The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-02
THE ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.

The Board OF Assistant Aldermen met az three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon tho President In tho
chair.
STREETS TO BE CLEANED
Assistan, Alderman GELS offered resolution
directing the Commissioner OF Public WORKS to have
the following named streets cleaned, ana tho e1-
pense charged to the party naying the con-
tract for cleaning the streets-namely: Fourteenth
street TO East liver ana all Intervening streets TO
Twentythrd street; also First avenue and avenues
A. and Q, from Fourteenth to TYcntythird street.
Mr.. Gels said that these streets vere In o fearful
condition. The Comptroller suggested tho idea to
him lthe speaker) 10 call upon the Common Council
TO see that the streets were cleaned The district IS
thlckly populated, and as summer Is approaching
II Is absolutely necessary thai preventive means be
taken against cOntagiOn
Assistant Alderman SIMoNsON moved as an
amendment thai the resolution Include all inc dlfy
streets III the CITY.
Assistant Alderman COMMON presented rs an
be requested 10 take Immediate aud urgent steps
towards having the streets oil New YORK thoroughly
cleaned ny Jonn H. Brown, winch, IN tneir present
condition, are q scandal and disgrace to the cny.n
Mr.. Geis' resolution was amended 10 read, all
the motion OF Assistant Alderman 0'Brlen, 10 read
'the Board OF llcatn,p Instead or Commissioner OF
Public Works. INC resolution was then aid over
ana the amendment suggested by MI conner
Withdrawn Tor the time and subsequently, onercd
sEMI-wEEKLY MEETINGS..
On motion it was decided to hold seml-weetly
meetings OF the Board Mondays aSl Thursdays
at three J.. III. FaY twenty minutes time WAS
wasted in discussol upon the question, IN which
personalities were indulsed Ia by Assistant Alder
man ConuOr towards Assistant Alderman Pinckney
THE HEADS or DEPAkTdEsf5 AND TILE PAY OF
LABoRERS.
Assistant Alderman CALVIN Chairman OF the
C0mmittce appointed ~ the meeting Oh Monday tne
25rh ut, 10 waiL on the Commissioner OF Public
Works and the Presdent OF Public Parks, with re-
quest that these gentlemen ady0nce tho pay OF the
III DOrcrS employer IN their departments rom 81 10
81 So reported the resait OF the interviews, which
ting da1 EtesSrs. Van Mort and SteDbln5 showed
the committee the impOssbilty or granting thelr
request
RAILROAD MATTERS RUNNING FREIGHT CARS ON
THE STREET5
The general order introduced at the meeting OF
March IL, being Ordlu anco 0rdalnlng That no
freight sna DO rlin or drawn over TIM raliroad
track on Fourth avenue below the depot or tho
New York and New maven Railroad Company cor
OF Twenty seventh street AMI Fourth avenue, or
IN the Bowcry, Grand, Broome aud centre streets,
except ween ihe hours or nine p. NJ. and hall
past SIX A. NJ, ana annullin9 all ordinances lnc0n-
slstent, WAS men taken up as the special order OF
business. Alter some debate motion to adopt
was losr.
resolution TO tho eject that no engine or rail-
road ears vi any description be ruD at q greater
speed than five miles an hour Oh tue Now York and
Harlem or Fourth Avenue Railroad south OF Har
lem River, except that portion se.weon Seventy
ninth AMI IlCih streets, WAS lost.
Tnis feiolut.on was introduced on tho 2lst OF
harcn ami laid over.
A resolution 10 annul che winch was approved by
the Mayor June ~, 1867, granting PERMISSION " tno
Hudson RIVER Railroad company 10 use street loco
motives ot the kind called ''dumD en9ine-,n 10
draw their cars between their several Passenger
aud irepnt stations IN this CITY, WAS o3r.
After d5pOsiag oil 0hef general orders Of punlto
interest tho Doard adjourned.