue:-
DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS,
NEW YORK. Jan IS. 1873
70 the Hon WILLIAM F. HAvEMEYER Mayor OF the city Of
DEAR sIs-on reading your message to the Common
Under law passed in 1870 the Commissioner Of Public
autlorzed 70 change theCreton
blocks from structure Of masonry to pipes This
Ell, Sy Ne bsgssasnt FSStIis worHs
hi hi. No Of
at eos nader
ss n sas % E this
during The year s as well as on . thai of
been most cheeriuy and fully given, but it appears
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tine assn or
the work being performed other than by contract
%ens, while have been and may e It's chief oassr,
Se is &c @ The oy1 rsS
i duty to myself to inform you that accession to
on JANUARY loiz, Iounu tIut the sum OF
Isl si s IN: sSsS ss
Of 81 2SS as sxpsnsiiuTs labor
tot. expen9rs on he account ayueo" was ssS
Of winch SPY 10y was FOR labor and materials other than
iron pipe, under contract made bv my predecessor in
$50 expenditure other THAN than Gs or pipes was az
e Ta 81 yss per m9sth prior TO my taking charge OF
hs win also By
Honor from them II there n In how
who was RESPONSIBLE for any extravaganza in the
the Tenth avenue During the is
ysT@; earth
cubic yards yard retaining wall built 646l cubic yards Of
s5Of and yards
inches, built; ss manhoes built ios7o inesl feet ST
ses q q pss deli
Ct ~ rs pps pi anS u
II the pipe yard 1870 400 such pipe, cared from
lbs backing used e JOINTS aseS iS Pef
wsssss Of for Of as
work being in addition 20 the contract price iof the
$1,000 WORTH Of material T on ham, ' other other than p HS
witch Msn, was SPA paid for IN ls7S
M,n Sy asSs YSst %ead s$ys bs zen
% a Of sys TIA % and md the
duet through Eighth avenue forty eight Of the 75nch
perfect Of laying and securing them and the city
supply city @
sreS broken pipes being IN
judtciols to do such work by contract any more: Co.
Aqueduct Board entertained similar views mine IN
ation to the propriey and necessity o, doing such i'm
under the most thorough and The pres
se BY to
Vt Fss s ssn s
Pars he eonned the system Of doins many Important
and very expensive works by days work ~ preference
To- aad Of ne B v' miles IN
T Subject OF @ W
and am not aware that public attention has been called
communication to Your Honor or to the Common Coun-
s to s ae mS
had ss And Sn and
50 doing before the work Of laying the pipes comenced
The Ss the aHs Sssn @ Se
CO s aT ordsr Lay the pipes and % Ss
Changes Of them has been and necessary to do much
more cutting in earth and rock, put in more Milling and
Shsrwss been rsaairsS FOR The S;ancs q About
over sixty per q lis entire width and fully severed
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been and must be charged to the fund for changing the
. the property benefited, the actual benefit
latng grading and sewering will render, the bene-
t Of the o local ne Il, to the extent
and will hereafter have to pay tor the work when com
pleed less than forty per cent OF what would other
wise have cost Up TO the present time the extra work
done over what would have been regared il the
vious to laying the pipes has been estimated BY the en-.
gncers OF this department follows 500 cubic yards
of rock excavation n 1897 cubic yards earth excavation
5000 cubic yards OF foundation wall built l01l3 cubic
yards election wall built 2750 cubic yards retain
ing wall built and 1854 cubic yards OF filling II and
around sewers estimated 10 have cost the sum OF $S3
in addition to which the estimated expenditure
thus far Is S2G yI, making together $5t0i And there
remains large amount of work to be done SINH
lar account
Entertaining the foregoing views of equity this mat
ter would most respectfully suggest that application be
made the Legislature at its present session tor the
and enclose herewith the draft OF such Ia
me Just and proper. Very respectfully,
GEORGE NJ. VAN MORT,
Commissioner of Public Works.