THE CITY RECORD. VOL. XXXI. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. NUMBER 9,233.

THE CITY RECORD, and known as Nos. 222-224-226 East Twenty-third street, hounded and described as OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. follows: Published Under Authority of Section 1526, Greater New York Charter, by the Beginning at a point on the southerly side of Twenty-third street two hundred and eighty-five (285) feet east from the southeast corner of Third avenue and BOARD OF CITY RECORD. Twenty-third street; running thence southerly and parallel with Third avenue ninety- SETH LOW, MAYOR. eight (g8) feet nine (9) inches to the centre line of the block; running thence easterly GEORGE L. RIVES, CORPORATION COUNSEL. EDWARD M. GROUT, Costrreousa. along the centre line of the block fifty (50) feet; running thence northerly and CHARLES S. HERVEY, Surtavisoa. parallel with Third avenue ninety-eight (q8) feet nine (9) inches to the southerly Published daily, except legal holidays. side of Twenty-third street; running thence westerly along the southerly side of Subscription, $9.30 per year, exclusive of supplements. Three cents per copy. Twenty-third street fifty (5o) feet to the point or place of beginning, SUPPLEMENTS : Civil List (containing names, salaries, etc., of the city employees), 25 —and the Corporation Counsel be and he hereby is authorized to institute con- cents ; Canvass, to cents ; Registry Lists, 5 cents each Assembly District ; Law Department and demnation proceedings for the acquisition of the above-described premises (which Finance Department supplements, to cents each. Published at Room 2, City Hall (north side), New York City. are assessed for the year 1903 at $39,000), in accordance with the provisions of sec- Entered as Second-class Matter, Postoffice at New York City. tion 1437 of the Greater New York Charter. Which was adopted by the following vote: The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- TABLE OF CONTENTS. dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- mond-16. Aqueduct Commission— Report of Commissioner of Public Works Minutes of Meeting of July 24, 1903 7849 for week ending August 26, 1903 7851 The following was offered : Assessors, Board of— Municipal Civil Service Commission- Public Notices 7854 Notices of competitive examinations 7857 Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment, by resolution adopted Bellevue and Allied Hospitals Board of - Notice to Contractors 786o April 24, 1903, approved of the general location in West One Hundred and Thirty- Proposal 7854 Official Borough Papers 7855 Board Meetings 7855 Official Directory 7852 fifth street, near Lenox avenue, in the Borough of Manhattan, for a Carnegie library Bridges, Department of— Official Papers 7855 Proposals 7857 Parks. Department of— building; and Brooklyn, Borough of— Proposals 7857 Proposals 7858 Police Department- Whereas, The Trustees of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Report for week ending August 29. t9o3 7851 Minutes of Meetings of September io Tilden Foundations, have recommended and approved of a site for a Carnegie library Changes in Departments— 7852 and 11,1923 7849 City Clerk's Notices 7852 Owners Wanted for Lost Property 78 6 building described herein; therefore be it Commissioners of Common Lands Fund, Late Public Notice. 71136 Town of Gravesend— Public Charities, Department of- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the Proposal 7858 Proposals 7857 selection of a site for a Carnegie library located in the Borough of Manhattan, Correction, Department of— Quarantine Commissioners- Proposals 7857 Proposal 7855 bounded and described as follows: Docks and Ferries, Department of— Street Cleaning, Department ot- "Beginning at a point on the northerly side of One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Proposals 7856 Ashes, etc., for filling in lands...... 7854 Education, Department of - Auction Sale 7854 street, too feet west from the northwesterly corner of One Hundred and Thirty- Proposals 7855 Proposals 7814 Estimate and Apportionment, Board of— Supreme Court— fifth street and Lenox avenue; running thence northerly and parallel with Lenox ave- Minutes of Meeting of July is, 1903 /829 Acquiring title to lands, etc Public Notices 7856 7859 nue 99 feet it inches to the centre line of the block; running thence westerly and 7852 The Bronx, Borough of— Executive Department parallel with West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street so feet; running thence Finance, Department of— Proposal 7855 Interest on City Bonds and Stock 7856 Transactions for week ending August 26, southerly and parallel with Lenox avenue 99 feet it inches to the northerly side of Notices to Property Owners 7856 2903 7852 Manhattan, Borough of— Water Supply, Gas and Electricity— One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street; running thence easterly along the northerly Proposal 7858 Proposals 7857 side of One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street 5o feet to the point or place of beginning, together with all the right, title and interest of the owners of said premises of, in and to the street in front of said premises to the centre thereof," BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT. —and hereby authorizes the Comptroller of The City of New York to enter into con- tracts for the purchase of said described premises at a price not exceeding $28,000, MINUTES, BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNCII said contracts to be subject to the approval of the Corporation Counsel as to form. CHAMBER, CITY HALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903. Which was adopted by the following vote: The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents The Board met in pursuance of an adjournment. of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. Present—Seth I,ow, Mayor; Edward M. Grout, Comptroller; Charles V. Fornes, The following was offered : President Board of Aldermen; Jacob A. Cantor, President Borough of Manhattan; Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment by resolution adopted April J. Edward Swanstrom, President Borough of Brooklyn; Louis F. Haffen, President 24, 1903, approved of a general location for a Carnegie library building in the Borough of The Bronx; Joseph Cassidy, President Borough of Queens; George Borough of Manhattan; and Cromwell, President Borough of Richmond. Whereas, The Trustees of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Hon. Seth Low, Mayor, presiding. Foundations, have recommended and approved of a site for a Carnegie library The reading of the minutes of meetings held June 5, 12, 19, July I and 8, 1903, was building described herein; therefore be it dispensed with. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the property situated on the southerly side of Ninety-sixth street, 190 feet east from The Comptroller presented the following resolution relative to the issue of $6.- Park avenue, in the Borough of Manhattan, as a site for a Carnegie building, de- 533,000 Corporate Stock for the purpose of providing means for the necessary ex- scribed as follows: penses connected with the construction of the proposed bridge over the East river. Beginning at a point on the southerly side of Ninety-sixth street, one hundred between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, known as Manhattan Bridge and ninety (190) feet east from the southeast corner of Park avenue and Ninety-sixth (No. 3). street; running thence southerly and parallel with Park avenue one hundred (too) Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 47 of the Greater New feet eight and one-half (8%) inches to the centre line of the block; running thence York Charter, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the easterly along the centre line of the block fifty (5o) feet; running thence\ northerly issue of Corporate Stock of The City of New York, to the amount of six million and again parallel with Park avenue one hundred (too) feet eight and one-half (8/) five hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars ($6,533,00o), for the purpose of pro- inches to the southerly side of Ninety-sixth street, and running thence westerly along viding means for the necessary expenses connected with the construction of the prc- the southerly side of Ninety-sixth street fifty (5o) feet to the point or place of be- posed bridge over the East river, between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, ginning. known as Manhattan Bridge (No. 3), and that, subject to the concurrence of the Resolved, That the Corporation Counsel be and he hereby is authorized to in- Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller is authorized to issue Corporate Stock of The stitute condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the above described premises, City of New York, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York which are assessed for the year 1903 at $24,000, and the Board of Estimate Charter, to an amount not exceeding six million five hundred and thirty-three thou- and Apportionment, deeming it for the public interest that the title to all of said land sand dollars ($6,533,0oo), the proceeds whereof to be applied to the purposes afore- should be acquired at a fixed or specified time, does hereby direct that title to said said. lands and premises and all interest therein shall vest in The City of New York ten Which was adopted by the following vote: days after the filing of the oaths of the Commissioners to be appointed, in accord- The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- ance with the provisions of section 1437 of the Greater New York Charter. dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- Which was adopted by the following vote: mond-16. The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. The Secretary presented a communication from the Commissioner of Water The matter of the approval of the selection of a part of the site owned by the Supply, Gas and Electricity, submitting a statement of improvements which he deems City in the former village of St. George, Borough of Richmond, as a Carnegie necessary and requesting the issue of Corporate Stock to the amount of $1,99o,o..0 library site was laid over. for such improvements. Laid over for consideration later in the meeting. The President of the Borough of Queens moved that the Commissioner of Parks of the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond be requested to inform this Board if The Board proceeded to the consideration of the localities of certain sites for he deems it advisable to use this property for a park site, irrespective of the fact that Carnegie library buildings. a Carnegie library is to be erected thereon. The following was offered: Which was adopted by the following vote: Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment by resolution adopted The Mayor, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents of the Bor- April 24, 1903, approved of the general location in East Twenty-third street, in the oughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-13. Borough of Manhattan, for a Carnegie library building; and The Comptroller declined to vote. Whereas, The Trustees of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, have recommended and approved of a site for a Carnegie library The Secretary presented a communication from the President of the Borough building described herein; therefore be it cf Manhattan requesting an issue of $433,150 Corporate Stock for the purpose of con- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of structing a flower its trket and a public bath on the site now occupied by Clinton the selection of a site for a Carnegie library located in the Borough of Manhattan Market. 7830 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

BOROUGH OF QUEENS. Hon. Reginald S. Dou11 and Hon. Wauhope Lynn appeared and spoke in favor 6. ■4 the propositiot+. Trunk Main to Introduce Additional Water Supply Into Long Island City. Referred to the Comptroller. $2oo,000. It is•very necessary to commence work as soon as possible on the laying of a The Board took a recess until 2.30 p. m. main from the First Ward to the Second Ward, in the Borough of Queens. Such The Board reconvened in open session. a main is needed to secure an additional supply for Long Island City. The growth of Present—Seth Low, Mayor; Edward M. Grout, Comptroller; Charles V. Fornes, population and the increase of manufacture in that section have gone entirely beyond President Board of Aldermen; Jacob A. Cantor, President Borough of Manhattan; the local supply, and the question of an adequate supply therefor has been one of the most difficult problems which the Department has had to consider. The distribution J. Edward Swanstrom, President Borough of Brooklyn; Louis F. Haffen, President system needed prompt attention and the local pumping stations radical overhauling. Borough of The Bronx; George Cromwell, President Borough of Richmond; Joseph Funds have already been appropriated for these purposes and the work is either com- Cassidy, President Borough of Queens. pleted or under way. Funds have also been giv'en to the Department for main ex- tensions in the Third Ward and for improving the Flushing and Bayside stations. These latter stations can be very largely developed, so that in the Third Ward the The following communication from the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and local supply can be made to meet the needs of an increased population for many Electricity. submitting a statement of improvements which he deems necessary, and years to come. In Long Island City, however, the local supply is not capable of such requesting an issue of Corporate Stock to tile amount of St.000,000 for such purposes development. We are purchasing daily, at a high price, four million gallons of water was taken up for consideration: from the Citizens' Water Supply Company, and would be glad to take an additional daily two millions from that company were there a sufficient main capacity to bring DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, GAS AND ELECTRICITY, that much water into the First Ward. I have therefore asked for $200,000 for the COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, Nos. 13-21 PARK Row, construction by the City of this necessary connecting main. I have also had maps CITY OF NEW YORK, July I:1, 1903. prepared, which are now almost ready, to submit to you for your approval, in order J. W. STEVENSON, Esq., Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, No. 2P0 that condemnation proceedings may be instituted for the acquisition by the City of Broadway, New York: the entire plant, water rights and property of the Citizens' Water Supply Company. The company is entirely willing to supply the City with water tip to the limit of its SIR—On June 3o, 1903, I submitted to your Board a statement concerning public nresent equipment, but we are compelled to pay a large price for this water, and, what improvements, the construction of which I considered most necessary in the imme- is more serious. we cannot be assured an increased amount, as it may be needed. The diate future, accompanied with applications for Corporate Stock to the amount of company is unwilling to go to the great expense of sinking additional wells, erecting $ogo.000. At the close of my communication I s'atcd that additional matters and ex- additional pumping stations and completely developing its property unless a long- penditures with regard to the water supply would, at a later date, be submitted to term contract can be entered into with the City. Such a contract would practically you for consideration. result in deferring for ten years the acquisition of the company's property. In my I desire now to lay these matters before you, and as you have not acted on my opinion condemnation proceedings should be instituted at once, as the property can letter of June 30, I beg to withdraw the same, as this present communication fully be developed by the City to meet the requirements of the First Ward of• Queens covers all the facts therein. until the additional supply for the greater' City has been secured, and the cost of the BOROUGHS OF NIANHATTAN AND THE BRONX. water so secured will be materially less than the cost of procuring the same from I. the company, even under a long term agreement. I respectfully request that at your meeting on July 15, 1903, you will informally Construction of Filter Bed at Mahopac Falls for the Sanitary Protection of the ]Pater express your opinion as to whether you approve or disapprove of the general plan Supply from Lakes Mahopac and Kirk. above outlined, and that if you approve it you will, if possible, direct your Secretary $120,000. to advertise the necessary public hearing immediately upon the submission to him In 1902 maps were submitted for approval, preliminary to the institution of pro- of the maps for condemnation ceedings to condemn land upon the Croton watershed, which maps included a num- BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. ber of parcels bordering on Lakes Alahopac and Kirk. The probable awards for In the endeavor to bring the Brooklyn water system up to meet present needs, these parcels may be so large and the future expenditure will be so great in acquiring work has been done and expenditures have been incurred in improving every portion all the land necessary for the protection of the water supply about those lakes that I of the system. Funds have been appropriated for the following purposes: have had estimates made of the cost of installing filter beds at Mahopac Falls, capa- Filter beds at Hempstead Reservoir and Simonson's Ponds (the mechanical ble of filtering the entire supply above those falls. The cost of the filter beds will filter plants at Springfield and Jameco contracted for tinder the administration of be about one hundred and twenty thousand dollars ($120,000). The cost of opera- Mr. Van Wyck, having failed under test, have been remodeled at the expense of the tion, including interest on the original expenditure, will amount to about fifteen contractor and will soon be completed). thousand dollars ($15.000) a year, a very much smaller initial expenditure and Additional pumping engines and boilers at Millburn. smaller fixed charge than would result from taking the land. I therefore ask that Infiltration galleries at Warnagh and Watts Pond. Corporate Stock to the amount of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars ($120,- Enlargement and remodeling of the Gravesend pumping station. 000) be issued for the construction of filter beds at Alahopac Falls. Large trunk distributing main. 2. Large force main from Ridgewood to Mount Prospect. Proper Apparatus for Testing Meters and Other Improvements at the Storage Yards of Extension of mains. This Department. Enlargement of distribution pipes. I now ask for additional funds as follows: $20,000. 7. The apparatus now in use for testing water meters is very crude and entirely inadequate to test the large sizes of meters. The amount of revenue obtained by the New Water Mains. Department is in great measure dependent upon the accuracy of meters which are set, $65o,000. and an apparatus of modern design and proper capacity is an urgent necessity. Although the largest part of the expeditures already made or incurred has 3. been devoted to the improvement and extension of the distribution system, yet this Additional Fire Hydrants. work is of such great importance and so necessary that two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) should at once be used to lay new mains in districts not now sup- $50,000. plied with water, and four hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($45o,000) to replace There are on file in this Department requests approved by the Fire Department the old clogged small mains with new large ones. By the use of this fund of six for about 3,000 hydrants. Of this number 800 have been provided for by the $625,000 hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($65o,00o), with the moneys already available, the of bonds already authorized for additional mains and hydrants in Manhattan and distribution system of Brooklyn can be put in reasonably safe and proper condition, The Bronx. The urgency of this appropriation now requested is very great, there and in my opinion an ample fire protection would be afforded. being many sections of these two boroughs where the fire protection is quite inade- The Department has, of course, considered the advisability of laying salt water quate. I therefore ask for sufficient funds to install those hydrants which are most pipes for use against fire through the business sections near the water front, but needed. before the City goes to an expense of from one to two million dollars for such pur- 4. pose an ample supply of fresh water should be secured for business and domestic uses. New Pumps at the Ninety-eighth Street and One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Street Pumping Stations and Other Improvements to Machinery. 8. $ioo,000. Infiltration Gallery at Massapequa. Funds were provided in tgot for additional pumping machinery at the One $350,000. Hundred and Seventy-ninth street pumping station, there being great necessity for This amount will be needed for the construction of the gallery and the purchase an additional supply of water on Washington Heights, owing to the rapid increase of of the necessary land. Maps of the property needed will be submitted to you for population there. These funds were first requested in 1897. On account of strikes approval as a preliminary to the commencement of condemnation proceedings. and other unavoidable deldys the engines in question are only now nearing comple- The additional surface water made available by the filter plants at Springfield, tion. They will hardly be adequate a year hence for the service which will then be Jameco, Hempstead Reservoir and Simonion's Ponds, and the underground supply required of them, and provision should at once be made for other machinery at that to be taken from the infiltration galleries at Watts Pond, Wantagh and Massapequa, pumping station. The apparatus at present installed has to be incessantly worked, will increase Brooklyn's supply by about 25 per cent., and to the limit of capacity of and even suspensions for repairs have to be of the most temporary duration. the conduits to Ridgewood and to the limit of the lifting capacity of the Millburn At the Ninety-eighth street pumping station the machinery is of a very old pat- engines. The next improvement for which funds will be asked will be additional tern and is expensive to operate. Two new pumps should be installed and other high-service pumps at Ridgewood and the enlargement of the stations there, so that improvements should be made to reduce the coal consumption and the other oper- the additional supply may be pumped directly into the Mount Prospect Reservoir ating expenses. through the force main now under construction. This will enlarge the high-service 5. area and permit the abolition of the Mount Prospect pumping station, with a very Additional Water Mains. large resultant economy. I am now asking for funds for the improvement of the plants at Ridgewood, $5oo,000. as it will take several months to prepare the specifications, etc. There will be no Estimates and plans are being prepared by the Department for additional water delay if the matter can be taken up and considered by you in the early Fall. I shall mains in the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, calling for an expenditure of then ask also for a comparatively small appropriation for the remodeling and de- approximately two and one-half millions of dollars. The Department has already re • veloping of the New Lots pumping station, and shall also submit to you a report on ceived on account of this work appropriations to the amount of $625,000. The most the sanitary condition of the watershed, with recommendations as to what lands are expensive portion of the new construction will be the laying of large mains directly needed for the sanitary protection of our supply. from the Jerome Park Reservoir under the Harlem to the upper end of Manhattan I desire to state at this. time that I have about completed a very full report on Island. Appropriations for these large mains need not, in my opinion, be made be- the matter of water supply for the Borough of Richmond. The City owns one small fore the end of the yeas, but 1 ask now that $500,000 be immediately appropriated for pumping station on Staten Island, but practically the entire borough is at present additional mains in Manhattan and The Bronx. More than one-half of this amount supplied by private water companies. As the question involved is one rather of a is immediately needed in the Borough of The Bronx, and an additional large main new supply for the borough than of the development of a public supply already in should be laid at once from the reservoir in Central Park down Seventh avenue to use, I shall put the matter before you in a separate communication. provide an additional supply for manufactories on the west side, and, as a matter The following is a summary of the issues of Corporate Stock now requested: of fire protection, to increase the pressure throughout the dry goods district. BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX. I realize that a very large amount has already been appropriated for water main (1) Filter beds at Mahopac Falls $120,000 00 extensions, particularly in the Borough of The Bronx, but your Board undoubtedly (2) Meter testing apparatus, etc 20,000 00 realizes how great is the territory to be provided for, how rapidly it is growing and (3) Additional fire hydrants 50,000 00 how deficient in all respects is its distribution system. I thus ask a total appropria- (4) New pumps, etc.. at Ninety-eighth street and One Hundred and tion of $79o,000 for Manhattan and The Bronx, and with this a material improve- Seventy-ninth street pumping stations. 100,000 00 ment should be effected in the water system for these two boroughs. (5) Additional water mains, 5oo,000 00 The foregoing items probably cover all the new work upon the pumping and distribution systems which you will be asked to consider for these two boroughs BOROUGH OF QUEENS. during the current year, but applications must eventually be made for the protection (6) Mains into Long Island City 203,000 00 of the water supply by the purchase of additional lands and the construction of BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. drains and sewage disposal works upon the watershed. Complete surveys are being (7) New water mains 65o,00o 00 made and sanitary maps are in course of preparation, and the questions as to sewage (8) Massapequa infiltration gallery 350,000 00 disposal are being carefully studied. This work has been in progress for eight months, but will not be completed so that a full report can be made to you thereon Total $i.goo.000 00 before October or November. aso®,a®c THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 783 1

