New-York tribune., 1879-02-03
OrcENN COUNTY IurROTENENTS.

TIE NEW HIGHWAY u FLUSHING, /. L-oBJE'-
TIONs OF rEOPEETY-ONNERs TO TAXATION.
The Board Of Supervisors Of Queens County
consists 0f cytn cnhcfr one FOR each O." SIX towns
and oue Long Island Clt' Ia several Of the towns
there considerable Dissatisfaction win certain actions
OF the Board. Many prop rtyownerS are loud In their
complaints Of excessive taxation ana unWisc eXpend
turc
The county contains about $4,000 inhabitants; oi
tnese 900 are In Long Island city THIS city is
NJ tho more recently Incorporated OF ia" twentyfour
ctcs of tins state large part Of It adjoining Brook
lvp from which il IL separated by HcWtu"u Creek D.
owned hv tie trustees OF Union Cu'cc, who IA l-3S.
h9scd the Hunter estate OF liO acres from when
orluated the name Of Hunters Point ana IN l>Go be-
came possessed Of the Van Alst farm Of lJO acres all
i,uiu. on tLc north lgge portion of In So farm,
c,usl.tcd OF Il meadow bordering on tIe creek and
tending 10 the meh ground uortbward on the oa.y
elevated part of this tract stands the Queens County
Court house. II began in 1874, ana WAS fits, oocu
MED in 1876 The cost 500 600 Ahout the situa
lion II this building there was considrr3h rivalry
among the county The former court nousr, built
m 100 was situated nearly possible IN the goo
graphical centre Oi ihc county, aud stood about mic
south of Mnrola in the Of Eorth Hampstead and
when first built, had no other building near IT, When Il
WA. ur0rosed to build the present house. MlncOla
Jamaica AMI Long Island CITY cont,ndcd tor IT, IDc
trustees of Union COLLEGE gave the size ON "hch u
sand, and tAs determined the situation. IHrhG lh"
! i.- q
progress around t" court house Ihr streets nave been
1drd and hundreds n thousiud- ot tons OF dIt have
been dumped I TN lois ia order to iH.r thrm. over
!. 900 600 has already been expended there. and the
worl Is not set completed.
Long Island C!ty, from il situation on the East Pyrr
! and On NrWtDVn Greek. which - uayisab.e for iy"
mlle. particularly tdHptci 10 tn,nnoclhrug n
- thought by prominent Residents lhdi 20 coiDliuca
,n with Bluoklyn by rapid transit Is rccuIcd aud Tie
rrnpn.rd bridge nt BlJchWcrS Island j. built 10 project
nn,S adv 1r.ird AIt renewed INTEREST,", ANA " the ctY
rits 10 hs cIty reduced by the b now before the
LEGISLATURE, the lutur~ Uf the ctJ VIII be d-,htri.
urW IRON bridge ONrI NrWtOWn CIrHk VIII be hult 10y
ktn.- and Queen, Counties Ia Accommodate the traffic
AL that rolu,, ur Nhrh lh" present H""d"n Nucturc
had Meet OF making tho ptoL
,rfv ~ thc C per cent and many taxpayers claim
| mat thia Is entirely too much.
But thr cHirt Dissatisfaction with the Board OF SUPER
visor, d. u u~il. Indcl the amendment ot lNs2 10
tnc law Couccralup highway OF 1869. hf which amend
mini tbr -.pcINi- of QurcUs County were granted
-uIunrT Huthoi/"u the construction ui mdc"ihmlltd
ru,d throIsh iui hing iium NuItu lIrul~ttau ouc
,idr to NcWtoNu uu g., other. lAc contract va, gwen
to the lowest bidd, "h" h"H ever coh'tuctcA NucH a
rartcuaI, ,uu,r"f NHdr-tuuc and Colrg' Point, who
are IN no Way prrGri bN thi3 TuJA object 10 paying
forit Ihcy appeared before the supervisors at their
aDt JdAuar, -, ana prr'cnteu ihcr case; nht
d-l Ny nhd tf tbr bonds Tor raising the money
| have been sold. iuuiluu was thrn brought before
Jade Gilbert iVr ah injunction stopping the work; THIS
Wi- denied lHur-tJN NIlt u trtlJrdi has been Ui-
| tanned. however WhlrI val Dos heard IA tho Kings
county toiitt urAt week. At thc next meeting Oi the
Supery sur. February -, DrtCt-A uOTncy Downing OF
Queens county, dnd ihr '"uh'"i Tor lc lo"h u fhh-
lng VIII Present Llct-, aud U they agree on thrm the
,ssr VIII lt carried 10 the General Icrm Mhcic the
questions ur the -u uf supervision bN the courS over
Legislative action ana of nr ton or towns over
unIatpd viii bc plasrd upGu JncSr points have never
| been decided III auJ OF tho cOarts Of thiS State.