The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-04-16
.1,2OO-FOOT PIERS
N SMITHS PLAN;
COST S'24,0OO,0OO
New Dock Commissioner
Wants to Construct Them
Above 10th Street.

Dock Commissioner r. A. G. Smith
submitted 10 the Sinking Fund Commits
slen to-day q plan for the water front
development on the North River IN the
section between Forty fourth and Fifty
ninth streets by the construction Of
eight 1.coo-foot piers at an approximate
cost Of sas.ooo.ooo.
The Commissioner also has In mind
paans for the development Of the piers
b the Desbrosses- Chambers street re-
Sioa. which ne will later submit 10 the
Commission. In order to permit the
presentation OF the uptown section plan
tte.day the Commission allowed the
withdrawal Of the two plans affecting
both the uptown and downtown sections
prepared and submitted BY former Dock
Commissioner Tomltins.
This was done In the presence Of the
former Commissioner. who did not show
the humiliation he must have felt over
tAis summary disposition OF his pet"
plans.
COST OF LONG PIERS LESS UP.
( TOWN THAN DOWNTOWN.
In his statement to the Commission
o. his plans, Dock Commissioner Smith
sasd In part:
ION April soth. I will submit TO your
Beard an esttmste showing conclusavely
- feasibility Of Immediately begin
ming work for piers a. the foot OF
0ourteenth. Forty fifth and Forty
uaxth streets: the cost Of which. FOR
Sroperty and construction. for mod
N i.oco-foot pier v ,ess than s2,ooo, 900.
- against . cost Of OVER 100000 for
II modern i.ooo-foot pier at <he down.
town section. Therefore. 4 respectfully
REQUEST the withdrawal OF the plan
6ubmitted on March 18th. a..
s"f respectfully request that the plan
b. piers between Chambers and Canal
GRrests. submitted March 10Th. be with.
&FAwn for the following reasons.
me first question 20 be considered IN
- pban y. what to do With tenants
issupyins piers IN me Harrison street
IBction. These tenants are:
: ''Drie Railroad Company. value Of
= oroperty to be eliminated. 400. 900.
So.th q lease ttl is23: rental value.
Sussl.eeo per year.
3 ~0nl.imore and OHIO Railroad.
ss.iue Of property to be eliminated.
SAen.oos: rental value. >&.n per
pear.
''rennsyivanis Railroad Company.
! value Of property to be eliminated.
o.oooooo. with . lease tiii lSet: rental
value. Sl>9.6s: per year
'ln addition to these there are tho
Albany Day Line. oN Dondnioa
y Otsamship Company and others.
Z 0ahing . totai Of 81. 10000 Of prop
city 70 be eliminated. with . total
ssntai val4e Of $50. IS per ysar.
"One pier SO feet long. foot Of Jay
street. With slips 80 feet vide ana
Diers i60 feet wide. means the elim.
nation Of piers occupied by the Erie
Railroad Company. West Shore Rail
road Company and the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company: total.
0.eoo 900 OF property to he eliminated;
ssntnl value. tlsb.hSs per year.
the above amounts do not include
a. cost Of dredging and construction
GREAT COST or A PIER At
NORTH MOORE STREET.
AT the foot Of North Moore street Z
l.oco-foot pier would mean the elimina
tisn Of piers Of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company. with leases III
~ and 1889; Central Hudson Steam
bosA Company. with lease I'll 1879; tota
property value to be eliminated. Ss.uU.
~: rental value, e,n,:sA n year.
''0ns modern pier In the north en-
81 TITS section. Just south-of Desbrosse
street. would necessitate the rsmovs
~ De Pennsylvania Railroads. provisio
- produce piers. eliminating propert