The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1855, Page 3

NO. Ul. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1866, is, Semel Peas the departments execute. from the several o@lcers, who shal in all cate, be mode AIRS BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ‘The Streets and Lamps places lamp posts, and superin- é AFF: IN THE METROPOLIS, Jax, 1L—lnnne 0. Barker, Haq, Present, in tho | ads the lihting and leaning, 0700” 8 MU iw naang funda fetaareaser ted | fespouaible for the of the subordiaater ander : # a . chair, The minutes of the last meeting wore read and amtees ra é aaeatess It was thought that making the nimaiieaiads ‘MAYOR WOOD'S FIRST MANIFESTO. | *7?°"4cxssnce sno tisonms ovr ov muror. tae fet thet sanitary Means sboaid be taken testo ihe aogethr: the | caf iiuence,"it'may hare bad such nu chet tte doc A petition was presented from mechanics and laborers | bas sabordinates with light dui bs cope Bn argon Se predinmer a he und | Stee; but whilst the power to sunpend, and re | out of employ, preying that they say bono to | oehenaten common aaron teeame | is nea ePPntan ny b ant | Mors fel nd ctv hw te ping fw PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERWEN. | ‘ore at pulling down the old ruins ofthe aew Cy Hall. | Hiock'and hough it ny romsie closed ier eatasbee at | Uabity thus inourred. tnce can be eneladed ltgethat nt PNA a Reterred. r efantebie, lan: Diab officers must be confined within the spirit, A t police system oust be founded upon freedom — ffth of these sperforms np actual dation ahd mevones | 8 well an tho letter of the chartor, which provides that in fact, in person f Alderman HowARp moved that the resolution of the thd be predates no money shal! bedrawn from the city treasu Sfall intluences, except those produced by merit, arising tion, EMPLOYMENT FOR LABORERS GRANTED. Board of Counciinien, to pull down the old building, be | Sxpended. Rhebe places are often diveu as the the same ahall Lave been previously appropriated Yo the | ‘qp,s,Mthful And scent perme ete Mi walliee, oe Seerer eee taken from the table, This was carried, and Alderman | £0F other than official service, which is not of much Lr paler nese p> yal ci jected to change, and in some measure by the votee and | tage ots. beter ad H, moved that it be adopted. He was confident that | {the city; some of thie class may be called ble to the erouticn of an obligation vo be linuiigteca: | wluences of the army itself, it will be almont impousi- dir Movement of the Municipal Revolution. sleaal siren epenena:* whece time lo doveted to 4 iigation, to be lguilated out | ble to remove the partisan elements, which, at + | there wore many of the grumblers were not willing to | curation of jobs of this kind, and by getting resolutions | f subsequent appropriations, as it is to that directly | clection, ure necones : clepceaed work; he wanted to try them, and see whether they | through the Common Council to “open” when there ia | 1¢ferred to. The thc? oy aroused inte aativity, | tenet. were veally in need. The matter had beon debated at axe | BOReCeMsity for it; they are strong in influence, |. SUSPENDED BALMS YOR TAXES ANY ASHRAOIKNTS tion-—two of the tate board, (the tecorden sett Oity | puiiurafore, while dsgountenasciag extravagance in ang What the Mayor and Commissioner of Streets Het se 1 aeleny beowe atthe | ‘the law, which gives to the majority of the property | , Y0U should also take measures to collect about seven | Judge,) being candidates for re-dlectionncsed pence Tieng ebarinent, yet having full cow nthe gen board before, and he hoped it would be concurred in. | holders to’ be by sa improvement when wans- | bundred snd fifty thourand dollars from the suspended | ‘would have teen mote vy lore Thee ee He i eecemat Semen who have charge of the public education of Are Do! The resolution to employ oné hundred and cessary, the power to. prevent, is inoperative before | Ses for taxes aml assesaments, which can be obtained oF Hem than men, if they could city, and deeply appreciating the Teannot recoan< . employ Atty men, y prevent, pera! e remained indifferent tat them; feveral instances have been regently brought to | UFOR the neconsary legisla ‘action empowering the | >&' rent spectators of the result. mend any step towards interfering with the manage- - be day, was apres but the semintion Providing ay tention, in Which thelr jufuenee over the Com: | Comptroler to proceed, The sum is auflcienty large to | for yoann tne judiciary ts not the proper authority went of it, so long anit continues 6 improve tm at the Aldermen and Councilmen should appoint a cer- | mon Coun thirds mand your immediate attentior }, Ror are its members and public benefit; and holds, as it does mow, the peal- THESTREET CONTRACTORS AND THEM WORK | tain number of men from their wards, was thrown | We parties im inteser, wi had seas eeet sto 2 E TRACT. Ep maabe Good sommincieners: ‘The tecck nat (eseses | Hin ett nnect przament, with the Foananemae out. their further proceedings. If preamd they obtain dela: 1 present mode of makting contracts is dofective. & 80) i nee ond meee Wellin eae ee h., &., &e. Alderman Drax offered a resolution, that the Commit. | in the Common Couact unt ailthey can make out of | Notwithstanding ¢ improvement of Inte years, i ox eee cone tenes \ bond ear Gace ie a | Meee neee on mom poe some ox] macy oO! wo lon, it it oritism ti ta, yet it i t PROGRESS OF THE MUNICIPAL REYo. | toy havinatt ponent at ¢ Sag ned ree por ty oppoeitinn an plete Ce ae . oo end aed much wrong att extete cont oy be toate tne | > shall be my aim to impress all connected with the of a revision anda ting of the ordinances into one 5 f | police that official mer't, and not partisau influence, is or more volumes, and a eodifiestion of the laws appl. LUTION. the laboring classes employment, and likewise to render | thing. Some of these persons have several atrects om | fANG# are still perpetrated in this branch of ths public | what is expected of them, and fo far an m: - cable to this city, It would be t inered| oy wus the said square an ornament to the city. Referred to banat tho same time, and make large aums of money. | f¢Fvice. Bids are frequently put in in the name of foti- | tends, it shall be exevel for the eulive eradication ef | stranger to be told that there {s no cotlectio the lone THE MAYOR AND THE CommrsstoneR oF | Committee om Lands and Places, It is but proper to add) that sometimes there are con: rons, ranging from & high to a low estiaate— | pelitica (erm the department me eek | itaaeiininmemes ct re a Bh hemp te SOE ee. beet Mepeition of = pooner releases ae we re not comprehended within this des- | #Pe ing ready ¥, ee aivantage of any Ontas tet at treme y, instant, I isened new orders, va callction th-estiaimess tine aot been published ha “Associa venGpt A ° Female; since CITIZENS AND THR POLICE, CONTINUED. Industry of ail Nations, for 39 adjustment of the taxes other class, more useloas, though aot so expensive, is | appearance of the ‘alse bidder, and to get the contract | Hicn%tp'} ant ie which tal yoo etcetera darekeg: | ead materiel nioedanets ave bese ie ae; simoe The referm commenced by tle Mayor has so far boon Sriving 0 tian and eens, to prohibit the Les 7 ne sppotnted to x tend the ‘gradi » me piahert, ge. Knits ieee bird mee ing the principles upon which I shall administer the de rr, nnd