The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-09
Proceedings Of the Boards Of Aldermen and
Council
The Corporation Printing and Advertising.
A NEW CITY CHARTER.
PROPOSITION TO SEND A COMMITTEE TO ALBANY.
Comptroller Flagg's Bad Paper and Pens,
&c.. &C.. &c.
PROGRESS OF TEE MUNICIPAL REvOLU-
TION.

oRDER--REpoRTs OF CITIZENS AND THE POLICE ON
THE CONDITION OF THE CITY NUIsANCEs, ETC.
The work Of reform is prosecuted every day with the
most unrelaxing energy; and although the hercuean
labors Of the Mayor constantly increasing he ap
pears to be equal to 1.-THE performance Of his task The
mock auctoneers the emgrant boarding house keepers
The street contractors and all that class who prey upon
the community in state of constant alarm at the
progress Of the municipal revolution Several mock
auctoneers and emgrant boarding house keepers have
been forced to restore their plumber and the street
tractors have been checked in their depredtons
the public treasury The streets which may be
garded true indication of the operation Of the
system, have very perceptbly improved within the last
RssSa While The Eioting and fowoyisn, with which the
Sabbath has been desecrated have received check in
The closing Of liquor stores on Sundays.
TIE police say that the city has never been more
orderly and quiet than Sun lay last and this
they attribute TO the operation OF the new orders in
regard to liquor stores issued by the Mayor. Every
violation of this order viii be punished by revokng the
license Of each offender which cannot be granted again
except by the Board of Excise consisting of the Mayor
me Alderman and Councilman of the Ward. Considerable
opposition has been manifested particularly among the
Germans, who regard this encroachment on one
Of their inaenabe rights but Mr.. Wood must not be
discouraged by the hostility menaces of few-the
great body ofthe people win support him in maintaining
Ike law in this as Wen as in other respects
The following order has been issued relative to the
rewarding OF policemen by private citizens for special
MAyoR's OFFICE, NEw YORK. jan 4, 1856
SIR,-Your immediate and particular attention Is
called to the provisions of article w. section of the
nsthed hat its requirements and penaes will henee
forth be strictly enforced The following the section
mo member of the Police Department, no magistrate.
CLERK OF pol ce nor any person authorized by law
rest persons charged with criminal offences, shall de-
maDd receive any present services rem
dered to be rendered unless with the and
appreciation OF the Mayor such appreciation to be given
in Ertng and to be entered in book to be kept In
Mayors Office Any such officer who shall demand or re-
eeive any present reward in violation Of this section
shall be guilty Of misdemeanor; and complaint
being made TO the Mayor he shall forthwith summon
ths accused, together with the witnesses to establish
the charge to appear before the Board of Commission
srs and on the charge being established by the test
mony Of competent Witnesses they shall Immediately
remove the used from Office
Yours, respectfully
FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor.
The complaints the Register increasing instead
Of diminishing, aud II requires the constant atten
tion OF of The clerks to record them Some OF them
are 1t is true, of very trivial nature but the majority
grievances that should not be tolerated. The fol-
lowing the reports of citizens for yesterday, and
those of the police for the day previous
REPORTS OF CITIZENS ON THE CONDITION OF THE
CITY, DC. FOR MONDAY.
That Captain Ward, OF the Seventeenth ward, dis
charged prisoner who arrested charge OF as
saub and battery, the witness being present
That the New Haven Railroad Company leave their
baggage TO obstruc the walk Ia Canal street
Ihat aangs Of boys congregats on sundays round Oil
street Baptist Church, interfering with the congre
CATION.
east of Delaney and Orchard Streets pitching
pnnies snd conducting themselves in disorderly
per.
Broadway, has not been cleaned for two months
That deep hole Is allowed to remain in Broadway, in
front Of st. Pauls Church. and that Chatham street
from Tryon row. is in filthy condition.
Shat Tenth avenue, between Twenty fifth and Twenty
streets has not bsen cleaned for months, the
ashes and garbage removed.
That east side OF Bowery, from Division to Bayard
street, has not been cleaned since De-: ], 1854.
That New street Is IN a filthy condition, and that the
sidewalks blocked up with carts and press wagons
That the sidewalks on the east side of Montgomery
street between Madison and Henry, are in broken and
dilapitated condition.
That the lamps from sixty first to Eighty fifth street
on Third avenue, improperly lighted, that per
have 10 lanterns TO find their way along the
street.
That the oHal and garbage is not removed in Madison
street, between James and Roosevelt.
That the Hobbies, var Re, of the New York Post
Office have not been cleaned since the middle Of last
year
That Twenty sixth street between Fourth and sixth
avenues, has not been cleaned for long time
That Madison avenue, from Twenty third street has
dition
That the Sidewalk Madison avenue, between Tween
tynxth and Twenty.seventh streets, is occupied by
carts and wagons and is impossible.
That the ashes and garbage have not been moved
from SO East Thirteenth the past two months
That the line of stages do not run through the
That william street, between Frankfort and Duane,
has not been cleaned for long time.
Fifth street
That after the sewer was built In Madison street
from Market TO Oliver the contractor lett about four
inches Of dirt on the pavement.
That since that time October las the street has not
been swept, and Is now in an impossible state.
That the occupants OF house lao Clinton street in
the habit Of throwing ashes and garbage in front Of said
house.
That Forty first street, between Sixth and Eighth
avenues is in filthy condition. and that goats per-
mited 10 run at large destroying shrubbery &c. carts
also permitted 20 remain in the street
That the feed store Nos 30 and - Forty street.
m a nuisance being in filthy condition
That Canal street, from Fam street TO Broadway has
not been cleaned for two months
That Hammond street, from Washington 10 West
street is In q filthy condition.
That Captain Stevenson has been guilty of conduct
nnbecoming officer Complainant called on the Cap
tain at the Nteenth ward station House 20 remove
person FRI dwelling house he refused TO do IL. When
complains mt demanded II right he replied that he
wa. not in the habit 81 having peremptory demands
made him. and complainant asked IL as a favor. He
then complied with his request and sent officer 10
Stevenson refused ON the ground that he had power
That the street and sidewalk corner Of Grccuwc and
Dy streets is continually obstructed with articles
sold at auction.
That the street in front OF Nos a. &c. A. 40 and As
Henry street, Is continually filed with garbage and
ashes thrown out by occupants.
That Tenth avenue, from Thirty dfh to Forty.sixth
street. has not been cleaned In fifteen months and the
street lamps lighted.
That X. C. Foote attempted 10 collect Croton water
rents by false pretences
That Charlton street, from varick TO Macdougai has
cleaned since June last and that yack street
above Broome, is In a filthy condition.
That Thomas Rice, the corner OF Catherine and
Madison streets kept his liquor store open all Sunday
That the lamps In Fifty fourth street between Third
and seventh avenues have not been lighted for three
months although complaints have been repeatedly made
That the ashes and garbage in the Nineteenth ward
have not been removed for number of months.
REPORTS OF THE POLICE FOR SUNDAY.
First Enthusiastically in whitehall street, from the
Of South street TO the middle Of the block all
caved In, end In a dangerous condition.
Eighth Wdrd.-Ashes in boxes and barrels have not