THE CITY RECORD. OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
VOL. XIII. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1885. N r,1nER 3, 39.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Alderman Cleary moved that the Committee on Railroads be dlischarged (ruin the further con- sideration of the following : Resolved, That Tuesday, the 22d day of September, 1885, at eleven o'clock A.M., in the chamber of the Board of Aldermen, be and is hereby designated as the time and place when and where the application of the Ifarlem Bridge, Morrisania and Fordham Railway Company to the Common Council of the City of New York, for its consent for the construction, maintenance and operation of the street surface railroad proposed to be constructed and maintained by said company as mentioned in their petition for such consent, will be first considered ; and that public notice be given by the Clerk of this Board, by hublis}ting the same for fourteen days, excluding Sundays, in two daily newspapers of and published in this city, to be designated therefor by his Ilonorthe Mayor, accord- ing to the provisions ofchapter 252 of the Laws of 1884, such advertising to be at the expense of the petitioner. The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. Which was decided in the affirmative. Alderman Cleary moved to amend the resolution by striking out the words and figure, '' Tues- day, the 22tl clay of September, 1885, at eleven," before the word "o'clock," and inserting in lieu thereof the worsts and figures, '' 1Vecluesday, the 3oth day of September, 1885, at twelve." The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said motion. Which was ''.ecicled in the affirmative. The President then put the question whether ti:c L'oaal v:uulol .sgrce with sa:d resolution as amende 1. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Which was decided in the affirmative. By Alderman Hall — Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works be and he i. 1,i:rcl v authonzei an, l lirecte'i S l'A1'F.l) SESSION. to lay water-mains in Thirty-first street, between First avenue .roil E.t,t river, uur;nant to section 356 cf the New York City Consolidation Act. 3Ci1t:. t)r .\L.DERMRN. Which was referred to the Committee on Public Works. By Alderman O'Dwyer- I UESDAY, September 8, 1885, t Resoh'etl, That p_rmission be and the same is hereby given to Fro crick krucdclbach to plat, I o'clock P. M. I and keep a post nine feet high, with sign two feet wide by two and a half feet long, on the sidewalk; blot I'>oii,l inrt in their chamber, An. t6 ('fly Ball. near the curb, in fruit of No. 740 Sixth avenue, provided such post and sign shall not be an of struction to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to continue only rI.uing the L'R1;SLNT :, pleasire of the Common Council. The l're,ident put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. lion. Adolph L. Sanger, President Which was decided in the affirmative. ALl,ERMEN By Alderman Brown— (icurdc B. Brown, Bartholomew F. Kenney, Edward F. O'Dwyer, Resolved, That Croton water-mains be laid in One Hundred and Twenty-third -utet. Irun: Thomas Cleary, Patrick Ii. Kerwin, John (luinn, Eighth avenue to New avenue, as provided in chapter 381, I.a cs : 1579. James A. Cowie, Peter L. %lasterson, Charles I-I. Reilly, \Wrich was referred to the Committee on Public W'Vorks. Robert L. De Lacy, Owen McGinnis, Thomas Rothman, By Alderman Cleary— Frederick Flock, Michael McKenna, James T. Van Rensselaer, Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Lorenzo haraventa to place and Robert 1-gall, Arthur J. McQuade, Thomas 1'. Walsh. keep a stand for the sale of fruit, etc., on the sidewalk, near the curl,, in lrut of No. 88 Wall street, The minutes of meetings of August 17 and 21 were read and approved. provided such stand shall not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public, nor exceed five feet long by two and one-half feet wide ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Common Council. PETITIONS. L'v Alderman Masterson— The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. Which was decided in the affirmative. Petition of seventy thousand citizens of the City of New York, asking the Common Council to give their consent to the construction of the system of railways of the New York Cable Railway By the same— Company, which, by its charter, is required to carry passengers on all its routes for a single five- Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Oscar Reumrt to place a trian- cent fare—transfer tickets free. gular sign on the curb-line in front of premises No. 231 Broadway, said sign to be remuve.l lions in Which was referred to the Committee on Railroads. front of said premises each night ; such permission to continue only during the plc.tsi.tre of the Common Council. By Alderman Cleary— The President put the question whether the hoard tisould agree with said resolution. Two petitions of the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad Company, for permis- Which was decided in the affirmative. sion to extend its route as follows : By the same— NEW YORK, September 8, 1885. Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Gcur.dc lavt., to retain an awn- Ye the C•onrmon Council of the City of tl rw York tirg in front of his premises No. 454 Canal street, the work dune at his own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works ; such permission to continue only during the The petition of the °' Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad Company," respect- pleasure of the Common Council. fully shows : The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. 