I inclose forms of resolutions. If entitled to compensation for the period between August it and October 16, Respectfully, 1899, at $2,000 a year, Mr. O'Sullivan should be paid the sum of $365.58. R. G. MONROE, Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. The phraseology of said act provides that the Board of Estimate and Apportion- ment may examine into and allow such portion of a claim of said Denis O'Sullivan The following resolution was offered: for $360.17 for said services, between August to and October 16, 1899, as "may seem Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 178 of the Greater New just and equitable," and that upon such audit the Comptroller may pay the amount York Charter, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the allowed "from moneys in his hands appropriated to pay the salary of a Stenographer issue of Corporate Stock of The City of New York, to an amount not exceeding of said Court in the annual budget for the year 1899. or by the issue of revenue bonds redeemable from the tax levy of the year 1902." (Ch. 491, L. '903.) one million nine hundred and ninety thousand dollars ($1,990,000), to provide the The books of this Department show that there is no present balance in the old necessary means to pay for the expenses connected with the water supply of The appropriation account for the year 1899. City of New York, as set forth in said section 178 of the Charter, and that when Respectfully, authority shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller is JAMES F. McKINNEY, Auditor of Accounts. authorized to issue Corporate Stock of The City of New York, in the manner pro- LOCAL—NEW YORK, KINGS, QUEENS AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. vided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, to an amount not exceeding [SiX folios.] one million nine hundred and ninety thousand dollars ($1,990,000), the proceeds Laws of New York.—By Authority. whereof to be applied to the purposes aforesaid. [Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall not take Which was adopted by the following vote: effect until the twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Section 43, article 2, chapter 8, General laws.] The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Chapter 491. Presidents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- An act authorizing the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of mond-16. New York to audit and allow, and the Comptroller of such City to pay Denis O'Sulli- van compensation for services actually rendered as Stenographer in the Municipal The Secretary presented a communication from the President of the Borough of Court of such City, Borough of Manhattan, Fifth District, from the tenth day of Brooklyn, requesting permission to accept bids and award contracts to other than August to the sixteenth clay of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Accepted by the City. the lowest bidder for the construction of sewers in the Borough of Brooklyn. Became a law May 9, 1903, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a Laid over for one week. two-thirds vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: The Secretary presented the following report of the Auditor of Accounts, De- Section I. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York partment of Finance, relative to the claim of Denis O'Sullivan for services as Tem- is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to examine into the facts con- porary Stenographer in the Fifth District Municipal Court: cerning the services claimed to have been rendered by Denis O'Sullivan as June 23, 1903. Stenographer in the Municipal Court of The City of New York, Borough of Man- hattan, Fifth District, from August tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to In the matter of Claim No. 17482 of Denis O'Sullivan for compensation for October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, amounting to the sum of three services as a Stenographer in the Fifth District Municipal Court of the Borough of hundred and sixty and seventeen one-hundredths dollars, with interest thereon from Manhattan, during the period between August to and October II, 1899: October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, while the position could not he filled under the civil service laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, chapter Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: three hundred and seventy, in consequence of the Justice elected to said court being SIR—The above claim is presented by Denis O'Sullivan for compensation for ser- sick with typhoid fever in the Post-Graduate Hospital, and being physically unable vices as a Stenographer in the Fifth District Municipal Court of the Borough of to make a requisition to the Municipal Civil Service Commission of The City of Manhattan, during the period between August to and October II, 1899. New York for the selection and appointment of a Stenographer for said court, and The Comptroller examined claimant under oath concerning the justness of his also to audit and allow said claim, or such portion thereof as said Board of Estimate claim upon May 27, 1903. A copy of the testimony given upon said examination is and Apportionment 'may deem just and equitable. transmitted herewith. Sec. 2. Upon such audit and allowance by said Board of Estimate and Appor- Mr. O'Sullivan testified that at the time of taking effect of the White Civil Ser- tionment of The City of New York, the Comptroller of said City is hereby author- kriee Law on July to, 1899, he was temporarily employed as a Stenographer in the ized and empowered to pay such claim or sum as may be so audited by said Board Fifth District Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan; that by the provisions of of Estimate and Apportionment herein above provided from moneys in his hands said law and of the rules and regulations adopted by the Civil Service Commission- appropriated to pay the salary of a Stenographer of said court in the annual budget ers of The City of New York and of the State of New York, and pursuant to the for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or by the issue of revenue bonds re- terms thereof, he was entitled to serve for one month only—that is, up to August deemable from the tax levy of the year nineteen hundred and two, and the said to, 1899; that at that latter date the Justice of said Court, Mr. Goldfogle, who was Comptroller is hereby further authorized and directed to pay over to said Denis authorized by law to appoint a Stenographer, was seriously ill and confined to a O'Sullivan the amount so audited and allowed from said moneys in his hands, or hospital, and was unable to make said appointment; that pursuant to the request from the money so raised for and upon said claim. of the Justices who presided in said Court, and by reason of the urgency of the need Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. of the City for the service of a Stepographer, he continued to render services therein up to and including October 16, i899, at which time Justice Goldfogle returned to STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, 55.: duty; that during the period prior to August to, 1899, he was employed at a salary I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do of $2,000 a year; that he instituted a proceeding to secure a writ of mandamus re- hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of quiring the Municipal Civil Service Commission to certify payrolls in his favor for said original law. the period of his service between August to and October 16, and also instituted an JOHN F. O'BRIEN, Secretary of State. action to recover the amount of his salary at $2,000 a year during said period; that in both of said proceedings he was defeated; that subsequently a bill was introduced The following resolution was offered: in the State Legislature in the session of 1903, authorizing the Board of Estimate Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 491 of the Laws of 1903, the and Apportionment to pass upon his claim for salary during said period and, if it Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby audits and allows as a proper charge found the same to be just, to allow such amount as he may deem proper; and that the claim tinder consideration is presented pursuant to the terms of said law. against The City of New York the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars and seven- A copy of said testimony was transmitted to Judge Goldfogle, who submitted teen cents ($360.17) in full settlement of the claim pf Denis O'Sullivan for compen- the following memorandum: sation for services rendered in the Fifth District Municipal Coiirt, Borough of Man- Replying to Inquiry of Comptroller Concerning Claim of Mr. O'Sullivan. hattan, from the loth day of August to the 16th day of October, 1899. "Mr. O'Sullivan was serving under temporary appointment in \Municipal Court, Which was adopted by the following vote: Fifth District. The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- "I was taken sick, suffering from typhoid fever in July; continued sick until dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- November; on returning to judicial duty found that Stenographer had left the Court, mond—PS. he claiming that he was unable to get salary. "Just how long Stenographer did stenographic work after I was taken sick I do not know. Court was presided over during my absence by other Justices. The Secretary presented the following report of the Auditor of Accounts, De- "Just when Mr. O'Sullivan ceased all connection with the Court I do not know, partment of Finance, relative to the claims of Herbert S. Harvey and John H. Rat- owing to the fact that I was in the hospital." An examination of the payrolls of said Court shows that claimant was employed jen for compensation for services as Assistant Clerks in the Second District Magis- prior to August 1, 1899, as Stenographer in said Court at $2,000 a year; that upon the trate's Court, Borough of Queens: payroll for the month of August, 1899, although certified for the full month, he was July I, 1903. credited with and paid for to days' service, August t to to, the sum of $53.76; that, In the matter of Claim No. 17.474, of John H. Ratjen, for $584.68, alleged to be although certified for the month of September, 1899, his name was stricken from the due to him for salary earned by him as an Assistant Clerk in the First District Magis- roll, and that his name does not appear upon the roll for October, 1899. Said rolls trate's Court, Borough of Queens, during the period from August ti, 1899, to Decem- further show that the roll of November, 1899, has no Stenographer upon it, and that 31, 1899; and of Claim No. 17,475, of Herbert S. Harvey, for a similar amount, the roll for December shows that Louis S. Posner was appointed in said Court at alleged to have been earned by him during the same period as an Assistant Clerk in $2,000 a year on December 2o, 1899. the Second Magistrate's Court, Borough of Queens. In the Appeal Book to the Court of Appeals in the matter of the application of said O'Sullivan for a writ of mandamus (loaned to this Department by claimant's at- Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: torney and transmitted herewith) there is a stipulation of facts upon which the case SIR—In his claim filed with the Comptroller, said John H. Ratjen alleges that in was finally determined. An examination of folios 15 to 25 of said Appeal Book shows June, 1898, he was appointed an Assistant Clerk in the First District Magistrate's that the statements of Mr. O'Sullivan are in all respects substantially correct. Court, Borough of Queens, at a salary of $1,500 per annum; that he faithfully dis- The decision of the Appellate Division of the First Department in October, Iwo, charged the duties of said position from the time of appointment up to January I. which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals without an opinion, is contained in said 1900; that for the period from August t t to December 31, 1899, he received no salary Appeal Book. In said decision, the Court, all concurring, stated: for the services so rendered by him; that in consequence thereof there is due and owing to him the stim.of $584.68 as salary for said period. "The answer to this claim is found in the fact that it cannot make the slightest Herbert S. Harvey, in his claim filed with the Comptroller, alleges that in June, difference in determining the statute of the relator whether the Justice was physi- 1898, he was appointed an Assistant Clerk in the Second District Magistrate's Court cally disqualified from making such appointment from the eligible list or not, but for the Borough of Queens, at a salary of $1,5oo per annum, and faithfully discharged even though such disqualification was produced by the act of God it would be the the duties of his office from said time up to January 1, moo; that there is also due same if it proceeded from any other cause. Had the Justice been able .to make the and owing to him the sum of $584.68, as salary earned by him during the period from appointment he could not have appointed the relator, nor could he contiue him tem- August II, 1899, to December 31, 1899. porarily, and so far as the Chief Clerk is concerned, he had no authority to appoint John H. Ratjen, on being examined before the Comptroller, testified that prior under any circumstances nor could he continue the relator in his employment and to consolidation he had been a Court Attendant in the First District Magistrate's thereby create liability against the City. There was no provision of law authorizing Court, Borough of Queens; that upon consolidation he was transferred into the ser- the continuance of the relator in his employment; on the contrary, the statute ex- vice of Tile City of New York; that on or about March 26, 1898, he was made an pressly prohibited it. Of this condition the relator was bound to take notice, and if Assistant Clerk in said Court, at a salary of $1,500 per annum; that he was paid for thereafter he chose to render service, it must be deemed to have been a his services up to and including August to, 1899; that he did not receive any compen-. voluntary service and created no liability upon the part of the City to pay therefor. sation for the services rendered by him from August it to December 31, 1899, "on (Wittmer vs. The City of New York, 5o App. Div., 482.) account of the White Law taking effect, claiming we would have to take an examina- "As the relator did not show himself entitled to the writ, the order granting it tion"; that Matthew J. Smith, Esq., was the Magistrate of said Court; that the ser- should be reversed with fifty dollars costs and disbursements, and proceeding dis- vices of said period were rendered with the exception that he would be compensated missed." for the same. In vielk of the determination of said Court that claimant's services must be Attached to said Ratjen's claim is the following certificate of Matthew J. Smith, deemed to have been voluntary, the question arises whether the Board of Estimate City Magistrate: and Apportionment is authorized to pay to him his salary for said period, even after said authority has been delegated to it by said act of Legislature, it being uncertain "CITY MAGISTRATE'S COURT, SECOND DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION, whether under the circumstances said payment would be a violation of the inhibition "CITY OF NEW YORK, FLUSHING, L. I. of section to of article 8 of the Constitution of the State of New York, prohibiting "MATTHEW J. SMITH, Magistrate: municipal corporations from giving "any money or property * * * to any in- "This is to certify that John H. Ratjen was duly appointed Assistant Clerk in the dividual, association or corporation," First District Magistrate's Court, Borough of Queens, City of New York, in jaw, 7832 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, tgo3. ------0498; that he faithfully performed the duties of said office from said date of his ap- Which was adopted by the following vote: pointment up to January I, 1900. The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- "Dated May 19, 1903. dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- "(Signed) MATTHEW J. SMITH, "City Magistrate, Second Division." mond-16. From an examination of the payrolls of the Magistrate's Court, First District, Borough of Queens, it appears that on August to, 1899, and prior thereto, said .John The Secretary presented the following communications from the Armory Board H. Ratjen was employed in said Court as an Assistant Clerk at a salary of $1,500 per requesting various transfers: annum; that from and after this date to and including December 31, 1899, he is BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS, marked "Not on roll." SECRETARY'S OFFICE, STEWART BUILDING, NO. 280 BROADWAY, If claimant is entitled to compensation for the period of his claim, the amount NEW YORK, July 6, 1903. thereof would be the sum of $584.68. To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: Herbert S. Harvey, on being examined before the Comptroller. testified that he received his appointment as Assistant Clerk in the Second District Magistrate's GENTLEMEN-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held July 3, 1903, the following Court in May, 1898; that his appointment was made "subject to the Civil Service was adopted: list"; that he was appointed at a salary of $1,500 per annum; that he was paid for his "Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be requested to services up to and including August to, 1899; that after this date up to and including transfer the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($i.,00) from the appropriation made to December 31, 1899, he was not paid for his services, because the Secretary of the the Armory Board for the year 1903, entitled 'Care and Maintenance of Armories- Magistrate's Board "refused to certify my name after that, on account of the White Administration,' the same being in excess of the amount required for the purposes Law, which went into effect on that day, and all appointments were to be taken from thereof, to the appropriation made to the Ninth Regiment, N. G. N. Y., entitled a list, as I understand it"; that witness was told by the Secretary of the Civil Service 'Repairs and Supplies,' the amount of said appropriation being insufficient." Commission that his position was a permanent one, since his appointment was made Yours truly, "before the enactment of any Civil Service list for the Borough of Queens, and that FRANK J. BELL, Acting Secretary. the new law would not affect me." BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS, He also testified that he therefore continued to render services as said Assistant SECRETARY'S OFFICE, STEWART BUILDING, No. 280 BROADWAY, Clerk; that he thereupon commenced legal proceedings, which were argued before NEW YORK, July 6, 1903. Mr. Justice Garrison, who decided adversely to witness; that the decision, however, To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: was not handed down until some time in January, goo; that in the meantime, to wit, in November, i899. he had taken a Civil Service examination for said position and GENTLEMEN-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held July 3. 1903, the following passed the same; that the Civil Service list of eligibles, however, was not certified was adopted: until February, two; that he was permanently appointed from Said list in March, "Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be requested to 1900, and is still filling said position; that he is claiming compensation only up to transfer the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250) from the December.31, 1899, although he rendered services up to March t, icioo, for which he appropriation made to the Armory Board for the year 1903, entitled 'Care and was not paid. Maintenance of Armories in the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens-Contingencies,' The following certificate of Luke J. Connorton, Esq., Magistrate, is attached to the same being in excess of the amount required for the purposes thereof, to the ap- said Harvey's claim: propriation made to the Twelfth Regiment, N. G. N. Y., entitled 'Repairs and Sup- plies,' the amount of said appropriation being insufficient." "CITY MAGISTRATE'S COURT, SECOND DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION, Yours truly, "CITY OF NEW YORK (FLUSHING, L. I.), FRANK J. BELL, Acting Secretary. "BOROUGH OF QUEENS, May To, 1903. BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS, "This is to certify that Herbert S. Harvey was duly appointed Assistant Clerk in SECRETARY'S OFFICE. STEWART BUILDING, No. 280 BROADWAY, the Second District Magistrate's Court, Borough of Queens, City of New York, in NEW YORK, July 6, 1903. June, 1898; that he faithfully performed the duties of said office from said date of his appointment up to January I. i90o. To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: "(Signed) LUKE J. CONNORTON, GENTLEMEN-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held July 3, 1903, the following "City Magistrate, Second Division." was adopted: "Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be iequested to Moreover. on June 25. 1903, in a communication to Hon. N. Taylor Phillips, transfer the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) from the appropriation made to the Deputy Comptroller, City Magistrate Connorton stated as follows concerning this Armory Board for the year 1903, entitled 'Care and Maintenance of Armories, claim: Borough of Manhattan-Contingencies,' the same being in excess of the amount "Yours of the 13th inst. at hand and in reply would say that H. S. Harvey was required for the purposes thereof, to the appropriation made to the First Battery, duly appointed Assistant Clerk in the Second District Magistrate's Court of the N. G. N. Y., entitled 'Repairs and Supplies,' the amount of said appropriation being Borough of Queens and discharged the duties of said office from May, 1898, until insufficient." January, 1900; he received pay up to August ro, 1899, and the Civil Service Board re- Yours truly, fused to certify his name after that date. The White Civil Service Law then became FRANK J. BELL, Acting Secretary. operative. Mr. Harvey's appointment was originally made for the unexpired term of two years, or until there was an eligible list orepared. Said term of two years BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS, would end February, 19oo. in the absence of any eligible list. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, STEWART BUILDING, No. 280 BROADWAY, "At no time after his appointment was there any such list for the Borough of NEW YORK, July 6, 1903. Queens until February. igloo, and his name was then certified, he having taken the To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: examination in November, 1899, but the list was not certified until February, i90o GENTLEMEN-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held July 3. 1903, the following "He faithfully performed the duties and his services were actually needed in the it as adopted: Court. I believe his claim to be a just one and sincerely hope you will approve of "Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be requested to the same." transfer the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) from the appropriation made to From an examination of the payrolls of the Second District Magistrate's Court, the Armory Board for the year 1903, entitled 'Care and Maintenance of Armories Borough of Queens, it appears that on and prior to August to, 189o, said Harvey was in the Borough of Manhattan-Contingencies,' the same being in excess of the employed as an Assistant Clerk. in receipt of a compehsation of $1,500 per annum; amount required for the purposes thereof, to the appropriation made to the Second that he was not paid for the period from August it to December 31, 1899; that for Battery, N. G. N. Y., entitled 'Repairs and Supplies,' the amount of said appropria- this period he is marked "Not on roll." tion being insufficient." If, therefore. this claimant is entitled to compensation for the period of his Yours truly, claim, the amount of said compensation would be the sum of $584.68. FRANK J. BELL, Acting Secretary. It appears that on May 9, 1903, the following act, known as chapter 527, became a law: BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS, "Senate No. 694-Chapter 527. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, STEWART BUILDING, No. 280 BROADWAY, "An act authorizing the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of NEW YORK, July 6, 1903. New York to audit and allow and also authorizing the Comptroller of The City of To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: New York to pay to certain persons compensation for •services actually rendered to GENTLEMEN-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held July 3, 1903, the following The City of New York in the Magistrate's Court in the year eighteen hundred and was adopted: ninety-nine, with the approval of the Governor 'Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be requested to "Became a law May 9, 1903. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the transfer the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) from the appropriation made to the City. Armory Board for the year 1903, entitled 'Care and Maintenance of Armories-Ad- "The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do ministration,' the same being in excess of the amount required for the purposes enact as follows: eiereof, to the appropriation made to the First Battalion Naval Militia, entitled 'Re- "Section r. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New pairs and Supplies,' the amount of said appropriation being insufficient." York is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to examine into the facts Yours truly, concerning the service claimed to have been rendered by John H. Ratjen in the FRANK J. BELL, Acting Secretary. First District Magistrate's Court and Herbert S. Harvey in the Second District Magistrate's Court in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and also to audit BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS, and allow such claims of such of them, or such portion of any or all of them, as said SECRETARY'S OFFICE, STEWART BUILDING, No. 280 BROADWAY, Board of Estimate and Apportionment may deem just and equitable, but not exceed- NEW YORK, July 6, 1903. ing in the aggregate twelve hundred dollars. To the Honorable the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: "Sec. 2. Upon such audit and allowance by said Board of Estimate and Appor- GENTLEMEN-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held July 3, 1903, the following tionment of The City of New York the Comptroller of said city is hereby authorized was adopted: and directed to pay to said persons to whom such allowance shall have been made 'Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be requested to by the said Board of Estimate and Apportionment the amount so allowed within transfer the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) from the appropriation made to the thirty days after the audit and allowance of such claim by said Board of Estimate and Armory Board for the year 1903, entitled 'Care and Maintenance of Armories-Ad- Apportionment. ministration,' the same being in excess of the amount required for the purposes "Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately." thereot, to the appropriation made to the Headquarters First Brigade, N. G. N. Y., If, therefore, under the provisions of said chapter 527, these claims, Nos. 17,474 entitled 'Repairs and Supplies,' the amount of said appropriation being insufficient." and 17,475, are allowed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, they should Yours truly, each be allowed at the full amount claimed, to wit. $584.68. • FRANK J. BELL, Acting Secretary. In view, therefore. of the foregoing, it is respectfully recommended that this re- port be transmitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New The following resolution was offered: York for its consideration in connection with the provisions of chapter 527 of the Resolved, That the sum of four thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars ($4,95o) Laws of 1903. be and the same is hereby transferred from the appropriations made to the Board Respectfully. of Armory Commissioners for the year 1903, as follows: JEREMIAH T. MAHONEY, Auditor of Accounts. Approved: JAMES F. MCKINNEY, Chief of Division. "Care and Maintenance of Armories-Administration" $1,50o 00 of Brooklyn and Queens 1,25o 00 The following resolution was offered: "Contingencies," Boroughs of Manhattan 500 oo Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 527 of the Laws of 1903, "Contingencies," Borough 1,000 00 the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby audits and allows as a proper "Contingencies," Borough of Manhattan Armories-Administration" 500 00 charge against The City of New York the sum of eleven hundred and sixty-nine "Care and Maintenance of dollars and thirty-six cents ($1,169.36), in full settlement of the claims of Herbert "Care and Maintenance of Armories-Administration" 200 00 S. Harvey and John H. Ratjen for compensation for services rendered The City of New York from August II, 1899, to December 31, 1899, as follows: $4,950 00 -the same being in excess of the amounts required for the purposes thereof, to the Herbert S. Harvey. as Assistant Clerk in the Second District Magis- following appropriations made to said Board of Armory Commissioners for 1903, as trates' Curt, Borough of Queens $584 68 John H. Ratjen, as Assistant Clerk in the First District Magistrates' follows: "Repairs and Supplies," Ninth Regiment, N. G. N. Y., Borough of Man- Court, Borough of Queens 584 68 hattan $1,500 00 Total $1,169 36 "Repairs and Supplies," Twelfth Regiment, N. G. N. Y., Borough of Manhattan 1,250 00

