The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-13
.,EWN EAST RIVER BRIDGE.
nouuISsIONER SHEA ADVOCATES
ITS CONSTRUCTION

- unard of FunltG umnrOVen1Ontn authorizes
- preliminary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Taken.
Too. TO Improve the Broohiyn water
s.pply The work 10 Cost 81 $780, 900
Thu second meeting Of the Board OF Public
,zurovcmcnts was held yesterday afternoon in
49, now quarters on tho eleventh floor OF the
Nav York Lifo building, at broadway and
Leonard street. Every member Of tho board
~. nrcscnt except the Mayor and the President
~ the borough OF Richmond. The first bust
sass tnkcn up was tho consideration OF a roso.
,.,ion presented by John l.. Shea, the Commits
.tonor NJ Bridges, for an investigation into the
feasibility and advisnbility OF building an all.
..lroad bridge across the East River from
,,o borough'ot Brooklyn'to the borough Of Man.
haitian at some point to DO determined in the
t,turo. Commissioner Shea asked that the con-
alteration OF the plans for such a structure be
rotcrrcd TO n committee consisting Of himself
and Maurice +. IIolahan. tho President Of tho
board.
"Am I to understand that tho bridge you
contemplate is to DO for railroad purposes
alonel' asked the President.
"Tbnt point can DO determined by the com.
uittee after investigation" replied Mr.. Shea.
Continuing, the COMMISSIONS OF Bridges said
that public opinion on the subject Of another
hrdvc across the East River had, been aroused
IN n marked uckTtO III DTUOhtyU All IL WIN
universally conceded that another artery of
travel between the two great boroughs was
necessary. He knew Of no Improvement :o be
Considered by tho board which was OF more
vital Importance except possibly the question
:: a. n be % SEssd 9Sat T tSs prS sjSpPlBB b tSf nf in hSyndi
Al once. Tho resolution was adopted.
william Dalton the Commissioner Of Water
Estimate to authorize the issue of bonds to tho
amount, Of s., 300,0 900 for the Improvement Of
s sIs,y water ;bs saq ,Rs G 4, afr2TG Engineer MI NJ th pf bSpou q,
~ Manhattan and tho Chief Engineer Of the
Borough Of Brooklyn had been comforting on the
Of the conclusion that the work, should DO un;
dertaken at once. Chief Engineer ,Birdsall
also spoke in favor of the appropriation. He
silitics, but no water:to pump. The thing most
needed was to connect the supply in the eastern
end ,iSns Of now S%'e astu SHSRsS Win Ho ss shS t Rhnatp at least s.st
one.half of tho sum mentioned. was needed at
once in order that the contracts already pre-.
work was got under way the better It would
be for all concerned. He said that no could
have plans ready in detail for one-half the work
Board in ono week.. In answer to q question.
Nr. Birdsall stated that It would be practical to
ply Long Island City after the improvements
proposed were completed.
w }s%e? s2 MGftstt Tor th Sr DoREtg G aaded Sis fesf e.
mony as to the necessity for the improvement
proposed. He said that the matter was not one
S Sd sPsnssntto6S by tRo' cd Water Department Of
Brooklyn for four years. Tho plans, he said.
had been ready for two years and they had been
The request Of Commissioner Dalton was laid
over for one week in order to give Engineer
Dt Commissioner dalton also asked the board to
request the Board of Estimate to authorize the
iissging. of $5o,000 worth Of bonds for new fire
CrOton Water Fund which was nearly eX-
iausied, and 100000 for the Additional Water
the same condition. The matter was laid over.
as was the request for $4,000 for two new
pumping engines in the station at the Washing
James =. Heating, the Commissioner Of High
ways, asked the board to pass a formal resoiu-
S MOpks turning and pp pHer TO h now ef in ihe pc pos s1s R%0 Of
John W. Moore, formerly Commissioner of Pub
lie Works in Long Island City. ,"I am com;
Sir Heating, 'bccause all the books and papers
pertaining to my department IN Long Island
az t arc se loG at th s u !" " T FSeo r ssS i fSnG asked sHe 1G for
was adopted. : Mr.. Keating's action In establish:
Ing branch offices in the boroughs OF hmo
and Queens was also confirmed.
Cleaning, asked Tor authority TO construct a
gers smHss street the the estimatcd cost Of which is 81, 800.
lie snid that the plans for the dumping board
were prepared some time ago and that there
was laid over.
A communication was read from e. w.
Bloomingdalc asking that the petition forwarded
TO the old Board of Street Opening sCme time ago
in favor Of the widening of Fifty-ninth street
between Third and Fifth avenues be returned
TO him. The request, was denied, as the petit
tiOn forms n part of the records of the board.
On motion of COMMISSIONS Shea the salary
Of the Chief Engineer of the Board Of Public
improvements, who has not yet been appointed,
was fixed at IS. 900, and the salary Of Hubert
Holahan, the private secretary to the Presi-
dent, at So 400 n year.
A resolution introduced by President Bowley
.ofthe borough of Queens, calling upon the
board to take possession of the effects of the old
Improvement Commission of Long Island City,
was adopted, after which the board went into
executive session.