New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-16

, ,a6 =. NEARLY ave times as large This would In
dioate general and growing waste 't "a'0' " o'"-
Some idea Of the magnitude of the scrs performed r
der the Bureau OF se,oTs P he wear four miles OF
streets were regulated aud graded etgn' anu III
miles Of curb and gutter cSs wards Of rock and
5000 cubic yards OF earth were cxcsVateu' anu 9 h
cubic yards Of matera, ned IN; Teceved regular
payments enabling them TO prosecute 'heH wv n ~
reets and avenues OF which 3S miles are regulated ana
graded and 904 miles are pavea -, o,,.,ya NJ
,bose under the jurisdiction OF the department OF PARKS
There are in front of private buildings aud M
In addition TO the regular streetlanps, l,Sto amps
bed and maintained at an annual expense 20 the city
of ST0 SsI The city ordinances allow two extra hnpo III
Snt Of each church edce, but this number has been
atly exceeded by resolutions OF the Common Coun-
eli not only in favor OF religious insttunohs out o'on
Eases VI made for public improvements the
amount uncolected at the begnnngOf tue nschi yoei,
sr vas ss T-of which there was collected and
paid into the City Treasury l67S655 49, 1880 70 weo
returned in arrears for t67O35S II werevs
Gated or reduced by order of the supreme Court anu
81 92Ss presenting the assessments TOT tne SpeuS
of the Riverside Park were collected the proceeuhgs III
th case having been re0rened by order OF the supreme
/ Court. ,,,.0 a.. lila. aud
1lo feet OF sewers OF which feet were blt prior
to the organization OF tho Croon Water Department III
1912 l0l0,9O9 feet were built Under tne tIoton Maoca
Department up to the year 1870. and feet were
since added under the direction OF TINS Departmen.
Twelve and Onesixth miles OF sewers Sl5l feet OF ne
ground drains and 1884 receiving basins were built during
the year ending this day The total number oil receiving
basins is 3Ts At the beginning OF the present seaI
the contract for removing dirt from sewers at liked
price per cart-load abrogated and the service Is
$1,000
tracts made during the year. the estimated aggregate
amount OF which is &.060SS7 40. Ot TINS amount
$l4420 90 is for regulating and grading PAVING sew
ing and otherwise Improving streets and avenues unueI
the provisions of chapter $685. laws OF ls6 ana s5otov
50 under special laws providing for the laying Oh %
wafer pines the purchasing OF water meters ana the
regulating and grazing Of certain streets and avenues
Contracts under special laws, amounting 10 s2!1'0S''
were awarded without competition.
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Allegations have been made concerning the
Vanderbilt Underground Railroad scheme, TO the effect
that although the charter of the road required the ap
pointment OF Board OF thirteen directors within a
specified time, Commodore Vanderbilt had appointed
them eight days after the period had elapsed aud hence
the charter had forfeited that the engineers OF the
road had discharged and that the prosecution o.
the work had been abandoned at least until new char
ter could DO obtained from the Legislature giving Tho
Company further privileges among them that or making
the Battery the lower terminus Of the road instead
the CITY Hail. William II. Vanderbilt was visited, yes
terday. by a reporter of The TRIBUNE and, upon oein
! shown the account containing these allegations salt
that the charter of the road contained no provision re
curing the appointment of directors within certain
time The statement that Commodore Vanderbilt wa
required TO appoint them eight days after the tim
speoAed by law was ridiculous. II that sev
eral engineers had been discharged about the begnnin
OF this MONTH and this might have given rise to tn
rumor that the work TO be abandoned He probably
would have heard of any such determination, and be
knew nothing OF it, There had been many things which
had prevented the progress of the work Many prom
neut engineers had differed In opinion from the COnpa
nys engineers aud the views OF the former had to b.
carefully considered. Again, the Company could no
break ground ia the City Hall Park without being servet
with papers by another company whose cnarter EN-
braeed the land in the park he did not believe hath
4 | IN la aha
speecatons in,the matter OF the FOURTH ave improve
Dent as advertised will be received today, and rs tins
improvement is portion OF the rapid transit scheme re
ferred to- it was not probable that the work to be
abandoned. 1900. 40,
Allan Campbell, one OF the Board OF Engineers OF the
Fourthave. Improvement said that he not aware
that appointments had been made at time beyond
that specified the charter He had no reason 70 believe
that the work be abandoned and supposed that
II would be proceeded with. There had been only one
meeting the Board of Directors its appointment
on Nov. 90 and ut that nothing hal been said
about . discOntinuance of the work.