The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
peeled.
o. staon, the action Of ths Beard Of Councmen was
imnediatsly concurred In without any debate.

d nston the action Of ths Beard Of Councilmen wa
imnediatsly concurred In without any debate.
Board OF CouncilnAsn-stated session.
OFFICIAL.
fresentILdwin Brown, Esq, Presidentn the chair
ana Sfty eight memseIs
PETITIONS &c. .
BY Councilman MoiIRR-0f Walter Waldron and ON
ers that Fifty street between Sixth ANA seventh
avenues, 30 regulated and graded To Comm'''ee On
Roads.
BY Councilman Cosovns-of Kipp Brown to have
their bill paid for furnishing stages &C. IN ns
TO the then Committee on Fire Department 10 Oomm'
tee on Fire Department. - "a e.
by Councilman Mct1AyE-or Hose oonla! i'o' ", ioi
Nv Councilman RnrY-of Edward Riley and others, for
dock at foot OF Twenty hfth street Norn river 10 0om
Nv Councilman CcsoyTR-of James Flanagan relative
TO contracts by him. streets within the
of the Central park. 10 Committee on Lands and Pla-
for in the vicinity OF Thirty fourth street and
Eleventh avenue. To Committee on Markets.
BY ssme-Of Peter ID. Moore and others, for large
central Market to be located above Madison square Tc
Committee Markets.
BY Councilman FKARsoN-Of VIM H. Van Cott for
compe nsaton for loss Of horse. To Committee Fl
BY samc-of A. F, Cushman, to be appointed com
BY Councilman LAMBRRfafr-O John Scheuerman and
Others that the sidewalks in street between
First avenue and and avenue A, be tagged. To Commit
BY same-Of Police Justices for the appointment o.
German interpreters. To Committee Police.
D
appointed Commissioner OF Deeds. To Committee Oh
Salaries, &c.
By the PRnuDrsT-of william T Farnham, to be sp
Iointed Commissioner OF Deeds To same.
BY Councilman Bgrsl-Of a. r. Hatfield and Others,
property owners Lexington avenue and Thirty third
street, to compel the Harlem Railroad Company TO re-
store the grade of Fourth avenue. 10 Committee on
Streets
BY the PRrmEST-Remonstrsnce of Henry Jackson and
others against the in the Bowery between Bond
and Great Jones streets. To Committee on Streets.
BY Councilman NoRnI-Of d. fanshaw and Others, ask
Snuf That ,n trpnf he al
from Third avenue to East river. TO Committee on
Road
fifty old seats OF those late in at Ward school in
Thirteenth street Tor Industrial school in Thirty third
street. Granted TO the school.
by Councilman BRusH-Oi Peter Van Antwerp to be
appointed Commissioner of Deeds. To Committee on
By Councilman CooryR-Of Mr. Gibson and others to
have Gansevoor street filled up graded from Tenth
Thirteenth avenue To Committee on Streets
BY Councilman WAINwRIGET-0f James Price, to be ap
pointed Commissioner OF Deeds To Committee on Sa
laries, &c.
BY Councilman TrrrE-of Robert NJ Strebeigh to be
appointed Commissioner of Deeds. To
BY Councilman kESSEDy-Remonstrance of Bayard
Clark and twenty six others against the extension of the
bulkhead on avenue Thirteenth from Twenty fourth
street northerly. To Committee on Wharves &c.
by same-0fA A. p. Darymple and seventy five others,
against the Hudson River Railroad Company keeping
heir cars standing in Hudson street. To Committee on
Railroads.
By Councilman JAcKsos-of Neptune Hose Company
No II, for house and location To Committee on
Fire Department.
BY same-0f John T. Henry and others, to have
Peade street cleaned To Committee on Streets
by Councilman sEELY-0f Finch, johnson and others
fer sewer in Forty seventh street between Eighth and
ninth avenues. To Committee Sewers.
