THE CITY RECORD. OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

VOL. III. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1875. NUMBER 671.

SECOND.—IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATER-FRONT. For details of the work of improving the water-front under the new plans adopted, together with the work of repairing the wooden piers and bulkheads, performed by the Department during the quarter ending June 30, 1875, you are respectfully referred to the following report from the Engineer's Department : NEW YORK, July 1, 1875. EUGENE T. LYNCH, Esq., Secretary of the Board of Docks : SIR—I have the honor to submit for the consideration of the Board of Commissioners governing this Department the following condensed report of work performed under the direction of the Engineer-in-Chief, during the three months ending with June 30, 1875. The winter had been one of unusual severity, and at the beginning of the quarter the weather was still of too unsettled and inclement a nature to permit the immediate resumption of work on the water-front. The greatest activity of the Department in the early part of the season was, in fact, in the repair and renewal of piers damaged by floating ice and otherwise. At new Pier No. I, North river, up to the 1st of April, ten arches had been completed, with the exception of about 1,200 square feet of decking, ana the crib for Arch No. 11 placed in position, DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. fillea with concrete up to the formation level, and two courses of beton blocks placed thereon. During April, May, and June, Arches Nos. II and 12, and part of Arch No. 13, were constructed. Beton blocks were manufactured for Arches Nos. 12 and 13. One centre was built and two more were CITY OF NEW YORK, struck and repaired for subsequent use. A beton platform, having an area of 3,609 square feet, was DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS, 117 AND 119 DUANE STREET:ET,, }• constructed for the máuufacture of the blocks used in the pier. String pieces and fenders were set on NEW YORK, August 13, 1875! • ) Arches Nos. 7 and 8, and part of Arch No. 9. The blacksmith work required at this section was executed at the smithy in the Battery yard. Hon. WILLIAM H. WICKHAM, At the Christopher street section, at the beginning of the quarter, the copine was laid, with the Mayor of the City of New York : exception of twenty-five pieces which were placed in April, and finished with the exception of the SIR—By direction of the Board of Commissioners governing this Department, I have the honor large " inscription stone." The box sewer at the foot of Barrow street was completed in April. to transmit herewith the report of the operations and actions of this Department for the three months The remaining work at this section was of a miscellaneous character, including the construction of a ending June 30, 1875. rubble wall in rear of new Piers Nos. 43 and 44, out to the line of the back of the coping ; finishing, Very respectfully, repairing, painting iron work, and placing fenders on new Piers Nos. 43, 44, 45, and 46 ; fitting Your obedient servant, corner bands and armatule plates on new Piers Nos. 44, 45, and 46 ; tearing up the platform, 44 feet EUGENE T. LYNCH, by 36, at the foot of Barrow street, and a number of minor jobs. The filling received amounted to Secretary. 12,693 cart loads. At the Canal street section, 1,354 batches of concrete, eaual'to nearly 1,500 cubic yards, were laid by means of the steam engine " Rapid Transit," and a length of wail of 180 feet was com- DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS, 117 AND 119 DUANE STREET, ) pleted up to the granite facing by May 1st, and, by May 22d, a length of 100 feet was finished ready NEW YORK, July 15, 1875. J lor the construction of the shore connection. The face of this wall was examined by divers, and To the Honorable WILLIAM H. WICKHAM, pronounced "excellent." Mayor of the City of New York : The old " Fort Lee Ferry " connection was torn up, and a new one, for the joint use of the lessees SIR—In conformity with section 27, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, we have the honor to submit the of New Pier No. 34 and Old Pier No. 42, was completed on the 21st of June. The work of tearing following report of the operations and actions of the Department of Docks during the quarter ending up Old Pier No. 42 at the foot, preparatory to dredging for the foundation of the masonry bulkhead June 30, 1875. wall, was commenced June 21st. Other work at this section included the tearing up of part of Old Pier No. 42 ; removal of rip-rap stone from the "block " of the old pier ; the laying of granite ORGANIZATION, APPOINTMENTS, ETC. facing and rubble backing on the wall ; oiling, and other work required for the completion of New Pier No. 34, removal of piling, etc. Joseph Conway, appointed Inspector of Dredging, at a salary of $500 per annum, to date from At the King street section work on the caisson, which had been suspended on the 14th of Jan- April I, 1875.—April 19, 1875. uary, was resumed on the 16th of March, and, on the 20th of April, the caisson was completed, and Salary of Louis A. Jackson, Assistant Secretary, increased from $2,000 to $2,500 per annum, from the deposit of four-inch stone begun. Putting down concrete in mass was commenced on the 28th of April 1, 1875.—April 22, 1875. May and completed, and the work of laying the granite facing begun on the 24th of June. Resignation of Schuyler Hamilton, Superintendent of Gansevoort street yard, accepted, to take effect At the Clarkson street section, dredging for the foundation of the masonry bulkhead wall began May 4, 1875.—April 29, 1875. on the 16th of June, and 5,800 cubic yards of material were removed before the end of the quarter. Henry F. Dimock, appointed a Commissioner of Docks on May I, by his Honor the Mayor, to fill The general repairs for the quarter included the extension of the pier and bulkhead at One Hun- dred and Thirtieth street, North river ; the extension of the pier at Twenty-fourth street, North river ; the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of Commissioner Budd, appeared and the tearing up of the pier at Ninety-sixth street, North river ; renewal of the bulkhead between Piers presented his credentials, and stated that he had taken the oath of office and was prepared to Nos. 45 and 46, East river ; repairs to the broken sewer between Piers Nos. 51 and 52, East river ; assume the duties of a Commissioner Docks, and thereupon took his seat as a member of the repairing pier at Hart's Island, and construction of an L 25 feet by 55 ; and repairing new Pier No. Board.—May 3, 1875. 34 and ola Pier No. 42, North river, and the piers at foot of Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, Thirty-fifth, Commissioner S. H. Wales was unanimously elected President of the Board for the ensuing year.— Thirty-eighth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Fifty-first, and One Hundred and Fifty-fifth streets, North May 3, 1875. river, and piers at foot of Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Forty-sixth, Twenty-eighth, and Forty-eighth streets, Commissioner Jacob A. Westervelt authorized to act as Treasurer Pro tern., and to perform all the East river, and Piers No. 60 and 62, East river. Special reports of the nature and cost of these duties pertaining to that office, until the election of a permanent Treasurer.—May 3, 1875. repairs have already been submitted from time to time, as ordered. Section 3, of article 5, of the By-laws, which requires the Treasurer to give bonds for the faithful per- With reference to the changes made at the Gansevoort street yard, a full report thereof in detail formance of his duties, suspended.—May 3, 1875. was submitted to the Board by the Engineer-in-Chief, Gen. Charles K. Graham, on the 12th of April. The President appointed the following Standing Committees for the ensuing year: During the remainder of the quarter tne changes then described have been completed, and the uses of Executive Committee—Commissioners H. F. Dimock and J. A. Westervelt. Auditing Committee- the yard, with its storage rooms, blacksmith shop, and other appliances, have continued. Commissioners J. A. Westervelt and H. F. Dimock. The East Seventeenth street yard has undergone no special change in use or in the structures con- tained therein, during the quarter. * Resignation of John D. Van Buren, Jr., Assistant Engineer, accepted, to take effect from 30th ult.— The Surveying party has been actively employed in taking soundings and surveys for dredging May 7, 1875. and in other work, as directed by the Board of Commissioners. By-laws of the Board amended, so that the weekly public meeting shall be hereafter held on Wednes- The work of the office of the Engineer-in-Chief has been performed as usual. day, at 2 o'clock p. M., instead of on Thursday, as heretofore, and the meetings of the Executive Your obedient servant, Committee shall be held on Friday of each week, instead of on Tuesday, as heretofore.—May 14, W. O. STODDARD, 187» Chief Clerk, Engineer's Office, Department of Docks. By-laws of the Board amended, so that section 2 of article J be stricken out in full, and the wording of section I of article 9 altered, and a new section, to be known as section 2, added to article 15 ; THIRD.—LEASES, ETC. all of the above relating to the manner in which orders and requisitions for stores, supplies, etc., Leases for the term of three years, from May I, 1875, of the following-named piers and bulk- shall be drawn and issued.—May 21, 1875. heads were sold at public auction, March 31, to the parties named below, at the annual rent set forth Jacob Ramsey, John M. Costa, James E. Swartwood, and John R. Richardson, Collection Clerks, opposite each respectively, to wit s and Thomas Pickering, Superintendent of Floating Property, notified that their services in the EAST RIVER. employ of the Department will cease on and after June 16, 1875—the office of Collection Clerk and Superintendent of Floating Property to be abolished on the 15th inst.—June 2, 1875. To Alexander Mason and Robert Foster, lower half of Pier No. 19 (exclusive of one hundred and John Richardson, Thomas Brown, William B. Finley, Thomas McDowell, and George W. Lynch, forty feet of inner end), $4,000. Superintendents of Docks, notified that their services in the employ of the Department will cease To Long Island Railroad Company, the entire easterly side of Pier No. 43, and about one-half of the on and after June 16—the districts into which the water-front of the city is divided to be reduced westerly side from the outer end, $5,800. from nine to four.—June 2, 1875. To Alexander Mason and Robert Foster, Pier No. 44, and bulkhead between Piers Nos. 43 and 44, The rale of wages to be paid for unskilled labor employed by the Department, fixed at twenty cents $5,600. per hour, on and after June 1.—June 2, 1875. To Edwin M. Brown, Pier No. 46, $8,350. Pier at foot of Rivington street, $2,350. Upper half of Resignation of Charles K. Graham, Engineer-in-Chief, accepted, to take effect June 9, 1875.—June Pier No. 62, $1,425. Pier at foot of Fifth street, exclusive of dumping-board on south side and 9, 1875. portion occupied by bath in summer season on north side, $1,050. Pier at foot of Twenty-eighth The rate of wages to be paid dock builders in the employ of the Department, fixed at thirty cents per street, $1,825. hour, on and after June 14, 1875.—June 9, 1875. To David Tracy, upper half of Pier, No. 53, $800; small pier and bulkhead between Piers Nos. 51 John Butler, appointed Superintendent of Docks, at a salary of $2,000 per annum, to fill vacancy and 52, $800 ; bulkhead north side of Rivington street, two hundred and sixty-seven feet long caused by the death of John Makewen.—June 9, 1875. and about one hundred and eighty-five feet of bulkhead adjoining on Tompkins street, $1,700 ; pier at foot of Third street, $2,800 ; pier at foot of Thirty-third street, except the outer By-laws of the Board amended, so that article 12 be stricken out in full, and the wording of article end, $650 ; pier at foot of Thirty-seventh street, $700 ; pier at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth 13 altered, the above in relation to Collection Clerks; and article 8, in relation to Floating street, $350. Property and the duties of the Supenntendent thereof, annulled.—June 9, 1875. To Manhattan Gas-light Company, bulkhead at Fourteenth street, $550 ; bulkhead at Fifteenth Salary of Joseph Conway, Inspector of Dredging, increased to $750 per annum, to take effect July 1, street, $550. 1875.—June 23, 1875. To Zacharias S. Oppenheimer, pier foot of Fifty-third street, $325. RULES AND ORDERS. To Hermán Hastorf, pier and bulkhead foot of Eighty-sixth street, $400; pier at foot of One June 16.—The water-front of the city divided into four dock districts, as below, and placed in charge Hundred and Seventeenth, $225. of the respective Superintendents of Docks named herein. To John Nesbit, pier at One Hundred and Sixth street, $170. District No. 1, extending from new Pier No. 1, North river, to foot of Twenty-third street, North NORTH RIVER. river, in charge of Superintendyit John M. Smith. District No. 2, extending from foot*f Twenty-third street, North river, to foot of Fifty-seventh street. To Matthew Foster, Pier No. 54, foot of Perry street, $5,200. North river, in charge of Superintendent James Fitzpatrick. To Alexander Mason and Robert Foster, new Pier No. 47, and easterly side of bulkhead connected District No. 3, extending from Pier No. 1, East river, to foot of Corlears street, East river, in charge therewith, being about 500 feet long, $6,100. \ of Superintendent William McConkey. To David Tracy, pier at foot of Bethune street, $760; pier at foot of Twenty-sixth street, $1,005 ¿ District No. 4, extending from foot of Corlears street, East river, to One Hundred and Fifth street, pier at foot of Thirtieth street, $3,000; pier at foot of Thirty-fourth street, $3,900 ; pier at Harlem river, in charge of Superintendent John Butler. Thirty-fifth street, $2,925 ; pier at foot of Forty-sixth street, $3,005 ; pier at foot of Fifty- The Superintendent in charge of District No. 2 directed to make one visit each week to the North seventh street, with side piers, each 400 feet long by 30 feet wide, $2,500. river water-front as far as Spuyten Duyvil creek. To Decker, Rapp & Company, pier at foot of Jane street, $760. The Superintendent in charge of District No. 4 directed to make one visit each week up the Harlem river, as far as Kingsbndge. To Consumers' Ice Co., pier foot of Horatio street, $800. AUGUST 31.

