, 1874-03-16

Pask pnss Observation-Disclosures, or about e1o2,-
THE arEo1AL AasEssaEsrs
for improvements aro naade only OH petition Of
proporty.ownors and are 1oyied only on tic
PROPERTY gpoolaily boucntod, md tic cioyot,
asaeBsnonts made last year amount mt to st0oI Ii6p.
Thus tlio total tax for ati tho yillauo list yoar
wna 9551 All. 90. The total sreojal asacsBtnontg
collerted In tho last three soars amounted to
s370. .8l4,68, mud tho records Of the TrlstceB'
moetings will show that ton ownors are ola,nor-
ovs for improvements for ovory ono who objects
to thom.
Special assessments arc not inndo by tho
Village Assessor: bit arc made on petition to
by tho Court who mako out q roll, whioli In To-
turned to Court by them and thoro amended, ro-
tootot, or confirmed. after enoh and every iult-
vidual Interested has boon LOCALLY notified to
attend.
Tho comparison malo On assossmsn:a on
Fifty-Hrat streot Howor OIL hfr. CornoI'B lots and
on Mr.. DunhAnl's, fB MI unfair ono. DolltntI AIr.
Dnnha1n'a lots il park.tlrlve, O8 feet wide,
which belongs to tho lots and haa to DO Included
with them for taxes.
Hyde Park hns Doard OF Bix Trustees, in
oludlng tho ProRidpnt. wllopo salarlos ara A3 nor
day, for attending TrustooB' meotiuga and no
pay whatevor for oommittoo work or anything
serv!oes 2 yoar ago in tho quits growing out Of
tho fert iltzer war. Tho full amount OF Ill salar-
los paid by Hydo Park, Including ton poljcor1an.
is about $21, ,l10. The suporintendont Of l'ub-
lio Works IL tho only uombor Of tho Board OF Pub
lie Works.. lie has caro- Of 100 Btroots, GO
avouuea, nll the sidewalks, ditchoB, drains, aud
aowers. i taios four horses and Two buggios
to keep him on tho road. ns he frequently Ia
from Q. n. to 0 p. m. When ho has I've or aix
inrEe jobs IN ptpgreaa. miles aport, lo is COM
but 1o has no sfoafng facilitles. Lis employees
arc pIacod on o paY-roll Which ia submitted to
the Board Of Tfustocg, aud when approved, tho
nun are paid by tho Village Treaeuror, anct man
The gas works arc Owned bya private COM
pany; and the parks mo controlled solely by tho
Park COMMISSIONER "'' = '''0
r, Charles oroighton gets no contracts except
competition Will, othora. Scaled proposals arc
handed in to tho President in open sesstou !;
oponod by the Clork, aud contracts AWARDED OF
referred to committee.
THE FIFTy-rlnsr sTnEET SEWER,
Samuel It. Rhodes has boon Village Eueiueer
over yoar. lie did not commence tho Fifty
first street sewor; did moi hayo my of 1t ta4en
up; but did successfully flniah 1t, aud mike it
aR good q Rcwer as there is anywhere, and
brought 1t out at State street eight or nine foet
Of property. owners, making tho plans for tho
lateral drains into it, which will drain ouo-t1aif
mlo wido Of itB length. Tho South park Com
miasionors aro we'll satisfied, and havo paid thor
full proportion OF said sewer. Tho aasosatnont
for aaia sower was made equally on both eides
OF 1t, whoro tho ground han tile Same level. On
tho nOrth Bdo OF 1t, given as Nh illustration III
tho Times, thero t8 a private park 99 feet wido
belonging to the lots which has to be considered
as adding to their depth, aH there is no othor
W&y OF making 1t pay its just proportion.
THE wArEn-wonKs.
And now as to tho Wator4 WorkH. Not only
ro tho ZOO houses north Of Stxtg-third street to
be supplied from thom but also THO settlements
HtF Fnxv v..ah l6,.-F
Lake, aud maybe Washington Hoights. Tho
whole shore WAS thoroughly examined, and
rocks wore found IN such position that no tun-
nol coula DO constructed through them hero-
after should ono become necessary. Only two
points were found with clay bottom ono at
rark; When applied to for tho purpose, tho
South Park Commissioners would grant leaae
only on sa,eh terms aa would bind tho village
hand and foot for oil timo, and make tho prac-
noxt point. found was the present location at
sl1ty,eighth.atreet, where a Bito WAS donated
by John Fitch, Eaq. Mr. Cornell owns uo land
within two miles Of this nto, and did oppose tho
location there asrenuously: Time will prove
that Il any error Was committed In the location,
it will be found to be too fur north, instead OF
too far south.
BONDS.
There will DO no necessity for tie issuo OF viii
lage bonds to amount Of s50D,Dpo Tho con-
%tNeso AVA hAbu!-HoAhns GLlDY hupplf-HlpH, Gu-
gine-houBc, wator-mans and fire-hydra,ts. is
S30o, 700. On the same lino Of pipes special
assessment has boon levied by order Of Court
for s8Q o00. Or above sum tho Town Of Lake
paya $12s, ,00ot making &238, 100. and leaving to
DO paid In Hyde Park ponds $14s 100. Most of
the large, pipes aro pr3vi4el in f1to above, aud
tho remaining circles viii bs fltedSn with smaller
pipes which the assoasmenls will noariy pay for,
so that a large issuc OF bonds will bo unuec-
essary.
AZ to the reference to contract for wator-
works for s1oo, 600 loss than tho Holly, and tho
array Of figures from tho Auditors books, no
one who has examined thosa Enattare will 10
fool-hardy enough to belieye any such atate-
menta.
The true explanation OF the 1imca article is,
that tho spring elections nro near at hand, and
aomo few persons afro very anxious to run on
some ticket or other for any Office thoy Gun got;
md appear to incline to make any kind Of state
mont. or indulge in any Kind Of personality
which thoy may deem necessary tor their pur-
poses. q.