New-York tribune., 1890-08-06
CONTROLLER AYERS PROTESTS
rr,rrrp TO SENATOR FRYE REGARDING THE
STRIKING OFF OF THE HARLEM
RIVER APPROPRIATION.

Tho Senate Committees action in striking from inc
piver and Iiarbor BIZ which passed the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES the appropriation oi Q'ooooo ' 'i'
iupr3yemcnt # the Ha.lcm River has uiAN"
.pI,itad prste.t from Controller Theodore W. "ScH'
sed by the energetic chici hhahcll o''i Vi u"
civ Yesterday to senator Frye OF ha'hc' c"'ii'
Of the Committee Commerce Inc Oo"'"i''' 81
the following reasons for restoring '"o appropriation
t. the bill: ,.,.. ,.,.,..no,ro,,,
- tic ri@d states I, carry ont tn, w0I'' IN, hc9''
at.re OF Tie sat: oi New or" thc n, osarr
es o take lorclby from private owncrS tlo ne
n6 ma ~ os If AID 10 cOmpei riparian owners to pay ior
'p.r land, and the expense, oi acquiring thcH' ouc'
a.ec,'cd me sum o 800 81. and tho
tfIle Of tic lands 50 acquired by the city mas been
t,"ustercd 10 the UEityu states rms aSS.N'iiic.'
m na, s,a Oc'p BY cWaes SWD hr been advanced BY kc
&c ond~The city cf New-York has for tn tais Inn I'm,
pro,cn,,nt ccdeu to 'he a, nd',%
rhrlThe United states OoVernnct a. i'S 'on ed
uu, ans wor ana alltdal c'lcnneu o. ton'rn' 80
i6r tho expenditure oi %i2'% ,Ie owncrhp ha.
Tor several yoars been adapting ltecI !" c e' ,p W
tie PSvs1nc@i 1o eS ,f s, KEN, e%,neEs. Si &Er% 'V '
From the above IT Will be Observed tnat 'lc i'. M 10 "a
tic nitcd state. Of the state o t sW, m % cHcrutioa
Of ;L.. 0o:h; and lh1 the pUgs pStg Sarienc by cx
been heavily Assessed and 0Ihcr"i%Yc % tnis work com
pcr,cs and losses, arr entitled 10 nave ''''' "V"
plcjcl 49,. .,,.,.c, of fine I'm
tng more than twenty years inc aupJc,' va ~ 81, -
u,o,nmcuf oi Inc Harlem lavcf ma bceh D-i'ly a.,
nu-;,r II ha, been thoroughly dscn,'c" ~ an It. u,
t,,rlurs and the work mas receiver tHc i.'y5
th al".t cnciuecrs and the approval oi inc ""o''
'Irn en-, ri examination by the lnltHd S'a"e uoN
crnmcut engineers has resulted III the cAp'lu'ur ="
= I,ryr amount Of money for cDInprir/,Nc pl,i99
souuding~ etc iIia work has been undcfnhch hna "a -
we'll under way, when IL is now suddcnN aS'hlVu ~
II. last stage II progress by uuiIcndy lhAuch'' anu
Inc most deeply reGrctjIbc delay cii,u"S. ,, -.
Will not enlarge upon tue great val1c 0i tllN "uI,
To the commerce of TN, city and OF tdc western an,
Eastern Sfatcs further than - r"und Non thI 1t wa,
pr)yide a ucco~- airy basin al the selboagl tcrlllu
,f me ONLY water ChsHLcl O communication p,l"c'Il
The Atlantic ocean and tn great area bordering upon
the lakes. M ..,t,.r -, o,or
twenty miles of n'rlcntc. slow ard dangerous nav,
raton down the North River. around tic lattrfy ava
I'm tho Fast River. for vessels coming through the
Tr,o canal and down tie North River. b0lnd iOr the
F,stcrn ~tatcs and for considerable portion oil the
cts ~ HrooAlrn. ,,, . A..
corIpeton of the work. and the ncecSsiiics or inc
provided for by the nitc9 state engineers mas win
rur, prop-iciy and safety J." lrf 70 the municipal
and state authorities. I'm my best indcm"nt' inc
succdv completion Of the work should lc at once az
,lcd 10y adequate appropriation. ana apprcrs1lhg
tEf -,ughy thr great utcT'' you nave a'"iFr Hl""H
in the commerce Oi Ncw-lOfk, beg ge'pecuuF Y
Ia,pcal yolr most valuable influence ana efforts u
urOCure tie ~amc.