PARCEL "D." Beginning at the intersection of the northern line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street with the eastern line of Madison avenue. Ist. Thence easterly along the northerly line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street for 174. 67 feet to the western United States pierhead-line of the Harlem river. 2d. Thence northerly, deflecting 106 degrees 2 minutes 54 seconds to the left along the said pierhead-line for 222.43 feet. 3d. Thence still northerly deflecting 2 degrees 5 minutes 48 seconds to the left along the said pierhead-line for 36.02 feet. 4th. Thence westerly deflecting 90 degrees to the left for 68.05 feet to the eastern line of Madison avenue. 5th. Thence southerly along the eastern line of Madison avenue for 199.50 feet to the point of beginning. PARCELE." Beginning at the intersection of the western line of Exterior street, as shown on section 7 of the Final Maps of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, with the southern line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street. Ist. Thence southerly along the westerly line of Exterior street for 51.67 feet. 2d. Thence westerly, deflecting 104 degrees 36 minutes to the right for 181.47 feet. 3d. Thence still westerly, deflecting 9 degrees 55 minutes 1 second to the left for 82.98 feet to the eastern United States pierhead-line of the Harlem river. 4th. Thence northerly, deflecting 71 degrees 55 minutes 43 seconds to the right along said pierhead-line for 52.6 feet to the southern line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street. 5th. Thence easterly along the southern line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street for 103.63 feet to an angle point. 6th. Thence still easterly along the southern line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street for 172.79 feet to the point of beginning. PARCEL "F." Beginning at the intersection of the western line of Mott avenue with the southern line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street. Ist. Thence southerly along the western line of Mott avenue for 32.66 feet. 2d. Thence westerly, deflecting 87 degrees 12 minutes 38 seconds to the right for 356.30 feet to the eastern line of Exterior street. 3d. Thence southerly, deflecting 78 degrees 11 minutes 22 seconds to the right along the eastern line of Exterior street for 31.66 feet to the southern line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street. 4th. Thence easterly along the southern line of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street for 368.90 feet to the point of beginning. Exterior street, south of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, to be reduced in width from 100 feet to 80 feet; and that portion of Exterior street between East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and East One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, and lying west of the 80-foot street, to be discontinued and closed. Description of changes of grades of Exterior street and of East One Hundred and Thirtyeighth street. A-Exterior street, between Park avenue and Cheever place. Ist. Beginning at the intersection of Exterior street and Park avenue, the elevation to be 9.0 feet above mean high-water datum as heretofore. 2d. Thence northerly along the eastern curb-line of Exterior street to an angle point, the elevation to be 7.8 feet above mean high-water datum. 3d. Thence northerly to the intersection of Exterior street and East One Hundred and Thirtyeighth street, the elevation to be 18.0 feet above mean high-water datum. 4th. Thence northerly along the western curb-line of Exterior street to an angle point, the elevation to be 15.5 feet above mean high-water datum. 5th. Thence northerly to the intersection of Exterior street and Cheever place, the elevation to be 17.0 feet above mean high-water datum, as heretofore. B-East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, between Harlem river and the New York and Harlem Railroad. Ist. Beginning at the United States pier and bulkhead-line, the elevation to be 6.0 feet above mean high-water datum as heretofore. 2d. Thence easterly to the intersection of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth and Exterior street, the elevation to be 18.0 feet above mean high-water datum. 3d. Thence easterly to the intersection of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and Mott avenue, the elevation to be 12.0 feet above mean high-water datum. 4th. Thence easterly to the intersection with New York and Harlem Railroad, the elevation to be 8.5 feet above mean high-water datum, as heretofore. All elevations refer to the mean high-water as established in the Borough of The Bronx. Resolved, That the President of this Board cause to be prepared for submission to this Board three similar maps or plans, for certification and filing in the manner required by law, showing as nearly as possible the nature and extent of the proposed approaches of the abovenamed bridge and the location of the immediate adjacent or intersecting open or established public streets, avenues, roads, squares, or places, sufficient for the identification or location thereof. Resolved, That this Board consider the proposed laying out of the new approaches of the above-named bridge at a meeting of this Board, to be held in the office of this Board on the 27th day of September, 1899, at 2 o'clock P. M. Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions, and a notice to all persons affected thereby, that the proposed laying out of the new approaches to the above-named bridge will be considered at a meeting of this Board to be held at the aforesaid time and place, to be published in the CITY RECORD for ten days continuously, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, prior to the 27th day of September, 1899. The following report from the Chief Topographical Engineer was read: TOPOGRAPHICAL BUREAU, August 29, 1899. Mr. JOHN H. MOONEY, Secretary, Board of Public Improvements : SIR-In reply to the action taken by the Board of Public Improvements, referring, for report, a communication from the President of the Borough of The Bronx, requesting that Suburban place, from Crotona Park, East, to Boston road, be legally opened, I have to state that Suburban place is laid out on section 10 of the Final Maps and Profiles prepared under authority of chapter 545 of the Laws of 1890, which was filed in the Register's office June 14, 1895, and, therefore, there is no legal obstacle against opening the said Suburban place. There are no buildings on the land. The papers in the matter are herewith returned. Respectfully, LOUIS A. RISSE, Chief Topographical Engineer and Engineer of Concourse. Thereupon the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That the Board of Public Improvements of The City of New York, in pursuance of the provisions of sections 970 and 990 of chapter 378, Laws of 1897, deems it for the public interest that the