New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-24

committee, 'i ,Iree four or five years aud on which
RePa have 90 pay from 30 to og Per cen1 - ~ NV
ihey VIZ, VI, ar,enr- This addition Of u per ceut psi
BueeU r,ipous To- property owners, inssnI"rn n ."
srnum " iii;,e,tI are not aware that they have
pce' " as.ed at all II too frequently "aPIei'S '''.
ben very remote from the line oi lllPiove,iun. .
INFs!sd. and in very many o,,iJ a.yc No
is Ss,.o..d which the property o"n'i cy''u ""' Nv
been 70 P.,o,, ,o bebeve had been created.
po-ior -; c,n the Board Of COuncIlnen instruct
ccr,n,ittee to extend their examhau.ns mo
ng n.ns,tn,eut of Assessments, mas Ceen ~
" end in addition to the statement o, tLe fol
&ts,s IN honorable body in our previous 'eP'''''
bShs o Fory.nintl street, from the aol h,EeI
!. y % ,t,,,gb the Second avenue anu ~ ~ t,'nlIu
-, 10 Third avenue thence through '"' i'U "''
oue TO Fiity-sixtb street e,ed on the 26th day Of
~; sss.-srfeut was colhrn'eI on t''o -. u.' VI
ihs Is,7 and the amount Of the assessment, as
iie.,d IN jrk is s99766 CO. An eSa'nnallon oi th'
81, nf fbis asscssneD, showsthe correct amount
20 b. Sl0l, ,396 o. -.-.o,.. and G., evoor.es ON
Inc 49,. s.se,s.aent il based, is $n,166 %, thus
e1,, ThSa on over assessment of 8 ,6J 3d.
Sn,omis,ioners Of Assessments admit the over
....,nept They also admit tnat properly was
Sea',oesd which should have been omitted.
ssc, a error in adding up an assessment list
ling tae apparent less than the real amount, is
thu: ..r,ac, liz, j. ,,;vcn IN ,he Collec,or of
n.Trsrts the amount, added is charged TO him
- In The Controller Office. A. he pays into
:, ch .sr,v moneys received ali assessment list
~. w. s,,enr, ia credited TO him by TIE Controller At
S "a twelve months from the time lis is placed
~. w trSs ~ collector and his power 10 receive
~ n,s s-~ thereon has ceased, the amount Of unpaid
P,s,nsrts Is returned by him to the Bnreau Of Ar
sy is credited by the Controller and the Collectors
,cco1pt for that work is balanced.
Tbus II viii appear, if an Assessment list is added
nm lees than the true amount the Collector pocket
,be difference and at the same time balance his ac
copnt with the Finance Department. Peculations of
IN, kind may 20 forever unless proper auditing
!. had in the Finance Department or some searching
pyestig alton is adopted ike that in which your Com
mtee are engaged. Beside the error in adding this
assessment lis We find tic following items Of work
and material Included in the amount paid to contractor
which are not iu the contract, viz:
cs.SectOn s fbd oycnae and fsyird street.. %
Retaining wall FoItyninh street............ 90 90
Ers labor By order ofenrineeT, per bill, in repair
ns damage oceasoned by freshet Of April S57.. 23 Is
Totd....................................4I.i85 IS
II il questionable whether the Croton Aqueduct De-
partmeDt having control Of this work, had the right
10 allow the above amount s ,l33 10 without comply
ing with the provisions OF the charter which are az
follows
sycTIos 80 OF CHARTER or lSJ7-TBE CHARTER OF
ISi9 BEING SIMILAR.
whenever any work is necessary to be done to
complete perfect particular job, or any supply is
needfu for any particular purpose, winch work and
job is to be undertaken or supply furnished for the
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supply shall together involve the expenditure of more
Than $25o, the shall be by contract under such
egulatons concerning it re shall be established by or
dinance of the Common Council unless by a vote Of
hreefourths of the members elected to each Board it
Ehal be ordered otherwise and all contracts shall be
entered into by the appropriate Heads of Departments
and shall be founded scaled bids proposals made
IN compliance with public notice advertised in such Of
the newspapers Of the city may be employed by
tho Corporation for the purpose"
The above error OF = ,62J 81, and the above allow
xnoes Of 81 1873 IS not being in accordance with the
terms Of the charter as above quoted, is probably
more than sufficient to nvalidate the entire assess
pent. -
Broadway and Hudson street.
The return Of the surveyor ON this work exhibits
6l6 square feet OF tagging, OF which o. square feet
was not assessed leaving to be assessed 553 square
FEET which was the amount of work done by the con-
tractor at 2i cents per square foot 1913 %
Iscubic yards of ssnd at cent................. IS
n. rTorerty is assessed s6 ls
Making an over Of 81
This difference is occasioned by the insertion on the
ycquistion of the Street Commissioner OF the Item 0f
"jointng q cents per square foot" This item, aside
iiom the fact Of its not being included III the original
contract 10 not lablo to charge, as Tagging cannot
well be laid without "joiuting."
= Paving and tagging Forty-seventh-street, from
Fifth to Seventh avenue.
The contract for this work was awarded To Hugh
iunes at the prices named IN the estimate oil Septe-
Der ~, 1856 viz:
fOT paving 32!c
No other items Of work embraced in the csti-
mate or contract. The certificate Oi Jos S Taylor,
Street Commissioner if attached to the assessment
list, ana seems to have been originally made out IN ac
oorJsnee with the contract; all other items OF work
which appear il the printed form being dashed with
On ink line opposite the print to indicate that there
ere 10 prices to be attached to them.
fDysr tleae daa linz he GUurpS
ten in the Street Commissioners certificate, by whom
We cannot determine:
fsti hllng, per cubic yard ........s....''''''SN
setting curbones Pcr line foot
Resuh .uIb Ibone per lneal foot. &C.
k.syinens bridsestone per square foot &c.
The ordinance of the Common Council authorizing
The work permits the appointment of an Inspector II
as usual for the Street Commissioner, where an in-
specor has been authorized and appointed, to include
his time and compensation IN his certihcate In the
present case the inspectors time, gS days, seems 10
have been added to the original certificate. The
errors in making up the assessment list may be partic-
uarlzed as fellows; 5,Oii square yards paving, ex-
tended at - cents per square yard winch Is ~ cents
per square ward in OF contract price, making an
so cubic yards caith hug il contract, So 80 50
Sc fest curb and saI'st reset do &c. z q q
30 square feet bridge relaid do.'. &c. 10 ~
Amount Of over allow contractor: LIS a
Inspection not included IN original certihcate ol
suec oumssioner ninety weight days time 81 3d. sl 20
t:..a, a:.;Ss; ,ss @ over over :;,%,is$ - as s
...,....................s1.7o4 II
The work paid for according to ledger, and re-
cept in Controllers Office the 10Th October, lS5I,
Nv waYrGr, .... ............,............ 25 IS
sass IS
Receip, for this amount signed by Cunningham "
llumes; l.. ID. Brown President.
The contract hears date December 10 lSfs
Confirmed October 10, 1851.
The assessment list is made up follows:
Contract ito
Surveying loS
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