New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-11
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BOARD OF COUNCILMEN.


MONDAY July lO-Present EDWIN j. BROWN, ESD
President, in the Chair and as members.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Commissioner OF Repairs and Supplies stating that
he has received plans and specifications for building
ia the Park which at his office, &c. To Committee
on Repairs and Supplies
OF Committee Ordinance-Adverse to petition to alter
ordinance in relation carts and as to grant
Hcens es to residents Of Brooklyn, Adopted.
OF Some-That the Board of Aldermen be respectfully
requested take action on the resolutions passed by this
Board to advertise for proposals for publishing for the
The report in favor Of opening the distributing rcser
vor and close at each day Sundays excepted was
called up and laid on the table
OF Committee Streets-TO nOnc0ncur with Board OF
Aldermen in extending Albanyst through Trinity Church
ward to Broadway Laid ON the table to be printed.
OF Special Committee encrOaohments on the Harbor,
in favor of permitting Commandsnt Charles Boorman of
the Navy Yard Brooklyn to place four buoys in
the Walabou for the purpose CT ascertaning the local
deviation Of ships compasses from the true magnetic
bearing. Adopted.
The Board then went into Committee of the Whole Mr..
vermiye in the Chair and took into consideration var
Gus papers which had been previously referred to it. The
Committee then rose Mr.. Kennedy ia the Chair, when
the Chairman reported in favor 6 ordering the reports
relative to salories Of Clerks of Common Peas tagging
the Bowery and Fityseventhst sewer, to third read
ing; that the reports TO Wa-st Ferry and Brick
Church had been passed the report in favor OF tes
monia to Capt Fitch and the officers and crew of steam
shin Washington had been amended by making the
amount 900 instead of $780, and that the report rela
tive purchases &c. in Fire Department had been Or
dered TO be reCOmmed--Adoptcd
DTBATFs-COMMITTER OF WHOLE.
The resolution appropratng the sum OF $500 to pur-
chase testimonial for Capt Fitch and the officers of the
steamship Washington for their noble conduct IN reScug
the passengers of the packetshp Winchester came up
To the proposition to appropriate $500 OF the soOO ior
testimonial TO Capt. Fitch, was an amendment setting
the amount at 5000. 80
Mr. CoyovER moved to rescnd the vote in favor of the
amendment.
Mr. HOLDER said he was opposed to the gorifcaton OF
commanders of vessels at the expense of the sailor.
While the sailors of the Kby waiting to rescue the
sufferers on tie San Francisco Capt Lowe was making
bargain OF dollars and cents before ne wouu gsv @
sailor as well the captain lie would give the captain
5000 out of the $780, the rest to the crew. this system
of aung commanders and forgetting the sailor were per-
sisted in the men before the mast would be unwilling to
brave danger readily as now 49, . =,
Mr. JACKSON was in favor OF apProPrisss e'0o '"0
$500 for n suitable testimonial to Capt. Fitch.
Mr. CoNovER took the same ground and headed OH tne
case of the seamen of the Kiby with the sailors OF the
Three Bells who, he said refused TO OBEY tne comuiau
Of Cant Creighton put off TO the rescue or even TO en-
fer the boat until he bad shown them the example; o
Mr. CLANCY moved to amend by substituting u ooo,
$500 of hich to go TO the captain ana the Teainue
the officers and men. Carried.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Report of the Committee on the Fire DsParfment
in reference TO the supply of hose coming up MI Coo
WEIR hopea that it would not be adopted lie asked wna
the ,esilt would be if such resolution as 1t embodied
was carried into eect He read the resou'oh' a' io
Rs Tst Chief Engineer be and hs hereby dresfa 70
o sSs o sse Fire Department that his
~, TO $780, and he s hereby furheI
;cfsd no have used in future by the FIRE Department
'naSe nnSer his superv sion in the public yard
NJ CovoyER continued, TO the effect that ne deeneo
This resolution gross violation of the spirit the charter
R tbs resolution the Chief Engineer might purchase ma
teya 10 any amount provided he did In parcels uhaer
certain sum. . e.,. IL ,ho,,,b, M
hotter fitted TO attend 10 the purchase OF matera ana
rntend ia manufacture than the Chief Engineer AT
s rsent time the hose made by contract and used py
tbe Denartmeut was totally unfit for use Inc eonacI
.y I'm tbs particular had failed. The Cher Engineer
os in his opnion an honest man. and ne was no. aaiu
70 trm.t him with the expenditure OF the puohe uno
Mr. J,cHsoy-If the Chief Engineer has the superln n
tendance of the work done for the Corporation wiz cos
inst Ten times more than it does now ms business -
s that all work done for his department is IN
h the terms of the contract and II II Is nor " h"
NJ KrSxrnY-If he does not il is either because ne n
no, ,he inclination or the capacity, don care wnien
Tba resoluon authorizes gross VIOLATION % thc
NJ CoyoyYR-I did not mean TO say anyihihg aoou' 'o
Chief Engineer while in this Board couia no' say
nybino in his favor but he certainly does nor h
b respect or confidence OF very large proPoron y. %
members of the Fire Department and nusI say .a
have had no very favorable specimen OF nus @
The expenses of the Department are double wna' & ~ G
drnc the administration Of his predecessor, "AIo
hacer has deterorsed in corresponding rale. d
So;Jodv onpose this movement as unccnsli'oHohai az"
Ill el,, to move highly mschievous
'. IT, ronort was on motion, recommitted.