New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-16
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
CITY ITEMS.

CoRpoR,r1oS DoIsGs-DowSFALL OF The
yv.T,nIE.-Goodly Gotham saw last night
most unwonted sight. Near upon twenty hungry
oeoule. sitting til! Patience left her monument and
came down to the ordinary levee, with regrets and
greis for bygone peasures-the memory oil Por
.erhouse steaks and tenderlOln, and PRIME hava'
mas with fine savory accomplishments, still lnSer-
ing delightfully."- upon the ticked palate OF Alder
manic fancy-all all gone Who is there but can
imagine the ugubrous and solemn aspect oil the
leanest kline around that now inhosptabe Board,
when the recess is time after time knocked dead
the adiournments negatved, the viands among the
missing things of this changing life, and all the
delights that Common Councilmen once were
heir to, irretrievably evanished. Twas really
solemn-and yet it was somehow pleasant to
mss the cunning wink the confidential nod and the
mysterious contradictions Of that very ancient
and most approved good place-the City Hall
There is satisfaction in knowing that you have
got rid Of a great and powerful engine OF spec
ulatye evil. With the death of this very pc
cular institution Of our City we may hope will
die the passion for tbirdhouse lobbyings and enor-
NOUS expenditures wrung from the Tax payer for
tho sunport of objects which possess in themselves
no good feature, and which are proverblally the
Nurseries and promoters of actions and events
which are ANYTHING but credtablc to the history
ofour City Government.
Well! the Honorable Board OF Aldermen have
At last experienced the feeling Of sitting w lthout
their Tea We trust they will find the -Four dol
srsaday sufficient balm for the pain this priva-
ton may have occasioned them. We don't see
how they could do better and there is little cues
ton that the People of our City will DC found
largely in favor OF the Reform thus fairly set In
motion. But there is limit 70 everything, and
there should be some reason. The members last
night manifesty earned their pay sitting onin'er
uptedly from 3 to q o'clock; neither eating
drinking, or in any other way refreshing them
selves during this whole period-nearly five hours
which is quite too long a session without pause.
Aldermen, like all other folks, must have some
thing for their stomechs sake "a requirement
which holds good now as well as IN the time
OF 81. Paul or the earlier Aldermen. Human
nature gets weak and faint, and unfit Tor the
proper transaction Of public business, unless timely
recruited and strengt hened-w the Aldermen
certainly should be but at the Aldermens own
expense--not the Citys There is n good deal to
be said in this W hole matter, but are disposed
now to leave il upon its own merits. The subject
has become law-sgncd, sealed and delivered,
and i, is to be hoped that our Common Councilmen,
beth present aud future, will rest satisfied with
matters as they now stand b. law, mot according
to last night practce,) unless something far bet
Ter can be devised.
The question OF obviating the Extension of the
HAL Of Records by transferring some of the Offices
the City Government to the apartments recent
%occupied for the Tea Room in the City Hail. is
a'eparate branch Of inquiry OF much Importance.
The Committee OF Repairs and Supplies reported
70 the Board last evening adversely to the conte nj
plated transfer of the Controllers Office and evi-
IDENTIFY desired to throw chill over the entire move
ment but there are two sides to this subject. The
Vonnsttee argue that in the office Of the Controller
mere are n.say valuable books and papers naps and
waeher- concerning the financial condition OF the
CITY CJvernment Tor upward Of hundred and ff
'wy>sr. which should be carefully preserved
hsace the necessity that they be contained in a
reproof building, like the Hall of Records-and
arthr that the rooms contemplated to be set apart
70 The oaes OF this Department in the City Hall
are not sufficiently ample nor conveuient-and,
astly that there is necessity still existing for
apartments to be appropriated solely for the bene-
1t Of the Keeper Of the City Hall So far for the
Committees argument. Now, on he other side,
We have but one or two very brief PROPOSITIONS to
offer. In the first place, the KeePershis Of the
Hall is NOT an essential Office in any respect. Tie
main vocation of that iunctionary has beep no'ori
oasy 10 look after the interest and the interesting
features OF the Tea Table and now, his occupa
aon being gone, where is the remaining necessity
ios the payment Of good salary for little or no
services Secondly, If the Controller does not see
NJ 10 accept the apartments vacated, on account OF
'"'" Seged Ill adaptedness to official operations,
nere another mode by which the difficulty may
oe ooVia'ed-the transfer Of the office OF the
0'ee' .onui's'oner 70 the City Hall, and the
appropriation Of the apartments now occu.
pied by that Department, to the use of the
Register thus giving the latter officer the add.
tonal room he requires, and keeping the Finances
still safe and fire. prNoi. IL this plan be found in,
practicable, then other could be p;,cheS unop
\ with little trouble--in fact, with great ea.e
1 Messrs. Aldermen where there is will there Is
] away. VIII you not give these matters a degree
Of attentive consideration. Our citizens will no,
like the idea Of expending $4,000 for an Enlarge