To Winch & Kemp, bulkhead between Gansevoort street and small pier above, $1,300. JACOB A. WESTERVELT, Treasurer pro tempore, Department of Docks, in account with the Mayor, To Felix Doherty, pier between West Twelfth street and Bloomfield street, $ 1,200. Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York, for and during the Three Months ending June 3°> i875 To Edgar W. Youmans, bulkhead between south side of pier foot of West Twelfth street, and small pier below, $405. To Harvey P. Farrington, north half of pier at Thirteenth street, $825 ; pier foot of Twentieth street, $1,510 ; pier foot of Twenty-second street, $1,410. 1875. DEBIT. To Manhattan Gas-light Co., Pier No. 61, $1,900 ; Pier No. 62, $1,900. April To balance, viz.: Amount of rents due and unpaid March 30, 1875, as charged upon existing leases on wharf property be- To. Alfred Van Santvoord, pier at Twenty-fourth street, south side, rented for the months of longing to the City of New York, consisting principally of June, July, and August, at the rate of $250 per month ; rent to accrue to lessee, $4,500 ; pier at claims in the hands of the Counsel to the Corporation for suit foot of Twenty-fifth street, $1,775. prior to May 20,1870, at which time the Comptroller transferred to this Department arrearages amounting to $112,077.00 $53.8IO 00 To Peter Wilson, pier at foot of Twenty-eighth street, $610. Cash in bank to the credit of the Department of Docks... 1,000 00 $54,810 00 To Herman Hastorf, pier at foot of Forty-seventh street, $1,550. Pier at foot of One Hundred and June 30 To amount of rent accrued and charged, from March 31, 1875, Thirty-first street, $1,000. to June 30, 1875, to the respective parties by whom the same was payable 155.067 74 To Frederick Broege, pier at foot of Fifty-first street, $1,300. To amount of requisitions of the Commissioners of Docks upon Andrew H. Green, Comptroller, drawn in sums to cover origi- To Archibald M. Pentz, pier at foot of One Hundred and Fifty-second street, $550. nal bills or vouchers forwarded to the Comptroller for payment (as required by the Department of Finance), after being certi- Leases for the term of three years from May 1, 1875, of the following-named piers and bulkheads, fied by the Commissioners of Docks and officers in charge of were sold at public auction, April 22, 1875, to the parties named below, at the annual rent set forth the several works..". 258,365 44 opposite each respectively, to wit : To amount received, as follows: Sales of old material $934 » Sales of map showing water grants 15 OO EAST RIVER. Expense account 1.... I I SO Repairs for private owners 7* 00 To Alexander Mason, one hundred and forty feet of inner end of westerly side of Pier No. 19, $1,210. Interest oh deposits 42 13 To Thomas O'Rorke, lower side of Pier No. 21, $3,010. 1,064 ®4 To David Tracy, upper half of Pier No. 51, $2,000 ; lower half of Pier No. 52, $2,200. $469,208 oa To H. A. Peck & Co., Pier No. 61, and fifty-five feet of bulkhead on the north side, reserving such 1875. CREDIT. portions as are now used for dumping-boards and other purposes by-the city, $1,575 ; south June 3. By amount deposited with the Chamberlain to the credit of the side and outer end of pier at Thirty-eighth street, $730. Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, being receipts from rents and collections from wharf property (excepting ferries, which! are collected by the Comptroller), from April 1, 1875, to June NORTH RIVER. 3°. 1875 I $151,636 24 Dock Fund $130 63 To Frederick Habkemeyer, pier at Little Twelfth street, $925 ; pier at foot of Fifteenth street, $825 ; Sales of old material 934 21 pier foot of Sixteenth street, $825. 1,064 84 $152,701 08 To Mutual Benefit Ice Co., bulkhead foot of Fourteenth street, $1,010. By amount paid as general expenses, including salaries of officers! Leases for the term of three years, from June I, 1875, of the following-named piers and bulk- and appointees, rent of offices, etc.: heads, were sold at public auction June 10, 1875, to the parties named below, at the annual rent set Salaries— Eugene T. Lynch, Secretary $999 99 forth opposite each respectively, to wit : William W. Burnham, Book-keeper 1,249 93 William M. Whitney, Chief Clerk 750 00 EAST RIVER. Louis A. Jackson, Assistant Secretary 624 99 John R. Richardson, Collector 520 83 To John H. Lynch, two hundred and eleven feet of outer end of west side of Pier No. 23, $2,310. Jacob Ramsay, " .. | 520 83 John M. Costa, " 520 83 To C. Smith & Sons, upper half of Pier No. 58, and half of bulkhead between Piers Nos. 58 and 59, James E. Swartwood, " 520 83 #950. William McConkey, Superintendent 499 98 George W. Lynch, " 416 05 To Knickerbocker Ice Co., lower half of Pier No. 59, and half of bulkhead between Piers Nos. 58 John Richardson, " 416 65 and 59, $1,025. John Makewen, " .. 344 43 William B. Finley, " ' 416 65 To Charles E. Heuberer, bulkhead between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets, reserving portion Thomas Brown, " I 416 65 occupied by ferry, $1,020. James Fitzpatrick, " ...I 499 98 Thomas McDowell, " 416 65 John M. Smith, " 499 98 NORTH RIVER. John Butler, " 11666 George W. Sterritt, Assistant Book-keeper 499 98 To E. Van Valkenburgh, south half of Pier No. 22, and ¿bulkhead ¡between Piers Nos. 21 and 22, Otho H. Klemm, Clerk to Auditing Committee 375 00 $2,005. Joseph T. Kelly, Temporary Clerk I 450 00 Thomas Early, Messenger 249 99 To Theodore F. Tone, bulkhead adjoining pier foot of One Hundred and Thirty-first street, $100. George S. Hunt, " 144 99 William F. Cosgrove, Messenger 289 98 To Morrisania Steamboat Co., permission to land passengers at outer end of Pier No. 55, and at Twenty- Thomas Hynes, Night Watchman 200 00 third street, East river, for one year from May 1, 1875, at a rent of $1,000.—April 8, 1875. Eugene Conkling, Office Boy 79 99 $12,042 49 To James Gillies, use of land under water, at the foot of Fiftieth street, North river, during the Advertising $80 20 pleasure of the Board, at an annual rent of $100.—April 15, 1875. Stationery and printing. 402 00 General expenses 8,649 97 The following-named parties, whose leases have expired, have been granted the continued occupancy, during the pleasure of the Board, of the premises as set forth below, and at the annual By amount paid for Account of Construction : Lumber .'. $8,929 14 rent as stated opposite each respectively.—May 11, 1875. Iron, bolts, spikes, etc 2,976 09 New Jersey Central Railroad Company, Pier No. 14, North river, and the bulkhead between Piers Nos. Contracts for building sheds. 39,258 66 13 and 14, $16,000. Charter of scows 72 00 Dredging 150 00 J. W. Boyle, the upper half of Pier No. 56, and lower half of Pier No. 57, East river, and bulkhead Supplies for tugs, dredges, etc 3,994 69 between said piers, $2,250. Granite, rip-rap, broken stone, and sand 13.293 63 Maintenance of dredging machines, tug boats, floating Hartford and New York Steamboat Company, east half of Pier No. 24, East river, and half of the derricks, pile drivers, etc., and Department yards 37,358 67 bulkhaad between Piers Nos. 24 and 25, $7,000. Coal for use of tugs, dredges, etc 4,807 70 Drawing materials for office of the Engineer-in-Chief 38 80 New Haven Steamboat Company, west half of Pier No. 25, and half of bulkhead between Piers Nos. 24 Cement 18,140 65 and 25, East river, $7,000. Advertising 137 60 Stationery and printing 474 75 Maine Steamship Company, Pier No. 38, East river, $7,000. Incidentals ».5»4 °4 New York Balance Dock Company, Piers Nos. 40 and 41, and one-ninth part of Pier No. 42, East river, Salaries of Commissioners of Docks : $11,000. $1,333 32 1,041 66 To New Haven Steamboat Company, permission to land passengers at end of pier foot of Twenty- Henry F. Dimock., 500 00 third street, East river, at $75 per month.—May 11, 1875. William Budd 250 00 To Jay L. Clark, permission to land passengers at end of pier foot of Thirty-third street, East river, Salaries—Office of Engineer-in-Chief : for a period of eight months, from May 1, at a rent of $30 per month.—May 19, 1875. $1,054 16 John Meehan, First Assistant Engineer 999 99 To Peter Charles, use of land under water in front of the northerly end of the bulkhead, between John D. Van Buren, Jr., Second Ass't Engineer. 350 00 Piers Nos. 38 and 39, East river, with privilege to drive piles and erect a platform, during the William W. Maclay, 634 99 pleasure of the Board, at an annual rent of $400.—June 16, 1875. Charlton B. Kid, Mechanical Engineer 634 99 Thomas Murphy, Sup't of Construction 624 99 To New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company and Union Stock Yard and Market James Guthrie, " 634 92 Company, of the bulkheads at the foot of Fifty-ninth street and the southerly half of the foot of Patrick White, Foreman Dock Builder 499 98 Sixtieth street, North river, during the pleasure of the Board, with the privilege to construct Schuyler Hamilton, Sup't Department Yards... 235 31 terminal improvements from foot of Fifty-eighth to Sixtieth street, inclusive, at an annual rent William N. Radenhurst, Inspector 499 9« Robert P. Staats, Surveyor 375 OO of $500.—June 30, 1875. David T. Keiller, Draughtsman 450 00 Thos. Pickering, Sup't of Floating Property.... To Andrew L. Soulard, permission to use outer end of pier foot of One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street, 520 83 William O. Stoddard, Clerk 499 98 North river, at a rent of $150 for the season.—May 11, 1875. Themes McCarthy, Keeper of Tools. »34 OO Joseph Conway, Inspector of Dredging 134 98 8,244 07 RENTS INCREASED AND REDUCED, AND ALLOWANCES MADE. Pay-rolls : Dock Builders and Laborers. 12,215 42 Rent of pier foot of Twenty-fourth street, North river, leased to Alfred Van Santvoord, increased from Field Corps, Engineer-in-Chief. 74.248 46 $4,500 per annum to $5,000 per annum, owing to an extension of fifty feet having been made to Officers and Crews of Tugs and Dredge; '9.«5i 43 the length of the pier.—April 8, 1875. «37.090 78 258.265 44 George Brown, lessee of Pier No. 37 and piers at foot of Fifth and Twenty-eighth streets, East river, By Dock and Slip'Rent: granted an allowance of $7,154, owing to portions of said piers having been occupied by the city Allowance made to George Brown on rent ot Pier No. 38, during the term of his lease.—April 29, 1875. East river, and Piers foot of Fifth and Thirty-eighth •Old Dominion Steamship Company, granted a reduction of rent for use of land under water between streets, for occupation by the city for Free Bath-house, Dumping-board, and Small-pox Boat 1 Piers Nos. 36 and 37, and 37 and 38, North river, from $3,850 per annum to $2,500 per annum, Amount of rents remaining uncollected, consisting principally of to date from July 1, 1875.—June 16, 1875. claims in the hands of the Counsel to the Corporation for suit prior to May 20, 1870. $50,087 50 Cash in bank to the credit of the Department of Docks ' 1,000 00 51,087 50 FOURTH.—CONTRACTS AWARDED. $469,308 03 To T. and A. Walsh, for repairing pier at foot of One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, North river $2,479 5 for repairing pier at the foot of Twenty-second street, North river, $3,679 ; for repairing Pier No. 38, East river, $2,314 ; expires July 29, 1875.—Dated June 29, 1875. New York, June 30,1875 : To balance brought down $51,087 50 To John Gillespie, for furnishing 5,000 barrels fresh burnt English Portland cement, at $3.45 per barrel ; total amount of contract, $17,250 ; expires October 16, 1875.—Awarded June 23, 1875. Respectfully submitted, JACOB A. WESTERVELT, Treasurer pro tempore. FIFTH.—RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. WM. W. BURNHAM, Book-keeper.