title to the lands and premises required for the opening and extending of Suburban place, from Crotona Park, East, to Boston road, in the Borough of The Bronx, City of New York, should be acquired by The City of New York at a fixed or specified time. "Resolved, That it appears to this Board, from the surveys made and information furnished to it by the President of the Board of Public Improvements, that there are no buildings upon the lands that shall or may be required for the purpose of opening and extending said Suburban place from Crotona Park, East, to Boston road. "Resolved, That this Board directs that, upon the date of the filing of the oaths of the Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment, who may be appointed by the Supreme Court in proceedings for the acquisition of title to said street or avenue, the title to any piece or parcel of land lying within the lines of such Suburban place, from Croton Park, East, to Boston road, so required, shall be vested in The City of New York. "Resolved, That the Board of Public Improvements, deeming it for the public interest so to do, hereby requests the Corporation Counsel to make application to a special term of the Supreme Court for the appointment of Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment, and to take the necessary proceedings, in the name of The City of New York, to acquire title, whenever the same has not been heretofore acquired, for the use of the public, to the lands, tenements and hereditaments that shall or may be required for the purpose of opening and extending Suburban place, from Crotona Park, East, to Boston road, in the Borough of The Bronx, City of New York. "Resolved, That the entire cost and expense of said proceedings shall be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited thereby." Affirmative-Comptroller, Commissioner of Water Supply, Commissioner of Sewers, Commissioner of Bridges, President Borough of The Bronx, President of the Board. Negative-None. The following report from the Chief Topɔgraphical Engineer was read: TOPOGRAPHICAL BUREAU, August 29, 1899. Mr. JOHN H. MOONEY, Secretary, Board of Public Improvements : SIR-In reply to the action taken by the Board of Public Improvements, referring for report a communication from the President of the Borough of The Bronx, requesting that East One Hundred and Seventy-third street, from Crotona Park, East, to the Boston road, be legally opened, I have to state that East One Hundred and Seventy-third street is laid out on section 10 of the Final Map and Profiles under authority of chapter 545 of the Laws of 1890, which was filed in the Register's office June 14, 1895, and therefore there is no legal objection against the opening of East One Hundred and Seventy-third street. There are no buildings on the land. The papers in the matter are herewith returned. Respectfully, LOUIS A. RISSE, Chief Topographical Engineer and Engineer of Concourse. And the following resolution was thereupon adopted: "Resolved, That the Board of Public Improvements of The City of New York, in pursuance of the provisions of sections 970 and 990 of chapter 378, Laws of 1897, deems it for the public interest that the title to the lands and premises required for the opening and extending of East One Hundred and Seventy-third street, from Crotona Park, East, to Boston road, in the Borough of The Bronx, City of New York, should be acquired by The City of New York at a fixed or specified time. "Resolved, That it appears to this Board, from the surveys made and information furnished to it by the President of the Board of Public Improvements, that there are no buildings upon the lands that shall or may be required for the purpose of opening and extending said East One Hundred and Seventy-third street, from Crotona Park, East, to Boston road. "Resolved, That this Board directs that, upon the date of the filing of the oaths of the Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment who may be appointed by the Supreme Court in proceedings for the acquisition of title to said street or avenue, the title to any piece or parcel of land lying within the lines of such East One Hundred and Seventy-third street, from Crotona Park, East, to Boston road, so required, shall be vested in The City of New York. "Resolved, That the Board of Public Improvements, deeming it for the public interest so to do, hereby requests the Corporation Counsel to make application to a special term of the Supreme Court for the appointment of Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment, and to take the necessary proceedings, in the name of The City of New York, to acquire title, whenever the same has not been heretofore acquired, for the use of the public, to the lands, tenements and hereditaments that shall or may be required for the purpose of opening and extending East One Hundred and Seventy-third street, from Crotona Park, East, to Boston road, in the Borough of The Bronx, City of New York. "Resolved, That the entire cost and expense of said proceedings shall be assessed upon the property deemed to be benefited thereby." Affirmative-Comptroller, Commissioner of Water Supply, Commissioner of Sewers, Commissioner of Bridges, President of the Borough of The Bronx and President of the Board. Negative-None. The following report from the Commissioner of Sewers was read: DEPARTMENT OF SEWERS-Borough of MANHATTAN, Hon. MAURICE F. HOLAHAN, President, Board of Public Improvements : DEAR SIR-I transmit herewith resolutions for repairs to barrel sewers under Piers 8 and 13, North river, and request that the same be adopted by the Board of Public Improvements. Yours respectfully, JAS. KANE, Commissioner of Sewers. Thereupon the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, by the Board of Public Improvements, That, in pursuance of section 415 of the Greater New York Charter, the repairing of wooden barrel sewer under Pier 8, North river, foot of Rector street, in the Borough of Manhattan, under the direction of the Commissioner of Sewers, be and the same is hereby authorized and approved, the cost of said public work or improvement to be paid for from the appropriation for "Sewers-Repairing and Cleaning,” Borough of Manhattan, 1899. Affirmative-Comptroller, Commissioner of Water Supply, Commissioner of Sewers, Commissioner of Bridges and President of the Board." Negative-None. Resolved, by the Board of Public Improvements, That, in pursuance of section 415 of the Greater New York Charter, the repairing of wooden barrel sewer under Pier 13, North river, in the Borough of Manhattan, under the direction of the Commissioner of Sewers, be and the same is hereby authorized and approved, the cost of said public work or improvement to be paid for from the appropriation for "Sewers-Repairing and Cleaning," Borough of Manhattan, for 1889. Affirmative-Comptroller, Commissioner of Water Supply, Commissioner of Sewers, Commissioner of Bridges and President of the Board. Negative-None. |