New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-27
FINANCE TOPICS.

A measure lately introduced in the 1Onkers
Common Council proposes 10 alter the lines OF North
Broadway that city and to lay the assessment Tor the
o,ense npon an area of land which includes and mainly
consists OF the land occupied by the Coton Aqueduc'
while other property would really be benefited
by the proposed Improvement, is TO be exempt from
assessment AS the owned by the City of NewYork
will receive no benefit from the improvement, Com
missioner Van Mort has addressed remonsance to the
Common Council of the City Of Yonkers in which he
holds that Said lands and can be- used only Tor the
purposes of the Croton AQueduct which is essential
10 the inhabitants OF this city and is maintained at
large annual expense for public use and benefit and
that the proposed improvement VIII not DC Oh the sSh
est benefit to the aGueduct.
AT nm informal meeting Of the Gas Board at the May
ors Office yesterday the suggestion OF the Metropolitan
Gas Company that meters should be attached TO the
pubic lamps was discussed and it understood that
Controller Green should communicate with the different
gas companies upon the subject and report at the next
meeting The adoption of this would introduce
system of payment for public gas by the quantity
sumed rather than by an estimated rate per lamp -
The following were the receipts at the Controllers
rents and interest s25i 49, market rents and fees,
sl5O So street openings ana Improvements ana inter
est 9y1 7O CrOton water rents ana penaes, s202 -;
house rent IN the city parks SIS 80; licenses $40 IS;
fees from First Judicial District Court s4i 30; total
At special meeting Of the Board of Education held
yesterday, the following awards OF contracts Tor repair
the trustees, were confirmed: - 80
HGrd-For repairing and painting Gfauma school No ~
to 1906 for fixing healing sPara'us to John Meal
at S2400; total, $3.50. 80 o..
ad Hard-For repairing and painting Primary School No 81 70
David Cie $50; fixing heating sppeIal SCHOOL
10 John Neal at $3.50; total, SJ,34O - 80
Sch Fard-Fo repairing painting Grammar School No % to
Messrs Bn 81 2lO; fr the same TO Grammar SCI
No "a And Primary Schools and s. w b. Mott $214i;
for beating apparatus School No % to VIM T. Nh
In Grammar School No "a ana Primary
Schools Nos and J. c. H. Brown s2l2 total Sl2Sl
T WGrd-For repairing painting Grammar School No 20 TO
Turner 81 55 for the in Grammar School No AZ to
Wn. b. Mott at 80 339 Total, 1904
S1ieah Ward-Fo repairing and painting Grammar School No.
as Benjamin 81 75O and for The Grammar School
No 81. 10 j. b. Douoysn S793. Total, $2,J43.
S2 22s being SlS O5l for repairing and painting the
bulding and 50 III for fTing heating apparatus
addition TO these contract made by the trustees
of the Nineteenth Ward with Messrs. Reilly q Herman,
altering and repairing the building at Nos 7s9 and
79l Thirdave recently leased for Primary school No.
81 was approved. An appropriation of 800 made
for epaintng the Railways and classrooms in Gram
mar Schools Nos 80 aud AZ in the Ninth Ward,
OF $780, at the solicitation Of the Normal College Com
mitteo. laying "A temporary plank walk the north
SIDE of sixty nuth-s opposite the new Normal College
building Tor the OF lie pupils III the sidewalks
Tagged.