New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-23
WEST SIDE IMPROVEMENTS.

TIE LEGISLATURE ASKED To INSURE SPEEDY
COMPILATION or UPTOWN PUBLIC woRKs-AR-
rs OFFERED BY THE WEST SIDE asS'-
CITATION.
The West Side Association has presented to
the legislature . msmoIil, signed by the President
william r. Blolgcit, ard tho Executive COmm'tt'c' con
ssting OF Marshall o. Roberts, II. y. Caiin WhiIan d.
Ogden u lnir +. Tismlnn and other prominent proper
ty,owners Tho memorial sets forth that BY the laws OF
1857 and tho confirmation Of tho Commissioners Of Es J.
maize and Assessment, Aug. 8, 1879 the Rivers de-
ave became one ot the avenues OF the city of Now
York an tho Riverside .rt one Of its parks UP 10
Jan 1879 tho city OF New York had raid assessmeht
amounting to S3.O69.iSl for this property. AM tie
proporty-owners benefited had pa $3lo4i7o. But in
this period of years and fonr months tho amount
spent in making the property. acquired at s'ca cost 10
the city large and to ado ming pro?ertyowners avail
able for public uses, has been only 92O7,S36
Tie Increase in valuations. shown by Park Commits
sinnrr Mart 4 g recent report quotnd showing that the
average rate Of increase In Tho valuations son,h OF For
tisthst since 1862 has been Al cent and north of
line cent and that in the year 1874 tile
valuation. OF uptown wards 2Sle cont or the
wholo taxable properly in the city It il claimed by the
mcmorIlss that while the owners OF property III ~"
lower wards have been relieved OF burdens the weight
has been laid upon unprOductivc property The course
rsncd reg r TO the Central Park hs enriched the
owners OF adj ,cent proper aud poured tch revenue
into the City Treasury similar course VIII respect %
the West side parks and avenues would prodce similar
rrs,Its but thus far every effort hs been nni ~ hinder
an .nbaFra>s public iurDvepa IN Jitis q'titoF
stated that the total cost Of land taken for pubic
Use parks hOUevaPs AMI sircfs tOr street
improvements between Fty-n nth AMI One hundroilnd
hftyhf hSUs; for the construction AMI mhntntnc; OF
the works under the Park Com mis- ,ion'rs and The Do
purturnt Of Parks has been. since 1860. in Tolnd NUM-
bcrs, S62 00OOO0 OF this amount nearly p32OOO'lO
has been borne by adjoining private property. during
period the increased taxation paid INFO The Citf
Treasury tho private properly bcncfsHd 10y
these parks drives AMI general improve
ments has Amounted " nearly $2J.OOOCOO,
80 that the aOmIi outlay by the city
has been little than 100000, AMI II Ia rccoiv-
ing now and viii receive in tao future, revenue o not
less Ian S42 27S each sufficient to c1y tho city
for outlay in another year COmpa Mt is made mat LEGAL
hndcrnnces and distractions have bcn pcrS'tcnfly
intcsp"scd TO prevent the Improvements on tho weSf
side that IL has dicnlt 10 give slca security 10 p
ChaSers iud justify them In making Large eXpondi-
tiIres in the crcctio ~ hOuscs.
The contrast made tween the cast sdr or the CITY,
which almost continuously built M, because OF tho
public Improvements which were made eaily. anl the
unhnilt side. which has been neglected by the an
fhortirs 1t H. urged that the work Of improving the
sid, should not now that tbs Ownors 0f the
property hrn ASSESSED large sums To pay FOR these
very improvements The memOrialists say that they
have with rcgre; yearly exodus from this city To
Nrw-Jprsey and Brooklyn, caHs IN great measure by
the nadoacy or accommodations III pleasant l0eaiuts
AT reasonable f0 the population or NewYOrk In
view ~ these facts tie West Side Association ASK the
LEGISLATURE afford Such aid and encouragement hs
shall insure the speedy completion or these Important
public works