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borrowing and debt. Money for the repair and construction of wharves, piers, and slips was originally limited by the charter to $ 350,000, but the loose wording in this section of the charter allowed for many other expenses that quickly opened the commission to accusations of corruption, as was the case with numerous other city agencies that were controlled by
Tammany Hall.
2040:"Places Filled by the Mayor โ He Makes Fifteen Appointments and Clears His Desk โ Bernard F. Martin a Police Justice and John J. Scanuell Reappointed Fire Commissioner โ Brennan Not Touched โ Many Surprises in the List โ Curiosity as to Andrew J. White's Action in Accepting a Smaller Salary and Shorter Term Than He Had โ Wanted a Change"
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previous commissioners had done for decades, and that the mayor, who was a
Tammany Hall crony, did not charge the third dock commissioner because he was also a Tammany Hall colleague. They were not removed from their jobs, and accusations others not collecting rents from leases of piers continued over the years.
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with three counts of corruption โ "neglect and malfeasance in office", "failure to observe and enforce provisions of law...", and "failure to acquaint themselves with the duties and necessities of the
Department of Docks..." The accused commissioners countered that they had acted no differently than
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The
Commissioner of Docks originally consisted of "a board consisting of five persons... appointed by the Mayor... who shall hold office for a term of five years." Their duties were established and defined by the commissioners of the sinking fund, which was responsible for all aspects of the city's
945:"Action at Last โ An Injunction Against the Ring Officials Granted โ The Complaint of the Tax-payers Presented to the Supreme Court โ Argument of Ex-Judge Barrett Before Judge Barnard โ A General Expression of Approval by Honest Citizens โ The Executive Committee Settling Down to the Work in Hand"
1439:"The Dock Commissioners โ Needless Expenditures Cut Off โ Mr. Westervelt Elected President โ Inharmony in the Board โ The New Commissioner, Mr. Vanderpoel, Determined to Reform the Department โ What He Has Already Done, And What His Brother Commissioners Think of It โ Railroad Tracks on Piers"
2431:"Hylan Swears In His Subway Board โ Mayor Names J.H. Delaney Chairman, With W.A. De Ford, Hearst's Counsel, a Member โ D.L. Ryan is the Third โ He Quits $ 8,000 Finance Job and Says He Will Quit Tammany Secretaryship โ Deputy Becomes Dock Commissioner and J.J. O'Brien Director of the Port"
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The
Greater New York Charter of 1901, Together With Constitutional Provisions Affecting the City; Provisions of the Charter of 1897, Continued Until Changed by the Board of Aldermen; The Tenement House Law; The Building Code; and The Colonial Charters. With Notes. Chapter XVI, Title 1, ยง
2535:"M'Kenzie Assumes Dock Post Today โ He Predicts New Era for Port, Pointing to Pier Construction and Sheepshead Bay Project โ Urges Lighterage Peace โ Commissioner Also Foresees Benefits for New York in the Building of Several Larger Liners"
2127:"New Men on Police Board โ Messrs. Roosevelt, Parker, and Col. Grant Now Commissioners โ John Monks For The Dock Board โ Ex-Police Commissioners Murray and Kerwin, Who Refused to Resign, Send Letters to the Mayor โ Kerwin Filled with Ire"
1604:"Five of Them Confirmed The Democratic Aldermen Dividing the Spoils โ Three Ant-Tammany and Two Tammany Nominees Made Happy โ George Caulfield, James Matthews, J. Nelson Tappan, John R. Voorhis, and Henry D. Purroy The Successful Men"
2286:"Hugh Bonner Heads Fire Department โ This and Other Appointments by the Mayor Please Tammany Leader Murphy โ Spooner Head of Docks โ McClellan, In an Official Statement, Pleads for Democratic Unity Here for the Coming National Fight"
2344:"Tomkins Put Out; Smith in His Place โ Mayor Makes a Quick Shift of Dock Commissioner to Get "Full Co-operation" โ Move Had Been Expected โ Opposition to Shore Front Plan the Reason โ "I'm Out, But I Didn't Resign," Says Tomkins"
