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HEtITY RCVJI OFFICIAL JOURNAI OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK There shall be published daily, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, under a contract to be made as hereinafter provided, a paper to be known as the CITY REwxa. And said CrrY Rzco , and the newspapers now by law designated as corporation newspapers in the present City of Brooklyn, shall be the only papers to be included within the term corporation newspapers, as the same is used anywhere in this act; .... There shall be inserted in said CITY REcoan nothing aside from such official matters as are expressly authorized All advertising required to be done for the City, except as in this act otherwise specially provided, and all notices required by law or ordi- nance to be published in corporation papers, shall be inserted at the public expense only in the CrrY REcow, and the publication therein shall be a sufficient compliance with any law or ordinance requiring publication of such matters or notices The Comptroller shall cause a continuous series of the CITY REconn to be bound as completed, quarterly, and to be deposited with his certificate thereon in the office of the Register of Deeds of the County of New York, in the County Clerk's office of said county, and in- the office of the City Clerk, and copies of the contents of any of the same, certified by such Register, County Clerk or City Clerk, shall be received in judicial pro- ceedings as prima facie evidence of the truth of the contents thereof.—§1526, Greater New York Charter. MARCH, 1911. VOL. XXXIX. PART III BOARD OF CITY RECORD:. WLUAM J. GAYNOR, Mayor. ARCHIBALD R. WATSON, Corporation Counsel. WILLIAM A. PRENDE ' DAVID FERGUef"M Supervisor. INDEX TO VOLUME XXXIX. PART III. ACCOUNTS, COMMISSIONERS OF- ALDERMEN, BOARD OF- ALDERMEN, BOARD OF- Examination of Chamberlain's accounts for year Communications From Issue of Special Revenue Bonds, for: 1910, report upon, 1959, 2558. Street Cleaning, Commissioner of, 1707. Sewerage disposal plant, Queens, establishing, 2720. Office and office hours, 1669. Street Cleaning, Superintendent of, Queens, re- Shore road, First Ward, and Willetts Point road, questing issue of Special Revenue bonds for Third Ward, Queens, building retaining walls on, Wages, 2500. ALDERMEN, BOARD OF- 2717. The Bronx, President of Borough of, 1708. St. Nicholas and Myrtle ave. sewers, Queens, re- Ambulance to be stationed near old Harlem Hospi- Young Men's Civic League of Kings County, 1707. moving deposit from, 2009. tal, 2013. Criminal Courts Building, alterations and repairs in, Stenographers, County Court of Kings County, Appointments: 2717. salaries of, 1710. City Surveyors, 1712, 2012, 2253, 2508, 2723, 2724. Curran, Henry H., elected as Alderman to fill Va- Street Cleaning, Department of, purchasing rubber Commissioners of Deeds, 1714, 2011, 2251, 2597, cancy caused by resignation of Tristam B. John- hose, hose carriers and couplings, 2504. 2722. son, 2721. Temporary bridge over tracks of N. Y. C. & H. Asch Building, Manhattan, resolutions regarding fire Disher, Quentin F., application for appointment as R R R. Co., erection of, 2248. and loss of life in, 2723, 2724. City Surveyor, 2714. Trained Nurses, Bellevue Hospital, salaries of, Assessors, Board of, request to draw upon Con- Drainage st., contract for sewer in, 2010. 2500. tingency Fund, 2247. E 20th st. and 10th ave., Manhattan, watering trough Training ship "Newport," salaries of necessary Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, Board of Aldermen, on corner of, 2012. employees on, 1707, 2248. compensation of increased, 2723. Elevated Railroad, erection of new stations on, 2713, Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Department of, Authorizations: purchase of materials for purification of water, Assessors, Board of, to draw on Contingent ac- Emerson st., Manhattan, changed to 207th st., 2499. 20 2248. count, 2503. Ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn, operation Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Department of, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, Trustees of, to pur- of by City, 2251. wages of employees, 2008, 2248. chase auto-ambulance without public letting, Fire Commissioner, request of, to purchase motor W. 12hh st. and North River, Manhattan, con- 2249. truck trailer for water tower, withdrawn, 2718. struction of extension to sewer at foot of, 2717. Comptroller, to advance Budget allowances to Vet- Firemen and Oilers, increase of compensation for, Johnson, Tristam B., resignation from Board of eran Organizations, 2503. 