The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-18
NORTH SIDE ASSOCIATION.

OPPOSITION TO FILLING IN BRONX KILLS
ANOTHER HARLEM BRIDGE CALLED FoE
The North Side Association held adjourned
meeting ut Carr's Hall IN Third avenue, near l3sth
street, yesterday afternoon large number oil mem
bcrs and several Of property in the Twenty
third and Twentyfourth wards who had never before
attended meeting OF the association, were present.
President Samuel t. Fiicy occupied tho chair Several
OF the committees offered their reports, which were
acted upon.
OPPOSED TO FILLING BRONX KILLS.
The most important report made was that OF the
Harlem River Improvement Committee. who re-
ported:-
owing to the aeness the session and the all alb
sorSng question eons now pending yo"r
snGn C.nsIss, during s 81 s s .dsHn q
meantime your COMMITTEES win make ana has already
italy prepared CLANS and comprehensive submis
d snbsct the session q onge;s Thai for
action with other associations on
the subject until more appropriate season
mater Of s IN lit s iir Tate aud the Kills having
~ as !" ss
suggested by The Aldermen in their resolution OF Feb
That General Newton informed thatit would be unwss
Island as thu, waterway enters re scheme OF mpov
Here follows the report Of tho conference OF the
several departments, published IN yesterdays
HERALD.
luis report was ucccpteu
ANOTHER HARLEM BRIDGE WANTED.
The following preamble and resolution concerning
the issuance OF bonds by the Board OF Apporionmcnt
TO unds for the building OF bridge over tho
Harlem River at street. oneredb by Secretary Ford
ham Morris was unanimously adopted:-
Whereas. the Board of Park Commissioners did the
4h inst resolution requesting the Board OF APp1r
as. 1s s at % iss the
Resolved That committee consisting OF John j. Lame
poniedto upon Board Apportio9man early
bpud for
work may proceed without any further delay
Mr. Cowdin's bill on local improvements, before the
Legislature, was Endorsed. communication from
Mr. }. J. II. Croes, asking whether the association
would prefer to have several streets ntersectng Elton
avenue graded temporarily or permanently was placed
on file. The Committee on Taxes aud Assessments
madc a verbal semi-cflcal report through Secretary
Morris the effect that they earnestly pursuing
the duties imposed upon them In relation 10 street i'm
provements. They thought that the Commissioners or
Estimates and Assessments OF the Department OF Pub
lie Works would do all they could TO protect the inter-
ests oil the taxpayers.
two reports One forth that the committee had ex
amined certain report made by Messrs Omstead and
Croes engineers of the Park Department, and found
that tho only complete plans submitted by the cng-
neers the Park Department those Of that
ton Of the Twentyf0urth ward lying west OF RIVER
dale avenue. The committee were also shown plans
prepared by General Green and Colonel Grant There
seemed to he from these plans no attempt TO adopt the
system OF laying out streets and avenues as
pursued the old map of the city OF Now York,
south of Harlem River. The committee found also
that many OF the residents OF tho Twcntyf0 ward
with whom they had conversed, approved OF Messrs.
Olmstead and Crocs' plan, and anxious to have
adopted some map which would permanently settle
suggested that the association adopt resolutions
proving of Messrs Oimstcad and Croes' pan and urg
ing the Park Department to expedite the making OF
improvements in tho Twenty third and Twenty fourth
wards Such resolutions adopted. ard the assO.
citation adjourned, subject to the call OF tho Chair.