The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
LrILLING UP LITTLE HE'LL GATE WITH STREET
H REFUSE.-POINTS AGAINST IT BY THE NEW
YORK HOUSE OF REFUGE. TO BE HEARD
BEFoRE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE. AND
NAVIGATION.

FIRST poiNrluEALTH.
guardians Of nearly 200 children taking care Of 70
protest against this plan is nrs Of AL because i would
81 has said that refuse mud os pnt under water
as hs as hut b.
the water ate as solid filling and The xsns.
heen raised against nuisance.
, ~Sss death ,s
e s ,h oSs 9Sr s ssa
the % on the page that this pg Ss the
that the inmates we're removed and the buildings aban
buildings close adjoining the proposed asld e
tho thing proposed y from TOP 20 bottom and Al
in vain the net Is spread in the sight Of any BIRD
quarters a million and have - land 70
70 Of ard f., S. Z, be %sss
comfort health and life q human beings there.
saying that i this his should fan through he should
IL well known that there are and hear
cessioe by smooth and remote whore this refuse
may be deposited for long time, without objection BY any
0Ae "A0 "' SECOND Nd frolNT-NAvIGArIoN
navigation Of Harlem River sensaeent sSega.ioe
@ ss s Ss T' the Ss
breaking up does the blockade ice which would
ss ysa nS s m"sss
s 81 the pGSn tue
General newton informs that he had considered
which he night have done just stopped short Little
answer from the Police Board or it, supporters But
has confirmation from a witness OF skill and long expert
on East aud Harlem rivers. whose statemenis are
that that during the winter, when the Harlem Rive, Is
partially with Ice it scarcely be kept for
Sas that The p Gate carries
slant notion prevents blockade in the Harlem River.
Close that pa ing. asd the ss r up .,s%
iording relied 80 Harlem bridge where viii join with
ebb in the Biz Gate LEAVING little chance or the
ice In Harlem River. and II will freeze and
stop naygation The principal Of Harlem River
roads which the sole means Of quick transportation tor
General Sss,Sn. Sis annual rspor. o. ,ss7, 2o7.
w Of w!in y an " The e Of S spn
ss In The % s oss an ss sss
rapid y AL hs ~o arc sustained in our estimate Of the
General Newton in his annual report Of 1873 appendix
81 Il s a' ss g esn i tho 10
the necessity Of preserving the na.,gaby q ms stream
other distractions that enecualy prevented navigation,
snd y ' Ssea the od ve has 20
Maeomb Dam and by m aaucdnct Us Ut one time eo"ssn
before closing he suggests that the geycrnmen. as
forbid the sssssn :" Any nsn ws "ar
memorial Of this destructive plan Q, city refuses hng
And this tho invention OF rival cities Of public
Of eminent citizens holding authority and desiriug
BOSTON IIAEBOR.
In tho North American Review Of January 1865 most
article appeared showing ut ID and ~
how ruthessly Boston Harbor had been injured. The
says that city beautiful and
venicnt uarbor 1t tidal har6or owing its existence
OF river but to SUSTAIN Of Interior
reservoirs small combined. Into those great
ba,Ins, which covered water of 500 acres,
than 7uoOODo tons Of water poured twice in each
quickly flo we'd back the ocean fall OF This
volume OF had secured out these channels and
Created Boston and her whole history has been one iou
shor sighted abuse Of this inst gin 81 nature
In l172 Boston included less than 800 acres In
1852 had 2OJj all Of which had been robbed
from reservoirs of the hnroor Had that barber been
Bostons enemy she could not have prosecuted II
bravcy. aud the TO.opDOp tons OF tidal How bud been
worked down 4ooOpWO Within these years of improve
depth from 20 feet The Hats
niled IN the damned the channels bdscd.
predict The depth OF water In Boston Harbor decreased
portentiousy largo European steamers could come ~ ony
high tide the Hrbor ceased TO be cheap enenI
HARLEM RIVER
Our February memorial predicts such effects upon THIS
Boston Is directly III point Far TOO much OF the Hats IRON
800 800 feet wdc south OF Harlan Bridge has already
been filled u SOLID North Of the railroad trdgs tnc HATS
wider ana the channel creek When these
flats sa be filled like those below the tidal now o wair
in Harlem River will be small that without the
aid from sound by Little He'll Gate tho
could he navgnbe by frequent dredging,
costly 70 be hoped for and - would be DESTROYER aud
before that should be accomplished Its sewage would nave
90 behalf Of the Managers.
EDGAR kEluiiuM, President
ALEXANDER Mel. AGNBW.
SHTlii ,Sd I J nhdN. IT,, Committee.
rEw York. April g. 1877.
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