New-York tribune., 1895-08-04

boen steadily increasing and would still be on the
PoSs'' PoTk central w1n i"f The cable Of draw
ns5s hss S se % OLD OGas
This the third time since the opening Dn, on une bane
able to hnd out who owns the ~, brdss rs.noa al
o puS5 ,GS 5ovs 50 nat Ss we cased Sse place
aside from these temporary DELAYS there mas mas
River sine june H. This traiiic has been steadily
Increasing the tugboat men get "a "nsn per
cent as soon on aS ne Sere mms be new bridge
meni requirements of twenty four feet above mean
hsn est wds Wdser and hf It shoud be at least
The current there is so swift that Doat may .or or
navigators aS are AFRAID to attempt through
actual sc, there Is ans Mnpe eos me n D5
the East River into the Harlem because the pilots
are afraid TO risk the swift current and the narrow
army Hntryo,ae'; con- n;
Rrc %s other
building material coalboats and boats loaded with
inTca hay ann in an ceboa only the other day Not long
s.nce towcd in the yach, osprey which came from
All rsh and saved some thirty miles in her
course thereby We could take all The large yesses
Rrlge were high enough without the necessity OF
housing I tn" hs hSn While That % Of Washington Bfss
is 1876 feet. than high enough above the water
for the purpose.
4 NEW DRAW NEEDED.
"ror the ordinary towing traffic there Is no re-
culrement now for opening draws except at the tenn
rorarv Third-aye bridge. at FCrrth-avc.-k known as
tho .pu,ch draw'-and at Spuyten Duyvll. | think
we ought to send committee abroad to labor with
DR. Chauncey NJ Depew. to see II he can't hurry
n a proper draw and elevation or bridge AT Spuyteh
D,vvu We don't care so much for the elevation as
for a wider draw. that We snail have less
ur, current and shall encounter less risk Of being
smashed against tn edges OF the present opening.
Fven es II stands there to-day. have taken boat
with i25 tons OF coal FOR carso AZ ioW wa,e, '
As for cement boats, they manage to get through
"At the Fourth-ave. bridge, which was TO have
been done by June last. there Is much troune o,
be done within six months. and It may not. Let
me tell you though. right here. that l brought
boat Of blucstonc from Yonkcrs through the Harlem
river to Onc-hundred- a nd -seventh-st East River;
in three hours. and 80 saved between three ana
.'Thc Improvement Is all right. and it WI VII be
great thing FOR the city when II gets INTO 'u ~orn
ing order Take IL all IN all. there will be- great
savlng in tine But just now everybody is shy
here because OF the uncertainty at Spuytcn Duy'i-
PROBABLE LAWSUIT OVER DELAYS
There is much discomfort among those directly in
teres,cd In the Harlem River raic because Of the
closing OF the draws from q. 20 10 n. m. and
from D. m 10 r. m They ask why should the
Park Department thus close the draws and thereby
interfere with the OF the Harlem River I'M
provemcnt az 4 nnvigable stream. one boai-o"ner
Is keeping tab the hours OF deihy thereby
caused him. and h. proposes TO bring suit :or the
resulting loss
In connection with the improvement many piers
In the river have been constructed. When tho inn
provement first projected. the Astor estate IN
vested about 10000 in property. then largely
swamp. along the Harlem River on the n"Fth
side between Mallson-ave. and Cromweils Creek
bulkhead has been built there with seven piers.
and the whole area has been hlled IN. III iAse p'
Nearly opposite this great Astor holding. The
Watts estate which, with the Astor. possesses the
reputation Of never selling any land. has been I'm.
proving It's Harlem River water front BY bulkhsnd
walls and docks on the south slde "i the fls'I -.
dred-and- -for,y-nNh SITS. The dredging was d9ne
some two months ago and work is now 20 be be-
for the Astors For the watts estate the contract
is held by Ross q Sanford OF Jersey city , .
the Harlem next to the Madison Avenue trise
Snd wes 1 it BY The C1Am oct I5'ets Heh
the representative. There are two city piers also
Thc Harlem River between the Eas, River and
Morris DOCK Is nowadays point OF grcat com
mrrclal activity. The other afternoon. Mh'h r.
porter OF The Tribune was talking 10 James u
Conne there an extended display o' mas's
was unloading a cargo OF laih FOR the New-Hayen
Railroad next the Third-aye. bridge. At the jordan
schooner was dscharglng load OF la,h A. the
end OF the bulkhead Sun another was iis-
SsHfs Ccn,Tn Raroad hridse next west, another was
making deposit Of sranits ana SUI 'S%ara ,hs
OF cargoes at the Church & Gates and at Wilson.
Adams A Co.'S piers All OF these were loaded with
lumber There three vessels at Wilson
Adams & co.'s upper yards. All these came In
from, The East River Here and there small
boats which had come in with lumber by way OF
the Hudson River.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC BLOCKED.
Towlinc men OF the Harlem River declare tha,
even passenger boats would now come through from
the Hudson River II the draw OF the New-York
Central Railroad Bridge at spuyten Duyvii would