New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-03
Eckert was elected to the Executive COMMITTEES 10
the place Of Samuel Z. Barger, who recently TO
signed as n director,
COMMERCE DRIVEN FROM NETWORK.
TESTIMONY BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE As
sRMBLY-EFFECr OF THE HIGH CHARGES FOR

TESTIMONY BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF The 40
sRMBLY-EFFECr OF THE HIGH CHARGES Fof
WHARFAGE AND OF ISCLOsrNG THE PIERS.
The subcommittee of the Assembly Committee on
Commerce met yesterday in the rooms OF the B0ard
OF Managers of the Produce Exchange captain
Blsburg OF the Schuyler Transportation Company,
testified IN relation to the canal district III tue EusI
River. He SAID that il comprised the water 'front.'
from Pier No. to Pier No. 10. bnt the law was not
enforced properly, audit did not extend beyond Pier
No. \ 49, q,
Edward Hincken ex-presidcnt Of the Produce Ex-
change. read to the committee "A table showing tnee
piers that had sheds on the East RIVER lie sara
there were onlg sixteen piers where SAILING vessels
could land, ard some of them had room Tor TOUR
berhs tor vessels. lie Thought that was not enough
room for the shpplng interests. ana therefore an
effort should be made to stop any further she1llng
of piers The steamship interest certainly should
not b. granted any further privileges to the detri-
meut of sailing vessels.
James W Elwel, a shipping agent. was the next
witness. lie SAID that formerly the majority oil
vessels discharged at the piers Ia tins city, Dat now
many OF them unload away from the piers because
there Is no room f1r them. Every pier that 1au
shed took away so much from the commerce of the
port The expense OF wharfage was getting 50 great
here that vessels being driven 10 Baltimore and
other ,eaboari cities. He did not know Of pier
from Per No. To Eleventhst.. North River. where
a vessel caud be landed without the consent OF the
rssreS. Ii would meet the general approval OF mer.
chants If no more pers allowed To lie shielded
and If the Harbor Masters had the privilege of put
ting vessels into piers when they vera not actually
occupied.
Robert b. Van Week. lpping and commission
merchant sad that the piers were used Tor other
purpose, than the loading and unloading of goods.
They were occupied by offices and were converted
into stOlehuuscs. II something were not done IN
behalf of the shipping interest the best part of the
commerce would H. Lr.ven away from this port
\. II. snow, Of the firm of Snow x Burgess, testi-
fed that in his opinion the larbor Master should be
allowed TO put vessels III a pier when II was not
beng used. There was no Dor from Main" Ia North
Carolina ~ expepsIye rs that of New York. other
ports were oh-rug inducements t. attract vessels
while the wharfage III New York was increasing so
much that vessels could not afford to unload here.
f.. X. Noryai says that the liarDUr Master should
have onirol of all the piers. he wharfage OF
vessel h,r" amounted TO about ~ dav while the
charge IN Btlt note was -. Philadelphia - and
~ boston nothing
l.. -. DR. ggs. of the WILLIAMSBURG Fire Insurance
Company gave his views one Of he Board oi | ~
drrN ut-ls the danger the Guy WAYS exposed 10 II
tAe per, should tanc fire Some OF them. he said,
wcrr regular stpTrhnu>es two Store, hig1 Fifteen
ot them had boilers. ten hal blacksmith and carpen-
ter shops aud some nad pr>t mills ana steam cleya-
tors. The " ~hedrd' plrrs EXTENDED Tor four miles
with few breaks between them. OILY httrru ot the
sheds IId' ot CORFU rttrd iron. and III some u
them the IN rchIndlsr pil'd twenty feet high.
Ii o.. 81 tie pI,rs caUg, t.r while "A strong west
wind was hoWIug he declared, "iI"rr l. 40 power
on earth thai Wi >topu from gong Trough Tie
e. h WItn ~ gIcat dt ,ruCilUn ~ the iEc ia CHI
ta-o.'
The Investigation viii b, continued tomorrow