'That they are a corporation heretofore organized for the purpose of building and operating a Which was decided in the affirmative, street surface railroad, and have built and operated such railroad. That, in pursuance of chapter 252 of the Laws of 1884, entitled 10 An act to provide for the By the same— construction, extension, maintenance and operation of street surface railroads and branches thereof Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to William Von Glahn to place and in cities, towns and villages," passed May 6, 1884, the said company has decided to construct, retain a wire sign on awning in front of premises No. 322 Washington street, corner of Jay street maintain and operate a branch of their road now in operati in as hereinafter described. such permission to continue only (luring the pleasure of the Common Council. Beginning at the intersection of Stanton and Pitt streets (from which point their track now in The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. operation leaves Manton street an.i runs northerly through Pitt street and Avenue C), through and Which was decided in the affirmative. along Stanton street by a single track to 1\fangin street ; thence through and along Margin street by a single track from Stanton street to Houston street ; also through and along Goerck street by a By the same— single track from Stanton street to East Third street ; thence through and along East Third street Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to John Contrell to place and keep by a single track from Goerck street to Avenue C ; also through and along East Houston street a stand for the sale of merchandise on the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of No. 89 Cortlandt with a double track easterly from Goerck street to the Houston Street Ferry, with the necessary street, provided such stand shall not be an obstruction to the 'free use of the street by the public; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Common Council. switches, sidings, turn-outs and turn-tables. Wherefore your petitioners pray that your Honorable Body will, in pursuance of the provisions The president put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. of the act above mentioned, consent on behalf of the said City of New York to the construction and Which was decided in the affirmative. operation of such branch railroad as aforesaid, and your petitioners will ever pray. By the same— R. KELLY, President. Resolved, That the Commissioner of Public Works be and and lie is hereby requested to cause D. B. II ASBROUCK, S_cretary. the crosswalk in front of No. 15 West street to be repaired. The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. Which was decided in the affirmative. New YORK, September 8, 1885. Alderman McKenna moved that the Committee on Police and Health Departments be discharged To the Common Council of the City of
P, the same— By Alderman Reilly— Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Ferdinand Crome to retain a Resolved, That Croton water-pipes be laid in Lexington avenue, from Eighty-seventh to .ir'. -r-pole on the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of No. 2[9 Ninth avenue, provided such pole Eighty-ninth street, where not already laid, as provided in chapter 38t, Laws of x879. -h:al not be an obstruc:iun to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to continue Which was referred to the Committee on Public \\'orks. iy during the pleasure of the Common Council. By the same— The President put the question Nvhether the Board would agree with said resolution. Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Joseph B. Murphy to place and Which was decided in the affirmative. keep a storm-door in front of his premises, No. 1470 Second avenue, under the direction of the Coni- Alderman De Lacy— ntissioner of Public Works ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Common Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to John Flagler to retain a coal- Council. n the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of \o. 274.'Third street, provided such coal-box shall The President put the question whaIer the Board m uhf spree with said resolution. •0 an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to continue only Which was decided in the affirmative. q the pleasure of the Common Council. By Alderman Van Rensselaer- he President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. Rcsolved, That permission he and the same hereby i; Etrnnted to George Merkel to place and 1iich was decided in the affirmative. retain, at his own expense. it barber's sign on the ornamental lamp-poet belonging to the proprietor i , : .-' Lerman Finck- of the '' Hotel St. Marc " and standing near the curb in front of said hotel at No. 434 Fifth avenue, Resolved. That permission be and the same is hereby given to Richard W. Block to erect and provided the consent of the owner of said lamp-post be first obtained, and provided further that said etain a storm-door in front of No. 66 Orchard street : such permission to continue only during the sign shall be neat and elegant in appearance and not to exceed eighteen inches in length I twelve easure of the Common Council. • inches in width, and shall not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. permission to continue only (luring the pleasure of the Common Council. Which was decided in the attirmative. The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. Which was decided in the afirmative. -,c Alderman Hartman-- Resolved, "f hat gas-mauls be laid, lamp-posts erected and street-lamps lighted in Jerome By Alderman Walsh— n,ie, from Kingsbridge road to the Southern Boulevard, under the direction of the Commissioner Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Messrs. harper & Bros. to construct i .iblic Works. a covered bridge, four feet wide, from No 83 to No. 84 Cliff street, at a distance of about thirty-two ',Which was referred to the Committee on Lamps and Gas. feet above the sidewalk, to serve as a tire-escape from the buildings in case of fire, the work t be ttie same— done at their own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works ; such permis- Resolved, That gas-mains be laid, lamp-posts erected and street-lamps lighted in One Hun- sion to continue only during the pleasure of the Common Council. .rc.l and Fifty-eighth street. from Mott to Gerard avenue, and in Gerard avenue to One Hundred The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. .i S.xtc-first street, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public \Works. \\7iich was decided in the ai irtnative. Which was referred to the Committee on Lamps and Gas. By Alderman Quinn— the same— Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Louis Lowenstein to exhibit Res .lved, That %rater-mains be laid in the Southern Boulevard, from One Hundred and Forty. goods on the sidewalk. near the curb, in front of No. 683 Eighth avenue, provided such goods shall it to One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, pursuant to section 356 of the New York City Consoli- not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to continue nnly .:tiot: