The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-29

The Aldermen On the Rampage.
The Board of Aldermen yesterday added 10
the complications resulting from the City and
County Consolidation act by taking issue
both with the Comptroller and the Corpoa-
ton Counsel on their construction of the new
law. The Comptroller, it will be remembered,
raised the first obstruction to the law by his
preposterous claim that the control and
patronage Of the new County Court House
belongs to the Commissioners appointed by the
Mayor on very questionable authority to COM
plete the building. The Corporation Counsel
next stepped in with an opinion. declaring
that, under the provisions of the Consolidation
act, the buildings heretofore belonging to the
county are placed under the authority Of
the Department Of Public Works The
Aldermen now assert their own claim
to the control Of the said buildings
on the ground that the Consolidation act trans
fers all the powers and duties heretofore exer-
cised by the Supervisors to the Board Of
Aldermen. Acting on this hypothesis the
Aldermen adopted resolutions declaring that
the right Of assigning rooms for the several
courts and Offices belongs to their Board, and
advising the judges and heads of departments
and bureaus to recognize no other authority;
assigning room now unoccupied in the now
County Court House to the Commissioners Of
Armories and Drill Rooms; directing the Com
missioner Of Public Works to advertise for
plans and specifications for the work of COM
pleting the new County Court House and
authorizing him to pay five hundred dollars
premium for the best plans and specifications
OF the proposal work.
The latter resolution involves the question
of the right of the Mayor to appoint the Com
missioners for the completion Of the Court
House building. There is little doubt, de-
spite the opinion of the Corporation Counsel
to the contrary, that the appointment OF these
Commissioners by the Mayor is illegal There
is no doubt that the proposition to
advertise for bids for the completion
of the building is in harmony with
the interests of the city and of the tax
payers It has evidently been designed to
make the work of completion job as scandal
Gus as any of those which have marked the
progress of the building since the laying Of
it's foundation to the present moment, and it
will be we'll if this resolution of the Board Of
Aldermen shall have the effect of putting
stop to the scandal and of causing all the
future work upon the new Court House to be
done in the light Of day..
The PHILADELPHIA Press finds this prophecy
of the Erie Canal in the works of Joel Barlow,
written in 1857, when the country now trav-
ersed by the canal was an unbroken, unknown
land -
From fair Albania toward the setting sun
Back through the midland frightening channels
Meet the fair lakes their beauteous towns thas
And Hudson join to broad ohio wave.
THE EDUCATION OF WoMEN.-A step has
been taken in Cambridge, England, towards
the higher education Of women Tho
AMenoeum announces that new house is to
be built to receive those ladies who wish to
join the classes Of the University Professors
and other lecturers. A site has been obtained
at Newman, on ground belonging to 81
Johns College. "Newnham Hail. will be
governed by competent lady. and it viii
contain between twenty and thirty students,
or more if funds will permit. It is thought
the building will be finished by the end of the
year. In the meantime Parliament will be
called on to discuss the refusal of the Edin-
burgh University TO grant diplomas to ladies
competent to practise medicine.
ABOUT PRAYER.-Some one asks Henry Ward
Beecher 'What can we do for a friend for
whom we have prayed q long time, and all
that we can say or do only makes him more
determined to have his own way2" To this
comprehensive and ingenious inquiry Mr..
Beecher answers -
Nobody likes 70 live in an atmosphere OF inces.
SAINT repr0Of IT you want to win hts heart and
melt his opposition do not darken his life by max.
ting him feel even by your looks or air, that You
are grooming over him as miserable sinner. Make
life cheerful to him. make your own love for him q
source Of JOY; let your piety be full Of sweetness
and light: show the utmost appreciation Of his
good qualities and be patient The case AZ y0u
state Il IS not q very bad one.
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