The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-12
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.


STREET. oI.EANINa-sNow PLoUGHs AND CAR
RAGE Bu.Ls-rHH MAYOR AND THE RIVER
SIDE PARK IMPROVEMENT
the Board OF Aldermen held . meeting yester.
day afternoon, Alderman Lewis, the President In
the chair.
communication was received from the Comp
troiie.. enclosing . tabuated statement OF the re-
ceipts OF the Sixth and Eighth avenue railroads as
reported to him for the year ending the Slst OF
December. 1874, as ioll0ws:-Sixth avenue.
$77o,1l7 Is; Eighth avenue. tsloe4o 81
The Committee on Railroads reported resou-
tion. which was ADOPTED ordering the Dry Dock
Railroad Company to set their tracks that are now
laid in front OF the HEBALD building six feet FUR
Their to tho eastward, so that when the cars are
stopped the horses viii not block up the cross
walk.
On motion OF Alderman Strack resolution was
adopted ordering tho Police Board to enforce the
ordinance which prohibits the sprinkling OF salt
IN the street by railroad companies.
FERRY FRANCHISES
Alderman Colo ofFered a resolution calling upon
the Comptroller for Information BY what authority
the present ferry companies obtained their ran
chises. what amount has been received for the
leases granted, the term Of the leases what leases
have been thrown up and all other information
he has on the subject.
STREET CLEANING.
The Committee ON Streets made o report az to
what reforms they deem advisable in order to
make street cleaning something more than .
farce. The committee state that the street clean
ing ought to be taken away from the Police Board,
who have so much else TO do that they themselves
consider 1t burden, and that 10 ought to DO gwen
to o depaT tment specially established to take
care of street cleaning exclusively. To that end
o
should be passed BY the Legislature. This bill
Gsc De e
the Mayor and Common council for three years.
Tue ordinance providing for the nlng In Of Coen.
ties slip was adopted after being so amended that
no garbage can be USED as hllinY.
A CARRIAGE ITEM.
The bill OF s. 1874 05 for the reception OF the Lord
Mayor Of Dublin was passed upon lavoraply after
some debate over the item or $500 for carriages
ALDERMAN simonss s contsaded that Canary iur:
nisbed only TWO carriages, and wanted The item
g; $50 tina: the
ing '''s shat report e said. Was ' one
Eysaght Billings, Cole and Morris stoutiy main.
tained that tie $500 was proper charge for the
S,moason and Howiand voted may" when tae ere re-
Alderman Strack's snow plough ordinance was
passed after being SO amended as to give the Mayor
Instead Of the Common Council authority to grant
permits for use Of the ploughs. The ordinance
| requires that no railroad company shall use q
! snow plough or sweeping macnlne unless they got
! snow storm when the mac6ines are used, The
! companies must at their own expense, remove
tue o1 tive
the ordinance is punished BY tne o. sloo:
The resolution reported by the Committee on
Works 70 have the rails removed nom the streets
wherever laid, was referred back to the commit.
! tee, so that the members might ascertain in what
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authority was ever granted which gives railroad
SsM for tho
mouth Of January was submitted. 1t gives the re-
ceipts as sl5,oso IS and the expenditures
the RIVERSIDE PARK IMPROVEMENT,
The Mayor sent in the following message which
after being read was ordered printed
Mayors OYrcE new YoRk. Feb II. 1878
To TEE HONORABLE THE CozxoN COUSCI:-
n % my message to You dated ~ ut
sdSinins me Riysisids PARK should DO at once
Eys5sds laid ont iSs let Wa BY
shap3sP "a nss
q s: s"$! $ g Is
sSS
Nisproper that the avenue should be regulated and
improved and the sspen.es should be a,sssed in the
not 6as & CHARGE Seaps6 tho
e, ~
doubtful whether such can Be
Of chapter Laws ss provided fSr N
;a
provision and the third section o: that makes the
money granted generally for park purposes applicable
for such improvement
am, therefore ADVISED that Is proper, order to
make assessment for this avenue free from Objec.
TONS that there shoud be OF the pro-
avenue upon the property benefited, yerms Similar 10
Of 1871 and tccommeod that you refer the subject 70
to be Introduced into the LEGISLATURE with rssonon
OF the Common Council req estn2 that be made law
at the earliest practicable day.
As heretofore remarked by me- the property owners
in that locality had undor pulsion Of Ia to pay
heavy Assessment for the lands taken this road.
way and the proposed park adjoining; and the actual
construction O the roadway sef Is but Of Justice
TO those who paid that assessment with the reasonable
expectation that the roadway would be at once OF
The avenue VII! allow access To extensive territory,
the market value OF which will be Immediately en-
HANGED and the taxable fuad OF the city will thus
once and pormar cntiy increased
proper TO aid that as ncid ent 10 action by
rs here recommended employment will DO afforded
many laborers who are now ont OF work and who have
heretofore depended upon employ ment the prosocu.
! ton oil the public improvements.
WILLIAM Fl. WICKHAM. Mayor.
The Board adjourned to meet next Thursday.
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