Year: 1874

substantial manner, tine wharf viii be serv1ceable
doubtedly outlast many piers built by the city.


PIER 36H EAST RIVER


This per- which ts used by the Long Island Rail-
road Company, Is not only In an unsighty bus post
lively dangerous condition OF decay and neg-
Iect. The plies have completely rotted SO that
the lower end has sunk two or three feet. That
portion OF the doc& -, IN consequence so santlng
that teams and trucks frequently tip over, and
the loads are sometimes injured. The pier
is really only hall a one, being about hair
the ordinary length, and II II should cave In totally
some fine morning the damage Is not apt TO be so
great as though the same accident we're to happen
70 larger pier. Tnis Is PROBABLY the only excuse
for Keeping It III This condition and impernling the
lives OF the numerous persons doing business on
the wharf gentleman in the vicinity stated
yesterday that he himself had seen no less than
three teams tip over at the lower end OF the dock,
and that one Of these msnaps came very near
having dangerous result. As IL was the horses
and the driver were thoroughly frightened, and
part OF she load was considerably injured. And
yet nothing Is being done to strengthen the struc-
ture which however, VIII probably require to oe
be done until occasion has arisen, for holding
Coroner's inquest Is to Judge from past expert
ence, rather doubtful


PIER 81 EAST RIVER.


This IL one OF the piers leased from the Dock
Commissioners. Tho panking is IN bad condition,
loads passing over this wharf are to be sure, very
heavy, and it is no wonder that The panks are
should be taken In replanKlng the wharf to use
the sroutest timber.


PIERS 3s AND 80 EAST RIVER.


The next pier shows perceptihe depression in
Its centre, having caved IN from the heavy weight
OF the loads. The superstructure is not strong
enough Tor the business done on this wharf, At
the lower end some OF the piles are decayed and
others others were cnt away by drifts OF ice. the pier
the depression IN Its middle.


Pier 80 might be SAID TO be In fair order. It is
said to be Que OF the best in the city, and yet there
are even here evidences OF gross neglect. The old
sheathing Is worn out many OF the planks beng
quite decayed, and 1t ought to give way to new
one.


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This pier, which was rebuilt alter the fire OF 1854,
is also, like the State or Denmark in ..Hamlet,n
somewhat rotten. although the business which is
done upon Il Is some thing immense. Many OF the
piles are worm-eaten and have settled so that the
snperstructure has sunk. rhe occupants claim
and II by s0undness Is meant that II will not
crumole INTO the river to-day or tomorrow they


PIER NORTH RIVER.


Pier North River, In the opinion OF one
doing business upon It, ought 10 be torn down and
replaced Dy an entirely new structure. The lower
end OF the pier, superstructure well foundation.
is tnorougnly rotten, while the upper end has been
patched up In poor manner. the timber under
meath the outer sneatnlng IS worm-eaten and so,
IN iact Is most everything on this pier.


PIER NORTH RIVER.


Pier mas also given rise to great many
complaints OF parties doing business upon II. A
gentleman stated yesterday that he was frequently
tlons OF the dock, ..as they were rotten" This
was particularly the case in the middle OF the
wharf. rne planking on the "walk" is so wretched
that for the last two days trucks have actually
been sunk foot or two by the mouldy timber giv-
ing way. The repairs are connned to plankmg the
decayed superstfucture which is about as good as
driving nail into rotton box to keep 1t to-
gether.


PIER 10 NORTH RIVER.


Pier 10 requires TO be repanked for about 100
1eet, and the occupants are ABOUT 10 effect this
most necessary Improvement in the appearance OF
this wharf. Some OF the piles are rotten as they
are on the best OF our docks but the structure is
not as yet necessarily dangerous. With proper at
tention to the repairs becoming necessary from
time to time IL may yet remain servlceaDle Tor
some time, at all events


PIER 81 NORTH RIVER.


Pier 81 is In the most woul, battered, broken
down condition. 1t Is like on old woman who has
lost her teeth. her hair and become generally IN
vertebrate. II was seriously damaged by William
II. Webb's adjacent property, winch caved in and
fell against !he pier. The city has sued Mr.. We pb,
and meanwhile the wharf remains an eyesore or
the worst description.