New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-09
TEE WATER FRONT.

WORK OF THE DOCK COMMISSIONERS DURING TWO
MONTHS.
The following are the important points of
the report of the Dock Commissioners for the Two
months ending Dec. 81, 1875
Work on new Pier No l. n. r. continued until the
last week In December all repairs being CONNECTED
that the portion already finished was left in proper
condition for the Winter Work the bulkhead wall at
the Battery also continued through the months Of
November and December the wall being completed
with the exception of stone which will be in
place The work Of repairing the damage TO the bulk
head wall occasioned by the striking OF the
construction Of storage and workshops at the
Battery, at Ganseyoortst. yard. at seventeenth-st
yard and of offices at these point ana ut Cnrsopher
St. has been pushed forward satisfactorily WORK AT the
termssion. The amount OF dredging found necessary
has been somewhat greater than was anticipated owing
sS the in ss mud a the work of
for the proposed structures is well advanced
the piles Of New Pier and me are aeaay yo ar Nsw
Pee No &c WAS begun late in December large part
The work constructing Elton blocks at the Depart
yard at Ganseyoortst is necessarily suspended
adjacent to RandalPs Island. made during
the last two months. are regarded az valuable
by the Board Health purposes, and their
eventual reclamation and addition TO the area Of the
main island The improvement OF the East Seven
tenths yard mas proceeded satisfactorily, largely en-:
hancns It's @ na % 9r the Sa
Engineer IN Chief aud the preparation OF maps, plans
and specifications for present and future operations
have gone forward as usual
. The work performed by the Department in building
and repairing wooden piers aud bulkheads during No
yemhef and December Is as follows:
Essf P,Ner-Per 10. lower half, 20 by 100 feet,
',thed. pier No - by 50 feet, now being rebuilt;
Pior No / 30 by 20 feet, now being rebuilt and ex
nded aud the L. 81 by Al feet, reloyed Pier NO 81,
hut trom low water 81 by 2lOeet Dead House DOCK at
saavne Hospital repaired aud EXTENDED 4Oleet Pler AT
hftlst. rendered anu repaired;
isy foot of Tnrdst 60 by go feet now oulidhg ana
Ia,Iy dnisbed; dock on BlackwelTs isahd uuiaIlo
vir,, so by 80 feet rebuilt; platform AT one-nnnurel
andsIxtn-st. surface repaired ana strehs'nenou' ou
ha.d at Bellevue Hospital, feDullulux, -. .,..,.
sar1S Rtper-Pier at ne-hundredand twenty-nD,h-
n,tace repaired and pier strengthened Per al one
feared and thirty rst-st, refeDdered new oekng
ILL., and other repairs Bnknead at Pler NO % ~
ix1 feet ana old Pier No So ana BOX DOCK reinoEc
par foot of Ninety -sixth-st, surface fepdIeu' no"
neyy dumping board Is now being built az 'he % ud
Id of per No 81 East River, for the use GA he
ansr,T,ept Dumping boards al the fOot OF bIsh.-
orth Ryer and at JacksOn-st ana TWentS-eeoohu''''
I'll RIVER are being rebuilt and repaired LII, u,
i nursnance OF the act passed May 10 1917 en..,Ie
.ct 10 amend certain provisions OF me law IeIsns
M uers bulkneads IN tins city, Application
W ,,ade In November, 1873, 10 the Commissioners
", ,he sinking Fund, for their consent ahu ny
o,y.i ~ change In the Wldth OF pIo
p.S n,ers Nos 49, and a., ana foot OF rory
r, River as lad down on the plans adopiou py TINE
TT,on.r,Inent aud approved BY sara NJhm IN.
par. Co,sent was given 10 an alteration OF salC
siohei'' AZ maj The width OF tho proposed Piei
49, North RIVER, shall be reduced from iVO ieot W =
~, and the width OF Piers Nos IS ana ~ De a
f,a 90 ieet 70 loot ea0n. and tnat INC P