New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-04

MfNTS
In the Annual Report from this Department IN Fer
,unry Isst doc. l2 pages 67 10 ~ lists arc given OF
,le nm cunts Of astttsmeuts confirmed by the Common
CourciI in tie 1883 ana 1884 showing total In
both Year, OF g. 24o,9So ~. Vage 20, Doc IL
| The COLLECTIONS on account OF those assessments
| lpsRe 2ll were; .,sonao
And In April IsS....'.......'..' oios' "
Total IN two yesrs............e 1851 80
sbor nc n M the asseesInens conrmet for open
ipp streets regulating and grading, building sewers
thing lots. &c, exceeded, 10y sl,973,os2 90, the
en- cunts collected in the two year, for those objects Of
fxltbcitue. These Lists cont'oed the large sums FIR
S5tysSu. s"s5 to One Hut
arsT md WEI .;mcn .u:p.nd,d IN isS
Issp ps inc IN s 10 $500 %
ro,,,............ Ell 81 $50 %
| After he Report made by the Controller TO the Board
! of (ounciL en- doc. No. a., dated July 10, 1851
wbit proves that the fall Of 1852 the Of $40 900
wes .OvsDceo fOm the Treasury 10 DIR. White, CRY
II specror to he expended at bis discretion in filling
suIkeD ios, and which sim has not cen accounted
fr, placed in condition 10 be returned TO the
1ieasury examination has been made for the pur
Iose Of showing tie operation on the Treasury, of
mski advances as-essment contra acts, ana OF COL
ltctD to remburse the Treasury.
Tie assessment for regulating and grading Second
av 1898 4el TAI was confirmed Nov. 25, 1854. There
wss levnd on The City and paid 10y tax in 1854 the
sun OF ssa $40 So aving s3Oi 962 90 to be collected
from property benefited. OF this sum there has been
cOltc ed 10 the 27th Of August inst, on account OF
On account of Interest SSg OIL
..n21sI Gil
The Treasury baviJg paid the contractors tor their
Jobs 1904 s62 and the present Common Cocubi hav-
Ing raid John Ptttigrew $50 900 for interest when il
was demonstrated b, the spe, ifcatons that payments
lie mace TO lin the sesme nts were cot
lected) -hOws that the Treasury has been called on
TO pay 1894 962 and after lapse OF nine months has
realized 1922 Hess than s advances TO coatracton
tpo Ibis difference docs not include the sum OF
ss3 sis raised by tax and paid for the same work
lbs makes total paid 10y the Treasury, for which
il not pimhursed of $3O5oOo. Tbs $s3, SIS, and the
$40 COO of interest, il direct drain gu the Treasury
OF sll35l5 Although The present Common Council
have laid Mr.. Pettie rev ESQ 900 for interest the
amouDt Of interest received by the Treasury 10 the
|. a7th of Aupust ir less th6n q, 900.
The Treasury IS aireaoy stated, has paid $3.50 900
more for opening Canal and Walkerss. than has been
realized from esetssInenfs
In 1852 or So for the special accommodation OF a
few ltculsiors ia ots solution was passed to take
The los out Of the sale Of 1853 This took away the
nnedy OF tie contractor, Who was TO be PAID as the
ents collected. and be deman Is his pay,
ard the Common Council directed pay ment by an issue
of ass. esmebt bonds TO the amount OF $2l 900. AT
tie Of Ieary three years II s found that there has
been paid these assessment Sl32V' 90; ano LOT m
81 34f 81 leaving the treasury aboat SoOOo In
A Job of gisdirg Eighty. sixth-st., from the North
River to Boomipgdsle Road, was commenced, and,
after progress was suspended by resolution OF
tie Con mon CouI Gil and tie Controller was erected
10 Day he cont actor S. 900 Odt Of the pro ,,eds o as
.tstneit bones. This consider loss to the Treas
uIy. There numerous cases OF tbs kind, amount
ia in the aggregate to bubdreos Of thousands of DOL
ln,r large por OF which will never be realized
uId obor poIchs will be delayed for years, or hidden
away among The rubbish OF some Of the departments
End share the fate Of the $40 coo advanced 10 Dr.