During the quarter ending June 30, 1875, the sum received by the D;pir. n;V. o - T collections and rents of wharf property, deposited with the City Chamberlain, to the credit of the APPROVED PAPERS. Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amounts to $152,701.08. Requisitions have been made upon the Finance Department by the Department of Docks for pay- Ordinances, Resolutions, etc., approved by the Mayor during the week ending August 28, 1875. rolls and audited bills from April 1 to June 30, inclusive, amounting to $258,265.44, and for further Whereas, Proceedings have again been taken to have Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment details you are respectfully referred to the annexed report of the Treasurer. appointed by the Supreme Court, on Monday, Tune 28, 1875, in the matter of a Parade Ground in the All of which is respectfulty submitted. upper part of this island of about 100 acres of land ; and S. H. WALES, ) Commissioners Whereas, Proceedings previously taken to carry out this project were discontinued by the Depart- JACOB A. WESTERVELT, V of ment of Public Parks for good and sufficient reasons, and this discontinuance was sustained by a H. F. DIMOCK, ) Docks. decision of the Court of Appeals against an appeal made by property owners in interest; and EUGENE T. LYNCH, Secretary. Whereas, The laying oat of a Parade Ground in.the proposed locality was projected prior to the an- AUGUST 31, THE CITY RECORD. »423

nexation of a portion of Westchester County to the City of New York, as presenting the most eligible Common Council of this city should, on behalf of its people, participate in the demonstrations of site then available for the purpose ; and commendation and welcome to be extended to them upon their arrival, now daily expected ; be it Whereas, The present time is one of great financial embarrassment, causing a depression in therefore business bearing heavily upon the resources of all classes of the community, and crippling the means Resolved, That the Special Committee of this Board, appointed at the meeting of May 27, 1875, of taxpayers, especially by reduction of rentals and incomes from city property, making it impera- consisting of Messrs. Cole, Purroy, and Billings, to accompany the American Rifle Team to the tive that all unnecessary expenditures by the city and increase ot the public debt shall be avoided as Irish capital, be and is hereby instructed to tender the Team the congratulations of this Common far as possible ; and Council upon the triumphant success that has attended their efforts to maintain the reputation of Whereas, The estimated cost of the proposed Parade Ground, for lands taken and laying out the Americans as experts in the use of the rifle, and the honors they have achieved in their victories over grounds alone, will amount to about one million and a half dollars ($1,500,000), to be added to the the riflemen ot Great Britain, and to tender them the use of the Governor's Room, in the City Hall, city debt by the issue of bonds, the interest on which, with the expenses of maintenance, will require in order that our citizens may have the opportunity, personally, to tender their congratulations, and the sum of at least one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) to be raised annually by to extend to the Team a cordial welcome home, on any day that will suit their convenience. taxation for this object; and Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 19, 1875. Whereas, So large an increase of the funded debt and of the taxes, already so oppressive and Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. heavy upon the taxpayers of this city, are not wise and judicious measures at this time of general depression of business ; therefore Petition of owners of property for permission to improve Fifty-fifth street, between Avenue A Resolved, That the Department of Public Parks be respectfully requested to discontinue the pro- ceedings aforesaid, and thereupon the Counsel to the Corporation be respectfully requested to with- and First avenue, at their own expense. draw the pending application for the appointment of Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment for Prayer of the Petitioners granted by the Board of Aldermen, August 19, 1875. the opening of said proposed Parade Ground, and the Supreme Court be respectfully requested not to Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. appoint Commissioners for such purpose ; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions -be transmitted to the Department of Public Parks, the Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works be and he is hereby requested to cause the Corporation Counsel, ana to the Supreme Court. carriageway of Fifteenth street, from First avenue to Avenue C, to be repaired and put in good order, Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August, 12, 1875. as it is in its present condition almost impassable. Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 19, 1875. Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23, 1875, without his approval or objections thereto ; therefore, under the provisions of section II, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became Resolved, That when Third avenue, from One Hundred and Forty-seventh street to the Harlem adopted. river, is being graded, as heretofore directed by ordinance approved by his Honor the Mayor on the 21st day of December, 1874, that the following additional work shall be done under the direction of Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Josh Hart to keep two ornamental the Department of Public Parks, and that the accompanying ordinance therefor be adopted, namely : lamp-posts and lamps on the sidewalk in front of his theatre (The Eagle), No. 545 Sixth avenue, the 1. So much work or grading upon the cross streets intersecting Third avenue, between One Hun- gas to be supplied from his own meter, the work to be done at his own expense, under the direction dred and Forty-seventh street ana Harlem river, as may be necessary to preserve and facilitate of the Commissioner of Public Works ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the approach and access from such streets to and across said Third avenue. Common Council. 2. The taking up and preservation of the pavement, curb and gutter stones, bridge, or crossing- stones, and the flag-stones of the sidewalks now laid on said Third avenue, between One Hundred Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 19, 1875. and Forty-seventh street and Harlem river. Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23, 1875, without his approval or objections thereto ; therefore, under the provisions of section 11, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. adopted. Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. Resolved, That the Department of Public Parks be and is hereby requested to cause the roadway Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works be and he is hereby authorized and directed of Washington avenue, from First to Fifth street, in the Twenty-third Ward, to be raised to a proper to cause the repairs indicated in the annexed petition of the Eleventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., to be height, so that water will not settle thereon and become stagnant, and otherwise repair the avenue made, and furniture to be provided, in the manner provided by law. ana put it in good order, fit for travel. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 19, 1875. Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23, 1875, without his approval or objections thereto ; therefore, under the provisions of section II, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became adopted. Resolved, That two Boulevard lamps be placed in front of the Allen Street M. E. Church, between Delancey and Rivington streets, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works. Resolved, That permission be and is hereby granted to William'Russell to construct a bay-win- Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. dow on his building on the southeast corner of Lexington avenue and Ninety-third street, as shown on Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. the accompanying diagram, at his own expense, and under the direction of the Commissioner of Pub- lic Works. Resolved, That Charles Kinkel be and he is hereby appointed a City Surveyor. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 19, 1875. Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23, 1875, without his approval or objections thereto ; Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. therefore, under the provisions of section 11, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. adopted. FRANCIS J. TWOMEY, Resolved, That Cornelius Cunningham be and he is hereby appointed a City Surveyor in and Clerk C. C. for the City and County of New York. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Resolved, That the grade of Fifty-second street, between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, as fixed The Board of Police met on the 27th day of August, 1875. by the Commissioner of Public Works in 1871, be changed to conform to the grade as fixed and Present—Messrs. Matsell, Disbecker, Voorhis, and Smith, Commissioners. established previous to that date, and as shown by the upper red lines and figures on the accompany- ing diagram ; and the Commissioner of Public Works is nereby authorized and directed to give effect Leaves of Absence Granted. to the provisions of this resolution. Precinct. Days. Days Captain Jeremiah Petty.... 1 I Precinct. Without Pay. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. Sergeant... .James Lonsdale... 7 Patrolman. Patrick Coughlin.. Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. y* " Frank Donnelly... Days # Precinct. Without Pay. " Kerin J. Larkin... »3 J* Resolved, That Joseph F. Arnold be and he is hereby appointed a Commissioner of Deeds in Sergeant..., John R. Groo...... 16 3 " Charles Carter.... 13 and for the City and County of New York, in place of Henry Coshland, who resigned. Roundsman Richard F. Magan. 18 " Hugh F. Gorman.. ll >4 William Delaney.. 18 " Thos. J. McCarthy. 18 Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. Patrolman.. Frank Wilson 14 " Bartholemew Kelly 19 % Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. John Kiernan 4 " James Darwin 21 X George Reid 14 " John Cottrell 22 % Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to J. T. Griffin to erect a stoop in David Regpi 19 District Days. front of his residence, on the south side of One Hundred and Thirty-third street, between the Bloom- Frederick retrie... 33 Inspector.. .John McDermott... 2 2 ingdale road and the Boulevard, the work to be done at his own expense, under the direction of the James Mongan.... I % Commissioner of Public Works, and the permission hereby given to remain only during the pleasure Parades Allowed. of the Common Council. Booth's Theatre Club, August 30. Procession. Bloomingdale Turn Verein, August 25. Festival. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. Ninth Ward Reform Scheutzen Club, August 30. North German Volksfest Verein, August 30. Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23,1875, without his approval or objections thereto ; Procession. Festival. therefore, under the provisions of section II, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became Teutonia Lodge No. 14, I. O. O. F., August 27. St. Alosius Benevolent Society, August 30. Pic- adopted. Funeral. nic. An application of Patrolman Thomas McCormick, Twentieth Precinct, to receive $10 from the Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation be and he is hereby authorized and directed to Hudson River Railroad Co., was granted, under the rule, on motion of Commissioner Voorhis. take the necessary legal measures to have One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street, from the Tenth avenue to the Harlem river, opened according to law. On reading communication from Thomas L. James, Post Master, it was Resolved, That the Superintendent be directed to detail Patrolmen Sylvester Blackwood and Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. John Walsh at the new post-office, until the further order of the Board. Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23, 1875, without his approval or objections thereto; therefore, under the provisions of section 11, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became Communication fiom A. W. Johnson, U. S. Navy, thanking Superintendent Walling for his adopted. action in regard to bathing at Castle Garden, was ordered on file. The following from the Counsel to the Board was ordered to be entered in the minutes: Resolved, That the south side of Sixty-fifth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, be To GEORGE W. MATSELL, Esq., flagged four feet wide through the centre thereof, where not already done, under the direction of the President of the Board of Police, Commissioner of Public Works ; and that the accompanying ordinance therefor be adopted. Police Department, New York City : SIR—In answer to your request for my opinion, in the matter oi the proposals of Robert J. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. Wright and John Moonan for furnishing forage, " as to the powers of the Board to divide the con- Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23, 1875, without his approval or objections thereto ; tract, making the award to the lowest bidder on each item," I beg to say, that I am respectfully of therefore, under the provisions of section II, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became opinion that the Board has not the power to so divide a contract " founded on a sealed bid or pro- adopted. posal made in compliance with public notice," inasmuch as section 91 of the charter provides, that " all such contracts, when given, shall be given to the lowest bidder," under the terms settled by the Resolved, That gas-mains be laid, lamp-posts erected, and street-lamps lighted in Seventieth Counsel to the Corporation. street, between Madison and Fourth avenues, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public I am sir, your obedient servant, Works. CHARLES F. MACLEAN, Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. Counsel to the Board of Police. Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23,1875, without his approval or objections thereto ; Dated New York, August 24, 1875. therefore, under the provisions of section II, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became Whereupon, on motion of Commissioner Voorhis, it was adopted. Resolved, That the contract for furnishing forage to the Police Department be awarded to John Moonan, upon the approval of his sureties by the Comptroller, for the sum and price of $18,923.50, Resolved, That a gas-lamp be placed and lighted on the southwest corner of Third avenue and he being the lowest Didder ; and that, when such sureties are approved, the President be directed to Thirty-fourth street, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works. execute the contract—all voting aye. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 12, 1875. An application, Sergeant Jeremiah T. Brooks, Thirty-first Precinct, to be retired on pension, was Received from his Honor the Mayor, August 23,1875, without his approval or objections thereto: referred to the Committee on Rules and Discipline. therefore, under the provisions of section 11, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, the same became Communication from Comptroller Green, calling attention to Circular No. 12, relating to weekly adopted. statements, was, on motion of Commissioner Voorhis, referred to the proper officer for compliance Resolved, That Charles W. Edgar be and he -is hereby appointed a Commissioner of Deeds in with the law. and for the City and County of New York, in place of Franz Buenler, who has failed to qualify. An application of George F. Youmans, for the return of certain property now in the hands of the Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, August 19, 1875. Property Clerk, was referred to the President. Approved by the Mayor, August 21, 1875. The following applications for transfer were referred to the Committee on Rules and Discipline: Precinct Precinct. Whereas, In view of the renown reflected upon our country by the triumphs of the Team of Roundsman Charles Wandling 13 Patrolman John Geoghegan 18 American Riflemen, in their recent victories over the marksmen ot Great Britain, and the honor they " George R. Bevans...' 4 «« Richard Lahert 27 have earned for themselves, individually and collectively, as the representativos of the American Patrolman Dennis Cronin 10 Miles Keon II people, in the contests at Dolly mount, Wimbledon, and elsewhere, it is eminently proper that the " Jacob Brunner lo William J. Matear 6 THE CITY RECORD AUGUST 31. 1424

An application of Roundsman Frank C. Fisher, Thirty-second Precinct, for promotion, wtts Resolved, That the following permits to dump be granted : E. S. Higgins & Co., ashes, at West Forty-seventh street dump. referred to the Committee on Rules and Discipline...... , . „„„„„ T. H. Bock & Co., rotten peaches, at Laight street dump. „ Resolved, That Captain A. S. Williams, Fourth Precinct, be adjudged guilty of language J. B. Moore, Lieutenant Commanding U. S. Revenue Steamer «»Chandler. unbecoming an officer, and that he be publicly reprimanded by the Superintendent. On motion of Commissioner Disbecker, it was . , Resolved, That the application of Nelson & Phillips, to dump plaster paris and paste on depart- Resolved, That Patrolman Emanuel Weisberger be transferred from the Sanitary Co. to the ment scows, be denied. Twenty-seventh Precinct. Resolved, That Jeremiah Hays be and is hereby appointed Foreman of Street Cleaning. On recommendation ot the Committee on Rulesand Discipline, it was Resolved, That Patrolman Bernard McEveety, Nineteenth Precinct, be appointed Roundsman, Bureau of Elections. and assigned to the Seventeenth Precinct for duty. , . .. . The Chief of the Bureau of Elections submitted the following proposals for advertising required The Superintendent submitted consolidated reports for the 25th, 26th, and 27th, inst., which by section 90 of the Election law, which were referred to the Finance Committee : were ordered on file. Commercial Advertiser, cents per line. An application of a committee of citizens of the Twelfth Ward, for permission to present New York Daily News, 8 " " Patrolman Charles H. McKenzie, Thirty-second Precinct, a gold medal, for courageous conduct on New York Tribune, f))£ " " July 8, 1874, was referred to the Committee on Rules and Discipline. New York Times, 10 " Commissioner Disbecker offered the following, which was referred to the Committee on Rules New York Herald, 40 " " New York Sun, and R^ofveT That until the further order of this Board, the Superintendent shall designate and New York World, % cent per line less than the proposal of any other morning city daily assign one patrolman in each precinct for the performance of detective duty in the precinct, under the paper." Adjourned. SS ofthecSn of the precinct, and he may, from time to time, remand themtopostdutyand S. C. HAWLEY, Chief Clerk. S o her patrolmen to detective duty hi their places. As often as the Superintendent shall assign a Sman to defective duty, he shall give written notice thereof to the Chiet Clerk, who shall cause CTo be kep ^ hts office, in which shall be entered, alphabetically and by precincts the names, Violations of the law reported 25 eto. of each patrolman assigned to detective duty, with the date of the assignment and the order ter- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. »« «• removed 18 minating such detective service. Unsafe buildings reported 30 The Committee on Repairs and Supplies submitted the following bills, which were referred to the " " made safe 48 MAYOR'S OFFICE, ! Finance Committee: «• «• taken down 8 NEW YORK, August 28, 1875. F Surveys held on unsafe buildings 1 Kingsland & Co. $3 5° Arnold, Constable & Co $19 86 Licenses granted and amount received for Violation cases sent to the attorney for pros- 18 13 5° R. C. Brown 39 licenses and fines for week ending this date : ecution ® 00 29 5° Ed. L. Carey 5 Unsafe building cases sent to the attorney for 00 | 68 50 Licenses granted 146 F. W. Devoe & Co 7 2 18 92 |Hgi 1 75 Amount received $534 5° prosecution 6 Violation notices served 42 I ! 4 »4 John A. McDonald 3 5° JOHN TYLER KELLY, Unsafe building notices served _ 43 Wm. C. Herriott 16 25 Patterson Bros 13 °4 Marshal. 4 75 Buildings surveyed as to general condition George Hopcroft *3 75 Peter Robinson 4 00 Kingsland & Co 5° 00 The classification of the unsafe buildings re- DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS. Communication from Dr. Wm. A. Hammond, commending Roundsman William H. Webb and ported is as follows: other offieers of the Ninteenth Precinct, was referred to the Committee on Rules and Discipline. Unsafe walls 9 " chimneys 9 DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS, J On motion of Commissioner Matsell, it was ... _ . . , T . " generally 8 Resolved That Patrick Cahill, Seventh Precinct, John D. O'Brien, Eighth Precinct, and Jacob NEW YORK, August 30, 1875. j " floor beams 2 Lahy, Fifteenth Precinct, be appointed Patrolmen, and assigned to duty in the precincts named. The following comprises the operations of the " ceilings I On motion of Commissioner Disbecker, it was ^ , „ _ „ . . « Department of Buildings for the week ending " flues 1 August 28, 1875. Resolved That Philip C. Bleil, Thirty-second Precinct, Charles Hartman, Fourth Precinct, and b W. W. ADAMS, Total 30 David W. Bath, Eleventh Precinct, be appointed Patrolmen, and assigned to duty in the precincts Superintendent of Buildings. Respectfully submitted, named. • v ANDREW OWENS, BUREAU OF INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS. Chief of Bureau. On motion ot Commissioner Voorhis, it was . , New Buildings. Resolved That Joseph Lamev, Fourth Precinct, Michael Hartigan, Eighteenth Precinct, and No. of plans and specifications filed, etc 10 Albert Kulle, Eleventh Precinct, be appointed Patrolmen, and assigned to duty in the precincts No. of buildings embraced in same 14 BUREAU OF FIRE-ESCAPES AND IRON WORK. named. Classified, as follows : first-class dwellings 4 Operations for the week ending August 28, 1875 : On motion of Commissioner Smith, it was Fifteenth Precinct, and Resolved, That Michael Denning, Eighth Precinct, James Watson. Second-class dwellings 3 Buildings reported for fire-escapes 61 James Brennan, Twenty-second Precinct, be appointed Patrolmen, and assigned duty in the precincts French flats 1 Fire-escapes provided 16 named. Tenement houses 4 Arch girders tested (approved) 6 Hotels and boarding-houses " (not approved) Fines Imposed. 1 Iron beams tested (approved) 22 Days' Pay. First-class stores Precinct. Days' Pay. Precinct. 1 " (not approved) I Second-class stores 7 Patrolman Ignatz Baumgarten. 17 Third-class stores Iron lintels tested (approved) 2 Patrolman George Moritz I I James Byrnes.. 17 Office buildings " (not approved) " Thomas Hargrave. 1 I " James P. Quinn.... 1 John P. Fitzgerald. Manufactories and workshops — 30 James Quigley 18 3 Notices for fire-escapes served 181 " John A. Foley I i / School-houses " Michael Smith 4 20 Churches Cases sent to the attorney for prosecution .. i " John C. Gilligan... 4 21 Public buildings Respectfully submitted, " Gabriel Aigner.... 4 Thomas Powers.... 22 3 Stables CHAS. K. HYDE, 2 " Patrick O'Reilly... 5 Moses Dolan 22 Frame buildings (in upper districts) Chief of Bureau. 2 " Peter Quinn 8 Samuel Finnegan.. 27 Dismissals. 2 " Thomas Oakley 8 Edward Scanlon... 27 Total. 14 1875. « John D. Mead 8 Michael O'Halloran 27 3 Aug. i J. Waldorf, Clerk. Robert Stevenson.. 29 J. Clark Wheeler, Clerk. •« Robert K. Hart.... 8 4 Plans passed upon, including those previously l Michael Sullivan.., 14 " Robert Quinn 9 33 filed Peter H.Jackson, InspectolA r of IronWork. Tames H. Riley 33 Approved 9 A " Richard Ettrick.... 10 Reappointments.l » Charles Gabriel.... II Thomas J. Waters. 35 Amended and approved 1 A i " Edward Burns 11 John Johnston.... 35 Disapproved 3 Aug. I. Wm. Schaffer, Examiner of Fire Escapes. i 1 " John King 13 John Gannon 5 Pending l " Thomas Begley... 14 Dennis Cahill 7 A il i I ** James H. Somers.. 14 John E. Dougherty Total 4 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Thomas Kenney. / 12 2 —— • " Patrick Monahan.. 14 i " John V. B. Corey.. 14 Henry F. Cornish. »9 TATEMENT OF THE HOURS DURING WHICH 2 Altered Buildings. *' Timothy Grogan... 15 John Burns 19 S all the Public Offices in the City are open for busi- " Robert Orr 16 Charles Hartman. 19 3 No. of plans and specifications filed 14 ness, and at which each Court regularly opens and ad- David H. Jackson.. 27 2 journs, as well as of the places wHr-e such offices are " Hugh Lynch 16 No. of Duildings embraced in same 14 kept and such Courts are held. Reprimand. Classified, as follows: First-class dwellings EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Captain Alex S. Williams Fourth Precinct. Mayor's Office, No. 6, City Hall, 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. Second-class dwellings 7 Mayor's Marshal, No. 7, City Hall, to A. M. to 3 P.M. French flats 1 Complaints Dismissed. Permit Bureau, No. 1, City Hall, 10 A. M. to 3 p. M. Tenement houses. 2 License Hureau, No. 1, City Hall, 10 A. M. to 3 P. M Precinct. I Precinct. Hotels and boarding-houses Patrolman John C. Gilligan 4 Patrolman James H. Sheridan. First-class stores LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. « Charles M Elliott... 9 2 Board of Aldermen and Supervisors, No. 9 City Hall, *' fames T. Good 5 Second-class stores office hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. " Henry Hirsch 7 Abraham Livingston 13 Third-class stores Clerk of the Common Council and of Board of Super- .'