numerous resolations and ordinances have beew ug e streets. . um ig and cleaning of street a of sewe: “ , wi ae en; + og ariment, In connecth ith this it, it be \< hich are now to be found oaly by attended with the most beneficial results to the city, in FRANKLIN'S BIRTHDAY. docks, plete, fe, Bome of thess people selfiom ce” the ad performing w contract, but to he bought off by some per for mo tondd, that theve has Renapecad tates: |SSihent 'y'in the oflice of the Clerk of the Board of ‘Mice more respects than one. Hoe has already effected a revo- Invitation to the Board to attend the celebration of | work for which they are appointed inspectors, andif they | More iit ousible party, who has been under. bid.” Vari- ‘or’e office, under my direction, a book for recording — men, with the chance being very much against sucess, lution in the condition of the streets—a matter of no | *¢ 149th qnniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, | ¢0, they know nothing of it, or do not wish to know, beer er ways, the detaila of which are known only to | complaint t the police, as well as for violations even with the guide of the nccommodating officers whe the patriot, philosopher and printer, at the Broadway | provided the contractor is # clever feilow, and doos | the initiated, are in vogue, by which to defraud the trea dina) and laws, where charges will be euter- bave charge cf that office. The memory of persons whe smal! importance, when we consider how many failed in | Tabernacle, on Wednesday evening, the 17th January, | ‘what isright.’” . Lee Ifthe bond of a department acts in collusion | tained, and acted upon by me tn person. | for many years been connected with the @ommon accomplishing it before he took itin hand. If this were | The Mayor will preside. Aacialeds ‘These departments frequently come in conflict with | with these outsiders, itis next to impossible to prevent The police are required for several purposes other than Couneli is the only index ip he THE MONEY PAID FOR SPECIAT. ADVERTISING, each other; it scmotimes happens that they are nearly | frauds under the present system, the protection of the pnblie interests of the elty, for ‘The were statement of ti - ei ts es CAE people would have no reaon | 4iderman Hesiwex offered the following resolution: — | all engaged at the same timer uport some part of the | One of the best safeguards may be found in more gen- | which it xhould not be obliged to pay, yi” | oats tation: ; but jas not confined his attention | Resolved, that the Comptroller be, and he is hereby, di treet, It often occurs, that soon after the paving | ¢ral publicity, in offering to receive proposals, The ox- ‘There is one squad of the reserve corpa detailed for | Tue pocxs, to this. The complaints oi the poor emigrants against | rected to report to this Board what disposition has been | is completed, it is taken up to lay down a sewer, Croton | pense of advertising ix of no importance, a4 compared | the duty of boarding vessely from foreign ports, with | The dock accommodations for the nhipping of the eity, the fraudalent boarding house keepers and runners ha made of the money collected for advertising upon the | Water, or gas pipes. Each department being independent | With the benefit to to derived from it. emigrant passengers: and other service rendered, before in another subject which should receive notice. You ‘per ‘mnners have | several assessment Tate confirmed by the Common Coun- | and rometimes Taimieal to the other, no con ints, ‘The object of oilering public proposals to make con- | referred to, which should be paid from the fund of the | need not be informed that at, present they are totally ta- been heard attentively, and their wrongs promptly re- | cil during the year 1804, since he bas stated, ina com. | but every one upon its own notions, proceods to do what | tracts, iy to invite competition and prevent tho high | Fmigrant Commissioners. Many other policemen are | adequate, both in extent and quality. ro ia nO com- dressed, while the mock auctioneers have been com- Sintetee to the Board, dated Jan. 5, 1855, that “tho | it deems best, without thinking or caring of expense or | Prices, which monopoly produces; it is defeated if the stationed at the several railroad depots and ferries, and | mercial city in the world, of the magnitude of New Yor, 4 pelled, in almost every instance that has beon brought | ¢xPenses of the official notices published by the assos. | public convenience, | Advertisements are published in obscure papers, un- | at places of public amusement, by requost of the pro- so ceficient, Substantial stone or fron docks and piers 3 rs nth e sors, and by the other officers in the street department, It is no exaggeration to say, that sometimes twonty | known to, and unread by, the mass of the people. prictors,and for the protection of thelr private interests, | should be constructed, which would’not only be durable, to hia notice, to disgorge their ill-gotten gains, Some | are gu to be included in the payment of $1,000 to | officials belonging to different Tipartannte; ‘are engaged ‘Too much | ogee d cannot be given to the offering of | and not for public purposes. This expense shoull bo but in the result far more economical than those now ip idea may be formed of what he has done in this way | the ing Post and the other paptrs;” and, since | ip doing at the same time, that which could se accom. | Comtracts—the expense of general advertising will be | borne by the parties requiring their services. In Lon- use from the fact that over five hundred dollars have | there was special appropriation for advertising, suffi. | plished by one man, if acting for himself, in one-twoa- | more than made up by the inereased bidding, ani conse- | don, whore the police system is said to be better than A funded debt could be er sated for the payment of the cient to cover all the expenses incurred by each and | tie h the time and at one-twentieth the cost. quent reduced prices. our own, such ix the practice; and the general govern. cont, leaving to posterity, who are tobe the reel heen restored to the rightful owners. Every case of | gyery department. ” of " Fach department ia its own master and acts upon its CITY RAILROADS AND OMNINUSES, ine} hua adopted the same course With reference to tee |:4he erived trom the eonstruetion, # ‘late fraud’ that is brought before him is tried imme- Al an WM. TUCKER opposed the resolution, as it | Own volition, without consent or consultation, and not Lalso recommend the taxation of city railroad cars. | palaries of its custom house officers, when acting for The present, as wollas the fa- diately, without the aid of counsel, which | W&# offered merely for the purpose of annoying the | unfrequently strives to thwart the plans of the othe: It Cay to me that these companies should pay at | private convenience or safety, About thirty thousand t for the shipping, w constitute se he very wisely dis; ith in all at Comptroller. and ee confusion. Every person having the control | least one hundred dollars licente upon each car, besides | dollars would be thus saved. | great an element in our prosperity’ Womand some action ry ly dispenses with in all simple charges, as ‘Alderman Herrick sald that they all knew that there | of private business or interest can see, without further | keeping the strects and avenues through which their ‘The expenre of