New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-24
THE HARBOR IN THE HOUSE.
HOW sHa1LrnE CHANNELS De DEEPEYEDi
WHY MIR. HEWITT OPPOSES AN APPROPRIATION
4. rOSriR HIGGINS on MIR. MILLER
MI rcnAriI 10 riIr TRIrlrNr.1

hen
n,ll WAS under discussion several DAYS ago MI heWi"
oveJ 20 stHke ont the for the h,rho at New-r"r
nh. asserted that II not desired ny the 'ha"p'' "
commerce or the merchants of that city On yesterday
Mr. rurlegh obtained leave 10 print IN The "too'"
resolution adopted by the Executive Committee ' inc
chamber OF Commerce June 10, thanking senator |
Miller ,,r his successful effort 10 nave the item n'uou
an the l together With statement OF Ike tenor sSu"u
nv many leading N.w-York merchants when MI
Hewitt read Record tins morning he elt That per
sonl explanation necessary and he took the n"oI
tr hat PURPOSE lie began by calling attention TO the
fact ti,t papers published in me Rcord wer" ho'
addressed House senate bat to the senate '"m
u,tee ON Commerce ana therefore he could not have
kno xn Of When he moved to strike out
the item He said IN he supposed the papers h'd 'ee
,ulished in order to DOUBT upon he statement
he made when the kver and Harnor " was under dis
ca.sion lie then read a dispatch from A. Foster hiS
cii : q. the Chan her Commerce. saying;
Have written fully. Entirely approve NonF VIEWS
winch wholly those If the tnai"ei "l commerce.
After referring the work in progress IN "edhey
Channel and the approwia ion there or. Mr. Hewitt sat
down obtaining permission to pint IN me "'c'd
n, Ui,nss letter when 10 shouh arrive. During all
this cine Perpetual Motion BurlNsh lad been hdset-
In m and about his and rs rs Mr. Hewitt con
Glade. M, WIS on his feet demanding to he heard lie
wa. excited his short speech was literally punctn
ntei with laughter aud applause by the momOers who
gathered around him. In part he said
Ny colleague did state that the Chamber OF COM
rere and the mcrch of NewI ork were opposed 10
tse Insertion of this alpr' pllaDn OF NfJOOoO Of the
New YORK HarboF in the River and HaIbor bill aud yet
the Chamber OF Commerce has sent 10 the Senate and
rr..cuted here seric, of resolutions in which tins
S75OOO) Is recommended and show-e that they are IN
,or,r ar tbi. id mica bill The gentleman
states when he refers 70 Senator Warner M,liers nj with
references to dumping REUSE matter in the hrooi o.
New York is mistake when he says mat Is Wh
they referre to- They themselves and the gen
ten,an from Now-Yors is mistaken. H' kes the back
track he always does Just as he di when the us
tneuished chairman OF the Ways and Means committee
ralnc IN here with his bill he III favor OF what he
considered as dalton stones OF his tarih hI
lumber coal and iron to he on the tree st nut nc TOOK
the back track on that He will take the back track
have cOnbt. Oh the silver bll shall NC prepared
for that AT any time.
Nil Hewitt could not sit stih during Mr.. Burleghs
speech and when it was finished he demanded 20 DC
heard in reilly. lie hal received Mr.. Histnss letter.
Int rs IL cOuiancd.SOme rather harsh lehecuchs upon
Senator Miller he desired keep II hacb until MI Hs-
Sins d given chance to m" lily il, Now. however
he determined t. offer il ami did with this preface:
Ipioest not against appro'ratlns money 10 improve
New We Iarbor, but against continuing an lnlf'Ve'
,en neniu which it has intinated to there is
lob and since the gentlem has raised this question
send t. clerks desk and ask to have read e'of
from Mr. Higgins. This Letter dated on yesterday red Is
III part "a follows:
mt yoll foot jOos with sinecrcst sympathy
ana deter1njnsd to meet you mora than h"f way by
forcing hill. then already in shaie cons'ltI hhs lS
IIarhor Comuissio TO lie composed eXaoy "S recon-
endeG more twenty years ago. with adiiiion OF
two CIVILIAN members to represent New-Jef'ey anu New
YORK. TINS bill had been committed to senator NH'r :
care last year an wished to reinrodutelt NJ own
opinion WAS jobs c0nll wei lbs f"i'lei on inc
tyeruinent when such board there watching every
thing The ill was siuiiou,ly let alone until a le"
weeks ago when my asst nishmen letters aud verbal
communications we're received by tie Executive ON
of the Chamber "i 'onnelct iron" 9tN't" 'ii'o.
