New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-27
UPIN BUSY HARLEM.
ONE OF THE BIG IMPROVEMENTS.
PROGRESS on THE NEW CANAL AND PROBABLE

PROGRESS on THE NEW CANAL AND PROBABLE
RESULTS OF ITS COMPLETION
During the talk abou; the Worlds E-~ ana the
campaign the great Improvements Vha' arc 49, 80 ~
in and about Harlem arc almost forgo''ch n.''0"00
Is not made 10 the extensive ouno'hs vi "0"''0'
churches and business blocks. but 10 Improvements
- much greater Importance. Espccisl auobuon y
called 70 the rapity with which The canal that VIII
connect the Hudson River with the Harlem hNer' :"
that large boats 60 through hoin ohc li'o' W
thu other A, being completed. After the caha thl0ush
Dvckmans cut is completed the intenonis to deepen
ana widen the Harlem River but the latter part OF the
orI 4. not wolf under way. The new canal begins
where sptyten Duyvl Creek Joins the Hudson RIVER
and cuts through that creek and the bordering lands
in reverse ourvo. TO avoid the rolling mills ana IRON
works which prevent the CANALS being made straight
This plan was followed save the great expense OF
oondemning that property This action, however
has caused much discussion, as It thought that by
malung the canal curved II viii be much more
Troublesome and expensive for vessels TO go through
especially at night. 1t has been thought that WOMB
be less expensive in the end TO spend more money AZ
the beginning than 10 have the owners OF vessels uhue
!. continual extra expense account of the crooked
channel. -
From a point close to the Hudson River to Kings
bridge Road the canal Is cut through rock and the
cost OF doing this part OF the Work VIII nc "oou'
e3I5,OoO. Thomas Satterlee, New-fork cohtrdctor'
has charge OF that part of the work beyohu hlnss
bridge Road the material 10 be eAcaNdtcu 10 Si'"""
10 that in the extreme western end Of the canal Inc
cut will be continued practically right down the centre
of the Harlem River. the rockcut just spoken OF
81 will be $50 feet wide and 10 feet deep everywhere
else IL will be 400 feet wide and Is feet deep IL IS
thought now that the canal will be extended as iar
az Wards Island At present vessels drawing Twelve
or fifteen feet of water safely go beyond MOTIFS
Dock When IL is explained that this Improvements
will add about ten mites the waterfront which can
be used for large vessels the benefits 10 be derived
are plainly appreciated. Manufacturers VIII feel inc
bene6cent effects Of the increased waterfront IhcS
can move their manufactures uptown, where land is
not nearly so high as in the CROWDED uoWh'oWn
districts and they can ship their goods ana get ~
raw material at a less expense, perhaps, IMAM 'heS
can at present downtown. IL, , T., shtDr,rc
There will be great deal of time saved In shppihg
goods 10 the present piers the East River Tor the
Vessels can make a short cut through the canal Guy
side OF the good the general public the lOca! Deh
10 Harlem and the surrounding suburbs VIII ne eA,
tremey great. With new factories ana shipping WIZ
rome more people who will want not only homes pu,
nIaces 10 do business. II has been estimated INA,
frnm ponts on The Hudson piers on the East RIVER.
From the mouth Of the new canal on the huGsoh "
Elghtiehst on the Fast River, by way OF the berh
< eighteen miles and by way OF the new cuu ~ VIII
be only eight and a half miles. Between - oOO,OOo
and SO 600 IS the estimated cost OF Inc improve
nent and of that amount only Sf21 900 has Deen ap
propriated by Congress that there Will hcceSSayIN
have TO be several more largo appropriations before
The work can be comple,ed. The excavation az
Dyckman's Cut TO be completed by June Vi ttiS
year but the Government extended the uihe uu"i
June ] of next year.