New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-08

awarded by him for the month OF May Ordered on h
RfgortS-To pay SIPS 10 c. Bedel for building wall
OF Twentieth Ward SStionHouse. Coneured H. The report
OF the Cuncmen 10 favor Of $500 appropriation for the
Fourth Of July amended this Board 20 $500, back,
end the having adhered to former seton the paper
returned. On motion Of AID 'ooRh COMMITTEE OF .9nfsr
appointed as follows; As Tucker herrck and l. H.
Tie Nec City HaH-Ald. Fox called from the Ia
bic The Repor in the location the proposed New
City Hall The Board then went inic Committee Of tbs
Whole Ad Ely Inc ch. on the S s' . VA.
followed the minority report IN favor Of adopting
Aid VERRIAs moved that the latter report be
Kid Fox moved that the majority report be adopted.
Aid. BERRIAs spoke in favor OF having the New
City Hall located In Madonsquare lie considered I, ths
interes Of whole Island to have the Hal bal uptown
Aid VuoRHls said he had given his views pretty
fully In the minority report favor of Madison He re-
the fret movement OF churches up town and NOR
Hc bslevsd thai ~er. 100000 people IN New.York
and if the City. would continue to increase as 1t had
s Wears he thought York; lie would be more csnrs
location than the Park II went TO work TO build Hal
WIN onS be quite Convinced that The building should
be He did not want TO remove me bsw Colrs rom
the Park but only the City Goyern@ens ana Partmen,. IN
building Hall up town Aid " would have gallery Tor ladies'
as these fair would doubt often pay the Common
Cou ell visit while in session, and such woud have refining
and exciting influence. ~s. -,
Aid. Fox said the object OF new CITY Han was 'or
the BUSINESS portion the City, The City Railroads and al
conveyed at the one point the fs aud II wsd %
PARK at any time than D get to Madison. square. .
AID LORD seid be could not really believe that AID
yorhis serious his reasoninss lie Thought that inc
Alderman would stop after submit ing his culious minority
report hut he surprised TO him get up IN this Board n
the character Of Young America denoaneqs Ils
calculations lie thought Aid VS. idea to have the CITY ian
~ gn .oN The BosS hsd too much crowd hanging
nightly seady. lie did not even think u ne cesssry 20 nav,
TO the "oael Contract" any other awful debates
He though, there probability Of business been crowded
much above the present City Hail. now hstsndns the increase
o. residences up town II the whole island built upon the
PARK would from position Of the City and avenues with
hutnoss point of and consequently the only aud
best location for the building IN contemplation Ias des %
CITY Hal Madson-sqUGrc far the business section OF o
Civ he ABSURD ridiculous, and only proposed 70
lew aud enhance the estates while
weuld Inconvenience the majority The PARK would sud- tue
Aid. WIN. TUCKER spoke in favor of having the Hall
the Park The Banks insurance Companies aud all
the business institutions Of importance in the Ciy below
Cana the lawyers and all OF business had TO come
that point such he thought would continue for cen
Aid. HOWARD thought the City Hall of any City
where business concentrated busress down town has
increased In ratio with the population OF the up town
districts down where the uptown people came 70
transact then was 90 G hee where ,nsy mae ene
for the new cy Hall there was no ssSses up .o" exc p
cation people might we'll have the Hall spuyssn Duy
vel Greek. 4,
AID HrRpicK spoke to some length in favor OF the
uptown location The and oil men dong business
the Corporation resided town and w nconVenento
20 cone 70 ai 70 g., - al n ,o vs. TO ditpe busiess
through the center ard upper part OF the City, =. -
Aid. NlLI1ANsON spoke OF Necessity vi nt'ihs
the City Hall lie had interests Of his own %
induce him advocate the downtown locality tie believed
would the net OF the city generally 10 erect the
the Park and out the idea OF the minority re-
rort would be the convenience OF the public
Aid BRIGGS was III favor of building small CITY,
Hall in the Park and future day large uptown bat II
large 10 be built he was IN favor OF the uptown
location. ~.
AID Brown denounced some passages in the Minor
ty RepoTt rejecting the Of the people down
town He could that good reason was 20
suppo the uptown lie thought the Minority Report
Joke had expectation Of seeing Il advocated he
confident however that no Cry Hall would be ont up
town he good Of the Board would prevail
Alp NooRHIs said that if Aid. Brown was elected
TO the Office Sheriff. which ho candidate he would
no doubt see the necessity Of City Hall uptown
AID WAKENAs went into u long argument IN avor
of the uptown locality ard denounced those who opposed as
great cid oges those who laughed az the project OF construct
ing the EIie Canal - -.
AID CHRISTIE said that If strangers were listening
to dcusou they would think that this Common Counci
someng but he thought that they were only
rtna;rg for the Common Council OF 1896
Nv there would be great changes In this borda
different set instance AID Brown would be sherry
AID Howard Comi sioneE Of Repairs and supplies and AID
Heuick Controller.
AID C. H. TUCKER spoke in favor Of the uptown
location amendment 70 submit the subject 20 the
people az he next election
Aids. MosIER and sSEERs spoke in favor Of down
town. $500 a. .
Tie Committee rose and reported in favor of the
Park The P.efden took the chair and Aid Ely reported Ia
building the CT Han in the Park, which adopted
By Is TO 6, yiz.: AIrTsdittcAts Blown w an-
son goer Baird HofInre Coward Fox, w Tucker Tow
bridge Steers Baker. Lord hsa.re-As oornis
Wssensn, Brggs, Chrs;y HerFek C. H. Tucker 'asn snd
Drsbe.
The Board then adjourned to Friday.