The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-14

MEETING OF TIE BOARD OF ALDERNEN.
The Board of Aldermen held the seventh meeting
Of their June session last evening-Abram Wake
man, Esq, President pro tenn. In the chair.
The minutes OF the last proceedings were read
and approved
PROPOSED ELEVATED RAILWAY IN BROADWAY.
petition was received from Patrick O'Neil, OF
the Navy Yard, Brooklyn proposing TO create in
open space the facilities for travel IL feet above the
carriage-way Of Broadway, from the Bowling .ireen
to Union Park, distance of nearly miles, by ~
feet wide a continuous transparent double track,
leaving the sidewalk uninterrupted. The petition
was referred to the Committee Arts and Sciences.
PAPERS REFERRED.
The petition Of Henry Spaiord and others, 10
have the nuisance caused by dumping at the foot OF
Morton street, East river, discontinued. Inc pec-
ton Of VIM. G. West for permission TO construct an
iron stairway on the outside Of his building corner
of Maiden lane and Water street.
A resolution directing the Commissioner OF Re-
pairs and Supplies to cause that portion OF Green
witch street between Chambers and Reade streets,
to be paved in accordance with the document and
established grade of the street.
STREET CLEARINGHOUSE OF THE COMMITTEE ON
MIR. GLAzRS COMMUNICATIONS.
The Committee a Cleaning Streets made the
following report on the communication of the Com
missioner Of Streets and Lamps respecting the de-
lay in sending in the contracts for continuation:
That Mr. Gaziers for the delay that in
junction was issued enjoning him from making portion
Of contracts which time the bidders In some OF
the other districts have refused accept that he has
notaed the next lowest bidders and will close 1t up and
send to the Board as soon as the action Of the Cour
would allow him The COMMITTEE are compelled to report
that the communication is evasive. Without positively
asserting the fact it is intended to convey the inference
that he has from sending the contracts
by The action Of the Court issuing the Injunction anu
by the refusal Of some of the contractors accept
the contracts 1t is only by drawing these differences
the delay These differences are clearly untrue. Mr..
GlAzier has not been prevented by the action OF any
court from giving out any contracts except these for the
first second third and fourth districts the injunction
to which Mr. Gazer refers applies to no other DISTRICTS
and affords excuse for not senling in the other con-
tracts Nor the refusal of the contractors delayed his
action beyond the 9th day of May last except to the
seventh district Mr. Glazer himself informed the
mittee that he had awarded the contracts for all but
the seventh district on or before the 9th day Nay
last His alleged before the committees for not
sending these contracts in for condensation was that he
believed 1t desirable that all the contracts should bear
the date For this reason, he designed to wait
until the deermin alton Of thenjuncton This excuse
very obviously insufficient, and to delay completing
the contracts until the determination of the injunc-
ton, might put it OF for several months.
formed that the when the sale of most
profitable has passed. This may have prevented
bidders for less than those to whom the contracts
have to apprehend that many of these contract.
ors who before the 9Th day Of May sgniAsd their
willingness to accept their contracts win not take them
after the delay which has since occurred If these
prehensens realized the cleaning of the streets win
Of his term. lie viii have tie control Of the funds re-
qured for this service measure which 1t was one of
the great objects OF our charter TO prevent The
Cs 1 ca.u asa $1,000 =. 49,, OF the
ent from that adopted by Mr.. Gla7 Az very ahs.
stance no good can be e1pecte from their Ieuslston
Signed ~ no y 'S THpn
yHOS. CHRISTY,
VIM BAIRD
The report waA accepted and ordered on file.
] THE SALE OF THE GANSEvOORT PROPERTY.
| The report Of the special committee of the Board
of Councilmen, compromising the matter connected
with the sale OF the Fort Gansevoort property,
brought up; and pending discussion as to what
| committee it should be referred to, the Board ad
journed TO this "wednesday evening.