The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-18
Debates In the Common Council.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

From our Special Reporter
FILLING UP suyKEN Lors-A DKBATE WARN DEBATE.
Alderman DESMAs called up . report Of the Finance
Committee authorisng the Comptroller pay $40 1876 a.
with interest from 1850 to John p Cummings for filing
in lots between Tenth and Eleventh avenues and Forte
and Forty second streets
Alderman SruRTEvANr moved to amend the resolution:
as the work had been done BY contract the Comptroller
was fully authorized to pay for It, and the resolution
ought to direct him to do He would ask how it hap
pened that II before that Board at ALL and how the
committee came to report upon it.
Alderman DoHER1y (Nineteenth ward) asked with whom
these contracts had been made whether there any
Alderman BoYcE (Fifh ward) called for the reading.
Alderman DEsMAs-That report Is not so full as it
ought be- The simple history of this matter u.s. that in
that portion of the city there large tracts proper
ty which we're worth nothing until they filed In.
In 1919 the cholera ragged in that region very extensively
and the Common Council ordinance ordering IL to
be filed up and the mud hole covered Mr. Lindsey
the fee holder of the real estate there and the
tee petitioped to have II withdrawn from the
sessment sale he had paid large of money
count of it. and unable at that time to pay the bal
The committee deemed II matter Of justice to-
have it Withdrawn year thus giving him time which
the reason this claim had not been paid before
g , n mc rS IRON an
done TT the city, as it was bringing into existence
what did moi exist before and deemed 1t matter Of
Alderman DoHERrY (Nineteenth wara) thought that
report had one mert-that 1t was, in common phrase
ology, very cool reportthc olest demand that
presented that Board for twenty thousand dollars
the most naked unprotected and unsupported report
he had There nothing in IL to justify
reporting for farthng 1t based upon no founda
ton 1t did not appear to be sustained by the APP
plication of Mr.. Cummings There no affdavt--no
communication from the City Inspector. They had
knowledge how much due, or how the amount was
crested-no knowledge whatever on the subject from
those papers he supposed the Board ought not to-
quietly away twenty thousand dollars 1t was, at
least very unusual, considering the regularity with
which all the reports we're considered
Alderman BoycE one Of the committee, here rose,
but Alderman Doherty would not give way for any
PLANTATION. The Alderman Of the Fifth reporter
understood would like to have 1t referred back to the
committee.
Alderman DoBRRTy continued. He wished to make
few remarks II extremely unusual for such
report to pass the scrutiny Of the gentleman OF the Six
tenth, alderman Dennan There was another thing
about this twenty thousand dollars. It looked to
him like magnificent sN1ndle (5ensation) Some years
ago had been the practice to give the City Inspector
great power to filing supken lots, and he alderman
D. had lived In that neighborhood and had known per-
sons charge dollar yard for filing In under the City
Inspector He had taken occaton before to point out
of these reports, containing the slight delicate clause
to the effect that II be done without the usual adverti
sing and he believed this had been done without the