2508. Aldermen, 2721. District Attorney, Richmond County, to draw upon Fourth District City Magistrate's Court, Town Hall, Laborer, Surrogate's Court, Kings County, request Comptroller, 2248. Jamaica, communication re repairing and equip- for change of title to Assistant Clerk denied, 2716. Fire Commissioner, to purchase motor truck trailer, ping, 2008. Leave of absence granted to City employees on Good 1708. Grades of i . sitions established: Friday, 2508. Grand Army of the Republic, money for Memorial Chemist, : - skkeeper, Inspector, Foreman, office of Lgave of absence granted to City employees who Day observances to be paid to Treasurers of, President of Borough of Manhattan, 2247. desire to join in the 50th anniversary of the de- 2253. Cleaner, College of the City of New York, 2247. parture to the War of the 14th Regiment of Malcolm & Hayes, payment of, 1713, 2253. Clerk in Charge of Permits for Electric Signs, Brooklyn, 2723. Normal College, Trustees of, to purchase books office of City Clerk, 2501 Lenox ave. division of the Subway, constructing sta- and supplies, 2721. Haas, Benjamin, resignation as Commissioner of tions on, 2713. Park Commissioner, Bronx, to purchase automo- Deeds, 2005. Malcolm & Hayes, warrant to be drawn in favor of, bile, 1713. Haskins st., Bronx, street lights on, 1715. 2721, 2505, 2508. Public Charities, Commissioner of, to purchase Independence Day, celebration of, 2013. Marion place and Sherman Ante; Fiit • Ward,. auto-ambulance without public letting, 2249. Issues of Corporate Stock, for: Queens, changed to Maion st. and Sherman st., Queens, President of Borough of, to enter into sup- Borden Avenue Bridge, Queens, payment of awards 2717. plemental contract for constructing open drain, for lands required for construction of, 2500, Minutes of the Board of Aldermen, non-delivery of, 2718. 2719. 2499, 2717. Queens, President of Borough of, to make con- Brooklyn, additional water supply for, 2247, 2503. Morningside Park, Manhattan, protest against use tract with William Kelly, 2500. Brooklyn terminal of Manhattan Bridge, construc- as playground, 2499. Richmond, President of Borough of, to purchase tion of retaining walls at 2008. Motormen to ring gongs before starting cars, 2011, coal without public letting, 2249. Building Bureau of Department of Education, to 2245, 2714. Street Cleaning, Commissioner of, to purchase au- provide for surveys, borings, drafting supplies, Moving picture shows, resolution relative to, 2723. tomobiles, 2718. etc., 2501. Myrtle avenue elevated road, Brooklyn, new station Street Cleaning, Commissioner of, to purchase Manhattan Bridge, improvements in connection to be erected on, 2724. flushing machines and squeegees, 2718. with Brooklyn and Manhattan terminals of, 1708. Municipal Garage in each Borough for storage c Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Commissioner Manhattan terminal of Brooklyn Bridge, construc- city-owned automobiles, 2723. of, to contract for repairs to engines, boilers and tion of terminal building, etc., 2009. National, State and City flags to be dsplayed machinery, 2721. New York City Farm Colony, Richmond, providing March 17, 1911, 2252. Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Commissioners furnishings and fixtures . for employees' dormi- New station on Lenox avenue division of Subv of, to contract with Columbia University for tory at, 2716. • 2250. testing of electrical meters, 2507. Public Schools, Bronx, construction and equip- New street on easterly side of-Riverside drive, M Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Commissioner ment of additions to, 2246, 2719. hattan, officially designated, 2011, 2505. of, to purchase high-pressure pumping engines, Topographical work of all Boroughs, 1709. North Side Hevrah Talmud Torsch synagog) 1714, 2010. Issue of Special Revenue Bonds, for: Brooklyn, lampposts to be erected in front u., Bedford ave., Brooklyn, numbering and renumbering Assistant Engineer, Police Department, salary of, 2252. buildings on, 2505. Notifying owners whose property is to be sold for Bill in reference to reduction of liquor tax license, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, establishment of non-payment of taxes, communication re, 2008. 1716. training school for midwives at 1708, 2503. Ocean View ave., Queens, officially designated, 2506. Bill, placing installation and maintenance of fire ap- Board of Coroners, Brooklyn, equipping and fur- Office and office hours, 1669. paratus and fire escapes under jurisdiction of Fire nishing rooms for, 2723. O'Neill, James, to furnish copies of printed bills, Department of the City, to be introduced in Legis- Botanic Garden and Arboretum, Brooklyn, estab- etc.; to City Clerk and Board of Aldermen, 2252. lature, 2722. lishment of, 1713, 2500. Ordinances : Broadway ferries, resumption of service on, 2012. Bureau of Sewers, Bronx, pay of laborers for hol- Amending Article 1, section 6, Code of Ordinances, Bronx Park place and Hornaday place, Bronx, offi- iday work, 1710. 2507. cially designated, 2252. Clerk, Stenographer and Typewriter, Department Amending Section 361, article 4, chapter 7, part 1, Bronx Park South and
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