New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-12
NEVER ASKED TO CONSENT.

NEVER ASKED TO CONSENT.
The records of the department do not show that
the department was ever asked or ever gave its
consent to an assignment Of the lease, although
a special covenant in each lease provides that such
consent should first be had.
The claim Is made in behalf Of the New-Jersey
Steamboat Company that the lease TO the Nor
wich Line covers more properly than Is included AZ N
Pier iO This claim appears to be made merely as
justification to account for the great difference the
Gn'ag inam. anu me amount "''' ''' "" "" ~ ''
Commissioner Phelan made this statement:
The lease of Pier Co!,D 40 to Harvey T. Earring
the department to improve The property at once
They granted permit to the Jerses SLe"O2as I %
pleasure Of the board. they being IN possession ot
the property at the time the permit beng ss65n,Gd
improve the property owned and controlled by them
next adjoining Pier 'odl 49, in accordance WIN lne
ncH plan adopted by the department Tor the I'M
IN Iar, p 'T IN eS1@nding the bukhead line west
eiy 10 feet and consequently widening Nest-st. 70
that extent 1t already extends from Warren.st; to
West Elevenh-st., with the exception OF coupe OF
blocks in the vicinity of Pier (olD ~
Tho New-Jei.ey Steamboat Company neglected -
make the desired improvements. although frequently
urgei by the department to do So and hence Com
mi4s.oncrs Phean ana White on March J. 1893. hay-
ng o-t patience. advertised with other wharf prop
erty the sale ~ Pier 'oldl f Nortn RIVER lot d
term ~ three wears from May !. l'95
The shoI on Pier oolD 90 covers "A portion Of the
property under control Of the New-Jersey Steamboat
Gompa1v. an3 when the temporary permit was
granted that company in 1893 the president Of the
expressed himself a. satisfied with the arrange
Hal tho latter company made known to any of
tn" Commissioners that II was paving more renl
DOCK Department was receiving for the premises
the permit would have been IIomp,Iy revoked.
the Dock Department in 1872 had law passed
allowing the owners of bukhead rights TO IN
prove their property one of me objects DenS the
Improvement II this particular section.
President O'Br.en was asked after the meeting
If he thought the Irregularities in the leasing
Of piers hal extended through most Of the trans
actions Of the former Board ~ Dock Commis-
sIoners. and he replied: 81 have been here only
a few weeks yet. We expect to make other dis
coveries'
" ". Everett. the presiden, Of the New
Jersey Steamboat Company, said: The COM
pany owns the Did pier 80. Il and part Of old
pier 80 30. The company had leased from
the city that part OF old pier No. - which the
conpany does not own, and has let the entire pier
~ the Norwich and New-York Transportation
C1r1uauv. That accounts for he difference be-
tween the sum We pay the CITY and the sum ""
get from the other company ana thal IS all there
Is I'm the matter. 90 fai as | know
EN-D1ck Commissioner Andrew J. White was
soon ~ his home No. i Nj Morris Park. West
carly last night. When asked II he would Ike
o. talk cor make a statement In regard 10 the
disclosures of Yesterday afternoons Dock Board
meeting. Mr. white Sili TN ID" udtH u''iiH
what they were. \ clipping from the latest
extra II ore 81 the aftern )on papers was handed
10 him lie read the long article through slowly
and carefully, stoppinh only once To remark;
"A good deal of this seems to have happened
before ! was born"
When he had ended II he said that he coulin I
say ANYTHING authoritative about the matter De-
cause ne didn't know enough about it, He had
taken Office In 1888 after the Lease had been
given - the Now-Jersey Steamboat Company
"Coluu!sslonor Phean's statement Is practically
correct about the dealings with tn" Steamboat
Company after ! had anything 10 do with II.
In answer {, Inquiries Nj. White said mat D."
Al Int know ANYTHING about the New-Jersey
Steamboat Company. lie said ha thought tAcy
ala a steamboat business. aud used property ad-
Joining old Pi"r 80 They sublet A part of their
leased property ~ The Norwich Line. He SAID
H., didn't 500 anything wrong in that, even II they
male "A pile ~ m lnoy out of H. II was true th"r'
WTs A covenant .u the lease that provided that the
hoard should he informed and give lis consent
before any sub-lea . should be made. II there "a'
any irrcgul4r.ty n was this on the part ~ me
COMPANY II the board had known anything
about ihis subl.ttlng without permission II would
have revoked the permit
This Mr. White sad. WAS all ne could say about
the. thing without boxing at Tn" books of the
board He said he was - little misty about the
matter and so couldn't talk Mr.. O'Don hue
Joseph ] O'p,nohuc always acted on behalf of
the New Jersey steamboat Company in It's trans
actions with the board