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 7833

"Repairs and Supplies," First Battery, N. G. N. Y., Borough of Man- CITY OF NEW YORK, hattan 500 00 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. CITY HALL, July 0, 1903. "Repairs and Supplies," Second Battery, N. G. N. Y., Borough of JAMES W. STEVENSON, Esq., Secretary, Boar'd of Estimate and Apportionment: Manhattan 1,000 00 DEAR SIR—Request is herewith made for a transfer of funds as follows . "Repairs and Supplies," First Battalion Naval Militia, Borough of Man- From "Bureau of Highways—Salaries. 1903," to "General Administration— hattan 500 00 Salaries, 1903," $3,000; from "Bureau of Highways—Repairs and Renewal of Pave- "Repairs and Supplies," Headquarters, First Brigade, Borough of Man- ment and Regrading, 1903," to "Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices--Salaries and hattan 200 (JO Wages, 1903," $5.000; from "Bureau of Sewers—Salaries. 1903," to "Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices—Salaries and Wages, 1903," $5,000. Yours respectfully, $4,950 00 JACOB A. CANTOR, President. —the amounts of said appropriations being insufficient. The following resolution was offered: Which was adopted by the following vote: Resolved, That the sum of thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000) be and the same is The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- hereby transferred from the appropriations made to the President of the Borough of dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- Manhattan for the year 1903, as follows: mond-16. "Salaries—Bureau of Highways" $3,000 00 "Repairs and Renewal of Pavements and Regrading—Bureau of High- The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of the ways': 5,000 00 Queens Borough Library, requesting the Board to recommend to the Board of "Salaries—Bureau of Sewers" 5,000 00 Aldermen that the salary of the position of Assistant Librarian be fixed at $90o per annum: Total $13,000 00 QUEENS BOROUGH LIBRARY, —the same being in excess of the amounts required for the purposes thereof, to the No. 101 EAST AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY, June 2§, 1903. appropriations made to said President of the Borough of Manhattan for the year 1903, as follows: Board of Estimate and Apportionment, No. 28o Broadway, New York City: "Salaries—General Administration" $3,000 00 GENTLEMEN—Pursuant to power vested in you under section 56 of the Greater New York Charter, the Board of Trustees of the Queens Borough Library request that "Salaries and Wages—Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices" 5,000 00 you recommend to the Board of Aldermen that the salary of the Assistant Librarian "Salaries and Wages—Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices" 5.000 00 of the Queens Borough Library be made $900 per annum, dating from the 1st of January, 1903. nunc pro tune. Total $13,000 00 Yours very truly, WALTER G. FREY, President. —the amounts of said appropriations being insufficient. The following resolution was offered: Which was adopted by the following vote: Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents to the Board of Aldermen, in accordance with the provisions of section 56 of the of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. Greater New York Charter, that the salary of the position of Assistant Librarian of the Queens Borough Library be fixed at the rate of nine hundred dollars ($900) per The Secretary presented the following communication from the Commissioner annum. of the Department of Street Cleaning requesting the transfer of $r,000 to the account Which was adopted by the following vote: entitled "Removal of Snow and Ice, Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx," for the '1'he Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents year 1903, and also the issue of Special Revenue Bonds under the provisions of section of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. 546 to reimburse the fund from which this transfer is temporarily made: DEPARTMENT OF STREET CLEANING, The Secretary presented the following communication from the Commissioner of NEW YORK, July 0, 1903. Public Charities requesting the transfer of $10 from some unexpended balance for the !Ion. SETH Low, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: year 190t to the appropriation entitled "Donations to Grand Army Veterans": Sra—I have to request that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) be transferred from the account of Sweeping and Carting Appropriation of the Department of DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, Street Cleaning, Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, for the year 1903, to the BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX, appropriation account of Snow and Ice, Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, for COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, FOOT OF EAST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, 1903, for the reason that the balance remaining in the last-named account is not suf- NEW YORK, June 22, 1903, ficient to cover the business of the year. HOD. JAMES W. STEVENSON, Secretary, BZettrd of Estimate and Apportionment: I have also to request that, in accordance with the provisions of section 546 of the Greater New York Charter. the Comptroller be authorized and directed to issue DEAR SIR—I beg to request that the transfer of the sum of $10 be made from any available appropriation to any department to the appropriation for "Donations to bonds of The City of New York to the amount of one thousand dollars ($r,000), the Grand Army Veterans" to this department for 1901, the same being insufficient. proceeds thereof to be used for the restoration to the account of Sweeping and Cart- I have the honor to remain, ing of the amount temporarily transferred therefrom, as requested above. Yours very truly, Respectfully, HOMER FOLKS, Commissioner. F. W. GIBSON, Deputy Acting Commissioner. The following resolution was offered: The following resolution was offered: Resolved, That the sum of ten dollars ($ro) be and the same is hereby transferred Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars ($r,000) be and hereby is trans- from the appropriation made to the Department of Finance for the year 1901, entitled ferred from the appropriation made to the Department of Street Cleaning, Boroughs "Salaries," the same being in excess of the amount required for the purposes thereof, of Manhattan and The Bronx, for the year 1903, entitled "Sweeping and Carting," to the appropriation made to the Department of Public Charities for 1901, entitled the same being in excess of the amount required for the purposes thereof, to the "Donations to Grand Army Veterans," boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, the appropriation made to said Department, Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, amount of said appropriation being insufficient. for 1903, entitled "Removal of Snow and Ice," the amount of said appropriation Which was adopted by the following vote: being insufficient; and The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- Resolved, That. pursuant to the provisions of section 546 of the Greater New dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- York Charter, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue Revenue Bonds mond-16. of The City of New York to the amount of one thousand dollars ($r,000), redeem- able from the tax levy of the year' succeeding the year of their issue, the proceeds of which shall be applied to refunding to said appropriation the amount hereby trans- The Secretary presented the following communication from the Department of ferred therefrom. Correction requesting the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to fix the salary of Which was adopted by the following vote: the position of Junior Clerk at $500 per annum: The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE, No. 148 EAST TWENTIETH STREET, mond-16. NEW YORK, June 27, 1903. Hon. SETH Low, Mayor, and Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: The Secretary presented the following communication from the Secretary of the DEAR SIR—I would respectfully ask authority from your Honorable Board to make Queens Borough Library, requesting the fixing of the salaries of Assistant Librar'ans an appointment of Junior Clerk in this D. partment, at a salary of $500 per annum. It is desired to promote Mr. Hugh A. Tracy, now filling the position of Office Boy, at $5o per month: and who has taken the promotion examination for Junior Clerk, and has passed with QUEENS BOROUGH LIBRARY, a percentage of 96. He is fully capable, and in every way wcrthy of promotion. NO. ICI EAST AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY, I trust that you will take favorable action on this request, as it is desired to date July 7, 1903. the promotion from July 1, 190.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment, No. 28o Broadway, New York City: Very respectfully, GENTLEMEN—The salary of two of our Assistant Librarians Miss Higgins and Miss THOMAS W. HYNES, Commissioner. Pennington, has recently been increased; Miss Higgins from $30 to $5o per month, and Miss Pennington from $25 to $so per month, for the reason that the character The following resolution was offered: of their work has been changed: they have been transferred from the circulating Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends department to the cataloguing department of this library, where the work is much to the Board of Aldermen, in accordance with the provisions of section 56 of the more difficult. I would therefore request that your Board recommend to the Board of Alder- Greater New York Charter, that the salary of the position of Junior Clerk in the men the fixation of salaries at the proposed amounts. , Department of Correction be fixed at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars Yours very truly, ($480) per annum. WALTER L. BOGERT, Secretary. Which was adopted by the following vote: The following resolution was offered: The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- to the Board of Aldermen, in accordance with the provisions of section 56 of the mond-16. Greater New York Charter, that the salary of the position of Assistant Librarian in the Queens Borough Library be fixed at the rate of fifty dollars ($5o) per month. The Secretary presented a communication from the President of the Borough of Which was adopted by the following vote: Manhattan, requesting the issue of $52,000 Corporate Stock for the purpose of com- The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents pleting the construction of the Criminal Court Building. of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. Laid over for one week. The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of the Borough of Richmond and report of the Appraiser of Real Estate, Department of The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of the Finance, relative to the institution of condemnation proceedings for the acquisition Borough of Manhattan, requesting the transfer of $13,000 to various salary accounts of property required for a public building in the Borough of Richmond on Jay street, within his office; South street and Stuyvesant place: 7834 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF RICHMOND, your Honorable Board will therefore take prompt action in the matter and forward NEW BRIGHTON, July 0, 1903. your resolution to the Board of Aldermen for concurrent action by that Board. No. 28o Broadway, New York City: Respectfully, Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. W. R. WILLCOX, Commissioner. DEAR SIR—In order to facilitate the efforts of the Chief of your Real Estate Bureau, Mr. Mortimer B. Brown, to secure at private sale the entire plot proposed for the The following resolution was offered: site of the Richmond Borough Hall. I have taken up the negotiations with Mr. Ben- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends jamin Petersen, the owner of a small portion of the proposed site. We have been for- tunate in securing the property on both sides of Mr. Petersen's plot at reasonable to the Board of Aldermen, in accordance with the provisions of section 56 of the figures. and I had hoped to be able to persuade Mr. Petersen to accept similar prices Greater New York Charter, that the salary of the position of Architectural Draughts- for his plot. I regret to say, however, that my efforts have failed, and Mr. Petersen man in the Department of Parks, boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, be fixed at continues to insist upon a price for his property which I could not advise the City the rate of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum. to pay. Condemnation proceedings. therefore, will be necessary, in order to acquire the narrow strip of land owned by Mr. Petersen. Which was adopted by the following vote: I accordingly recommend that at the next meeting of the Board of Estimate The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- and Apportionment a resolution be adopted directing the Corporation Counsel to dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- proceed with the necessary condemnation proceedings at once, under sections 1437 mond—i6. and 1439 of the Charter. Yours respectfully, GEORGE CROMWELL, President of the Borough. The Secretary presented the following communication from. the President of the CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, Borough of Richmond requesting. the transfer of $15o to the account entitled "Con- COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, tingencies and Emergencies, Bureau of Buildings," for the year 1903: July to, 1903. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF RICHMOND, Hon. EDW ARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: NEW BRIGHTON, N. Y., July 8, 1903. Sta—The Board of Estimate and. Apportionment at a meeting held on the 24th day of April, 1903. adopted a resolution, selecting a site for the erection of a borough Mr. J. W. STEVENSON, Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, No. 280 Broad- public building. fronting on Jay street, South street and Stuyvesant place, in the way, New York: florougll of Richmond, and authorized the Comptroller to enter into agreements DEAR SIR—I hereby request that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the purchase pi said premises at a price not exceeding $49,500. authorize the transfer of the sum of $153 from the account of "Labor, Maintenance There were contained in this site four parcels of land. one owned by the Staten and Supplies and Final Disposition, 1903." Bureau of Street Cleaning, to account of Island Rapid Transit Company, one by the Richmond Light and Railroad Company "Contingencies and Emergencies, 1903," Bureau of Buildings of my office, the amount and one by the executors of Louis Benzinger. deceased. The fourth parcel of land, appropriated to the latter being insufficient for the purposes thereof. running from Stuyvesant place to Jay street, is owned by Benjamin Petersen, and is Yours very truly, 24 feet to inches in width, front and rear, by a depth of 216 feet 9 inches through GEORGE CROMWELL, President of the Borough. from street to street. The President of the Borough of Richmond, in a communication hereto annexed, The following resolution was offered: states that it has been impossible for him to negotiate with the owner of the prem- Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($15o) be and hereby is ises, Benjamin Petersen. for the sale of the property at a price which would be transferred from the appropriation made to the President of the Borough of Rich- fair, reasonable and just for the City to pay. mond for the year 1903, entitled Bureau of Street Cleaning—"Labor, Maintenance I would respectfully recommend that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment adopt a resolution authorizing the Corporation Counsel to institute condemnation and Supplies and Final Disposition," the. same being in excess of the amount re- proceedings, under section 1437 of the Greater New York Charter, for the acquisition quired for the purposes thereof, to the appropriation made to said borough for the of the property of Benjamin Petersen. year 1903, entitled Bureau of Buildings—"Contingencies and Emergencies," the Respectfully submitted, amount of said appropriation being insufficient. MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate. in Charge of Bureau. Which was adopted by the following vote: The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- The following was presented : dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- Whereas, By resolution adopted April 24, 1903, the Board of Estimate and Ap- mond-16. portionment approved of the selection of a site for a public building in the Borough of Richmond, located on Jay street, South street and Stuyvesant place, in said bor- The Secretary presented the following communication from the Commissioner ough; and of Public Works and Acting President of the Borough of Brooklyn requesting the Whereas, The Comptroller of The City of New York has informed this Board fixing of the salary of Clerk, Grade 1, at $750 per annum: that it has been impossible to secure the property of Benjamin Petersen, located THE CITY OF NEW YORK, within the area of the site selected, and has stated that condemnation proceedings OFFICE. OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, will have to be instituted in order to secure this property; therefore be it BROOKLYN, July I, 1903. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment having heretofore Han. J. W. STEVENSON, Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, New York approved of the selection of the following described premises, bounded and de- City: • scribed as follows: DEAR SIR—Referring to my letter to you of the 30th June, in which I inclosed a Beginning on the easterly side of Stuyvesant street. as said street is laid down resolution fixing the salary of Clerk in this department at the rate of $750, I beg to call your attention to the fact that through error the letter read "Junior Clerk, on the map of property at New Brighton. S. I., belonging to Messrs. George Griffin, Grade I." This should be "Clerk, Grade I." George Griswold and John C. Green, surveyed by George N. Root, City Surveyor, Kindly correct this error and oblige Brooklyn, on file in the office of the Clerk of Richmond County, at a point distant Yours very truly, feet ten (to) inches southwardly from the • WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, two hundred and seventy-three (273) Commissioner of Public Works and Acting President, Borough of Brooklyn. southeasterly corner of Stuyvesant and De Kalb streets, and thence eastwardly and parallel with the said De Kalb street two hundred and sixteen (216) feet nine (g) THE CITY OF NEW YORK, inches to Jay street; thence southwardly and along Jay street twenty-four (24) feet OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN, June 3o, 1903. ten (to) inches to land now or late of George Griswold and John C. Green, and Hon. J. W. STEVENSON, Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, New York thence westwardly'along lands now or late of George Griswold and John C. Green City: and parallel with De Kalb street two hundred and sixteen (216) feet nine (g) inches DEAR SIR—I beg leave to transmit to you, herewith inclosed, a resolution fixing the to Stuyvesant street, and thence northwardly along the eastwardly side of Stuyvesant grade of Clerk, Grade I, in the Department tinder the jurisdiction of the President of street twenty-four (24) feet ten (to) inches to the point or place of beginning, being the Borough of Brooklyn at the rate of $750 per annum. Will you be kind enough to the same premises conveyed to the vendor by Salomon Kohnstann and Hannah present this matter at the next meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for its consideration and action. No grade exists, at the present time, between the Kohnstann, his wife, by deed dated January 18, 1864, and recorded in the Clerk's fourth grade Junior Clerk at $600 and second grade Clerk at $9oo. For the more office of the County of Richmond on the 25th day of January, 1864, in Liber 54 of perfect and economical organization of this department it is most proper and neces- Deeds, page 438, together with all the right, title and interest of the owner of said fary, in my opinion, that such an intermediate grade should be established in order premises of, in and to the streets in front thereof to the centre thereof, the Cor- that both the extremes of $600 and_$9oo may be avoided in the making of appoint- ments and promotions. poration Counsel be and he hereby is authorized to institute condemnation proceed- I therefore respectfully request the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, ings for the acquisition of the above-mentioned premises, which are assessed for the through you, to adopt the accompanying resolution at as early a date as possible. year 1903 at $3,500, in accordance with the provisions of section 1437 of the Greater Yours very truly, WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, New York Charter. Commissioner of Public Works and Acting President, Borough of Brooklyn. Which was adopted by the following vote: The Mayor, Comptroller. President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- The following resolution was offered: dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn. The Bronx, Queens and Rich- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends mond—I6. to the Board of Aldermen, in accordance with the provisions of section 56 of the Greater New York Charter, that the salary of the position of Clerk, Grade 1, in the The Secretary presented a report from the Engineer of the Board of Estimate Department under the jurisdiction of the President of the Borough of Brooklyn, be and Apportionment on the application of the President of the Borough of Queens fixed at the rate of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) per annum. for the issue of $.913.5oo Special Revenue Bonds for the proper administration of the Which was adopted by the following vote: business of the Topographical Bureau in the Borough of Queens. The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich-. Laid over. mond—th. The Secretary presented a communication from the attorney of the members of the Defender Hose Company of Eastchester, N. Y!, relative to additional compen- The Secretary presented a communication from the Secretary to the President of sation for services rendered subsequent to June 12, Iwo. the Borough of Queens requesting the fixing of the salaries of the positions of As- Referred to the Corporation Counsel. sistant Engineer in the Topographical Bureau at $2,100 and Assistant Engineer in Charge of the Topographical Bureau at $3,000 per annum. The Secretary presented the following communication from the Department of Referred back to the President of the Borough of Queens for a statement of the Parks, boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, requesting the Board of Estimate reasons for the fixing of said salaries. and Apportionment to fix the salary of the position of Architectural Draughtsman at $1,500 per annum : lite Secretary presented a communication from the President of the Borough of The Bronx, calling attention to the resolution passed by the Board of Aldermen THE CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, ARSENAL, CENTRAL PARK, October 21, 1902, relative to the issue of $15,000 Special Revenue Bonds to provide July 8, 1903. means for surveys and investigations in connection with the sewer outlet near the To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, The City of New York: upper part of The Bronx watershed. DEAR SIRS—I beg to request that your Honorable Board will pass a resolution fixing Referred to the Engineer of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. the salary of Architectural Draughtsman in the Department of Parks, boroughs of --- Manhattan and Richmond, at $1,500 per annum. The Secretary presented a report of the Engineer of the Department of Finance This Department is at present without such a Draughtsman, and his services are urgently needed. Funds have already been provided through bond issues to pay relative to the acquisition of certain property needed for the bridge between Borden the salary of such a Draughtsman when he i s appointed, and I beg to request that avenue and Creek street, First Ward, Borough of Queens. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, rm. THE CITY RECORD. 7835

Referred back to the Commissioner of Bridges to take the necessary steps to Star.dpipe in the centre three (3) inch standard, with brass hose couplings at the have the proper authorities institute proceedings for the opening and closing of bottom and top. Roof of escape, No. 16 sheet steel. streets as set forth on the map. Top angle ring, II% inches by i1/2 inches by inch. Railing on top, I inch by 3-16 inch, and I4 inches by inch angle. The Secretary presented a communication from the Commissioner of Bridges Entrance doors and frames No. 16 patent bevel sheet steel. requesting the approval of the plans and the authorization of $250.000 Corporate Exit door No. 14 patent bevel sheet steel. Stock for the construction of a bridge connecting East One Hundred and Eighty- Rivets in bottom angle iron A inch diameter, about 6 inches on centres. Rivets in cylinder inch diameter, about 2;4 inches on centres. fourth street, in the Borough of The Bronx, with West Two Hundred and Seventh Rivets in sections of flights 3-16 inch diameter, about 3 inches on centres. Each street, in the Borough of Manhattan. and every rivet is to be smoothly finished and personally inspected. Referred to the Engineer. The entire work is to be free from slivers and put up ini first-class manner. All of the work will have three coats of the best mineral paint. The spiral slide is to be painted with patent graphite paint. The Secretary presented the following report of the Engineer of the Depart- All mineral paint is to be Princess Metallic or equal thereto. ment of Finance relative to the plans, specifications and contract for the extension The windows on the top floor which are used as entrances to the escape will be of Riverside Drive from One Hundred and Forty-fifth to One Hundred and Fifty- converted into doors, making them, when finished, a height of about six (6) feet six (6) inches. Hang metal covered sash door glazed with wire glass inch thick. second street: Supply the proper hardware and trim the same in a neat and substantial manner. CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, - This refers to the window on the top floor used as an entrance to the present escape, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, together with the window which will be used for the new escape. June 3o, 1903. All of the work shall be clone in the best possible manner. under the direction of Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: the Supervising Engineer and to the entire satisfaction of the Commissioner of SIR—The President of the Borough of Manhattan, Hon. Jacob A. Cantor, in com- Public Charities, and the escape when complete shall be identical in every respect munication of June II, 1903, to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, submits, to the escape now in use in the building. pursuant to chapter 665 of the Laws of 1897, for the approval of the Board, plans, Bids will be accepted only for a fire escape to conform to the above specifications specifications and contract for the extension of Riverside Drive from One Hundred or to he in all respects equal thereto. and Forty-fifth street to One Hundred and Fifty-second street. The plans submitted are for what is designated as Section No. 3 of the extension CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, of Riverside Drive, extending from a line between One Hundred and Forty-fifth COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, street and One Hundred and Forty-sixth street, the northerly termination of Sec- July 9, 1903. HIM. EDWARD M. GROUT, tion No. 2, and an inclined line beyond One Hundred and Fifty-second street. The Comptroller: plans, specifications and contract are very complete, and'clearly describe, the work • SIR—Hon. Homer Folks, Commissioner of Public Charities, in communication under to be done. date of June 29, 1903, requests the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant No estimate of the cost of the work was submitted by the President, but I en- to section 1554 of the Charter, to adopt such a resolution as may be necessary to close the estimate of the Consulting Engineer, Mr. Williamson, amounting to the enable him (the Commissioner) to advertise and execute a contract with a fair sum of $800,000. and reasonable opportunity for competition for a special fire escape to be erected The time allowed for the completion of the work is Soo working days. in conformity with the specifications forwarded by the Commissioner. The security required is $15o,000. Would report that the proposed fire escape to be erected at City Hospital, The contract requires the maintenance of the work in good condition for the Blackwell's Island, is to be similar in all respects to the present "Kirker-Bender period of one year from the final completion and acceptance thereof; forfeiture for Escape" recently erected on the southerly side of City Hospital, Blackwell's Island, each day beyond this period is fixed at $5o. at a total cost of $1,074. In my opinion the Board of Estimate and Apportionment may properly ap Bill of A. Winternitz, for foundation $89 00 prove the plans, specifications and contract, pursuant to chapter 665, Laws of 1897. Bill of Dow Wire Works, for steel structure 985 00 Respectfully, EUG. E. McLEAN, Engineer. Total $1,074 00 The Comptroller here stated that the Board did not approve of the reference in Mr. McLean's report to Mr. Williamson, as Consulting Engineer, and that the The structure consists of an upright steel circular pipe six feet in diameter en- closing a spiral chute. At each floor there is an entrance enabling parties to get on Board did not regard him as such until his contract had been approved by the Cor- the spiral chute and be conveyed to the bottom by sliding down the surface of the poration Counsel. spiral chute. The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of the The device is purely a patented article and it will be necessary, pursuant to sec- tion 1554 of the Charter, for the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to adopt a Borough of Manhattan, submitting, for approval of the Board, the plans, speci- resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Charities to contract for the fications and contract for the extension of Riverside Drive from One Hundred and erection of same. Forty-fifth to One Hundred and Fifty-second street: The form of specifications, with the final clause "to conform to the above speci- fications or to be in all respects equal thereto," I think can properly be approved by CITY OF NEW YORK, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, Respectfully, CITY HALL, June II, 1903. EUG. E. McLEAN, Engineer. J. W. STEVENSON, Esq., Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment: DEAR SIR—Herewith are submitted, pursuant to chapter 665 of the Laws of 1897, for The following resolution was offered: approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, plans, specifications and con- Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 1544 of the Greater New tract for the extension of Riverside Drive, from One Hundred and Forty-fifth street York Charter, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the to One Hundred and Fifty-second street. specifications for the erection of a fire escape at the City Hospital, Blackwell's Yours respectfully, JACOB A. CANTOR., President. Island, submitted by the Commissioner of Public Charities, under date of June 29, 1903, with the clause therein inserted, "to conform to the above specifications or to The following resolution was offered: be in all respects equal thereto," as affording a fair and reasonable opportunity for Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of competition. the plans, specifications and contract, submitted on June II, 1903, by the President Which was adopted by the following vote: of the Borough of Manhattan, for the extension of Riverside drive, from One Hun- The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents dred and Forty-fifth street to One Hundred and Fifty-second street, Borough of of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. Manhattan. Which was adopted by the following vote: The Secretary presented a communication from the Police Commissioner, re- The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents questing an appropriation of $5oo,000 Corporate Stock for the purpose of building a of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond—I6. new Police Headquarters on the site of Centre Market. Laid over. The Secretary presented the following communication from the Commissioner of Public Charities in regard to patent fire escapes, together with a report of the En- The Secretary presented a communication from the Secretary of the Department gineer of the Department of Finance relative thereto: of Parks, requesting the Board to authorize the employment of an architect to super- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, vise the construction of an entrance to Prospect Park at Ocean avenue and Fort BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX, Hamilton avenue, etc. COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, FOOT OF EAST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, Referred to the Commissioner of Parks for the Boroughs of Brooklyn and June 29, 1903. NEW YORK, Queens, with a request for a statement of the reasons for such employment. Hon. Srra Low, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: SIR—I beg to request that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, pursuant to section 1554 of the Charter, adopt such resolution as may be necessary to enable me The Secretary presented the following communication from the Department of to advertise and execute a contract with a fair and reasonable opportunity for com- Parks, requesting authority to continue the employment of an architect for the con- petition for a special fire escape, to be erected in conformity to the specifications struction of a power, heating and electric lighting plant for the American Museum which I enclose herewith. I have the honor to remain, of Natural History and to prepare plans and specifications and to supervise the con- Yours very respectfully, struction of the unfinished portion of said Museum building: HOMER FOLKS, Commissioner. THE CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT Of PARKS, Specifications for a Kirker-Bender Fire Escape at City Hospital, Blackwell's Island. THE ARSENAL, CENTRAL PARK, The fire escape will be located on the south side of the building at the same July 3, 1903. relative position on the east as the present escape is on the west. To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, New York City: The height of the new escape will be the same as the present Kirker-Bender GENTLEMEN—At a meeting of the Park Board, held on the 2d instant, the following escape. resolution was adopted: Excavate to a depth of four (4) feet six (6) inches below the present grade. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be respectfully re- Fill in with six (6) inches of concrete mixed in the proportions of five parts quested to authorize the Commissioner of Parks for the Boroughs of Manhattan and broken stone, three parts sand and one part of cement; same to be eight (8) inches Richmond to continue the employment of the architect heretofore employed under wider on all sides than the wall. authority given by said Board for the construction of a power, heating and electric All broken stone shall be machine broken granite, free from all rotten stone and lighting plant for the American Museum of Natural History, to prepare plans and broken to a size that will pass through a two (2) inch ring. specifications and supervise the construction of the unfinished portion of said Muse- All sand shall be good, sharp bank sand, screened free from all dirt, salt, loam, um building, payable from the fund recently provided for that purpose. etc. Respcecitfj uNll All cement shall be Portland, Atlas, Saylor's or Giant brand. TY, ON H. SMITH, Assistant Secretary Park Board. On concrete footings build sixteen (i6) inch brick wall circular in shape and to measure six (6) feet six (6) inches inside at the top. The following resolution was offered: In the centre, starting from concrete base, build one twenty (20) inch column of Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes brick to the required height. All brick shall be good, hard burned, North river brick. Carry the foundations up to the grade and set Kirker-Bender escape of the the Commissioner of Parks for the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond to con- same diameter and construction as the one now in position. tinue the employment of an architect heretofore employed for the construction of a Angle iron ring at the bottom 21/t inches by 2% inches by inch. power, heating and electric lighting plant for the American Museum of Natural His- First ring of sheet steel cylinder No. to. tory, to prepare plans and specifications and supervise the construction of the unfin- Next two rings, No. 12. ished portion of said Museum building; the work to be paid for according to the Above these, No. 16. Sections of spiral slide No. 16 soft box annealed steel. schedule adopted by the American Institute of Architects. Thimbles around the standpipe, No. 18 steel. Which was adopted by the following vote: 7836 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

The Mayor. Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- The desirability of municipal ownership of the water supply system I believe dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn. , The Bronx, Queens and Rich- is sufficiently well established to make discussion of the same unnecessary. The acceptance of such a view in this city is instanced by the recent purchase of the mond-16. mains of the New York and Westchester Water Company, located within the Chester District of The Bronx. In the Borough of Brooklyn the plants of the Long The Secretary presented a communication from the Commissioner of the Police Island Water Supply Company and of the Kings County Water Company have been Department requesting an issue of Corporate Stock to provide means for the con- acquired within very recent years. As a financial proposition, I believe that there is very serious doubt as to the struction of station houses, prisons, etc., for the 36th and 41st Police Precincts, to be profit resulting from the operation of small plants in thinly settled districts, partly erected on property belonging to the City. because the fixed and operating charges are relatively higher than in the more Referred back for information as to whether plans and specifications are ready. compact parts of the City, and in the case of this City for the further reason that such districts are largely residential, and contribute to the water revenue mostly on the basis of frontage instead of by meters, the former charge being very materi- The Secretary presented a communication requesting an issue of Corporate ally lower for the consumers as a whole. Stock in the sum of $30,000 for the improvement of the Aquarium in Battery Park. Referred to the Comptroller. Private Water Supplies and Distribution Systems in the Borough of Brooklyn. At the present time the Twenty-ninth Ward is entirely supplied by the Flatbush The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of the Water Works Company, while eight additional corporation and individuals supply Board of City Magistrates. requesting the Board to recommend to the Board of or distribute water to parts of the Twenty-sixth, Thirtieth and Thirty-second Wards. Of this number, the Flatbush Water Works Company. the Blythebourne Water Aldermen the fixing of the salary of Probation Officer in the City Magistrates' Company, and Hans C. Pfalzgraf's plant obtain water from underground sources Courts: which each controls and operates, the first named depending upon driven wells, and BOARD OF CITY MAGISTRATES, FIRST DIVISION, the two latter on open pump wells. The German American Improvement Company NEW YORK, June 30. 1903. obtains its supply partly from its own driven wells and partly from the City. The The Honorable SETH Low, Mayor: West Brooklyn Water Company, although owning a small pumping station and DEAR SIR—Recently, June 19, upon my application, the Board of Estimate and Ap- open well, is supplied from the well of the Blythebourne Company. The remaining portionment appropriated $873.87 under chapter 357, Laws 1903, for salary of Proba- four companies, located in the Thirtieth and Thirty-second Wards, are supplied by tion Officer in the City Magistrates' Courts. The law above cited did not fix the the Flatbush Water Works Company. The mains of these companies are practically salary, and I ought to have requested specific action thereon. I therefore request a part of the Flatbush Water Works Company's system, and are not owned by the that the salary be fixed at $1,200, payable in equal monthly installments. last mentioned company for the reason that they are outside of the district which it Very respectfully. controls. JOSEPH M. DEUEL, President. The property of and supply furnished by these four last mentioned companies has been detailed partly in the annual report of the Department of Water Supply for The following resolution was offered: the year 1898, and partly by the former President of the Borough of Brooklyn—the Resolved. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends present Comptroller—in a communication to the Board of Public Improvements, to the Board of Aldermen, in accordance with the provisions of section 56 of the bearing date October 24. 1899. From these and such other sources as were available. the accompanying tables, No. t and No. 2. have been prepared, the same showing Greater New York Charter, that the salary of the position of Probation Officer in for each company the probable average daily supply. the ward in which the dis- the City Magistrates' Court, Third District, First Division, Borough of Manhattan, tributing mains are located, the length of pipe lines of each size. and the length of be fixed at the rate of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) per annum. pipe having a diameter of less than six inches. Which was adopted by the following vote: From Table No. i, it will be noted that the total estimated daily supply fur- nished by all of these plants is less than 3,000,000 gallons. and that of this total over The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- 8o per cent. is supplied by the Flatbush Water Works Company; also that the aggre- dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- gate length of these private mains in 1898 was about 120 miles, of which the Flatbush tnond—I6. Water Works Company owns 55 per cent. There has been an undoubted growth in these systems within the last five years, but figures showing the same are not at hand. The Secretary presented a communication from the Elithorpe Safety Air Cushion For giving fire protection, mains having a diameter of less than six inches are inadequate. and none have been laid in Brooklyn for municipal service since 1885. Company, relative to elevators in the New Hall of Records Building. In the total length of distributing mains owned by the City. to.5 miles, or less than Referred to the President of the Borough of Manhattan for a report as to the 2 per cent. of the Brooklyn mains. are under six inches in diameter, while in the cost of installing the system in the New Hall of Records Building. Croton system there are 11.o miles, or about 1.3 per cent. For house service in thinly settled sections a four-inch main will probably answer the immediate needs, provided the same be fed at frequent intervals by a pipe of proper size to supply fire The Secretary presented a communication from the Secretary of the Depart- hydrants. From this standpoint pipe four inches in diameter may be considered to ment of Health, transmitting, in compliance with the request of the Board of Esti- have some value, although it will ultimately have to be replaced by larger sizes. Pipe mate and Apportionment, the details of the $125,00o Special Revenue Bonds which less than four inches in diameter has no value in the distribution of water, and will the Board of Aldermen has requested this Board to authorize for repairs, etc., to not admit of supplying even a single fire hydrant. Excluding the pipe four inches and less in diameter as not being of proper size buildings under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health. for use in a distribution system. Table No. I shows that in 1898 there were seventy- Referred to the Comptroller to ascertain if some of the work cannot be covered eight miles of pipe owned by these companies having a diameter of six inches or by issues of Corporate Stock. over, of which more than two-thirds is in the Flatbush system. Of the companies named in Tables Nos. 1 and 2, including the Germania Real Estate and Improvement Company, the W. P. Rae Real Estate Company, the Ardmore Real Estate Com- The Secretary presented the following communications from the Chief Engineer pany and the system of the Wood, Harmon Company, although not referred to by the of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, transmitting report from Assistant Borough President, the only one which is operated under a franchise is the Flatbush Engineer upon the communication of the President of the Borough of Brooklyn Water Works Company. This company, under the terms of the act annexing Flat- relative to acquiring certain water plants in said Borough, which were ordered on bush to the fiirmer City of Brooklyn, owns a practically exclusive franchise, as the file: City is expressly prohibited from distributing water in the Twenty-ninth Ward dur- ing the period for which the company was incorporated, or until 1931. The terms of BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT, this franchise have been set forth in the report of the Commissioner of Water Sup- CHIEF ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, ply for 1898. NEW YORK, June 26, 1903. Acting on the recommendation of the former President of the Borough of Hon. SETH Low, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: Brooklyn and of the Commissioner of Water Supply, the Board of Public Improve- SIR—Under date of June II, the President of the Borough of Brooklyn addressed ments on July 25, Iwo, passed a resolution asking the Corporation Counsel to take a communication to the Board requesting it to approve and authorize the acquisition the necessary steps to acquire the plant of the Flatbush Water Works Company. by condemnation proceedings, of the real estate and any interest therein that might On November 14 following a second resolution was adopted by the same body. in be necessary, of the private water companies in the Borough of Brooklyn, in order accordance with an opinion of the Corporation Counsel of October 31, goo, modify- that the City might acquire sole and exclusive right to supply water in that borough. ing the original resolution by approving of the acquisition of the plant, and request- I have requested Mr. Arthur S. Tuttle, Assistant Engineer on the staff of this ing approval by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and its authorization by Board, to prepare a brief report upon the communication of the Borough Presi- the Municipal Assembly. The required anproval of the Board of Estimate and Ap- dent, and such report is herewith submitted. portionment was given on December 27, 1900, but the Municipal Assembly failed Within the limited time which has been available, it has been impossible to treat to act. this subject very thoroughly, but I think that the facts brought out in the accom- Quality and Quantity of Present Supply. panying report establish quite deafly the proposition that while it would undoubt- The official reports of the Department of Water Supply indicate that, owing to edly be wise to acquire the Flatbush Water Works Company by condemnation pro- the increasing population of the watershed, there has been a deterioration of the ceedings, it would not be wise to acquire any of the other companies except by quality of the surface supplies owned by the City. and that this deterioration has led private purchase, for the reason that none of them have franchises, and for the to the temporary abandonment of some of these sources pending the completion of further reason that so large a proportion of their pipes are too small in size to be works for their purification. The reports also show that the quality of water from incorporated in the City's system. each source is subjected to rigid inspection, and that ample safeguards are provided Mr. Tuttle's report is submitted without further comment. to prevent any danger to the public health by reason of pollution. To meet the Respectfully, growing demand of consumers the surface supply from Long Island has been aug- NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. mented by drawing upon the underground sources, the supply from the latter prob- BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT, ably being now more than from the former. CHIEF ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, The published analyses show that the underground sources now in use both for NEW YORK, June 24, 1903. the municipal works and for the private companies are free from pollution, but that an overdraft results in an infiltration of salt water. That this purification by natural Mr. NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer, Board of Estimate and Apportionment: filtration will continue to be the case when the pumping stations and wells are sur- SIR—As directed by you, I submit a report on the communication of the President rounded by a large population, which is likely in a few years to be the case at all of of the Borough of Brooklyn, dated June II, 1903, requesting that the Board of Esti- the points of collection within the limits of the Borough of Brooklyn, by no means mate and Apportionment authorize the acquisition, by condemnation proceedings, follows. of the plants of the following named private water companies located and operated The records published by the Department of Water Supply show that the Long wholly within the limits of the Borough of Brooklyn: Island watershed may be roughly estimated to furnish, both by surface and under- Flatbush Water Works Company, located in the Twenty-ninth Ward. ground sources, about fourteen inches of rainfall per year, or two-thirds of a million German American Improvement Company, located in the Twenty-sixth Ward. gallons per day per square mile. Taking the area of the borough as 6o square miles, West Brooklyn Water Company, located in the Thirtieth Ward. which excludes the marsh lands and islands in Jamaica bay, and assuming that this Pfalzgraf Water Plant, located in the Thirtieth Ward. constitutes the "Brooklyn" watershed referred to by the President of the Borough Blythebourne Water Company, located in the Thirtieth Ward. and recommended by him as the most desirable source of water supply for Brook- As a basis of this request, reasons are offered which may be summarized as fol- lyn, it will be seen that on the basis of the ascertained yield from the sources now lows: in use on Long Island it would not be possible to obtain from within its limits more i. That municipal ownership of water works is desirable, both for economical than 40,000,000 gallons per day, or less than 4o per cent. of the present consumption and sanitary reasons. of the borough. It would, therefore, be insufficient in volume, assuming that it 2. That deterioration of the quality of the surface water supply now in use and could be secured, to supplant the sources now in use, even if developed to its max- owned by the City necessitates a resort to underground sources to escape con- imum, and if the works of the private companies (aggregating about 3,000,000 gal- tamination. lons daily) be acquired. As sewers are built the rainfall is carried away, and this 3. That the "Brooklyn" subterranean watershed is free from contamination supply ceases to be available, even if it were of proper quality for use. Taking the and should be resorted to, but that to do this it will be necessary to extinguish the area now sewered as 4o per cent. of the total area of the borough, it follows that rights of the private water companies above named. probably not more than 24,000,000 gallons daily could now be collected. 4. That if these water rights are acquired, the present surface sources can be The Long Island Water Supply, Gravesend, New Utrecht, and the Prospect used for street cleaning, sewer flushing, and fire protection purposes. Park plants, all located within the limits of the borough, probably furnish about 5. That the property of the private water companies can be bought more cheap- 8,000,cro gallons per day, which, with the supply of the private companies, makes a ly now than later. total of about 11,000,000 gallons daily now being obtained in the borough. Under Municipal Ownership. best conditions, therefore, and irrespective of quality, it could not be predicated that In the communication of reference the statement is made that in 1880 only one by further resort to the subterranean area within the borough, and, assuming tly municipal water plant was in, use in the United States. This is evidently a typo- watershed to correspond with the borough area, more than 13,000,000 gallons daily graphical error and intended to be 1800; in 188o there were 293 such municipal plants. additional could be obtained.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, Loos. THE CITY RECORD. 7 837