1173:"Accuses James J. Phelan โ Builder Gillies's Testimony at the Dock Board Investigation โ Money Asked For passing a Bill โ Sent for by the Former Treasurer, He Says, and Asked How Much He Would Pay if a Penalty Were Not Imposed"
2315:"Gaynor Names Six; Tiger Not Favored โ Announcement Coupled with Praise of Murphy Who, Says the Mayor, Hasn't Horns โ Waldo Fire Commissioner โ Watson Corporation Counsel, Tomkins Dock Commissioner, and Hyde City Chamberlainl"
1249:"The City Government โ Heads of Departments Appointed by the Mayor โ Names of the Incumbents โ An Explanation from the Mayor to His Contains โ Why Some Republicans are on the List โ The Power all in the Hands of the Democrats"
2509:"M'Kenzie Is Named As City Dock Chief โ Walker Interrupts Meeting to Surprise Chief Clerk With $ 15,000 Appointment โ Praises Veteran's Ability โ Cosgrove's Successor Has Served the Department for 28 Years โ Is Member of Bar"
2373:"Named by Hylan For Big City Posts โ Alfred J. Johnson, City Chamberlain, Has Prominent Wall Street Connections โ Many Veterans Appointed โ Bird S. Coler, W.P. Burr, N.J. Hayes, J.A. Cantor, and Arthur Murphy All on the List"
1147:"Big Loss in City Rents โ Over Half a Million Not Realized from a Single Pier โ Lessee Sublet At a Heavy Profit โ Dock Commissioner O'Brien's Inquiry Regarding Old Pier 40, Which the New-Jersey Steamboat Company Hired"
2457:"Michael Cosgrove, City Dockhead, Dies โ Tammany Leader of the 16th Assembly District a Victim of Heart Disease โ Close Friend of Wagner โ Known as Senator's Political Sponsor โ Native of Ireland Was Patron of Sports"
2234:"Mayor's Slate Out; Drops Murphy's Men โ Only Two Leaders Recognized in Distribution of Places โ Gen. Bingham to Head Police โ Delany, Woodbury, Darlington Retained โ Featherson, Oakley and Best Out โ Tammany Furious"
2069:"New Dock Commissioner โ Gen. Edward C. O'Brien to Succeed Andrew J. White โ Once Commissioner of Navigation โ Because of the Good Record He Made, and Not for Political Reasons, He Was Appointed, Says Mayor Strong"
2483:"Airport Success, Mayor Declares โ Rises in Traffic and Revenue at La Guardia Field Cited in Reply to Critics โ Road System Is Opened โ Site to Supplement Service of Terminal Said to Have Been Chosen in the Bronx"
2153:"The New City Officials โ As Announced by Mayor Van Wyck, the Slate Contains Some Surprises โ Politicians Are Puzzled โ Friends of Hugh J. Grant Seem to be Intentionally Ignored โ The List as Given Out Yesterday"
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Laws of the State of New-York, Passed at the One
Hundred Twentieth Session of the Legislature, Begun January First, and Ended April Twenty-Fourth, 1897, in the City of Albany, Volume III, Chapter XVI, Title 1, ยง
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2098:"Dock Board Reorganized โ Edwin Einstein Made a Commissioner by Mayor Strong โ Other City Officials Appointed โ Mr. Einstein Was Surprised, but He Was Prompt โ Dr. McSweeney Succeeds School Commissioner Gerard"
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Session of the Legislature, Begun January Fourth, and Ended April Twenty-Sixth, 1870, in the City of Albany, Volume I, Chapter 137, Article Fourteen, ยง
2179:"Seth Low Takes The Mayor's Chair โ Ex-Mayor Van Wyck Leaves the City Hall Alone โ The New Executive Greeted with Courteous Words by His Predecessor โ Asks the People's Help in Redeeming His Solemn Pledges"
2260:"Bensel Named to Succeed Simmons โ Dock Commissioner Goes to Water Supply Board, Doubling His $ 6,000 Salary โ Chosen From Among Three โ Mr. Simmons Himself Suggested the Appointment โ Mr. Bensel's Career"
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Commissioners were charged by Mayor
2011:"Scannell Out in the Cold โ Mayor Grant Announces His Appointments At Last โ Eickhoff Succeeds Himself โ Phelan Made Dock Commissioner โ The Smith-Welde Deal Carried Out โ A Cold Shoulder to Voorhis"
1494:"Kelly Finally Ousted โ Allan Campbell Chosen in His Stead โ A Great Defeat For Tammany โ Five Anti-Kelly Democrats and Six Republicans Put in Office โ A Gain of Five for the Latter โ The Votes"
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in the city charter revision of 1897. The head of the department was made a one-person commissioner, with a deputy, by the city charter revision of 1901. The department was renamed the
