New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-02
WHAT is GOING ON At ALBANY.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF RECORD.

THE COMMISSIONERS OF kbCOhO'
. y q. xIus, II Then u TyisvS&
s,s: ! know you will oblge noe by arosiog ne
mace in your paper TO ssy word or TOO In reply to
,e.r srioaur.s of ye,erdsy on the proposed nppro-
aria ion for the flushing OF the RecoTts Of the Rsgs
nI's Office.
\ Thar, never was any work 90 much needed. The
ktle 10 tie whole Of the property OF NsW-fork 10 N
Tia Registers Office. When tins work is completed
"a completed it mud be-sDy person can 20 into the
Rfys.sis flee ard trace the title Of bis property from
s,sI.es IN ersntor versa mp or down, from the
vsyv earliest dates. There is a doubt about the vslu,
Of TIE Records Of the County Clsrks office for they
.,s Aeetrg: but the Records OF the Registers Office
~. for Al. time The tar. payers Of New FORK are all
;.teres,sd 10 this work. Every man who owns a Iot
n interested 10 look at bis title The books wnen
completed vi. ssve TO the tax payers al thai IL lost
IN q very few years.
n s.yeral times the rec 1rds in the Registers Office
have been In pre- 81 Danger from Ere. 10 Of
Q partial destruction Of the OH e, epy one copy OF
ts,e indces saved II DO other existed, would be worth
more TO the county than the whole cost as reference
for title TO property which could 10; othersise be
traced.
iii The Comm issioners though they may not
kpo~s where the project originated, have never de-
.,eA us value. ThOse Commissioners were and
s.sh men AZ Alex. w. Bradford, John j. Doane, VIM.
&. I.u~o--, Jonathan Nsthsn, and others OF equa
Hssdirs Their chsrsctsrt i guaranty sufh ;lent
sSsl aLy contr set made b. them made well and
yssiy:
~ Now thess Commissioners under 81 act Of the
Legislature Session Laws 1879, page 100, msde
contract for completing thorough and perfect index
of the records 10 the Registers Office III which should
be Included and 70 be found at gauce the name OF
every one who ever cold foot OF land on this Island,
ard another index in which wOCld be included the
name Of every man who had ever bought foot OF
land ON this island. Here IL book, when perfectly
completed, Of the most absorbing nteTeit 70 every
owItr OF any foot OF land on the lsisnd-thst s
generally, 10 every taxpayer. The contract was 70
pript and bind one thousand copies of each complete
FOR the faithful performance OF that c0bact Dohoo
were given to the amount OF $JOOVV' ihst coouac.
was made with the lowest bidder, on a"Verusemsht'+
IL il as sacred as any other contract ever made and,
whether DELAYED to the disadvantage OF the pubhc, or
nut in law to the accumulation of unfold cos,s to be
paid by the taxpayers that contract every one must
see ia binding, and will be carried out.9
" The index Of the grantOrs is now complete, ant
extends TO - volumes. That Of the grantees will ex
tend to ss mary mole. Those who nave used them
say that they would not be without them tor ~ sVo
unie. The work lie meeting purchasers every day aud
the price is put at such figure that the thousand vol
umee will sell for what will reimburse the county fOr
the whole expense when completed
So that ultimately this great public good VIII be &C.
con phshed without any expense to the county.
vi. The appropriation now asked for will complete
the work. and meet all the engagements entered into
by the Comm ieeiODerf. lax fAfIH.
ksp-Yo,k, March 30, 1889
NO Sir The bill nothing about fH'hing the work
On the contrary the CommoLeis ate Report expressly says
that this Job already cot 100000 and will cost as
much TO complete L.
Don't tbeyl Why how the protector Of admirable
90 Indispensable inesnsbe enterprise, TO hide himself
nom pubhs completely that those who named
Commissioners in the original BILL and have since been
ConB.ssioDers, don't know him ?
tHtbey such saints and how they b coate
end pubbsb useless and pesbabe portion Of this work
k leaving which you declare valuable TO the last
Il Iftbere such definite and Interchangeable contract, why
can't we lpow eYsctly what the whole worn Is 10 cost
awe cont IT, but would like to have the contractors
sne on /, of profit they expect make Of it.
That st afford insight into the origin Of the job and
the motives Of Who devised f. Perhaps impartial Jury
would decide that the whole STEPPED In sua
that the City under moral legal obsa fulfill IL
Then let the contractors and finish It on their
seoount and have all that make by H. with the Cs
b,sepe Soc thrown Should no. that satisfy them
Ed. Trib.