The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-01
ferred % me Comptroller with power 70 serS she same

The fel1wing protest read and laid on :he tabe'
ton Of this Board upon the ordinance the orgaol
ton OF thu Finance Department on the Goth n for me
reason aat shey were deprived Of VOICE therein iGm S
tho reason that by depTving them Of ner votes uhe
Board lad not legal quorum, ard was under the nsees
sy Of adiourning Insmuch, therefore, as the Board
bad not quorum, we respectfully submit That al pro
ceedngs after the placing in contempt OF ne I'M
dersignsd .y snOaa aI Be declared void ,oy,, yovss
GEO W. WARNEE, JOHN H. BRADY,
HOMER FRANKLIN, JOHN KENNARD.
Tho resolution 70 defray Councilman Hoppers expenses
IN contrasting bis seat with Mr. Vance, was called Up
again. aSd lost for want Of constitutional VOTE 1t was
subsequently, reconsiderei and aid on the table.
COMMUNICATION IRON oOhIRolLEI.
The Comptroller in complying with resolution OF IN
where no contracts had been made, stated that he had
previously informed The Board on the matEr.
The communication was ordered on oie.
AUTHORIZATION os $40 900 &AyoH WOOD FOR rrSrfNG rsh
LAWS lost.
reseia.on, which was adopted Tho Board Of Alder
men, aiprpratns $40 900 % Mayor Wood Tor e,pcases
caly the Metropolitan Police BILL was called up Tor COD
Mr. ywsawo said he desired to have his pro,ost aains.
the pasrsgc of this resolution without ns trtt bsog
ferred % mo Committee OF the Whole, recorded en- the
minutes.
On the vote Being taken the motion lost fer want of
constitutional vote, 81 voting afrmatyely aud 10 mega
tiyeY. II was re.consdered and laid on the table.
SALARY o. HE SANITARY IsspecloR INCREASED.
The Board coneurred With ,he Aldermen in increasing
the salary OF the Superintendent Of Sanitary Inspection
from 81 500 20 $4,000.
EXCITING DEBATE LOCATION OF TIE POST oEf1cf.
The report Of the Special Comnittse in favor Of dspos
ing Of tho lower end Of the Park for new Post Office was
called up for with the Board Of Aldermen.
The Reader read the report and the various remon-
strances connected with the subject; after which
Mr.. JosHs, Jr The mover Of the original resolution On
ue affair and the Chairman othe Committee, ,spokenfayor
sfcoDcdrreDce with the Aldermen Hssad the Board should
ac. for the public welfare and not for private interests
His reasons for supporting the measure that nine
tentbs of tho business OF New York FOR The Iy
years viii pass he Park daily and in discussing the sub
ject they had oy 70 ,ook at New York proper out
the Giles around it. Brooklyn and Williamsburg. He mad
not heard ntmated the press or elsewhere that any
rriva.e influences were acting rpon the Common Council
hands II the subject Of locating Post Office in the
Park Afcv months ago was decided tha. Pos. OHce
could not 30 legally located IN the Park out subsequent
acs Of the Legislature gave permission to do So II me
Board failed - Win tne Aldermen me $500 900
would go back to The funds Q; The government and the
Postmaster Genral would have nothing further 20 do
With the mater during his term Of office No agumen.
could be brougn. against the location OF the Post OHce
The Park. The public press, without single exception,
when tas matter was FRS. discussed was N favor Of ha.
location, At ate day Of the daily journals %.
posed % IT, simply the ground Of its being yaudasm.
POST once proposed ID be located in the mids. Of
rafans The only reas1na1e argument .ha. corld bs
destroyed he (hr Jores) was frs; IL favor Of .ocan
| the Post ONCE where Mr.. stewart wants ID locate
| It, at this end o. the PaTk. But when he found
the committee, Ae public press and tho community Sero
unit hat they all centred at tho proposed poir tho
Park ne ;oncurred with the oomrntteo q: once The c
zana nolunge al the lower part Of tie city, .r
had by nature North river TO ives. and au East
river he east All the public buildings should 20
by, and in voting FOR mis- measure the Common Council
woulA 30 benea.tpg inc citizens OF New York cor III
future time Trade sought her nat1fal channel, ard the
Park would be the financial and commercial cenro u tae
business portion OF tho comm unity for tho next lty
| years.
