New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-27
CITY REAL ESTATE.
REPORT OF CONTROLLER HswS.
CITY ~ NEw-lORE, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
CoSrkor yRis DPPICR July Is 1860

CITY NEw-lORE, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
CoSTkoLLERs OFFICE July IS 1860. :
To he CO"H'''ioHs'' ne Sinking Fund Of The C"y% N'H
In pursuance of the resolution adopted by your
Board on ths 2Sh of December, 1859 toe Coutrol +
respectfully repors that he as Performed the duty
assigned TO hd and herewith submits twelve ss aud
uaps which believed TO embrace all the real esra
ON ned by the Corporation with the exception of ha
exclusively lie d by the Or, ton aqu doct exteudl
fro N Egby fifty street to and iucludog Croon Lake,
viii tss not b. en- included in the present nen'
because the extent Of it wond most quite forbid its
AT angeu eDt in forms corrsp udog tn the present.
al alec because he tin which W. I'D be TeqIr-d u
xamiGe ard arrange 20 long varied set OF II les,
woud del toe publication az the more important part
Of the subj e fer several month";.
1t ap, proper here remark that there is other
property b-oI gOg TO the Corporal not nc uled i'll
his list because II s not properly reel estate AS II con
slis If nj q an'ed ground below high-U4ter nal
along various p-Its of the shores Of the city, which is
,ul iect TO he receptive righs Of the lcent own
H. and also estate IN tue old roads the isia ID
Shlcb ave been c'o-ed, will be, by The poo
gress of Improvements.
Tie last list Of CORPORATION real estate, with maps
annexed, were pu Ished IN the year 1883, and siucr
lhst immense pro, ery has been purchase nj
mu,b Of what was then owned has been sid. To ex-
aIuiIe lists and pref are maps has req ird all th4 tne
which bas earsed ince The IesJ'utiJn was passsd AID
it is confidently believed that the result of the work
will be sa,i 10 the city of many th9u'aods of dbl
lars wCTh OF property which mig o Otherwise by the
fl, quent eharg,s off ials be loct sight of.
The pIop,ry nhject To Leases, Map No |, is much
ltss tisn rmery, owing to the large amoun sold of
since 1874 and The Common Lands, Maps Noe . End g.
are YER. much reduced from tue sans eau aud the
atsoJp ioD Of much of it by the Central Psk. IL is
cred by the investigations made for this purpose
tbsI valuable portion OF what remains is 10 tbs pos
A. rel d of Other patlae, agiGst ~hOm SUIT n
creed by the Corporation nearly twenty three years
since, but has not yet been d.terd ed ald special d
reet will be given that the question be Wig rousy
prose- utto T tbe city.
In tie pre- paratioD Of List and Map No. 4, of Snndry
Lott prcp.ity at William sburgh. acqlired in 1851
worth leaf $50 0o0 discover d, which had never
before been entertd on the lis Of real estate.
Map ard List No ) embrace AL he prop sriy in use
by lbs Amshouse Dtpsr ment, and Nos. Is aud 7 that
II ufe by the Board Of Education. The Latter been
wholly added to The real state list SIM The lSi3
ard ia very extec sive. Nos and of proper
in Ufe h, the Fire Departm Mt has been very extern
svely added to within few years
II 6 market proper embraced on List and Msp No
10 has rot been in.rra since 1898 except by the
WIS., Washington Market ground aud the purchase of
land from X. w. LowDtr between Sixteenth street.
1Id SevtD enth street, and Avenue and East River
aDo hch yet remains unoccupieo.
With The exception of lo's Nos s. Z, II, and II, on
Lit and Map No. ii all the properly there sho VA III
be year 1873; aud Central Park MaDh ttcausquqre,
Mount Morris, Reservoir square, Madison aqusre
aud TIL small parks at Grove aud Christoph .ets
slso at FouIth avenue, Sevenih.street, and Third
svIue, end az Broadway Twenty. fifth street, agd
Fifth avenue, have 10 added to the liet Of squares
aud Ta'ks, Map No II, since that tiue.
Tie properly know rs = Fer Gansevoort' hiss not
teer included il the foregoing list for the reason that
the question # The validity Of is conveyance by tho
Corporation has Lot been finally determined.
In the preparation Of the folio wing maps aud dia-
Rrams The Controller has svailed himself of the Or
fessona service OF John j. Serrel Irugaadf tgor-
aDly knOV as one of our principal city surveyors
whose former COZ necttn with the deIarmeut of
fuaUce and familiar acquaintance with the real estate
q ne Corporation emuentiy qualified him u perform
the work which has been executed IN a highly credit
able manner.
TIE lists facing tie maps showing the location and
size of lcts d4rs Of conveyance 10 the Corporation
and by whom the consideration paid for the "a ne and
the volume nd ia 10 ~h the deeds are rec0rdou ia
lie Registrars Office, ave been prepared by Mr. A.
S. Cady, who has long been connected with, and is
still al officer in tuis drpdrtr eni.
Rep ctiully submitted,
ROBERT II. HAWS, Controller.