Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . city magistrates, that, whereas, the yachts trading op en aff (off and on) are indebted for wharfage which they areequally liable to pay as well as the ships, it was proposed to ask theDirector-General to order them,-in lieu of wharfage, to go, each ofthem, one or two voyages to Tappaan, and bring thence full loads ofstone, in order to surround the city, in course of time, with a the year 1667, it would appear that still further improvementshad been made to the wharf, as it is recited that, whereas, thecity has been
Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . city magistrates, that, whereas, the yachts trading op en aff (off and on) are indebted for wharfage which they areequally liable to pay as well as the ships, it was proposed to ask theDirector-General to order them,-in lieu of wharfage, to go, each ofthem, one or two voyages to Tappaan, and bring thence full loads ofstone, in order to surround the city, in course of time, with a the year 1667, it would appear that still further improvementshad been made to the wharf, as it is recited that, whereas, thecity has been at very great expense in renewing and repairing thepier, that the rates of wharfage be established as follows : On goods landed from ships, five stuyvers per last. On goods placed there to be shipped—for each hogshead of tobaccoor sugar, two stuyvers ; for furs and peltries of one hundred beaversin value, twenty stuyvers ; for dye woods, twelve stuyvers per ton. A view of the easterly side of the city, about the year 1667, showsthe form of the dock, as follows :. THE DOCK AND RFVER FRONT TO WALL STREET, 1667. In the year 1675-6, it was proposed to build a new dock, embrac-ing a large inclosure, and extending up to the City Hall. This was 510 a mcasuic ii>vc>lvin<;; considerable expense, the niciius to defray whichwere found partly in the sales of lots adjacent, and partly in the col-lection of whai-fage. £180 were levied on transient traders to thisport; and a permanent regulation, as to rates of wharfage, wasestablished, whereby an anchorage fee was charged for vessels lyingin the roads and landing their goods on the wharf; and for smallvessels lying within the dock, rates of dockage were charged, propor-tionable to the size of the vessels. This dock appears to have beencompleted about the year 1683. In the year 1687, fourteen lots were sold, producing the sum offour hundred and seventy pounds, and the surveyors were ordered tosurvey tills ground, lying in and near
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