..". " Thomas Oakley ^8 John J. Sullivan 14 Office buildings visors, No. 8, City Hall, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Robert Orr 16 Manufactories and workshops 1 " Thomas Farley 8 FINANCE DEPARTMENT. " Michael Foley 8 | School-houses NEW COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, OFFICE HOURS 9 A. M. TO 4 P. M. Churches Commissioner Matsell presented the following letter, which was ordered to be signed by the Comptroller's Office, second floor, west end. Public buildings 1. Bureau for the collection of the revenue accruing President, and transmitted to his Honor Mayor Wickham—all voting aye : Stables from rents and interest on bonds and mortgages, and re- August 27, 187 5. venue arising from the use or sale of property belonging Frame buildings I to or managed by the City, first floor, west end. Hon. WILLIAM H. WICKHAM, Mayor of New York: 2. Bureau for the Collecuon ot Taxes; Brown stone Total 14 building, City Hall Park SIR—lam instructed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst., enclosing a docu- | 3. Bureau lot the Collection of Arrears of Taxes and ment signed by John D. Townsend, containing allegations and charges against the Board of Police | , . Assessments and Water Rents, first floor, west end. Commissioners and members thereof, and transmitted by your Honor for their information and , Buildings examined and plans relating thereto 4. Auditing Bureau, second floor, west end. attention. passed upon, including those previously 5. Bureau of Licenses, first floor, west end. 18 6. Bureau of Markets, first floor, west end. I am instructed to say that such of the allegations and charges referred to as concern the Board of filed • '' 7. Bureau for the reception ot all moneys paid into the Police, and impute any improper action or neglect of duty on the part of the Board, are without Approved .... . Treasury in the City, and lor the payment of money on warrants drawn by the Comptroller and countersigned foundation in fact. , „ ., L . , by the Mayor, at the Office ot Chamberlain and County The Board, however, desire me to inform your Honor that they will respond to such allegations Disapproved z Treasurer, second floor, west end. and charges, at such time and place, and in such mannet as your Honor may be pleased to indicate. , Pending J> 8. Bureau for the Collection of Assessments ; Rotunda, south side. . Very respectfully, g GEO. W. MATSELL, President. _ LAW DEPARTMENT* Counsel to the Corporation, Staats Zeitung Building Street Cleaning. Special Applications. third floor : 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Public Administrator, 1x5 and 117 Nassau street, 10 Report of Capt. Tynan, Sixteenth Precinct, of an arrest for violation of the health law, was j Number filed and examinations made 25 . M. tO 4 P. M. ordered on file. Approved 14 Corporation Attorney, 115 and 117 Nassau street, 8H Complaint of George W. Blunt, Pilot Commissioner, against certain employees of the Street Disapproved 2 A M. to 4X P. M. Pendingrail . Attorney for the Collection of Arrears ot Personal Cleaning Bureau, was referred to the Committee on Street Cleaning. 9 Taxes, No. 51 Chambers street, second floor. The Committee on Street Cleaning submitted the following bills, which were referred to the Attorney to the Department of Buildings, 2 Fourth Total «5 avenue, 9 A M. to 5 P. M. Finance Committee: Respectfully submitted, Michael Barry $6 00 Meeker & Desine $535 00 POLICE DEPARTMENT ROBERT McGINNIS, F. W. Devoe & Co 7 60 " Wm. C. Nicoli," propellor 10 00 NO._ 300 MULBERRY STREET, ALWAYS OPEN James W. Queen & Co n 00 Chief of Bureau. Commissioners' Office, second floor. Elastic Horse Shoe Co 300 | Superintendent's Office, first floor. McArthur & Co 400 00 Inspectors' Office, first floor. Chief Clerk's Office, second floor, 8 A. M. to 3 r. M. The Committee on Street Cleaning presented the following resolutions, which were adopted : BUREAU OF VIOLATIONS AND APPLICATIONS. Property Clerk, first floor ¡rear)» " " " Resolved That the action of the Chairman of the Committee on Street Cleaning, in ordering the ...... „a . Bureau of Street Cleaning, basement (rear), 8 A. M. to InspectoV of Street Cleaning to disinfect the scows in strict conformity with orders of the Board of OperaUonComplaintss fo receivedr th^ fro^ m outside sources.. 1875 . Bureau of Elections, second floor (rear), 8 A. M to 5 P. M. Health, be and is hereby approved. AUGUST 31. THE CITY RECORD. I425

DEPART MENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. Precinct, Tombs, corner Franklin and Centre streets, 7 A. M. HE COMMITTEE ON ROADS WILL MEET ON CITY MALL, Q A. M. to 4 P. M. to 3 p. M Wednesday, the 1st of September, at 1 o'clock p. M., Commissioners' Office, No. 19. T DEPARTMENT PUBLIC PARKS. Second District—Eighth, Ninth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, for the purpose of taking into consideration the regulating Chief Clerk's Office, No. ao. Twentieth, Twenty-fifth, Thirty-third, Twenty-eighth, and and grading of the avenue or road known as the old Contract Clerk's Office, No. 21. Twenty-ninth Precincts, Greenwich avenue, corner of Kingsbridge road. AH those interested are invited to Engineer in charge of Sewers, No. ai. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, ) Tenth street, q A. M. to 6 p. M. attend. 36 UNION SQUARE, " Boulevards and Avenues, No. i8J£ Third District—Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth Bureau of Repairs and Supplies, No. 18. WM. H. MCCARTHY, NEW YORK, August ao, 1875. J Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and portion of Sanitary Precinct, " Lamps and Gas, No. 13. JOHN REILLY, No. 69 Essex street. 8 A. M. to 4 p. M. , " Incumbrances, No. 13. GEORGE B. DEANE, Fourth District—Nineteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-sec- TO CONTRACTORS. " Street Improvements, No. ix Committee on Roads. ond. Twenty-third and Nineteenth Sub-station, Fifty-sev- Bureau of Chief Engineer Croton Aqueduct No. enth street, between Third and Lexington avenues, 8 A. M. " Water Register, No. 10. PAVING THIRD AVENUE. to 5 P. M. OFFICE CLERK OF THE COMMON COUNCIL, ) " Water Purveyor, No. 4. No. 8 CITY HALL, " Streets and Roads No. 13. Fifth District—Twelfth Ward, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street near Fourth avenue. 8 A. M. to 4 p. M. NEW YORK, April 6, 1875.) HE LOWEST BIDDER FOR THE WORK OF HE COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS OF THE T DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND Sixth District—Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, paving Third avenue, from 'Westchester avenue to Morrisania. T Board of Aldermen will meet every Tuesday, at 2 CORRECTION. P. M., in room No. 9, City Hall, for the consideration of the northerly side of One Hundred and Sixty-third street, Commissions»' Office, No. 66 Third avenue, 8 A. M. such subjects as may have been referred for its action. proposals for which were received by the above-named Department on the 30th day of July Inst, having neglected to s p. M. ANDREW BLESSING, to accept to contract within forty-eight hours after written Out Door Poor Department, No. 66 Third avenue, al- J. WILLIAM GUNTZER, JURORS. notice that the same had been awarded to his bid or pro- ways open entrance on Eleventh street. HENRY E. HOWLAND. Reception Hospital, City Hall Park, northeast corner posal had been given to him, new proposals, in sealed Committee on Railroads. envelopes, will be received at the office of the above- always open. FRANCIS J . Tw MEY, Reception Hospital, Ninety-ninth street and Tenth ave- NOTICE named Department, until Wednesday, the 1st day of Sep- nue, always open. Clerk. tember, 1875, at the hour of 9:30 o'clock A. M., when Bellevue Hospital, foot of Twenty-sixth street, East IN RELATION TO JURORS FOR STATE they will be publicly opened and read, for regulating river, ilways open. OFFICE CLEKK OF COMMON COUNCIL, ) ana paving, with Belgian or trap-block pavement. Third COURTS. No. 8 CITY HALL, avenue, from Westchester avenue to.the northerly side of NEW YORK, January 9, 1875. J One Hundred and Sixty-third street, in the Twenty-third FIRE DEPARTMENT. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE COMP- Ward. NOS. 127 AND 129 MERCER ST., OA.M. TO 4 P. M. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS, ) N No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by Commissioners' Office. Chief of Department. NEW COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, troller, the Commissioner of Public Works, the the consent, in writing, of two responsible householders Corporation Counsel, and the President of each Depart- Inspectors of Combustibles. Fire Marshal. NEW YORK, June 1, 1875. ) or freeholders of the City of New York, their respective ment of the City Government, pursuant to the provisions A PPLICATIONS FOR EXEMPTIONS WILL BE places of business or residence being named, to the effect of section 5 of chapt r 335, Laws of 1873, that the Board of vTi heard herc>from 9 to 4 daily, from all persons hitherto that they will become bound as sureties in the sum of HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Aldermen have designated Thursday of each week, at 2 liable or recently serving who have become exempt, and twenty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of NO. 301 MOTT STREET. o'clock p. M., as the time for holding the regular meetings the contract, should it be awarded upon that proposal. Commissioners' Office, second floor, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. all needed information will be given. of the Board. Each proposal must state the name and place of resi- Attorney's Office, third floor, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. Those who have not answered as to their liability, or The Board meets in Room No. i=, City Hall. dence of the person making the same ; the names of all Sanitary Superintendent, always open, third floor. proved permanent exemption, will receive a "jury enroll- FRANCIS J. TWOMEY, persons interested with him therein ; that it is made with- Register of Records, third floor, for granting burial per- ment notice," requiring them to appear before me this Clerk out collusion with any other person making an estimate mits, on all days of the week, except Sunday, from 7 A, year. Whether liable or not, such notices must be an- for the same work ; and that no member of the Common M. to 6 p M. and on Sundays from 8 A. M. to 5 p. M. swered (in person, if possible, and at this office only) under Council or other officer of the Corporation is directly or severe penalties. If exempt, the partv must bring proof of CORPORATION NOTICES. indirectly interested therein, or in any portion of the profits DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS. exemption ; if liable, he must also answer in person, giving thereof. Coir missioner's Office, 36 Union Sq., 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. full and correct name, residence, etc., etc. No attention The Department reserves the right to reject any or all paid to letters. UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO proposals. Proposed sureties must verify their consent When possible and legal, serving jurors will be allowed the owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. P before a Judge of a Court of Record 111 the County of New to select a convenient season—if application be made in houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands, affected York; Commissioner's Office, 117 and 119 Duane street, 9 time. thereby, that the following assessments have been com- A. M. to 4 p. M. Forms of proposals and the specifications may be ob- Persons "enrolled" as liable must serve when called pleted, and are lodged in the office of the Board of Assess- tained, and the terms of the contract (settled as required or pay their fines. No mere excuse will be allowed or ors for examination by all persons interested, viz.: by law) seen, at the office of the Secretary, at the above DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. interference permitted. The fines, received from those No. 1. For building outlet sewer from end of p-esent address. who, for business or other reasons, are unable to serve at Commissioners' Office, Brown-stone building, City Hall sewer in Manhattan street, to and through One Hun Jred Proposals must be addressed to the President of the De- the time selected, pay the expenses of this office, and if Park, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. ; on Satuiday, 9 A. M. to 3 p. M. and Thirtieth street to Hudson river, and sewers in the partment of Public Parks, and indorsed " Proposals for unpaid will be entered as judgments upon the property of Surveyor's Bureau, 19 Chatham street, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. New avenue (between Eighth and Ninth avenues), from paving Third avenue, from Westchester avenue to One hedelinquents. Board of Assessors, " " " One Hundred and Fifth to Manhattan street, and in One Hundred and Sixty-third street." The Commissioner will receive applications for relief Hundred and Twenty-fourth street, between Seventh ave- from those jurors who have served continuously and nue and Manhattan street, with branches. H. G. STEBBINS, President, WM. R. MARTIN, DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS. promptly for several years, or have done excessive jury No. 2. Buil Jing underground drains, between One Hun- DAVID B. WILLIAMSON, Superintendent's Office, 2 Fourth avenue, 9 A. M. service in the State Courts. dred and Tenth and One Hundred and Twenty-fourth JOSEPH J. O'DONOHUE, All good citizens will aid the course of justice, and streets, and between Fifth and Eighth avenues. secure reliable and respectable juries, and equalize their No. 3. Regulating, grading, setting curb, gutter, and Commissioners D. P. P. BOARD OF EXCISE duty by serving promptly when summoned, allowing their flagging Edgar street, from Church to Greenwich street. WM. IRWIN, Commissioners' Office, first floor, 299 Mulberry st, 9 A. M. clerks or subordinates to serve, reporting to me any attempt Secretary D. P. P. to 4 p. M. at bribery or evasion, and suggesting names for enrollment. The limits embraced by such assessment include all the Persons between sixty and seventy years of age, summer several houses and lots of ground, .vacant lots, pieces and absentees, persons temporarily ill, and United States and parcels of land, situated on— DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, BOARD OF EDUCATION. District Court juroVs are not exempt. No. 1. From northerly side of One Hundred and Fifth CORNER GRAND AND ELM STREETS 36 UNION SQUARE, Every man must attend to his own notice. It is a mis- street to sbutherly side of One Hundred and Forty-second NEW YORK, August 20, 1875. Office of the Board, 9 A. M. to 5 p. M. street, and from Sixth avenue to the Hudson river. Superintendent of Schools, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. demeanor to {jive any jury paper to another to answer It is also punishable by fine or imprisonment to give or No. 2. The property situated between One Hundred receive any present or bribe, directly or indirectly, in re- and Tenth and One Hundred and