The New York herald., 1871-12-19
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

of the Council Regarding the Uptown
Mantrap-Protest Of the Nineteenth
Ward Reform Assooation-TheR Be
port Of tie special commiitse. iialiists.
The proceedings Of the Board OF Aldermen yester.
day afternoon were unusually interesting. far as
the passage OF TWO important ordinances was con-
cerned. Alderman Conan presided, and the at
tendance, for wonder, included every member OF
the Board. The reading Of the minutes Of the pre-
vious meeting was dispensed with.
THE NEW YORK HACK DRIVERS.
Alderman Lawrence Jerome called for tho
reading OF the ordinance in relation to licensing
vehicles, hacks, &c, which was quite lengthy
document. Besides the Ordinary Prescriptions for
licensing the drivers Of vehicles 1t requires every
driver 0, licensed vehicle to present to every
passenger employing him upon entering the vehicle
card with the number OF his license, the name
and stable Of the owner the number OF the vehicle
and the place Of tho Mayors Office. The ordinance
regulates the standing or vehicles on public stands
DOCKS &C., and divides the city into ten
districts The divisions Of the city are the same as
Ia the old law; but sections 50, Al. as and ii OF art
Gle O. and section Al or article are stricken out.
the ordinance was adopted and ordered to be sent
to the Board OF Assistant Aldermen.
PROTEST OF TIE NINETEENTH WARD REFORM AS
ISOLATION AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF THE RESO-
LUTON OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
The Committee Of the Nineteenth Ward Reform
Association, consisting Of Messrs. J. @. Glaze,
Jacob Cohen. J. q. Prague, G. Z. and MAJOR Quinel,
attended 10 protest against the adoption Of the reso
lutl0ns submitted by the special committee Of the
Board of Aldermen on the Fourth Avenue Railroad
question. The communication OF the Association
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road Company made arrangements for permanently 90
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danssrou, communication between The east and wss
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assQs That We dsprsoss the necessity Of falling back
upon The. reserysa rEa. which common law and common
nus.nso ana therefore appeal % cv and State
authorities for protection 70 persons and property.
The concluding resolutions affirmed tnat the posi-
tion OF the protestant was unassalable and de.
cIared that the Reform Committee had determined
to persevere. BY organized effort and In every legti
mate manner, until successful result was secured.
The proiest was received and referred TO the
Special Committed.
several ordinances providing for the erection OF
gas lamps IN different parts oi the city, also for
Alderman MoKrEvER moved that the Comptroller
be Instructed to pay to Peter McGlnness the sum Of
$3.50 for the loss OF horse at the loot VI Ftythlrd
street. EAST River. The resolution was adopted.
THE EOURTH AVENUE RAILROAD AGAIN-REPoRr OF
THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AND ITS ADOPTION.
Alderman CUDDY then called up the report OF tho
committee In relation 20 the Fourth Avenue Railroad,
S 0ns Ts
question have already been published. They set
sonabio obstruction Or mpedment 10 the use Of the
Fourth avenue In the city oil New YORK and the
SS The Nw ANA ana ass% se
road Company, said company be aud they are
hereby authorized, direcsed and required TO con-
foot passengers ana vehlcles-one in Forty-slxth
street andI the other In Forty.seventh streeteach
son avenue TO point in said streets respectively.
$50 leet east OF the easterly line OF Fourth avenue
and to be thirty feet IN Width ana not less than or.
Fourth avenue; and also TO construct . bridge
across the Fourth avenue for foot passengers at
Forty yeightn street. IKE bridge for foot passen.
gers at Forty street. each OF SAID bridges to 1e
Constructed OF ron and to be not less than ten
s VIDE ne ana Where ss OrSss
crosses the Tenth avenue. The resolutions
also authorize the company TO continue TO use the
Forty-sccond street, and to protect and guard the
crossings at the various streets between and at
over such part Of the tracks OF said company be.
tween said streets, AZ may 10 deemed necessary or
desirable for the convenient transaction Of their
tracks and roadway IN Fourth avenue, from Forty.
ninth street TO the south side OF Egnty-second
bridges to oe constructed across the avenue, not
further apart than 500 feet the resolutions require
ana aaI hspsm aaisoSd COMPANY and to be
by the Engineer OF the Department OF Public Works,
and OF the cost OF said work to be borne oy
borne By tne city, and the portion to be borne by
the city to be paid as the work progresses and
wssn oSs os ss work M
commenced at once and the lowering and depres-
sion OF the tracks and road-bed between Forty-ninth
ana Seventy. ninth streets to be completed on or
before November l. 1873, ana the whole OF the work
to be done within eighteen months thereafter. The
asS TO me hareM
River for the purpose Of anording more rapid
transit, and that fifteen trains shall be run daily
each way, stopping al mtermedlate points Tor the
accommodation OF passengers.
The report was unanimously adopted, and after
the transaction Of some rNne oas,pess op s acaans
ment OF nOtar1es, the Board ADJOURNED t tuB alter