" bite in 1852
A table has been prepared which shows the amounts
sovsrctd from the Treasury on account OF e1pendi;
tunes for sewers, opening, regulating, grading and
having sreeis by ASSORTMENT, fencing vacant lois,
filing suBen lots by Street Commissioner and the CITY
Ip,ItciOr wells anc pumps DC commencing IN ieoo
sLo ending July /, 1853. This statement shows the
startling fact that the payments in a range of five
y,as exceed the receipts by the sum of more ha" tro
millions 81 dollars.
The Expenditures for street paving alone for six
years have ~ ~
Receipts for the same $3.50 ~
E,ces. on th. sil7soli 70
In 1850, 1851 and is5s tn: Of expenditure.
In ,ss 'n s4 sne az month. Of is55 the
In 1854 alone the expenditures for streets paving
were reater by s676 900 than the collections for the
sane tine, if rely on the accouats to which
reference has been made. .
The eno,p ops excess of two millions Of dollars psd
from The Treasury more than the collections embraces
operations Of Only i've aud halt years rom 1917
TO July l. 1885, inclusive. The arrearages on assess
uenis reiurned 10 the Clerk OF Auesre py we street.
De partnent in 1854, covering period OF nineteen
wears from le34 1883, is only $42o,22s. There are
The sneaIsges from 1853 to July 4, 1885, which also
ysed fIom The Treasury, and there several large
sums Of this character as shown On pages "a snd 20
of this Report But the Treasury evidently labor
IN under very arse deficit Of receipts on accounts
Of assessments, when com Jared WITH the Gums al
vel ced rem The Treasury.
still graver question resented by this aolei ia
showing that the whole amount OF assessments con-
hlu,d by the Common Council In siX years, 10 less
thar tie Expenditures for the same period By the sum
OF Sl,e9o, 2l2 -
Tier, has not been time to examine anc verify the
accuracy Of this enormous oltiereLce between tne
amount from the Treasury and the amount Oh
srs. ssmr r. made ny and confirmed on account Oh Tue
work for which the city has paid. That the difference
to the Trt asuTy is very great the tacts before
stated clearly show but that IT reaches 80 large sum
seems lrcl edible. .
The adval ces under the 20 per cent ordinances the
be edless psyn OF large for interest end dam-
sges without any provision for Teimoursng the iiea
sur,; and ihe rekIessDees makiDg coBrdc's luxe
LAT advertised for the Tenth sv where the cost would
lie fiom $4,000 to $500 600 more than eou De az.
.tss.d Oh IA. properly furnish just ground for vlg
nn. on tie part Of the City Government, and anxiety
and alarm Oh the part VI those who are not IN posi-
lion 10 tlude The grasp Of the Col ctor OF Taxes
Il, ref, renee TO ths table IL will also be seen that
rtdsr tie wear 1859 the amount expended for liens
ION lots by the City Inspector $44 9s4 IL. The
| rc,ipis ON account OF sssessmep's for liens on ios
brsced 10 the receipts Of the Street Commis-iol'
err account of liens lois" BIZ referring TO the
,,ble upo.r the bead OF Total Receipts and Erpendi.
,ur, the nc. pi. from liens lott on tbe account OF
IA. sire Commissioner, Including as before stated
tie pceip,s account OF the City Inspector WIZ
be ,een that the OF receipts over expenfturs
made by street Con.nssionef 10 ,T0s 20 Deduct
tbis frofn d tOhl eIpenoiiurs by City inspec or,
$40 go So and Il kaves balance Of excess Of erPon-
| diuies VI sis,e77 II still sDooocod, In which Is
p,obnbie the 900 sp"nt By Dr. While 10 1899 anu
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