BY Councilman CrIrros-OfJ. B. Pope and Others for
central market Fortieth street To Committee
Markets.
BY Councilman vARlAS-Of Engine Company No 2S
for pay for room hire. To Committee on Fire Depart
ment
sn appropriation to assist them in fitting heir house
with gas and water pipes. To Committee ON Fire De-
pertinent.
The Committee on Cleaning Streets presented report
with preamble and resolutions stating that the present
contractors for the First Second and Third districts
willing to reinqush their contracts being paid to
February and of tho Fourth district il paid to March
and recommended that the contracts those TERMS be
rescndedand also in favor of making contracts
dording to specifications presented.
The Committee presented report in favor of dividing
the city with the exception OF the Twelfth ward into nine
teen contract districts for the cleaning of the streets The
first eleven wards To he ms many districts The Thirteenth
Fourteenth Fifteenth Sixteenth and Seventeenth dis
trc shall comprise the wards of that number and the
Eighteenth ward; the Eighteenth district to be the Nine
teenth and Twenty first wards and the Nineteenth dis
trict the Twentieth and Twenty wards the work
not 10 he done by subconract, and contractor to
have than district to be cleaned twice week.
the contractors to the dirt manure &C. at their
own expense az fast it can be collected; suitable
berha To be furnished Mt piers for loading OF their
sells; after the lapse of twenty -four hours from the
time the street should have been cleaned II not done
they be order Of the captain Of police of thu
district and charged to the contractors citizen
do at his expense and have right to the dis
posai OF the manure, &c il contractor omits to
cleanorty eight hours after regular time his contract
to be forfeited.
Councilman ANcY offered an amendment that less
than 81 20 should he paid by contractors for labor Lost
An amendment, that the whole OF street two sides
OF district should be considered part OF the district
Councilman CoSovER then moved that the report be
laid upon the table, to enable the introduction OF an ord
authorizing the Board Of Health Ito meet o-mor
cs..a 70 take immediate action es'n the streets
Councilman CoSovKR presented preamble, stating
+. knIa no xrsttx cali
nance authorizing the Board of Health to the
streets to be cleaned and continue to do SO till the Com
Council enter into tho necessary contracts &c
Pcferred to Committee of the Whole
The Board then went into Committee of the Whole,
Councilman vermye in the chair, when the ordinance
read and ordered for adoption and the committee
The Board then adopted the ordinance in favor of
empowering the Board Of Health by the following
Afhrmative-The President, Messrs H. Smith, Cannon,
Young ceaT heI 1sT Wa U1ncs
Roe Wainwright See, Holder, Cooper, Brush, Reed Eos
ter Purdy Phillips Schuyler, Raymond, Elliott Forbes
Smith Aodgkinson, Hustled, jeremiah, Pinckney, LAM
brecht Frye, Ganey, McCave, Curry Conover, Earle,
Negati,e-Messrs. Kennedy and Mcintyre
Mr.. KENNEDY explained that he did not consider the
Beard had power to pass the ordinance
BY Councilman PNcxNxy-ofv v. g. Mills Geo. R. Mich
oil VIM H. Greene and Samuel Trucsdale to be appoint
ed Commissioners of Deeds. To Committee on Salaries
and Omoes.
By the same-Of Tompkins Hose Company, No. 16, for
o hose carriage. To Committee Fire Department.
OF John +. Cunningham and others-Fora fire hydrant
in First avenue between Twenty seventh and Thirty first
streets TO Committee on Croton Aqueduct
REPORT.
The Board then again resumed the consideration of
the report and specifications in favor of cleaning streets
taking by sections section adopted that the
clause allowing the individual TO the contract
but for district stricken out and other,
though slight, amendments made. On the tenth
section (he report containing twelve) during motion
to amend by striking out the words Captain of Police
and substitute other officer, the Board motion
adjourned to Wednesday afternoon, at O'Clock.
from the minutes. G. T. McCLENACHAN, Clerk.
Proceedings In the Board of Councilmen.
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