New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-11
DILEMMA OF CAPTAIN WILLIAMS.

DILEMMA OF CAPTAIN WILLIAMS
SHORE INSPECTOR HOPKINS REFUSES TO GIVE III"
PERMIT TO DUMP GARBAGE-CoNtLAiN'' ~
TEE rILoT COMMISSIONERS.
CAPTAIN williams of the treet Cleaning bureau,
went TO Fort Hamilton early YESTERDAY mornine ~,
search of Shore Inspector Hopkins Out was unaooS
to find him. The visit was MADE IN conss ~
the following letter, WHICH O"p'an "i'i" ~
ceived or Monday:
NEw-YoRK. Aug. q, 1850
,,vx WILLIAMS ESQ.,, Inspector Of Bureau OF Sfred
SIN: hayc received your communication of this day
Carnage and street sweepngs through the Narrows and
tnat part OF the bay of NewYork south OF the Nrrow
waters OF the Atlantic ocean; and you say that az
regards certain limitations on y9nr dnmpne' you az 20
any such limitations you shall not regard lnch any
further than they commend themselves to your JIuE
meut" The materials named should. when cast mo
the sea- he done at the first OF the eDb tle 10 ge
the whole heneh of the outgoing current wnen 'a ~
ak hours. But inasmuch as your department 10 NV AZ
present provided with hopper harIes 10 t ,.o
re0usy dump their loads made limitation o. a~1
hours for the time which they were 10 DC uuinP,u
thus getting the benefit Of hut four hours OF tnc
TO take IT from the shores seaward, Ms no ~ perd
ing the limitations imposed in my perhus WHs o! 9,
into e.@cntion and to-day you exceeded the time OF
dumping fully 90 cent more than the Ielt p
For fhrsa reasons decline tn grant you pernlt. NC
epecffuy youts, FRANCIS HOPKINS, Shore Inspector
II was the intention Of the Captain TO SEND tow
of scows through the NarTows yesterday, DuI III
consequence of the Shore Inspector icIu's.l W
grant a permit he refralned. lie gave ORDERS now
ever that five scows. which had been taken to
Gravesend BAY OH Monday, should be towed out 20
sea and unloaded. These seows returned TO ' IN,
CITY empty last evening, and the men employed Oh
them were paid their months wages al IOlIco
Ueadouarters 1t was learned that the time con-
sumcd III unloading the scows was about two hours
Cantain Williams was indsposed yesterday to
say what he would do in case Mr.. hopkins con
tinued to refuse permits for the passage OF INC
scows of the department through the NarrOws. lie
intimated, however that the garbage OF the Guy
must not be allowed to accumulate, but must De us
posed of in some way.
Attbe meeting of the Pilot Commissioners ycster-
day one of the officers of the Manhattan Deacl
Railroad Company who was on duty ID the Day
from Saturday until Monday, appeared 10 give.
statement of his observations and also his p0stNe
testimony against those who had violated the mar
Dor laws in the dumping of refuse, etc. no
belonging to the Dock Department,
dumped their loads within two miles OF
the Manhattan Beach shore and that some OF inc
material washed up on the beach, Austin C9rpln.
in communication to the Commissioners, sara thaC
he had hired tug at great expense, LOT lle pl Posg
of putting stop TO the destruction OF Cohey dsiau
as a watering place he had discovered that dump
ing was done nearly every day III close proximity 10
the beach, and now that he had secured posltlVe et
ldence in this case, and had convincing evidence IN
other cases, If conviction OF the offenders c9ui n
not be secured ii would he useless TO 90 10 any lu
Their expense The Board was of the opinion that
the dumping took place fully three mics uolh
Sandy Hook and that although II may nave Ueen
only a few hundred yards from the beach the case
was ont of their jurisdiction. . ,
The Charge against the steamer Martin, OF the
Marine Hospital Service. Tor throwing ashes ~ the
bay on two occasions, was brought up and $500
fns assessed Tho medical officer duty at the
hospital saws he is positive that nothing thrown
IN the baIbor on one occasion specified. The cap
tain of the Martin denies the charges, and when he
asked the Commissioners for the evidence and the
names of his accusers his request was declined He
thinks he has the right to know who presents the
evidence that he may know whether the charge is
han IL nc m q
some discharged employe, who may have committed
the offence secretly and with malicious intent.