Mr.. e1ssnAlt spoke asans. concurrpg with no oiber
Board ;he Pomm11 Council, he said, scd the property
for tho log Of 1850 900 the city gaze p all right i
taxation IN the future. But there or cons
In early times the Park was granted by the British gov
ernment 10 the city Of AeS York Tor oJmnon, and &C
cor1ng to the common law OF England i nc. he sp
propr.aed or sod aad hs Or. - very au,h doubted
whether tho government would le conten, 10 e tho
tile unier those croums .ances me city hal eight b
anelosc hs Park but thsy nad no right "a aeu T. 70
though. tha. the Park sholld be preserved part
Of our ola history and keTr as sone.hng sacred,
and as memorial Of Revolutionary tines. 10 sou.d
rather ggs he ground 10 the general government than
any private party, bu. thought that shsnld ., pre-
Mr.. Ncc.urI said TIA, tse Park yes COW drox pond
Mr. 0rT.RsoN remarked tha; II was very Vel for pcc.c
10 offer vry large sums for property .ha. ihe ;y cJud
not sell. be Post once were located alongside Q: Mr.
sewarts establishment, ne would %. complain; he
c03 So his palace as % nc lbo 20 more I'd OWa ho
would have no objection do 80. 1r. ot.ars0n affirmed
tha. Mr. stewart had selfsh motives Offering bis 70.
mons.ran,e II he Common Cou0cil did no, accept tLs
offer OF ns general government tee city would 20. have
one for the next iivo years Tho nocey vas wcned in
the city treasury az the present tns and here 40
good reason that could be urged agans: tie y-aacous
adoption u as report Talk about tho saradnoss OF :ho
Park, sl.d Mr. o. Tho ,ndi5d-al lcck2-H 10 could
pass through wit9out beng sarroiei Powerful .ntu
hal been br1ggb, 20 work for a puspgse q pro.
ducng eject ana serving the Frya,c interests Of certain
par,ies
With he Aier-sn, by reading airesoc.sn offered
by him, wh! "a will be found IN ths of Tho
proceedings. Several distinguished citizens informed him
900, and il wrong to ss1 nearly a million gorth q
proJer.y eT S25o09o lie en.artauei The ocsn % TIA.
Y tbc Common Cornell should ndop. the report and iho
Mayor should approve tho ordnance, one or moro
citizens rssd prJce. agans. the validity Of mo transfer
ana put IN Injunction upon = m oaarson sa-i hat te
Junction, - that they could tcs, the title
Mr. Sor remarked hs, 10 last nc, % tc Iessls,cre
was binding. me Common Council had the ega, rgb, 70
ten Counsel should be the guide Of the members.
Mr. HEsSHi DID not know why the property should 10
soi cheaper 70 ne genera government ha to private
Nr TssysIs spoke in favor Of the messure az dd xr
WARSse, who made very neal spocch, saying that se
fore no d.oate was commenced be rad not male CD his
mind y how he shonld vote, but after hearing tha
arguments adducei in favor Of the meas1re he bad de-
cided 20 vote sor the adoption of the report.
Mr.. BRADY said ths., entering The Bosrj, he was op
posed 20 the location cf he Post Office n he Park bit
had determined, after is.ening to tho speeches a ne
members 20 yoie for with the other Board
He though Mr Haswel had ground % stand gpon AMI
he should DC m,gnanimous enough 70 waive al technical
objections and allow the vote 10 be taken.
Mr.. RnilY moved 10 suspend the rpies, for tSs
perpse Of passing the report Of the ssyecisl
offered an amendment that the rules should
be suspended 10 act upon all toe business brougx
before uie Board tbs evening. Several members iru
mated that Mr.. Bnoe had particular object n view ID
making tina, ancndmen.a certain very important mea
beng the carpet vhch required 40 votes 20 carry
a. az did the report Of the COMMITTEES on the location Of the
Post office N the Park.
Both motions were lost after which tho main question
was put narnely-concurrence with the Aldermen
mendng the sale of portion of the Park 10 The general
government and lost for want OF Constitutional vote u
voting anrmatively and II negatively. Tho vote was
then rcconsdered and Tho paper was laid the table
for the present II now being o'clock, motion 10 take
recess for hour, after opposition, prevailed
the universal opBon being that there several I'M
portan ne@ufes awaiting their action, the Board would
be in session tll midnight.
On motion Of Mr. FBAyKIIv committee OF thrce was
appointed to confer with the Board Of Aldermen relative
10 appointing commissioner of deeds misunde ani.
existed between both branches Of the Council on that
subject, arising from the personal feelings Of the members
The committee promised o transact their business during
the interval.
After the recess Mr. BootE calci up the report oi the
Committee Salaries and Offices, which laid on the
table, appropratng $40 600 to defray Mayor Woods ex
pcnscs In testing tho consttutonaty OF tho acs OF tho
black republican Legislature On notion IL was referred
TO the Committee OF the Whole and made the special order
this