The sources to he used for furnishing a much needed increase in the water sup- nient to approve and authorize the acquisition, by condemnation proceedings, of the ply are now being considered by a special Commission appointed by his Honor the real estate or any interest therein that may be necessary in order to acquire the sole Mayor, and it would appear unnecessary to dwell further on this feature. and exclusive property in the source or sources of water supply, and to wholly ex- tinguish the water rights of the following named private water companies in the Use of the Present Surface Supply for Fire Protection, etc. Borough of Brooklyn: Use of the present surface supply for this purpose is impracticable. There is in- 1. Flatbush Water Works Company, in the Twenty-ninth Ward. sufficient subterranean water of suitable quality within the limits of the borough to 2. German-American Improvement Company, in the Twenty-sixth Ward. take its place, and it cannot be spared until new sources have been brought into use. 3. West Brooklyn Water Company, in the Thirtieth Ward. Even if it could be spared, it would not be economical to use it as suggested, for the 4. Pfalzgraf Water Plant, in the Thirtieth Ward. reason that it is now brought to the City in the same conduit with the underground 5. Blythbourne Water Company, in the Thirtieth Ward. supply of the island, and that the separation of the two supplies would be more costly None of these waterworks companies supplies any town or village, or does any than would be the use of sea water for this purpose. The amount of water used for business whatsoever outside of the County of Kings. The power of The City of New fire, street cleaning and sewer flushing purposes is but small at best, the main re- York to condemn and acquire the property and rights of such private water compa- quirement for the former purpose being a large flow for a brief time. sties is set forth in section 472 of the amended Greater New York Charter, and its Present and Prospective Value of Water Plants. most important and pertinent provisions are as follows: As time elapses there will be depreciation in the value of the tangible property "The Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, with the approval of except the land, while with the healthy growth of the district the intangible property the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, shall have power within and throughout should show a steady increase in value. Ordinarily the increase in value should the State of New York to select and to determine all sources of water supply that more than offset the .decrease, but in the case under consideration I believe, for the may be needed for the supply of the public water works of said City, and for the sup- reasons already noted, that a very serious question will arise within the next few ply and distribution of water in said City. Any sources of water so selected and de- years both as to the quality of the supply of the various plants, and as to the quan- termined by him shall be deemed necessary for the public use of The City of New tity of water that can be obtained to meet the growing demands of the districts which Yoik, and thereupon, with the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportion- they supply. ment, together with the authority of the Board of Aldermen expressed by its resolu- Although the comparative values as between to-day and some time in the future tion or ordinance, it shall be lawful for The City of New York to acquire by con- is open to debate, there can be no doubt but that if these plants or parts of them are demnation any real estate or any interest therein that may be necessary in order to to be acquired, the earlier the action the better, so that the distribution system of acquire the sole and exclusive property in such source or sources of water supply, the City can most economically be adapted to their addition. and to wholly extinguish the water rights of any other person or corporation therein, with the right to lay, relay, repair and maintain aqueducts, conduits and water pipes Conclusions. with the connections and fixtures on the lands of others, and, if necessary, to acquire The plant of the Flatbush Water Works Company is of sufficient magnitude and by condemnation lands for such purposes in any county or counties through which has been developed on lines to make it in its entirety a desirable acquisition to the it may be necessary to pass in conducting such waters to The City of New York; municipal water system. * * * it shall not have power to acquire or to extinguish the property rights of The systems of the Blythebourne Water Company, the West Brooklyn Water any person or corporation in or to any water rights that at the time of the initiation Company, German American Improvement Company, Germania Steal Estate & Im- of proceedings for condemnation are in actual use for the supply of the water works provement Company, the W. P. Rae Real Estate Company, and Wood, Harmon & of the people of any other city, town or village of the State, or for the supply and Co. include some property which could be utilized. If condemnation proceedings be distribution of waters to the people thereof: or which in the opinion of the court on resorted to for securing these six last mentioned systems, I believe that the City such proceedings may reasonably become necessary for such supply * * * com- would be in a position of acquiring at large expense plants of which only a portion pensation shall be based upon the actual values of the property or the interest ac- could be of value, while the remainder would have to be at once replaced with prop- quired therein at the time of its taking, and there shall not be taken into considera- erly designed pipe lines. It is possible that the small supply of the Blythelourne tion any prospective or speculative value, based upon the possible, probable or actual Company could be brought into service, as it has already in the past, to assist in future use of such property, or property rights, if the same had not been acquired by small measure at times of shortage, but the remaining supplies are insignificant. the said City of New York for the public use." To purchase at a proper price such parts of these six last mentioned plants as I make this application in the interest of the residents of the Borough of would be desirable could undoubtedly be best effected by a direct agreement, and Brooklyn, because I am convinced that all the instrumentalities for the procuring after arrangements have been made so that they could be supplied with water from and distribution of water supply in this borough should be owned and operated by the City mains. the municipality. The plants of Hans C. Pfalzgraf and the distribution system-of the Ardmore Real Whatever criticisms may be offered concerning municipal ownership of public Estate Company contain no features which would be of service to the City, and their utilities, there is a unanimous conviction in the urban communities of this country purchase either in whole or in part does not appear desirable. that cities should be in unconditional control of their water works. This opinion The works of the Flatbush Water Works Company could probably best be ac- has not been created by modern sentiment. It is not tainted by a socialistic spirit. quired by condemnation. It is based upon the fundamental fact that water is a prime necessary of life. When Respectfully, unpolluted it ministers to health. When impure it menaces the community with ARTHUR S. TUTTLE, Assistant Engineer. disease and death. TABLE No. I. The history of legislation throughout the United States in relation to the water Showing the Names and Location of the Private Water Companies Operating in the supply of municipalities bears out my contention. Borough of Brooklyn, the Supply Furnished and the Length of Distribution Mains. In the year 1880 there was. only one public water works system in the country. At the end of 1896 fifty-three per centum of such water works had been acquired by Distribution, the various cities; and at the present time only nine of the fifty largest municipalities Main-Miles.* of the United States still use water supplied by private corporations.

V So far as Brooklyn is concerned, this statement is not merely didactic. The d. water problem in this borough is very serious, and demands immediate solution.

ie E. l Its urgency is recognized by all classes of the community. The quality of water Approximate Am Property. Daily Supply, Source of Supply. supplied to a large part of Kings County is thoroughly unsatisfactory. It is not U. S. Gallons. Supp r-1 only repellent to the sight and taste, but dangerous to the public health. d u n I have been several times notified by the Department of Health to the effect 0 that the water distributed from the surface ponds was exposed to the danger of War infection. Flatbush Water Works Company 2,3oo,coo Driven wells 29 12.9 53.6 66.5 Some years ago it was an acknowledged fact that the water supply of Brooklyn Blythebourne Water Company 300,000 Open well 30 10.0 2.4 12.4 West Brooklyn Water Company Works not in was superior to that of Manhattan and The Bronx. This is no longer true. The use Blythebourne Water quality of the water now owned and distributed by The City of New York has Company so 11.7 4.0 15.7 greatly deteriorated, and it is, in my opinion, the insistent duty of the municipality Mans C. Pfalzgraf Plant ro,000 Open well 1.5 .. 1.5 G e r ma n-American Improvement 30 to remedy this condition of affairs. Company 100,000 City and driven wells.. 26 8.4 8.4 It is anomalous that a city which is to-day the metropolis of America, and which Germania Real Estate and Improve- ment Company Owns no is noted for its progressiveness in civic enterprise, should not be in absolute control supply... CompanyFlatbush Water Works of all sources and instrumentalities which supply its residents with water. In 32 2.3 8.t 10.4 Brooklyn the system is multipartite, and the service rendered by the municipality is W. P. Rae Real Estate Company not free from dangerous defects. Ownssupply... no Flatbush Company Water Works 3o 1.6 .. x.6 On the ground of economy alone the water rights of the companies I have Ardmore Real Estate Company Owns no specified should be acquired by the City. supply... Flatbush Water Works Company 3o 1.4 .. 14 The report of the Merchants' Association of Manhattan in row stated that: Wood, Harmon & Co Owns no "The Croton system has yielded, tip to the end of 1898, a net profit of $21,473,084. supply... Flatbush Water Works In the year 1898, it paid a net profit of $1,881,884. The ratio of profit is increasing Company 32 • • 1.8 1.8 rapidly and the annual net profit will probably exceed $4,000,000 in 1910." Total 2,910,000 41.4 78.3 119.7 It is not too much to say that what has been accomplished in the County of New *Based on information noted in Table No. 2. York can be achieved in the Borough of Brooklyn. It is, I think, indisputable that Brooklyn possesses a practically unlimited supply of subterranean water, which has TABLE No. 2. been collected on its watershed and which is stored in a natural subsurface reservoir. Showing the Sizes and Length of the Distribution Mains Owned by Private Water This is necessarily free from contamination. It has percolated through various strata Companies Operating in the Borough of Brooklyn, as Reported in 1899. and has thus been freed from all impurities. The taxpayers and residents of Brooklyn (Lengths in Linear Feet.) are entitled to be supplied with water of this quality, and to be rescued with a mini- mum of delay from the necessity of using water which is absolutely deleterious to health. This result can be effected only by extinguishing the water rights of the Is Wn 0 water companies in question. The City of New York will thus be enabled to dis- ci E continue the use of the surface ponds, except for mercantile purposes, for street Size of Pipe. E ab VU c) Nn o e, C.) sprinkling, for the flushing of sewers, for the use of the Fire Department, etc. But, .14 a 4 6 o 42 U *E -C.) inasmuch as The City of New York has within its reach an inexhaustible supply of a.0 E p_z absolutely pure drinking water, the residents of this borough are anxious that the ;4'3 r3 '4+ .44 .41 0i B (.°5 powers with which the municipality is clothed by the provisions of section 472 of the amended Greater New York Charter, shall be exercised in this important matter. 1%-inch 475 47: 2-inch 17,280 6,725 1,000 7,500 32,505 If the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will take immediate action in the 1 )4-inch 7,445 11,395 18,840 premises, it will be possible, in my opinion, to purchase the property rights of the 3-inch 1,450 1,45( companies in question for a reasonable sum. The present time is opportune. But, 4-inch 68,258 26,400 50,405 950 12,000 7,614 165,627 when the various bridges and tunnels connecting Manhattan and Long Island are 6-inch 227,118 12,015 . 19,140 44,350 43,000 9,600 355,543 8-inch 23,726 850 1,920 26,49( completed and the population and real estate values of the Twenty-sixth, Twenty- 12inch 16,170 16,170 ninth and Thirtieth Wards of this borough have increased, as they undoubtedly will r6-inch 15,188 15,188 in the course of a few years, the cost of acquiring the said water rights will be pro- 20-inch 350 350 hibitive. 4-inch and smaller ... 68,258 52,575 61,800 8,130 12,000 8,614 7,500 218,897 I am informed that some or all of the said private water companies in this bor- -inch and ough have shown their willingness to sell their property rights to The City of New- larger .... 282,872 12,865 21,060 44,350 43,000 9,600 413,747 York. This may be so. But it does not touch the heart of the question. The com- Total.... 351,130 65,440 82,86o 8,150 44.350 55,000 8,614 7,500 9,600 632,644 pensation which they will receive shall be based upon the actual values of the prop- erty or the interest acquired therein at the time of its taking, and there shall not be 1899. This table is based on information given in the annual report of the Department of taken into consideration any prospective or speculative value, based upon the possible, Water Supply for the year 1898 and in the communications of the President of the probable or actual future use of such property or property rights. Borough of Brooklyn to the Board of Public Improvements, bearin g date October 24. That is the express provision of the law, and the rights of The City of New York can be amply protected by the Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment appointed THE CITY OF NEW YORK, in the appropriate proceeding. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, It is the paramount duty of this municipality to ignore any and all considerations BROOKLYN, June II, toos. of private loss or gain in a matter which involves the health and prosperity of the Haab. SETH Low, Mayor, Chairman, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, City Hall, community. Manhattan: Very truly yours, DEAR SIR-I write, through you, to request the Board of Estimate and Apportion- (Signed) J. EDW. SWANSTROM, President, Borough of Brooklyn. 7s38 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT, The water supplied by Mr. Pfalzgraf is of the best quality, and I think it would July 9, 1903. be a positive benefit to the neighborhood if we were supplied with it. NEW YORK, Yours respectfully, Hon. SETH Low, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: (Signed) W. J. WATSON, Jr. SIR—Herewith is transmitted a resolution of the Local Board of the Bay Ridge District, Borough of Brooklyn, adopted on June 3, 1903, recommending the purchase (Copy.) of the water plant located at the corner of Sixtieth street and Seventeenth avenue, Hon. J. EDWARD SWANSTROM, //011. FREDERICK LUNDY, Hon. PATRICK H. MALONE: together with the water pipes supplied from the same and located within the terri- tory bounded by Fifteenth avenue, Fifty-third street, Eighteenth avenue and Sixty- GENTLEMEN—We, the undersigned residents of the Thirtieth Ward of the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, respectfully petition the Local Board to have a hear- second street. The resolution is accompanied by a communication from the Deputy Commis- ing on the application of Hans C. Pfalzgraf to sell his land, well, tank, building and sioner of Water Supply, addressed to the Commissioner of Public Works, in which water pipes to The City of New York, and respectfully petition your Board to rec- is is shown that the plant referred to is the one owned by H. C. Pfalzgraf; that the ommend the purchase of said property and water plant by The City of New York. station is small, that the pipes are of less diameter than those that should be used Dated March 12, 1903. for the distribution of water, and that the works would be of slight value to the City. (Signed). In a report addressed to you under date of June 26, 1903, upon the subject of ac- Mrs. Lizzie Morose, Fifty-fifth street and Seventeenth avenue. quiring title to the works of all of the independent water companies now operated W. J. Watson, Jr. No. 1645 Sixtieth street. within the Borough of Brooklyn, the property of this compaqy is exhibited in a R. R. Rowensky, 'Fifty-ninth street and Sixteenth avenue. general way, and recommendation is made that no negotiations be entered into for its George Loader, Fifty-ninth street and Seventeenth avenue. Purchase for reasons which practically correspond with those of the Deputy Com- George Schanz, No. 1660 Fifty-ninth street. missioner of Water Supply. F. Caykendall, No. 1680 Fifty-ninth street. I cannot recommend favorable action upon the resolution. Thos. H. Bartmann, Fifty-ninth street and Seventeenth avenue. Respectfully. IVI. Gwynne, No. 1649 Fifty-eighth street. NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer. Daniel F. Gilmartin, No. 1644 Sixty-second street. G. H. Fayerwealther, No. 1650 Sixtieth street. CITY OF NEW YORK, Mrs. Joseph Davis, No. 262o Sixtieth street. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, John G. L. Fulcher, Seventeenth avenue and Fifty-fifth street. June 8, 1903. Mrs. Robert T. Maxwell, Seventeenth avenue and Fifty-fifth street. To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: S. Samuel Ibbokon, Sixty-first street. GENTLEMEN—You are hereby notified that at a meeting of the Local Board of the Geo. J. Struss, No. 1639 Fifty-ninth street. Bay Ridge District, held June 3, 1903, a resolution, of which the enclosed is a copy, Albert L. Gedicks, Fifty-ninth street and Sixteenth avenue. was adopted and approved as required by law. W. S. Bergen, No. 1660 Fifty-ninth street. There are also inclosed herewith the following: J. A. Pfalzgraf, No. 1649 Sixtieth street. (I) Copy of petition. Frank Roberts, Fifty-eighth street near Seventeenth avenue. (2) An estimate in writing of the cost of the proposed improvement. James P. Cole, No. 1427 Fifty-third street. (3) A statement of the assessed value, according to the last preceding tax roll, Richard Reimer, Fifty-fourth street. between Sixteenth and Seventeenth avenues. of the real estate included within the probable area of assessment. Hermann Gedick. Sixteenth avenue and Sixty-first street. JUSTIN McCARTHY, Jr., Carrie Henry, Fifty-seventh street and Sixteenth avenue. Secretary of the Local Board of the Bay Ridge District. William M. Bourke, Fifty-seventh street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth avenues. In the Local Board of the Bay Ridge District. Charles Saxton. Fifty-eighth street. between Sixteenth and Seventeenth avenues. Whereas, A petition for a local improvement described below has been received Alexander L. Walter. Seventeenth avenue, between Fifty-seventh and Fifty- by the President of the Borough of Brooklyn; and eighth streets. Whereas, He has appointed a time for a meeting of this Local Board, not more William M. Bacon, Seventeenth avenue, between Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth than fifteen days after the receipt by him of the said petition, at which meeting the streets. said petition would be submitted by him to the said Local Board, and he has caused A. Young, Seventeenth avenue and Fifty-eighth street. a notice to be published in the "City Record" that said petition has been presented R. Von Gons, Fifty-seventh street, near Seventeenth avenue. to him and is on file in his office for inspection, and of the time when and the place T. C. Roberts Horsfield, No. 1671 Fifty-eighth street. where there would be a meeting of this Local Board at which the said petition James Bower, Jr., Fifty-ninth street and Seventeenth avenue. would be submitted by him to the said Board, which time was not less than ten days Francis L. Jones. Sixtieth street and Seventeenth avenue. after the publication of this notice; and A. E. Anton, Sixtieth street and Eighteenth avenue. Whereas, The said petition was duly submitted thereafter to the said Local . Catherine E. Thompson. Sixty-first street and Seventeenth avenue. Board. which did duly consider the same and give a full hearing thereon; now there- John H. Thul, Seventeenth avenue and Sixty-first street. fore it is Thomas K. Kilroy, Sixty-first street and Seventeenth avenue. Resolved, By the Local Board of the Bay Ridge District, pursuant to titles Mr. Antonio Petro, Sixty-third street and Seventeenth avenue. 2 and 3 of chapter to of the Greater New York Charter, that the said petition William I. Dempsey, Sixty-first street and Seventeenth avenue. be and the same hereby is granted; and it is hereby Dewitt C. Tracy, No. 1660 Sixtieth street. Resolved, That the Local Board of the Bay Ridge District, Borough of Brook- Matthew Morthes, Seventeenth avenue and Fifty-third street. iyn. after hearing had this 3d day of June. 1903, deeming it for the public interest so Mrs. Charles A. Johnson, Fifty-ninth street and Seventeenth avenue. to do, hereby recommends the purchase by The City of New York of the water plant. Mrs. W. Williams, Fifty-seventh street and Seventeenth avenue. consisting of the land, well, tank, building and water pipes located at the corner of Sixtieth street and Seventeenth avenue, running between Fifteenth ad Eighteenth avenues, and between Fifty-third street and Sixty-second street, in the Borough of The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of the Brooklyn; and it is hereby Borough of Richmond, requesting the Board to authorize the employment of Carrere Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted forthwith to the Board & Hastings for the preparation of plans and specifications for the proposed new of Estimate and Apportionment for its approval. Borough Hall: Adopted by the Local Board of the Bay Ridge District on the 3d day of June, 1903. Commissioner Redfield and Aldermen Malone and Lundy voting in favor OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF RICHMOND, thereof. NEW BBIGHTON, N. Y., July II, 1903. Attest: JUSTIN MCCARTHY, JR., Secretary. Mr. J. W. STEVENSON, Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, No. 28o Broad- Approved this 15th day of June, 1903. way, New York City: J. EDW. SWANSTROM, President of the Borough of Brooklyn. DEAR SIR—In looking over the minutes of the Board of Estimate and Apportion- rent, I do not find any formal resolution by the Board authorizing me to employ Messrs. (Copy.) Carrere & Hastings for the preparation of plans and specifications for the proposed CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, new Richmond Borough Hall and foe the supervision of the building, after the ap- OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, iroval of the plans. April 16, 1903. This authorization was given me informally some time ago, and I have accord- Mr. JUSTIN MCCARTHY, JR., Secretary to the Local Boards: ingly retained their services, and they now have the plans for the Richmond Borough DEAR SIR—I beg to hand you original report of the Deputy Commissioner of Water Hall about completed. Supply, Gas and Electricity on the subject of the proposed purchase of the water Will you kindly prepare for adoption at the next meeting of the Board a formal plant at Sixtieth street and Seventeenth avenue. Kindly note that the report is resolution authorizing me to retain the services of Messrs. Carrere & Hastings for adverse to the proposed purchase, and that Mr. Phalzgraf was some months ago the purposes indicated above. advised to this effect. Very truly yours, It seems strange to me that the Local Board was not informed by him, or by GEORGE CROMWELL, President of the Borough. the petitioners in the case, that this plant had already been offered to the Water The following resolution was offered: Department and declined. It would look as if an effort were made to have the Local Board act on the subject in opposition to the wishes of the Water Depart- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby authorizes ment, or at least without regard to their wishes. the President of the Borough of Richmono to retain Messrs. Carrere & Hastings Please make this communication and the report of the Deputy Commissioner or the preparation of plans and specifications for the proposed new Richmond Bor- of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity a part of the papers in the case. I have re- ough Hall and for the supervision of the building, the work to be paid for accord- tained copies in my own file. Yours very truly, ing to the schedule adopted by the American Institute of Architects. (Signed) WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, Which was adopted by the following vote: Commissioner of Public Works and Acting President, Borough of Brooklyn. 'I he Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents (Copy.) if the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond—I6. CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, GAS AND ELECTRICITY, The Board proceeded to consider the request for additional compensation for the, OFFICE OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, ROOM 28, County Judges for the County of Kings, and the Secretary presented the following BROOKLYN, April 15. 1903. communication from the Corporation Counsel relative thereto: Hon. WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, Commissioner of Public Works, Borough Hall: COUNTY COURT CHAMBERS, KINGS COUNTY, DEAR SIR—I have your favor of the 13th instant advising that at a meeting of the BROOKLYN, N. Y., March 31, 1903. Local Board of the Bay Ridge District, on the 9th instant, there was considered the Hon. SETH Low, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, New matter of recommending the purchase of a water plant at Fiftieth street and Seven- York City : teenth avenue. I assume that this is the plant of H. C. Phalzgraf. DEAR SIR—As County Judges of Kings County we are obliged to draw Petty and Grand Jurors each month of the year with the exception of August. The law for Mr. Phalzgraf endeavored to open negotiations with me some months ago for this is chapter to, title 4, article the sale of this plant to the City, and after investigation I advised him that we did 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, especially applica- not wish to purchase it. ble to this county. This article of the Code applies to the Supreme Court as well as The plant is small and poorly equipped, and would be of little value to the city. the County Court, and under it the Justices of that court draw their Jurors. The distribution pipes are smaller than the standard size used by the Department, Section x151 of the Code reads as follows: .and they would be of slight value in connection with our system of distribution. "The Board of Supervisors of the County must allow to each Judge, including Yours very truly. each Justice of the Supreme Court, for the services performed by him, as prescribed (Signed) ROBERT VAN IDERSTINE, in this article, such compensation as the Board deems reasonable and proper. Such Deputy Commissioner, Borough' of. Brooklyn. compensation at the sum allowed and established for Justices of the Supreme Court prior to the year of toot is continued; except that from and after July 1, toot, it may (Copy.) be increased in amount to a sum not to exceed the amount now paid for additional KINGS COUNTY TRUST COMPANY, compensation to the Justices of the Supreme Court resident in the First Judicial De- Nos. 342, 344 AND 345 FULTON STREET, partment. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 9. 1903. may so fix the same, and shall raise and provide the money to pay the said compen- sation." Hon. J. EDWARD SWANSTROM, Borough Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y.: The latter part of the above section commencing with the words "such compen- DEAR SIR—As a resident at No. 1645 Sixtieth street, this borough, I would re- sation" was added by chapter 299 of the Laws of 19cn. By virtue of this section, as spectfully ask that my petition be added to that of the gentlemen who will be present we are informed. Supreme Court Justices in this county are paid for their services at the hearing this afternoon in regard to the City acquiring the plant of Mr. H. C. in drawing Jurors, but, although the same section applies to the County Judges, we Pfalzgraf, at Seventeenth avenue and Sixtieth street. have never received compensation for the like work. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER t7, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 7839

