New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
FUN BY OUTGOING ALDERMEN.
To,IpKINs SQUARE AS AN "EYESoRE."
A RESOLUTION TO DIVIDE IT UP INTO CITY LOIS
OTHER MATTERS.

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A RESOLUTION TO DIVIDE IT UP INTO CITY LUIS
OTHER MATTERS.
The Board of Aldermen met at noon yeslcIGadf,
and consumed ten minutes IN nollhd,d % panEd Zach
dates for temporary chairman OF the boadIoud thot
of whom declined. Finally 1t was qeClueu o I;s
the roll should be called and each member naie Io
choice Mr. Kirk was selected ana Vas tit 1i 4nrr,
permanent president for the remainder OF the Term.
A committee was appointed to INFORM tno 1l"SU Snd
that the Board was permanently 0IeahIhIi' e IT, Dr
ready to receive any communication uoI NM af
George A. Hayunger was confirmed as lnemoer. ~. DI
the Committee TO devise means TO mitigate lno
danger and annoyance caused 9S inc west est
side of the city. Alderman W MaIte tbe
had previously been named as the meh%0gr % " Yort
Board to serve on the computes. Gonv no is To
Central and Hudson River Railroad Company II 4t ~
name the third member Mr.. OConnor moved tla ,naS
thanks of the Board be rendered TO the coiiuit dit
of the Chamber of Commerce and HlstOrlcdl t;J
for their cO-operation with the Board III celebrating
Evacuation Day. This was carried . uo.o-
Mr. Smith the joker of the Board oiiereu a rrST
luton that committee be appointed 10 tbo nTo
Tompkins Square into city lots and pay tlc Piio
ceeds into the Sinking Fund as the Paik Mas ~ tbo
present condition an eyesore to the east suo S ~ M
citv The motion was intended to draw ouU Dll' M
Burns the six day Alderman" as ne mas Ien peen
thus termed by his associates, he having Del Deed
chosen fill Of Refsor thf RSy The csH
tOn caused the uproar il was intended 10 prouuco'
A dozen members were on their feet at once, cI-
e obtain the ,G fba the @ was
m nbenrd one The ground was originally donated
to the city for park and when 1t ceased 10 DC usSu %
for that 'purpOse il reverted TO the nelIs oi INC
| donor, Mr. Burns moved that the resolution lie on
the table This was lost by vote OF 10 10 4, anu
general laughter. Mr.. COchrane III louu epooGIu,
protested against taking away from IhepeoPe u M .o
| East Slde-his old constituents, whom he had ad-
dressed ten years ago-ther breathng-sPo1' on on
| whose green surface the sun lovingly rested. lie
would like to hear from the representative
| of the district. Alderman Burns.
NJ. Burns declared that the park was G'1 N as as
good condition as 1t ever was ahd was of tbe
neighboThood. Mr.. OConnor wanted TO khoW II
the donor was any relation OF the YeilI9GWm I,nj IS
| Ponsonby de Tompkyns. Mr. Mclaughlin nl3Veu
to refer the whole matter to committee or thTce'
| consisting of Aldermen Smith, Burns ana Foley,
with instructions to report at the lSo tbn.e
Aldermen was reelected tins was re-
| ceived with loud laughter Mr. OConnQr
moved that the resolution be divided into two parts
the division OF the park TO be referred TO the Cot
mittee on Lands Places and the faTk Department
| and the "eyesorc" portion 10 the Committee on
Mr. CochTane moved that the Central Park be in
| cluded in the resolution N. u eehy moved thHI
Gromcrcy Park be eincludcd for the reason that poor
people were excluded from its precincts. MrJaehne
| moved to include the Iwenty-thl ana IWeh'y-
fourth Wards, and Paradise lark tine rive Iolhl9'
| President kTk-IhiS thing has gone 1ar ehouEh'
The whole matter will be referred TO the committee
| on Lands and Places
Mr.. Fitzpatrick moved that the Board adjourn
! sine de and this carried.