s,uns that IT Mas hopeless {" uA u pas me p' %,
lnor coums on Tins >rssiOu; hul that he could get "A
nIou OF dollars Inserted ia ne ll'ei '' "% u"l r'i
York "a "a br- liIIU- or permanent improve
lucmiS continued ami that tht th'lnh~ h'd meter
c., of al ine members Of tne Executive Committee
am y nay committee on iialnoi Az" rAiP "s ""' INC
question discussed OF what course Wa hr>'
SCI, forth most lproiby tht was sure N"l Won.
op,s, any snen request there certainly did uo1 - 81
any accepted plan OF icn"nrnt 'hpr'Ir ' va.
coud nArdy believe Tue Engineers oi ia l!c1 t''
wrrr reads To "ut forward any "eii" it''' ,,.
work 81 levcnns Goinry's Channel MS Wei e'o'T .,
that ther -I~O.OUO IN it Ior tuai ana 9-vtoVV
that knew Of no way ~ eNIcndn- Hi''"V"V" " D."
eun -. S'. 'nei 'SG You can, see iaT i,tilma
be 20 unwi,e 10 reject an onrr OF million do'lh 5
' ,,''. ."ln, or oiicr 80 We resolved TO have Mr.
Miller notified accepted his otter Of the miiioA,
fy OF war snouli decide to be best calculated l.
H i " , ,,,. to =. =, IN sr,,at,r Miller ma the
bl.i be roI ped but uiee ior I'-S'sc IN reply
senator Miller ha To- adAii Tat lie em la" heeh ~
,,r. ,arr,J f,v f. g ruri, Gers In mem report.
Or course this would commit us to that plan acme
and shut ali Consideration OF any other or ne" tA@n
o. ,n"t painy cVidont intention 10 keep al me T.
confined To- tIe e1clnsvr lll 5meIt and c"n'o
a. tnc engineers Of te Amy alone Inc Dblia ~ e
Board "Apressy warned AGAINST Ia" vs Inc Sole ana rA
elusive lgmcut Of engineers AMI TINS all Srcuel ." lie
nc norr oi )OD than ANYTHING dad heai1 OF eiso
where When STATE l" YOU I''Il l"t '.IS syn, NV
involves system Of stone walls or lctes rIoJecti
ami dc.uoving forever exisu' cn'nnel, al l"rsry
used. nN ing an soIntely unkup"h lh 81 eA le.,
turr declared IN the outset t. involve not lees th
10000 OCO and admitted 10 he teutauvethat the WORK
itself recommended only TO procee As e result OF
e,ch strpis other words, s'end millions To ina
tat tuey are wasted but worst o. al 'hr "hole
producing such revol ton OF the 'ntiIe operations &"
Vii iot re thereby Observation-Disclosures will wild
and utterly unworthy snch plan al lrdH I" hHslhe's
here with NV consent untl the wisdom Of mole than
United -,tes engineers las been invoked upon AMI has
senator Miller was given in unmstakable LANGUAGE
accompany II. ami that It must not be commit 10
ANY lence ' Th srnate NJ n tod hS that
II he topped tlis bill and accepted ms sop III place OF IT,
Which reflect credit Oh him lie declared hat
lie mraDt TO pass the aibor hil II roS,lbe % M ~
10 tee appropriation Of sl.OOOOOO-wich you Viii see
done. | brought 80 many Influences to ear ih"t
bill has passed the senate expressly declared 10
NJ that Of the two deemed our hl more V 'la
able Ncw-York than tie Appropriation. and such is
MI. Hewitt also presented letter from Henry Mitchell.
Of the Coast survey TO the effect tha no plans tor TIE
pcTmauent Improvement OF the entrance |" Ne"-loIk
Hal be fornei ntelisenty until the survey o.
the barhor ana rs approaches sh"l! nave urHer al-
yancei aud more thorough s1un'lihgs made
have read etters7irom General Newton, rhef OF ensi
Colonel Houston. charge OF the New YORK
U.rhor The les of General New
ia dafed July - ana reads follows:
Colonel Houston reports that Dy means OF the ny
dr.ulc excavation the depth ON Geineys bar mas hecn
within "a month Pc since the cOntIactos have been
able TO put sufficient plant lucfea- ed two aud one nall
making thirty the .eph-abOut { " same ~ III the
Interior channels Uhe man ship. In case az urthe in
rre,se of ertb on the bar the attainment of vino there
no good reason DOUBT II would be iece-S nv 10 in
the interior depth Flynh'r kuol 80
Colonel HOustOn's letter Is dated July Il. III part II
"a follows:
Thr morning papers state that Mr.. Hewitt moved TO
strike the appropriation FOR the Improvement ~ New
YORK HarOOI ground that there was no d'hhtn
plan. la Cespes report 10 the chlri o. engineers ne