The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-09

OsmnAsn Council.
1oARDo ALDxRMEN.
JAZZ: sExhs Board met ct the usual hour, Y. Nor
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end Ioarth avenues, regulated Of J. Philips, fer
From the Counsel TO the Board Of Aldermen, In re-
lstion 70 the gas contract which ordered be
ton From Counsel to the Board Of lidsrmsn, Is to
in matter Of Canal street received, ana entered
on the minutes From the Street inolos
Livingston pi.o. srsatsd From the street. Com
missioner, being statement Of the business of the
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| en- the table and ordered to be printed
Annual communication from the Coansel to the
Corporation respecting the Law department Laid n
| the table, and ordered TO be printed
Annual communication Of the public administrators
| to the Common Council OF New York, fer 1850 Or
| dered TO be printed.
Communication from the Commissioner Of Repairs
alarm bell tower In Thirty third street bet wssn Niuth
| and Tenth avenues. Referred to the Committee on
Appsrtionment Of assessment in the matter of
paving First avenue between Thirteenth and Twenty
| eighth streets. Confirmed.
REPORTS ADOPTED.
or Committee on Sewers, in favor OF petition for
| sewer in Eighteenth street
STRANGE of Csbots and Andrews in relation to the Russ
| pavement. Laid on the table.
| Resolved. Phat the Com missioner OF Repairs and
Supplies report to this beard II the contract entered
engine for Company No A. has been complied
with, and, If not, to report the cause OF delay
Adopted
wards renders necessary TO provide suitable
modatons for the police in the Ninstsenth ward thus
| Resolved, That the Commissioner Of Repairs and
Supplies be directed to procure suitable premises in
the vicinity Third aud sixty hfth street, for
| n police Niuet0enth nd
cause the same to be fitted ap.
| RESOLUTIONS RErERREp.
Resolved That the salary OF the Street Commissioner
be raised TO 50 500 per annum and that Of the deputy
Street Commissions to 81 500 per year
| Resolved. That the salary Of the Commissioner of
Streets and Lamps be xed ct the sum OF S2oO0-to
take effect from the LIST day Of January 1851.
PAPERS FROM THE BOARD oY ASSISTANT ALDERMEN
! REPORTS REFERRED.
OF the Finance Committee, on the petition OF Samuel
on Roads, in favor OF regulating and grading Eighty.
| third street, from avenue to Third avenue OF
Committee on Streets in favor Of fencing vacant lots
in Twenty fourth aua Twenty fifth streets between
Ninth and Tenth avenues; and in Tenth avenue be-
tween Twenty, fourth and Twenty fifth streets
RESOLUTIONS cescuRREDIN.
That Fourth avenue, from McDougL street to
Bowery, be repaired.
That the pavement in Rector street, from Broadway
That Michael o'Bsrne be appointed an inspector of
the common schools Of Fourth ward In place Of Or.
| VIM ODonnsll; and also Patrick MGrick for the
| same Office
That John Clarke be appointed trustee of common
/
Resolution to Ill gap in bulshesd, on North river
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth SITS. Referred
Communication from the Street Commissioner,
blessing estimates regulating and grading Fifty first
street, between Second and Third avenues Con-
! CURED in.
| REPORTS coScuRKKDN IN.
OF the Committee on the Law Department In favor
Of Affirming the within named assessment lists and
Of apLointir Abner Sanford collector therefor. From
Assessors of the street department, in reference
to the accompanying assessment list for regulating
and grading Eghtieth street, from Second to Third
avenue.
CONTRACT.
The following is the reply OF the Cooperation counsel
published In the Heraidtoday):-
In pursuance of the request contained in the an
proposed contract with the New York Gas Company,
contained in the resolution proposed by the Select
Committee; and in reply to the first question sug-
gested, answer in the negative.
The contract proposed would bind the company to
light all the public lamps which the Corporation might
require to be lighted during the term Of contract
the terms therein mentioned but there Is nothing In
the resolution making it obligatory on the Corpora
tion 20 to require them The obligation is only the
part OF he company. The Corporation may at any
time refuse decline to require the company to light
the public lamps, and that terminates the contract
In reply to the second question: also In the
negative Not only is there no exclusive right TO be
granted but the eighth stipulation contains press
denial OF any grant sole exclusive privilege and
an express reservation OF the right OF the Corporation
/ company. person or parties whatsoever.
The reply 70 the third question must also be In the
negative The eighth stipulation reserves the right Ct
the Corporation to make similar contracts or to grant
similar privileges TO Gny other company or person
during the term Of the contract
In reply tothe fourth question, have to cay that II
appears TO that the only privilege granted to the
company Is the right to lay mains or pipes In the
streets during the term OF the contract and ths by
the seven tn stipulation, they are to do under such
rules and regulations the corporation may from
time TO time pass; and the company spulstes In all
things to be governed by such rules and regulations,
In coDsderation Of this privilege. the company agree
20 long they shall We required by the corporation
80 10 do 10 light all the pubs lamps wherever the
pipes Of the company shall be laid AZ the price stipu
lated in the proposed contract Whenever the corpo.
ration should OF require the lamps to be lighted by
the company, all the privilege that would remain to
them would be that of laying pipes or mains In the
streets un der such rules and regulations the Com
mon Council might from time to time ordain.
NE then vent TO speak of the privileges OF the
istng contract which was entered into in 1873 and
which expires In 1859 and said Icsnnot doubt that it
vsud BE- clear violation Of this grant for the cerpo
ration during the time mentioned TO make similar
grant TO any ether person or company.
The form er grant conveys to the Gas Company the
sole and ot the streets for the purpose
OF laying pipes 10 light the public lamps houses,
until the 18th day OF May 1885, and cannot see how
~ would be competent for thu corporation until the
expiration Of that term, to IN axe similar grant or
lamps hsuse, in the district embraced by the pre-.
yious contract. HENRY DAVIES.
hoard or ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.
JAN s-Ths Board Of Assistants met this evening.
Present the President in the chair and quorum Of
members In their places.
TIE MAYORS
The Board took the hs yors message and referred
the various matters alluded to In u to
I wa ali he In At "a don