Will you kindly bring this to the attention of the Board who have power in the authorize the institution of proceedings on the following properties as shown on the matter? accompanying plan: Very respectfully yours, I. All the rights of wharfage, incorporeal hereditaments, terms, casements, JOSEPH ASPINALL, emoluments, privileges or other appurtenances of any kind whatsoever appurtenant to F. E. CRANE. the bulkhead along the westerly side of Thirteenth avenue, extending from the north- erly side of West Fifteenth street to the southerly side of West Sixteenth street. LAW DEPARTMENT-OFFICE. OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Assessed valuation, $75,000. NEW YORK, June 25, 1903. 2. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of Hon. SETH Low, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block SIR-I have received under date of June 2o, 1903, a communication signed by J. W. bounded by the northerly side of West Fifteenth street, the southerly side of West Stevenson, Deputy Comptroller, inclosing a communication addressed to the Board Sixteenth street, the easterly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of the of Estimate and Apportionment by the County Judges of Kings County, in which marginal street, wharf or place as shown on the map or plan adopted by the Board they request that an allowance be made for their services for the drawing of Jurors; of Docks on May 20, 1897, and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking 'Fund and you ask to be advised whether the Board of Estimate and Apportionment has on June 14, 1897, as altered and amended by the Board of Docks on January 14, 1898, the authority to grant the said application. and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on March II, 1898, as again The qualification of Trial Jurors in the County of Kings and the method of their altered and amended by the Board of Docks on July 19. 1901, and approved by the selection for service in the courts of that county are fixed and regulated by the pro- Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on July 31, 1901. Assessed valuation, $445,000. visions of Article II. of chapter to of the Code of Civil Procedure. 3. All the rights of wharfage, incorporeal hereditaments, terms, easements. Sections 1126 to 1138, both inclusive, relate to the qualifications of the Jurors emoluments, privileges or other appurtenances of any kind whatsoever appurtenant and the persons exempted from such services, and to the method ofrpreparing a list to the bulkhead along the westerly side of Thirteenth avenue, extending from the of the names of the persons liable to service as Jurors in the courts of the county northerly side of West Sixteenth street to the southerly side of West Seventeenth during the year to which the list is applicable. The method of selecting from this street. Assessed valuation, $75,000. list the persons liable to serve as Jurors at the different terms of the Supreme 4. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges ( f Court and of the County Court is regulated by sections 1139 to 1145, both inclusive and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon in the block Section 1139 relates to the preparation by the Commissioner of Jurors of ballots bounded by the northerly side of West Sixteenth street, the southerly side of West containing the names of the Jurors and of the depositing of the same in a box. Seventeenth street, the westerly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of Section 1140 provides that: "The Commissioner mast seasonably notify the Jus- Thirteenth avenue. Assessed valuation, $52,000. tices of the Supreme Court residing in the county, and the County Judges to attemi 5. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of at his office on a day designated by him, not less than fourteen nor more than and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block twenty days before the day appointed for holding a term of a court of record in the bounded by the northerly side of West Sixteenth street, the southerly side of West county, at which issues of fact are triable by jury, in order to witness and assist it Seventeenth street, the easterly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of the the drawing of Trial Jurors for that term." * * * marginal street, wharf or place, as shown on the map or plan adopted by the Board Section 1141 provides partly as follows: of Docks on May 20, 1897, and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund "If two or more of the Judges or Justices specified in the last section attend, the on June 14, 1897, as altered and amended by the Board of Docks on January 14, Commissioner, or in case of his absence, his Chief Clerk, must break the seal of the 1898, and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on March II, 1898; as box containing the ballots, open it, and exhibit the ballots for their inspection, to again altered and amended by the Board of Docks on July 19, 1901, and approved gether with his original and each supplemental list of Trial Jurors, and also the by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on July 31, 1901. Assessed valuation, verified transcripts thereof, filed in the County Clerk's office. * * * The Judges $490,000. Justices and the Commissioner, or in case of his absence, his Chief Clerk, or 6. All the rights of wharfage, incorporeal hereditaments, terms, easements, majority of them, must appoint one of the attending officers to draw the ballot: emoluments, privileges or other appurtenances of any kind whatsoever appurtenant from the box and another to checkmark the drawing as it proceeds. upon a copy o. to the bulkhead along the westerly side of Thirteenth avenue, extending from the the lists, transcripts of which have been filed with the County Clerk." northerly side of West Seventeenth street to the southerly side of West Eighteenth Section 1142 provides for the conduct of the drawing. street. Assessed valuation, $75,000. Section 1143 provides that: "When the drawing is completed the Commissioner 7. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of or in case of his absence, his Chief Clerk, and the Judges by whom it was conductec and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block must sign a minute at the end of the copy of the lists, upon which the checkmark: bounded by the northerly side of West Seventeenth street, the southerly side of West have "been made," and that they must close and seal each box. Eighteenth street, the westerly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of Section 1144 provides for subsequent drawings. Thirteenth avenue. Assessed valuation, $95,000. Section 1145 provides for proceedings when the names in the first box have been 8. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of exhausted. and to the uplands and iands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block Section 1151 relates to the compensation to be paid to the Judges for the services bounded by the northerly side of West Seventeenth street, the southerly side of to be performed under the authority of the foregoing sections, and reads as follows West Eighteenth street, the easterly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of "The Board of Supervisors of the County must allow to each Judge, including the marginal street, wharf or place, as shown on the map or plan adopted by the each Justice of the Supreme Court, for the service performed by him, as prescribed Board of Docks on May 20, 1897, and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking in this article, such compensation as the Board deems reasonable and proper. Such Fund on June 14, 1897; as altered and amended by the Board of Docks on January compensation at the sum allowed and established for Justices of the Supreme Court 14, 1898, and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on March I1, 1898; prior to the year 1901 is continued, except that from and after July 1, 1901, it may as again altered and amended by the Board of Docks on July 19, 1901, and approved be increased in amount to a sum not to exceed the amount now paid for additional by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on July 31, 1901. Assessed valuation, compensation to the Justices of the Supreme Court resident in the First Judicial $435,000. Department. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York The form of resolution giving the authority requested is annexed hereto. may so fix the same, and shall raise and provide the money to pay the said corn- Yours respectfully, pensation." McDOUGALL HAWKES, Commissioner. A consideration of these various sections leads to the conclusion that it was the The Board of Estimate and Apportionment may properly authorize the Corpora- intention to provide compensation for all the Judges engaged in the duties pre- tion Counsel to institute the necessary condemnation proceedings, as requested. scribed. A notification under section 1140 is to be given to the Justices of the The title to the land may vest in the City by a resolution of the Commissioners Supreme Court residing in the county, and to the County Judges, the drawing of of the Sinking Fund as soon as the Commissioners appointed by the Supreme Court the Jurors and the other duties imposed are to be carried out by the "Judges" and have filed their oaths of office. the "Justices." The compensation is to be allowed to each "Judge including each When proceedings have been initiated for the acquirement of the above parcels, Justice of the Supreme Court." condemnation proceedings for all the land required for the Chelsea improvement There is no room for any other construction of the statute, and I advise you. (excepting the block between West Twenty-second and West Twenty-third streets, therefore,'that under the authority of section 1151 above quoted the Board of Esti- Eleventh and Thirteenth avenues, and two smaller parcels on the east side of Elev- mate and Apportionment may fix the allowance to be made to each County Judge. enth avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty-second streets), will have been com- and must raise and provide the money to pay such compensation when allowed. menced. Respectfully, EUG. E. McLEAN, Engineer Department of Finance. G. L. RIVES, Corporation Counsel. July II, 1903. The following resolution was offered: The following resolution was offered: Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 1151 of the Code of Civil Resolved, That the Corporation Counsel be and is hereby authorized to insti- tute condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of title in behalf of the Corpora- Procedure, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment does hereby fix and determine that an additional allowance at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) per tion of The City of New York to the following described lands, premises, rights and annum shall be made to each of the County Judges of the County of Kings, as com- property for the improvement of the water front on the North river, which said pensation, on and after August I, 1903, for their services for drawing Jurors; and lands, premises, rights and property are situated in the Borough of Manhattan in The for the purpose, of providing means for the payment of such additional allowance as City of New York, and are described as follows: may become due on and after said August I, 1903, the Comptroller is hereby author- I. All the rights of wharfage, incorporeal hereditaments, terms, easements, ized to pay the same out of any unexpended balance for the year 1903 available for emoluments, privileges or other appurtenances of any kind whatsoever appurtenant that purpose, and in case there is no available balance, he is hereby authorized to to the bulkhead along the westerly side of Thirteenth avenue, extending from the issue Special Revenue Bonds of The City of New York, under the provisions of sub- northerly side of West Fifteenth street to the southerly side of West Sixteenth street. division 7 of section 188 of the Greater New York Charter, redeemable from the tax 2. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of levy of the year succeeding the year of their issue. and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block Which was adopted by the following vote: bounded by the northerly side of West Fifteenth street, the southerly side of West The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- Sixteenth street, the easterly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of the dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- marginal street. wharf or place, as showi, on the map or plan adopted by the Board and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund mond-r6. of Docks on May 20, 1897, on June 14, 1897, as altered and amended by the Board of Docks on January 74, 1898, The Secretary presented a communication from the Hon. Charles Alt, Alderman and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on March II, 1898, as again of the Sixty-sixth District, calling attention to the fact that the Board of Education altered and amended by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on July 31, 1901. All the rights of wharfage, incorporeal hereditaments, terms, easements, had decided on a site running from Bradford street to Miller avenue, too feet south 3. of Glenmore avenue, in the Borough of Brooklyn, and that this site is too close to emoluments, privileges or other appurtenances of any kind whatsoever appurtenant three other schools in the neighborhood. to the bulkhead along the westerly side of Thirteenth avenue, extending from the Referred to the Comptroller. northerly side of West Sixteenth street to the southerly side of West Seventeenth street. The Secretary presented the following communication from the Department of 4. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of Docks and Ferries, relative to the acquisition of certain bulkhead property extending and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block bounded by the northerly side of West Sixteenth street, the southerly side of West alone- the westerly side of Thirteenth avenue, from the northerly side of West Fifteenth street to the southerly side of West Seventeenth street, etc.: Seventeenth street, the westerly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of Thirteenth avenue. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND FERRIES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 5. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of PIER "A" NORTH RIVER, and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block NEW YORK, July 2, 1903. Ilon. SETH Low, Mayor, and Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: bounded by the northerly side of West Sixteenth street, the southerly side of West SIR-By an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, chapter 611 of the Seventeenth street, the easterly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of the Laws of 1902, the City may take possession of private property by the institution .1 marginal street, wharf or place, as shown on the map or plan adopted by the Board condemnation proceedings after a resolution has been passed by the Commissioners of Docks on May 20, 1897, approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on of the Sinking Fund; chapter 284 of the Laws of 1900 further provides that these pro- June 14, 1897, as altered ano amended by the Board of Docks on January 14, 1898, ceedings shall, in the first instance, be authorized by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on March is, 1898, as again For the purpose of continuing the improvement of the Chelsea section this De- altered and amended by the Board of Docks on July 19, 19ot, and approsed by the partment requests the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on July 3r, 19oz. 7840 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

All the rights of wharfage, incorporeal hereditanients, terms, casements, "It seems to me to be fairly certain from reported decisions that, where the best 6. _:sc of a patented article, or article con- of any kind whatsoever appurtenant interests of the City will be subserved by the , emoluments, privileges or other appurtenances trolled by a monopoly procurable from only one source, the courts would hold that to the bulkhead along the westerly side of Thirteenth avenue, extending from the the provision in question had only a very limited application, the case being without northerly side of West Seventeenth street to the southerly side of West Eighteenth Its spirit and intent. street. 'Section 1554 of the Charter, heretofore referred to, ought not to be so construed All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of as exclude the City from availing itself of desirable patented articles or improve- 7. ments as to which there is but one price, and for which there can, in the nature of and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block the case, be no competition; otherwise the City would be obliged to forego the pur- bounded by the northerly side of West Seventeenth street, the southerly side of West chase and use of all patented implements, modes or proceF..st s, a result which I can- Eighteenth street, the westerly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of not think the Legislature contemplated." * * * I would advise: Thirteenth avenue. "In every case where a patented article is to be purchased, whether the cost in- 8. All the uplands and lands, terms, easements, emoluments and privileges of volved be less than one thousalvl dollars, or more than that sum, a resolution should and to the uplands and lands, with the buildings and structures thereon, in the block be passed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in which the conditions, if bounded by the northerly side of West Seventeenth street, the southerly side of West any, to secure competition shall be set forth. Such articles may be purchased after the Eighteenth street, the easterly side of Eleventh avenue and the easterly side of the passage of the resolution without advertisement, whether the cost be more or less than one thousand dollars, if the Board of Estimate and Apportionment thinks fit." marginal street, wharf or place, as shown on the map or plan adopted by the Board I think the views briefly expressed in this letter to the Comptroller suggest the of Docks on May 20, 1897, and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund method which, should be pursued by your Honorable Board in acting under the on June 14, 1897, as altered and amended by the Board of Docks on January 14, 1898, section in question, and certainly under such interpretation the section is not hncon- titutional. and approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on March it, 1898, as again Respect fully yours, altered and amended by the Board of Docks on July 19, 1901, and approved by the G. L. RIVES, Coiporation Counsel. Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on July 31, 1901. Laid over. Which was adopted by the following vote: The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- The Secretary presented a resolution of the Board of Aldermen, requesting the dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- Board to recommend that the salary of T. C. Wasserman, an attache of the Board of mond—i6. Aldermen, be increased from $1,350 to $1,800 per annum. Referred to the President of the Board of Aldermen. The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of the Borough of Brooklyn requesting the Board to authorize the purchase of certain The Secretary presented a resolution from the Board of Aldermen, recommend- patented articles under section 1554 of the Charter, and opinion of the Corporation ing to the heads of the Departments- of Finance and Health and to the Board of Counsel under date of June 29, relative thereto: Estimate and Apportionment that the salaries of all Bookbinders be fixed at a uni- THE CITY OF NEW YORK, form rate of $I,2oo per annum. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, Referred to the Comptroller. BROOKLYN, June 17, 1903. Mayor, Chairman Board of Estimate and Apportionment, City Hall, Hon. SETH Lon, The Secretary presented the following communication from the Corporation Manhattan: DEAR SIR—Section 1554 of the amended Greater New York Charter provides that Counsel, relative to the request for an opinion as to whether the Board of Aldermen "no patented articles shall be advertised for, contracted for or purchased, except under and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment could properly make an appropria- such circumstances that there can be a fair and reasonable opportunity for competi- tion of $I,000 for the United States Life Saving Corps: tion, the conditions to secure which shall be prescribed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment." LAW DEPARTMENT—OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, I beg leave, therefore, through you, to request the Board of Estimate and Ap- NEW YORK, July 2, 1903. portionment to authorize me to purchase the following patented articles: To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: I box of "Ideal- paper-clamps; patented July 1, 1902. SIRS—I am in receipt of a letter from J. W. Stevenson, Esq., Secretary of your Davis automatic inkstand; patented March 19, 1898. Honorable Board, referring to me for my consideration and opinion a communication I "Standard" telephone-bracket; patented November 15, 1901. to you from the President of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps, under The provisions I have quoted seem to be mandatory, but it is nevertheless prob- date of May 21, 1903, requesting an appropriation of $1,000 together with a copy ably true that most of the articles that stand upon the desks of heads of departments of resolution of the Board of Aldermen adopted January 27, 1903, also requesting and municipal employees are patented, and that they have been purchased without said appropriation. the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. The powers of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, as contained in the In view of these facts I make this application, although I am convinced that the Charter, do not, in my opinion, include the right to appropriate the money of the provisions of the above-mentioned section should not be enforced. The law is un- City to volunteer associations not mentioned in the Charter or individuals, even for constitutional, in my opinion, for the following reasons: the commendable purposes for which this appropriation of $1,000 is desired, except as 1. It is manifestly in restraint of trade, inasmuch as it limits the power of The provided in the general provision. City of New York to purchase articles which are absolutely necessary for its use. The general provision contained in subdivision 24 of section 230 of the Char- 2. It tends to destroy the value of patents granted by the Federal Government, ter is as follows: and acts, therefore, in derogation of rights conferred on patentees by the United "The Board of Estimate and Apportionment may also in its discretion appropri- States. ate and allow moneys raised by taxation or received from any other source and I am convinced that the section in question is assailable on the grounds I have properly applicable thereto, to any charitable, eleemosynary, correctional or re- specified. formatory institution wholly or partly under private control for the care, support and Very truly yours, maintenance of its inmates, such payments to be made only for such inmates as are J. EDW. SWANSTROM, President, Borough of Brooklyn. received and retained therein, pursuant to rules established by the State Board of Charities." LAW DEPARTMENT—OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, This does not permit the appropriation of money to any charitable, eleemosynary, NEW YORK, Tune 29, 1903. correctional or reformatory institution, except for the purpose of the care, support To the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: and maintnance of its inmates. am in due receipt of a communication bearing date 24th June from J. W. I therefore beg to advise you that in my opinion the United States Volunteer Stevenson, Esq., Deputy Comptroller, stating that at a meeting of the Board of Life Saving Corps cannot be assisted by the City in the manner requested by their Estimate and Apportionment held June 19, 1903, a communication which he inclosed communication and the resolution of the Board of Aldermen. from the President of the Borough of Brooklyn, relative to the purchase of certain I return herewith the papers transmitted to me. patented articles for use in the office of the President of the Borough of Brooklyn, Respectfully yours, was presented and referred to me for my opinion thereon. G. L. RIVES, Corporation Counsel. The letter received from Hon. J. Edward Swanstrom, President of the Borough of Brooklyn, bears date June 17, and is addressed to Hon. Seth Low, Mayor, Chair- CITY OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, man of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. May 22, 1903. The President of the Borough of Brooklyn calls attention to the provisions of Hon. J. W. STEVENSON, Secretary, Board of Estimate: section 1554 of the Greater New York Charter, and writes as follows: DEAR Snit—The Mayor directs me to transmit for consideration of your Board the "I beg leave, therefore through you, to request the Board of Estimate and enclosed letter from J. Wesley Jones, President, World Building, relalive to the Apportionment to authorize me to purchase the following patented articles: recent action of the Board of Aldermen in the matter of appropriation of $1,000 for "One box of 'Ideal' paper clamps; patented July I, 1902. the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps. "One Davis automatic inkstand; patented March 19, 1898. Very truly yours, "One 'Standard' telephone bracket; patented November 15. igoi. WILLIAM J. MORAN, Assistant Secretary. "The provisions I have quoted seem to be mandatory, but it is nevertheless probably true that most of the articles that stand upon the desk of heads of depart- UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER LIFE SAVING CORPS (INLAND WATERS), ments and municipal employees are patented, and that they have been purchased WORLD BUILDING, NEW YORK, June 5, 1903. without the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Te the Board of Estimate of City of Greater New York: "In view of these facts I make this application, although I ant convinced that GENTLEMEN—The Board of Aldermen a few weeks ago voted an appropriation of the provisions of the above mentioned section should not be enforced. The law is one thousand dollars to enable the Volunteer Life Saving Corps of the State of New unconstitutional, in my opinion, for the following reasons: York to enlarge its scope of life saving stations within the limits of The City of "I. It is manifestly in restraint of trade, inasmuch as it limits the power of New York, including all of its Boroughs, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and The The City of New York to purchase articles which are absolutely necessary for its Bronx, and to furnish them liberally with life saving buoys, medicine chests at most use. important points, and life saving boats. "2. It tends to destroy the valhe of patents granted by the Federal Government, Our means have been very much restricted, and we are depending entirely upon and acts, therefore, in derogation of rights conferred on patentees by the United contributions of the humane, which cover the entire water front of the whole State States. of New York. "I am convinced that the section in question is assailable on the grounds I have There are several dangerous points immediately around the water front of specified." Manhattan and The Bronx. We have necessarily to distribute life saving buoys In answer to this communication I have to say that I have given to this sub- sparsely over nearly three hundred stations where we have crews of volunteers corn- ject the consideration which its importance warrants, but must hold that the sec- posed of the boatmen and men working around the river and business men and tion is not open to the criticism suggested by the President of the Borough of clerks and students who are expert swimmers, fond of the water, and through the Brooklyn. bathing season devote their evenings, Saturday holidays and Sundays at our sta- It has never been claimed, so far as I know, that this section contains a prohi- tions or in their boats sailing around the water front. bition against the purchase of patented articles, except possibly (and even this is a These young men receive no compensation for their services, but we have in- very recent claim) in relation to patented pavements. spectors who visit them, drill them in the arts of rescue and resuscitation, examine As to all articles, other than patented pavements, the section is clearly a regu- their life saving buoys that they shall be always in readiness. These inspectors we lation and not a prohibition of purchases by the City. ought to have constantly at work during the summer season and give their special The section in question has been in force in substantially its present form since attention to all the excursiqn piers around the City. We should have four life boats 1873, and there has been no difficulty in carrying out its provisions in relation to to distribute at the most important points around The City of New York alone. the action of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. One thousand dollars for this work alone could do very little without such an I think under the plain reading of the section in regard to patented articles organization already in operation, but as an adjunct and aid to this association it (leaving out of the discussion the case of patented pavements, not here relevant) the could produce wonderful results, more than ten thousand dollars could accomplish section is neither any restraint of trz.de nor the destruction of patents granted by the without this organization, always kept in working order to the extent of our means Federal Government. during the entire bathing season of the year. I may say also that it has never been the view of this Department that a statute We are ready to submit our rosters of stations and men around the City, and should be assailed on the ground of unconstitutionality for other than the plainest especially call your attention to the enclosed copy of an article in the American and most forcible reasons, and especially should it not be so assailed in such a case Journal Encyclopedia for the year 1903 and also the World Almanac for the same as/his, in which the unconstitutionality, if it exists, does not affect the decision of the and previous years. question under discussion. Hoping that the action of the Board of Aldermen may meet your hearty ap- I may add that I wrote an opinion to the Comptroller bearing date March 14, proval, I remain, for the Board, 1902, upon the subject of the section in question which contained, among other things, Very truly yours. the following: J. WESLEY JONES, President and General Superintendent. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 7841

IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. the direction and control, in their absence, of the work of the house staff. The posi- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be and it is hereby re- tion has been in existence for a period of two months, with great result in benefit spectfully requested to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars for the U. S. to the medical service of the hospital. It will be impossible to continue the position Volunteer Life Saving Corps (inland waters), the said sum to be applied to the pur- unless it is placed on a salaried basis. I therefore recommend that the grades chase of life saving buoys, boats, medicine chests and the other necessary materials above suggested be established in order that appointment may be made at the lower for use at Coney Island, at canal bridges and on the Gowanus canal. salary, with opportUnity for promotion to the higher salary on a basis of demon- Adopted by the Board of Aldermen January 27, 1903, a majority of all the mem- strated efficiency and length of service. bers elected voting in favor thereof. I have the honor to remain Received from his Honor the Mayor, February to, 1903. without his approval or Yours very truly, disapproval thereof; therefore, as provided in section 4o of the Greater New York HOMER FOLKS, Commissioner. Charter, the same took effect as if he had approved it. Tile following resolution was offered: P. J. SCULLY, Clerk. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER LIFE SAVING CORPS (INLAND WATERS), WORLD BUILDING, NEW YORK, May 2, 1903. to the Board of Aldermen, in accordance with the provisions of section 56 of the Hon. SETH Low, Mayor, Chairman of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment: Greater New York Charter, that the salaries of the position of Chief of Staff in the DEAR SIR—A few weeks since the honorable the Board of Aldermen of The City of Department of Public Charities be fixed at the rates of fifteen hundred dollars New York passed a resolution appropriating one thousand dollars to the U. S. Vol- ($1,500) and twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) per annum. unteer Life Saving Corps for the purpose of providing life saving appliances for its Which was adopted by the following vote: life saving crews established and being established at all dangerous points along The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- the waters of The City of Greater New York. These appliances consist of the most approved metallic and cork buoys, medicine dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- chests containing the best known remedies for resuscitating the drowning, together mond-16. with blankets, towels and splints for broken limbs. We shall also furnish life boats at needed points, as Recreation Piers, the Battery, The Secretary presented the following communication from the Commissioner the Cinder Beds and Hell Gate; and also competent instructors in the arts of rescu- of Bridges relative to the vesting of title to lands required for the Brooklyn anchor- ing and resuscitating of the drowning. age of the Manhattan Bridge: As the final action rests with the Board of Estimate, of which your Honor is Chairman, we respectfully request a hearing before the Board, and that you appoint DEPARTMENT OF BRIDGES—CITY OF NEW YORY, an hour for said hearing at as early a day as practicable, and give us notice that we COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, PARK ROW BUILDING, may appear and establish the value of our work and the necessity of said appropria- MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., July II, 1903. tion for the welfare and safety of the public. HUBERT L. SMITH, Esq., Assistant Deputy Comptroller: For the Board, very truly yours, SIR—Herewith 1 send you a copy of the draft resolution prepared by the Corpora J. WESLEY JONES,' President and General Superintendent. tion Counsel for fixing the date of vesting title in the City of the lands required for Which was ordered on file, and a copy of opinion ordered sent to applicant for the Brooklyn anchorage of the Manhattan Bridge, the original of which was sent appropriation. you on the 18th of June, 1903. The resolution recites the date when the oaths of the Commissioners of Estimate were filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, to wit, on the loth day The Secretary presented a resolution of the Board of Aldermen requesting an of June, 1903. The date of vesting title is to be inserted by the Board of Estimate issue of $too Special Revenue Bonds for expenses incurred by W. W. Stephenson and Apportionment. Post, G. A. R., in firing the annual salute in the Borough of Brooklyn, Jtily 4, 1903. Kindly have this resolution adopted as soon as possible by the Board of Esti- Referred to the Corporation Counsel for an opinion as to the authority of the mate and Apportionment, as it is very important that the City shall have title to this property at the earliest practicable date. Board to make such appropriation. Respectfully, G. LINDENTHAL, Commissioner of Bridges. The Secretary presented the following resolution of the Board of Aldermen re- The following was offered: questing an issue of Special Revenue Bonds to the amount of $36,960.12 for the pur- Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment did, heretofore and on the pose of maintaining and operating interior public baths in the Borough of Brooklyn: 19th day of December, 1902, adopt a resolution approving the selection of the lands Whereas, There are three (3) all-the-year-round public baths and six (6) public hereinafter described, in the Borough of Brooklyn, required for the construction of comfort stations now in process of construction in the Borough of Brooklyn, some the Brooklyn anchorage of the Manhattan Bridge, and authorized the Corporation of which will be completed and ready for occupancy in the month of July, 1903, and the remainder within a short period of time thereafter; and Counsel to institute condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the fee of the Whereas, The estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the said all- following described property, in the Borough of Brooklyn, in The City of New the-year-round public baths and public comfort stations is as follows: York, bounded as follows: Hicks Street Bath $24,433 50 Parcel No. 1. Pitkin Avenue Bath 25,756 25 Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Water street, which point is forty- Montrose Avenue Bath 25,756 25 seven and fifty-seven-hundredths (47.57) feet westerly of the point formed by the in- Six Public Comfort Stations, at $5079.25 3°1:4 50075 50 00 Salary of Assistant Superintendent tersection of the westerly side of Pearl street with the northerly side of Water street, and running thence along the northerly side of Water street north eighty-seven de- Total annual cost of operation . $107,921 5o grees twenty-one minutes and twenty-six seconds west (N. 87 degrees 21 minutes —and Whereas, The said public interior baths and public comfort stations will be in use 26 seconds W.) one hundred and fifty-nine (1N) feet to the easterly side of Adams during fractional parts of the year 1903; and will require for their operation an appro- street; thence along the easterly side of Adams street north two degrees thirty-two priation calculated upon the basis of the foregoing annual estimates; and minutes and forty-four seconds east (N. 20 degrees 32 minutes 44 seconds E.) Whereas, The approximate estimate for the maintenance of the said three public two hundred and fifteen-hundredths (200.15) feet to the southerly side of Plymouth interior baths and the said six public comfort stations, and for the salaries of the Assistant Superintendent, Attendants and Employees, during the remainder of the street; thence along the southerly side of Plymouth street south eighty-seven degrees year 1903 amounts to the sum of thirty-six thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars sixteen minutes and sixteen seconds east (S. 87 degrees 16 minutes 16 seconds E.) and twelve cents ($36,960.12); now therefore be it sixty-three and thirty-hundredths (63.30) feet; thence south twenty-three degrees Resolved, That in pursuance of the provisions of subdivision 8, section 188, of east (S. 23 degrees E.) two hundred and twenty-one and ninety-three-hundredths the amended Greater New York Charter, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment (221.93) feet to the point of beginning. is hereby requested to authorize the Comptroller to issue Special Revenue Bonds to the amount of thirty-six thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars and twelve cents Parcel No. 2. ($36,960.12) for the purpose of maintaining and operating the aforesaid public interior Beginning at the point made by the intersection of the southerly side of Water baths and public comfort stations in the Borough of Brooklyn during the remainder street with the westerly side of Pearl street, and running thence along. Pearl street of the year 1903. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen June 23, 1903, three-fourths of all the mem- south two degrees forty-three minutes and forty-nine seconds (S. 2 degrees bers elected voting in favor thereof. 43 minutes 49 seconds W.) two hundred and nine-hundredths (200.09) feet to the Approved by the Mayor June 3o, 1903. northerly side of Front street; thence along the northerly side of Front street north P. J. SCULLY, Clerk. eighty-seven degrees twenty-two minutes and thirty-six seconds west (N. 87 de- The following resolution was offered: grees 22 minutes 36 seconds W.) two hundred and five and eighty-one-hundredths Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of (205.80 feet to the easterly side of Adams street; thence along the easterly side of and concurs in the resolution of the Board of Aldermen, adopted June 23, 1903, and Adams street north two degrees thirty-two minutes and forty-four seconds east approved by the Mayor June 3o, 1903, in refation to the expediture of fifteen thousand (N. 2 degrees 32 minutes 44 seconds E.) two hundred and seventeen-hundredths dollars ($15,00o) for the purpose of maintaining and operating three (3) all-the-year- (200.17) feet to southerly side of Water street; thence along the southerly side of round public baths and six (6) public comfort stations in the Borough of Brooklyn Water street south eighty-seven degrees twenty-one minutes and twenty-six seconds during the remainder of the year 1903, and that for the purpose of providing means east (S. 87 degrees 21 minutes 26 seconds E.) two hundred and forty-seven-hun- therefor the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized, pursuant to the provisions of dredths (206.47) feet to the point of beginning. subdivision 8 of section 188 of the Greater New York Charter, to issue Special Revenue Bonds of The City of New York to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars Parcel No. 3. ($15,000), redeemable from the tax levy of the year succeeding the year of their Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Ply- issue. mouth street with the westerly side of Adams street, and running thence along the Which was adopted by the following vote: westerly side of Adams street south two degrees thirty-two minutes and forty-four The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- seconds west (S. 2 degrees 32 minutes 44 seconds W.) two hundred and eleven-hun- dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond- dredths (2oo.11) feet to the northerly side of Water street; thence along the north- 16. erly side of Water street north eighty-seven degrees twenty-one minutes and twenty- six seconds west (N. 87 degrees 21 minutes 26'seconds W.) seventy (70.00) feet; The Secretary presented the followitig communication from the Commissioner thence north two .degrees thirty-eight minutes and thirty-four seconds east (N. 2 of the Department of Charities, requesting the Board to recommend to the Board degrees 38 minutes 34 seconds E.) one hundred and sixteen and seventy-seven- of Aldermen the fixing of the salaries of the position of Chief of Staff in said De- hundredths (116.77) feet; thence north twenty-three degrees west (N. 23 degrees partment at $1,200 and $1,500 respectively: W.) ninety-two and thirty-two-hundredths (92.32) feet to the southerly side of Ply- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, mouth street; thence along the northerly side of Plymouth street south eighty-seven BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX, degrees twenty-four minutes and fifty-five seconds east (S. 87 degrees 24 minutes COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, FOOT OF EAST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, 55 seconds E.) one hundred and nine and sixty-one-hundredths (109.61) feet to the NEW YORK, June 30, 1903. point of beginning. Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment: HOB. JAMES W. STEVENSON, Parcel No. 4. DEAR SIR—I beg to request that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment recom- mend to the Board of aldermen that the following salaries, in addition to those now Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Water in existence, be established in this department, namely: street with the westerly side of Adams street, and running thence along the west- Chief of Staff, $1,200 per annum. erly side of Adams street south two degrees thirty-two minutes and forty-four sec- Chief of Staff, $1,500 per annum. onds west (S. 2 degrees 32 minutes 44 seconds W.) one hundred and five and The position of Chief of Staff is one which has recently been established experi- mentally and without salary at the Metropolitan Hospital. The incumbent of this twelve-hundredths (105.12) feet; thence north twenty-three degrees west (N. 23 position is the resident head, of the medical service of the hospital. He is the degrees W.) one hundred and sixteen and sixty-hundredths (116.60) feet to the resident representative of the Board of Visiting Physicians and Surgeons, and has southerly side of Water street; thence along the southerly side of Water street

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south eighty-seven degrees twenty-one minutes and twenty-six seconds eat (S. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment approves of the settle- 87 degrees 21 minutes 26 seconds E.) fifty and twenty-eight-hundredths (5o.28) feet ment of the claim of Charles A. Meyer & Son, Civil Engineers and City Surveyors, to the point of beginning; and for work done in connection with the proposed alterations of the new County Court- Whereas, By an order of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the Clerk house in the Borough of Manhattan, at two hundred and fifty-five dollars ($255) of the County of Kings on the loth clay of May, 1903, John N. Partridge, William and, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 649 of the Laws of 1900, the Comptroller Vanainee and Theodore B. Gates were appointed Commissioners of Estimate and is hereby authorized to issue Corporate Stock of The City of New York, in the man- Appraisal in proceedings brought to acquire the premises above referred to; and ner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, to the amount of two Whereas, The oaths of said Commissioners were filed in the office of the Clerk hundred and fifty-five dollars ($255), to provide means for the payment of the said of the County of Kings on the loth day of June, 1903; claim. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, deeming it for the Which was adopted by the following vote: public interest that the title to the lands and premises above referred to, and all The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents interest therein, should be acquired by The City of New York at a fixed or specified of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. time, does hereby direct that on the 15th day of September, 1903, the title to the said lands and premises and all interest therein shall vest in The City of New York, The Secretary presented a resolution of the Board of AlderMen requesting an except where the same have been acquired by purchase. appropriation for music at the Almshouse on Blackwell's Island. Which was adopted by the following vote: • Referred to the City Clerk, with statement that resolution is not in proper form The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- for action by the Board. dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- mond-16. The Secretary presented the following resolution from the Board of Education requesting an appropriation of $5o,000 to pay wages of Inspectors and Draughtsmen The Secretary presented the following communications from the President of and bills for surveys and draughting, etc., in the Board of Education: the Borough of Richmond, relative to his request for the Board to recommend to To the Board of Education: the Board of Aldermen that the salary of the position of Stenographer and Assist- The Committee on Finance respectfully reports that it has been requested by ant Secretary be fixed at the rate of $2,400 per annum: the Committee on Buildings to recommend the appropriation by the Board of Esti- mate and Apportionment of an additional suns of fifty thousand dollars ($5o,000) from OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF RICHMOND, the proceeds of Corporate Stock, to pay the wages of Inspectors, Draughtsmen, bills NEW BRIGHTON, N. Y., July 1I. 1903. for surveys and draughting material, all boroughs. J. W. STEVENSON, Esq., Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, No. 280 The following resolution is submitted for adoption: Broadway, New York: Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be and it is hereby DEAR SIR-1 hereby request the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to fix the respectfully requested to appropriate the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) from salary of the position of Stenographer and Assistant Secretary of my office at $2,400 the proceeds of Corporate Stock, to be issued by the Comptroller, pursuant to sec- per annum. tions 47 and 169 of the Revised Charter; said sum to be applied in payment of the Very truly yours, wages of Inspectors and Draughtsmen, bills for surveys and draughting material, on GEORGE CROMWELL. President of the Borough. new buildings; requisition for said sum being hereby made upon the Comptroller. A true copy of report and resolution adopted by the Board of Education on July OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF RICHMOND, 13, 1903. NEW BRIGHTON, N. Y., June Is, 1903. A. EMERSON PALMER, Secretary, Board of Education. STEVENSON, Esq., Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, No. 28o J. W. The following resolution was offered: Broadway, New York : Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of DEAR SIR—I hereby request that you fix the salary of the position of Stenographer in my office at $2,400 per annum. the requisition of the Board of Education by resolution adopted July 13, 1903, for an The present occupant of this position was the official Stenogrvpher for the appropriation of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) from the proceeds of Corporate Charter Revision Commission during its term of existence, and reported for that Stock issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 47 and 169 of the Greater New Commission all its public and other hearings. He also was formerly in the Attorney- York Charter, said sum to be applied in payment of the wages of Inspectors and General's Office at Albany for some time, and reported hearings had before the Attorney-General. You will sec, therelore, that he is in every sense an expert and a Draughtsmen, bills for surveys and draughting material, on new buildings. court Stenographer. He has been in my office since January 8, 1901, and reports for Which was adopted by the following vote: me the hearings of the Local Board, besides all public hearings given by me upon The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents various matters that arise in my office; he also supervises the general stenographic of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. work of the office. His work has been of the highest class. While with the Charter Revision Commission he received T2,4co, having passed the highest grade of Civil Service exam nation with a high percentage, and thus being The Secretary presented the following report of the Appraiser of Real Estate, placed in the grade of Court Stenographer. As a member of that Commission i can Department of Finance, in regard to property known as Nos. 133 and 135 Allen testify to the high grade of his work, as will any other member, I am quite sure. He is in a position to obtain a place as Court Stenographer, but his services street, Manhattan, together with communications from the Corporation Counsel are so valuable to me in my office that if he were now to leave I should be placed relative thereto. at a very great disadvantage. I desire to retain him in my employ. He is beyond CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, doubt able to fill a court position and could undoubtedly earn more money than COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, $2,400 in such a place. He is, however, willing to remain with me if I can fix his sal- June 25, 1903. ary at the figure indicated. Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: In the mass of correspondence of my office it is necessary that I have some one SIR—In a communication tinder date of June the Corporation Counsel states that like the present occupant of this position in order to feel that work will be correctly q Mrs. Georgiana Curtis is ready to deliver to The City of New York possession of attended to before it leaves the office, and a!sc some one to report the hearings. He premises Nos. 133 and 135 Allen street. has been with me now between two and three years, and is so thoroughly conversant The Board of Estimate and Apportionment at a meeting held July 18, 1902, with the affairs of the office that his loss at this time would be, indeed, a serious one. adopted a resolution for the' purchase of property Nos. 133 and 135 and I35%, Allen I sincerely hope the Board will grant this request. street, in the Borough of Manhattan, to be used as a site for a free public bath, at a Respectfully yours, price not exceeding $34,000. GEORGE CROMWELL, President of the Borough. On October 8, 1902, No. 135% Allen street was purchased for the consideration The following resolution was offered: of $10,500, leaving a balance of $23,500 for the purchase of Nos. 133 and 135 Allen street, and on July 22, 1902, The City of New York entered into contract with Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby recommends Georgiana and Catherine 1'. Curtis for the purchase of Nos. 133 and 135 Allen street, to the Board of Aldermen, in accordance with the provisions of section 56 of the at the sum mentioned ($25.5oo). An examination of the title showed that there were Greater New York Charter, that the salary of the position of Stenographer and As- serious doubts as to whether the vendors had the power to convey the fee of the sistant Secretary to the President of the Borough of Richmond be fixed at the rate said premises mentioned in the contract and recommendations were made to the Borough President of Manhattan that title to said premises be acquired by con- of twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum. demnation proceedings, and on the 27th day of February, 1903, the Board of Esti- Which was adopted by the following vote: mate and Apportionment adopted a resolution, authorizing condemnation proceedings The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- of the above described premises. dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- The Corporation Counsel has addressed two communications to the Department of Finance, one under date of March 21, 1903, in which he states the above men- mond-16. tioned facts, and says that it is very desirable that possession of this property be obtained by May I, and submits two contracts, which he desires you to execute, in The Secretary presented the following report of the Engineer of the Department order that possession may be obtained immediately and that the matter of payment .of Finance, relative to the claim of Charles A. Mayer & Sons, for work done in the may be adjusted later by condemnation proceedings, the City, in addition to paying proposed alteration to the new County Courthouse: $23,500, to pay interest on that sum at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum from the date of possession until the money is paid by the City upon the award of the Com- DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, missioners. July II, 1903. In a second communication, under date of June g, he states that the owners Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: could not give a full covenant warranty deed; that the City has purchased No. I35Y.: SIR—In relation to claim of $255 of Chas. A. Meyer & Son, Civil Engineers and Allen street, and that he has arranged with the owners, at the request of the City Surveyors, at Nos. 190-194 Bowery, for work done in connection with the pro- Borough President and with your approval, that possession be given to the City posed alterations of the new County Courthouse, namely: under a stipulation that the award by the Commissioners to be appointed shall bear From May II, Iwo, to June II, 19oo, and all necessary inside work on interest from the date of the delivery of possession. County Courthouse, New York City, for alterations $230 00 The agreement states that the owners of the property agree that the sum of November 7, 1901, taking levels inside and outside of County Court- $23,100 shall be the sum to be awarded by the Commissioners of Estimate to be house, New York City, for alterations 25 00 appointed in the proceedings, and it is upon that sum that interest is to run at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum from the date of the 'delivery of possession of the Total $255 00 premises. —I would report that the work specified in the above bill has. been performed by In view of the statement made by the Corporation Counsel as to the question of title, the agreed award price and of the desire of the President of the Borough of Chas. A. Meyer '& Son, and they furnished the following drawings, showing the Manhattan to obtain possession of the premises as speedily as possible, I would work done: respectfully recommend that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, by resolu- tracing (1 foot by I foot) cross section elevations, partial construction; tion, authorize you to enter into an agreement with Georgiana and Catherine T. blue print (6 inches by 8 inches) cross section elevation foundation and wall; Curtis as follows: 2 tracings (18 inches by 28 inches) cross section E. and W. and Broadway wings; 1st. That the vendors will deliver to the City possession of the premises. I drawing (21 inches by 16 inches) giving grades around building; 5 tracings (3o inches by 36 inches) floor plans and measurements. 2d. That the sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars ($23,500), the The price charged I consider just and reasonable; although Chas. A. Meyer & consideration mentioned in the original contract, shall be the price the City shall pay Son were not ordered to do the work by the proper authorities, which are the Board for the premises. of Estimate and Apportionment, or by instructions from the architects, Horgan & 3d. That the said Georgiana and Catherine T. Curtis shall receive interest at Slattery, but did the work upon an order dated May 28, 1900, of Judge Dugro, one of the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the said sum of $23,500 from the date of the the Committee of the Justices of the Supreme Court in charge of the addition and delivery of possession of said premises until said sum of $23,500 is paid. alterations to the new County Courthouse. Respectfully submitted for your approval, I think, in equity, since the work has been satisfactorily performed by Chas. A. MORTIMER J. BROWN, Meyer & Son, and the charges are just and reasonable, the claim should be allowed. Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. Respectfully, The following was offered: EUG. E. McLEAN, Engineer. Whereas, On or about the 22c1 day of July, 1902, The City of New York entered The following resolution was offered: into a contract for the purchase of premises Nos. 133-135 Allen street, in the Bor- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 743