the police force has attracted atten- | at your hands on this subject, consuming time unnecessarily. The departments, too, | was a certain amount of money for advertising levied on | comment, the reason why so large a sum is expended | tracks are laid in complete repair, and always elean. tien, and it bas been properly suggested that it can be NON -VAY MEN’ TH ACTOR: have all acquiesced in the justice of his demands, and Property, that was improved; and it wasevident from the | upon our streets. The city government receives no equivalent for the | used for many public purposes, for which the city now Much diatre: A recently been have furnished him with all the information which b mptroller’s report, that the money leeied for that pur- ¢ business-care, concentration, uniformity antttgs petelinges these roads possess, which are now very valu- | pays heavily. ainst the city r he information which he was not so expended, and that, consequently, a | larity so essential to the success of any enterpriae is | Sble. So far as rail travel in this city can affect them, in considering the cost of the police, itebould not be desired in regard to the details of their business. He Farther tax was thus levied on the newspapers for ‘the | entirely wanting. ° | the present roads may be said to have a monopoly. A | forgotten thatat {s almost entirely made up of salaries, inspects all their bills before signing the warrants for a of putting money into the city treasury. A general cu an Vooruis was in fayor of tl lution; he | creating irresponsibilit thelr paymont, so that every single item specified theres | wanted all the information on the subject he could get. | of profi ency in expenditure UP and distribution of authority, | Tecent State law secures their grants, and in effect pre- | This department disburses little money for any oth- uals of small means from this cause. At any y and negligence, is productive | cludes opposition or annoyance; they oceupy, to the ex- | er purpose, It makes no contracts and procures no sup- time, disappointments of this kind bea 4 Inefficiency in the per- | ¢lusion of all other citizens, the centre of our best busi- | plies; and is confined to the disbursement of such mums, | but at « prriea of reat moneta: in must receive his approval before the claim can be Alderman Cuxistix spoke in fayor of the resolution, | formarceof work. This abuse must be reformed. It | ™ venuen, for compensation to the officers and men, as has been — present, i hardship exceedingly onerous, settled. From this brief sketch of the business which | which was then adop' bas become too serious to be permitted longer. lusive privileges are always to be deprecated; but | fixed by the Common Council. Be it more or leas, no in 00 Besides the wrong done he transacte daily, our readers can form an estimate of ‘MISCELLANKOUS PAPERS. ‘The little time which has been le't me when granted, the city should in return receive an am- | officer connected with it is in any way responsible. It ia | bi & just claim, in omitting to meet the A be pte y eae Aresolution calling on the Chief of Police for a de- le enna equivalent, A revenue of forty thousand | true that much. duty now performed by subordinates, | ury to the treasury is not insignidcant, We | dollars could be procured from this source, besides the | under other departments, can be performed by the po- Id that a poor r bas to pay highee the amount of labor which he performs daily during of- | tailed statement of stolon property for the last four fice hours, after which, it must be remembered, he ge- |-years, and the disposition ooh en ‘same, was adopted. A | of one department, and at least one of the existing de- | saving of the very heavy cont of repairing and cleaning | lice, without impairing its efticiency, My direstion has prices than he who meets his eng: nerally has to attend meetings of the Board of resolution directing the Street Commissioner to report to | partmenta could ‘be abolished entirely. the thoroug hfaren. already been given to the patrolnen to act us atreot in- pect pemanee of Super- | the Board the amount assessed upon the owners of pro- ‘a street department, having sole jurisdiction over the | _ The omnibuses should also keep im repair and clean | gpectors, and to report, through their oflicers, tors will provide themse! visors, the Board of Police Commissioners, &c. So long as | perty for the year 1864, for advertising by the Bureau of | whole subject; art of the duty could be advan- | the streets through which they pass, or pay into the | ce where the contractor faila to clean from the difficulty in get Mayor Wood attends to the duties of his office with the | Assessments A report of the Committee of Repair: tageously given to other departments, without de’ treasury a sufficient sum for that purpose. trict. They have ala been requir- | sufficiently to cover the loss arising assiduity which he has displayed since he entered upon | Supplies, in favor of concurring with the Councilm ment or additional expense. These vehicles do more injury to the pavements than | ed to report all excavations made under the sidewalks | Without recommending any relaxation in adberense to . 4 rovide the dodioiet district known as the Seventh dis- ‘There should be a permanent Board of Commissioners, | a1 the rest of the travel tae and the city inre- | or streets, by builders ox others, the object of which is the iawa and ordinances governing the disbursement of them, so should he be supported by every good citizen. | trict with suitable court rooma;a communication from | instead of threo for each job as now, which should have | turn, receives no pecuniary aid from them for that pur. | to supply information to the Commissioner of Streets, by money, Leannot omit to express the hope that you wilt bane ‘We do not mean to flatter him when we say that he has — gg oso in Felstion to contracts for furnishing bere Vgitrek por pore suereyoes for the whole pore meainyer. bad selasiog dee. ot seontbanes Ae whic) ke can collect the legal claiins of tee city for ap- | take umatiate eens, se prevent K soncnenee of i nk books, ., for the Corpo: 5. Feport of Com- Instead of one foreach work, as now. It should | Well secured in their priv lege, having, by the law ot ropriating to private use an; rtion of the atreets, reat an evil to creditors of the city, and preserve already accomplished more in the short space of one | Pitt Meeker Me ee ey in fares ot i ow Pexhade the duty of the law offege of the Corporatioa | 1864, made it na difteuit to procure licensex for compet. | Pif'my recommendation of ecnsolidating all busiuess | faith and credit from dishonor. i week, than any of his predecessors for years past | confi aasessments for sewer in Forty-ninth street, | to give his nrilce-wthint any. sditionsl compensa- | ing lines, that they now enjoy almost a monopoly, How appertaining to streets into one department, {* carried RELIKY TO BROADWAY. accomplished in months. It was said that he ‘would | between Sixth and Seventh avenues; several reports in | tion, directly or indirectly ard it receiving fees, the | far the out town railroad lines, entering the city, are | out, many collateral branches ean be put under the l’o- Another relief to the citizens could be found in the fail before he was week in office; but the week has | f@vor of reducing the taxes .of various parties erro- | amount should