The New York herald., 1867-01-31

Gigantic Jobs In PrOspect.
Mayor HOFFMAN and the honorable corporation
'ring" have been very busily employed during
the last few weeks in preparing batch of the
most gigantic jobs that were ever undertaken
even in this snterprising city. A few months
ago the Corporation passed sresolution author
izing the sale Of a portion OF the City Hall Park
for Post Oface site for tine sum ofene million
Of dollars. A short tine afterwards, under
the outside pressure Of those who were appre-
bensive that the promising job and its appen.
dages might slip through their fingers, they pre-
cipitately reduced the price to half millioay
and the joint resolution was: promptly signed.
by The Mayor. That officer, who is also one Of
the committee to select Post Once site, . Do
sition he ought not to have held while acting
in the capacity or Mayor. is now very busy
publishing advertisements and issuing propo-
sails for the erection Of the new Post Office
building, under the authority Of the govern
ment at Washington.
The time honored recipe Of Mrs. GIasse for
cooking hare was, 'sfirs. catch the hare"
The first thing the general government had bet
ter do, before making any outlay for plans and
proposals for a building, is to ascertain whether
they can obtain good title to the property.
Let them find out where they stand before
they incur dollars expense under the advice
and management of any Of the 'ring" men Of
New York. According TO the opinion of the
most competent and experienced, real estate
brokers in the city the property agreed. to be
acld hu tho Comrrou Counc;l ond oorc,nsttoo-
man Mayor is well worth three millions of
dollaps. The real estate owned by the city
belongs TO the sinking fund and is the security
for the public indebtedness Every Judgment
against the city is lien upon the real estate
of the city, and not q foot can be sold without
satisfying all the judgments on fle It is very
questionable whether the Corporation has
tho authority to sell the property at
all, particularly at such an insufficient price.
The saorifce Of the land at mere nominal
snm,is In violation Of oil sound principles of
law and equity, the authority Of Mayor HoGl
nsansand the ring to the contrary notwithstand-.
Ing. IL ~ City Hall Park n held to be set: !,
nsids foEpeBait use, and noa ato bs liable fbsthes
paAlsc indebtedness, then It'd question .asises,.
sAnrthe -hegislatars sathorise the city 10 dis-s !
pose ssf II and where does tie city obtai0 It's
original title,f Hdiscontinued. IS afcr public.I
use,"- the property reverts. to the oryinala
owners. So that under any circumstances tho
question Of title isso doubtful that. il will be
well for the general government to make sure
Of catching their hare before they proceed to. !.
cook 1t.
II is very probable that they may meet with
another difBculty, n the shape ~ en- injunc-
ton to prevent the sale Of the property, and.
the consummaHon Of the several jobs that
hang on to its skirts, one Of which is the OPEN
ing and widening OF Beekman street from
Broadway to the river TO width Of one hum.
dred feet, ct = oost TO the property holders in /,
that locality Of from Eve 70 ten millions Of doll
lars. If there was any good reason at all for
the Mayors veto. Of the Ann street job, there
is infinitely more cause for the peoples veto ]
Of al the Jobs in this Post Once batch, which
win sacridce property belonging to the city st
about one-sixth, Of It's value and impose .
heavy burden Of taxation on portion Of the
property holders. without any equivalent re-
turn.
Mayor Holman, it = said, attributes his de-
feat for governor to the so-cslled "Ann street
job" Probably he did not find that affair big
eaough for his purposes; but this new series Of
jbbs viii, we hope. satisfy his ideas Of masni-
tsds and serve To. eject him governor ON the
next available chance. A...
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