New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-09
House of the Municipal Police of the Second Ward

ing board in the course of erection st the foot Of
Harrison street. Referred.
by Mr.. KEssARD-That the Chief Engineer OF the
Fire Department inform this Board by Whole au.
thorty there has been erected shed In East Broad
way, near Grand street, for an unorganizcd Truck
Co.. and by Whose authority the said Company has
been furnished with an apparatus,
Reporf of Committee Sepers--In favor OF
sewer in Thrty-sixth street from Second avenue to
East River. Referred to Committee Of the Whole.
The Station .Honses-After several further reports
had been received, the PRESIDENT announced papers
from the BE ard of Aldermen.
Mr.. JONES asked if the Committee on Police had
not submitted report on the subject of giving up the
station. Houses to the Metropolitan Police Commits
sionersl If not, he desired to offer an independent
resolution.
The PRESIDENT stated that no report had been sub
mtted.
A1er the consideration of various papers from the
Bosrd Of Aldermen, Mr.. JONES offered the following
resolutions: 49,
R,oIred That the Committee Police be discharged from
the further consideration Of the preamble and re-
m aed sSet roce that the be
taken up for consideration.
The resolution was adopted by the following vote:
BieifoId %ansR Crane warner adon Phillips Avery
Rennsrd Hemphl Campbell. O Hunt RGshner Van Tine
ottar.on Jones Mitchell Reynolds, sehsppert. 0ds, B.
Reilly Ryer Noyes Franklin, McCsh Dohety and Hopper
TAYs-CourcImen Monroe Mclaughlin, o. srien. Kettle
man, MqIrsy, Wallace HasweL-l, osN. w..r
r.
offered on Monday as substitute for Mr. Franklins
preamble and resolution be taken up and acted upon.
Gained.
Mr.. PHILIPS said that on Monday evening when
he proposed that the resolution lay over he did 1t to
avoid the delay which would arise by reference to
the Committee owing to the conflict of opinions that
the Committee would have to encounter. he thought
that by letting it lie over until tonight, the whoie
could be discussed openly and at once decision be
arrived at 1t would not do for them in the present
exicency 10 consult their personal political feelings
1t ,ny for them to discharge their obligations as
members Of the City Government These they were
now especially called upon TO discharge The Metro-
politan Police bill was the law of the State. Ny
that law the Common Council was bound to trans
fer this police property to the Commission
ers of Police or take upon themselves the
responsibility of saddng upon the city debt OF ha
a million Of dollars for new StationHouses. This
transfer they could not make too soon. day delay
and the Commissioners might in their need Tor accom-
modatons perfect their arrangements for houses else
where He had always opposed the law Inc hrst
and only remonstraDce against it, sent to Albany, was
penned by him; but it was now the law, they must
sacrifice their personal feelings to public DUTY, and he
hoped the proposition would be adopted by unan,
nous vote with a slight modification which he would
now suggest which had in view the appropriation of
only much of the property as might be required 'or
I Another member moved further amendment that
the transfer be made by the Controller Of the City Of
New-York, who was the custodian OF the City
property: ,a,n..
Mr.. MONROE wanted to have the Third Ward Sta
ton House given for the use Of public schooi-in
fact he did not want to have the Police property
given away g unless he could have share
Mr. HAswELL moved to except from the resolution
the apartments lately occupied by the Chei OF poce
in the CyHall as he had been assured by the Mayor
that they were mperatvey required tor the use oil the
Street Commissioner At this time Mr.. Devlin the
usurpir Street Commissioner, entered the chamber
buttonhodiDg Mr.. Birdsall rs he entered He occu-
4 tbo 20 m
10 obby through this, and concurrence with the re-
solutions of the Aldermen to place the books ana pa
pers of the Street Commissioners office In the posses
sion of the Corporation Counsel for the use OF Mr.
Dir. BooLE moved the adoption of Mr.. Hsswells
amendment.
Mr.. NoYrs deemed the proposition wreckless and q
sacrifice of the public interest as 1t would involve the
necessity of first removing the complicated sppurte-
nsnces of the Chiefs Office aud putting them up
again elsewhere, and then removing the Street Com
p,issioners Office to the City Hall.
Mr. UAswELL said that the Street Commissioner
did NOT ant to remove but that he wanted more room
for tbs transaction Of the bushes. Of his Office He
dclalmed any disrespect to the mmissioner.,
MIR. MCCAHILL appoved MIR. hasweli amendment;
To take from the Police Commissioners the central
point Of their Geographic communication would take
The most valuable part Of tbex means. He hoped
that the Board would gracefully submit and give the
whole. .
amendment a. to press it to adoption would im-
pede the machinery OF the police throughout the city,
Mr. JOKES opposed the amendment In introducing
the resolution TO take the matter from the Standing
Committee he did not do it because he wished to act
in any manner derogatory To the Committee, but be
believed it to be the duty of the Committee to COM
ply with the directions of the Board. They had ill.,
s1ucted that Committee to report tonight ana they
had not done So The Chairman MIR. Mansheld) was
absent They proposed TO give the Station Houses
and apparatus to the Board of Metropolitan Police
Commissioners under the law establishing that Com.
mission. If they to do it, let them do 1t in
manly way. Let it lot be said by their opponents
that they had in any attempted TO cripple the
new police. Let tn m give all or none. 1t would be
much cheaper 10 hire room across the street Tor te
Street Commissioner than to 60 to the expense OF re-
moving the apparatus of the Chiefs Office.
Mr. y. REILLY also opposed the amendment OF MIR.
Haswell.
Mr.. HAswELL said he would withdraw the amend
meDt. .
The resolution as amended was then adopted as FOL.
Re,ore That the Station and all police apparatus
belonging to G city and S9ny BE- sDd il hereby
the keeping and Of the Police
, Ind hs caaSe until further ordered by the Common
Council
The vote was as follows:
YEAs-Counclmen H Smith, Won Claim Bsiteel Baalch
Bicktord Waugh, Crane Warner Jud.on Phillips Avery
KeDDsrd Hemphi Campbell o. hunt Hothn.I ian p plav
scle Coye Miller BoOle RhOds N MsLsHs1 Kss DOsy
Haswel, Byrdsal, Franklin Mc0shnA Donef'y "nu "'p
fNAYs-Councmen Monroe, j. REILLY, ODonnel and Wal
MIR. McCAHILL offered the following resolution,
which was adopted by vote of q to IL:
R,ored That the Controller be- and be hereby directed
tale an inventory all the goods whether stolen or other
wise previous their delivery t9the Metropolitan Police Com
aud 10 report this Board the amount thereof
Mr. RIRDsAII moved that the Committee be dis
CHARGED from the further consideration Of the resolu'
tion sdopted by the Board Of Aldermen, the purpose
of which was to give the books, papers, &c, OF the
Street into the hands OF the Corporation
Counsel. Adopted.