New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-04
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Though this community is no' e"'". ~: =; 49,
70 enthusiasm by revelations Oh genus IA
management of it's public aifairs' 'no'o 70
roason IN believe that a majority Oh oho'o ""S
toko the trouble to read the 'eru,"o"S
,rhomas Mcmahon as to the methous y, WI
In;on Dredging Company will be surprised anu
s1,;e.L.od ,rbis ingenious confessor' VINO was
.,,,oo Tho scovs from 1873 TO 1900
,ia ,ho commissioners of Accounts very
soi,,o ard ncturesaue description yesterua! 81
.Ia .hinc. which he saw done and helped 10 uo'
Thosc were merry times, indeed mere was
80 infinite variety of procedure Which must
h,vo made the days, and especially 'he ',sh~'
,1rl.t.f,,I Sometimes when the wind was
:9.a4 ,ho,, Mcmahon and his companions
,,Id hI;tbeIv dump into the slips mt midnight
w. 49, which they had dredged ont at noon.
At other times they would mike n''ie uAou'-
sions I'D and down the island now W orH
second ST.. again to the middle OF the hCusoh'
and occasionally even as far as the taSo hiVer.
~ doys ,vben the weather was fine, long and
sI...,,,ro,o VOYAGES to the lower bay were
sometimes undertaken, whence returning sale
-. ,,;,,Ltfou how sweet il must have been to
feel that probably they would not De called
,,,on IN confront such dangers soon again, Dut
couId nlease that admirable man, the inspector
inst rs we'll by cosey little trips within sight OF
homo while the stars looked down benignly
unon them and shore lights and ferry whistles
rnnt = mysterious fascination to their labors
Often TOO. when they were in tender and
romantic mood. they would put canvas cover
ines around the boisterous shoots through which
the mud descended into the placid waters OF the
river. in order that no rude and discordant
noises might interrupt the holy calm.
Thus benefcently, according to the testimony
of a sagacious observer and participant, did
this noble-hearted municipality make life easy
and delicious for the faithful servants OF the
Union Dredging Company between the years
1879 and 1888. And there is no reason to
doubt that it has pursued the same unselish
nolicy ever since. Our considerate guardians
have put no heavy responsibility for infiuenzas'
chapped hands, lonely vigils and the contln-
gency Of watery graves upon the hearts and
cCnsccnces Ct the people, Nobody need wake
at light shuddering with remorse at the thought
Of dredgers going down to the sea in scows and
wasting the city's soil in deep waters. Only on
the mildest, Softest, dantiest days the bridal
of the earth and sly''-do they venture beyond
the Narrows At ether times, and invariably
after shutdown, they repose securely on the
bosoms Of the twin rveS and listen with piouS
gratitude to the canvas modulated plash Of the
mud as it slips back into it's native channels
while close at hand the tranquil and reassurng
form of the inspector looms up benignantly
against the luminous haze which overhangs the
sleeping city. If this enchanting vision Of toll
made sweet by civilization does not hereafter
render the slumberS of every citizen more deep
and restfu it certainly will not be the fault
Ct the Union Dredging Company nor yet Of the
Dock Department.