New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-01-25
The Stfeet.Swteping Contract.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January s. 1885

~
Committee on the Contract or Cleaning the Streets xsi
WIN, laid ON the liable double the usual number ons
printed and that tie saU.e be ylbsted in al tie day ~,
pers.
The sane direction given Is the onsaayiny Pm
test OF TIE Minority OF said Committee, against The acs
OF the Majority. JOS R. TAYLOR. 0eyE.
The Special Corxltee OF both Boards who were N,
nonted IN pursuance OF rssocuoa adopted Tie Bo,s
Of Aldermen the Isl o. august S42 coGcGrred hy rs
Boar(, OF Assistant Aldermen Toe slh OF August 3ss,ns
rr,7,-net; hy the Mayor woC. objections he 7a ~
September 1872 by which II was provided thai Speca
Committee Of three meG'6eIs from zach Eoarc saogia h.
aoooip,ed who should have power to make ecEac, ~
contracts for cleaning the Streets w aF'es AND per for
,rn no, exceeding I'VE years conditioned TIE lsnshs
oertornlancc the work provtcd by the eleventh eha
Ter OF the Revised ordinances entitled THE DeparEt
,r C-anipe Streets said contract 10 emeody tie mos
ions Of DOCUMENT No. a. OF the Board OF Adetmeb A.
March 1871; aud who were ~ resolution acop, -
both Boards, mountaineering TIE DIRECTIONS OF 'ne haye
on the lcih IancsFy 49, emo"eeu ana aulsorleio
en,er INTO coatraci, the form oil ~hicn IS conAped
Document No 81 Ell the Board OF Aldermen, OF December
a. 1897 with suitable person or perosS ard to
,,nSs The comm M seal OF the City 10 be aIed thefen
upon receiving the contractor OF conSclsrs sOas
suficel security The Corporation ID sGch torn g
as me said Committee should approve Tor tue ai per-
Torrance thereof obedience 10 IN ordnance 10 pso,e
fer the as ountahlty Executive Committees ofhe Coz
mon Council passed January /, 1911,
Respectfully Report;
That ai,er tAer appoiat.ent under the rescuss Srs
above referred 10, they entered upon the coesmealpGc
the subject embraced therein. and upon n and nau;.
nus,yraliop lhey came 10 the conclusion ha, eorua
ha ,ri upon The e-sny ordinances relative 10 cieairs
streets rni -pon tie conditions annexed TO he rero Of
former Committee the Common Coonc, aud embraced
in document No. "A OF the Board OF Aldermen, OF Machs
1884, would be wholly inadequate 10 toe Sitinneot OF tie
object for ci they appointed inasudcA would
on the oae hand omitted macy OF TIE matters witch
,houd have been comprised in sach coG,ract AMI he
other would have imposed upon contractors Spaapass
unreasonable IN their nature as 10 nave prevented 10
sumption by competent aud responsible parties or have
effected AT end greatly short OF TIE economy Nhthh4
Committee ard tn. Common Council we're desrous 10 eaa
r~Pia Tescn
and having authority, under ne restricted powers co.,
10 submit the subject the Common EouAeii and they
cordly presented unanimous report win the dram Ola
contract which, after FULL discussion IN both Boards ante
introduction OF various amendments va adopek by he
BOARD of Aldermen on tbs iih and by tie Beard Of Asst
ant Aldermen the Esd OF December lSi; and the C9
mlttee BY resolution, empowered ava au'horReo 10 en
INTO the ~ih soue suitable person or persons aud
cause the common seal ii The city to be hhNsd thereto
upon receiving from Tie contractor or contractors good
and suhcien, security the Corporations ID such form and
snch sum as The sald Committee shall approve for the a
tu performance thereof (For the form oil be eouGsd
and resolution thus adopted sac document NO. u OF Tie
Board OF Aldermen, 0i Dec Il, 1872
Al the expiration OF the DAYS allowed tor that pur
nose hy tic amended charer the Mayor nt-rpcsed B
adopted by the Common Coaucl which was puolsheds
required by charter; and Al the expiration OF ten Gays
thereafter, namely on the 18th day OF Jauuay he ccusi
and r,solu,i recon>dertd by BON bocTds, ard
adopted nohwilh landing the ve,o OF he Mayor nt
lsry Of the Members elected 10 each Board, ana co@e
quenily becaSse law. The Committee 10 ihr nleann
l
do deemed proper cali tor estimates tor the proposed
contract and accordingly caused the following notice os
published for two weeksIn the papers enipoyeu " ee
'''">''"' "CLEANING STREETS.