| Immediately afterward the Mayors secretary ap-
| peared with a communication from the Mayor, IN
| closing the opinion of the Corporation Counsel that
| the Board could make the offices of inspector and
seaers OF weights and measures salaled instead OF
payable by fees at present, This was TOO late 10
| be acted OH and goes over to the new Board
| Several members thought the Board was pTcma-
ture in adjourning sine die at 50 early date ana an
! effort will be made to have another meeting, a
majority of the Board joining in a call FOR another
meeting will be sufficient.
! ALDERMEN'S PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS.
| SCHEMES TO SECURE THE PREsIDENCY-NAHOus
! INTERESTS INVOLVED.
| II was expected that the Democratic members of
| the new Board of Aldermen would meet IN caucus
Yesterday at 10 n. N. to agree upon president ana
the distribution of patronage for the present year.
The Board will meet on Monday and endeaVor to eI
feet an organization. Thus far no conclusion has
| been reached The new Board consists Of eight Re
| publicans seven Tammany Hall men, seven County
| Democrats and one Independent Democrat, ana
! there is one vacancy. The Iammany members have
| already agreed on William L. Kirk as their Caudl-
| date and the County Democracy on John ONeil
The Independent Democrat, Thomas Shells, also an
| nOunces himself as candidate for President. lhe
| County Democracy members suspect trap IN the
declaration of Shells that he Will be independent IN
his action. They believe tndt he VIII act with the
| lammany members, ana the county democrats
| would thus find themselves IN minority. C0nse-
0uenty they declare that Mr. Shells comes into the
| caucus they will Withdraw. John Reilly, the out
| going president in accordance with an old custom
| and in response TO the request of the Tammany
members, issued the call for the DemosTatlc mem
| bers to meet in caucus yesterday. Inc county
| Democracy men did not attend and the caucus was
postponed until this afternoon.
| Mr.. Shells said to a TRIBUNE reporter: " | am
candidate for president Of the new Board OF Alder
| men. have pledged myself to no one The County
| Democracy members are acting fOOllshly; am
| Democrat and have never voted for any one but
Democrats. i can no reason why should not he
admitted to the caucus. The action of the County
| Democracy members has the tendency to compel Inc
| to act with the Ianmany members.
Mr.. ONeil said positively that the Comfy De-
mOcracy would not aCquiesCe III the presence of Mr.
Shells in the caucus. If he insisted on attending
| the County Democrats would Withdraw from the
| caucus.
| The Republican members on Thursday last lunched
| with Alderman OConuOr at the Union League Club
| ALI were present except MIR. Waite. The situation
| was discussed and Mr.. OCOnnOr was informally
named for president. committee of three con-
slsting of Messrs. OCOnnor, Miller and FiDck, was
appointed to report at caucus to be held on Friday
evening next at the Union Square Hotel. There are
some outside matters that will probably enter into
the contest for president of the Board The term Of
| Office of Hubert y. Thompson, Commissioner of
| is anxious TO secure a denomination by the Mayor
| and confirmation by the Board of Aldermen Police
Commissioner MasOn's term expires on May that
of Corporation Counsel Andrews on December 8, and
those of Controller Grant and City Chamberlain
| Tappan on December z. MT. Andrews will resign in
| May, as he takes office as Supreme Court Judge
June /. The Mayor will fill the office for the
pircd tenn There is a large field for dIckeTiug aud
trading to secure control of these important Offices
| CHANGES IN THE REGISTERS OFFICE.
| Register Reilly yesterday dismissed the force of
extra clerks who have been engaged in copying the
records of the office. The Board of AppOrtiOnment
| reduced the amount allowed for this purpose
four of these clerks, and it deemed best to re-
organize the force. There has been a strong pres
| sure on the Part of the Iammany and County De-
mocracy organizations for places, and by many pri