New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-05
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

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of lie President, was called to the chair
p,,,,op. were received from property-ownsrs res
.,,;r,, he onepipe # Reade, Duane and Chambers
srests OF Jsc.b HsIson for ne mmeaia,s opening
Of 'y.fourth street, from Esntn 70 Hnh avenues.
Ref ned. ~, -...iu..,-. Al,
A5.n. laid over under the rule, TO supply 'hs Con-
mit(, e on Frauds with a sesrcher al '"O ~'"'S PEI
day, was taken up ans adopted
Cr,,o,, mon, ofa Coq,rac,or.-A rep0r. irolt the
Con nittee on As.essmet 10 relieve John VI. bkoy
from an erroneous assessment TOR the snciug o' y ee
Of vacant lots. He sssess.d SlV2 10 n-,'st OF
as 10. From tbe report il appear that - ',nlraot
u.s. Given out Illegally % John NcClne, t'r feOcns
vacant lots on Fourth and Fifth avenues. and Ih.rty-
ninth and Forietb streets. the conirac; vas never
advertised but dvd.d il 10 IL Jobs each being sss
tran ESQ The prcc per foot Was about Il % woea
;fthe g, ntract hsd been thrown open 20 conP't'on
~. work would have been done for ab0nt 81 cnnts Isr
foot. A.. a.. c.... -. h,, a,
osrobt mid the sinls amounting in alto $50 6'
The parties assesstd Or the work reuse - pay tho
exerhitsnt assessment Inc Coumlues osIevs .nat
the Street Commissioner, Furey 'iolsted Toe Cnsi.et
fls53 in Giving out the cpntract wthou' s1v"r.ng,
and recommend tha tie AK in the clse oi hr' Daoy
lie reduced to s9s ~ ., -, -. IA ,v.-
Az TrCEyR wished 70 have me report !so o'e'
IN rs,t meeting. for further examination.
Ala Rrtpr said there would probably be anndreds
Of such cases before .hs Borrd. Such wTongs l nsa
been going on against ire taS ps!e's ,: M HI,
eight yeais and there was in Si a00"' ~
AID. Srrpnrxs urged immediate acton he iaets
were all ,tsted. and there was DO good - be gos oy
de.rriug the report -, .
fraudulent tssessmsats.-A petition was received
rom Jas W. Beekman and others, for rehei rom er
oneous and fraudulent assess Rents iof the ieSuoh
ard regarding, tagging, &c, of lhri aNtuae, oe
racr Six,y.fr,t and Eighty second streets ana
ffh streets Referred TO Committee on trauds'
IN; Unauthorized Ferry at the bdH,ry.|,a coul-
un,;cation was resevei from Controller FtAoS 10
rs asr 10 resolution Of Ad. ADAMS asto the althor'
;,v Gr the establishment, Of ferry from tAe BAttery
wall. The Controller gives history oil tue oaa.N.y
and Ferry matters, and says there was U, aynoy a
given for said ferry; that Mr. IAw, @ .aa s'n ~
sTncior established t for the avowed purpose OF
bringing stone and other material for the oaI ~ OIL
laroement but has used i as stsea iSiana ,ey
Afer the platform for landing pas sengers ol ,ue nst
erly tide Of the pier was couinen. sreman thai
visited The spot ard was informed oy tns I'sen,an
the object of said platform was Tor tnc Rs.,,,.
landing and dressing the coping stone lor .io
wall. This sppear[d plausible, and rs tpe "oIk ~
nrooress was on that portion Of the Battery waicn
wss in the custody OF the contractor, 10 DC peu uP
under the direction eft the street M,
Cor trolei authority TO stop the Work might "en o'
questioned. -. ;..;,r,, ,ag,I nro-
ce.dng. against the Staten Island feI.y o'ihp"S .S;
nreyept the use Of the water and platform oy lneh
boats on the westerly aide OF the errypler On uo
ground of an encroachment oD the real est5s y,
city under the Sinking Fund ordinance oI "niSn
nryi,les that "the Controller shall have the cue touy
of all the real tate of the city, and sha prevent
:, III noc ,nepts tber. on La taking such a step,
however he could not expect the cooperation OF So
| Coumo Council after the resolution adopteo ny uat
body as stated in former part Of TINS report. No.
eitbstandpg the prohibition IN the lease " uo ote.en
Isspd Ferry against using any portion oi tnc "e.oi
on the westerly side OF the per- the poa' n"so co'
stnnly landed passengers a. the platform reierfed
10 ard have thus occupied that slip TOR Terry pur
poses according to the terms OF the res,let IN, anu
for which nothing paid, as wasehpre',y .,
from the sale of the ferry lease and the platform pro-
essedy erected for the purpose Of dressing stone tor
the wall has been used for other than terry pur-
poses-the Battery wall not yet having pesn com,
contract lie largely Interested in the Staten Island
| Ferry and has thus been enabled to accommodate
the feIy without paying anything for II 10 the city,
by having possession OF the premises under tae con-
The Controller is informed by residents of staten
Island that the slip might be lensed for at Least 900
for ferry; but before such lease is granted, appca
ton should be made to the Legislature 70 claygs tho
tenure by which the Battery held in order 70 give
egn feet to the grsstng ss4 OF b hf M ADAM, said
that about two weeks ago he happened 70 be at the
Battery, and discovered ths new ferry IL had been
established year ard hail. and yet no acton by the
ptoper cers had been taken in the matter. lt showed
great neglect and he hoped the subject would be laid
! before the Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund for
| some action.
| The paper was ordered printed.
| The Turkish Rear .idmiral-A message was re-
| ceived from the Mayor accompanying letter Of j:
| HosioId smith, announcing the expected arrival Of
| Rear. Admiral Mehemet Pasha.
On m ,tion of Aid BooLE, the paper referred 10
| spec al Committee of five.
Aldermen Boole, Read, Hoffmire, Tucker and Brad
| ley were appointed
The Celebration on the 22d.--Ad. BooLE caliod for
the report appropatiDg g. 000 and that il be- referred
to the Committee Arts and Sciences 70 decide on
| the mode Of expenditure Carried.
The Street DepartmeRt-Ald. OwEss moved 10 take
from the table the last report Of Mr. Conoyer Street
Commissioner, exposing frauds, and TO refer the
| to the Committee on Frauds. Carried
I'm Tho tbaua ;nn
POLICE COMMISSIONERS