be paid into the treasury, subject to municipal regulations, Iam not at this time | lice Department, without any detriment to it whatever, | adeption of some mode to gorrest the eres collection of “t, ; neously assessed, were concurred in. Toe annual re- ‘There shouid be one or two permanent inspectors for | enabled to advise; my opinion, however, in that there is | ‘here is no question that the several dutics of police. | omnibusesin Hroadway below the Park. In my opinion past, and there are no signs of any relaxation on his part | port of tke Counsel to the Corporation, giving the titles | the whole city, provided any is required, which I doubt, | nothing in their charters entitling them to exception | wen entirely too light, in view of tho necessity of this evil should not be longer permitted. —on the contrary, he appears to be equal to the con- | of cases in which he was en; ‘aa counsel for the | instead of one for each job, as now. The duties now | from any tax which you may deem 4 fair equivalent for | materially lesrening tho number of public officers. If the stages now permitted togo to the South stantly increasing business of his office, So much we | ‘ity curing the past yoar; the Committee on Salaries Pertermed.by (he Bureau of Assessments should be done | the right of way they now possess. It is for are legislate upon this recommendation, | were limited te one-half the present number, the , and Ofices feported in Yavor of confirm'ag the nomina- the present board of Tax Commissioners, without ad- | _ If upem consultation with the Counsel of the Corpora- | and you will find me ready to enforce its practical ope- difficulty would be remedied. The many lines entering 2 i 5 are, in justice, bound to say of himand what he hasdone. | tions of the market clerks made by Mr. Gooderson. | ditional compensation, who have not only sufficient Iei- | tion, there be no legal obstacle, I make the same recomn- | ration. Frondway below the Park not only obatruct the passage ‘The same energy haa been infused into the street | Adopted. sure, but the surveys, maps, and the assessed values of | mendation as toa car tax, and the cleaning and re; SPRING CHARTER KUNCTION, of each oti but freq cut off entirely the pas- cleaning department by Mr. Joseph Ebling, the Com- MAYOR'S MESSAGE. every improved and unimproved lot in the city within | of tho avenues and streets through which they pass, I cannot omit expressing my conviction that much sage of amaller vehicles. Foot passengers are excluded 7 ? ib The following communication from his Honor the | their own office, by which to facilitate the duty. The | made with reference to the city rallroads. benefit could be derived to the city, by separating the almost entirely from the cross-walks. malssioner of Streets and Lamps. All the contractors Mayor was received, laid on the table, and ordered to be | collection of assessments should be made by the receiver | KMIGRANTS. elect.on for charter oficers from that for State or na- | This evil is increasing, though th ioe, atanen- have been notified that in every caso of neglect to clean rinted :— bait Sood ep ; ae } It eo Eom Seek Jee caer xen extartions nat | tlenal « eaare, ind sit bsdasedl . ae VO ee ity, ia kopt on duty to preveut disorder, reels THE HONORABLY THK at branc! the service coming under the head-of oppresaions o! ¢ mont inhuman character have m | As now conducted, our local interests are almosten- and tos mwengers in crosein, oe in their district, when informed of their con- | TO ™At enenuntx Tux Common Councn, o Tum Crry oF repaits should be severely serutiniaed, and. every dollar | practised upon the emigrants coming to thia port | tisely lost sight of ta the conflict on State or aauionel | The proscat lawe deprive the Mayor of power ever the dition, the work will be done by other parties, and the GxxtixMxN—In my communication to your honorable | accounted for under the mont stringent rules of account- | _ There appears to be a series of organized classes of | iqsucs. Ax the leasor is always absorbed by the greater, | emnibuses, ro controling their routes or thelr expense deducted from the amount specified in their | body, on the Ist inst. 1 purposely omic Persons, all connected, and acting froma common im- | no ix the apparently smaller affairs of our city govern. | number, but I recommend that an ordinance be Pe y, purposely ‘] F 3 ed many re. | ability, and nothing should, ba expended except upon ion, fic reference to the | pulse o | contracts. This order has been executed in two or three | commendations and subjects of interest, and promised | previous appropria‘ with 9] plunder, who take and keep possession of their | ment lost + ight of in the contest on candidates for higher preventing hag Nae nendit | more thaa one im The . that, 98 soon as you were ized and . | object for which money wasintended, Theinconve. ; victims an long as a sixpence is left to rob them of. | offices. ten minutes, below the Park, in Heoadway, y cases of the hind; but it is believed that its repetition | ness’ they would bermade. e pee ae | acenee car elays which would attend previous appro: | These vampires form a cordon, aetshing from Yaniy | The magnituée of our municipal interests calls for the inconvenience which this restriction would couse te will be unvessary hereafter, as the warning it gave to It is the duty of th Mayor to communicate to the Com- Hock to the lakes, and to the far west. closest scrutiny into the qualifications of persons totake — persona having buriners below the Is would be of ne mn Cetailed estimates for even small sums priations w j the others has been all-poworful in its effects. The fol- Fy a eee ¢ im nee in each yea: i Saamant ot pombe 7 mie coed e affairs of the city, In pursuance o| uty, principle of unautho lowing are the names of the contractors, their places of | of the promise made by me! T submit this commanice: | profigacy which too often follows in its train, residence, the districts over which they have been ap- | tion. TAXABLE PROPERTY, tion as compared with the | _ They act in concert, with a well formed understant- | charge of them; no ether cousider nditures,!with the official ine, and spend |. suma to protect themselves from | nected directly with local questio detection and punishment. Common humanity, as well | in the canvass for city rulers as the honor and prosperity of this city and State, calls | ele:tions are of Little importance en ns than those con- consideration, compared to the present diicultios. hould be included | _ 1 leo recommend that the Russ pavement in Seeotwog ls of frequent degrooved. Though shis benutlful and durable pa mypared with the isan ornament as well as aivantage to the city, yetite . e several annual reports f: the ex je Another matter of much importance is the feasibility | for more stringent laws and regulations governing our | denger of the relection of improper men. In the strug- smoothness renders it dangerous to horses, Ia wolidll Delnted, and the amounts for which they have con- | _ The several annual reports from the executive depart: | Anette tthe vars upon’ which tolevy tax. ‘Tha | whole emigrant system. Tregret that this, already too | gle for a Governor or a. Fresldent,. persoms entirely din. retaina momture, which, when. freezing, presents a sure tracted :— thoroughly examined. In t ‘a survey of the attairs | Board of tax Commissioners, organized a few yeara | lengthy commun’eation, prevents more extended com- | qualined will sometimes slide unobserved into a local face of ice, rendering its use extremely da ighly ‘aking | ly dangerous, =, Dist. Wards. Contractor. Residence. Amount. | of the city, the first object to nt is the condition of | since, has sdded much to the taxable basis of and | ments upon this branch of the subject, consistent with | place of trust and power. CATTLE DREVING. 