New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
Lease of Pier So
To Hudson ca.
Rescil'ded by city
Action of Sinking Fund.
Commission Further Con.
piicates Situation
To Offer 1t at Auct;o,
Meanwhile Dock VIII b. n.
clared Open and Wharf.
age Rents Collected

| PENDING the determination of :,
proceedings in regard to thu ,.sS 80
OF Pier 60, North River the s;ns:s 10y
Fund Commission yesterday xot.s y
permit the Dock Commissioner to a.' =
clare the pier open and collect uh..
ever wharfage rents he could obt.;.
IRON any ships docking at the =; :.
The Bristol City Line, shc presar.
lessee, however. will retain posse.s;os
Of the pier until its lease exn;rss ~
May /. -
Prior to this action the conmis.;o.
resclnded its action of April II vho,
on the recommendation of the Do..
commissioner, it approved lease ~
Pler 69 to the Hudson Dock and To,
mlnal Company. Dock Commission. :,
Hubert presented his side of the cor
troversy over the pier leas. and
Mayor Hylan and Controller Crsr
commended the Dock Commissione,,.
action and condemned the Bristol c;,r
Line for taking the matter to cop,t
They also censured the newsparer.
and all other critics of the SnL;n,
Fund Commission, which approved ths
lease for $4,000 to an unknown com vm'
pany when the present lessee had os
fcred 100000 N W
Further Complicates Situation
The action Of tie commission ye..
terday further complicates the situs.
ton. William l.. Wemple, counsel for
the Hudson Dock and Terminal Com.
pany, threatened to sue the CITY for
breach of contract unless the commits.
sion lived up to it's agreement to lei
the pier to his company for s25OO0
1t is likely also that the Bristol Civ
Line will start some action against
the city in an cndeavor to show that
bad faith was practised by the city in
connection with the lease.
The whole matter is now pending on
appeal, taken by the Corporation Coun.
sci, from the recent order of Justice
Greenbaum, of the Supreme Court, 40.
pointing referee to take testimony
The action of the commission in
throwing the pier open was taken
after all the lawyers representing the
shlpping companies had left the COIN.
ell Chamber at the City Hall. The
commission had rescinded its an.
proval Of letting the pier to the Hud.
son corporation and announced the in.
tentlon of putting it up at public auc-
ton.
Says N. Y. c. Fights Goethals Plan
In I, -
missioner Hubert charged thst A. H.
tral railroad and Regional Director Of
Railroads, is fighting General Goethals's
plan to establish the transatlantic
base of the United States army south
of the Bush Terminal. in Brooklyn.
trying to keep the United States army
piers on the North River, and pointed
out that in such a location they would
prove OF the greatest possible value
70 the New York Central as trans.
continental shipping terminal.
Later the commissioner asserted that
one reason Mr.. Smith was opposed to
putting the lease Of Pier SO up for pub
nc bidding was that even the New YORK
Central might be outbid by corpora.
tlcns that were forced to leave the
Bush Terminal when the goyernmen.
took it over.
Commissioner Hubert told the
Mayor that the Occident Dock Com.
paay, which operates Pier SO for the
Bristol City Line, was incorporated in
west Virginia and that all the stock
was owned in England.
Every wildcat organization is In
corporated in West Virginia. That's
known by everybody" interjected the
Mayor.
"You Have Done Well" Says Mayor
The Dock Commissioner reviewed his
negotiations with the Bristol City Line
representative in regard to renewal
of their lease, contending that he couid
not get specific offer from them and
denying that he had precluded them
from making an offer by psstponlnS
the conferences they had requested
These statements of the Dock Com
missioner were fatty contradicted py
counsel for the Bristol City Line al
the recent proceedings before Justice
Greenbaum.
"You have done we'll" said mayor
Hylan. "You have accomplished one
thing-you have smoked them OUT.
Nothing was heard from this company
for several years and now they pusn
in and criticise the action OF the DoeA
Commissioner and that of the Sinking
Fund Commission" !,
"These reformers, whom cal
fakers," continued the Mayor, "dld nO'
criticise an act of the last admlnls1n'
ton, but now they must criticlse every
thing that we do. Perhaps the lake's
who contributed so much to the siush
fund of the fusionists. which the pls
trict Attorney is investigating, aM
the same takers who are crlt'cishs
this administration for its attack "
the pier trust"