The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-11


Resolution by Mr.. ScUYLEk-That the plans for
Union Market be altered 30 a. to extend the main
building to the line of Colombia street.
CokPoRAiIoK PRINTING.
Inc nal nty aid minority reports Of the Saet 10
Committee IN rlatior to advert ing for the Com
moe Council and heads of the oepa tment5 wei Q,
ou motion, taken from the table and referred to q
Committee Of t. Whole.
REPAIRING BROADWAY.
RfsoOtion by Councilman CONovER-Thst the
Huss pavement, on the west side Of B Osdway, b.
tseen Fulton aud Dey streets, be taken u } and 20
laid. utde' the direction of the Commiss .oner Of
Repairs ano Supplies. Referred.
COMMITTEE OF THK WHOLE
Ire Ecs'u Then went into CommMtce Of the
Whole, Mr.. jeremiah IN the chair
The 'eloit OF G CoGrmttee on Repairs AID Sup.
pies, IN favor OF confirming the award Of contract
fci making alterations TO house Of Eugi.e Company
No. IA, Wss orderd 20 a third reading.
CEMETERY ON WARDS ISLAND.
Ire yepMt II the Spe ciaa COMMITTEE In favor OF
purchasing property on Wards Island for sos 100
- g mplste puhlis cemetery. was then taken up.
Tie following extract ffvm the report will give
some idea Of IT. c,ntents:--
out. com rittee ". ula urge upon your hcnora-
bic booy The necessity Of select ng appropriate
pae for the int rment of the poor of SO great a
city as this and that it should be properly laid ont
st Ill ornamental as we'll as Necessary deposit for
the dtao.
"No better spot could hsve been selected, in the
oPinls OF your committee, than Wards Island, for
saeh lurposes; apc it is TO be rcgrstted that the
whois sianc had not been purchased at the outset.
The ground used AT lIesert upon the island for q
cemetery is rapidly iog up Ia fact. the manner in
whicc the inse,nents q Q made bodies being thrown
Into ench by the tboassr and bnt slightly cover
ed appeared to your committee q disgrace and an
eul rage upon humanity, and your committee are in
ftrmeo that near seven thousand dead bodies have
betn heaped up within q e last eighteen months In
tic small space Of one eighth of an acre.
Tins can be remedied by purchasing the land
remaining unsold, portion Of which adjoins the
present. cemetery; and as 1t Is understood by your
committee from the Governors Of the Aims.
house, they have a fund already appropriated
Of O000 with which to build vaults, 60, and are
desiIOus Of building the same upon place which
will be cIcdiabe to New York, celebrated as she is
fer her charitable institutions II is also understood
by your committee that the Commissioners Of Emil
grafton intend building q cemetery, vaults, &C.,
upon their portion Of the sland and il SO, the un
fortunate cifers nces which have heretofore existed
between the Comnissi oners of Emigration and tho
Governors of the AlmshOuse as to the burial of the
dead, will he removed; and the island being divided
az were betwe en- these two praiseworshy charita
bic institutions of our city, they can continue to vie
they are 80 highly spoken Of elsewhere. In view Of
these facts, your committee ere convinced Of the
necessity Of purchasing the land, offered by Mr..
McCottcr- In all about fifty acres--at 1895 per
acre, which would amount to the sum Of $9s,750.
They would Therefore, offer for adoption the follow
ing resOlutiOR:-
Resolved. That the Comptroller be, and he is
hereby, directed to draw his warrant in favor Of
Alexander McC0tter for the sum Of sos, ,750, for the
purchase OF land ON Wards Island, upon the sa,d
Alexander McCotters delivering to him convey
ance and an assignment OF the lease of the lands
mentioned in t5is report to the city of New York;
The Committee rose without coming to any con
cIuson uTon tho report, but subsequently the Board
went again into Committee Of the. Whole, on the
ground that the vote by which the committee rose
had been errone sus.
Mr.. Try was chairman OF the Committee. The
opponents OF The reDott Ell deayosed to weary out
their antagonists by talking against time and
moving an ndDity OF amendments. When they
fund themst lyes unsuccessful in this, they left the
Com Gil iooa in a body, amid the shouts of mem,
teiH who manned, and against the diect orders oil
the Chairman, who vainly ordered the Sergeant
alarms TO step their going ont by locking the doors
Not the slightest attention was paid by the unrufy
members to The Chairman or bis threats.
Alter eiew moments and whhc Mr.. Mather was
talking against TINE, Mr. Kennedy re-cntered, and
moved 10 count the comIittee, as, ho said, a quo
rutn wGs not present.
The CHAEMAy refused to accept bis motion un.
I'll he had apolog2ed fos his conduct in leaving tho
room against tic order cf he Chair.
Nr. kESNEpy becams violent thcSeuDon, and sad
ths. be rose to point OF order ard would ROs sit
dewn until II had bee2 disposed CT.
A-nd great deal az personal conversation and
disorder (during which time ID was impossible from
the arrcar to he ar what WIS said, the Clerk decaI
cd that u quorum Was present.
After nun eroua amendments had been moved
without effect, tho committee rose and reported in
favor Of the resolution xcd to the report which
had been amer dsd as follows, vz., after the word
delivery" inseyt "propef conveyanees TO the city
cf New Yok, Of let's Nos. 7, 8, IL, 81, 6s. %, 70
on the accompanying map and the 'gtcr grant and
lease Of the land, es mentioned N this report upon
the corporation counsel
Tho report wac teen ordered t. third reading in
The ConiEittoe Of sbe Whole aftei which the Board
adjourned.