Sealed proposals for cleaning the streets and public
wharves and slips sgreeaby the coataci adopted by
Common Comc fer the period OF three tour or i've Yeas
separately aud respectively, VIII be recelscI ~ hs VVeeG
the Clerk OF the Common Council, No. City Hall, unl
Saturday the "A day OF January next Surees 'anse
Tory the committee, in the sum o! twenty thousand dt
lars will be required and parties estimating VIII pess
the persons offered such anu whose assent muaN
Proposals be signed by all the parties esimatnga
interested, and addressed TO ,he subscriber as aosee
dorsed Proposals for Cleaning Street,"
By order OF Ike Special ConnmI!tee,
December so, 1892
Copies OF the Contract be had at the oice Oh w
Clerk OF I've Common Council
In pun suance OF this notice. eighteen scaled proposes
received, and AT the expiration OF the tze menoosa
n the notice, the same were carefully sealed up lha p
Ell, End retained unopened, by Tue Clerk oil the .oo
Council by direction OF the Committee until Tue acoao
the Common Council upon the Mayors veto, nnh unuimy
subsequently as hrre.naiicr stated delivered ana
opened by the ComnIuee
Both Boards OF the Common Couucl on the ion 81 IAN
uary has been already stated recensGere ana aoopa
the and resolution suhori'ing us t1eruuoo
and On the l7h II O'clock A III. The COMMITTEE was
called together by due notice by order OF The Chairman
Upon that occasion, all the members Oh Tue tohmIes
were present excepting Assistant Alderman Esqu'n, am
absent the GUY number OF Days ARD s
still absent Upon The organization Of The Commluees
Chairman stated that he had convened IheIn Tor he pr
been received Tor the csntrac ioe cleaning the useu nc
tore proceeding TO do so, I was unanimously resolved m
ns contract shou!di be given 10 The lowest BIDDER Hees
bid should appear have been made In sood iaisb A
proposals should he acted upon which dd not eona
the notice in respect the certificate OF The assent M
sure.ies proposed The CommeV thereupon procetea
open the proposals received and which were redu as W
were opened I,
statement of the proposals is subjoned, in the order
''' '''''-'''' PROPOSALS RECEIVED. -
NO L-bARTLETr SMITH ,',rs T.,
Peter Mclaughlin and Owen McCaoc offered is sa'ese'
with their assent ID writing.
No. 2-AsDsEw BRADY and PATRICK Nooar. iASa
Charles O'C0nnor and Peter Mclaughlin onered@sIs
ties, with their assent 10 writing.
This proposal of these parties was, Eowever, "ihds
by the following paper received irom Them, and 70 "u@
no offer or assent Of .ureties was annexed
Mr. Calvin Balls, Esq-We have made p'l'lasfeSSa
estimate Tor the streets, which Is tortyou ihoua m
hundred dollars, intend It To be ofy-t"o loasahaA
Your mos, res peeu BRADY MOORE
No. 3-R. W. BAKER, at $4,000 for 3years; $3.50
4years or $4,000 for 5years
James B. Murray and Chailss D. Bliven offered asas
No. 4-JoHS 2. CUMMING and THOMAS CUMNSG,Jss
$4,000 for years at $4,000 tor years, al sooV" w.
years
Thomas Cumming and James Pollock offered as sursas
with their assent III writing.
No a-JoHN AnEucxLE and PETER QUIZ, at sfgn.
Henry Breyoort, Andrew Cardsnn ana DAVID b JtIsSa
offered as su'eties, bui no asseHI gwen.
No.6-GEoRGE Law, EDWARD Mills and Mrsof
STORY years $a5 800 Tor 4yeafo 81 GOO iof5
at 5000 Hyk-rs Ayn- aad Jonathan LoseJoy oshs4
as snrelies, but no assent gwen.
No. Z-WnLrAM GAGE and $. B. MGowN, at ssPpSS
Andrew NGown, Nathaniel Jarvis Il. + purdy afaf'"
Lee offered AZ S4reties, but no assent gwen
No. a.-JAMEs B. TAYLOR, OLIVER JOHNSTON aaa W.
LIAM WELLS, al SOL 45O. No sureues offered.
No a-JosEPH Barron for years $4,000 otissa .,
al $3.50; Tor years al s6i,5jO. RiDrr C "onsp''-
Offered d. sure!y, With Ills assent IN wiring
No. l0-MATTHEw REED and EDWIN To'sSsEsD,.sS ss
years at St0O or year $3.50 or ea''sss,
Daniel !" Townsend and George I. Rapeiye oas'''
suIetss, WITH then assent in SrIlHg.
No lL-GEoRcg EIcHELL, at $1,000. xa
james Rowe dad horace Buiier offered as snleuss