The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-20
NUM- CIPAL AFFAIRS.
Board OF Aldermen-Statetl Session.
OFFICIAL.

porsvr N.h. = y, WEprrsDAY April u; 1854
Brown Wi!li;%sss, Slust Baird hessrd wesSwsSd
Covert Kelly Chaunoey Christy. Lord Herrick. c. II.
The minutes Of the last meeting and approved
By the Pnrsprsr-Psson of John vandew..er to b.
appointed Messenger to the Board To Commit
ny the ssnoPetition Cf Ernest Aims be appointed
Assistsn Messenger to the Board To Committee saa
BY Alderman LcRp-Petiton q residents Of Brooklyn
Company 70 their boats at hoar
BY the PnrslnrSr,Petision of Mrs. Z. Insls. and
street through Trinity Churchyard 10 Committee on
by the samsPetitl,a Of Joseph Durham for rems
BY Alderman NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of ownors Of pro.
perry agan the removal Of Washington market To Com
Of , e
BY 4dsrmsn aPofsJ John Coz. for rsdue
BY Alderman wAKEmAr-Petition Of T. T. Jackson. in
to the contract for keeping roads in repair To Com
BY Alderman BoAnpmAs-Petision Of T. B. Oliver to be
appointed Assistant Messenger to the Board To Committee
on Salaries and Offices.
their table altered To Committee Repairs Sup
plios
From Chief Ensineorwith pOmin alton Of Elisha Kings
land as assistant engineer in the place OF John G. oliver
From the Same-Relatvo to former on tho
subject Of organizing the Fire Department Laid on the
From tho M.yor-Returnng resolution directing the
Union Ferry Company to erect sheds To Committee on
BY Alderman Whereas tho unparalleled growth
s streets Us make the
uniform and whereas street
point SstSssn Tssish street and
dree, line Knssbrdse the most point
the sa .s the Shsns Of the
rcuehars The whole extent Of the Ian making
cities Of Europe therefore
that Of the Tenth Referred to Committee on Ars
and rag sidewalks Eleventh avsnue between twenty
Of Street s%s'' Ad5ped 0na''
connitses ''' 70
*: city & ssr y a' S,
Ordered on file
Monroe street between Jefferson and Rutgers streets also
Grand street between Greene and Wooster otseeta
Aar%ssiys5 AISsS%sn Williamson Blunt na;a asg
Iord hsr.ia% Tasir
on t. pay bills
Ives, Bndd Marsh, Wells. Adopted s..,,
NO. 8 81 saa
Is SS sc IF in ee
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bridge BGardman Wahsman Covert Kelly Gh%Sunsey
Sos. hs rSssd'ns h'FFs Tucker
OF Committee on Polce-In savos of paying medical bills
Of Drs. stoors and Sheriff.. cOneurrod in
this Be % the number 1S Of
s q 81 h
of on Pnse Meno to dreo. tho
bs sn sssS % srn a due him
The communication Comptroller relation to
tn, x
COMMITTEES relation 70 sheds new
ioT mp on and and Pss
AairmatiSsI AldsEnsn Williamson Blunt. Baird, Hon.
Christy, the President, Aldermen Lord G. A. TuoSer
Negative-Aiderman yoorhis-l.
fd an cSs cc s OF rhSr.s s
Of Committee Finance-TO concur to donate $1,000
to the hSTthwssern Dispensary annually Laid on the
Commits Repairs and supPIiss-Te to ad
Market and Pike streets ASSpedS ''''' '''s''
and IN favor Donating 800 to
Oliver for services as temporary doorkeeper. Con
@ 1s Bsefs then Hss
OUR SPECIAL REPORT.
Petition from the inhahsn,s Of South Brooklyn pray
their boats on the Hamilton ferry 70 later hour
rHE RnyNoLps ooNrRAor-REronr FROM THE COMP.
Communication wa. received from Comptroller rlass
Tins h s eaySS ss s Reynolds
Of S
IL hs s. Invalid
the 1sf Tor the faithful per
For removing dead animals COWS horses sc from all
ps 4e I = s n e Bs1sG
ehs from the sausber hoees 6e to boats per month
IT, Sa
Streets all parts the MONTH ss
ims isad and
5 ss =, y & Z ss ;:s
sS PEI
en
o. IN any respect on the amount Of service, rendered Il
rivers during year should depndsnt upon the CON
horses and cows i,Sr all parts the city e
sninss !amoysa ss,sh ISIS the number reported
hess s.sG
m sna s.. S s sS
Removing tie above including soap boilers nai-
ssncss to Barren Island. 1880
| Total for a year. s8l5o
charge for and terms Of contract for
of the beyond limits the city, 1t is important
that the Common Council should ascertain at what the
service Of removing animals performed the time tho
above resolution adopted The Coles
made in the fall of 1850 aud thereafter assigned
tow B. Reynolds and bis associates He therefore
produce this contract show whether its terms fol
lowed in the resolution of the Common Council Of April
16 1852 The contract with Coles for year and
the payment from the treasury under that 1851 and
under the Reynolds contract in 1852, differ nearly
fifty thousand dollars The payments under Coles contract
in e5l chow expenditure of S2 6 which
under contract required by the resolution to DO
modelled the 1852 to S65 352
being increase although it was not to exceed in
pense the Of the rates Of the previous contract of
1856 How and whore this made
With the exception Of the s2 so head for horses and
the of a round month, and the in
Of the nrtces removed IL the the
contract to with the Coles for year
would only add at the rate Of twenty shings apiece
the increase Of cows and horses which increase of
bur6enirg the contractor would add largely his profits
The Comptroller recommends that the Common Council
have investigation and examine DR. White, City
epector in regard the nau<e Of Coles contract
document cannot be found anted