The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-30
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

The City Fathers Under the Gaaight-Hnppv
Effects Of the Holiday Season-The' Park
Place Extension.
Pursuant 10 adjournment this Board convened last
evening at five O'Clock, with the President, Alder
man Conan in the chair. There were also present,
at the time Of opening, Alderman Moore, Norton,
Cuddy, Ward, OBrien, Miller Conner, Hardy, Rep
per- Coulter Mc(irath and McQuade. 1t will be seen,
therefore, that there were members enough present
to transact any business that might be brought up,
and subsequent events showed that they meant 10
wind up the business with the winding up of the
year. The chamber OF the Board certainly looked
most pleasing. as this was the first time 1t was
lighted up since the repaintlng, renting and re-
furnishing. The light, streaming through the hand
some cut glass globes, reflected by the brilliant and
ornamental chandeliers, mellowed by the pretty and
tasteful tints OF the resco the walls and ceiling
and still further toned by the heavy window drapngs
and walnut furniture, seemed TO shed peculiar halo
OF ease and quietude on everything and everybody
underit.
The Board made donations to the Bloomingdale
Methodist Episcopal church. S10S; Thirtieth street
German church, $500; the Ladies' Union Aid SOcie
ty $1,000; St. James, church, $500; to the House Of
utions granting donations to several other churches
to the Central Dispensary and $40 600 to the Union
Home and school. they ordered $404 10 De refunded
to J. H. McCabe and $272 to Thomas Duffey as those
amounts had been deducted from their receipts from
the city for overtime on certain contracts
Montgomery to Catharine street, with Belgian pave
ment ordered the Comptroller to pay Jeremiah
and liners soo eacn nor pc 5 Roar
COuncilmen; ordered the Corporation Counsel TO
take measures for the opening OF 10th street. from
street, from Broadway to West Broadway, and Frank
lin street, from Broadway to Hudson street, to be
% s ereced n the OF chaam ssar s ner
No. 81 East river to be repaired; sewer to be con-
structed in avenue b. between Third and Fourth
fvaap fhn fhn nf a
Of the Board OF Councilmen and ordered the con-
struction OF number OF sewers In different parts Of
the city.
on motion OF Alderman NORTON they then took
up the general orders remaining on the list and dis
posed Of large number OF them They adopted,
among other, those providing for the following
Cr0ton mains IN Lexington avenue, between Fifty
first and Fiy-second streets; gas mains in Madison
avenue, between Fifty-ninth and sixtieth streets
Croton mains In Fifty-ninth street. between Fifth
and Sixth avenues tagging, curbing, grading light
Ing and otherwisng large number OF streets , up
red to the committee, among others those "sunken
lots" to the Committee on Public Health, and an inn
mense amount or work to the committees on streets,
Sewers and Roads.
The list was read through by the President IN
See the potent legislators, with eyes wide open read
ing along after him. The resolutions referred
to the appropriate committees.
When the resolution to donate $4,000 to the
"House OF the Good Shepherd" was called up, Alder
man NORTON stated that 1.-THE trustees Of that nstftu
ton had petoned the Legislature at its last
for ard, and that the objects and management Of the
institution were deemed so worthy that the Legisa-
ture donated S25,000 the condition that the trus
tees should raise $4,000 The SIS 900 from the
State is in the hands Of the Comptroller yet un
touched. IL therefore, this resolution were amended
so as to give SIS 600 the trustees might thus be
abled to obtain the $4,000 donated by The State.n
Alderman Norton explained the objects Of the nsti-
tuition, and the resolution, being amended as he
suggested, was adopted. Alderman Hardy, from
the Committee on the Park Place Extension re-
ported that the committee were unable to auree, and
asked that they be discharged from any further con-
gldprnfiOu of Suhipct. The committee dis
charged and the Board adjourned TO meet for the
final session OF 1865 on Thursday, at ten A. NJ.