The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-20

oeoer q prooeootngs ~ euepeodAd ana Sns papers v
the touponma respecting tAs Inspectors Of Elections and
The designation Of pisces for ho'sns the pods we're
RsPoxrs concuKsD m.
The report d the Cornoilmea organising the Eec
ton district Of the fwsnty second ward. Resolution,
Appontdg Abs Ressss as psstor Of nsetions ia the
Teeth Election district Of ths ssvsntseDth ward in
pod Of the sixth Llscton district Of the Twsosh ward
b held ct COS Eighth avenue, instead OF 800 Tenth
Thai David 1s ::
Rs.t poi for the Fourth Esssce ds V q 1 the
Of ~ wilist street ihas Reuben I. johnson, ". v.
kgyet and NathanislS Wing, b appointed inspectors
tythird ward 70 ny scancss occa.ionsd BY removals
That the poll Of ths Second election District rwsasth
ward, b held ct No ~ Eighth avenue instead Of No.
distrct Third ward be removed from Is warren street
to IS Warren street. and the poll Of the Fourth district
to IS street that John Pine b
Inspector Of Elections In the Fifth district Tenth ward
in place Of Thomas Hyatt resigned that Geo. Loutrs
Of tie Eighth ward in place Of VIM. Bogsrt removed
from the district that the places fog holding the pals
Of ~ os ss q th n =
Forty first street. Second district ct oss Eighth avsnue
Third district ct broadway near 1t Fourth
street that MATHEW Kane s. appointed in the
Eighth election district Ninth ward in plaza ri 5
L.du removed from the distrct haa ne PEI q S3s
n.r".r ssrsst r. az No that the Doll Of
sh these ssv sal Stks nsSsh ward b r.novsd
.::ss R Bs s: ! n4ss : q Il. T.: N;
wad be renewed from 6b Ann street TO s. Ann street.
ii.m Pa1gburn appointed inspector o. the .ss'nd
removed from the district that the polls Of the Third
escton district II the Tsnh ward Be held At 222 Walker
nth ward be held 81 i4s Grand street, In place Of
4se Grand street. Loatrei appointed inspector
in thexth district sf ths Eighth ward in the place of
n. f~~vn -nrN. that <hn
pol Of the Third 1htict Twentieth ward, be held ~
426 Seventh avenue instead Of 6 Seventh avenue the
the = Us
pointed inspectors Of ELECTION for the Fourth elecoa
sSs 'ns s Of The Third Of
Eighth ward removed from l79 Prince street to 1856
Fourth psss 81
Boyle, removed from the ward the poll Of the First
district, Ninth ward, removed from els Greenwich
district poll Of said wazd BE- removed from
west corner Of Hudson ard Amos streets, to
672 Greenwich street; simon X Adams appointed In;
in place of Andrew 8. Band removed from the ward;
VIM Fisher Weeks, appointed Inspector of Elections In
EDoney removed from the ward; the pom Of the So
cond election district Of the First ward removed from
81 GYeenw ch street to 60 Greenwich street, Jonathan
Lyon appointed Inspector In the Seventh election
district Of the Eleventh ward In place Of W. O. Brnker
hon removed from the district Peter Palm appointed
Sev0nVe0ntQ
Wm. Ashman. removed from the district; Jas. Carr,
appointed Inspector in the First district Of Seventeenth
wald in place Of Andrew Troment removed from the
f TssS election district IL pass q Peter
FMS, resigned; and Lemus! Evans appointed for
the Sixth district Of Fifth ward in place Of W q.
the Second district Of the Thirteenth ward in place
of John n. Grimih, removed from the district.
polls already noticed in the Board Of Counclmsn, were
conculred In.
CONGREGATIONS FROM THE FIRE DErARrnSI.
communication from the Chief Engineer Of the Fire
Department submitting complaint against Engine Com
pany No 49, was referred to COMMITTEES Frs Depart
sg.a: snd as
same with complaints against Engine Company No. 40,
hose Company No. Of same relative TO the expulsion
of Henry Gibbons. AL referred to committee.
THE SIXTH AND EIGHTH AVENUES.
By communication from the Comptroller 1t appears
hat the receipts Of the sixth and Eighth avenue Rail-
roads, for the month Of september, we're
Sixth Avenue Railroad Company. ...... SIS, 219 q
Eighth Avenue railroad Company 25,oS6 Al
COMMUNICATION FROM The coMPTRoLIER-THB oFrAL con-
TRACT.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT, New York, Oct. IL.
The Com nittee Of the Board of aldermen, to whom
Was refer the communication Of the Mayor Of the 2Sth
ult end the proposition Of W. B Reynolds to surrsn
to the city contract for the removal Of dead aoi
mails ofsl, &c called the Comptroller With modified
proposition, and which, in their Judgment, the
the whole controversy. This pro position dra
up by the counsel Of Mr.. Reynolds (Judge Edmoads,)
and propeeed-
First That the items admitted by the Comptroller to
the Board of Aldermen tie 5th of August with in
terest thereon to te paid to Mr. Reynolds
Second That in regard to the disputed items, set
forth in that communication, half Of the speo
fed in the contract be paid. see detailed statement
No ~
Third That on the payment Of the account thus made
up the contractor would execute release Of all claim
the city and surrender the contract a copy Of the
la ~ IT, t~f No
Fourth. That all suits, controversies and actions,
growing out Of said contract should b discontinued,
each party paying their own costs.
The admitted items to November LIST with
interest amount o............ ...... SOS 233 50
Add for interest and costs paid execution AT 43
Total. ss5,6so %
items IN dispute ........ >os,4Vo
Interest on same 2,C00-$4l, 400 90
slo7,ose %
The Comptroller suggested as = compromise
the payment d. sS,4A7 ~
@-
Which leaves $21.63o so
Although this is sal $3.50 SO less than Mr. Reynolds
Comptroller proposed pay in his Communication Of
August 5h until the court decided ~ to tho validity Of
the contract.
Dvesed Of the collateral propositions inclu FED in Mr.
Reg nolds' communication to the Mayor the Finance De-
patment clearly has authority BY the 1lrh section Of
the charter Of 1S4e 70 settle and adjust this account 1t
proper TO state however that the appropriation for
lowanoe the contrsct leaving about $40 900 to be
otherwise provided for. In 1853, raised BY
tax specially for this contract, OF which $50 900
NAMED in the treasury at the close Of the year 1853