The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-22

This includes ssi, sse expended sy the Board Of
Beah under the City Inspector sad the Sanitary Com
The street expenses have been distributed q, fol-
Tor Russ pavement siso, ss5 o5
Coot Co for Pelgisn pavement .......... @1Si 90
Repairing psrements in streets by the super
hteade1i Of Repairs and SUP pss....... s202 so
Statement No shows the appropriations made In
1854 account q t,ust funds and special accounts;
these funds FOR six months Of 1858 aud six mo1ths OF
1854
The total sum which has passed through the city
treasury on account OF 'trust funds fer the twelve
Being fer six months of 1853, So ST., 2ai rs
- s. 1876 COS 81
OF this amount shout So soococ consists Of 90
Of revenue ana assess ursnt bonds tere has
also been paid to the state teury account Of direct
taxes for the support OF the state the
snm OF S46es4s II In ad ition TO this the county
Of New York has paid to the state direct for the
maintenance OF free schools in The State large Of
s4!a2 g. beyond the sum spprsioned to the csy from
posed the city in addition the annual levy on the
property boiders AND inhabitants OF $3.50 80 for the
provision for the gratutous instruction Of every child
the city witch be persuaded to aco"pt the boom
Ss o, the two s"s % opsnus and trading
ssessnsnt On the property benefited by such improve
menh
Statement No shows the amount Of revenue boz
issued for the twelve months preceding the lst o. July
1894 The totsl amount VS. s. Iosi6T Of which
This largo sur Of al 40 SIT Az been borrowed at seven
per cent and, notwithstanding the offer Of this hisn
rae Of interest tie City TIes IVY has bo rowed ON
tho SE king fund and the back ut tins, to the
amount of half million Of dollars lu ing the twelve
nc nths emk eced IN the report
bende 'ssusd al pad in ,hs twelve mon'hs preceding
~ !. 1854 The srm issuad wss $780, oo and the
90 ss hs'nu' hare S'n paid
ststea ent No 10 shows the sum expended on .ccoun.
Of building stock No In 1859 aud 1851 among otcer
financial ccnivsrces 10 Keep tie Of taxation
for the TIME without dimr isbiDg he Of money
70 he expended application INSIDE 50 th Lgslaturs
for authority to borrow hak miliou OF collan to be
smDlon for the erection Of public baildngs. Out OF
this million Of dollars about $500 600 had expcud
ed ior to 1853. The whole sum, with thereon
is 70 be assessed and collected FROM the uhabitsnts
OF The city by the success Of those rored snd
vniue probably not than hAb worth OF the
thus app Led, 1891 and 1852 the docks ard
public buildings. OF the FIVE hancred Thousand dollars
borrowed for Joess snd slips, the sum Of $500 600
exrendso in 1851 and about $500, 0Ga In 1859 When
tho vents Of cemneTce are so presiog as to make It
ard tox the inhabit. for It's reimbursement why
should not individuals, yners Of property be perc,
ted to cors piers opposite their property whsr they
willing TO DO SO their own expen.ey Every spa
ces Of business OF this Kind which be transferred
from the uDslilful management Of government to The
han6s Of skiiful Individual is advantageous the in
hahtants at large as it s beneicil to commerce. and
all the interests OF rsde conueet.d withit
Cour for the privilege Of constructing AZ she expense
Of e owners OF the upland two substantial piers oppo
application vas denied yet Tho sam. Common Comet
ia the same yenr passed resolution to construct two
PIERS ons At the foot Of twenty kest street. and the
other at the foot OF Twenty street. and the
doing the work was given TO Jacob sharp There
adm ssion inst commerce. required the accommodation,
which NJ. Moore offered y afford Without cost TO The
city but this would the purposes OF the Job
bors, ard hsrce $40 on0 drawn from the tax
payers and expended these piers rather haa per-
doc
ass in front Of his lcry without cost 10 thecity
Sy II. " ss , H"as. and r &
sss,oo0
amount Of stock issued in April last, account OF
public educatiou stosk Of the city OF New York"
last TITS issue Of stock apparently adds 10 the city
debt, payable ty taxation, the sum Of s54 900. The
operation i simply the re,aoya Of hen on property
substitution Of three per cent bonds in hso Of mort
CAGES bearing interest at tho rate Of six and six and
Statement No. 10 is full exhibit Of TIE receipts in
deui OF tie Commissioners Of the Sinking fund on az
sssn, ., ,ns re:s%IsGn o. me sis asst Laers have
on account o. the principal Of tie permanent debt
statement 10 IA shows the receipts for twelve months
OF the fund apart by the ordinance OF 1874 the
pa, nent Of interest on the city asot Theexpsnditarss
on account Of the fund are detailed in Statement No
CONTRACT roR STATIONERY.
In August 1854 sealed bids invited for tatonery
for the Common Council BOARD oSups,isors tina Board
Of Health the departments bureaus and Offices Of the
Corporation Printed kts were furnished to Zach bid
der which atm given Of the various
articles Of stationery neccsay for the several depart
ments. II was in fact copy Of The Articles attached
to the stationery contract Of 1862 which made for
one year. but had cor lnutd pS'i August, 1883. The
lat marked No II oxhct copy OF the articles, and
the prices opposite zach article thnse pat in BY the
persons no obtained the contract Messrs W. r. Arthur
CO. wiz he that ths bid foots up SIC A. the
total for which tbe bidder would urnish Of each
item enumerated in the ltthat is they would furnish
ream II blue post fsko plain or ru'ed, for
cent one reem plain letter ut one cent, but
ruled at 81 30. Elk other bids made
at the same time and In order ascertain which bid
would he ost conducive 70 tho interests Of the city IN
cssc the stationery would correfpond with that Of the
preceding year, account was taken OF the kind OF sta
tonery used in the different os durir the proceeding
year. and then the total cost ~ those article
tincd by tie estimate OF each bddc'. Tie result was
evt below the frat column showing tho footing
OF the tevesl oda and the second eoum the total cost
for the year. provided the knd End quality OF the crtcss
used which had been urn 20 the several offices
in IL year preceding AuSuGt ], 1853, yis:--
Bids 7o.dl cost
Francis x Inntrel. ............ s2s2 rs q,93l Is
Collins Borre 4 Co. .......... Sd 81 599- "a
y BrnedmeaG0w. ............ loo 6S IL, 183 ~