Year: 1875

In5 80 .uv,... ---- 49,. occupancy under said pre-
tended lease.


Corporation Counsel requested TO The validity OF
the or the franchise OF the staten Island Ferry
Company. II was resolved that the building on the
southeast corner OF Lexington avenue and Sxty-sxn
street assigned 10 the Board Of Education TOT sehoo
purposes instead q the building on the
corner Of the. avenue, which had been previously
assigned. The Comptroller authorized oy resoiu-
ton 10 for period Of two years seVerAl puuinss
owned by the city and now unoccupled-


OPPOSITION DOCK DEPARTMENT.


An application was then read from the Department
OF Docks asking that the Commissioners ot The sinking
Fund AUTHORIZE the former TO purchase pier No. A,
foot OF Canal street, In use by the nman Steam
shin Company The application set forth that the
nrnnerty could be purchased for $3.50 000 ana that il
would cost $50 900 more 10 erect new pier and dock
Commissioners Wales and Dimmock OF the Dock Com
mission, were present TO urge their application, and,
on invitation addressed the Board and followed
by Comptroller Green, The proceedings being very
spirited.


Commissioner Wales explained that in his opinion
the rental from tho pier would bo from $4,000 10
900 year. The city now owned all the North
River frontage from Canal street up 20 Eleventh street,
except this pier At the present time II was en-
barrassng to the department not 10 bo able TO accept
this offer to purchase and delay would cause incon-
venence in future plans. He believed that II was 10
the advantage OF the city to make this investment


Commissioner Dimmock next gave his views on the
advantages to arise from the proposed purchase. The
question not upon the adoption OF anything that
would indorse the several plans OF the Dock Com
mission but simply TO meet want that was pressing
in the particular section OF the city referred to- where
q uniformity would be gained as well as other
advantages at this time II the work were accom-
pshed


Comptroller Green, however, made sturdy fight
against taking any action tho Dock Commissioners
application at the present time The affairs OF the
Dock Commission in confusion, and there was >
great public disappointment with the management OF
that department The Board was asked now TO issue
bonds for $500 000 and during the year IL had been
asked between 100000 and $7oO 900 to carry on
work authorized by the Dock Commission. The por-
tion OF this work that had been already done very
doubtful its construction and certainly very unsats
factory He did not how such great results could
come from this purchase. We could not tell what was
the value OF the water ground in the present
unsettled state of real estate. The Dock
Commissioners had admitted, by implication,
that their visionary schemes had not been success.
For his own part he thought that thero had been too
great an expense OF money in the Dock Department,
and that these plans and schemes were rather too
romantic He desired to have hasty action in this
matter, and therefore opposed the Resolution.


Commissioners Wales and Dmmock again urged
their opinions before the Board, and Alderman Gross
expressed the idea that brief time to consider the
subject might be OF advantage. After some further
discussion, in which Comptroller Green again used
very plain language about the Department Of Docks 1t
was agreed upon that the subject should up again
al the next meeting of the Board and then be finally
disposed Of


The Board then adjourned