Act. during the pleasure of the Common Council. \\'hicl: was :.ferred to the Committee on Public \\brks. The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resoluNcm. Which was decided in the affirmative. : c a1:'.crman Quinn- I:e>. iced, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Charles Fraas to place and keep By the same— estal sign on the sidewalk near the curb, in front , +f No. 452 \\e,t Forty-fifth street, provided Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Charles \Valdman to exhibit -I: stand shall not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to goods on the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of No. 617 Tenth avenue, provided such goods shall cnnue only during the pleasure of the Common Council. not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to continue only The President Put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. during the pleasure of the Common Council. Which was decided in the affirmative. The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. _-Alderman Hartman— Which was decided in the affirmative. Revived, That Ba:hgate tformerly Madison) avenue, from One Hundred and Seventy-third to I lundred and Seventy .seventh street, be regulated and graded, the curb and cutter stones be By the same— and the sidewalks flagged a space four feet wide, through the centre thereof, where not already Resolved. That permission be and the same is hereby given to John 'McGuiness to kcep a :e. under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works ; and that the accompanying pedestal sign on the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of No. 429 \Vest Forty-second street, provided ce there£r be adopted. such sign shall not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to Which was referred to the Committee on Public \Works. continue only during the pleasure of the Conunon Council. The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. the same— Which was decided in the affirmative. Resolve', That an additional lamp-post be erected, and a lamp placed thereon and lighted, at innd on ll,ghbridge street, east of Claremont avenue, under the direction of the Commissioner of By the same— .;tic Works. Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby to Michael Lenahan to retain a coal-box Which was referred to the Committee on Lamps and Gas. Ott the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of No. 530 West Forty-fourth street ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Common Council. Alderman Kenney- The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. Res,hued, That permission be and the same is hereby given to John Robinson to place and keep \Which was decided to the affirmative. '.,.artier-pole on the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of No. 298 West Houston street, provided By the same— caber-pole shall not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such per- Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Thomas Crow to place and keep continue only du ing the Pleasure of the Common Council. a coal-b -x on the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of No. 434 West Forty-sixth street, provided e President put the qu_stion whether the Biard would agree with said resolution. such box shall not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public, nor exceed six feet ich was dec:ded in the affirmative. long by three feet wide ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Conun,nt ern an McKenna- Council. 1ved, "Phat permission be and the same is hereby given to John Reynolds to place and keep The President put the question whether the (tour I u-,,uld agree kith said resolution. ,;u iii the si.lewa.k, near the curb. in front of Nos. 440 and 442 Eleventh avenue, provided such Which was decided in the affirmative. shall nit '1. e an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to con- By the satnc- 0.te .anti- during the pleasure of the Common Council. Resolved, That permission be and the same i; heretic given to Tim omas bonnets to retain a The Prcnid -cat put the q;:estion whether the Board would agree with said resolution. post surmounted by a small sign in front of Nu. 410 \\rest Forty-fifth street ; such permission to Which %% as decided in the affirmative. continue only during the pleasure of the Common Council. P. Alderman .'•4a'- tcrson- 'Pile President put time question -,v nether the ]hoard would agree with s lid resolutirn, _ Resolved, That the resolution which became adopted December 30, t8S4, permitting Conrad \\ hich was decided in the affirmative- _in to lay a six inch iron pipe in Fifty-sixth street about 350 feet west of •Tenth avenue, for the By the same— .: i_ se of con•,-eyi:i, salt water only. from the North river to his preinises No. 5t5 West Fiity-sixth Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to George Schweder to retain the :. be and t'x sates is hereby amended by >triking out the figures '. 56th " before the word awning now in front of No. 836 Eighth avenue ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure t wherever the-c occur, and inserting in lieu thereof the figures '' :d the Common Council. \\°:,ich wag referr_Hl to the Committee on Pullic \Works. "I'I e President pat the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. _Alderman Brown— Which was decided in the affirmative. Mr Ilorra. l • tie Boar 1 of Aldermen of Me City of _\ lm' York: By the same— GE:: TLE>ME^:—We, time undersigned property- «ners, do hereby humbly petition your Honorable Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Thomas O'Brien to cxhih.t - vv- enact an or,;inau:ceprovtdit.gLrthe extensi..n of the Crot-n water-main ;-n the westerly side goods on the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of No. 570 Tenth avenue, provided such goods shall e So th avenue, from the point where it new ends at Itne Hundred and Twenty-fourth sweet to a not be an obstruction to the free use of the street by the public ; such permission to continue only irty 13C feet north of the northerly tuildlme line of One Hundred and Twenty- econd during the pleasure of the Common Council. r :he}.err u-se of supplying Cro:can water to the buildings now in course of construction on the The President put the question whether the Board would agree with said resolution. rl , -lie f the S x:h av-nue. Which was decided in the affirmative. By the same— i:' ,r