New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-13
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The faare Of tic PRINTERS % have them ready a: tie
commencement Of the pyocee iins..
H.. DoVeurRry presented an o:dnsnce 10 srthorlle
hs ssse q bonds upon conraets payable ey assess
Rep1. lie moved 70 amend s.etI)n Of TIE osd,-
rance passed Or. ~, 1852, IS follows:
!. s. f or &c 81 T sfew 's rom to
I.r.sisre Of Ap1 s. is upon bond, 70 iDown
20 .na r IL. paynen; Of sid bond. he
collected hem aeh s'''''men'' are hereby specifically
Referred 70 The Committee on Finance.
NJ. WAu"u moved that, when he Board adjourn,
pose Of considering the report passed by the Aoer-
men approprs'irg $joOcO for the Central Park Com
rissioneys.
Csa.ro! Pork Inproremeas. debate upon this
question eEsued, n which number Of me nbers par
teipssed.
occasions papers were acted upon without beng ad-
verified for two days-the time prescribed by the
charter. He difficulty in acting upon the re
port this evenings but, for the sake Of complying with
The strict letter Of the charter he seconded Mr..
Wsugh's motion. He affirmed that the Board would
fna difficulty in concusrpg with the Aldermen upon
NE important measure.
Mr. WAREER remarked that it usually took week
70 get any important paper through:
HI. BOoLE agreed with Mr. Phillips that this was
new matter.
Mr.. OTrARsoy said that the clause of the charter
provided that report resolution must be adver ed
FOR two days before il is finally acted upon There was
alluson to the subject being advertised in each
Board two DAYS The purport Of the section he al.
luded TO YVES that the people should know that the
Common Council contemplate doing something affect
ing their interests. If the Aldermen had advei cd
the paper for the requisite time they had fulfilled the
charter 10 the letter and spirit He held that the mere
fact Of the Board OF Aldermen advertising in their pro-
ceedlgs the intention Of apprOprating $50 900 for the
Improvement Of the Central Park enough to fulfill
the law, even il the other Board increased it to
3l00, 0G0 or diminished it to -, 600.
Mr.. WARNER thought that the President deciding
that Q paper must be advertised two days before il
can be acted upon an ibera consti action Of the
provisions Of the Charter.
Mr.. BYRDsALL was Of the opinion that each Board
ahould act independently Of the other.
Mr. OTTAEsoS maintained that when one Board
acted upon paper it partially disposed Of and
sould be adopted by the other branch 10 10 hours,
whether advertised or not.
Mr.. WAUGH finally withdrew his res solution.
Mr.. PHILLIPS presented the following resolution:
10 inform this Board whether requisite and that
each Board compr;os the Common Council shall The
before f6. .cton thereon s the respective Boards whether
sss - seon sS' Of sp
GreenPoiat Feyrr-A concurrence with the Board
Of Aldermen, in compelling the prCPlietors OF the
point az often as the Tenth. street Ferry Company,
was moved when Mr. FRANKLIN rose TO oppose the
adoption Of the resolution. He said that the expenses
of the Company for the month of July not les.
than 81 800 while the receipts did not reach 81 200
leaving Let loss Of 500.
Dir. MCCAHILL advocated the convenience of the
mechanic who worked in the city but resided at
Greenpont. TO got TO his work at , O'Clock in the
morning he was compelled TO the Tenth street
Ferry and then take the cars. He tine speaker was
surprised that MIR: Frenkn supported f9e company,
who were not very honorable in their official capacity,
although they might be perfectly upright in their busi-
ness. lie was willing to give $40 600 for the ferry:
Mr.. NoYEs thought it unreasonable to compel that
ferry 10 as often as other ferries where the traffic
was very great. |
M. WARYER said that the Ferry Company was
originally established for conveying the bodies of the
dead to cemetery Long Island, but subsequently
the Company procured the alteration of the terms, IN
order TO accommodate the public, and travellers had |
superior accommodations now to those afforded un-
der the old regime.
Mr. BUILrEL was opposed to referring the matter
Union Ferry Company were nteretted in the subject.
The motion to refer lost and, after aiproiracted
and ted. us discussion the resolution was lost for want
Of constitutional vote, and laid on the table.
IpDr1rtmeat Of CeAtrOl Park.-Mr. WARNER |
moved that the Board concur with the Aldermen in |
recommending the appropriation OF $5O,oCo asked for
by the Commissioners Of the Central Park in accord
ance with the terms Of the act passed April IL, 1857.
for the improvement CT Central Pork.
The President vacated the chair as he desired to
speak on the measure. He stated that II the Board
adoped the resolution on that OCCASION they would
act Illegally. He willing to meet tomorrow even
ing for the purpose of passing tho measure as he WA
desirous that the improvements in the central Iatk
should be made as speedily as possible. IL they con;
CURED with the other Board, the Controller would
refuse to comply with the resolution aud would not
advance the money.
On motion of Mr.. JOINS, the report was referred
back to the Committee. lie then moved that the
Committee be discharged from the further consdera'
,on Of the paper which was seconded by Mr. orrAR'
SON. Carried.
The adoption of the report was then moved, when
the President declared it lost for want of constltu
onsl vote 81 voting in the affirmative, and IL in the
Negative. n..r,no,,
recommending the purchase OF ilrs' ciass eHRno Wl
Company No. 81, was adopted; but on Mr. OuaIson 8
asking if there We're 10 members in the house, the
President reconsidered his decision. and declared that
the report was lost, lS only voting IN the aiina'Ne
The report of the Finance Committee relative to the
Io,cber Judgment received, in which they state
that they were advised by counsel that there is no way
of staying the execution but by the payment OF the
debt II was laid over under the rule.
Mr. JOKES, the Chairman, said that supplements
nv repo,t would be made, in which it would be seen
that either the Corporation Counsel or the Controller
fasi6ed ZACH other
The Board then adjourned to meet on The hist Mon
day in September.
A SCENE AFTER ADJOURNMENT.
After the adjournment Mr. Ottarson came up to the
,en,rters table where Robert ". lowbef was sitting
By mere accident they got into conversation on toe
matter O. the Lowber execution Mr. o. expressing the
onn;on that the whole transaction was Illegal aud a
svindle upon the city, Dir. Lowber charged Mv.
Ota,son with stating that which was false, and
said he was liar Mr. o. took no notice, except to
ssv that Mr. L. was entitled to his opinion
and reterste that he believed the whole scheme to be
fraud upon the city, that it of piece with the
Gsnsevoort business that they worked together and
that if $35 eco would put though it woSId the
other Mr. Lower a,ked him if he had any OF the
money. Mr.. o. replied that he had not and thanked
God that bis hands were clean. After Some further
words. Mr. Lowber again called ar. Ouar-
son A liar and the latter retOted by stig-