The New York herald., 1867-03-10
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of Tm HERALD.


STREET rHRoroH eRAxERcy PARK.
Mr. Frear introduced bill to-day which, from s title,
sAn ACT to Alter the Nap Plan OF the City Of New
York." would mot be likely 70 attract much interest,"
dozens of such documents are annually introduced.
From the fact that ausion Gramercy Park made
throughout the BILL and that virtually provides for the
opening of Irving place into Lexington avenue. is
suspicously like preliminary step TO railroad job.
The bill very innocently declares tall that piece or par
eel of land being sevcnty-hve feet wide running be-
tween and parallel with the Third and Fourth avenues
&C. between Twentieth and Twenty first Streets ITO be-
for oil legal purposes Of the Of the said city,
Any one consulting tho map will see that the OBJ
ject Is 10 biscct Gramercy Park, which Is private
property, with street that will make . continuous
thoroughfare OF Lexington down 70 Fourteenth
Why there OF the designation Gramercy
Park in the blS This certainly suspicious fact IN
connection with 1t DO the corporators Of some ex-
pected railway wish 10 have thoroughfare opened up
the expense Of the CITY, instead Of purchasing the right
their propcrtys may have discovered small mares
In this unprotendng little bill but when the fact
considered that in us present form Il would not strike
the attention OF the members of the Legiesture, and
would very nnocently pass, and that the owners of
Gramcrcy Park would Of these mornings find their
private property voted away from them, without re-
munention their part or even suspicion that such
undertaking was on foot cannot help the opinion
thst there Is something more than the npublic veal
beneath IT, Az at present worded the bill would never
reach the hearing Of those most nteresedthe owners
Of the park and those residing around H. Mr. Frear
II to himself TO explain mysterious features
Of the bill, while the Committee Cites--to whom II
has been referred-should be careful 20 fully al
parties concerned ior and against the measure
THE NEW yoRx sfRy COMMISSIONERS.
The Assembly Committee on Cities reported, 70 day,
bin favorng the substitution for the present Board of
New York Fire Commissioners board of ve TO be
appointed by the Governor The bill also coutempstes
the following AMENDED list OF salaries Engineer,
$4,000; Assistant Engineer, $3000 Disrics Engineers,
$1,000; foremen, $780, engineers Of steamers,
81, 100; assistant foremen, 81, 100; privates,
$1,000 The vote in the committee stood as foliows:-
For the report-Messrs. Hpsdae, Gurlsy, Bristol and
0wou Murphy. Againsi-hessrs. Grdlsy, w,Iber and
Reynolds
fnE WV YosK wHaRvrs Asp rrrss ossrnucncS rur.
which has lam quietly Of view and VAS about TO
progress 70 third reading and probable passage was
unearhed by Mr DevelD who sustained motion for ite
recommittai TO the Committee Of the whole.
M. Devclin charged the scheme NJ one OF the most
Infamous OF oil the infamous bills that had been
introduced into the Legislature vas intended 70 put
tax upon commerce and put 100000 annually
into the pockets VI . few ofhciais II had
been quietly put through the nsst stages Of
legislation and in provisions unknown in New
York Many Of the piers New York were leased 10
ppvats ndvidusls who bad The sams right thereto