New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-20
PUBLIC MEk1ING&
pOLRp or ALDERMEN

BOARD OF ALDERMEN
"WEDNESDAY, April l9-NAtHM L Ely Pfesldent, 10
the chair, and quorum present
PETITION NFEHRED.
OF several persons to be appointed Assistant Messenger
10 the Bead Of AlGeImeD of large number OF residents
of Broolyp doing business in New Yos, asking tina the
Union Ferry Company De required TO run thrir boats
they do at pre- sent for the convenience of those Obliged
TO Of owners Of property against the removing o.
Washington Market OF ladies who have friends ami rea
tyes inferred in Trinity Churbyad against the extension
Of Albany It through said graveyard.
COMMUSICATIONs
From the Chief Engineer Of the Fire Department, on
the sui ect of re5rgenizng the Fire Department Laid
On the election of E. Kingsland As,stan; Engineer.
Confirmed
BY AID Drake, that West ct and tenth Join aud
are on almost straight line that Wes. st be hereafter
known Tenth av. the whole extent of the Island Re
feued 10 Committee.
REPORTS coscURRED IN.
To build sewer in Monroe ST., between Jefferson and
Rutgers sts TO build in Jane ST.. also n
EldIidge ct in Grand ST from Greene TO Wooster;
in Forty ninth ct, between Third and Lexington avs
one In Bsrrow at.
The Committee on Health reported in favor Of paying
w Reynolds bis claim on the contract for removing
ofal &c. from the Cry, which was read end order d
to be printed AID Mott said he understood that there
was an important communication the table fsom Con-
toll.r Flagg op tie same subject, which he moved
print Objected to by Aid Herrck Aid Woodward
moved TO aojoun Lost. AID Mott renewed his motion,
which was carried.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. CoMrrRotIrRs OFFICE
Thursday, April IL, 1854.
To the Common Council:
As there il before the Board OF Aldermen propo
sihon TO pay William Reynolds the full sun claimed by
him under contract made with the Common Council on
the Gath day of April 1852, with interest the amount
Of the several monthly payments which have been wi,n
held on account of the nvahdy of the contr ana ,ne
performance OF o the stpulalons contained IN
consider that II s incumbent on me TO can me a'.en
lion the Board to the popey G how ,0 s,r So
claimed would by the Conmon Council have been car
ied into effect. ..., ,,,.r.
Reynolds marked A. and copy OF an opinion OF the
District Attorney N. u. Blunt Esq as to its vslidity
The contract provides that the City will pay to VIM
Reynolds for the faithful performance Of bis part Of the
agreement the following sums of money,to wit
For removing dead animals, cows, horses, &c.
from all parts Of the City, and carrying the
same away in boats TO Barren Island per
head ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. - 81
For removing butchers blood and ofal. &c.
from the slaughter houses &c, to boats per
month ................. ............... 1900 OC
For removing soap boilen' nuisances, fish. of
falls, &e, from all parts of the City per
For removing garbage from hotels and public
buildings, vacant lots, &c, other than such
as IL collected and required 10 be removed
by the carts of the Commissioner Of Streets
and Lamps, per month Observation-Disclosures. 400 OF
For collecting and removing bones, sc from
the streets and all parts of the City, per
month ............................. 400 o
For removing dead dogs cats sc, from the
streets and all parts of the City, per month. 100
For lime, for di'ineoting, &c, per month 80 o
nusspces, apimsls blood, ofas &c, &c. away from an
beyond the limits Of the City, to Barren Island else
wlefe, nineteen dollars per day. FOR EACH SIDE OF TIL
CITY oSK BOAT FROM EACH RIVER As AFoREsAID-makiat
h,rfs tigkf dollars pr day.
Thee six items in the contract shown in the pre-
cedng sateme nt for which Mr. REYNOLDS is to receive
fixed for each month, amounting to total for thos
hems of e3l9o per month equal 10 sJ7 iio per annum
This sum Is fixed, and is not dependent the number
rendered
The contract thus gives him nineteen dollars per day
for carrying away to Barren Island the animals anC
ofTa from the North River side and the same SUN from
the East River which s3s for each day the year fol
& service equal TO 1895 for each river s5s7O fol
both rivers during the year Ii might be supposed tina
the payment of this last should De dependent the
contractor carrying away the ona from both rivers bu
the Common Council Of 1854, thought Otherwise
The item for removing dead horses and from all
parts Of the City to the boats make. the depend
eht on the number Of animals removed. 10 March 1853
the number reported TO be 42s which So SO each
equal for the month to the sum of so70 and for
yesr, tqusl to Sl2,s40.
summary Of these fixed and floating items gives the
eUb.ss bones .Ia dead dogs ...........s s 40
lsno,i.t above including soap boiler. nus.nec. to B.
m 1857
Total.
II will be seen, by referring the resolution of the
Common Council Of the 18th Of April 1852 embodied in
the first paragraph OF the contract marked A. that the
the cost Of the present rats Of charge for rDpora nd
terms 81 contract for raTsportaoh Of Tie same yosd
tic hmits Of tie Ctr"
In sciutnizng this contract and examining into its legal
bearings the interests of this City, it is important that
The Common Council should at what rate the
service Of removing animals performed the time
he above resolution adopted The contract with
Coos stated in one Of the ai1svs appended the
port OF Tie Committee Of the Board Of Health June -
1883 Wa made ia the fall of $780, and soon thereafter as
assigned 10 Reynolds, or his associates He therefore
can pr1ouce 'ni contract and show whether lis terms
were followed as the resolution Of the Common Council of
ltsh April 1881 wSs complied With The contract
with Coles was for one year and the pay he
treasury. under that contract in 1881 and The Raw
nolds' contract in 1859 differ neal, FoRTY Inors,
DoLLsRs! In the year 1851 the payments shou the
average paid per month se,lS3 For ave months
10 1852 the average paid per month was s3ls7 Far
seven month"; from May 81 1884, be present contrsct IA
dated April H. 1881 10 January 1883 the average su
paid per onth $500 These averages would snow
expenditure in 1881 under Coles contract .oua IN
Sa5,t96 shoh expenditures. under Reynolds contract
required by the solution 10 bs modelled cams
terms increased in 1882 to Sc, 32 being increase
although by resolution OF the Common Council wAs
NOT to exceed in expense the Of the rates OF the
;5eVlous contract Of t297J6 How and sAen this