New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14
THE LEASE REVOKED.
PROMPT ACTION BY THE DOCK BOARD
PIER OI.D) NO. 4o NORTH RIVER. LET DIRECT
TO THE NORWICH LINE AT $4,000
YEAR-MEETING OF TIE PEo-
PIES LINE DIRECTORS.
PIES LINE DIRECTORS.


PIES LINE DIRECTORS
special meeting of the Dock Board was held
yesterday and peremptory end was put 10 'he
abuses in regard to the ladse OF PIER 'old) NO fo'
North River by which the city has peen TOT
years so great loser. All three OF the Conn
missoners were present. commissioner fheiah
would not vote but the resolutions offered by
Commissioner Einsten were passed. The reso-
utions were as follows.
Resolved. That the permission granted to n the
New-Jersey Steamboat Company on Aprli ~ IoS';;
10 use and occupy from ana aiter , Nay Ia, 70 81
during the pleasure OF TINS podI"t nt, rat.oLoG to
take effect Immediately, % lance ,,,h tho offer lust
made bv &; H. Bali. president Of the Norwich and
New-YorlI Transportation Company PERMISSION a p
%ew-York TRANSFORMATION Company to use and
occupy and after this 18Th day OF Aprl' ' lS,'
end during the pleasure OF this board, Per IoiaI q.
No. 10 North River; the rate Of compensation TO
be thlrty-eght thousand dollars SSOOg per annum,
10 be payable monthly At the end OF each mon n
to the treasurer OF this department.
The meeting was an open one. Commissioner
Einstein said before the meeting: 1--WE want this
To be n public meeting. because it directly inter-
es:s the public. There to be no secrets 50
far as this board is concerned and anybody who
has been Identified with this loss of more than
half a million to the municipality may have to
explain his connection with the transaction
Commissioner Phean seemed much disturbed
oil through the proceedings.
George II. Ball. president Of the Norwich and
New-York TranspC "taton Company. and George
w Brady. superintendent Of the Norwich line'
were present at the meeting. and watched the
proceedings with the greatest interest AT one
stage Of the proceedings Mr.. Phelan said some
thing about fair play" to which Mr.. Ensteln
retorted that the New-Jersey Steamboat Com
pany had had the best Of the arrangement SO
far and II was about time the city got some
of the benefit. When Mr.. E'nstein offered the
second resolution, he said: II had talk with
Mr.. Ball last night. and he asked me to Withdraw
the auction sale ~ the pier used by his line.
This sale was fixed for Monday next. told MN
| would no; unless he was prepared 10 oiter a
higher SUN for the use Of the Whari' ana he
said he was. ,
nav $4,000 for the annual lease. replied
that the sum was ont Of all proportion to the
value Of the pier and mat nothing nSS '"''"
S?S coo would be entertained as an "H"r
When Mr. Phcan objected to the resolution Mr.
Eirstcin said: Il offer this resolution. r"ahZing
that the steamboat company has no particular IN
fcr.st I'm II" pier beyond IN" gam on us SUD
lease 80 consequent harm can come 10 the Nor
wich Line through the change. do not consider
that that company has in any way Deen respo''S'-
ba FOR this loss - the city. We are WILING 20 40
what is right and just ! see no reason Tor WIN
drawing my resolution ., .
tn. directors of the New-Jersey Steamboat
COMPANY which IS Identical with the People >
Line met AZ their office. at Pier 80 49, Al II
o'clock vesterI1y morning - consider the a'l'n
~ the Dock Board City Chamberlain Joseph j.
O'Donohue presided. The other directors pr'Srm'
,,..~. Tnhn Fnglis charles VI. Enghs William W.
Everett Jacob Hays and T. ST. John Hays me
meeting was a private one. After IL was over '''
reIortcrs were called In. and Mr.. ODonohur VINO
seemed considerably excited. made the io"o"l"s
statement
iuf out who built Per 80 W.
AMI ye want 10 stst. that tho pier, Wnlch "Hhs
formerly an Old dumping ground was buit Dy un@
Scw-Iers"y Steamboat Company Every tIch u
timber In ~ and all repairs tina nave p"eh @ ma,ic
since I. VAS built have been made Al IN" "Np'hS'
~ this compauy including the paving OF the street
1. d.I mo-. coat The cty dollar. The rent Whch
The civ received Was only FOR the lani unier
water The city got good value "h"h y r'''Neu
"a rent of 5000 year. ,, , t,t,s
For other property adjoining w PAID the hints
Lava et,nf. Se 10O year AMI this with the pier
va. let - an, Norwich Line for tS"p
Mr. Prentice. the counsel Il the company, then
.aI that In the original lease which was granted
hy tho city 20 Henry Smith provision was IN
serted allowing the property 10 be subet, 50 that
tho COMPANY had that right. This l"as" was ap-
rr,vod by the Corporation couns"Is ONCE IN
iSs2 MIR Prentice also added that ne dld not
know what he would do. but was going to main
,,ip hts rights" Tho claims OF th" N"w-Jo orsey
cteatnfn,t Company to the ownership - f1er
,oIdt ~ 80 have already been examined by the
n,'l, posrd and pronounced untcnable.