Twentieth streets, and TO CONTRACTORS. COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS. lation to a jury service, or to withhold any paper or make between Fifth and Sixth avenues; also property between Commissioners Office, Brown-stone building, City Hall any false statement, and every case will be fully prose- One Hundred and Eighteenth and One Hundred and PAVING THIRD AVENUE. Park (basementj. cuted. No fees of any kind exist or are allowed in re- Twenty-first streets, and between Sixth and Seventh ave- gard to jury notices, and any one asking, receiving, or nues, and property between One Hundred and Twentieth TI HE LOWEST BIDDER FOR THE WORK OF giving any such " fee " or " present" will be arrested, and, and One Hundred and Twenty-second streets, and between THE CITY RECORD. Seventh and Eighth avenues. paving Third avenue, from the northerly side of One if possible, punished to the full extent of the law. Hundred and Sixty-third street, to the northern boundary Office, No. 2 City Hall, northwest corner basement, 8 No. 3. Both sides of Edgar street, from Church to of the Twenty-third Ward, proposals for which were A. M. to 6 p. M. THOMAS DUNLAP, Commissioner, Greenwich street. County Court-house (Chambersstreet entrance. received by the above-named Department, on the 4th day All persons whose interests are affected by the above- of August, 1875, having neglected to accept to con- MISCELLANEOUS OFFICES. named assessments, and who are opposed to the same, or tract within forty-eight nours after written notice that the KOURS 9 A. M. TO 4 P. M. either of them, are requested to present their objections in same had been awarded to his bid or proposal had been Coroners' Office, 40 East Houston street,second floor. writing to the Board of Assessors, at their office, No. 19 given to him, new proposals, in sealed envelopes, will be Sheriff's Office, first floor, southwest corner of New County LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Chatham street, within thirty days from the date of this received at the office of the above-named Department, Court-house. notice. until Wednesday, the 1st day of September, 1875, at the County Clerk's Office, first floor, northeast corner of New THOMAS B. ASTEN, hour of 9:30 o'clock A. M., when they will be publicly County Court-house. OFFICE CLERK OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. ) JOHN McHARG, opened and read, for regulating and paving, with Belgian Surrogate's Office, first floor, southeast corner of New No. 8 CITY HALL, j VALENTINE S. WOODRUFF, or trap-block pavement, Third avenue, from the northerly County Court-house. PHF. STATED SESSIONS OF THE BOARD OF JOHN MULLALY, side of One Hundred and Sixty-third street to the northern Register's Office, Hall of Records, City Hall Park. I Aldermen will be held in their Chamber, room No Board of Assessors. bourdary of the Twenty-third Ward. District Attorney's Office, second floor, Brown-stone 15, City Hall, on Thursday of each week, at 2 o'clock, P.M OFFICE BOARD OF ASSESSORS, 1 No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by building, City Hall Park. 9 A. M. to 5 p. M. SAMUEL A. LEWIS, NEW YORK, August 25,1875. J the consent, in writing, of two responsible householders or „ . President. freeholders of the City of New York, their respective FRANCIS J. 1 WOMEY, places of business or residence being named, to the effect COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. Clerk. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FOL- that they will become bound as sureties in the sum of Commissioner's Office, Rotunda, north side, New County N twenty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of lowing Assessment Lists have been received by the Court-house, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. the contract, should it be awarded upon that proposal. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, * 1 Board of Assessors, from the Commissioner of Public NEW YORK, February 4, 1875. J Works, for— Each proposal must state the name and place of resi- HE COMMITTEE ON FERRIES WILL MEET No. 1. Building sewers in Ninth avenue, between Sixty- dence of the person making the same ; the ntmts of all COURTS. T every Monday, at No. 9, City Hall, at 2 o'clock, tor fifth and Seventy-fifth streets, with branches. persons interested with him therein ; that it is made with- SUPREME COURT. the consideration of all subjects referred to the considera- No. 2. Flagging sidewalk north side of Fifty-sixth street, out collusion with any other person making an estimate for the same work ; and that no member of the Common General Term, Special Term, Chambers, Circuit Part 1, tion of the Committee. between Eighth and Ninth avenues, full width. Circuit Part II, Circuit Part III, second floor. New County Council or other officer of the Corporation is directly or ROBERT POWER, No^. Sewers in Eighth avenue, between One Hundred Court-house, ioj£ A. M. to 3 p. M. and Twenty-first and One Hundred and Thirty-third indirectly interested therein, or in any portion of the pro- JOHN REILLY, fits thereof. SUPERIOR COURT. HENRY E. HOWLAND, streets, with branches in One Hundred and Twenty-second, The Department reserves the right to reject any or General Term, Trial Term Part I, Trial Term Part II, One Hundred and Twenty-third, One Hundred and Committee on Ferries. all proposals. Proposed sureties must verify their consent third floor, New County Court-house, 11 A. M. F.J. TWOMEY, Twenty-sixth, One Hundred and Thirtieth, One Hundred and Thirty-first, and One Hundred and Thirty-third before a Judge of a Court of Record in the County of Clerks' Office. Third floor, New County Court-house, Cleric. streets. New York. OA. M. to 4 p. M. No. 4. Regulating, grading, setting curb and gutter Forms of proposals and the specifications may be ob- COMMON PLEAS. VTOTICE. — THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC and flagging Madison avenue, Eighty-sixth to One Hun- tained, and the terms of the contract (settled as required General Term, Equity Term, Trial Term Part I, Trial Works of the Board of Aldermen will meet every dred and Twentieth street; for first section, from Eighty- by law) seen, at the office of the Secretary at the above Term Part II. Third floor, New Couuty Court-hcuse, Monday, at 3 p. M., in Room No. 9, City Hall, for the sixth to Ninety-ninth street. address. II A. M. consideration of such subjects as may have been referred No. 5. Flagging sidewalk in front of No. 236 West Proposals must be addressed to the President of the De- Clerk's Office, third floor, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. for its action. Forty-seventh street partment of Public Parks, and indoised " Proposals for No. 6. Flagging sidewalk in Fiftieth street, between paving Third avenue, from One Hundred and Sixty-third MARINE COURT. JOHN REILLY, EDWARD J. SHANDLEY, Fourth and Madison avenues. street to the northern boundary of the Twenty-third General Term, Trial Term Part I, Trial Term Part II No. 7. Flagging sidewalk south side of Fifty-seventh JOHN J. MORRIS, Ward." Trial Term Part III, Chambers, third floor, 10 A. M. to street, full width,between Fifth and Sixth avenues. 3 p. M. Committee on Public Works. H. G. STEBBINS, President, No. 8. Flagging sidewalk in Ninth avenue, from Fifty, WM. R. MARTIN, Clerk's Office, room 19, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. Brown-stone FRANCIS J. TWOMEY, fifth to Fifty-ninth street. building, third floor. Clerk. DAVID B. WILLIAMSON, No. 9. Flagging sidewalk west side Third avenue, JOSEPH J. O'DONOHUE, GENERAL SESSIONS. between Sixty-ninth and Seventieth streets. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, 1 Commissioners D. P P Brown-stone building, City Hall Park, 10 A. M. to 4 P.M. No. 10. Fencing vacant lots on northwest corner Broad- WM. IRWIN, NEW YORK, February 27, 187*. I Clerk's Office. Brown-stone building, City Hall Park, way and Fifty-fourth street. Secretary DPP. HE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE WILL MEET second floor, room 14, 10 A.m. to 4 p. M. No. 11. Building sewer in Thirty-sixth street, between T hereafter every Wednesday, at 3 o'clock p. M„ at No. Eleventh avenue and Hudson river. OVER AND TERMINER. 9 City Hall, for the transaction of such public business as No. 12. Building sewer on west side of Tenth avenue, General Term, New County Court-house, second floor, may be referred to the Committee. between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. southeast corner, room 11,10:30 A. M. MAGNUS GROSS. No. 13. Flagging the northeast corner of Jackson and FIRE DEPARTMENT. Clerk's Office, Brown-stone building, City Hall Park, W. L. COLE, South streets. second floor, northwest corner. PATRICK LYSAGHT, No. 14. Fencing vacant lots on northeast corner of One S. B. H. VANCE, SPECIAL SESSIONS. Hundred and Fifty-first street and Eleventh avenue, JOHN J. MORRIS, Boulevard. HEADQUARTERS 1 At Tombs, corner Franklin and Centre streets, Tuesdays, FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, Committee on Finance. No. 15. Bui'ding sewer in One Hundred and Thirty- Thursdays, and Saturdays, 10 A. M. 155 and 157 MERCER STREET, F Clerk's Office, Tombs. FRANCIS J. TWOMEY, fourth street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues, with Clerk branches in Madison avenue. NEW YORK, August 27, 1875. J DISTRICT COURTS. No. 16. Paving Fifty-first street, from Sixth to Seventh EALED PROPOSALS FOR PAVING A PART First District—First, Second, Third, and Filth Wards,, avenue. S of the cellar of the Repair Shops, Nos. 130 and 13a southwest corner of Centre and Chambers streets, 10 A. M. OFFICE CLERK OF THE COMMON COUNCIL I No. 17. Regulating, grading, setting curb and gutter, West Third street, with brick, and for connecting the to 4 P. M. NO. 8 CITY HALL J and flagging Eighth avenue, Fifty-ninth to One Hundred same with the sewer, in accordance with the specifications Second District—Fourth, Sixth and Fourteenth Wards, NEW YORK. January 20,187*. 1 on file at this office, will be received at these headquarters, OTICE.-THE COMMITTEE ON STREET and Twenty-second street; second section, from Eighty- No. 514 Pearl street, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. first to One Hundredth street. until 10 o'clock A. M., on Wednesday, the 8th proximo. Third District—Eighth, Ninth and Fifteenth Wards, No. N Pavements of the Board of Aldermen will meet here- No. 18. Setting curb, gutter and flagging, full width, Two responsible sureties will be required upon the pro- 13 Greenwich avenue, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. after every Wednesday, at 2 o'clock p. M., in Room No. 9, Sixty-fourth street, between Fifth and Lexington avenues. posals, who must each justify in twice the amount thereof. Fourth District—Tenth and Seventeenth Wards, No. 163 City Hall, for the consideration of such subjects as may No. 19. Flagging First avenue, east side, between Thir- . Blanks and further information may be obtained upon East Houston street, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. have been referred to the Committee. ty-second and Thirty-fourth streets. inquiry at these Headquarters, and proposals must be in- Fifth District—Seventh, Eleventh and Thirteenth Wards, PETER SEERY, , No. 20. Fencing vacant lots on the north side Fifty- dorsed on the envelope, " Proposals for paving cellar and No. 154 Clinton street, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M WM. H. MCCARTHY, ninth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues. connecting Repair Shops with sewer," and be addressed to Sixth District—Eighteenth and Twenty-first Wards, CHESTER H. SOUTHWORTH, No. at. Fencing vacant lots in First avenue, between the Board of Commissioners. Nos. 389 and 391 Fourth avenue. FKANCIS J. TWOMEY, Committee on Street Pavements. Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets; and in Thirty- The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all Seventh District—Nineteenth and Twenty-second Wards third and Thirty-fourth streets, between First avenue and proposals received. Fifty-seventh street, between Third and Lexington avenues, Clerk. East river. JOSEPH L. PERLEY, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. No. 22. Fencing vacant lot in Fifty-seventh street, ROSWELL D. HATCH, Eighth District—Sixteenth and Twentieth Wards, south- BOARD OF ALDERMEN, I known as No. 557. VINCENT C. KING, west comer Twenty-second street and Seventh avenue, 9:30 NEW YORK, January 30,1875.1 No. 23. Building sewer in Ninth avenue, between Fifty- Commissioners. A. M. to 4 P M. HE COMMITTEE ON STREETS OF THE seventh and Fifty-eighth streets. Board of Aldermen will meet every Monday, at 2 Ninth District—Twelfth Ward, One Hundred and No. 24. Flagging Lawrence street, between One Hun- 0 clock, p. M., at No. 9 City Hall, for the transaction of Twenty-fifth street near Fourth avenue, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. dred and Twenty-sixth and One Hundred and Twenty- Tenth District—Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, uch business as may be referred to the Committee. ninth streets. northeast corner oi Third avenue and Southern Boulevard, J. W. GUNTZER, THE CITY RECORD. Harlem Bridge, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. PATRICK LYSAGHT, OFFICE BOARD OF ASSESSORS, S. N. SIMONSON, No. 19 CHATHAM STREET, POLICE COURTS. _ Committee on Streets. NEW YORK, Aug. 25,1875. OPIES OF THE CITY RECORD CAN BE OB- First District—Fourteenth, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, FKANCIS J. 1 WOMEY, Twenty-sixth. Twenty-seventh, and portion of Sanitary Clerk. JOHN R. MUMFORD, C tained at No. a City Hall (northwest corner base- Secretary. ment). Price three cents earh. AUGUST 31. 1426 THE CITY RECORD.