1 +++++,John Styles, 15 Moore.. $11,800 | the fivances. A statement with reference to itis here- | personalestate. There is yet room for increase, | others demending attention. A ‘The election law, which"places the candidates for coun- ‘The practice of driving cattle through the streets of Patrick Coyle, 141 Chatham, 6,000 | with furpished:— Notwithstanding the vigilance of these officers and the | Much inconvei to the shipping interest is caused | ty officers on the same ballot with candidates for State the city in anotherevil calling for prompt action. It le J. H. Valentine, Steen 9185 manent city debt, redeemable from the Sinking | s*sersory, avery large amount of ‘personal property es; by the present mode of landing emigrant passengers. | officers, increases the evil. At the late election there | an abuse which our citizens have submitted to too long. Patrick Coyle, as 7,000 | Fund, January Ist, 1856:-— capes, and an undue proportion is consequently put 48 now conducted it iva serious evil, not only to the | were tweive names ou the #amo ballot; in the baste and In wy opinion this Common Council will dearrve J. H. Valentine, CS 8/550 | 6 percent water stock, redeemable 1858 $3,000,000 | upon realestate, A distinction is thus created entirely | parsengers, but also to the vessels from which they | excitement of election day, it is very difficult for even severest censure, If like {ts predecensors, it thmidly Patrick Coyle, _ . 9,000 | 6 “ “ “ 1860. 2;600,000 eased to real property, calculated not only to affect its _ land, and to other vessels, with which they materally | the mont intelligent voter to select the names for whom pkulks from ite duty in ritding us of this dangerous C. be 1 69 avenue A 71315 « “ «1870. 8,000,000 | value, but to retard the growth of the city, There is interfere. This is also an evilcalling for some action at | he desires to vote when funnd upon the same ticket; but | nuirance. Not only is the health of the whole popula- Jas. W. Bush, 56 Grove 11,500 | 5 « “ “ 265,000 | mo solid reason why distinction should be made in the | your hand where the duty is imposed upon the literate or ignorant {lon Jeoparded by the unwholesome odor arising from ff “ e400} 5 « Py is 2,147/000 | kind of yalue—whether real or personal—upon which rdsbip to the emigrant and it Is seldom exercised, eayee ally if there bea cunningly the collection of these animals, but {t not unfrequent- James Tucker, 19 King 9,500 | 5&6‘ Croton water stock, 1,000,000 | we levy tax. So long as the principle of taxation is up- Now a ship arriv devined ballot, not permitting erasure or substitution. ly occurs that life, limb and property are eatroyed P 159 Third 7,278 | 7‘ Water loan, “ 990488 | on property, all property should bear alike. | with hundreds of men, women and children, and hauls CENTRAL PARK. by it, 51750 | § « Publie building stock, « 518000 |. Benides the large amount of personal esiate that es- | outside and alongside another vessel at her berth, dis. | The commissioners sppointed to open the Central Park DIN wrimere 7,300 | 5 —¢ Build’g loan st’kNo.3, ‘ 75,000 | capes in consequence of the inability to discover it, | charging or taking in cargo, which may be composed of | are progressing with the work. Since the organization In April, 1854, contracts entered into for the 5 “ No. 4.6 76.000 | there are immense amounts belonging to foreign manu: , fine goods in valuable Packages. | of the Board, it has collected and examined nce of cleaning of the ‘atrects and avenues of the city, The 9,000 | § Fire indemnity stock, * 402,768 | facturers and traders, in the ha f agents resident As soon as the emigrant ship nears the wharf sho is | titlo to the lands to be tak ; Io causing fications of these contracta are stringent, there 9,800 | here, who refuse to recognize our authority to collect. | boarded by an army of Lge rer egg | the necessary surveys, of blocks and profiles of would be no cause of ped yg if 16 Jobn Slatery, 8,009 Total, teestee eee: saseseeese sess». $10,960,856 | A very large sum thus gets clear. having busimess with, and too often design upon, her | grraces to be made ; in personal view of formed them. They provide th 18 «yg! 8,000 | Corporation stocks and bonds held by the Com- ‘ This fcre'gn property receives all the protection which nengers, and the passengers are dragged over the | taken, and in procuring such informat I be fooroaghly and proper! 19 =20~—22—John Kelly, 8,809 | missioners of the Sinking Fund, on account the city government affords, in common with that of sel discharging, to the shore; her cargo, which may | th ‘a8 may nerve to guide to a just all the dirt, manure, axl of redemption of the elty debt. .., $4,262, 280 , which pays the expense. n deck, or upon the dock, is not only materially in- | same; also in determining the arca of copings, of every kind removed, week and im Totals... .ccccccccssreeserceeeerereseeeesss09153,675 | Additional mort- procurin y and the leading avenues three times & week. tizens, but, in not paying taxes upon their 0 is laid upon all work for the time being. Thus procuring evidence of the value of the itaproveme conditions were complied with, there could be ‘This evil has grown to be in- | the land to be taken, ai po grounda of eomplaint. a Balance in bank, ery simple. One or two piers | tion of the lands themsel T regret to nay they have not been complied with, and Mr. Ebling's control, and is therefore not included in the x! due advantages. oa Eee, eof! ge of shipping, that this park is to be pennies, nei by Fifty-ninth — thor f it fe tated that, In comequence of the rales foregoing list. The contracts specified above ex; Actual am't of permanent debt, Jan. 1, 1855, People who taxes cannot sell merchandise as low snd exclusively devoted to ailing of emigrant pas- | street, north by 100th street, east by the Fifth avenue, ot whieh the contracts were ta! tenpow the 17th of July next, till edn ye tpl ematgl as eR ss debt, Jans 1 185944 770,441 | as those who pay none. Means should be taken during sengers. They should be inclosed, and only persons | and west by the Eighth wili comprehend , sible, without heavy less, yet, in my opinion, there te » 4 | _Nnich is's reduction, as compared with the amount of | the present seesion of the Legislature to procure the properly clothed with authority and'of good character, arte of seven hundred and seventy-six acres, aay,.116 | no other resource than to demand «rigid fulfilment. are required to keep their several districts im godd;com- | debt, Jan. 2, 1864, of $460,240. aseage of a law making the property of foreign mauu- permitted within the inclosure. The police could be ae If contracts are to be thrown up, or only performed, dition. Funded debt redeemable from taxation, Hretuters and others liable to taxation. stetioned thi re to protect and direct the emigrante, and at the will of contractors, because not fitabie, the , and payable 1 ‘bonds ie Commissioners with native 911,886 property, possess an exemption which enables them to serious injury is infic . 