New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-15
The wArER- FRONT IMPROVEMENTS
LIVELY DISCUSSION IN THE CHAMBER OF COM
nERcE-REsoLUrIoNs ADOPTED

lively DISCUSSION IN THE CHAMBER OF Co"'
MERGE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
snec,al meeting of tho Chamber Of Commerce was
he,d yessrday In the Mutual Life Assurance buuhs,
10 receive the report Of the Committee on nsioor ~
shipplng on the proposed Improvements sioas -.
North River water front The report was a.
yaur COMMITTEES on the Harbor end shipping, 70 VIM
.s referred on the It'll Inst the plan Of the Depafme
!, Docks for the Improvement Of The North hscr
soat report that they have given the subject the co'
sratlon lis importance and they beg . submit 'Of
the adoption by the Chamber the FOLLOWING ,as, the
Hesoived That this Chamber Is OF the opinion una. s
assnt and immediate future needs Of the city CT new
YORK require all the accommodation for shipping wn,.h ~
1s.urai features Of the island ana haroor WIN perni ~
far more than now exists 49,. az Man
,,e,asea nv the Dock Commissioners seems 20 anofo
reasonable and practicable method Of giving certain p
tive additional accommodation. without any MUIR ~ $40
channels or to existing conditions AMI facilitlss
Resolved That the city shall decide that inc COS any
expenditure to accomplish THO plan Of the DICK oomu y
ers IS unreasonable unwaffanted ana that h e
mated therefrom bids fairly TO eonpsnsae my CIV
its outlay. this Chamber most cordially hpEoses a,
supports the proposal % vest in the Dock
,nd the Commissioners OF the Sinking Fuad the authority
ana discretion conferred them BY the ehi ts oaS
submitted to
Daring the discussion which followed the reading
OF The report Orlando B. Potter made long speech IN
which no urged cautious action upon tho Chamber In
view of te magnitude Of the work and great expen-
titere involved. and denounced any measure which
would leave the responsibility Of the management OF
fhe docks on the shoulders Of few men. jackson 3.
schutz then said that the perqusises attached TO the
Dock Commission must be large and spohs OF certain
officials driving IN their carriages, aid urged mat
i. would be bad policy to cntEust the proposed I'M
rr0yeu,eot< 20 one or two nannictpsi dspaTtmsnis
scysra, members expressed Che opinion that IL the city
received cent return for the money spent on The
proposed improvements. this would make necessary the
ntals Of the new piers being too high for the shipping
fommupify.
Captain Ambrose SNOW moved an amendrnent 70
tba resolution Recommending that the number OF COW
.,,a ters be limited. He referred TO certain actions
a. tss Dock Commissioners In connection with leases
lately granted to the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, and
considered that the policy Of the Board in the conduct
81 iss affairs had been failure. o. B. Potter then
rrotesfed against the adoption Of the report and In
~ course Of his remarks said: II we adopt the re
fnrt we throw tho control Of millions OF dollars INTO
he hsDds OF tho municipal authorities, TO which
sSn enormously opposed or. a.
Jackson S. Schultz again rose and sad: p
fssssni n Contemplate that we should surround the
ejfx MIR docks and place them in The control OF
ring worse in character than tho famous Tweed ring
He favored the building OF the new doeEs, and the
ssung Of bonds for the cost OF the works the bonds
IA he Guaranteed return the city per cent ON the
e,tI.v Mp pofter's molten 10 lay the report over
svss t,en nut and lost, and the report was adopted
Nv !. yo.e 81 % TO /, the third resolution being
sis,eken out on the motion OF A. 4. Orr