The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-15
The New City HaIl-Report OF the ConmAs-
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The New City HaIl-Report OF the CominAs-
81 si0ners. tsaeIl
At the meeting Of the Board of Supervisors on the lth
inst, the following report from the Commissioners Of the
New City Han-Messrs Wilson G. Hunt and John B. Cor
heswas received and referred committee Of four
10 THE HoSoRABIE THE BOARD OF SrPERvnoRs;-
GEsrIEMKx-The undersigned Commissioners OF the
New T HAL IN an er % 6oes ss bsa
leave 70 present to your honorable body the following re-
the duty Of the Commissioners TO direct and superntend
the erection Of building the Park In the rear Of the
eren ha s%Upss snc Court the
Court the Court Of Common Pleas the Court of Oyer and
Tcrmnc, General and Special Sessions Surrogates Court
Marine Court their various offices and chambers Grand
and Petit Jures the Sheriff. clerks Of those courts, Com
missioner Of Jurors District Attorney and Law Institute
In order TO determine the accommodation necessary
these several courts departments and Offices and thus
enable us TO arrive at just conclusion to the size and
arrangement Of the contemplated building we addressed
communications to the several Judges and other gentle
men representing them requesting to be Informed OF the
number Of rooms and square feet Of each which they
would respectively require therein.
Replies were received from those thus addressed which
accompany this report, and from which will be
that -ttt-t
The Supreme Court will require two rooms for Circuit
Court with two rooms for juries adjoining General
Term room, one room for Chambers, with private
room attached for the judges, and one room for Special
Term
The Superior Court-one room for General Term, one
for Principal Term, for Special Term, Clerks oce
two rooms for Chambers and supplementary examinations
two rooms for Judges and library, and nine smaller
for juries and other purposes.
one for Trial Term and for Special Term, for
aminatons one for Judges and library, two for jury
rooms and two for clerks and Naturalization Offices.
The Court Of Oyer and Termner-one court room, and
two small rooms adjoining for juries.
The General SessOnE-two court two rooms for
Petit Jures for the Recorder and two for the City
Judge. ...,. .--'-,-
The Special sessions-one court room, one room for
Judges chambers and each for Clerks Office papers,
officers and prisoners +fr'+t.
Surrogate's Court-one court room, and one room
each for the Clerk for records, reference and private
Office. ... n
The Marine Court-two rooms for courts and five others
for Clerks Offices and other purposes.
The Clerk of General Sessions-two rooms.
For the Grand Jurytwo rooms. one Of them for wit
nesses. ..,...-t.i
smaller for the deputies, also for private office.
The Commissioner Of Jurors-one large room and two
District Attorneythree rooms adjoining each other.
And the Law Institute-one large room for library,
and two smaller ones for committees and storage OF
Making twelve rooms, OF from two thousand one hum
dred to three thousand two hundred and fifty square feet
each. rs f-
Thirteen Of from thousand two hundred and
seventy one to two thousand square feet each.'
Thirty three rooms Of from i've hundred to one thou
sand square feet each .'-.+.-
And thirty nine of from one hundred and twenty
to fonr hundred and fifty square feet each. 't..'
eightythree thousand three hundred and fifty threo
square feet exclusive OF halls passage ways corridors
and walls. .-.ti9- R '+'t-'t'
10 give this accommodation with the proper arrange
ment Of the rooms would require the erection of build
ing at least three hundred and seventy five feet long and
one hundred and thiryone feet wide, two stories In
height with high basement and cellar.
We are not prepared to cay that the smallest estimate
has, IN all cases. or even in any case, been furnished
We believe, however, that great has been taken in
making up these statements, with view to tae proper
accommodation Of the several courts, departments and
Offices and for the convenient transaction Of the business
respectively apperainng to them and that therefore
OF the opinion that little reduction if any, can be
safely made from the estimates submitted especially
when is considered that the business of all these courts
and Offices Is continually increasing proportonatey with
the rapid growth Of the trade and population of the city
In this respect we might aude to the fact that build
ing, II erected ten years ago. suitable and ample
for the accommodation of which the provides would
now be hardly sufficient for the purposes required
templaed will be ten or fifteen wears hence unless
proper allowance be made for c prospective
tne population OF the city, and the consequent Increase Of
the busntss or these courts and offices.
We therefore deem = not nn s proper, but, in fact
matter Of ultimate economy embrace the full estimates
which have been submtted in relation to the required
commodation, and even to enlarge on the
From these estimates, and the size Of the building
CURED based on the same will be SEEM on due cons
deraon that the sum OF two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars which the Legislature has authorized your honor
able body to raise for the erection and furnishing Of the
proposed building, viii not be sufficient therefor.
The building which may be erected for the purposes
mentioned 10 the act Should, in my opinion be which
viii be well calcrlaed mot only in To
arronplnens to aflrd The rocaesarv octonn,odation
nreeen as well nc nrosnacro anI ~ 100 rnch IN
lie nrcboctiroI ef T. ond haa, h an a,so ncc,rd S,h
The uses 10 which IT ia =. ho ossS ,d IN
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as with the wealth and importance Of this
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a. CIV -. ., ~ oa, view Vi tne snauness
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