The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-29
TRADING IN NAVY YARDS.
WHIT TT COST no CHfNoE FROM Phil
ADELPHIi no LEiGJE ISLIND.
How the Old Yard was sold Hundreds Of
Thousands of Dollars Lost A curious Colin
cidcncc- Nat Mckay's Contracts The Cow
ernmcnt's Losses " here Did the NJ oneN Got

1875 the act WIS passed for the sale Of the Phil
adclphia Navy Yard. the proceeds to go 10 the
construction Of Navy Yard at League Island
Congress believed Philadelphia Hcprc-
tivcs had testified. and the Navy Department had
reported that enough could be got from the old
Navy Yard to build or nearly build. the new.
As n mattcr Of fact the old yard sold for less
than half its assessed value. removing Tia" ma
torial cost noarl, tjOOO )O Government proper
ty was sold for Il song and stolen to the sworn
value OF thousands of dollars and the purchase
money has ncar, all disappeared From he
ginning to end. the JOh was botchcd. buneied
and Numbered.
A clause in the Sunlry Civil Appropriation
bill passed March g. 1915. authorized the sale
Ii made the Secretaries of the Navy and Trrns-
ury. the Chief Engineer Of the Army. AMI the
Chairman Of the Board IT Revision of Taxes in
Philadelphia "a commission To- sell. An mp
prai-cmont was rcqurcd the sale was to be adj
vcrt,scd; no Did under the appraised value was
to ho taken; thrty days from the sale the dcly-
cry was to be- made. No otlcr restrictions wore
put ON the commission. II WIS left FREQ to sell
in bulk or hy lots, ut ono snle or several. in a
year or In several years No haste was neccs-
sary. There was no obligation to sell on n de-
pressed market There was no need to loso
Government property in n hurried removal.
For the removal $500 900 was appropriated 10y
the act; 10 prepare League Island. ssljO10 had
before been Appropriated. The expense of
moving It. tho Navy Yard waterfall said Soc
rotary Robson before the last Naval Commit
too must be met before | got my money"
This was false. Out-,dc tho purchase money.
he had an appropriation. The purchase money
wd~ drN Nitd Joy the laws. FIRST. tu the eNpnn-oS of
ih" coiniui~~luu; second. Go tlH removals third.
to the bu lllug ON League island. All of ID or
fHf
Nut l.NniIiS pass" 81 h"ut' iN~ CONN i-~iOn.
July /. 1910. It oreaulzei Three months passed
l"ilrc tine rnnmI--lnn WIS r'tly io advertise
the sale. and that adv basement announced "a
sal" IN sixty du~. Two IT, -M rs. tlIr tuu-tItu-
u"u AMI the Aut.etnm. W're ON ~" stocks. All
n" work of grHit yard was going on around
them. Not a receiving house WIS reHiy on
the phila leiplia yard Noi a ooutri'f hnd hran
signed 1nd not an urrmg m"nt madr for re-
motM m. lawd.d not require haste; the Cow
John Melsn. John a. james. and Mr. rorh-
ran". Ohini of the E", sion oi TaNrs ~ lhila-
delpiIa, wore appointed ai'i ra' -tr- hy the COM
mission. Tine Yard u Iul ID 2l.,u H'rt- nearly
hulllun square i"ct, WuugIu-e ana WI. r-ii MT
rroprty, IN bulk it's a-~'s~cd value Was 80
dt from sj.j-ztll o. si2ipuuu. Tine Gov ru-
i'il ,.'u. WIZ Nii i' ,WA- lln' I" NlNN' ti'
should he offered. Theromufs- fon pressed Tor
nn "ariv -ule-a sale that very iul. such safe
could oiIN h' in huk and 200 huIh The arpia.-r-
mrn' wis uu,ln. am uppraiseinnnt Of sIunOOOp
Suril am arrangement leu iuf two pui 'has .r-.
d" ~ Ny7 we '''...
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WI az tr me-. ia NY II ws
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Ana Isrn ,."fr.- ~ .ir,nns snineidenea n,
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tn agrcemcnt o. pool tho results Of .ns
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w,,t .f,s.n tle nUr.lii.'.u ,r'-
rnln'red frm N'od 4 pMNlU. at sl.,.u
r.m.l Sail Aw supplies w.r. sDl4 - -N. re-
iN'.n. li, NNrn tl'f -llu Lave
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fr '-h load PIGS. unused bar and angie iron. al
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So 100
And in this come tion. IT must be remembers