The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-08
BOurd Of COuucumen.

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the President, D. d. Conover, in the chair. The follow.
ing business was transacted
PXrrrroas.
or q number Of persons-That the lamps be lit all
night, and that the lighting be continued so throughout
the year.
or Burr wakemar, Henry r. McGown and others-For
grant 70 lay gas pipes, &c.
For well and pump in 1aSth street, between Third and
Fourth avenues.
OF Baltic Hose Company No. 35-For donation to re-
pair loss sustained by ere.
OF J. G. Clark and others-To place q culvert OF the
southeast corner Of Twenty-second street and Sixth
avenue.
OF Foreman Of Engine Company No. 34-To have their
Of. NJ. D~aves-That he bs appointed a Com missioner
OF Deeds.
~ment-Asking for an appropriation tor outisys on Centre
market drill room.
OF owners-To discontinue or suspend the opening of
the Eleventh avenue, between Fifty ninth aud 1s7th
streets.
To build City Hall on Madison square.
OF Engine Company No. 6l-For a new engine and
Of David D. Blauvelt, Jr, and others-To have Gsnse-
WORT street filled up from Tenth to Thirteenth avenue.
The foregoing petitions we're referred to the sppropri-
ate committees.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation BIS AMI
he is hereby, requested to prepare and send to this
Board a proper form for subpoena, and such other pa
visions of the act 10 enable the Common Counci to take
TESTING ny, &c, RECENTLY passed BY the Assembly AMI
Resolved, That the Commissioner of Repairs and Sup.
plies, under the advice Of the Clerk Of the Common
Council, be, and he hereby is, authorized and instructed
to procure a fun length portrait of HIS Exc ,llency 10.
ratio Seymour, late Governor of the State of New York,
with a suitable frame, TO be placed In the Governors
is, appropriated the sum OF Eve hundred dollars, and for
such frame the sum OF one hundred dol,ars. Adopted.
That the committee on the celebration of Washington's
Birthday be requested TO p~rovi,e o dinner for six hun.
cred OF our poor, respectable and aged citizens. Re.
That the opinion Of the Counsel Of the Corporation be
requested as 10 what action may be necessary to ena-
BILE the Common Council to purchase the mains, &c,
&C., OF the New York ana Manhattan Gas Companies.
Adopted.
Resolved, That the Street Commissioner be req ossted
to furnish this Board with the na mes OF all the lnspec.
gts.~pteys By him By yiBEessis dae o. sshi sa az wage: paid
per ditm to such inspectors, also Of any, the names Of
such inspectors who are under the employ mont OF the
State or general government, and the nature and re.
enumeration OF such employ ment. laid over.
That tho Committee on Cleaning Streets be directed to
report a suitable style Of box, and also an ordinance pro.
iuent. Referred.
Re:elatien-To have permits aanulled in Clinton mar.
That the Committee on Lands and Places be directed
to take the subject under consideration, with a view, il
ionnd necessary, to msmorisiize the legislature to cur.
tan its dimeosiors,. and. to stop further proceedings in
laying out said park to the proposed exteut. Referred.
TO have the dock foot of Eleventh street repaired. Re
That tie Board OF Supervisors be authorized to erect
temporary bailaing for the accommodation OF the Surro.
gate or Comptroller, on the ground In the Park between
the Hall Of Records aud the building on the northeast
corner OF the Pork, under the direction and supervision
OF their Committee on County Oaces; aud in the erection
thereof, that they use the material saved from the ruins
Referred.
Directing the appointment Of a Special Commissioner
Adopted. ~
REPORTS.
OF the Committee on Salaries and OAices-In favor az
appointing Alexander Ming a Commissioner Of Deeds for
the city and county OF New York.
COMMENTATOR FROM PETER COOPER IN RELATION TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF STONE PIERS AND wHAsvEs.
me iono aipg commune .tion was received from the
Mayo, enclosing me subjoined from Peter Cooper on the
construction OF piers and wharves;-
MAYORS 0rrIcE, INV YORK, Feb. I, 1856. q
10 me HosoRADiE THE BOARD OF CoUscnagy:-
GEhTLfnES-l enclose 4 communication from Peter
Cooper, Esq which contains suggestions worthy OF con
sieerstien. The high character Of that gentleman, to.
flrcrlc heart, entities any views he NAV express upou
SFs a,sIi' matters to much F', FssN AN fs5e 1oO Very M s.sss't-
To rTE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND COMMON Council OF
tn CIR OF NTw YoRR:-
Your subscriber, in view Of the general deranyemsat
OF the business and monetary affairs OF the city AID
country in general, and Of the wide spread misery and
wretchedness growing out of the sudden and unavoidable
contraction IN al the various manufacturing aad mer.
cantne operations, oegs leave to make the following com.
Tho present and prospective suffering resulting from
the entire inability OF thousands TO find employment at
tho various csinngs on which they have depends for
support, claims from every benevolent mind an effort to
ascertain the cause OF their suffering, and the proper
Tho most prominent cause OF the present arrangement
OF trace, and the general want of employment, Is the
natural and inevitable result Of our ever expanding AMI
contracting measure OF value.
Our sad experience, l trust, viii finally teach US, A.
a nation, that the declaration of Washington was
true, when he said that in "exact proportion
as You pour paper money into the volume OF
circulating medium, just. in that proportion will
world TO come here and sell US everything, and At the
sans time making everything with us too dear to sell in
farmer or the mechanic-it win only benefit the debtor,
o. II enables him to pay his debt with a shallow instead
vsrious efforts have been made by our general 90.
vernrren' 10 remsdy these evils, by the enactment and
repeated alteration, Of tariGs-ail Of which have been
rendered Intellectual BY the constant expansion and con.
traction Of paper currency, with which we have been
measuring and vainly attempting to regulate the value
of all property and labor.
than the one he communicated to the Diet Of sweden
when he said that a nation that could lesislate q perms.
without : parallel in the world, and he advised his 10.
verpmept 70 return to a specie currency, as the only
remedy that could save their nation from ruin.
II viii always be found that q measure Of
value calculated to secure the rewards of labor to the
hand that earns IL must have in II an inherent
asa certain value, the evidence Of labor actually done.
Every other device as . measure Of value has always
given opportunity to the artful and designing 10 take al
ed 10 iertilise the rich mans aeid by the sweat Of the
peer mans brow.
1--WE desire to lessen the amount Of poverty and crime.
we must remove The causes that produce them. II Will
Be necessary in order 10 render II possible for the unfor.
tunate ard iscustrous poor TO raise them selves by uss.
full labor 10 competence, comfort and independence. 10
secure them an opportunity TO labor, and all the facili
ties for applying their work 70 the best POSSIBLE adyaa.
tsse. TLis will require that they be provided with shell.
ter cad board Of the cheapest possible kind that Il con.
duSNN 10 health.
Your subscriber being impressed with the diaicul,y OF
prescribing . remedy for . disease 20 deeply seated ia
the body politic, wu venture 70 recommen I'd . course
that win furnish immediate and continued employment
TO thousands in . york that VIII save miliens to Che fu.
ture inhAp;sant4 Of cur city.