17,2405,191,455 | ccmpete with American labor, and affording them ua- tolerable. remedy The Twelfth ward not being regularly graded and held nga owners not only enjoy equal privileges = , the packages soiled, broken, or stolen, but anem- | special benefit, @ " paved, does not, it appears, come within the limits of on said pean 3a": Tess: ,, ‘with the excep‘ion of public education stock, 4 ABOLITION OF FEES. as the boarding «and fowarding offices would of bargaia is all on cne side, Under this ruling, the etty ie The following are the complaints in the Mayor's book | eA et ee aor aGb,000 January 1, 1858 <2” | Anafurther means ef revenue, recommend an ap- course locate in the vieinity, the em grunt would be to suffer in any event. So fares the law gy a yesterday, and the reports on the returns made at the | gix per cent Building Loan Stock, No. 2, re- plication to the Legislature for a'law which will bring benefitted, as well as the 3 evar bathe to other ship- Belonging to the city, pore: Lsball require a strict compliance with office of the Chief of Police by the police captains for the der mable in 1855 and 1856.. ° | into the treasury the large sums now received by the ping entirely removed. These suggestions are worth at- —— ing contrnets to clean the streets and that! may know day previous:— Five per cent Public Building | Register, County Clerk, Counsel to the Corporation Cor. tention, and, J hope, will be acted upon. Leaving to be paid for—Rerem....cs..ccscceseeseee G88 which of the contractors are derelict, the police have J deemable in 1857 and 1864.. | poration Attorney, and other county officers, who receive It has long been the practice of many governments on ich, by estimating at sixteen lots per acre, makes been ordered to make the condition of the streets in theater THE RAFORTS OF CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR. Five per cent Stock for Docks (ces aa,their own perquisites. the continent of Europe, toget rid of convicts and paupers | Fix thousand two hundred and elght lota to be’ paid (or Me¥eral beats the subject of observation, and to re- ‘That Liberty street, from Broadway to Greenwich deemable in 1867 and 1876. In some instances these sums are said toamount to by sending them to this country, and most penezaliy to | by thecity, and by axsesements un; port every day the reeult OU Ble eet pr. |” Lamm mot prepared to make any recommendations with by the commis- reference to the executive departments not alluded te ject in now before them, and ladvise bereim. Isball communicate to you from the to tame are interested to appear st vice Ag © *UCh matters relating to them as call for your action, other question of much public, intovest in connection FERNANDO WOOD. from twenty to thirty thousand doll to this port. The increase of crime here can be traced to for two moaths; and that the ash-boxes are stolen from in 1873, oy rome Whilst it is right that oreey Publis ofiete this cause rather than to defect in the criminal laws, or the sidewalks every day, ; ‘= | should be sufficiently compensated, yet there can be no their administration. An examination of the crimfaal ‘That obstructions are left by the street contractors Total amount of funded debt Jan. 1, 1855...%1,154,000 good reason for permitting a fow to amass large for- poe cs records, shows conclusively, that it is but a around Leake & Watts’ orphan house, proventing car- | Which is an increase, as compared with the amount of | tunes, whilst other officials, who perform more labor small proportion of these unfortunates who are natives cutie street, is in s filthy condition, and has not been cleaned Five per cent Public rty. The important question of | Ks tation not as yet been positively Th all from approaching it without danger. debt, January 2, 1954, of $204,000, ‘and more responsible duties, are paid one fifth the sum, f this country. One of the very heaviest burdens we | wien 4 ttep, in the territorial limit to which the , auction sales are made at the corner of Grand | “Te revenues of the'Sinklcg Fund, for the payment of | and the. whole community is burdened with taxes. Wear ia the support of these people, even when const | Tipimisaicners niall extend their asoaumnents spon pro. Hix Exeriixne Fravkiea titers, Pros lant at the, Wal and F streets, in violation of auction law. | interest on the city debt, are fully séuyente ten 10 F . | Give liberal salaries; but let all feea go to the | ering the dfrect cost; but when ostimating the evilin- | iery of individuals, and what proportion of the whole ted Btates— ae of That the members of Hose Co. Red Jacket, congrogate pentof interest on the above stocks. The balance to | treasury. fluences upon sdelety, and the contaminating effect up: | const shall be made s tax upon af INTEREST TO BE CTARGED, onall who come within the range of the! A forther relief may be found in requiring interest on minds, it becomes a matter exceedingly serious, ” deposits with the city treasurer, and collecting and dis- mandfng immediate and complete eradication. 1 know bursing officers fi ally. ape, equity, practlcabdit pods ay rodlm: go tay prea erin, ueibere i ment three blocks east and wert, ania yreater distance of pe oy a that it e in aad fT z Ms cron sepeisge me bes bot sooner boon odoptea, A very args sn adéition to our population; the health, ax well asthe | Teri and south, and to make twc-ibicde of the whole tries, Lagether with the increase of crime and misery Ferenge could be thus derived. ‘There wasto the credit | life and paoperty of the people for whom ‘you legislate, | (7c, Pts sreortalned about what sum the park Cres that clase of our population, with other facto of the city in the hands of the treasurer, on the 28th of | Fequire some action at yourhandr. Tau confident the | will cost, Fatiimnting the averags value of the laud at “jr ie wat Brera conclusively that euch is the ease, November, 1854, over one million of dollars; the Ist of neral government will listen to avy representations | 2.6 ‘Von ured pring er ot—& iberal catinate —the It le unnecessary to refer to the gross wrong thus per- December, 1854, over one and a half millions, from which , from you, relating to it, and interpose its national Oe ee se cr thine crlllions one hustved ant four. Prirated epom this elty. It vequires from tae ae aiusen was drawn on these dates about @ half million, leaving | thorify inour bebalf, (in the 2d instant I m Tococed doers, Detect one thisd ta be paid by inal, | ates aperey of eee, Mves Gad guegesty om ‘ele about two millions tothe credit of the city, AllJitional grievance the aubject of an official communication to | visuals whose property is suppored to be Brnetities, 1 pany oe te YM Tg Oe Tod 9-9 nd eae pgs fon er feeding United States, » copy of which lean | wi have two mi hone sixty-nine thousand dollars to'be ‘cannot fail 1o produce fealloge of terror as thet credit of the city deme niles wwe wenkted 6 ‘Th constantly increasing expenses of the Almshouse | perf ee + oo epproach. hs three thousand four bundred and seventy-four dolla ment, and the want of control of the Corporation atte as Kets dation Inherent right of every community to protect tt- for which the city, receives no allowance of interes them, should not escape your notice, Tam satisfied | ves a tee eoute self from