New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-22


schools in the State at large of s747ts D 'ey"%
surn spportioned 10 the Civ from ne s'''e 'o'"'
Fund These severe sXactions ere imp's'u ~ -.
Ctv in addition 10 the annual levy on the pioPoIy
holders snd inhabi ants OF so'023: - oI wy
nort of system OF free schools which makes ''h
Mote provsion for the gratutous instruction "l 10Y
fhld in the CITY, which can be persuaded 20 "'oeP.
the boon. The amounts Of the Two items OF opehi'-
~ Grading streets amounting Together u Over
81 400 GOO are raised by an assessment on tae pro"
rertv benefited by such improvements
s,a,eroe nj No shows the amount of rvenue bona
insd for the ~ months preceding the Isl oi july,
Issi The total smount i - lOJ.lo', oi Wuich sun
81 Cs3 $50 wss issued in 1855 ana - IA -. :,
Tie lar,e sum of 81 1905 az has been borrowed ~
- MT and Notwithstanding the offer OF this high
ste Of interest the City Treasury has borrowed from
H. sinking fund and the bank, at one time, to me
amount Of half a million oil coh.rs uu'ii- ING -
months embraced in this report, toeo"l
statement No shows the amount OF assessment
-. i..ued and paid in the - months preceding
Inly 1 1854. The sum issued IS slVV'vOV' eilu tuc
amount paid S2s4925. Assessment po"e
issued under q special act OF the Leslsia'u.e pasi
H. IsS9 Ichapter 397) AMI ordinance o. me Con-
mon Council passed October 49, ls?2 inc ooleVt
81 isnp, assessment bonds is to anticipate Ic money
which is assessed on the property OF hal' "ua'' 90
opening grading and paving such streets Is aie Pa
for by assessments Revenue oohus ""'o '''" F"
10 the amount OF $50 4,9'o.
Statement No. 10 shows the sum expended on az
count OF building stock No. j.
Inls5O-l among Oth6r hnanc.a l continuance 'okeep
down the rate ol taN-tun Tor ne uHe pehS "ItHo"'
diminishing the amount OF money 10 De eApehd"e' SP
,licntion was made 10 the LeIisaurc Tor authority y
borrow half million OF dollars {" De eApehded d"
constructing and repairing decSs, ana nan 'h.I"u
for the erection ri pubic buildings. o"' ~ us
million OF dollars about SsUO,OVO hai noth eApeh'ed
prior 10 l-53 The whole sum with interest 'ueFeon
/, 10 be asst ssed on ard collected from me ihhaoU-
ants of the City by the successors OF Hose VINO ooE
rowed and spent the money The LAY mas received
in substantial value probably lot more n an hai "'
the worth Of the money thus applied ln lS'i-- To the
decks and public buildings. w lac nVe niuuien
thoussrd dollars borrowed tor docks ana SIPS tue
sum of $685. 900 was expended IN ls1l' ana ABOUT
500. eco in ls52.
When the wants of commerce are 50 pressing ~
10 make il necessary ~ borrow hat million 0i DOL
lars. and tax the nhabitanis for is reimbursement,
why should lot individual owners o. properly ne
permitted 10 construct piers opposite their properly,
when they aro willing 10 do il attheir own expense
Every species of business of this kud which can Oe
transferred from the unskilful management 81 Tow
erumen 10 the hands of skilfUl individuals, is advau
iage.us to the inhabitants az large as II l. beneficial
10 commerce and all the interests d trade connected
with it.
H. 1888. when application made 10 the Cola-
mon Council for the privilege OF constructing at the
eXuense of the owner OF the upland, substantial
piers opposite the Moore property near IWenty-thrd-
It. the application was denied. Yet The same Com
mon Council, in the same year. passed resolution -
construct two piers one az the foot at Iwenueth
and the other az the foot OF Tweny-seeondst., and
the Job OF doing the work was gwen 10 jacob SHARP
Here was an admission that commerce required the
accommodation which Mr. Moore offered TO ahosd
without cost to the city.
Statement No. IL shows the sums borrowed AMI
expended by the Governors of the Aluls-iiOuse iOr
the erection of q Work House. The sum expended il
S65 $50.
statement No ~ shows the sum borrowed and the
amount Of stock issued in April last, on account Ot
public Education Stock of the City ot New York,
under the act chapter 30l, of the laws of 1888 as ex
planned IN another part of this report, and the annual
report from thus department in January last. This
issue Of stock apparently adds 10 the City debt paya
bic by taxation, the sum Of Slvi,OOO The operation
il simply the removal of lien property surrendered
the City valued at hall o million of dollars by the
substitution of per cent bonds IN lieu OF mortgage
bearing interest a. the rate OF and - per cent
Statement No. 10 is fall exhibit OF the recepts in
detail of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.- ON
account of the redemption of the City debt -,
There have been no payments within the preceding
twelve months account OF the prime pal of tue per
manent debt. For payments from this fund see ate
meDt No. ].
months by the Commissioners of tho Sinking Fund,
on account of the fund set apart by the Ordlul OF
lsii, for the payment Of interest on tho CIV debt.
The expenditures account Of the fund Tor the
payment of interest are given in detail IN statement
No.
CLEANING STREETS
The expenditures for cleaning streets as Shown in
table No. t. are for six months in 1855 SIl3l7 -;
and for The period in lsJ4 slll $50 3D. being
total of 1894 6is. This does not the whole
pepdure in 1854, by very large SUN. the bourd
of HEALTH which now consists OF the sixty Council
men and tw nty.tw Aldermen, with the Commission
of Health, on the -th day of -, 1854 decided hat
from the condition OF the streets, there imminent
danger of pestilence, aud hence they determined to
cleanse them by the Board OF Health, and resolved
themselves into Sanitary Committee of eighty, to
superintend this publication Of the City, and thus
preserve the health and protec, the lives Of their
stituents from the pesteDce which walketh in
A" darkness"
In five weeks preceding the sh Of April, the Board
Of Health expended s74,s5O 81. For this sum,
which could only be provided for by taxation there
was authority obtained from the Legislature to
levy the tax and hence the amount could not be put
in the tax levy OF 1884. This IL serious em6arrass
ment TO the treasury, and should be provided for by
curtailment of expenditures in other items else It
must come into the account of arrearages for 1855.
Ii this sum Of ga 500 2l expended by the Board
of Health be added the amount charged for clean
ing streets in Table o. il makes total expenditure in
twelve months of 5000, sos 20.
Mr.. Glazier, the successor OF Mr.. Arcularius took
possession OF The streets the 9Th OF April and from
that time TO the lst of July, twelve weeks he ex-
pended S53,305 "a.
The following statement shows the amount expend-
ed by Henry Arcusrus Jr., for the eight months
preced ng March /, 1854, with the sum paid into the
Treasury by him for manure during the same time;
also, the expended the streets and paid for
manure in March and April by the Street Inspector,
and by Mr. Glazier, from the s,h of April to the st
OF July, 1854, viz:
Payments made by Harry Arcularius, Jr, from
July l. 1885, until the Board OF Health commenced
cleaning the streets, March Z, 1854:
Cleaning Street,. Manure.
Eight months ................sl5ls2 81 sl39l7 63
i r. Downing, one month......... 1880 n 1909 50 J.
Geo. Glszier, months AID "A dsys. 1886 "a 1854 90
otsl.......................t3o9 5l3 d s2O4ll %
The interesting question whether Broadway could
be efecusly cleaned has been satisfactorily decided
IN the course of the last year by the energy Of Mr.
lienIn. BY the aid of q voluntary ho