DEPARTMENT OP FINANCE, 1 DEPARTMENT OP In the matter of the application of the Department of Pub- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHAR- PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, lic Works, for and in behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen, BUREAU POR THE COLLECTION OP ASSESSMENTS, 1 CORNER OP THIRD AVENUE AND ELEVENTH ST., and Commonalty of the City of New York, relative to ROTUNDA, NEW COURT-HOUSE, [ NEW YORK, August 7, 1875. J ITIES AND CORRECTION. NEW YORK, August 28, 1875. the widening of One Hundred and Tenth street, to the TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE OF width of eighty feet from a point two hundred and fifty 1 the Common Council " In relation to the burial of feet west of Eighth avenue to Eighth avenue, in the NOTICE TO PROPERTY-HOLDERS DEPARTMENT OP strangers or unknown persons who may die in any of the City of New York. PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, public institution* of the City of New York,' the Com- URSUANT TO THE STATUTES IN SUCH ROPERTY-HOLDERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED CORNER OF THIRD AVENUE AND ELEVENTH ST., missione« of Public Charities and Correction report as case made and provided, the Department of Public NEW YORK, August 27, 1875. P P that the following assessment list was received this follow* : Work*, for and on behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen, and day in this Bureau for collection : At Charity Hospital, Blackwell'* Island, August 27,1875 Commonalty of the City of New York, hereby give notice CONFIRMED JULY 13, 1875. —Ann Doran ; age 40 years; 5 feet 5 inches high; that the Counsel to the Corporation will apply to the admitted February 5, 1875. Nothing known of her friends Supreme Court, in the First Judicial District of the State Outlet sewer in One Hundred and Tenth street, from PROPOSALS FOR DRY GOODS, GRO- Harlem river to Fifth avenue, to One Hundred and Six- or relatives. of New York, on Monday, the 6th day of September, A. D. CERIES, AND HARDWARE. 1875, at half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, teenth street to Seventh avenue, with branches in Second, By Order, _ „ Fourth, and Fifth avenues, One Hundred and Eleventh, JOSHUA PHILLIPS, or as soon thereafter as Counsel can be heard thereon, ROPOSALS, SEALED AND INDORSED AS I Secretary. for the appointment of a Commissioner of Estimate and One Hundred and Twelfth, One Hundred and Thirteenth, Assessment in the above-entitled proceeding, in the place and One Hundred and Twentieth streets. P above, will be received by the Commissioners of and stead of Stephen J. Bidlack, deceased. All payments made on the above assessments on or be- Public Charities and Correction, until 10 o'clock A. M., of New York, Augut 13, 1875. fore October 7,1875, will be exempt (according to law) the gth day of September, 1875, at which time they will be DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS. WM. C. WHITNEY. from interest. After that date interest will be charged at publicly opened for furnishing and delivering at the foot of Counsel to the Corporation. the rate of seven (7) per cent, from the date of con- East Twenty-sixth street, free of all expense to the De- firmation. portment— The Collector's office is open daily from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, In the matter of the application of the Mayor, Aldermen, 6,000 yards U. G. Cassimere, for the collection of money, and until 4 p. M. for general COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, and Commonalty of the City of New York, relative to 10 barrels Granulated Sugar, Information. RO >M No. 19, CITY HALL, the opening of One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, 25 barrels Vinegar, NEW YORK, August 20, 1875. SPENCER KIRBY, from Eighth avenue to the Harlem river, in the City of 10 kegs Nos. 4 and 5 Horseshoes, Collector of Assessments. 1 keg 2^-inch Wrought Nails, New York. 1 keg 3-jich Wrought Nails, _ E, THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, 20 pounds each, 1% and i^-inch Finishing Nails, TO CONTRACTORS. W of Estimate and Assessment in the above-entitled BUREAU FOR THE COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, 10 boxes Rooting Tin, matter, hereby give notice to the owner or owners, occu- ROTUNDA, COURT-HOUSE, 5 pigs Lead, pant or occupants, of all houses and lots, and improved or NEW YORK, July 26, 1875. 5 pigs Block Tin, ROPOSALS, INCLOSED IN A SEALED ENVEL- unimproved lands affected thereby, and to all others 7 bars t% by f6 Iron, P ope, with the title of the work and the name of the whom it may concern, to wit: 5 bundles ^£-inch Round Iron, bidder indorsed thereon (also the number of the work, as First.—That we have completed our estimate and as- NOTICE TO PROPERTY-HOLDERS. 10 bars %-mch Square Cast Steel, in the advertisement , will be received at this office, until sessment, and that all persons interested in these proceed- 10 bars J^-inch Square Cast Steel. Thursday, September 2, 1875, at 12 o'clock M„ at which ings, or in any of the lands affected thereby, and who may pROPERTY-HOLDERS ARE HEREBY NOTI- Samples of the above can be seen at this office. hour they will be publicly opened and read for the fol- be opposed to the same, do present their objections in writ- fied that the following Assessment Lists were received The award of the contract will be made as soon as prac- lowing work*: ing, duly verified, to Michael C. Murphy, Esq., our Chair- this day in this Bureau for collection : ticable after the opening of the bids. _ i No. 1. Regulating, grading, setting curb and gutter man, at the office of the Commissioners, No. 82 Nassau CONFIRMED JULY 3,1875. No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by stones, and flagging a new street running parallel to and street (Room No. 24), in the said city, on or before the 12th the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders 7,895 1-100 feet northerly from the southerly line of One day of August, 1875, and that we, the said Commissioners, Flagging Fifty-first street, both sides, from Tenth to of the City of New York, with their respective places of Hundred and Fifty-fifth street, from Kingsbridge road to will hear parties so objecting within the ten week-days Eleventh avenue, and north side, from Eleventh avenue to business or residence, to the effect, that if the contract be Tenth avenue. . next after the said 12th day of August, and for that purpose the North river, full width. awarded under that proposal, they will, on its being so No. 2. Paving Eighth avenue, from circle at Fifty-ninth will be in attendance at our said office on each of said ten One Hundred and Sixth street, regulating, grading, curb, awarded, become bound as sureties in the estimated street to One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, with days, at twelve o'clock M. gutter, and flagging, from Third avenue to East river. amount of fifty per cent for its faithful performance, square granite-block pavement, and laying crosswalks Second.—That the abstract of the said estimate and as- One Hundred and Fiftieth street (formerly _ Denman which consent must be verified by the justification of each at the several intersecting streets and avenues where re- sessment, together with our maps, and also all the affida- street, Morrisaniaj, grading, from Third to Morris avenue. of the persons signing the same for double the amount of quired. vits, estimates, and other documents which were used by One Hundred and Fitty-second street (formerly Elton surety required. The sufficiency of such security to be Blank forms of proposals, the specifications and agree- us in making our report, have been deposited in the office street, Morrisania), grading, from Third to Morris avenue. approved by the Comptroller. ments, the proper envelope in which to inclose the bids, of the Department of Public Works, in the City of New Sewers in One Hundred and Fifty-second street, be- The Department of Public Charities and Correction re- and any further information desired, can be obtained on York, there to remain until the 25th day of August, 1875. tween Boulevard and Tenth avenue, and in Tenth avenue, serve the right to decline any and all proposals if deemed application to the Contract Clerk, at his office. Third.—That the limits embraced by the assessment between One Hundred and Fifty-second and One Hun- to be for the public interest, and no proposal will be ac- The Commissioner of Public Works reserves the right aforesaid are as follows, to wit: All those lots, pieces, or dred and Fifty-fifth streets. cepted from, or a contract awarded to, any person who is to reject any or all proposals, if, in his judgment, the same parcels of land, situate, lying, and being in the City of New Sewers in Sixth, Seventh, and St. Nicholas avenues, in arrears to the Corporation upon debt or contract, or mav be for the best interests of the city. York, and which, taken together, are bounded and con- between One Hundred and Tenth and One Hundred and who is defaulter, as security or otherwise, upon any obliga- FITZ JOHN PORTER, tained as follows, that is to say : Beginning at a point on Sixteenth streets, with branches. te the Corporation. . Commissioner of Public Works. the westerly line or side of Avenue St. Nicholas, equi- Sewers in Sixth avenue, between One Hundred and Blank lorms of proposals and specifications, which are to distant between the northerly line or side of One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth streets ; be strictly complied with, can be obtained on application and Forty-ninth street, and the southerly line or side of Seventh avenue, between One Hundred and Sixteenth at the office of the Department, and all information fur- One Hundred and Fiftieth street; and running thence and One Hundred and Twenty-first streets, and in One POLICE DEPARTMENT. easterly, and parallel with One Hundred and Forty-ninth Hundred and Twenty-first street, between Sixth and ni3hed - ISAAC H. BAILEY. street, to the established bulkhead line on the Harlem Seventh avenues, with branches. THOMAS S. BRENNAN, river; thence southerly, along said bulkhead line, to a Sewers in Seventh avenue, between One Hundred and TOWNSEND COX, PROPERTY CLERK'S OFFICE, 1 point where a line drawn at right angles to Sixth avenue, Twenty-first and One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Commissioners. POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, I and equi-distant between the southerly line or side of One streets, with branches. 300 MULBERRY STREET, f Hundred and Forty-ninth street, and the northerly line of Sewers in Sixth avenue, between One Hundred and NEW YORK, August 23,1875. J One Hundred and Forty-eighth street, if produced east- Twenty-ninth and One Hundred and Forty-seventh DEPARTMENT OP wardly would intersect said bulkhead line ; thence westerly, streets, with branches. PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, J. WNERS WANTED BY THE PROPERTY and parallel with One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, to Paving Seventy-first street, from Eighth avenue to the CORNER OP THIRD AVENUE AND ELEVENTH ST., • O Clerk, 300 Mulberry street, Room 30, for the follow- the westerly line or side of Avenue St. Nicholas; and Boulevard, with Belgian pavement. NEW YORK, August 27, 1875. J ing property now in his custody without claimants : thence northerly, along the westerly line or side of Avenue Paving Eighty-fifth street, from Fifth avenue to Avenue Boat, six revolvers, air gun, male and female clothing, A, with Belgian or granite-block pavement. TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE OF St. Nicholas, to the point or place of beginning. silver watch, dress trimmings, trunk and contents, bay Fourth.—That our report herein will be presented to the 1 the Common Council "In relation to the burial of CONFIRMED JULY 13, 1875. horse (lame one foot), at the Twenty-third Precinct. Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a Special strangers or unknown persons who may die in any of the One Hundred and Fifty-first street (formerly Gouver- C. A. ST. JOHN, Term thereof, to be held in the New Court-house, at the public institutions of the City of New V ork," the Commis- neur street, Morrisaniaj, grading from Third to Morris Property Clerk. City Hall, in the City of New York, on the 13th day of sioners of Public Charities and Correction report as fol- avenue. September, 1875, at the opening of the Court on that day, One Hundred and Ninth street, curb, gutter, and lows: and that then and there a motion will be made that the said flagging, from Third avenue to Harlem river. At Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island, August 21, report be confirmed. _ Eighty-seventh street, regulating, grading, setting curb, 1875—Catharine Caldwell ; age 40 years. This patien. SUPREME COURT. MICHAEL C. MURPHY, gutter, and flagging, from First avenue to East river. was transferred from Work-house, August 16,1875. Nothing GERSHON COHEN, knowh of her friends or relatives. No effects found on her G. N. HERRMAN, _ All payments made on the above assessment on or before person. September 24,1875, will be exempt according to law) from In the matter of the application of the Department of Commissioners. By Order, Dated NEW YORK, July 6,1875. interest. After that date interest will be charged at the JOSHUA PHILLIPS, Public Works, for and on behalf of the Mayor, Alder- rate of seven (7) per cent from the several dates of con- 'Secretary. men, and Commonalty of the City of New York, rela- firmation. • tive to the opening of F street, from the northerly linr The Collector's office is open daily from 9 A. M. to 2 p. M., of In wood street, at a point distant five hundred and FINANCE DEPARTMENT. for the collection of money, and until 4 P. M., for general forty-two feet and ten inches westerly from the westerly information. DEPARTMENT OP 1 line of Kingsbridge road, at its intersection with Inwood PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, 1 NOTICE OF THE SALE OF LANDS AND SPENCER KIRBY, street, and running thence to the Bolton road, in the Collector of Assessments. CORNER OP THIRD AVENUE AND ELEVENTH ST., F City of New York TENEMENTS FOR UNPAID ASSESS NEW YORK, August 23, 1875. J MENTS. E, THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, CITY OF NEW YORK, ) TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE of Estimate in the above-entitled matter, hereby BUREAU FOR THE COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, W DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, —X o—f the Commo— n Council "In relationj* to• the burial , of I give notice, to the owner or owners, occupant or ROTUNDA, COURT-HOUSE, 4 BUREAU OF ARREARS, July 1, 1875.) strangers or unknown persons who may die m any of the occupants of all houses and lots and improved NEW YORK, August 10,1875. public institutions of the City of New \ ork," the Commis- unimproved lands affected thereby, and to all others> w who m UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ANDREW H. si oners of Public Charities and Correction report as jt may COncem, to wit: Green, Comptroller of the City of New York, the follows: undersigned hereby gives public notice, pursuant to the NOTICE TO PROPERTY-HOLDERS. I.—That we have completed our estimate and assess- At New York City Asylum for Insane, Ward's Island, provisions of the act entitled " An act for the collection ment in the above matter, and that all persons Au„ it 19, 1875—Andrew Martin; age 38 years ; 5 feet of taxes, assessments, and Croton water rents in the whose interests are affected thereby, and who may be op- ROPERTY-HOLDERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED 6 inches high ; dark hair and eyes. This patient was City of New York," and to amend the several acts posed to the same, do present their objections in writing, P that the following Assessment Lists were received this transferred from Old Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island, relative thereto, passed April 8, 1871, that the respec- day in this Bureau for collection : December 18, 1871, and had on Corporation clothing. | duly verified, to the undersigned Commissioners, at our tive owners of all the lands and tenements on There has been no person to visit him, nor could any office, No. 57 Broadway (Room 24 , in said city, on or be- which assessments have been laid and confirmed, CONFIRMED AUGUST 2,1875. fore the 8th day of September, 1875, and that we, the said information be obtained of his friends or relatives, No and are now due and unpaid, and have remained due Regulating and grading One Hundred and Twentieth Commissioners, will hear parties so objecting, within the ten effects found on his person. and unpaid since the confirmation of said assessments, street, from Seventh to Eighth avenue. week-days next after the said 8th day of September, 1875, for regulating, grading, curb, gutter, and paving streets, Regulating and grading One Hundred and Twenty- By Order, and for that purpose will be in attendance at our said office JOSHUA PHILLIPS, flagging sidewalks ana crosswalks, fencing and filling lots, second street, from Mount Morri* square to Ninth avenue. on each of said ten days, at 3 o'clock p M. Secretary building sewers, culverts, underground drains, etc., con- Regulating, grading, curb, gutter, and flagging One firmed prior to January, 1872, are required to pay the II. That the abstract of the said estimate and assessment, Hundred and Twenty-sixth street, from Eighth avenue to amount of the assessments so due and remaining unpaid together with our maps, and also all affidavits, estimates, Lawrence street. to the Cleric of Arrears, at his office, in the Finance De- DEPARTMENT OF and other documents which were used by us in making AU payments made on the above assessments on or PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, I partment, in the New Court-house, in the City of New before October 9, 1875, will be exempt (according to law) our report, have been deposited in the office of the De- York, together with the interest thereon, at the rateot CORNER OF THIRD AVENUE AND ELEVENTH ST., [ from interest. After that date interest will be charged partment of Public Works, in the City of New York, there twelve per cent, per annum, to the time of payment, with NEW YORK, August 21, 1875. J at the rate of seven (7) per cent from the date of confirma- to remain until the 21st day of September, 1875. the charges of this notice and advertisement; and if de- tion. fault shall be made in such payments, such lands and tene- TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE OF III.—That the limits embraced by the assessment afore- ments will be sold at public auction, at the New Court- The Collector's office is open daily, from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M., J. the Common Council " In relation to the burial of said are as follows, to wit. : All those certain lots, pieces or house, in the City Hall Park, in the City of New York, for the collection of money, and until 4 P. M. for general in- strangers or unknown persons who may die in any of the parcels of land situate in the City of New York, bounded on Tuesday, October 5,1875, at twelve o'clock, noon, for formation. public institutions of the City of New York," the Com- SPENCER KIRBY, by, included and contained within the following limits, the lowest term of years at which any person shall offer to missioner* o Public Charities and Correction report as that is to say: Beginning at a point formed by the inter- Collector of Assessments. follows : take the same, m consideration of advancing the amount section of the centre fine of Seaman avenue with the of the assessment so due and unpaid, and the interest At Work-house, Blackwell's Island, August 20, 1875— centre line of Bolton road; running thence easterly thereon, as aforesaid, to the time of the sa|e, and together Alexander Walker ; age 34 years. Had no friends or rela- to a point distant one hundred feet east of the easterly with the charges of this notice and advertisement, and all tive*. No effects found on hi* person. line of Seaman avenue; thence northerly, paralle other charges and costs accrued thereon; and that such DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. By Order, to Seaman avenue, to the centre line of Emerson street sale will be continued from time to time, until all the land JOSHUA PHILLIPS, thence northerly along the centre line of Emerson street to and tenements here advertised for sale shall be sold. HEALTH DEPARTMENT, Secretary. a point opposite the easterly boundary line of John H. And notice is hereby further given, that a detailed No. 301 MOTT STREET, ) Dyckman property • thence easterly to a point where the statement of the assessments, the ownership of the prop- NEW YORK, August 20, 1875. J said boundary line' intersects the easterly line of Emerson erty on which the assessments are due and unpaid, is pub- street; thence in a northerly direction along the aforesaid T A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT OP lished in a pamphlet, and that copies of the pamphlet are 1 of the Health Department of the City of New York, PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, I boundary line, to the southerly side of Spuyten Duyvil X deposited in the office of the Clerk of Arrears, in the held at its office, on the 20th day of August, 1875, the fol- Creek; thence westerly along the southerly side of Finance Department, and will be delivered to any person CORNER OF THIRD AVENUE AND ELEVENTH ST., J lowing resolutions were adopted: NEW YORK, June 12,1875. I Spuyten Duyvil Creek as the same winds and turns, to a applying for the same. point distant about four hundred and twenty-five feet east VV1 * AS CADY. Resolved, That section 121 of the Sanitary Code be SCHOOL FOR NURSES. of the easterly line of the Hudson River Railroad, and at Clerk of Arrears. amended so as to read as follows; right angles thereto ; thence southerly, in a straight line, SEC 121. That no person shall keep, retain, or allow or nearly so, to a point distant two hundred feet north of or employ to be kept or retained, at any place within or HE COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC CHARITIES DEPARTMENT OP FINANCE, the northerly line of Inwood street, and one thousand and adjacent to the built-up portions of the City of New York, and Correction purpose opening a School for Nurses, BUREAU FOR THE COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, T twenty-five feet west of the westerly line of F street (and any horse, ass, or colt, having the disease known as glan at Charity Hospital, on the first day of August next. It is ROTUNDA, NEW COURT-HOUSE, at right angles thereto' ! thence easterly and parallel to ders or farcy, but shall at once report the fact to the Board their design to offer to worthy young women, between the NEW YORK, July 15,1875. Inwood street eight hundred and twenty-live feet: of Health of said city, and under the direction of the Sani- ages of twenty and thirty-five, the opportunity to acquire thence southerly on a line at right angles to Inwood tary Superintendent shall remove such animal in the man- proficiency in a pursuit, which is at once honorable, useful, street to a point distant one hundred feet south NOTICE TO PROPERTY-HOLDERS ner designated by *uch Sanitary Superintendent. < No ani- and remunerative, by educating them in the profession of of the southerly line of Inwood street ; thence easterly mal having glanders or farcy, or any contagious disease, or Nursing. Every effort will be made to elevate the occu- parallel to Inwood street to the centre line of Kings- that shall die thereof, shall be removed, disposed of, or ex- pation,by a course of careful instruction from competent ROPERTY-HOLDERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED bridge road; thence northeasterly along the centre posed in any street or public place in said city, without a teachers, and by considerate and generous treatment of the line of Kingsbridge road to the centre line of Bolton road; P written permit from said Board of Health, and then only pupils. The course of training will occupy two years, and that the following assessment list was received this thence northerly along the centre line of Bolton road to the in accordance with the terms of such pennit. will embrace lectures upon nursing, food, ventilation, mid- day in this Bureau for collection : point or place of beginning. wifery, and all subjects connected with nursing. CONFIRMED APRIL 17, 1875. Resolved, That the following be and is hereby adopted " Opening Eleventh avenue, northwardly from the as an additional ordinance of the Sanitary Code, viz. : Ihe lectures will be given by Physicians connected with IV.—That our report herein will be presented to the northerly line of the Roaf1 or Public Drive, to the southerly SEC. 185. That every veterinary surgeon who I* called the Hospital, and will include a course of twelve lectures Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a Special line of the street leading from Kingsbridge road near to examine or professionally attend any animal within the upon each subject every six months, and frequent instruc- Term thereof, to be held in the New Court-house, at the Inwood street, to the Harlem river, near Sherman'* City of New York, having the glanders or farcy, or any tion at the bedside. City Hall, in the City of New York, on the 7th day of October, 1875, at the opening of the Court on that day, and Creek, in the City of New York." contagious disease, shall, within twenty-four hours there- At the expiration of two years the Nurses will be ex- after, report in writing to the Board of Health of such city that then and there, or as soon thereafter as counsel can All payments made on the above assessment on or before amined by a Committee of Physicians, and those who are the following facts, viz.: 1st, a statement of the location of be heard thereon, a motion will be made that the said September 14, 1875, will be exempt (according to law) competent and qualified wil| receive a diploma, signed by such diseased animal; ad, the name and address of the report be confirmed. from interest. After that date interest will be charged at the Commissioners of Charities and Correction and the owner thereof: 3d, the type and character of the disease.! Dated August 3,1875. the rate of seven <7) per cent from the date of confirmation. Examining Committee- The Collector's office is open daily from 9 A. M. to 2 p. M., CHARLES F. CHANDLER. R. D. NESMTTH Applications, stating name in full, age, and names of for the collection of money, and until 4 P. M., for general President DE GRASSE LIVINGSTON, Clergyman and Family Physician, should br addressed to nformation - EMMONS CLARK, IOSHUA PHILLIPS, E. POGAN, . . NIOMWUO SPENCER KIRBY, Collector of Assessments. Secretary. \ Secretary" Commissioners