dangers arising from euch em cannot whatever. K that whatever miay be thought ar to the exercise of Ts gee Yors hae nail $0 *) long * to add that it fr tl: that the proper economy upon the part of the Governors of the ‘ * 4 ne be disesee That the sldewalk in Right aveune, between Forty. | efi io nn in i666... xs ay Gabeobertain te in advanceto the city, ani that dur, | Altashouse, there can be no ¢oubt that one eause for the WEST voale kore teed vost 5 oe slmort dally frum abreed, fo, of Weally © selenss ninth and Fiftieth streets, in front of the Kighth avenue a it will appear that’ the expendit fog the last year he advanced fifty to aisty thousand present large outlay reqt ired is the maintenance of per » sion ws pranitied he anti y when to it @ added crime, ‘we must railroad stables, is in a bad condition, being compos a steadily ineseased, though itis well kaswn | dollars on clatins on the treasury,Pfor which warrants ‘08 who should bea charge upon the fund under the pumession of by populatyoa, withon ty H ‘ of cobble which make it dangerous fortravellers. | that the character of sae government has deteriorated, | could not be given—thus offering facilities to individuals ¢x°lusive cuntrol of the Emigrant Commission: rs. It is a setotak to radk beauty, henithtel bocrens |. sra,Semeral movormeres; sa ¥ te He Gala” SS gees ae ‘That Patrick | of 73 Suffolk street, sells liquor "The ple of this city cannot realize that the actual | having claims, who otherwise would be obliged to wait evident that the object in creating this board was to duty to protect us against anenemy more Inaitions: aad e city. Dean Sin— man; Fiver questions tre cititly waster” {hi cmitrol 6t tho | (pnan weateane dhe bene doubhthan te suaiy yeeee commissioners. 1 am informed, unofficially, that the eng dispougion of the board isto extend the sres of assent continental Kuro every Sabbath near the residence of John Redmond, cor- this account, Janu: 1, 1855, being $60,000, invested ner of Thirty third street and Third avenue, and use all | temporarily srence tends’ of tie city corporation, manner of profane expressions, greatly to the annoy- | and cash in bank, $17,106 11, thus rendering it unne- ance of the inhabitants. cessary to raise any amount for “interest om city debta’’ That — droves of beter Fe ingle are driven by taxation. mmpson street every - In connection with this statement another ia present That the Harlem Railroad ‘thas blocked up Twenty- | ed, of the amounts which heve been raised by tGxation, sixth street with cars. from 1844 to 1864, inclusive: ‘That sheds, which are kept open every Sunday, have | 1544 2 been constructed on the Seventh ward side of Catherine slip, obstructing the street very much. B. Cornell, proprietor of the Madison Avenue poh te oa permits the driver of stage 908 to race in | street. sidewalk between Thirty-seventh and Thirty- | , Ninth avenue, each side, is impassable of irs, and has been #0 for two months; beon made s sort of penal colony for authorities of several of the tions. The dew le character rrivieg bere from these ovum. teken ai z without a license, ps his store opea on Sundays. | cost of conducting their municipal affairs amou: the slow procers of islation, to be paid their just have fullcontrol over the whole subject, and to bear a That the ashes and garbage aro left in Fourteouth | the sum annually expended, They do not bellove that | Notwithstanding, Loven, this accomamodeting ¢ the entire coats of the support of these unfertunate vo venml oe ba pe pede roe Layne F 4 street, between First and avenues. all the money appropriated is devoted to public wants. the part of thia ‘officer, 1 can #00 no reason people, at least until they have been five years in this | , It ls to be regres J LL teenie on ee so ‘the of fthe Sixth ward police has been | In my opinion, an examination of the sul ‘and close ung the financial aflairs of the city upon any country. In etice, this appears not to be its opera. | definite action bee oe matteo it sation w' very great im- guilty of of duty, in permitting Wood & Tomlin. | serutin; ous items comy ‘accounts of | other principle than that which governs the commercial tio. At least a portion of the inmates of the inatita alms house buil fs rel year: ll ' re mene “ whole conser temente am, very ton, of 410 Broadway, to occupy the sidewalk with | the disbursing officers, will show that it is the undue, | intercourse of individu tions under the control of the Almshouse Governors, a ong were deateo; ; Agee 4 truly, yours, ke., ANDO . Mazor. aleighs and carriages. ‘This nuisauce has been tolerated unnecersary,fextraordinary outlays, without sufficient T amo satisfied that the nearer we approximate the laws who &re supported by the city, are proyarty chargeable ve hee 7 eee sertvad, 06 wit came ‘inal, -~. for @ long time. equivalent, that have swoilen our taxes to their present | of trade, the better will public business be conducted, to the emigrant commirsion. In my oplniom the whole ° the - 4 A communication from the Chief Ragineer, with com- 4 and the interests of the treasury protected. subject requires revision. An entire alteration of the = pene it meer laint of Hose Company No. 44 O'Neil and REPORTS C9’ SEE POLICE CAPEATES. It behooves ws, as ang of the public interests, | The city Is obliged to pay Interest when usieg the funda prevent aystem i absolutely demanded. Aa it is now, | | The pF . od Pat McGuire, of Peeing Gomapany Ne ee Second Ward.—Falton, Jobn streots, Maiden lane and | to look to the su! |. Mf it is longer permitted, we are Literty street are in a filthy condition, and the follow. | particepr Lob maa Mig mp Fa ony is a mest under our own eyes oF sides greater caution in appro- ing lamps have not been lit :—In front of 181 Wator prietions, we sre called spon (6 exervice imeve vigthnee po Mande of Gold and Ann, and in front of 121 and | over, and demand severer accountability from, those 131 5 who spend the money. The smaliest items of expen- Third Word.—The Captain of this ward says the | ditures should be guarded as sacredly as if amount streets are in no better condition, except that the mud | to hundreds of thousands. The principle which wi ° ’ is frozen, while in some it has been heaped ap and left | permit a disbursing officer to divert the value of one | could an individual ors bauking institution retain its rdem has become of too great s magni jeg tly yell Ba mesgroedy 5 el es to be trodden down again by the h.rses. The lamps on | doliar in money or property to his own or his friend’s credit or its capital that conducted its affairs upon so mitted te longer. The Board of Emigrant ‘one I i ae — ! ag fees for the Whereas, there is « large number of chiliren to be the corner of Broadway and Cortlandt street aad in urpose, will, in time, eater bin 8 defaulter or a pecu- | ruinous e principle? The State of New York discovered Commissloners was created in 1F47, to protect and pro- | as ® City fail a ne ee naar We or tho town im the streeie, begring, he, who are kept from front of 160 Greenwich street not lit. [eek " the value of ite own revenues when laying in bank vide for the emigrants arriving at this port; ® fund is | tranracton of mw ep bustenes, val a out ppublic schools by rearow of nut having suitable Fifth Ward.