, 1880-10-06

Street) should De reserved Tor pubic use,
Particularly tor the hauling up and repair
ing of fishing boats, piling up of wood for
burning, ETC.; and that 3, the remaining por-
tion, opposite the lots No. 4 to 13 (Hil's
house to Mrs. Dout6s house, both ~included)
should be sold to private parties. with the
right to build landing wharves, subject to
several detailed conditions for the use of the
lots and the wharves. In the abovenamed
representation of 23rd May 1853 attention
was also called to the fact, that the owner
of the lot opposite No. 3, at that time Mr..
P. w. Scbousboe, was willing to cede that
lot, provided he got a similar piece of land
assigned to him opposite No. 4. The lot
opposite No. 3 had namely by bill of sale da-
ted 2Sth September 1875 from Governor
General van Clansen been conveyed to Mr..
Augustin Pentheney and bis heirs as a lum-
her yard, 404 feet broad to the streetside
and straight down to the sea, on the con-
dition that the lot be fenced in, and that no
building be erected on it, but that shady
trees should as soon as possible be planted
on it, all along the side towards the
street and it seems that ever afterwards
this lot was disposed of in connection with
the opposite lots No. 3 & 4. 10 le4o these
lots were bought up by Mr.. P. W. Schous-
Doe, and in 1856 they were again sold to
James E. Hill; in 1864 the executors in
James E. Hills dealing sold them to John
Augustus Hill, on those dealing the lots
No. 3 & 4 Strandstreet have since been
sold, while the sea-lot opposite..No. 3 still
belongs to the said Dealing, but which the
Dealing Court administering J. A. Hills
dealing is willing 10 exchange for the ada
cent lot towards the South, opposite No.
4. The Sea Lots opposite the Lots No.
5. g.. 7 and s B as also No. II Strand
street have for many years, with tine per-
mission of the Government, been made use
of by the merchants Mr.. Walker, r G.
Knight and w. Moore. subsequently also
Roche Bros. & Co; the latter have still
the lots opposite No. 6, 7, & 9 B. in use,
and on which an open shed has been erect
ed by them. The Kings Wharf was.
however, shortly after found to be too
small for keeping Goals, even II the ex-
cange of No 3 "a had been completed
the pieces of land opposite the lots No. Ii
TO 81 (Hil! Street to Kings Cross Street,
has therefore, ever since 1853, been deslg-
mated for and used as coal wharf besides
for hauling up sc. of fishing boats.-In
1859 Mr.. VIM. Moore, planter and mer-
chant Of this town, forwarded a memorial
to the Colonial Council for permission tor
parties to build wharves in F:ederiksted.
The memorial was discussed by the Coun-
Gil; the Governor stated that when he had
obtained consent of the Ministry of Finau-
ces-as the lois belonged to the Statetrea-
sury-be would be willing, under certain
conditions that would be further detailed.
to entertain the memorial after which
the Council agreed to refer the matter to
the Government, with the Councils recon.
mendation. In 1868 The Government then
made a representation to the Ministry of
Finances concerning the use that should be
made of the said lots, in..accordance with the
ebove and with some further detailed con.
ditious. The Ministry had no objection to
the exchange of the sea lots No. 3 and 4 for
the purpose of enlarging the Kings Wharf;
and the Ministry furthermore approved
that the sea lots opposite No. "A to No 81
be used as Coal. Wharf, for hauling up
fishing boats etc. and finally that the Sea-
Lots opposite No,5-I3 should not be sold
by public auction or otherwise. but that
they should Re offered to the owners of
the opposite lots 10 Strand Street. or to
other parties DESTROYS of having them, on
paying a yearly rent, for use and with
permission for such parties to build tor
Ill; I'm ,coount LANDING wharvpa. under