The New York herald., 1921-09-19

or persons applying to rent such city
property. namely. 10 cents per square
foot.
That made McCarthy's annual rent
for this plot of city lands just s2,sll
year, which he paid into the city treas.
ury for several years. Other tenants or
the city for the same class OF properly
paid exactly the same rate.
When G. Murray Hubert took once.
however. in accordance with his an
nounced plans to increase the revenues
OF the city from its docks and water
front property, he decided that fifteen
cents square foot for the use OF city
uplands was too Tow. So he made a
uniform rate OF twenty cents square
foot, an increase of 33 la per cent
When 1t happened. in November. 1918.
that the Public Service Commission. q
State body. much OF whose expenses
were chargeablc against New York city.
desired to rent some upland space for
storage behind bulkheads between Six
ty-fourth and sixty-sixth streets. the
commission found that It's rental would
be twenty ceats a square root. and Dock
Commissioner Hubert granted the usual
revoeable permit at this rate TO the
commission on November %. 1918.
When the United States Post Office.
on November s. 1919. desired to rent
some upland for storage purposes be-
tween Twenty-fifth and Twenty-eighth
streets, North River, IL found that the
rental to the city would be twenty cents
n square foot for such space. and at this
rate Commissioner Hubert issued per-
nit to this branch OF the United States
Government.
When the Consolidated Telegraph and
Electrical Subway Company. doubtless
no warm friend OF the Hylan bosom. re-
rewcd its permit en May !. 1920. for
tho rent of space on upland between
Fifty-first and Flfty-second streets. II
found its rental increased from $1,000.
which it had paid in 1917 to s2.5oo.
When the Central Vermont Railway
Company. in connection with its pier
service at Pier %, desired to rent S,374
square feet or upland and marginal
street in rear Of Pier 30, Dock Commits
sioner Hubert fixed the rental at twenty
cents a square foot. total Of s1.674sO
for a space less tnan half what John =.
Mccarthy was renting at his Rivincton
street plant.
When the Forest Box and Lumber
some upland between Sixtieth and Sixty
first streets. East River, Dock Commis-
sioner Hubert fixed the rental fiat at 20
cents square foot on April 22, 1919.
and renewed Ii at the same rate the
following May.
When the East River Mil and Luin-
Der Company sought to renew its rental
permit for upland in rear OF bulkheads
between Ninety-third and Sinety-fourtT
streets. in 1919, the previous rental 1t
had paid of $1,000 year was increased
to S1.64S.30, apparently at the rate OF
20 cents a square foot and an increase
OF more than so per cent. over the pre-
vious rent
But when John A. Mccarthy came to
renew his permit for his 1870 feet OF
upland in rear az hukheads between
piers so and 81. Ea7i River. an entirely
different condition OF affairs seems 70
have arisen.
At 90 cests square foo. the previous
rental of s2.sl1 should nave jumped to
s3.T4s. But on referring to the Dock
Department records one finas that on
May !, 1919. these uplands were leasel
to John A. Mccarthy for fat rental OF
s1.611 per annun1. exactly $1,000 less
than what he lad paid in previous years
and S2,1S7 year less than the permit
would have called for on the 20 cents \
square foo. basis.
At the new figure John A. Mccarthy
now pays only eight and seven-tenths of
cent for the rental OF city uplands.
though the 90 cent rate had been fixen
not merely for private corpora tions. bu:
for the United States Government and
FOR tho State Of New York by Dock Com
missioner George Murray Hubert
Some ono inquiries. where do we get
that. George? When Mr.. Hubert ran
for Congress on the Democratic and In
dependence League tickets in 1915 and
was elected. he described himself as
George Murray Hubert. In city d.
rectories prior to that time he was listed
as George NJ. Hubert. and It appears
TO have been only after he reached
Washington that the George became
supernuous.