New-York tribune., 1873-02-20
CITY HISTORY AND ART.
TIE QUESTION OF PRINTING THE OLD DUTCH
MUNICIPAL MANUSCRIPTS-APPEALS FOR TIE
CONTINUANCE OF TIE WORK.

TIE QUESTION OF PRINTING THE OLD DUTCH
MUNICIPAL MANUSCRIPTs-APPEALS FOR THE
CONTINUANCE OF TIE WORK.
The Aldermanic Committee on Printing and
Advertising met yesterday 10 hear tho objections OF
Judge DAILY, representing the NewYork Historical
Society and the members OF otherassOcatiOus inter
esied in the early history or ithls city against tie
discontiuuanoe OF the editing copying and publish
ing Of certain old manuscripts containing the carly
history OF Manhattan Island About two years ago
the ConmGn Council provided for this work. and
appointed Dr. OClnachan 10 tako charge Of the
mauuscripts and edit them for publication at a salary
Of 5000 "A year. 10 is estimated that the carrying
out OF the provisions Of tho old Common Council Will
cost the city s. 0)DO) and short time the present
Common Council resolved that the work should be sus-
pended that le Controller should be requested TO make
no further payments for the purpose untI direcedi
to do 80 IN the future, and that he should state
what expenditures had already been made. The
Committee on Printing and Advertising were empow-
cred to inquire into the matter, and they now have
the subject in hand. The Committee have been
solicited by many lpersOns interested in tho ancient
history Of the city 70 permit the work 10 90 on,
and proposed TO permit Dr. OCailaghan to continue
the work Of editing but 70 give the printing Of one copy
only to some publishing house, and to STARE the cost
with the Historical Society. II also proposed 10 give
the publishing house the privilege OF printing all the
additional copies which they may desire for public or
private use without additional compensation
Alderman Kehr, in opening the proceedings, yester
day. stated these facts said that It plain that
By the scheme large amount Of money was 10 be plum
dered He said that tho Committee prepared to
hear however the views OF any who desired
the work 70 be continued
DE- O'Callag CHAN made statement In regard TO what
has already been done, and said that Is volumes OF go
pages each have already been printed, and seven
are ndexed and ready for the printer This concludes
the Dutch period which from the years 16i7 TO 1874
lie said that there was no map OF the city IT in
l6s during the Charter until he furnished one IN
one of these printed volumes. Everything up TO this
MONT has been published as fully the original manu-
scripts have allowed digest would DO worthless be-
cause would not be fu and complete history, which
by Interested persons deemed essential He had been
nj work since October 1870. lie would have the entire
work finished In two II the Council would FURNISH
printer He has only been paid 5000 or one years
salary. The NewYork Printing Company which for
merly did the printing for the city dld the stetcoypng
and printing on the Is Volumes lie did not know where
the plates were, but supposed that they were sale.
MT. Moore OF the New-Iork Historical Society read
memorial protesting against tho discontnuance OF tho
work The memorial viii be presented 70 the Common
Council IN few days Judge Day slld thal lue heots
y and value OF the printing OF these nanucrpts were
incacuabc and the work should on no account be ds
continued These documents narfoWly eseapeu ueSIuu
tOn by fire in the CITY Hail. anu there Is no otner history
Of the ctys early governmental pToceeIngS, no no
thought that the manuscripts shOuu De prepared l0r
printing without delay as the mutations OF une VIII
aud his services will be lost Ihe Judge sal that nc
knew person qualified TO succeed Dr. OCalaghan IN
the work IL absurd TO suppose that 5000 copies
would be needed 200 or $50 copies would be ample lie
thought u would be cheaper TO nave the whOe Work OI
printing uOuc ahc" III qi'Ai'O h''o"' Va V''S'' '''
CENTRAL PARK COMMISSIONERS.
A communication was received by the De-
partment OF Parks It's meeting yesterday from the
Row Dr. Osgood, as Chairman OF tho Howe Memorial
Committee, announcing that bronze statue OF Elias
Howe would be flushed, and asking that site DO
selected by Commissioners in the Central Park for
ia erection. The communication was referred TO Com
missioner Church and Mr. Vance, who were further n-
s,ruoled to provide locality where other statues
might placed Ia the future Francis C. stout, Chair
man OF committee OF the American Geographical So
ciety made a request, which referred, that photo
graphs OF the different localities IN the Central Park be
sent by the Department OF Parks to Vienna for the Ex
posiuon New rules IN regard 70 the conduct Of the
Central Park police were adopted TO the end that
Greater efficiency might DO secured, and tho force
moved from undue political influence,