ough of Manhattan, for the sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars The above properties are submitted to you for approval as to price and location. ($23,500); and Only one of the two sites on the east side of the City will be required. A report by Saturday on the above properties would be appreciated. Whereas, Upon an examination of the title of said premises it was discovered Yours respectfully, that it was impossible for the vendors to deliver a good and sufficient title without JACOB A. CANTOR, President. condemnation proceedings; and Whereas, On or about the 27th day of February, 1903, the Board of Estimate and CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, Apportionment, by resolution adopted, authorized condemnation proceedings of the COM I'TROLLER'S OFFICE. July 14, 1903. above-described premises; and Whereas, The vendors of said premises, Georgiana and Catherine T. Curtis, de- Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: SIR—The President of the Borough of Manhattan, in a communication under date sire to enter into a contract with The City of New York, pending the proceedings for of June i6, 1903, requests the approval of the Comptroller, under the provisions of sec- condemnation, and have presented said contract through the Corporation Counsel of tion 149 of the Greater New York Charter, for the acquisition of one of two sites for a The City of New York, who, by letter under date of March 21, 1903, has approved of public bath, located on the south side of Eleventh street, in the Borough of Manhattan, the same; therefore be it being each 5o feet in width by too feet in depth. The first one, located on the south side of Eleventh street 145 feet east of Avenue Resolved, That the Comptroller of The City of New York be and is hereby known as Nos. 538-540 East Eleventh street, is offered to the City at $45.000. This authorized to enter into an agreement with Georgiana and Catherine T. Curtis for property is directly in the rear of lots recently purchased by the City for a Carnegie the delivery of the possession of said premises to The City of New York upon the Library site. It is known as Lots Nos. 23 and 24 in Block 404. Section 2 on the Land following terms and conditions: Maps of New York County. No. 538 has a five-story brick tenement, 25 feet 6 inches by 5o feet, with stores, and 1st. That the said Georgiana and Catherine T. Curtis will deliver to The City is assessed at $17,000 in the name of Louis K. Eaton, and was sold in 1898 for $17,500 of New York possession of the premises Nos. 133-135 Allen street. No. 54o has a five-story brick tenement, 25 feet by 5o feet, without stores, and is 2d. That they are willing and agree to accept as an award for said premises assessed at $17,000 in the name of Dorothy Young. the sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars ($23,500), being the consider- The full market value of this property does not exceed $42,000. The other property is situated on the south side of Eleventh street, 233 feet west ation mentioned in the contract made July 22, 1903. of Avenue C, is 5o feet by too feet. and known as Nos. 632 and 634 East Eleventh 3d. That in consideration of the delivery of said premises to the City the street. The price at which it is offered to the City is $33,000. This property is known said Georgiana and Catherine T. Curtis shall receive interest at the rate of 6 per cent. as Lots Nos. 23 and 24, Block 393, Section 2, on the Land Map of New York County. per annum upon the said sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars ($23,501), No. 632 is a four-story brick tenement, with stores 25 feet by 44 feet, and a two- story brick building 25 feet by 16 feet. The buildings are old and in bad repair. The beginning from the date of possession by The City of New York. property is owned by Aaron Moses, No. 343 East Sixty-second street, who bought it in Which was adopted by the following vote: 1892 for $16,000; it is assessed at $13,000. The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- No. 634 is a similar lot and front building, with a one-story brick extension, 18 dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, .Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- feet by 48 feet. The property is owned by Mrs. Louisa Schenck, who lives on the premises, and is assessed at $13,000. mond-46. The full market value of the property is $33,000 The Board of Estimate and Ap- portionment have just approved the acquisition of property on East Tenth street as a The Secretary presented the following report of the Appraiser of Real Estate of site for a Carnegie Library, and the building of a public bath in the rear of the library the Department of Finance, relative to premises located on the northerly side of would afford light and air, and might be a desirable location were it not for the fact Sixty-seventh street and Amsterdam avenue, Borough of Manhattan, as a site for a that the price asked is $3,000 in excess of the fullest market value, and I understand that the owners of the property will not reduce their price. The price asked for the public bath: property, Nos. 632-634 East Eleventh street, is a proper price for the City to pay. ary OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, The President of the Borough of Manhattan, in concluding his letter, says: COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, "The above properties are submitted to you for your approval as to price and July I, 1903. location. Only one of the two sites on the east side of the City will be required." Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: Inasinuch as the City will he unable to purchase Nos. 538-540, which comes directly SIR—The President of the Borough of Manhattan, in a communication, requests in the rear of the library site, and as the Borough President says that either of the two the consent of the Comptroller, under the provisions of section 149 of the Greater sites will do, I would respectfully recommend that the Board of Estimate and Apportion- New York Charter. for the acquisition of the premises located on the north side of ment adopt a resolution, authorizing the Comptroller to purchase the premises Nos. Sixtj-seventh street, 225 feet westerly from the northwesterly corner of Sixty- 632-634 East Eleventh street as a site for a public bath at a price not exceeding $33,000. seventh street and Amsterdam avenue, being 5o feet front and rear by a depth of icto Respectfully submitted for approval, feet 5 inches on each side, which the President of the Borough desires to acquire as MORTIMER J. BROWN. a site for a free public bath. Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. I have the honor to report that the lots are known as Lots Nos. 22 and 23, in Block 1159, in section 4, on the land map of New York County, and belonging to the The following resolution was offered: New York Model Dwelling Company, assessed value for the year 1903 being $10.0a0. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of The property, which was submitted to this office through the office of the Bor- the selection of a site for a public bath in the Borough of Manhattan. known as ough President by George D. Ebermeyer, of .No. 7 Pine street, Borough of Man- hattan, at the price of $17.5oo, I understand, can be now purchased for the sum of Nos. 538 and 54o East Eleventh street, with the buildings and improvements thereon $16,65o. While this price is full value, it is not excessive, and I would respectfully erected, and bounded and described as follows: recommend that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorize the Comptroller Beginning at a point on the southerly side of East Eleventh street distant one to enter into a contract for the purchase of the property at a price not exceeding hundred and forty-five (145) feet westerly from the southwesterly corner of Eleventh $16,650, to be used as a site for a free public bath. Respectfully submitted for approval, street and Avenue B, and running thence southerly parallel with Avenue B ninety- MORTIMER J. BROWN, tour (94) feet nine (9) inches; running thence westerly parallel with Eleventh street Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. fifty (50) feet six (6) inches; running thence northerly and again parallel with Avenue The following was offered: B ninety-four (94) feet nine (9) inches to the southerly side of Eleventh street, and Whereas, The President of the Borough of Manhattan of The City of New York thence easterly along the southerly side of Eleventh street fifty (5o) feet six (6) inches to the point or place of beginning, be the said several dimensions more or has requested the purchase of premises located on the northerly side of Sixty-seventh street, two hundred and twenty-five (225) feet westerly from the northwesterly cor- less, together with all the right, title and interest of the owners of said premises of, S ner of Sixty-seventh street and Amsterdam avenue, and being fifty (50) feet in width in and to the streets in front thereof to the centre thereof, front and rear by a depth of one hundred (too) feet five (5) inches on each side, as a —and the Comptroller of The City of New York is hereby authorized to enter into site for a public bath; therefore be it agreements for the purchase of the same at a price, not exceeding forty-two thou- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the sand dollars ($42,000), said agreements to be approved by the Corporation Counsel selection of the following described premises: as to form. All those two certain lots of land bounded and described as follows: Which was adopted by the following vote: The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Sixty-seventh street two hundred dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- and twenty-five (225) feet westerly from the northwesterly corner of Sixty-seventh mond-16. street and Amsterdam avenue, and running thence northerly parallel with Amster- dam avenue one hundred (100) feet five (5) inches; thence westerly parallel with Sixty-seventh street fifty (5o) feet; thence southerly again parallel with Amsterdam The Secretary presented the following report of the Appraiser of Real Estate, avenue one hundred (Too) feet five (5) inches to the northerly side of Sixty-seventh Department of Finance, relative to premises on West One Hundred and Thirty- street; thence easterly along the northerly side of Sixty-seventh street fifty (50) feet ninth street near Amsterdam avenue, and premises on West One Hundred and to the point or place of beginning, together with all the right, title and interest of Forty-third street near Eighth avenue as sites for the purposes of the Fire Depart- the owners of said premises of, in and to the street in front thereof to the centre ment: thereof, CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, —and the Comptroller of The City of New York is hereby authorized to enter into COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. a contract for the purchase of same, at a price not exceeding sixteen thousand six July 14, 1903. hundred and fifty dollars ($16,650), which contract is to be approved by the Cor- Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: poration Counsel as to form. SIR—The Commissioner of the Department of Fire of The City of New York, in Which was adopted by the following vote: a communication to this Department request.; the purchase of two sites for depart- The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents mental purposes, one located on the northerly side of West One Hundred and of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond-16. Thirty-ninth street near Amsterdam avenue, in the rear of property now owned by the City for fire purposes, and the other located on the southerly side of West One Hundred and Forty-third Street near Eighth avenue. The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of the I have had an examination made of the properties in question, and have the Borough of Manhattan in regard to properties offered as sites for public baths, to- honor to report as follows: gether with a report of the Appraiser of Real Estate, Department of Finance, rela- The property located on the southerly side of West One Hundred and Forty- tive thereto: third street, 300 feet easterly from the southeasterly corner of One Hundred and Forty-third street and Eighth avenue, is a vacant lot 5o feet by too feet. The price CITY OF NEW YORK, at which it was offered to the City originally was $2o,000. The City has now an OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. option on the property from Mary Jennings Ryan, the owner, to sell for the sum CITY HALL, June 16, 1903. Of $17,000. Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: This price, in my opinion. is reasonable and just. and I would respectfully DEAR SIR—The following described properties have been offered to this Department recommend that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorize the purchase at the prices named below for public bath sites: of the same at a price not exceeding $17,000. North side of Sixty-seventh street, 225 feet west of Amsterdam avenue; 5o feet The property located on the northerly side of East One Hundred and Thirty by Too feet 5 inches; price, $16,500 and interest charges on the mortgage held by the ninth street is situated too feet westerly from the northwesterly corner of Amster- life insurance company of $8,000, amounting to about $150 additional. (lam avenue, and is a vacant strip of land 5o feet by 99 feet II inches. This has South side of Eleventh street, 145 feet west of Avenue B; 5o feet by too feet, been offered to the City for $16.000. known as Nos. 538 and 540 East Eleventh street; price, $45,000, including tenements. This price is reasonable and just, and I would respectfully recommend that the This property is directly in the rear of the lots recently purchased by the City for a Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorize the purchase of the same at a Carnegie Library site. price not exceeding $16,000. South side of Eleventh street, 233 feet west of Avenue C; 50 feet by zoo feet, Respectfully submitted for approval, known as Nos. 632 and 634 East Eleventh street; price, $33,000, including old MORTIMER J. BROWN, buildings. Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. 7844 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

HEADQUARTERS FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK, To the Board of Education: Nos. 157 AND 159 EAST SIXTY-SEVENTH STREET, The Committee on Sites respectfully reports that the Board of Education, on BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, June 26, 1903. November 26, 1902, selected as a site for school purposes a plot of land on the north- Ham EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller of The City of New York, No. 280 Broadway, erly side of Mermaid avenue, running from West Sixteenth to West Seventeenth New York City: street, in Local School Board District No. 39, Borough of Brooklyn. The action of SIR—I have the honor to request that a plot of ground situated on the north side the Board of Education was transmitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of West One Hundred and Thirty-ninth street, one hundred feet west of Amster- on November 28, 1902, but, so far as known, no action has been taken by that Board dam avenue, being 5o by 99.11 feet, be acquired as a site for a new engine company looking to the acquisition of said property. to be located in that neighborhood, and that a plot of ground on the south side of Your Committee is informed that buildings are now being erected on said site, West One Hundred and Forty-third street, three hundred feet east from Eighth which will increase the value thereof, and it is recommended that the selection of avenue, being so by too feet. be said site be rescinded, and, in lieu thereof, a plot of land 18o feet by 237.62 feet, on also acquired for the use of this Department as a West Seventeenth and West Nineteenth streets, between Neptune and Mermaid ave- site for Engine Company No. 59. nues, he selected. Respectfully, THOS. STURGIS, Commissioner. The following resolutions are submitted for adoption: The following was offered: Resolved, That the action taken by the Board of Education on November 26, 1902 (see Journal, page 2726), in selecting as a site for school purposes a plot of Whereas. The Commissioner of the Fire Department of The City of New York land on the northerly side of Mermaid avenue, running from West Sixteenth to West has requested the permission to purchase the vacant premises located on the north- Seventeenth street, in Local School Board No. 39, Borough of Brooklyn, be and the erly side of West One Hundred and Thirty-ninth street, near Amsterdam avenue, same is hereby rescinded. Resolved, That the Board of Education hereby selects and determines as a site and the vacant premises on the southerly side of West One Hundred and Forty- for school purposes the following described premises on West Seventeenth and West third street, near Eighth avenue, both in the Borough of Manhattan, to be used as Nineteenth streets, near Neptune avenue, in Local School Board District No. 39, apparatus houses; therefore be it Borough of Brooklyn: Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of Beginning at a point on the westerly line of West Seventeenth street, distant one hundred and forty-five (145) feet southerly from the southerly line of Neptune ave- the selection of the following described premises for the use of the Fire Depart- nue, and running thence westerly and parallel with Neptune avenue two hundred and ment: thirty-seven and sixty-two one-hundredths (237.62) feet to the easterly line of West All those two certain lots, pieces or parcels of land bounded and described as Nineteenth street, thence southerly along the easterly line of West Nineteenth street follows: one hundred and eighty (18o) feet, thence easterly and again parallel with Neptune First Parcel. avenue two hundred and thirty-seven and sixty-two one-hundredths (237.62) feet to the westerly line of West Seventeenth street, thence northerly along the westerly line Beginning at a point on the northerly side of West One Hundred and Thirty- of West Seventeenth street one hundred and eighty (t8o) feet to the point or place of ninth street distant one hundred (too) feet westerly from the northwesterly corner beginning. of West One Hundred and Thirty-ninth street and Amsterdam avenue, and running Assessed valuation of the lands and premises above described, as shown by the thence northerly and parallel with Amsterdam avenue ninety-nine (99) feet eleven books of record on file in the Department of Taxes and Assessments, $ Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be and it is hereby re- (11) inches; thence westerly and parallel with West One Hundred and Thirty-ninth quested to take such action as may be necessary and proper for the acquisition of the street fifty (so) feet; thence southerly and again parallel with Amsterdam avenue lands and premises above described. ninety-nine (99) feet eleven (1 1) inches to the northerly side of West One Hundred A true copy of report and resolutions adopted by the Board of Education on May and Thirty-ninth street; thence easterly along the northerly side of West One Hun- 27, 1903. dred and Thirty-ninth street fifty (5o) feet to the point or place of beginning, to- A. EMERSON PALMER, Secretary, Board of Education. gether with all the right, title and interest of the owners of said premises, of, in and The following resolution was offered: to the streets in front thereof to the centre thereof. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of Second Parcel. the selection of a site for a public school, located in Local School Board District All those certain lots, pieces or parcels of land bounded and described as fol- No. 39, in the Borough of Brooklyn, and bounded and described as follows: lows: Beginning at a point on the westerly line of West Seventeenth street distant Beginning at a point on the southerly side of West One Hundred and Forty- one hundred and forty-five (145) feet southerly from the southerly line of Neptune third street distant three hundred (300) feet easterly from the southeasterly corner avenue and running thence westerly and parallel with Neptune avenue two hun- of West One Hundred and Forty-third street and Eighth avenue, and running dred and thirty-seven and sixty-two one-hundredths (237.62) feet to the easterly thence southerly and parallel with Eighth avenue one hundred (too) feet; thence line of West Nineteenth street; thence southerly along the easterly line of West easterly and parallel with West One Hundred and Forty-third street fifty (5o) feet; Nineteenth street one hundred and eighty (180) feet; thence easterly and again thence northerly and again parallel with Eighth avenue one hundred (too) feet to parallel with Neptune avenue two hundred and thirty-seven and sixty-two one-hun- the southerly side of West One Hundred and Forty-third street; thence westerly dredths (237.62) feet to the westerly line of West Seventeenth street; thence north- along the southerly side of West One Hundred and Forty-third street fifty (so) feet erly along the westerly line of West Seventeenth street one hundred and eighty to the point or place of beginning, together with all the right, title and interest of (18o) feet to the point or place of beginning, together with all the right, title and the owners of said premises, of, in and to the streets in front thereof to the centre interest of the owners of said premises of, in and to the streets in front thereof thereof, to the centre thereof, —and hereby authorizes the Comptroller to enter into contracts for the purchase —and hereby authorizes the Comptroller of The City of New York to enter into of the above-described premises at a price not exceeding thirty-three thousand dol- contract for the purchase of the above described premises at a price not exceeding lars ($33,000), said contracts to be approved by the Corporation Counsel as to form. eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($11,250), said contract to be approved Which was adopted by the following vote: by the Corporation Counsel as to form. The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- Which was adopted by the following vote: dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the i3oard of Aldermen and the Presi- mond-16. dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- mond—I6. The Secretary presented the following report of the Appraiser of Real Estate, Department of Finance, relative to a site for a Public School located in School 4 Board District No. 39, Borough of Brooklyn (West Seventeenth street, etc.) : The Secretary presented the following resolution rescinding resolution adopted CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, December 19, 1902, authorizing the purchase of Jaeeks Farm, in the Borough of COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Queens, as a site for a hospital for contagious diseases: July 13, 1903. Whereas, The Board of Estimate and Apportionment, on December 19, 1902, Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: adopted a resolution (see Minutes, page 2697) for the purchase of the Jaeck Farm, SIR—The Board of Education at a meeting held on the 27th day of May, 1903, located on the Black Stump road, in the Borough of Queens, as a site for a hos- adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That the action taken by the Board of Education on November 26, pital for contagious diseases, and authorized the Department of Health to enter 1902 (See Journal, page 2726), in selecting as a site for school purposes a plot of land into the necessary contract for the purchase of the said site at a price not exceeding on the northerly side of Mermaid avenue. running from West Sixteenth to West eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000); and Seventeenth street, in Local School Board District No. 39, Borough of Brooklyn, be Whereas, The Department of Health has presented to this Board a request and the same is hereby rescinded. "Resolved, That the Board of Education hereby selects and determines as a site in writing that this Board approve of the selection of a site known as the "Haacke for school purposes the following described premises on West Seventeenth and West Farm," located on the Flushing and Jamaica Plank road, in said Borough of Queens, Nineteenth streets, near Neptune avenue, in Local School Board District No. 39. as a site for a hospital for contagious diseases; therefore be it Borough of Brooklyn: Resolved, That the resolution adopted by this Board on December 19, 1902, "Beginning at a point on the westerly line of West Seventeenth street distant one hundred and forty-five (145) feet southerly from the southerly line of Neptune avenue, authorizing the purchase of the "Jaeck Farm" be and the same is hereby rescinded. and running thence westerly and parallel with Neptune avenue two hundred and thirty- Which was adopted by the folloWing vote: seven and sixty-two one-hundredths (237.62) feet to the easterly line of West Nine- The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- teenth street, thence southerly along the easterly line of West Nineteenth street one dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- hundred and eighty (i80) feet, thence easterly and again parallel with Neptune avenue two hundred and thirty-seven and sixty-two one-hundredths (237.62) feet to the westerly mond-16. line of West Seventeenth street, thence northerly along the westerly line of West Seven- The Secretary presented the following communication from the Appraiser of teenth street. one hundred and eighty (18o) feet to the point or place of beginning. Real Estate, Department of Finance, relative to the selection of a farm on the "Assesged valuation of the lands and premises above described as shown by the east side of Flushing and Jamaica Plank road, known as the Haacks Farm, as a books of record on file in the Department of Taxes and Assessments. site for a hospital for contagious diseases, in the Borough of Queens: "Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be and it is hereby re- quested to take such action as may be necessary and proper for the acquisition of the CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, lands and premises above described." COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, The Board of Education has selected a site located on the northerly side of Mer- July II, 1903. maid avenue running from West Sixteenth to West Seventeenth streets in Local Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT. Comptroller: School Board District No. 39, Borough of Brooklyn, but this selection has been re- scinded by the Board. Sm—The Commissioner of the Department of Health in a letter under date of I have had an examination made of the new site selected, and have the honor to March 20, 1903. presented to the Secretary of the Board of Estimate and Apportion. report that the property is located on West Seventeenth street running through to ment a resolution which was adopted by the Department of Health at a meeting West Nineteenth street south of Neptune avenue, and has a frontage of 180 feet on held March 18, 1903, requesting the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to ap- each street with a total depth of 237.62 feet through the block. There is no Eighteenth prove of the selection of premises situated on the easterly side of the Flushing and street at this point. The plot is about 5 feet below grade. West Seventeenth street Jamaica Turnpike road, known as the "Haacke Farm," as a site for a hospital for is 6o feet wide, has sewer, water and gas and is macadamized, but has no curbing or contagious diseases, in till Borough of Queens, consisting of a plot of 22.61 acres, at sidewalk. West Nineteenth street is entirely unimproved. a price not exceeding $18,000. The property is known as Lots Nos. 2 and 66 in Block 686 of the Thirty-first Ward. In examinations made of the premises, I find that the property can be purchased Lot No. 66 is 180 feet by 115.37 feet. Lot No. 2 is 180 feet by 122.25 feet. The total for the sum of $16,957.50, or at the rate of $75o per acre. assessment of the two lots on the tax maps is $5,400. Dr. Lederle, Commissioner of the Department of Health, considers that this I understand that this property can be bought for $11,250. While this is full value property is superior in location to the property adjoining, and from an investigation for the property, it is not, however, excessive, and I would respectfully recommend of the values of property in the vicinity, the price seems to be reasonable and just that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment adopt a resolution authorizing the pur- and I see no reason why the Board of Estimate and Apportionment should not con- chase of the premises at that price. sent to its purchase. Respectfully submitted for approval, Respectfully submitted for approval, MORTIMER J. BROWN, MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 7845

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CITY OF NEW YORK, Corporate Stock of The City of New York to the amount of six million five hundred SOUTHWEST CORNER FIFTY-Finn STREET AND SIXTH AVENUE, and thirty-two thousand dollars ($6,532.000), for the purpose of providing means for BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, March 20, 1903. the necessary expenses connected with the construction of the proposed bridge J. W. STEVENSON, Esq., Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment: over the East river, between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, known as SIR—At a meeting of the Board of Health of the Department of Health, held Manhattan Bridge (No. 3), and that, subject to the concurrence of the Board of March 18, 1903. the following preamble and resolution were adopted: Aldermen, the Comptroller is authorized to issue Corporate Stock of The City of Whereas, On the nineteenth clay of December, 1002, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment adopted a resolution approving of the selection of the farm on the New York, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, east side of Black Stump road, Jamaica, Borough of Queens, known as the Jaeks to an amount not exceeding six million five hundred and thirty-two thousand dol- Farm. consisting of a plot of eighteen and one-quarter acres, for a site for a hospital lars ($6,532,000), the proceeds whereof to be applied to the purposes aforesaid. for contagious diseases, in the Borough of Queens, and authorized the Department of Which was adopted by the following vote: Health to enter into the necessary contract approved as to form by the Corporation Counsel for the purchase of said site at a price not to exceed eighteen thousand dol- The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- lars ($18,000); and dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- Whereas, The sum of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) so appropriated has mond-16. been found to be insufficient for the purpose named, for the reason that the owners of said Jacks Farm have refused to dispose of the said farm for the amount appro- priated and have since disposed of the same to other parties; and The Secretary presented the following communication from the Chairman of Whereas, The Board of Health is in receipt of a tender from Messrs. Frye & the Board of Trustees of the Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, relative to an appropria- Lyle, of No. 1550 Fulton street, Borough of Brooklyn, offering the premises situated tion to provide additional means for the preparation of necessary plans and specifica- on the east side of the Flushing and Jamaica turnpike, consisting of a plot of twenty- two and nine-tenth acres, known as the Haacke Farm, in the Borough of Queens. tions for the additional wing and the proposed alterations to Gouverneur Hospital: as a site for a contagious disease hospital for the sum of eighteen thousand dollars BELLEVUE AND ALLIED HOSPITALS, ($18.000); and OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Whereas, After a careful investigation said premises have been found to meet BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, FOOT EAST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, the requirements of this Department for the purpose mentioned in the Borough of NEW YORK, July II, 1903. Queens; therefore be it Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller, Department of Finance, No. 280 Broadway, New Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be and is hereby re- York City: spectfully requested to amend the resolution adopted on the rincteenth day of Dt.- DEAR cember, 1902, as aforesaid, so as to read as follows: SIR—I beg to inclose for your consideration a letter received from Mr. Ray- Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of mond F. Almirall, the architect employed by the Trustees of Bellevue and Allied the selection of the premises situated on the east side of the Flushing and Jamaica Hospitals to prepare plans and specifications for the proposed addition to Gouver- turnpike consisting of a plot of twenty-two and nine-tenth acres, and known as the neur Hospital. As stated in my conversation with you some ten days ago, Mr. Almi- Haack:. Farm, for a site for a hospital for contagious diseases, in the Borough of rall finds after thorough examination of the present hospital building that the sum of Queens; and authorizes the Department of Health to enter into the necessary con- $125,000 originally asked for by us and granted by the Board of Estimate and Appor- tract approved as to form by the Corporation Counsel for the purchase of said site at tionment is insufficient for the purpose. Mr. Almirall's letter describes in detail the a price not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000), which is to be presented conditions he found in the present structure and the changes which he thinks neces- to the Comptroller for his consent, pursuant to the provisions of section 149 of chap- sary. He estimates the cost of such changes at $290,000. I therefore ask that you ter 466 of the Laws of 'got. should refer the letter to the Engineer of the Firtance Department, and if his opinion A true copy. should agree with that of Mr. Almirall, that the Board of Estimate and Apportion- EUGENE W. SCHEFFER, Secretary pro tern. ment should appropriate the amount specified. Respectfully yours, The following resolution was offered: JOHN W. BRANNAN, President, Board of Trustees. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approve of IN RE GOUVERNEUR HOSPITAL. the selection of a farm on the east side of the Flushing and Jamaica Plank road, known as the "Haacke Farm," consisting of a plot of twenty-two and sixty-one RAYMOND F. ALMIRALL, ARCHITECT, No. 51 CHAMBERS STREET, one-hundredths (22.61) acres, as a site for a hospital for contagious diseases, in NEW YORK, July IO, 1903. the Borough of Queens, bounded and described as follows: Dr. J. W. BRANNAN, President, Board of Trustees, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New All that certain tract of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, York City: situated in the Fourth Ward of the Borough and County of Queens (formerly Town MY DEAR DOCTOR BRANNAN—In reference to my conversation about Gouverneur of Flushing), City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Hospital with the Honorable Comptroller, I take the liberty of submitting the Beginning at the northwest corner thereof on the easterly side of the Plank general character of the statements to you. road, leading from Flushing Village to Jamaica Village, and running thence south- I related that the building of the new wing involved a great many changes in the equipment and construction of the present building, which would have been exceed- erly along the easterly side of the Flushing and Jamaica Plank road six hundred ingly difficult to have determined before an exhaustive study of the conditions. In and twenty-seven and twenty-nine one-hundredths (627.29) feet to the land of connection with this particularly I cited the fact that the present boilers are inade- Charles C. Fischer, formerly of Charles A. Hamilton; thence easterly along said quate to take care of the new wing in addition to the present building, and are in last mentioned land eight hundred and seventy and thirty-five one-hundredths such a position that it is impossible to place another boiler beside them. At the same time the present arrangement necessitates the carrying of the coal practically (870.35) feet; thence southerly and again along said land of Charles C. Fischer, through the machinery room, and the coal room does not provide sufficient space formerly of Charles A. Hamilton, four hundred and ninety-nine and twenty-one for coal. one-hundredths (499.21) feet; thence in a southeasterly direction again along said Part of the machinery at the present time is at one end of the basement corridor land of Charles C. Fischer, formerly of Charles A. Hamilton, three hundred and and the other machinery is distributed around to some extent in the boiler room and in the machinery room. Whereas this arrangement has undoubtedly caused waste eighty-five and five one-hundredths (385.05) feet to the Flushing and Jamaica and loss, the blocking of the basement corridor has not been of the great importance Trolley road, land formerly of Joshua Mills; thence northerly along said Flushing it will assume in the erection of a new wing, providing as it does on all floors the and Jamaica Trolley road and land of Joshua Mills four hundred and seventy-seven only means of communication from one wing to the other. and forty-two one-hundredths (477.4 ) feet; thence again northerly along said last The contemplated plans of the basement provide for an additional boiler and the 2 location of the boiler room opposite the coal room. so that the coal room space can mentioned road and land of Mills seven hundred and two and eighty-eight one- be used for the withdrawal of the tubes as well placing the coal so that it can be hundredths (702.88) feet to the land of John Vanderverge; thence westerly along the handled directly into the boilers, and also a room that will properly hold all of the land of John Vanderverge nine hundred and seventeen and ninety-nint one-hun- machinery. At the same time it is contemplated to bring the very insufficient kitchen dredths (917.99) feet; thence in a northwesterly direction three hundred and sixty- and laundry, which block the corridor and are hampered by lack of space on the fourth floor, to the basement. The laundry, coal, boiler, machinery rooms, kitchen, three and thirty one-hundredths (363.30) feet, to the Flushing and Jamaica Plank pantries, store rooms, repair shop and help dining-room will use up in the most road, the point or place of beginning, containing in area twenty-two and sixty-one economical way every foot of floor space that may be provided in the basement, one-hundredths (22.61) acres, and being the same premises conveyed by Elizabeth and including the proposed wing; however, the morgue, which occupies a large room J. Schaffer, of the Borough and County of Queens, to the Jamaica Heights Improve- in the present basement, is thus forced to another position. Its present position is perhaps an unfortunate one, and it has been thought well to locate a morgue in the ment Company by a deed dated November 18, 1902, and recorded in the Clerk's court formed by the two wings of the hospital. As the ground slopes from the front office of the County of Queens in Liber 1290 of Conveyances, page 467, November to the rear several feet, the morgue would not be exposed except by its ventilating 19, 1902, together with all the right, title and interest of the owners of said premises, skylight above the surface of the ground of the court. of, in and to the streets in front thereof to the centre thereof, The next matter of serious importance is the location of the present stairs and elevator. The additional wing will require by the Building Code an additional stair- —and the Comptroller of The City of New York is hereby authorized to enter case, and an additional elevator is absolutely necessary for the proper service of the into agreements for the purchase of the premises at a price not exceeding sixteen hospital. thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($16,957.5o), said con- In order to avoid the loss of any ward space in the hospital, and as it would be tracts to be approved by the Corporation Counsel as to form. inadvisable to interrupt the service of the hospital during the course of construction, it was thought advisable to place the two additional elevators and staircases slightly Which was adopted by the following vote: to the rear of the present enclosure, removing the present elevator and stairs after The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- the completion of the proposed elevators and stairs. In this way the service would dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- not be interrupted at all, and as the present elevator is entirely too small to accom- mond-16. modate properly a bed or stretcher, this alteration may be considered absolutely necessary from all points of view. The needs of extending the accident ward and increasing the size of the dis- The following resolution was offered: pensary are self-evident. Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportion- In order to provide for the laundry and kitchen in the basement and use the ment July 15, 1903, which leads as follows: fourth floor for wards, and to confine the entire service to the basement (so that the help will not be obliged to continually run through the hospital proper) the Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 47 of the Greater New York dispensary will be transferred from the east basement wing to the west first floor Charter. the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the issue of of the proposed wing, and the accident ward be extended in its present location. Corporate Stock of The City of New York to the amount of six million five hundred Provisions are contemplated for diet kitchens for the wards throughout, and for etherizing and recovery rooms in connection with the operating room. and thirty-three thousand dollars ($6,533.000), for the purpose of providing means 'Tice attic space of the old building, which is entirely waste room now, is to be for the necessary expenses connected with the construction of the proposed bridge converted into sleeping rooms for the help, which requires the introduction of dormer over the East river, between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, known as windows in the roof and the finishing of this floor throughout. • Manhattan Bridge (No. 3), and that, subject to the concurrence of the Board of The proposed plans further provide for the necessary increase of the accom- Aldermen, the•Comptroller is authorizes to issue Corporate Stock of The City of modation of the staff and the nurses, and for such proper arrangement of toilet fixtures as may permit of their convenient use. It will be noticed that in the nresent New York, in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter, building a boiler stack with the surrounding toilet vent takes out a large section of to an amount not exceeding six million five hundred and thirty-three thousand dol- every one of the existing toilet rooms. The system of ventilation now installed lars ($6,533,000), the proceeds whereof to be applied to the purposes aforesaid, draws its fresh air from the present basement, and the rooms properly contributing —be and the same is hereby rescinded. to this fresh air supply are the dispensary, boiler and machinery rooms and morgue. The vents which should serve as a means of exhaust to the different wards appear Which was adopted by the following vote: not to have been connected and are probably inefficient. It is proposed to bring in The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- the fresh air from the outside and to provide a proper system of heating and ven- dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan. Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- tilation of the entire building as well as the electric wiring and necessary telephone mond-16. system in the old part, neither of which exist at present. The ambulances are at the present time kept at adjoining stables, where it is The following resolution was offered: difficult to have the necessary supervision of the attendants, and also the equally effective service that must result from the direct supervision of the Superintendent. Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 47 of the Greater New York It is therefore proposed to locate the ambulance stables and house, with the quar- Charter, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the issue of ters for the men above, at the south end of the court.

