The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-19
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
BllE0 or ALDERMEN.

An Interesting HIeeting-yV0Od md Concrete
The sszDeewtreako uat Rssrsssatsd-s<s.ump-
inS'' the Board, but not ssWcII' EuOmgi
Done.
AZ two O'Clock yesterday afternoon Alderman Co.
man, President OF the Board and now a member OF
the New York bar-the legal bar-took the chair In
the Old chamber OF the Board of Supervisors, and
called the Aldermen to Order At that time there
was quorum present, although the gentleman from
the '',eestreak" near the 'sunken lOts was not
hand The "emigrant bench" was crowded, and the
space between the railing and the chamber door
filed by most motley assemblage, among which
was ''the captain" who, speedily perceving
the popularity OF his position, vacated It
for the companonship OF decent men and took a
seat 1T the reporters table. The nice young man
who reads the minutes hav ing struggled through the
dry and unnterestng doe ment placed in his hands
grabbed his hat and made his exit probably TO ''wet
his whistle" after his task and then the work COM
menced.
The President found on his table resolutions in
number; ordering that the resolution to pave Seven
tccnth street, from Fifth 10 sixth avenue, with Bel
gian pavement, should nc amended TO read
Stafford pavement introduced no doubt, by some
modest j. II. Whiting. president OF the STAFF
ford Pavement Company; to grant permission
Tor somebody 10 pave Fiith avenue, In the
ncighborhood of Worth monument and Madison
square with asphaltum: TO inquire by that authority
the Third Avenue Railroad Company had laid tracks
N Printing House square, 10 pave Astor place with
wooden pavement and Banks street with Ncolson
pavement. Reports OF committees-In favor OF fill
ing 'with good and healthy earth" sunken lots, and
OF fencing other lots up IN the 'leestreak'' OF the
gentleman who owns u little property there and
IL chairman of the committee which made the re-
ports: in favor of donating TO a certain church an
amount requisite to pay assessments; In favor OF in
creasing the salaries of dock builders employed by
the city. and Of resembling the resolution to pave
l44th street, from First to Fourth avenue, with
Fisk concrete pavement. All these matters were laid
under The rule, and then came papers from the
Board Of Councmen-the Board which surpasscs the
Aldermen IN forensic displays and grammatical, rhet-
orca and logical disquisions-Nnth avenue Is 10 he
regulated and graded between Elgty-sxt and lllth
streets: Laigh street. White street and North Moore
street are 20 be paved with some new anged wooden
arrangement. known az the Brown aud Miller pave
ment; several sidewalks up town " be tagged.
Croton mains are to be laid and sewers constructed
In different streets, in accordance with the wise pro-
visions OF the Councmen All these matters hav-
ing been laid over the Board took UP general Or
ders' The first order was directing the Comptroller
To draw his warrant in favor OF Felix Murphy for
$780, FOR ''scrafs' worn at the funeral of Council.
man Long. The amount. II appears, had been omit.
ted by the clerk who made out the resolution orIer.
ing the payment OF the bills for this funeral. This
matter looks very much Ike a scarf 'skln;'n it is
very "thin," and the grantee may count himself a
",eiirn man when he gets hts money. The order
was adopted, however and then: by The unanimous
vote of the Board, the Croton Board was ordered
To move hydrant IN Mott street three feet from its
present location and TO see 10 the laying OF Croton
mains In East Fortyfth street and the Street COM
missioner ordered TO supeintend the erection of
gas lamps in the same street. These latter orders
were for the benefit OF the gentleman from near
"thc other end OF the avenue" Then the modest
young Alderman rises In his place, like good little
boy and, holding his book IN both his hands reads
out--likc very modest man, as he IL, and white
man. although u partisan of detected Buter-the
number OF an order which relates to Ninth street
his book, but Nnetieth street on the manuscript:
and then, when the mistake Is discovered, he says,
"0h, Mr.. President, II you please, that amt what
want thought IL was Ninth street, Being good
little boy he must have nice little bit OF bon.bo,i.
and as the last matter don't agree with him the
worthy papas nd out what does, aud give Il TO him,
and that Is crosswak between Nos. OIL
and 81 Jane street. The venerable member OF
the Board--who generally votes TO suit himself
or his property OF which he has modest share
was about to vote against the matter; but turning,
he asked his young colleague In the battle for econ
ony, retrenchment, honesty virtue, "0h, Billy,
that's yourn. arnt it'-ayel' The last word was in
reply TO the call OF the working clerk, who IL so
often obliged TO call the names that the hair has
been started from the top OF his head and who has
by that means become-as Billy Birch would say
''barefooted on top"
Another member OF the Board from the extreme
"tooralooral" regions. had been whispering and
coaxing the members OF the Board all through the
session. one or two seemed MEMORABLE and at last
the cause OF the trouble came out. The Aldermen
wanted one James King to get $3.50 for digging
well al the corner OF Eigty.hfth street and Broad
way aud keeping II In repair Alderman Norton,
VINO has been much sharpened by his expert
ence at Albany, wanted to know why the city
should pay this especial sum. He had been
informed that this pump had been erected
and that no water had ever been obtained aud that
now the man that bored for water aud didn't get
Il wanted the city 70 reo0npense him. Tue Alder