New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-20
THE sAPPEEs AND MINERS AGAIN AT
WOHNe

Last week, resolution passed both branches of the
Common Council authorizing and directing the Street
Commissioner to make contract for lighting all the
streets avenues, roads squares, parks public build
ngs and places Of the City of New-York, with coal
gas. The provisions of the contract
last made and executed with the Manhattan Com
pany as far as practicable, shall be embodied in the
contract made in pursuance of this resolutions and
the term during which the same is to continue shall
be for the same number Of years as that contract
This resolution authorizes and directs the contract to
be made for treaty years at The present high prices
Think of this We taxpayers Think of this, ye poor
men, who will be called upon, for twenty years, to
pay By the sweat of your brows, the enormous trib-
ute to be annually exacted by the sappers and
mnersl To show our people to whom they should look
for protection against this and other schemes-to
show them how their representatives act when
once elected to ofice-we give the full course taken
by this resolution in the Board of Councilmen.
This was a resolution from the Board Of Aldermen:
Councilman Alexander II. Keech moved that the
action of the Board of Aldermen be concurred H.
Oh, Keech was it for this you were elected DO
you now any longer look for support among honest
mem Think you that you will again deceive our
peopei Councilman Christopher Pullman moved
that said resolution be referred to the Committee on
Lamps and Gas-whch was lost. This was good
effort Mr.. Pullman; an effort in the right direction;
and of course, as il was intended to gain time for
yentilating the scheme it was lost. Councilman
Pullman moved to amend said resolution by striking
therefrom the words "same number Of years as that
contract" and inserting in lieu thereof the words
"tcrm of two years" This amendment was lost.
Thus was an attempt to reduce the term from
twenty to two years prevented. And this was to be
expected for the sappers and miners knew that very
much money could not be realized unless the contracts
should be made for some long period at present
prices. The President put the question on the
motion of Councilman Keech to concur with the
Board of Aldermen in their action, which was decided
in the affirmative by the following vote:
Keenan, long siaeq %nr Flynn
Kos Baus K.sci Green AGekdy HaoraH Htr'eF and In
EESArrE-Councilmcn Ulhe Taoma' Roberts, and PaH@dH
ApsENr-Councllmen K,lqgg aud Tyng-2.
Who can tell us the difference between the Demo-
cratic and the so-called Republicans that arc to be
found in the above affirmative vote. Where Is the
diGerencei Are they not all tarred with the same
stick Do they not all wear the Ring collar
Are not they all barking and biting at our good
peoplei We appeal to somebody for help. We know
the Citizens Association succeeded last Winter IN
pretty eiectually muzzling thenbut these dogs arc
paving and Juggling with such energy that we are
alarmed lest they may tear away the wire that now
confines their jaws, and then our people must iooA
out for the mad dogs" Ifthey could be sienced a
efectually as other dogs that roam around among us
IT would be good policy to offer reward OF SlO'OO'
for each one of them delivered at the pound where
they could be treated like other dangerous dogs-pu
in tank together and the rest left to the efficiency
! of plentiful supply of Croton water
We tell these so-ealed Republicans we know wei
to what sect they beloag-and they must expect il