The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-13

Meeting Of the Board of Aldermen
Quorum That Got Wet ana That is Bound
ia Have IA say ON Some hiags--A ssShoyy,,
in the Permit Business.
The Board OF Aldermen held a special meeting
yesterday forenoon, at eleven O'Clock. The Presi-
dent, Alderman Conan, was In the char. and there
was present at the scmicircle OF desks sufficient
number OF the virtuOuS representatives OF the people
to make quorum. This fact evidently crafty
ing 10 Q certain few Of the Aldermen who had been
ut the bottom Of the '.movement' gotten up
late on Saturday night which was destined
10 eliminate in special meeting OF the Board
at the unseemly hour ~ which 1t was held. The
lobby was not as well patronized as 1t generally Is
on fine days. but it is reasonable suppose that it
would not have been very well patronized yesterday
IL the had shone brightly, for but few per-
sons outside that charmed circle in the City Hall
commonly called the knowing onesn were at all
aware that
THE REVEREND FATHERS
OF the Board intended to meet before dinner time.
why this was thIsly is more than any one OF
the Aldermen was willing to explain but
suffice 1t to say that II they intended
TO steal a march on somebody by the ''movement'
they utterly failed. The quorum present was
dampcr on everything that couId have been lively,
rs every one OF them looked as though ne mad been
dipped into a hogshead Of water mead nrst, Achilles
fashion, and had not been allowed rme after the
ducking to get his coat collar Strengthened out or
his shirt bosom dried sufficiently TO show or his
''sh1ners." Even the gentle Cuddy, whose
hair as general thing Is always parted and
combed and smoothed down as though he expected
TO have an audience with some princess in disguise
every day OF his life, appeared rather out OF gear or
course ne lOsked g0Oi humOred USUAL but the rain
had peted his hardressers work out OF shape that
even Irving scarcely recognised HIM. Pom Conan,
however, thanks to his big overcoat, emerged from
A FRESH PINEAPPLE;
but the overcoat had to be hung up near the stove
all the afternoon for the service IL had rendered and
the ram had played sad havoc with all OF the
honorable Board, and II they Intended on
Saturday Ga s Sn Be- oyS p ,ne @eVd eS
must have calculated without consultation with the
clerk Of the weather. There was goodly pile OF
diminished BUSINESS" on hand when everybody pre-
sent had answered to his name, ana the session
might have been long one had the quorum folks
been IN good spirits But they not; they cut
their special story short by taking up and passing
certain resolutions that had been laid over concern
ing the paving OF certain streets with Belgian and
wooden pavements. They would nave adjourned
then and there but for a resolution of different
sort, which referred TO
THE PERMIT BUSINESS,
and by which 1t was ordered That hereafter all per-
ms Tor Signs, awnings, &C., should he signed by an
an Assistant Alderman alone, as heretofore TO meet
the requirements OF this new idea, the resolution
was made 10 divide the city BY canvass districts Tor
permits. each district TO be Cooked after' BY one
Of the aldermen.
'Why, sa-ay, what you dom this fur ~ inquired
one Of the few loungers IN the lobby, as one of the
Alderman put on his damp overcoat ana lit his cigar
alter scratching match half dozen times the
mahogany desk in front of him, greatly to The detr
ment OF the article.
'Why, cos It's got to be did. joe"
"Did yes know; but what's the uses''
"Well, you 'a1nt agoin' 10 hev emmy rruble
bout yonr awnings, Is you?' This with q Knowing
wink.
'Not ef / knows myself,
"Then what you talkin 'bouts III tell you now.
1t is" Here the Alderman butt0ned MS coat and
pulled vigorously at his cigar as he looked, In q
c0ndescending way, upon his 1nterocutor, who, by
the way was Q smalware man in the BOwery.
"Dye see, we've beenks0mewhat in the background
In this 'ere permit business. Them fcllers III the
Board OF Assistant Aldermen hes he'd 1t all their own
way SO lar. The permits hes gone out, and we've
ned nothin' to do with lem. All that was ,cessary
was to hev lem signed by IA Assistant Alderman
We were overlooked. Now,
~ WAS THAT ON THE SQUARE,"
The smallWare man shook his head sOemnly
and uttered cultural negative.
"Won,n continued the City Father, pulling his hat
over his eyes, preparatory to facing the storm,
"We'vc fixed Oil that by this ere resolution Them
permits has got 10 be signed by us as well. We're
bound to have snow in the thing anyhow
With this the manufacturer OF city ordinances
plunged into the rain and reached Third avenue
car in safety withont having had the trouble to get
permit to do so. The slnallware man gaZed after
him wOnderingly as II he were trying to make out
what there could be In The permit business In which
the Aldermen were so
ANXIOUS TO GET A SHOW;
ana as ne walked leSurely The Park despite
the storm, lie chucklcd 10 himself though he felt
glad that he, at least. had got bis permits already.