New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-14
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

FRIDAY, July bad. ISAAC o. BARKER In the
chair, and quorum present.
/ CommunicatioHs-trom the Controller submitting q
statement of the receipts of the Sixth aud Eghih-sv
| Railroads for the month of June as follows:
sixh-sv Railroad Company. %
Eighth Az. Railroad Company ..'''''..''''.- oIS .
Total. 50
Ordered ole
A Washington M0nument-The COMMITTEES on
Lands and Places ssbmitted report in favor Of 81
! lowing W La,ting TO erect Washington Monument
on the Battery, 600 feet high on hundred ee base.
The Board of COnncimen had reported in favor OF
. such monument on Central Park. The Committee
OF this Board consider the Battery ground the most
suitable They therefore non concured with the
Board of Councilmen and offered resolution that cir
cular lot of ground measuring 200 feet in da,eer
the Battery the cite occupied by Castle Garden,
be appropriated for tie purpose that the thereof
be granted TO petitioners for thirty years the coni
ton that the ground should NOT be occupied until
100000 were collected for the purpose of building,
and that at the expiration OF five years shoIld the
sGid not be raised the grant would be null aud
void Also, that if the money was raised and the
WORK completed at the expiration of thirty years the
petitioners should Teinqush all claim TO said monu-
ment &c. to the CITY.
DeJotes-On the report in favor Of Washington
Monument 10 be built by Nr. Latting at the Battery,
he having the exclusive OF its for 30 years.
Aid WuLIAMsoS briefly advocated the report.
Aid. LORD SPOKE against il as mere speculation.
The best monument Washington could have was the
hearts Of his people
AlG. DRAKE thought that if the old gentleman
pointing to the por;r,i Of Washington looking
&c WI uIOD them now he must be ashamed OF thcia.
There ought not 70 be any debate about erecting
me numen' to the who fought for our freedom.
Ao. ELY read law TO show that the City hal no right
TO employ the Battery for any such use, being re-
served for purposes of promenade aud fortidcaion.
AID. BRIGGs supported the report in a speech for
Sam. He said that Sam ought TO do something; that
the law which had just been read was nothing at al,
and if it anything they could erect the monument
as Q fertilization and put cannon out IN 1t. The name
of il would be enough to terrify any enemy and all the
natious of Europe would be seat at it, Aud then they
could have other forts enough up any fleets that
could come into tie Bay. Any way, Sam could hnd
out how to build it in spite of the law. The eHgrants
could use the Battery, and if foreign emigrants could
use it he would like to know if Washington could not
lave place there
AID. Howard said that about thousand people
had been living for three four years past funds
which they were raising to build monument to
Washington. They had boxes up at all the churches,
and Sam" did not have 30 much to do with II as our
adopted citizens, for every BODY knew that they were
the most liberal class OF people.
AID VoORHIs denounced the affair plan of Mr.
Iattng to art another hunlbug observatory, out of
the pckings of which he might get good living tor
three four years There would be no danger OF the
monument being built for since the failure OF the OBJ
seryatory at the CRYSTAL Palace LattDg could not get
trusted to a very great extent. He was as patriotic
as anyto dy, and would 90 as far as any other man
toward erecting statue TO Washington; but this
specuatior-this reservation of the rooms for thirty
wears to Mr.. Lattng-took away all the caarm of
Nashington's name. 1t not monument to
Westinghouse was Latting humbug.
Aid. DRAKE, who three or four times exercised
on the subject, had something more to say, ami
Aid LORD moved that the report be tabled. This
was lost.
The main question the passage of the resolutions
was then taken and lost TO 49,
Aid. DRAKE, in moving adjournment, said that
it was time they aJjourned they had killed Washing
ton.
The Board adjourned to the first Monday in August.