The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-19
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

cLEANINa-TwO RESOLUTIONS PASSED Oven
THE MAYoR's vETo-REauLATINa PAWN
BRoKERs-CrrY CAR LICENSES.
The Board OF Aldermen met yesterday after.
noon, President Lewis In the chair.
Mr.. BLESSING introduced preamble and reso.
lutions requesting the Legislature to pass law
doing away with the wooden and concrete pave.
ments In this city. He said these pavemcnts had
proved an utter failure. They were Injurious to
property and detrimental to public health, and up
town, ON Sixth avenue especially, vehicles could
not pass with any degree OF safety Besides they
cost great deal Of money to Keep them In repair.
The resolutions were adopted.
Mr.. BILLINGS introduced q resolution authoriz.
Ing the Mayor to appoint two persons to codify
all the city ordinances and the laws which relate
to the city. The resolution was referred to tho
Committee on Law.
The Committee ON Law was, by resolution. au.
shorized to inquire as to whether the Elevated
Railroad has the right to extend Its tracks above
ThirtY-ourth street, what charter it is now oper.
atcd under, and II 1t has the rehtt0 use dummy
engines.
resolution offered by Mr. Cole asking the COM
missiOners OF Docks to inform the Board whether
they have In their employ persons who are not
citizens and how many, was, on motion Of Alder
man Reilly, referred to the Committee on Lands
uuu EldCCS, mIs hcilty IomdTkLuk tu6L uO SUCH
resolution should ever be seriously considered In
the Board.
Mr.. PURRoY offered a resolution, which was
adopted, inqulrlng OF the Park Commissioners
whether 1t Is fact that the lsb0rers In their EN-.
pl0y In the rwenty-thtrd and Twenty fourth wards
are paid less than laborers In other wards or tho
resolution susnorizlnx the ns' employment TH Of
sten0grapher by the Law COMMITTEES during their
menk a4Qinat GOmnLrOQr
- long report was read from the COMMITTEES on
Public Works IN favor OF the application made
some time ago by the Journeymen Stone Cutters'
Association, that the cutting OF stone used by the
&C., be given by days work to resident mechanics.
Mr.. BLESSING warmly advocated the adoption OF
men In the city who were now out OF work and
almost starving. who mad large families to sup.
port. This being 3d. ne declared lt to be an out
parties in New Hampshire and other States.
Mr.. ROWLAND opposed the report, and said he
as possible. II there were people in need In our
midst they could be helped 70 some other way
carrying on It's public works.
The quarterly report OF the Auditor, trans
ans wer to the resolution Of the Board reativs to
the city finances, an abstract OF which will be-
found 10 another column.
a resolution OF the Board ia reference to city car
licenses, stated that but five or the street railway
those five companies the Fourth Avenue Company
paid the lees IN 1859, but since then has paid
Company paid the iees from the year 1858 TO 1850,
both inclusive. but since 1865 mas paid nothing.
But three of the companles-ths sixth. Eighth
and Ninth avenue cOmpanles-are now paying the
license ices. Toe amount OF arrears now due the
city Is about $75o,OOo License lees nave never
East and North River Railroad. Second and Third
Avenue, Broadway and Seventh Avenue, Avenue
Il and Dry Dock, Avenue G, Grand Street and GROSS
Town, Forty.secOnd tree and Grand Street Ferry,
Cortiandt Street and Dry Dock, Blocker Street
snd ESiton Ferry street ana Norsn
Central Cross Town FOurteenth and seventeenth
streetsl Houston, vest street ana Pavonia FerNj
Harlem, MOrrlsania and FOrdham; South Ferry,
the companies to pay $50 year for each large car
PAID BY the SIntn Avenue Railroad by special or.
dinance OF 1862. being nxed at $50 per car. The
action by hlch ali the companies should be made
to pay regularly the same license fee.
Three MESSAGES were read from the Mayor, In
curbng and nagging certain uptown streets on the
east ana west sides-Forty-second street. east
slde and Fltyeighth street, and Fifty .nth street
The street cleaning resolution, requesting the
Mayor TO forward an act to the Legislature, which
takes the street cleaning out Of the hands OF the
police department, was called up and created
lively debate. 1t was finally passed.
The resolution and ordinance that Ninety ninth
street, between Third avenue and Har,em River,
be regulated and graded ana the resolution to
East River, opened, which the Mayor vetoed were
passed over his veto by the Board, Alderman
Mccarthy making strong appeal for the two
measures.
the following memorial from the late Assistant
Aldermen was ordered on file, alter the passage
of the ordinance regulating the pawnbrokers:-
To rHR PRESIDENT BOARD ALDERMEN AND ruI
BOARD or ALDERMEN or THE CITY OF NEW YoRx:-
You will please take notice that the Board Assistant
Aldermen. duly elected in accordance with the pi owl
si0ns of the laws providing ior aud regulating
elections in the city and county OF New York wit on
the day of November, 1871 to in said
scrDed Tor the years 1878 and 1874 I'm til their
Assistant Aldermen should be elected have duly
ned ana organized in the mode prescribed BIZ law
part and branch OF the Common Council OF the City
OF New York, am under the formula of such
organization, in accordance with law.
in readiness to receive such Official Communication
from the Board of Aldermen may be IN accordance
with t,eir duties powers such and branch
Of such Common Council of the City and County Of New
York. and further demand that all measures necessary
be adopted and passed upon by them as part and
branch OF such common Council shall be duly trans
mittcd and referred to them.
JEREMIAH MURPHYl
PATRICK HERMAN,
JOHN j. KEHUE, } Committee.
WILLIAM KEEPS,
BENJAMIN BEYEA. J
THE DOCK COMMISSION.