New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,yoprPry-owNERg COMPLAINTS


-. ,o.,SsT BtRpFNs FOR UPTOWN IN
Observation-Disclosures or TIE BOARD FOX
r,r REVISION OF ASSESSMENTS.
r,oetinp of the Board of Revision ana
,,,,or of Assessments, which consists OF the Son-
,er the Corporation Counsel and the Reeoruei' was
,od Yesterday in the Controllers Office large hu"
~ tox.payers protested against alleged exrdVas" -
,o.sments for uptown improvements, ana Against "
,vsteu OF doing work by special contract ana u@' a.,
7, was alleged that the prices allowed III so"o y :.
,Decial contracts were fouriold greater than P.
n,ees for the same kind of work, and thar INC
were not gwen out by fair competition ou' ~ ,lt y
T., ,ogard 10 the DAYS work system, IL was "Ies'u ~
,erv small amount Of work done III day' All" 'u"'
m account of having INEXPERIENCED loieni'n anu
poor work was done. ,,,pw Io.ab nro-
Iohn Fly who appeared on behalf OF f. LAs''' p'v
,s,ed against the eSorlant assessment VI f',
:, M ,,en, fr the filing in OF Eighty ATHEIST between
" 80, -, N,otbaves The work was done by speciai
, and the assessment complained OF amounted 70
-, a. 800 Charles A. Miller, representing VIC
Academy OF the Sacred Heart. protested against INC
,,oged over assessments OF the property OF 'a'
uon tor the grading OF st. NiChOlasave, the assess
80 $40 257 76 Mt Miller ed that the Board OF
Assessment had advertised 20 assess only nan wa! lIV
A. Nieholasave TO the adjoining avenue Du' h"' .iU
a., sssss,oent ON the whole width OF the Iots' MI
o. who enpeared for M0ry 6. PincGney entered
,ar rrptests against over assess nehts loi thc Ndc
,,,ve,oeut Mrs. PinCkucy was assessed @-S'lto o.
A. POGO asserted that the days work sysen was eN-
W., ,,''art and the assessmCnts Illegal IhomaS rave
Ietnted nv william G. Whittemore, H. enteft u SIM
rof1st ap,fst an assessment OF S0uOV LOT tht -lc
,n-,venent Henry A. Cram, through an hitTi.rll,
i,,ed tlat lac had paid an assessment OF Sl,oo2
- ~, I-,dug Of siXthaSc., at Ct NiC -iFS.' ~
"a ho,, rqass seed FOR the same WORK; M2rl,n ~,
bt aseeted frat he had been assessed over S"o""V
- i,,nr,yeuepts on NutiaNe., between biHhy scCo,'u
Ul STsf tlrtsts The work had been carried on by
- ,bp and ruiuOUs system or private con-
rats william H. Goddard piOtcsttd ny Nutr
,,ainot alleged unjust assessments ma Oh
bTe lo,s fronting ON 81. Ncbols-aNeY BetWeSRh
fourteenth ana OH'-huh ltc'-aiiu-u-
,ecntlsfs and on ana O'-
fteetlsts. He held lhat Tie bodiu OF rs
cs.S,ents had no vouchers by when 70 apToiGoh ING
sessne,,t but had ucquitahly dvldt tne stssnlcn
- ,,iI tbe supposed gross amount n disbursements
~, no tie DEPARTMENT OF Parks and Public N0rLs
,o1k mad ut been let publicly o Tic lowest biduSi
~ bad bqrn done CxtTayGEantly and rccElc-sy. lie
so nrc gted AGAINST paving Tor The extension OF lhe
syoD,Ie por-w est One-hundredahd twenty -turlet
me CORPORATION Counsel said th1t the CCUtt OF AP
peaIe hal decided that tho Commissioner OF fupnc
Wors had power proceed in such manner as ne might
de.n pr,uer in having these improve ments c'iFleI on
Contr9llef Green said the work should De let lnhcN
mud mat private contracts were not lawful very large
nruuhor Of these complaints had been HE'D, ana me
Rord would have take the facts they arose ana
AT upon them He had repeatedly opposed private con
irScTs which mad resulted in Tie ANTS and abuses
c ~ he considered large number OF other persons
we're prrseu 10 make Pails, hut the Bo8r, mad not
time 10 consider them The matter was laid over until
Tie next meeting.