2205:"M'Adoo Police Head โ His Appointment Announced by the Mayor-Elect โ Maurice Featherson Made Dock Commissioner and John C. Hertle and William Harmon Black Commissioners of Accounts"
1733:"The New Commissioners Seven Confirmed and Three Rejected by the Aldermen - The Presidency of the Board of Health Alone Left Unfilled - The Votes Upon the Various Nominations"
1788:"Many New City Officers โ The Mayor's Appointments a Surprise โ Mr. Coleman to Succeed Mr. Asten โ Mr. Voorhis Succeeds Mr. Matthews Who Becomes a Dock Commissioner"
1465:"Death of an Ex-Mayor โ Career of Jacob A. Westervelt โ A Sketch of His Life โ His Early Training โ The Ships he Built for the Merchant and Government Service"
1869:"Appointed by the Mayor โ Filling Six Vacant Seats in Departments โ Three Ne Commissioners โ Porter and Voorhis Retained โ Croker Reappointed After Resigning"
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1069:"Mr. Post Was the Witness โ The Head of the Dock Board Examined โ He Said His Department Was "Slightly Disorganized" โ Things of Which He Was Ignorant"
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1021:"Investigating in Secret โ Commissioners of Accounts Said to be Looking Up Dock Matters"
1301:"Department of Docks Resignation of Commissioner Smith โ Henry A. Smith, his Successor"
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1652:"Dock Department Affairs - Mr. Voorhis's Method of Doing Business Not Approved"
1578:"Mr. Dimock Makes Reply โ A Justification of His Conduct as Dock Commissioner"
925:. Laws of New York. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons and Company. 1870. p. 390
1523:"How the Work Was Done โ The Debate and The Voting in The Board of Aldermen"
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1626:"The Dock Commissioners โ Plain Talk About Speculation in Pier Leases"
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political ring. At the time the charter revision passed, he was a
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Commissioners of Docks and Ferries of the City of New York
1001:. New York, N.Y.: Martin B. Brown. 1870. p. 115
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As a Three-Person Commission Appointed by the Mayor
900:. Albany, N.Y.: The Argus Company. 1870. p. 1
133:As a Five-Person Commission Appointed by the Mayor
1413:"Mr. Salem H. Wales Appointed Dock Commissioner"
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1382:"Death of Dock Commissioner Gardner"
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518:November 9, 1888 โ December 21, 1888
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105:Department of Marine and Aviation
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535:December 21, 1888 โ May 22, 1889
401:William Laimbeer Jr. (President)
380:William Laimbeer Jr. (President)
370:September 13, 1881 โ May 3, 1882
1606:. September 14, 1881. p. 8
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258:Jacob A. Westervelt (President)
239:Jacob A. Westervelt (President)
225:May 22, 1873 โ December 4, 1874
185:John Grenville Kane (Treasurer)
101:Department of Docks and Ferries
99:The department was renamed the
2489:. November 4, 1941. p. 25
2408:. December 4, 1821. p. 18
2292:. February 11, 1908. p. 6
2266:. January 31, 1908. p. 14
2240:. December 30, 1905. p. 1
2211:. December 24, 1903. p. 1
1982:"The Mayor's New Appointments"
1959:. December 22, 1888. p. 4
1924:"Funeral of Lucius J.N. Stark"
1849:. November 18, 1885. p. 8
1558:. December 11, 1880. p. 1
1529:. December 11, 1880. p. 1
1500:. December 11, 1880. p. 1
1471:. February 22, 1879. p. 2
1419:. December 12, 1873. p. 3
1307:. September 3, 1870. p. 8
1127:. December 27, 1889. p. 8
1101:. December 18, 1889. p. 8
951:. September 8, 1871. p. 1
762:George Brinton McClellan, Jr.,
265:December 11, 1874 โ early 1875
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1707:"Dock Board Responsibilities"
1632:. November 3, 1881. p. 3
1388:. December 5, 1874. p. 1
1330:"A New Commissioner of Docks"
1179:. October 19, 1895. p. 1
1075:. December 3, 1889. p. 0
1049:. November 9, 1889. p. 5
1027:. November 8, 1889. p. 2
977:. December 6, 1871. p. 4
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825:July 1, 1924 โ April 30, 1931
749:George Brinton McClellan, Jr.
