Excerpt from Report of a Preliminary Scheme of Improvements: Presented January 12th, 1871 In answer we may be pointed to the value which real estate has acquired in the commercial quarter of New York Island. Staten Island has a much greater extent of shore on the same harbor than New York Island, and while it is considerably nearer the sea, it is also approachable to better advantage from the main land, especially by railways. Does it then seem unreasonable to expect that by adding certain artificial to its natural advantages, so much of the commerce of New York can be drawn to Staten Island, as will greatly advance the value of its real estate? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.