New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-06
The matter was finally referred to the Special Com

The matter was finally referred to the Special Com
Hii,ee on the Mayors message.
Mr. HEMpBILL offered preamble sna Iss' ~ .Ss
% rate $500 TO each OF the Presidents Oh TAO
Bosrds Of Aldermen and Councilmen for services ien
S.red AZ Health Commissioners. Referred 70 oo"-
d ittee on Salaries and Offices. Ill.,. 81.
Nj BcCAHILL offered resoluuen 70 oIIse' s'v
Corpor.non Couu sci to prosecute al persons WHO may
have nbszzed the public funds; ako, tnt tne
Specisl Committee on Finance be directed 70 give
he Corpoy alton Counsel such iDfo nation as they may
posses relative 10 such per;Cns. Laii over:
Mr. WAUGH presented s long presmole, sci ING iolsu
that ,be of the Central Park had not as
vet returned any answer to the resolution Of inquiry
Drot our ded by the Board but, on the contrary hsd
aic it upon the table, stating nsi oo Whsn ne @
ceed wiiho ut delay to improve the PaTk, tnsreoy,
NJ Waugh says, endeavoriug to lead the puone MUD
10 suppose that the Common Couecil were ceisying
the progress OF the work and preventing me az
m.r. of larse numbers of poor sborers; that $ooo~
were appropriated, and but few lsoorers hea oeen
euployed some OF whom had not been paid sincs the
let Of jar nary; that certain sum had been taken
from each Of the employee wages 10, aG,vos ,h req
pon' me- Mt Of Special Committee OF i've to examine
ard report at an early day as 20 the righteousness AID
eIpe dercy Of sppropriatug O,OoV or any otner
snn for the Improvement OF the Central PARK ard the
empoyme Ut of laborers pending the present pc
tiles becoming public in relation To- the Centia' fsfk
Commissioners. Referred TO Committee on Lands and
Places
Mr HOPPER CuefeC Tue iOuOHuk
ubIa, The Commissioner for improving Central Para
have peoned the c. mmon Council Tor On sppfopnan ~
money sy there appears to be very little cone tor ne
money spent Therefore, $780,, l, .o.,, D. ,sr,,. "a
this Board the meeting the amount paid 70 the soorn
me and what other the money has been paid
Mr. McCAHILL wss in favor Of the $3.50 GOO ap.
proprjstcn He thought the work ought TO go on and
This appropriation would tend to that result
Mr. WAuGH remarked, in his usual eloquent style,
that the estimates of the Black Republicans for hve
k,,,e hae
tion which they expect from the Common Coune.
The Commissioners SAID that they had IO0 men em
Moved, but in reality there were not over lou he
was opposed to letting the Gommisslorers nave 'nis
large rum for election purposes IL was one V ine
ost heish designs ever brought before the pubic
Mr. OTTARsOS said that he believed al the men en-
ployed had been paid every cent that was que 10
Them, ,, .u.,o,o Fam.
missioner IA appointed BY the last Legislature were oo-
no1ous to majority Of the Common Council, aud he
was satisfied from the result Of the late election inst
the DC ople were opposed 10 them; yet be knew men
on this Central Park Commission whose characters
were without STAIN and he could indicate them IRON
any charges made by any member OF the Board. lie
was in favor OF the appropriation OF the amount
asked as il would aid p supplying many poor men
with work who row had none to do
The resolutions of Inquiry were finally adopted
Tie following communication OF the unemployed
woikirgmen, adopted by them AZ Iempklns square
yesterday morning, and sent by them 10 the Mayor
was received from that functionary:
NEwYosx, ToNpKISs SQUARE, Nov. 5, 1857.
To his Honor the Mayor Of hstc- York: ,
The terrible distress scusly existing among the la0or1ng
classes meetings snd yet
the city with the aim OF obtaining
work from private but having entirely failed In tt.
eneavo and arrived the gloomy CONVICTION that
be utterly impossible TO get work by indi
ydua the bearers Of this petition viz delegates OF
the meeting charged to submit to your Honor the following
resolution:
ITO convene without delay the Aldermen and Commonsty
Of the city for the purpose Of ordsnng the imms employ
nent Of the Central Park Grand Reservoir New
Post Office eveDg sewerng streets or any other public
WORKS for the sanitary condition Of the people
and the comfort and safety Of the wealthy Themselves"
Every being has to live not az mere charity
hut az RIGpT Governments moDschca republican
nusT FIND WORK for the people If individual exeon prove
not sufficient
COMMITTEE.
MCGUIRE, BEELER
GELLMAN, HUBNER and others
II was referred to the Special Committee on the
Mayors message without debate.
The Board then adjourned to Monday.