New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-20
owners including the county OF schuyiSii'' n"'o "e
THE EAST RIVER WAIER ThONI'

DISCUSSING A PLAN OF IMPROVEMENT
APARTMENTS AGAINST IT BEFORE THE SINKING FUND
COMMISSION.
The Sinking Fnnd Commission met YESTERDAY anu
considered the plan of permanent impro'e trnn,
Of the water front St the haS Sroposed by the
commissioners OF Docks. There were present ,Io
Mayor Acting Controller Storrs, kecorder Sns vi,
aud Alderman O'Neill, of the Commission Doch
CommssI Voorhs. Laimbcer and stark COT ,,i
marathon Counsel Andrews and a number oil ci'l-
zens. ~, 5,.,.;os;,,ers
nrovides for al 464 feet of wharfage room Ill inc
district TO be improved between Grand anu Jhirty-
fourth SITS Tho estimated cost OF the lmP5o s.o
ments is 81 O. OPT 463. of which amount ~ ~
is for properly to be acquired and Slo9.oVu iG "
dredging The amount of revenue to be deriVeu 10
placed at 5000, 900 per annum. 80, E -
f. Ellery Anderson. no appeared as ccuuoeI loi
some OF the persons opposed to tho plan oil inproEG
ment, addressed the Sinking Fund Commission no 30
said that the estimate OF cost shouid oo uooo H.
least hut the main objections to tie plan Weie .no
effect il would have ON the lumber brick, coai anu
other trades now carried in that part Oh tne ciss
The lumber, brick and coal yards coua n1 tha cost
moved elsewhere without adding largely TO tine cosS
of those articles IN transportation. rms Won,9
increase the cost of building hereafter. III wou.a
add % cents q ton to coal and apropoI1Ilona;s19
increase L, tae cost of the other articles. lie said
that there was no demand for the Improvement anu
no need of disturbing business to such an extent
NJ J. O lIrien who appeared as counsol ior Sas
and ferry companies that would be disturbed by
the proposed plan, submitted long argunent III
onpositon to It, He said that the plan or the Doc
CnnmissIon was not 90 good the one proposed
Inv Fin. Iarbor Commissioners in 1857, or as the one
pre,ented by General Mcclellan in 1871 Inc
material change in the new plan consists ID
d yereenco and var alton of the bulkhead lines from
those established by the HarbOr Commissioners u,
1877 and those proposed by General Mcclellan, anu
in the ACQUISITION and absorption of all the properly
and riparian rights of private OWNERS ot docks,
,yharves aud water privileges along the entire inc
of the proposed improy ement. The new plan VIII
cul off between 175 and 900 feet of the eastern
faces of the blocks included between Thirty-fourtn
and Tnirty-oighth sts., the MOrgue and some other
property In tho grounds of bellevue Hospitai,
several lime lath brick and coal yards tho sllp, OF
the Greenpont Houston Street and Grand street
Ferries portions of the property OF the New-Iork
and the Mutual and the Manhattan Gaslight Com
nanies the Morgan Iron Works, Riverside Hospital,
etc. The consequential damages. MI. OBrlen eaid;
wonld reach 81 600 900 addition TO the cost oil
the property. The improvement, he continued WAS
in favor OF commerce against the manufacturing
jnterests; the cost would be unnecessarily large,
and instead " acceleratinR the Improvement OF inc
water front this plan would retard ana defeat that
end He asserted that IL was doubtful, under tho
law whether the Dock Commissioners or tho city
had any power to alter the bulkheads and pier
lines already established. -
Dock Commissioner Lambeer said that no protest
was made to he Dock Board against tho plan whon
1t was under discussion.
Luke +. Cozans said that the people owning
property in that district were anxious to have the
water front imprc we'd and they would like an op
portnnity to be heard at a future meeting, which
the Board agreed TO grant.