New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-22
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
AID Compton 10 the chat

WFnE Compton
Tsf,fict-OfH N Holt X Co. and others to have the
vstr detpened In Coenties Clip On motion Of AID Moore
de prayer Of the petitioners was granted
R,oivfors adopd- Granting the exclusive uso oil piers
"a ard "a North River, to Geo c By-ne for seamersi
sddrg ten additional TO Engine No "a; to pay the
Pedes Of the Board Of Aldermen and Assistant Alder
men 1850 each for services rs Commissioners OF hoai
adding ten men TO Engine Company No -.
Prtorfs 0SopG Ia favor Of building pier at the foot
Of Han $50 feet beyond the exterior line OF The
Thirteenth av build pier and buAhead at the foot oi
Hammond st North River adverse to suppres'ing steam
sossble nuisapces but The Committee rdicned the idea,
ard reported adverse in an amusing document
E,rih osenpc RoiiroGd ETens,oa.A resolution passed
by tie other Boerd to compel the Eighth av Railroad Co
20 run their Fifty ninth St, Occasioned some Dis
sussion Aid. DoheTy cOnended that the request OF cit
rsns who srpd Tor the additional accommodation should
be grsnitd and the duty Of the Company to afford
sxeh accommodation The grant compelled them to do So
Finally the resolution amended so as TO compel the Com
Iany 70 Fly ninth T., from A III to - NJ
daily The usuGl every Is minutes was ordered 10
be printed her with the conditions OF the Eighth av
Rsilroed grant.
hppoinfnent--A communication was received from
Geo White Supt rntendent Of Streets nominating for
clerk in his Office Samuel Webster TO I'll the place OF
X g. Walmsley resigned. Confined.
A communication received from Mr.. Arcularus
Commissioner of Streets and Lamps IN answer 10 reso
ntion Of inquiry in regard to the delay IN cleaning ne
streets in which be states that the contracts iof ceanne
have been awarded as follows;
Jim B. MorreI fin, Dsriet Pn,ng The fs seoond
D,jeS fiGh Ihih Mn Fourteenth and fifteenth Wafds
e. Coz btsns,e k l'' wl John Lynch Foar5
St,fe,rb Np,tceEfb, Twentieth Twenty
i,i ar Twenty seeond wsTds-sSa,O0 Total, slb5oOO
The parties whom the contracts have been given have
piyen security in each District for $4,000 for the faithful
Performance of the work. The contracts, the C0nns
siopey states have not as yet beeh compiled wrh.the
contractors having only removed some asie 90, ron
the cutters lie declares his Intention should the con
tractors cary out tine work oOn, to nave done IN
der the Superintendent Of Streets. The communication
was ordered 10 be printed. go
report favor Of lighting the streets from dark I'll
delight every night throughout the year and to make
snaneemets viii the Manhattan Gas Company to carry
the sGrne into effect, ordered to be printed
Ihe Board adjourned to Friday
DEBATES.
On the question in reference digging Coentes
slip Aid Ban stated that in all probability the matter
regulating the exterior water line of the City would be
seied on by the Legislature th winter the Governor and
Chamber OF Commence having been engaged this day IN
e1smniIg the bay, &c
Aid Boyce do not what the digging ont Of Coeniies
slip had 10 do with gul0ng 'he permanent line.
AID BIisley said the whole matter had been examined
by the Committee making the report and TIE work was
enc of necessity
HE resolution was finally adopted.
On the question OF paying tine President OF inc Board OIL
Adermeu and President OF the Board of Assistant Alder
men $50 each for services Commissioners OF Health
AID Itmann moved to lay he resolution on ne tabs
Which being lost the gentleman remarked that he
should ike any 90 point out to him by what law this
payment 70 be made The paying such suns TO the
,etyicts rendered by these gentlemen Comm ssOner ri
Health was very trfug. The Comm ilners hal held 7.
moetings 1t which he President Of this Board hal beer
present ten aud the President Of the ard Oh Assist
ants at nine. The motion was finally 6doped
In regard the resolutions to add ten men each to
Gin, Courapies Nos a and g. and five IL Hose CO
No 10 4 sprited debate enued AID Iiemenn Objeotnc
to the constant increase of the number OF members Oi t'
Engine Hose Companies Of this City, without esiaD
Isling number according 90 class.
ALI Donman moved 10 amend by adding twenty anC
Aid. 1iemonn to amend by adding hfly m n-whereup'r
AID Stuft,Nant hoped that gentlemen would not cOlsnm
the tine Of the Board by making motions not made Il
sincerity.
on 10 the resolution, when All Dohery rose and said
81 ON astonshed at the opposition OF the geneml1 0
"the Twelfth This engine Is located at Harlem, in bis
"W0d and should be increased having frequently TO as
"cend hills, Breakncck Hill and Others and needed this
Traditional number of men
Aid. JtmaIn stated thatto show the gentleman Of the
Einttenih he knew what he was about he bad been a
fireman at Harlem for II years. aud did not know that it
wes necessary as stated.
The resolaion TO Grant the increase was adopted
On the question of concurrence with the Board If Assist
ant Aldermen compelling the Eight av Railroad Company
TO often every 20 minutes to Fifty ninth st.
instead Of every half hour as required by the resolution
formerly adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
AID DoheIty said that some persons might suppose this
tohe matter of uiDg import but in the discharge of his
duty he did not coDsder BY the grant made to this
Company it is specified that tho Company should run their
10 this point and fast as the should
be regueedihsis the identical expression of the agree
ment Tie persons in the negbborhood petitioned for
this accommodation and the Company were required by
the Street Commissioner the in accordance
with their agreement. resolution was subsequently,
adoIed by this Board to compel the running OF the cars to
Fifty ninth ST but which has been altered by requiring the
running of only every half hour. Over two hundred
persons have petite ned for this accommodation and the
persons company nave nOt ma
badhood TO come here and ask to escnd the resolution
this Board have adopted This Company has an average
daily profit of $500 Seven eights of the stock is
owned by individual and there is why this
Board should refuse to require the accommodation when
those interested have not asked of us. THIS company
granted this privilege for the purpose of their
making money but to be convenience TO the public and
we have right to refuseto make it
Aid T,mann said the Company receiving over
tlOO0 day, and they should accommodate the public.
The walk from Forty ninth st to his house though only a
half mile distant very important item after -
O'Clock at night He hoped they would not alter the
former resolution
Aid Barr remarked that il Railroad Companies did not
chose fulfill their grants be for would be in favor of
taking them away. 1t the object to accommodate the
poorer classes who desired to live out Of town.
number Of motions offered but lost, and after
other debate it finally moved and adopted to
lay the matter the table and print in connection with
the terms of the grant made TO the company.