726:George Brinton McClellan, Jr.
710:George Brinton McClellan, Jr.
642:Edward C. O'Brien (President)
625:Edward C. O'Brien (President)
494:Lucius J.N. Stark (President)
477:Lucius J.N. Stark (President)
456:Lucius J.N. Stark (President)
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2379:. January 2, 1918. p. 3
2321:. January 3, 1910. p. 1
2185:. January 2, 1902. p. 1
2159:. January 2, 1898. p. 1
1765:. January 3, 1884. p. 8
1336:. January 4, 1872. p. 8
659:J. Sergeant Cram (President)
632:March 23, 1895 - May 6, 1895
608:J. Sergeant Cram (President)
592:May 1, 1893 โ March 21, 1895
585:J. Sergeant Cram (President)
382:Jacob Vanderpoel (Treasurer)
365:Jacob Vanderpoel (Treasurer)
341:Jacob Vanderpoel (Treasurer)
324:Jacob Vanderpoel (Treasurer)
303:Jacob Vanderpoel (Treasurer)
2104:. March 24, 1895. p. 3
2075:. March 22, 1895. p. 9
1895:"The New Dock Commissioner"
1255:. April 11, 1870. p. 8
1153:. April 12, 1895. p. 1
627:James J. Phelan (Treasurer)
610:James J. Phelan (Treasurer)
587:James J. Phelan (Treasurer)
570:James J. Phelan (Treasurer)
558:May 22, 1889 โ May 29, 1891
449:William R. Grace (2nd term)
420:John R. Voorhis (Treasurer)
390:William R. Grace (1st term)
373:William R. Grace (1st term)
363:John R. Voorhis (President)
339:Henry F. Dimock (President)
322:Henry F. Dimock (President)
107:effective January 1, 1942.
33:Docks-New York Harbor, 1947
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2515:. May 21, 1931. p. 29
2437:. July 2, 1924. p. 21
2350:. April 3, 1913. p. 1
1817:"The Mayor's Appointments"
1552:"Sketches of the Nominees"
1445:. July 12, 1877. p. 8
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575:May 29, 1891 โ May 1, 1893
551:James Matthews (Treasurer)
530:James Matthews (Treasurer)
513:James Matthews (Treasurer)
496:James Matthews (Treasurer)
484:May 9, 1887 โ May 22, 1888
479:James Matthews (Treasurer)
458:James Matthews (Treasurer)
441:James Matthews (Treasurer)
164:Henry A. Smith (Treasurer)
51:New York State Legislature
2463:. May 1, 1931. p. 27
2017:. May 30, 1891. p. 8
1988:. May 23, 1889. p. 4
1901:. May 23, 1888. p. 9
1875:. May 10, 1887. p. 1
1823:. May 10, 1885. p. 8
1794:. May 10, 1885. p. 1
1739:. May 10, 1883. p. 8
1658:. May 11, 1882. p. 8
1362:. May 22, 1873. p. 2
1281:. June 2, 1870. p. 2
971:"The Department of Docks"
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511:Edwin A. Post (President)
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183:John T. Agnew (President)
162:John T. Agnew (President)
139:John T. Agnew (President)
2133:. May 7, 1895. p. 8
2046:. May 2, 1893. p. 1
1713:. May 3, 1983. p. 2
1584:. May 8, 1881. p. 5
282:William Budd (Treasurer)
260:William Budd (Treasurer)
241:William Budd (Treasurer)
220:William Budd (Treasurer)
53:'s 1870 revision of the
1953:"New Dock Commissioner"
1759:"Claiming a Waterfront"
465:late 1886 or early 1887
287:early 1875 โ March 1877
67:William M. "Boss" Tweed
869:Fiorello H. La Guardia
141:Hugh Smith (Treasurer)
124:Mayoral Administration
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743:Allan Newhall Spooner
127:Notes and References
111:List of commissioners
55:New York City Charter
39:Commissioner of Docks
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367:William Laimbeer Jr.
344:William Laimbeer Jr.
228:William F. Havemeyer
200:William F. Havemeyer
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822:Michael J. Cosgrove
784:John Purroy Mitchel
532:Charles A. Silliman
481:Charles H. Marshall
284:Jacob A. Westervelt
216:Jacob A. Westervelt
47:Department of Docks
781:William Jay Gaynor
765:William Jay Gaynor
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