New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-06
NEW COURTHOUSE SITES.
TWO RECONMENDATIONS.
One at Mulberry Bend and One ia
Chambers-sf.

The Courthouse Commission in majority re-
port made 10 tho Board OF Estimate and ApPor-
posed new courthouse be Sunt on the block
bounded ur Mulberry Tend. Leonard. Pearl and
Centre SITS The estimated cost Of the land is
= on ~ majority report l. signed by Will
IAN T.anhsn 7ui Charles :. Fairchlid ana Charles
A PeaoolE. 1ha -n-nOrt'y report signed p y i!i-
lam y Cohen AM T. W. Sheldon. recommends
the =its u TIE Stewart Building. with arch
over Feaae-st. ana al OF the block between Reade
aud puane SITS except the Dun and Vincent Build
iugs. vhch face On BroaGTa-. This would give
,El-rnbe-s-st between Centre-st. ard Broadway. n
front Of handsome public buildings, architecturally
IN harmony with the new Hall OF Records. The
cost S not estirna the minority repo-t but
It il likely that IL would reach about A2ch0e Tor
the land alone Messrs. Cohen and Sheldon. IN
recommending the Chambers ana Duane sts. sites.
saw that they would eliminate the Broadway front
between Reade and Duane SITS. because Of the
probably excessive cost CT those parcels. they now
being occurred hv expensive and modern ONCE
buildings The Chambers-st site. they say. has an
area Of lssSs3 feet. and VIII he large enough for
the purposes required OF IT,
IT Is the opinion ~ the minority % this boarc.
rays the report. that this is case where the
city can not only afford but is under obligation
70 choose the best. and ought not 10 be induced
now from fear Of adding 30 per cent 10 the cost
OF the work to adopt an inferior location. IL we
do 50 yield We cannot but feel II will BE- lasting
public misfortune and that the community will
share our regret that when this great improve
n'e-t was be made were controlled by a
mistaken sense Of economy
The minority report goes ~ say that the
Chamhars-st site would he convenient 20 the
present courthouse and easily accessible TO the IN
yorests vitality interested in having a courthouse
favorfhly situated.
The majority report says that the commission
practically was restricted sites-the Null
berry Bend and the Chambers-st- location. Messrs
Bun. Fa-child and Pea body say that the new
courthouse should have site much larger than
me actual area that the building is 10 cover and
that II should contain from 5000 ct1on square
feet The Centre-st. Mulberry Bend site, they
argue. Is easily accessible To the Criminal Courts
Building. and viii he close n station on the line
Of the subway. directly connecting with tho
financial district The report SAYS mat as soon
the new courthouse II completed II VIII trans
form thc Mulberry Bend locality. and mat a new
and handsome Office building district viii grow U?
around the buildings. IN order 20 have night
ant quiet IN abundance. tho report saws that the
building should not occupy al the area Sc
cared q site. The site favored hy the majority
about seven acres. pot larger than thar
covered by Madison Square Garden.
a public hearing tho two reports VIII oe gwen
the CITY Hall March 8 Controller Grout (
engineers viii IN the time Investigate and 70
mort the probable cost of the respective sites
The courthouse commission. - board. was ai-
pointed ny MAYOR Low. under special act OF the
legislature The act trait the site Tor the new
building shall p" south n Frarklfn-St-