New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06
FOR A NEW CUSTOM HOOoE
THE PRESENT SITE FAVORED BY THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

vopx or-EsT1oN-AN APPEAL ON Be
un.r OF THE GOLD STANDARD.
MI rr,rc,ral subject before the Chamber OF 'o"-
nerce Yesterday the proposed new ~ $500
gouse In this city. a memorial 10 congress ~ -
he structure built the site OF the present =,
House in Wall-st.. in accordance win '"e .,a /
no hill introduced in Congress by feprese , 49,,
ou,ee was read. The memorial set forth 'na' .ne
present Custom House was not auea""' 't,o
business transacted. The location was au,'
and the site was owned by the Government ou. -.
building was no longer safe and was u"sa" ANA. !
The memorial closed by asking that pui'uI'.e
ADAPTED 10 the existing requirements OIL oo
be erected upon the present site without ue"'
VIEWS OF COLLECTOR KILBRETH.
lanes T. Kilbreth Collector of the Port VINO hau
heen invited to be present and address the III"
said that several years ago he was IN laVoI VI w
Rowling Green site. but that his experience AZ ~
C.ustom House had changed his views. Whe' nc
considered the Wall-st site, ana us pioNl.''' -
the Sub-Treasury. the banks and the insure ~
NAMES he was certain that it would WIN ne"
building be adequate for hundred years ~ ooi.
II had been said Collector Kilbreth continued '"a
the nearness of the Sub-Treasury was not niuoi -.
favor of the Wall-st site. as against '"e i'
Green site as II mattered little whether He'9e"e
went one block or three. If the members Vi '
Chamber would place themselves in MS posto'i' " ~
,,ere RESPONSIBLE for the safe handling OF slo'VVVVV
per year. he certain they would rathe, na'' ~
messengers so only one block tnan go '''e.. nv
for the passage OF u OH ioi q ~"
House he was sure were never better. Inc o''
ching the citizens needed do was TO get togetheI
Citizens from Chicago. Kalamazoo ana Os"No'A
went to Congress and demanded large app,op
lions for public buildings. and they eeneia'' e
them but they made up their minds pe1ore tneS
went as 10 what they wanted ana settieu Ill ui''e
.nces at home In closing, Collector hiipieth saiu
that he considered the site of secondaf! inipo' '
the securing of the appropriation came hls''
In the course of his remarks MT hhpie'n 0""Ss
laughter by his reference to a pamphiet OH inc SUI
iect of the Custom House site, copies OF "h'cn VIZ
circulated in the room before the meeting he saiu
he was glad to that it quoted MIN Oh DUN s'''
- EX-GOyERNOR FLOWERS IDEAS.
Ex-Governor Roswell p Flower said that -FOUR
wears ago when he was in Congress- ne receNeu
q petition from members OF the Chanioei uis"e
,ha Rowling Green site. One reason was that inns
site contained $1,000 and the Wai-sI site o"' 0,VO
souare feet Mr. Flower said that IN MS opinio'
there was possible chance 10 get d" apr p
lion through Congress for s5.OOOcN with the finances
Of tho Nation in their present condition Ihere was
already al appropriation OF si'oVoVV' anu o'''
10000 more was required to purchase inc 0o"-."9 1
Green site The sale of the Wali-s'' sue "o
oasilv furnish that. He then offered resoiu.io
ronowering the Secretary OF the lreasur! " se'oO'
si,a for a new building. contending that IL was
only through that official that they couiu "0f' "
sacure a new Custom House.
Erancis n. Thurber called attention to the fact
hat CnamDer
.r - ,,a bv a vote taken on December g. 1894
and said that he did not think Ex-Governor fio"ei
was as well informed on the pohucai sl'ua''Ui' ~
far as passing the bill was concerned as the
Kilbretn and himself. and that me! ss very
chances of getting Dill throus" No'e
GOOD 1yuhro,b informed Mr.. Flower that the
money he spoke of having been N vn T
site IN NeT rreo oFn y but Mr. Flower thought it
would be easy mater G to get think Mr. Flowers
rIane good business proposition He thought
the location was the hrst ana ane no merchant
who desired change from the Wa-st ste o anS
Of qnss0n xa ahen g. orr put the question
Ex-Governor Flowers resolution when n wds Was
adopted by a large majority
AGAINST SKY-SCRAPERS
The report of the Committee on lnterhai lraue
and improvements on the subject Oh nii''"e Wv
height of buildings in New-York created mucn US
cussion. A. r. Conkling said he was going 10 Al
bany next week, the representative OF .he ny
(luh 10 attend hearing the Pavey Dill which
dealt with that question and limited the heigRt TO
fifteen times the square root oil the "iu'" u '''o
se louis s' Windmter followed with an argument snt
ssanS hut off in Paris by the high structures until
the authorities INTERVIEWED ana the wdened
R RcSapS pseves A. G. Mills others fSowed
a SuPp0bf had o. heard Of the rights of the owner and
the builder nothing about the rights gbo did I mot NOT
Ray wss wrong to erect the
vote was taken upon the c9mm ~ snsb bid,
which declar,d that the construction OF sucn
ngs without to the width aaa Of hat sre ths
interests Of sjar REQUIRED
that the height be limited The vo,e was adopted
THE CONSOLIDATION OF CITIES.
c.u,. c,ar. then offered a resolution that it was
.ha o,,nion Of the Chamber that the consideration
of the question of union between Ne"-iorh anu
BROOKLYN and other localities into one munic'paii'S
should be postponed until the proposed plan IN It's
oto1 In
tbsa The people interested could judge OF the eIect
upon each city In the matters Oh ,aAes or
financial social and moral advantages VI ui'aN'""
tages Low. a New-York merchant, and resi- resi-
dent Of Brooklyn spoke in favor of the resoulion
and SAID he feared the consolidation pan furnishes
get control OF the two great cities :or,,,,,,es
The subject referred to committee
FOR GOLD-sTANDARD DELEGATES.
Harry Hentz as chairman of the Committee on
Financial Legislation. made a report which sus-
eested the serdirg broadcast OF an appeal 10 COM
,nerc,al bodies ana business men 10 use their ihhu-
ence 10 secure the selection Of only such de.egates
to both Naona Conventions as are In favIr OF a5 NV
notion that the appeal made In the interest OF
either party without foundation oa In rs bv be
ration all party lines had been oyerooKea oy mn b.
Committee who had only one end In view, anu that
the idea set iGrn IN 10 be sent to the
bodies throughout the country
INVERSION OF TRADE FROM NETWORK.
letter from special committee of the Trans
atlantic Freight Conference signed by W. H.
vanden Toorn chairman. was read. This con-
,erence is made up Of representatives OF the prn-
c,nal ocean steamship lines The letter recited that
nv a discrimination in rates from interior points TO
D..,hoard cities the export trade OF New YORK mad
ieen diverted to an alarming extent TO southern n IN
norts. Many vessels arriving at New-York had 10
20 % "a Southern ports TO obtain cargoes Inc loss
Of export trade would be followed by the loss OF
WIZ vas threatened The letter was referred to the
Commttee on Internal Trade and transportation
ios ietter from Abram s. Hewitt contained an ap,
nea, TO the Chamber for subscriptions TO tne LIBRARY