New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-08

put down. ars-d as follows;
Mr. Even has called my attention 70 a description
given in Milhuct.rs Engineering Of the pavement
used iu LOrdon. have had this transcribed and
Z IeSeO. marked Il.
IT, pavement, which sppears to be Of a very soHi
End eror character, be put down stated in
the -. referred to, at 8 81 pr superficial! yard
In tie l,ngth If the stone, NJ Even regard, this
kind Of pavement as superior 70 the Belgian pave
n.ert.
Belpisu pavemt nt could BE- faithfully and permanent
II done for twenty shings or three dollars per yard
Il would be fer the best interests OF TIA city to pave
al the principal horOughares IN this manner as soon
a. practicable. 1870 . 49,
TIe work Of Miliugton was published in 1872 and
in II he saws the pavement with granite blocks beidei
in ssni had then been tested for twenty vear has
now been tested for thrtyve years, ard Al engineer
If great experience. who has recently examined por
ton Of the pavement, gives q favorable account of
IL, permanerce and the surface presented after
lOr = use.
In the use Of the Belgian pavement and that de-
scrbed in the work " Mlnctou, there i no paent 10
Nm, out coupotit ard thus double the cOst of the
work 10 the city. Any intelligent mason or payer can
take Il lie specification III the work OF Wilmington and
lay down good pavement a. that described IN H.
which at the time he wrote, had wlthstood the Sc
verest tests in TIE principal streets oi London Tor ~
year,.
puted that the saving in putting dowL the ~ ,Oo SUI
eitcial yards OF Belgian pavement IN lieu OF the Kuss
v
eral railroads paid their proportion OF the expense ac-
cording to tie number of square yards embraced IN
their prar t. the saving to the city would be SSl ,Jo2
In that estimate the Belgian pavement was compu
ted at 81 per superficial yard.
The work was contracted for on the 2d day OF july
lsd6 and has been completed by John Pettigrew at
81 10 per superficial yard. This will produce saving
to the taxpayers Of the city on the whole work OF
SU- 400 j.. statement Is annexed, marked NJ. II,
which shows the number Of square yards laid down IN
1856 1857 ard 1855 and the amount paid in each OF
those years 10 per cent being reserved according TO
the terms ofthe contract. The tua estimate OF the
work ha- not yet been completed, but it appears by
the mcl ,urcments which payments have been
made that tie result is rs follows, VIZ;
cerce. for 22 yards at 81 49, les. 10 ct. $2sosa 80
ctnifcate. for $50 yard,
Csrtif, atcs for Sxbi+ yards.
27et6 yards a, SAB less - ct. 55l2i "
for ST. i4e 7s yds At +2l9 le,lOPct loosos 81
~ as ;d. At So "aat. fi
Russ psyeuen ooooo D
CerGcars 7.lo yds., at = 10, contract Tor
brslum Pascine -'ff'' "
: io2 40 %
Tie saving Of 500 400 - To the taxpayers on this
contract il not the only gain which may fairy come
into the present comparison. The contract with kuss
q Reid gave to- them the old materals-that l., the
cobbe and the bridge stone, covering au area a"
93.36l lis yards. In the contract executed by MI
W,
thus had the advantage of the paving stone to repair
the streets Of the cty-being subjected however, to
the expense of taking up and removing the same.
SiIce the CrvtOn Board took charge o TINS contract
Mr. FENDER has obtained from the street litoO loads
Of paving stone which he has used in repairing the
other streets. He estimates the fair value Of each
load at 30 cents, being equal to g. 300.
Il is computed that 3, 10 loads ought to have been
obencd from the streets for the use at the city before
the contract came under the charge of the Croton
Board although no statement Of the number OF loads
has been reported to the Finance Department.
3f10 loads A. 80 ens per load, Is equal to. w tlHb
This makes the total value Of the paving stone equal
10 $li 1866 producing total saving To the city IN the
comparison between the Russ pavement aud the Bel
gisn pavement, Of sil6,5'6 %.
Since the preceding statement was prepared, the
survey and measurement Of the whole work done
under tire contract with Mr.. Pettgrew been com
pleted by Edward Even and John j. >rfel. wno were
selected for this purpose by the ContrH.er.
They report he number of superficial yards ut
949,S. This exceeds by l,5S3 Ills superficial yards
the quantity given in the preceding stat sment, anu on
which the calculations in that statement are based.
This addition If $50 Ills yards at s! 10 per yard
will ada 8 i6r II to the cost If the pavement cx-
ocutcd by Mr.. Pettigrew. The saving to the Cor
porGiion IN II additional amount being So,2J 80,
and making the tota saving on this job fi-5, l0l s.
Commissioners tor Copy'Hg and Inder'ag He Rec0rds
u me orr and County Of Ncr-fOrk.
These Commissioners, IN u communication dated
June ii, sJS, made application 10 the Board Of Snc
SAoG,O. The communication making this request Is
III the following words viz
am directed by board of Commissioners Of Records to
reaues your Honorable BODY appropriation TOR them III
tte Ia Of this year, ii the sum o. $500 zoe
Chairman Of Board Of CONS OF Records
Til, communication was referred to the Committee
on Annual Taxes.
Tie Committce, in tfeir report the tax levy did
not include anything for the Commissioners tor copy
ing ana iudeSng the records.
On the 9th Of july the Board of Supervisors
adopted a resolution requesting the Commissioners to
r,l,r to the Board ''the amounts heretofore aPpro-
prsied for the work under their charge; the amount
" rxpeuded: for what description OF Work paul 10
whom paid: the proposals received by them from
" the persons who estimated for the work; copy Oi
the contract, with specimen or sample OF the work
contracted for, and the amount necessary tosinly
- complete the same.
On the Sd of August the Commissioners of Records
reported that the previous appropriations made
Amounted 10 the 81 $4,000 and tina; tn eHpen-
diturcr for which certificates mad been ISSUED,
amounted to fj10.iil 81.
Al the same tine. the Commissioners sent tn the
Board Of Supervisors a copy of their report 10 the
State senate and they add that they have issued crr
tontes upon the County Treasurer for expense. H.
cured hy them subsequent said report 10 the S'n-
ate, dated March IL, 1873, to the amount OF sJi,-
Jl2 -.
Previous to the confirmation of the tax levy, the
Supervisors refused to add the sum # 500 Wo, but
included in the tax levy the sum oi s00VOO Tor the Use
% tn Commissioners # Records.
After the col faOn Of the tax levy, and after the
rate of inserted in the several tax rolls apple
cation made to the Supreme Court for nandaInus
to compel the Supervisors to add the additional sum
o. $4,000 to tie tax levy. As this subject Is one oil
great interest to the taxpayers, it l. proposed to give
Il brief history Of such matters connected with pre-
parirg indexes to the public records are known 10
the finance Department from 1852 to present time
Tie following j taken from a comm rhicatlon male
by the present Controller Ia the Boanl Of Aliernen
teb. 9, 1851, lsee Doe. No. 10, 1871, BVara OF Alder
men, bag 300:
In ND.suib- 1852 committee Of the Board Of -uPer''
ned. A--l-r hnr-.,. md an-L.. BOW.