—Captaia Carpenter makes the following | The treasury can be relieved in many ways: several | vaults, as early as 1826. It then adopted the policy of | provided for this purpose. Titeiee 26 the neces one 5 Laat ch thes— report, —'The streets look much-better than they did | present sourees of expenditure can be abolished entirely uiring interest apon ite canal funds, which teen mortly under the control of oftica at of individuals, and it should receive interest from indi. the taxpayers of this city bave not only to support the viduals ay to the use of its money. porr of the city, and a portion of that belonging to the Last year the Comptroller borrowed upon revence = * Sep ete which find their way here, but bonda three millions #ix haudred and ninety three thou. 2/80 & very large portion of the paupers of @ sand dollars, nearly the whole of which was borrowed in B at the rate of seven per eentum, and for which we are The vont of wupperting ow still paying interest, notwithstanding the large amount be & trifle too smali to be worthy of eo now fylag to the credit of the city im bank. How long required to perform the duty for +o a upon this elty, regardless of The petition of members of Engine Company No. 6, a provision lor It without eley Hany | bo etepetion ipeccenel mamas. Seas x! une iby See riick Tam The report of the Commtten un apairs ant Bapphior, had they been, I will « adverse te comtrm! the award for Mationery, wes re och 06 the day cannot Sette catved and ordered to be printed t when ti tion of the olty Iyt - sumer reat ve fet ely occnped by Thclesale bast Alterman You, Seventh ward, presented the fal- jm perativ | ft ls politic to expend large some of i ry Improe acute in the Part, 0s now located Go have so Kasolved, That » special committe be appointed from week, the contractors having set men to ond large sams treas | ‘wince w it 4 ‘advices from | Governor and enats, and, in all reepects, 4 ” ne! the ettablish meme 7 the ashes and mud nad cartinggthea: a go to fee RT A wee the Capitol state that no sande ASS of doilars of our municipal action. Ite existence is « rseogaition thet he nine generate sty Gr) Simene 4 sols viboiles or vessousand maaseses whereby 106m Waskiogten from Watts to Canal, is, however, TR, STRERTA. have been already received from that source, for interest of the position that the persons called emigrants should, | ‘heir removel (o s more conveulent position. There cx rem may be educated stated to be i thy condition, and the gas lamp in The street oper and subsequent heavy outlays for | exclusively, on the deporits of this fund with the banks. in no respect, be « tax — this county. Asnow con. | be no doubt that pul ri uf pel to Be eee) | Aller tranencting some other business, the Boar@ front of 88 Franklin street was not lit. that purpose'in regulating, grading, paving, sewering, | And it is well known that seme of the heads of the city ducted, it iss grievous tax port the emigrant without Saleen Sten? equally costo | adjourned. Ward. —The sidewalk on the northwest corner | iring, &c., are one of the eovinet Sanites we bear. | colieeting and disbursing bureaux have been in the prac crminal sentenced to Biac! nd, and other city | sible to the whole population. * and te is out of r i i the al institutions, A lai of policemen are | Nor can! recommend the stoption of a proposition re tb 4 . of pam a Hato stron i oat of ere, op ese | lee Sinestro thet muah ih etre Hg of sctving ntrae ro craae city oni he Fortec ioe WRT prcons ft ic, sut | scaly aden the Gon Graney whick he ings: | | Mavongutuarion vx or, Lvs--Cver aes thw € streets. In front of 212 and 316 West street | fitted; it is of little importance to the party who pays, | own pockets as private perquisites, treasury pays. The Mayor's office, and 'no incoustiere- | lature is to appoint commissioners io saperinten’ the sand certificates of naturalinatics wore \eaue fo ae there are heaps of ashes. The lamps opposite 84, 9%, whether the money is proeured from A ony ander prete: In recom ing 2 revenue from this source, I beg to ble portion of bis time, are occupied in hy aring and de erection of anew City Hall, The folly o Ley pn ere (a the various courts aoe Lf and 126 Chariton and No 9 Vandain streets have not | of adding to the value of his real estate, or whether be understood that no step should bo taken in effecting termining cases invelving the rights and property of | further legisiation for this city to Albany, except to ee 0, Jo fae Se os i as been treet Canal Hamer porting ment. pard rants, t nothing of that branch of his duties © charter that will return to it « of governmest = which ™ i erat said te te vin au sutel condition, the md SAW pavelae' sight Ce mane daa —It is our duty | Sat al eh) Susae Guan yong wela ng the prover Neensing and regulating of emi- | ccmmenrurate to ite wants, |e so apparent, I hope nomber were talen rN te the — Crart, The ‘nm some places being over # foot deep. to the A pretest bets a houses aod runners, In my opinion | it will not be indulged in agin. One 1 ve act courte of the city of New York, during 1 kK : «1 we have no complaints be relieved altogether from these dutiog after another has been adopted at Albany, until we ere did not neue shove 4 that wumter, We have a reets, but the follow- be pavess. Bo far 4, the Siafe saoumes 0 take pny without any poveruancet ——S tae fe feat Reovetore, eet Lome | to ite popula been lit:—Opposite these should carry out the work | now ln preperation & proposition for slatare to | efor Karopoes eank- We ners 112 Weaheul ve nteres im. | Sppetmt lx commissioners, with poner te came every | gretion \Eie any ther city of the Union. Greenwich and Morton, and in VETIMATEA AND APPROPRIATION. Powce, | et under the city government, w if it bwoomee reenwich. nother » ich large sume This department of the city government is more | alaw, will give the extinguishing biow to what litte —Captain Squires says that there are ude from the | \awlal'be saved ‘a the directly under the personal supervision of the Mayor | power is left to the people of this clty over their own ee pa condition in his dist | Sesesalty of adopting coms meds by which all disbur than ; and, in assuming ite direction with the re- 99 Daag Ry eee d between avenues B and, | be prevented the ex: ture pom poe x meat and removal, fra me os eae arenes. eat pd, ody _— Lay ly oy Ly 9 Mire a the nn mame sires. bere | og ef oy tok once rita peace omtition | tr pub wahoo iacation ud ine went vijorss of Nowvang arrears % "ths rice rend 97 th at foot of East pended to meet it. and are susceptible of improvement —— over the élabu: bart Corner mother yemse been cleaned by the street } Shupanioes tave grown vpantés the.ponsen loess | There an apparent want of poeray aod wtileney, | of babrte, and thet sie hat (rind Os aa oa ge coatract, and is conte- manner of expensing a which must arise sither defect im the aystom, or | My attention has been called to this subject, ant Steerene | nonadlo cone hee conch. | From ‘The ashes have not Tt lo wesleas to aah the departments for cetimates upon | vast of nerve and vigilance la those who direct it. It | though there is no doubt room for mprovemmot ss it A he Ty hy Sy a bs th stevet and Broad: | whieh to base the if they are disregarded | shall be my aim to ‘These omissions I shall re op oy te ene fe the bod revelling in the ohere « Merward. So lepg ta tae Gemmmen Qovact! pase poevig: | ques the trvm (oe pen ani sien | pp Of Pcbceh benane, 708 thy yrnedte de ives from Uae | sible culemity