New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-10
GOVERNORS OF The AIMS BOUsE


GOVERNORS OF The ALMS-HOUSE
The Board of Ten Governors were to haye met at I
clock yesterday afternoon. but at that hour there
wa Dot quorum present. and az adjournment was
therefore bad until clock D. at which hour ever
member wac in bis seat.
The Specia! Committee appointed 10 inquire into tho
origin Of the recent lire by which the ssnd Hospital
was destroyed, submitted q report, .ccomp .nybg
which was the following opinica Of Fire Marshal
Baker:
From q. the f.ct. and circumstance. In this rn..ss en- Of
opinion sp 'S ?, 1T i@ogay
The vicinity OF the crate in the doctors private Office have
pertures through the heat and burning cuee h.d nos
time 70 tune fcund sceess 70 the .ube producing churod
substance, md ultimately the fra
The vacancy in the Office of Warden Of R.ndsse
Island Wa filled by the appointment Of Mr.. ThonSs
b. Tappan.
The special order Of the dsy-being the adoption of
q plan for the rebuilding Of the Island Hosptsl-wss
then taken up. The resolution attached to the report
Of the Committee already published in THE TRrB-
WI recommending the adoption of tie plan drawn
by James Renwick. jr., was read, and long debate
arose thereon.
Gov. OLIVER favored the Committee report: while
Gov. SMITH advocated the plan Of Mr. X, u.
Hatfield, and moved, an amendment that IT be
adopted. He said the report Of the Committee was
neither definite satisfactory o. failed 10 state the
probable expense.
Gov. TowssrsD said that tho probable expense
would be about 100000 and that the greater portion
Of the labor would be done by the convicts.
Gov. Is. +. PIscKSEY had made rough estimate,
and was of opinion that the expenses would DO ABOUT
$4,000.
Gov. w. T. PIsKsEY explained both plans at
length. and was of opinion that the whole that of
Mr., Renwick was the better one.
Gov. McELRoY, too preferred Mr. hehwich Is phn'
Tie amendment w8s !oet.
Gov. SMITH then advocated postponement, and a
reference of the subject back to the Committee so
that correct estimates night be arrived at
Gov. DUGRo was of opinion that all these estimates
of probable expense were humbug. and instanced the
Ral1eyua HOeDita work. which under the sole
management of Gov. Smith.
Gov. SMITH grew indignant, and hurled the tsunt
back into the teeth of the gentleman who uttered it,
that gentleman neglected hs business in the matter of
the Bellevue Hospital improvement and threw all the
labor of it upon his (Smiths) shoulders.
Gov. DUGRo replied that seeing the outrageous
Committee was conducting the alteration, he decided
to wash his hands of the whole sffar-Gn affair by
which the taxpayers suffered largely.
Gov. SMITH said it was plain that the plan OF Mr..
Renwick would be adopted. He had no great Objec-
ton to it, but would prefer more time and fuller idea
of the probable cost. He would vote for the plan if
the resolution Of the Committee recommending it
would accept amendment (which he moved) that
the verandah the north side of the building be dis
pensed with, because such veIandah would not be
necessary, and would involve an expense OF about
sc, 900.
This amendment was carried, and then the report Of
the Committee az thus amended wa adopted.
Gov. MoLoSEY wished to cali the attention Of the
Board to a matter of great Importance. The Board
almost entirely out OF coal and therefore the Com
missioner of Out Door Poor compelled to refuse
fuel TO the poor who called upon him. The Commit
tee on Supplies to whom referred tie purchase Of
80 tuDs Of coal had been unable to agree t. vch
of the proposals sent TO them they vcUid ADOPT sad
had therefore agreed to submit tb. Dstsef - t.,
Board.
Gov. ANDERSON said he had agreed to &c ,Jch tony.
Gov. MoLoNEy pledged bis honor that Mr.. ADiers3s
had 30 consented.
Gov. ANDERSON repeated that he knew nothing Of
any such agreement but yet he had objection to
the matter being submitted for action to the whole
Board
Gov. MoLoHEY said that two proposals foE the best
and two for inferior quality had feen sekt in He
believed that honor and interest ictated that the
award should be given TO Mr.. Thomas 0Neil, agent
for the Hicks Coal Company. MIR. 0Neils charge for
the best quality w& trHe higher than that men
toned in the other bid, which from the Pennsyl-
vania Coal Company; but Dir. ONeis coal was
superior to that OF the Pennsylvanis Company, and
sold h. the market at an advance CT from - to 30
cents.
Gov. ASrERsoN thought there was no such differ
eDce in quality and advocated the giving OF the
award to the Pennsylvania Coal Company because
they were the Low est bidders.
Ate. some further debate. the 8w ard was given to
Mr. OEoil--Messrs. Moloney, Townsend, Dugro,
mcEhoy, Oliver and PinckDey, voting in the afiirma-
tive, and Messrs. Pinckney, Smith AID Anderson. in
the negative.
Nothing else Of interest was done.
The following ia the weekly statement from the
various institutions under charge of the Bosrd:
Number remaining Feb. a.
Admitted since to March