7846 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER t7, 1903.

The slope of the ground from the north and south is almost the basement story, Resolved, That the President of the Board of Health be requested to supply an and with the proposed plans there is provided a driveway for the ambulances to estimate to this Board, showing, as near as may be, the total number of persons in enter and leave from the south side of the Court, depositing the people who they this city now suffering from consumption, and giving as careful an estimate as may may bring in privacy at an entrance on the south side of the part of the building be of the number of new cases which may be expected to develop each year for the next connecting the two wings, from where direct access to the accident or surgical five years, in order that this Board may have an approximate basis for judging of what wards may be had. hospital accommodation it might probably be necessary to provide, in order to take The proposed plans suggest the converting of Gouverneur Hospital into, as near care in a proper manner of all persons stricken with this disease; and as practicable (with the most economical disposition of the money required), a mod- Resolved, That the President of the Board of Health be requested to state to this ern hospital. Board whether. in case sufficient hospital accommodation were provided to take care With such provisions as are necessary to properly take care of the cases of this of all cases of consumption that should develop, there would be any scientific basis for most densely populated section of the City, the space is used in such a manner that the belief that consumption as a scourge—that is to say, as one of the leading causes of the occupation of the Court by the morgue, ambulance stable, etc., will not in any death—could be abolished in this city, and if so within what period of time; also way interfere with the necessary areas, lighting and air which it provides, and at Resolved, That if there are certain simple, physical exercises, requiring little or no the same time the Court will serve a very useful purpose. apparatus, and which are calculated to ward off consumption from those persons Close approximate estimates taken on this work lead me to believe that it will predisposed to it, the President of the Board of Health he and he hereby is requested cost in the neighborhood of $290.000. to print and distribute plain and practical and readily intelligible instructions, describ- The accompanying statement is the maximum number of beds in the completed ing and illustrating such approved methods of lung and chest development and ex- hospital, properly arranged as to floor space and air. plaining their object and probable results. Should you think it advisable for me to hold myself in readiness at the time of Pursuant to the instructions therein contained, I beg to submit the following report the meeting of the Board of Apportionment, to explain any technical matters that on the establishment of a Municipal Sanatorium for Consumptives: might be brought tip for discussion. I shall be pleased to put that time at your dis- posal, if you will kindly inform me of approximately the hour of the meeting. Location. The drawings referred to by me this morning were delivered by error at Gouver- In considering the question of location it seemed to me that the first step was to neur Hospital. I trust you have received them safely and that you will let me know ascertain what elevation, if any, is now considered essential by the best medical authori- your opinion of them as soon as possible, for, as I mentioned to you the other day, ties for such an institution as the one proposed. Until recently physicians have, as I think it will be very largely in the interests of the Board to endeavor to start this a rule, held that a very considerable elevation is necessary for the treatment of this work as soon as possible. disease. Whatever elevation is considered essential will of necessity determine the With kindest regards, respectfully yours. limits within which the choice of a particular location may be made. I therefore RAYMOND F. ALMIRALL. addressed a letter on May 6 to eleven eminent physicians, all of whom are connected either with hospitals for the treatment of consumption or other movements for the CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, prevention of the spread of this disease. All of these physicians have kindly replied, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, many of them stating in some detail their views on the question. There seems to be July 15, 1903. unanimity of opinion that an out of town site with some elevation is essential. Seven of the eleven consider an elevation of from boo to i,000 feet satisfactory; two suggest HOB. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: te,2oo to 1,500 as extremely desirable; and two strongly favor an elevation of 2,000 SIR—Hon. John W. Brannan, President, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, in com- feet. sounication addressed to the Comptroller under date of July it, 1903, incloses a In addition to an elevation of from 600 to t,000 feet, the requirements in the matter letter received from Mr. Raymond F. Almirall, the architect employed by the Trt,s- of location as indicated by these medical authorities, are a porous soil, opportunity tees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals to prepare plans and specifications to the for good drainage, sufficient remoteness from cities and villages to ensure pure air, proposed addition to the Gouver'neur Hospital. shelter from the north and northeast winds, an abundant water supply of good quality, Mr. Almirall states in his letter that after a thorough examination of the pres- an attractive outlook, and accessibility to a railway station. I have carefully examined ent hospital building it is found that the sum of $125.000 originally asked for is the topography of the several counties reasonably accessible to. New York City, as insufficient for the purpose. Mr. Almirall's letter describes in detail the conditions shown by the maps of the United States Geological Survey, and have examined in he found in the present structure, and the changes which he thinks necessary. He person a number of sites. I am prepared to state that there can be found within a estimates the cost of the additional wing and the alterations and additions to the distance of fifty miles from New York City, and probably within forty miles, a con- present Gouverneur Hospital at $29o.000. siderable number of sites offering an elevation of from boo to i,000 feet. and in a I would report on March 18, 1903, President Brannan requested the Board of reasonable degree the other requirements indicated above. This would mean that the Estimate and Apportionment to authorize an appropriation of $125,000 for the pur- friends and relatives of the patients could visit them without losing more than a half pose of completing the structure of the Gouverneur Hospital, and at meeting of day from their usual employment, and at an expense not exceeding $T.6o for railroad March 27, 1903. the Board of Estimate and Apportionment appropriated an amount fare, or if half rates could be secured, as would probably be the case, not exceeding 8o not exceeding $3.500 to provide means for the preparation of the necessary plans cents. These considerations will prove to be important in their influence upon the and specifications for completing the structure of the Gouverneur Hospital, in the willingness of patients to be sent to the sanatorium. Borough of Manhattan. To secure the use of any one of these sites, it must be selected by the Board of -subsequent to the original, request There being additional work contemplated Health of this city, and it will then be necessary, under existing legislation, to secure of March 18. 1903. making a total cost of the changes and additions $290,000, in- the consent of the Town Board, the County Board of Supervisors, the State Board of stead of $125.000 as originally requested. Health, and presumably the local Board of Health. Under these circumstances, it does I would recommend, in order that the Board may fully see all of the contem- not seem advisable at this time to recommend any particular site. I suggest that a plated work at Gouverneur Hospital, that the Board of Estimate and Apportion- competent expert be appointed to devote all his time to the examination of sites and ment authorize an additional $4,000. making a total of $7.5oo, to provide means for securing the necessary consents for such site as the Board of Health may select, as soon the preparation of the necessary plans and specifications for the additional wing, as the Board of Estimate and Apportionment takes favorable action on the general and the proposed alterations to the present Gouverneur Hospital. plan. Mr. Almirall, the architect, has submitted to me the following approximate Amount of Ground Necessary. estimates: The amount of ground needed will depend on the capacity of the proposed institu- Alterations to present Gouverneur Hospital 00 00 $96.4 tion, and also upon the character of the country immediately adjacent to the site. It 150.300 00 New wing should be sufficient to ensure the preservation of surrounding forests to the north and Morgue, roads and stable 50.600 00 northeast and to prevent turlesirable neighbors in the immediate vicinity of the build- ings. It should, if possible, be sufficient to provide for walks for the patients, afford- Total $297.300 00 ing diversity of outlook without climbing and without leaving the property of the Respectfully, institution. It should be sufficient to enable the hospital to maintain a considerable dairy and to carry on the raising of poultry and also vegetable and fruit raising. These EUG. E. McLEAN, Engineer. are needed both for reasons of economy and to provide healthful, interesting occupa- The following resolution was offered: tion for such of the patients as are able to engage therein. I should suggest that for a hospital to accommodate Soo patients there should be secured if possible from 250 to Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 47 of the Greater New York 400 acres of land. C, Charter, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby approves of the issue of General Type of Buildings Required. Corporate Stock of The City of New York, to an amount not exceeding four thousand Fortunately, it will not be necessary for the city to construct expensive buildings dollars ($4,000), to provide additional means for the preparation of the necessary plans for this purpose, except for such service buildings as power, house, administration build- and specifications for completing the construction of the Gouverneur Hospital, in the ing, etc. Cheap wooden structures for some of the patients and tent-cottages, such as have been constructed at the Tuberculosis Infirmary connected with the Metropolitan Porough of Manhattan. and that when authority therefor shall have been obtained Hospital, Blackwell's Island, by this Department, are inexpensive and are probably from the Board of Aldermen, the Comptroller is authorized to issue Corporate Stock better suited to the needs of the patients, so far as dormitory purposes are concerned, of The City of New York. in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater than more expensive buildings. The cost of these tent-cottages at Blackwell's Island, New York Charter, to an amount not exceeding four thousand dollars ($4,000), the accommodating twelve patients each, is about $90 for materials and $30 for labor. I have received from the Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis, appointed by the proceeds whereof to be Applied to the purposes aforesaid. Charity Organization Society, two sets of plans and sketches for Municipal Sanatorium Which was adopted by the following vote: for Tuberculosis, one prepared by Messrs. Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen, and the other The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presidents by Messrs. Howells & Stokes. Each of these sets of plans is accompanied by a letter of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond—i6. from the architects setting forth the general plan and arrangement of the buildings, the style of architecture, character of construction and the probable cost. I believe that each of these plans is well adapted to the proposed purpose, though I believe that a The Mayor presented the following communication from the Commissioner of smaller number of dormitories of a permanent character will be needed at the outset, Public Charities relative to the establishment of a hospital for the treatment of con- and that a larger proportion of the patients can advantageously be provided for in tent- cottages or in temporary wood structures. I submit herewith copies of each of the sumptives: sketches and plans, and the explanatory letters by the architects accompanying the same. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, These are submitted merely as suggestions of the general character of buildings now COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, favored for such purposes. Which of the two plans should be selected, or whether an FOOT OF East. TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, entirely new plan should be prepared, or whether features of both plans should be NEW YORK, July 15, 1903. favored, would naturally depend largely upon the character and immediate surround- ings of the site selected. Hon. SETH Low, Chairman. Board of Estimate and Apportionment, City Hall, New York City: Probable Expense for Land, Building and Maintenance. SIR—On April 14, 1933, a resolution was unanimously passed by the Board of (a) Land.—So much depends upon the immediate surroundings of the site which Aldermen, which became effective by your approval on April 24, as follows: • may be selected, that it is hardly possible to give even an approximate estimate of the Whereas, It has been determined that tuberculosis of the lungs, or consumption, cost of the land. I should presume, however, that such a site as is desired could is a contagiuos disease, and also that it can be cured, or at least arrested, especially hardly be secured for less than $10o per acre, and that, in any case, it should not cost in its early stages; and more than $250 per acre, or for a total of 25o acres, from $25,000 to $62,500, or for 400 Whereas, It is one of the greatest scourges of humanity in this city, as elsewhere; acres, from $4o,000 to $Ioo,000. and (b) Cost of Buildings.—The cost of buildings and plant as estimated by Messrs. Whereas, The present means at the disposal of this City for coping with this Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen, according to the plans submitted by them, for accommo- dreaded scourge are totally inadequate; and dations for 48o patients is $53opoo; for accommodation for 352 patients, $278,000; for WhereaS, The best and most effective modern scientific methods for treating con- accommodation for 286 patients, $21o,000. The estimate given by Messrs. Howells & sumption are, by reason of their expensiveness, out of reach of the poor, who are never- Stokes of the cost of construction, not including grading, building roads, etc., on their theless the greatest sufferess from the disease; be it plan, accommodating 500 patients, is $407,000. Resolved, That this Board is in favor of the establishment by The City of New It is my own opinion that unless the site selected presented unusual difficulties, a York. within the shortest possible time, of a hospital in the near neighborhood of satisfactory sanatorium, to accommodate 500 patients, can be constructed, complete, the city, for the treatment of consumptives; and, for the sum of $450,000. Resolved, That the Commissioner of Charities be and he is hereby requested to (c) Maintenance.—Inquiry of a number of existing institutions for the care of prepare a report on the establishment of such a hospital, showing the amount of consumptives shows wide difference in the cost of maintenance. ground necessary, the proper location, the general type of building required, and the The annual report of the Massachusetts State Sanatorium, at Rutland, Mass., probable expense of the land, building and maintenance, and such other details as may shows (page t6) that the average cost of maintenance per day during the year ending be necessary to admit of intelligent action; and September 3o, isoz, was $1.42. This institution is devoted solely to the treatment of Resolved, That the Commissioner of Charities be and he hereby is requested to patients in the early stages of the disease, every effort being made to avoid the admis- submit said report to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment with a request for sion of patients who have passed the helpful stage. The average number of patients an appropriation of the amount of money sufficient to establish and maintain such a during the year was 177. The per capita expenditure would, no doubt, have been hospital; also considerably less with an average of 500 patients, as supplies could be bought more THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER i7, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 7847 advantageously in larger quantities. This institution endeavors to provide the best as promise cure in many cases if the sufferers can be early and properly cared for possible diet for the patient tinder treatment. where rest and food and fresh air and sunshine are available. The per capita cost of maintenance at the Bedford Sanatorium for Consumptives But the appalling death-rate from tuberculosis continues. It is a little lowered here in Westchester County, a branch of the Monteliore Home, with an average census of and there it is true but the disease still affects well nigh one-half of the whole human 134 patients, was 76 8-to cents per diem for the year ending September 30, 1902. This race, causes the death of full one-tenth of all who pass away in the United States, and institution received about 58 per cent. of advanced cases. During the three preceding kills about one-third of those who perish between the ages of fifteen and forty-five. years the per capita cost varied from 78 to 81 cents per day. The raising of produce The reasons for the continuance of this malady and the untold misery and suffering on the farm assists in reducing the per capita cost. which gather about it, are threefold :—first, the people at large do not understand the The Loomis Sanatorium at Liberty, Sullivan County, reports the per capita cost of ways in which the disease is spread and are ignorant of the simple measures for its maintenance at the Sanatorium Annex, which is on the ward plan, as about $1.21 per avoidance; second, many are careless or indifferent to the risks of sanitary uncleanli- diem. This is based on the care of about 30 patients in the early stages of the disease. ness ; third, the facilities for the care of the poor and the friendless who are stricken A larger number would reduce the per capita cost. are utterly inadequate. Thus the larger proportion of the victims of tuberculosis are The St. Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives, which cared for an average of 345 hopeless in sight of the hope which science holds out to all. And thus each uncared advanced cases during 1902, reports the per capita cost per diem as 8o cents. for sufferer is left to become a source of fresh infection to his fellows. At Seton Hospital, with an average of 195 patients during 1902, the per capita cost These are the main reasons why the preventable disease tuberculosis after a of maintenance was 79 3-to cents. This institution receives both incipient and advanced quarter of a century of saving knowledge is still the scourge of the human race. cases. How shall general enlightenment be secured? How shall the careless and the At the Metropolitan Hospital on Blackwell's Island the per capita cost in 1902 for indifferent be induced to conform to the plain requirements of sanitary cleanliness? all patients, averaging 623 in number, tuberculous and otherwise, was 74 cents per How shall the stricken poor and the friendless be offered the hope for recovery which diem. While the cost of the diet of the tuberculosis patients at that institution is humanity urges? These are problems which each community must solve for itself. 61/2 cents per diem more than that of the other patients, the cost of nursing and of Boards of Health can do much in informing the public, in enforcing general sani- medical and surgical supplies is much less, so that the'per capita per diem cost of the tary regulations, in disinfecting rooms and dwellings in which consumptives have lived tuberculosis patients at this institution is not far from 70 cents per diem. The actual and died, and in gathering statistics of the disease. Beyond this they can do little and per capita cost of the tuberculosis patients during May, 1903, was 61 cents per diem. this leaves some of the main things undone. The New York City 'Board of Health has This does not include light, and the cost for fuel was much less than the average cost been especially effective in accomplishing what its scope and facilities have permitted of that item for the year. The majority of the patients are in a more or less advanced to suppress this scourge. But still five thousand lives are sacrificed each year in this stage of the disease, but all are provided with such treatment as is considered by the city alone to this preventable disease. medical authorities of the institution as best adapted for their improvement. The Charity Organization Society of New York has now undertaken to meet the In view of the fact that the proposed sanatorium is to be for the treatment of cases critical situation in this city by the establishment of a permanent Committee on in the early stages of the disease and as plenty of food, especially eggs and milk, is a Tuberculosis. necessary feature of the treatment, I should estimate the cost per capita per diem at To remedy the two first causes mentioned above, the committee has endeavored to $1, or a total for the year for an average of Soo patients of $582,500. This amount might enlighten the public by lectures and through the distribution of pamphlets setting forth be reduced if sufficient land were provided to permit the carrying on of dairying, the facts about the disease. To aid in the solving of the problem arising from the third poultry raising and vegetable and fruit raising on a considerable scale. In this estimate cause the committee has now had prepared plans for a municipal sanatorium for the I have taken the term maintenance as including the cost of food, clothing, bedding, care of consumptives and submitted them to the Health Department of The City of salaries, medical supplies, light and fuel, and ordinary repairs. New York. Under the provisions of chapter 327; Laws of two, the city is empowered to estab- Present Work of the Department -of Public Charities for Consumptives. lish, equip and maintain, outside of its corporate limits, a hospital or hospitals for the At the present time fully one-third of all consumptives now under care, in or regular treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, provided the Board of Health shall deem near the City of New York, including the sanatoria in Sullivan County and in the it necessary. Adirondacks, are under the care of the Department of Public Charities at the Tuber- The plans arc described in the following letter of the architects: culosis Infirmary on Blackwell's Island and at the Kings County Hospital.. The number of tuberculosis patients in these institutions on July t, 1903, was as follows: New York, February 20, 1903. To the Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Charity Organization So- Tuberculosis Infirmary, Blackwell's Island 391 Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn 6o ciety of The City of New York: GENTLEMEN :—We beg to hand you herewith plans for a proposed municipal sana- Total 451 torium for the treatment of tuberculosis, to be located in the country near The City of New York. These plans are based upon the suggestions made to us by your committee The Tuberculosis Infirmary on Blackwell's Island was opened on January 35, 1902, and upon our experience gathered in the actual building of the Adirondack Cottage and received within a few months after its establishment all consumptive patients from Sanatorium at Saranac Lake ; the Stony Wold Sanatorium at Lake Kushaqua, and on the hospitals and institutions in the Department of Public Charities, and, with the the study of the proposed sanatorium at Denver, Colorado. Site.—As no site has yet exception of the patients in two small wards, all those in the hospitals under the been chosen for this sanatorium, we have been obliged to assume the natural conditions direction of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals. Every effort was made to administer the of the ground and have adopted a site giving a southwestern exposure for the pavilions, institution on progressive lines and to afford such food, clothing, treatment and care as with a protecting hill to the northeast shielding the buildings from the most violent would tend to the improvement of all patients whose condition permitted of improve- storms. This condition is shown in our birds-eye view of the institution. This site ment. The infirmary steadily increased in numbers until the capacity of the buildings gives sunlight to the patients in the pavilions all day. was taxed to the utmost ; to relieve this pressure and also to afford a larger measure General Plan. of out of door life, seven tent-cottages have been constructed during the past two months, which provide at present for 8o patients. The construction of tent-cottages is As you drive toward the sanatorium on the public roads you would first have a being continued, and by August 15 it is expected that fully 15o patients will be thus general view of the pavilions above you on the heights. The private driveway of the provided for. institution circling around below the pavilions will lead in a gradual ascent to the While the establishment of the Tuberculosis Infirmary on Blackwell's Island is administration building, giving a fine view of the entire grounds as you approach the producing many important and highly satisfactory results, in securing the segregation latter building. The drive will continue around the administration building and back of consumptives from other patients in the municipal hospitals, in the removal of a to the central building, passing over the boiler-house, which will he partly under ground, larger proportion of both early and advanced cases from the tenement house districts, allowing coal to be dropped directly into the bunkers beneath. From the central build- and in showing marked improvement on the part of many of the patients received at ing a covered corridor will lead back to and join with the main corridor connecting all this institution, it has already demonstrated the fact that it is practically impossible, as the pavilions. On the main axis and directly back of the central building is the large it is also undesirable, to provide on Blackwell's Island for anything like the number recreation hall and assembly room, which also acts as a general solarium. On the who will certainly apply for admission and who should be received. Our experience corridors connecting the pavilions and midway between the second and third pavilions indicates that there should be established, as is contemplated by the resolution adopted on each side will be located the small diet kitchens with the small dining-rooms. On by the Board of Aldermen and approved by his Honor the Mayor, another institution this corridor will also be located the stair-cases leading from the first to the second in the country, at a greater altitude, with a much larger site, and with opportunity for stories. On the transverse axis on a line with the boiler-house will be located the daily light employment, to which patients most likely to profit by such surroundings isolated pavilions for contagious diseases, one for men, and one for women. On a line can be sent. This new institution should sustain sudh relation to the Tuberculosis with the administration building will be located on one side the laboratory, and on the Infirmary as will facilitate the freest interchange of patients, according to their other the laundry building. The boiler-house and engine room are located, as you will condition from time to time. notice, in a central position, enabling the heat to be distributed in a rapid and economi- The work of the proposed sanatorium is perhaps more nearly akin to that of the cal manner in all directions to the various buildings. Electric light can also be economi- cally distributed from this point. By sinking the building below the finished grade, Board of Trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals than that of any other existing board or department. The fact that the Commissioner of Charities is ex-officio a carrying the main driveway over its roof and by treating the main chimney in an member of that Board would ensure co-operation between the new institution and the architectural manner, the unsightly quality of this type of building is done away with and the great advantage is gained of distributing heat and light from a central point. By ter- work now or hereafter carried on by the Charities Department. The Department of racing the ground, windows may be placed on the side of this building, affording light Health, to which cases of this disease are reported in the first instance, could refer such and ventilation to the boiler and engine-room. The large recreation hall acts as a cases as its investigators indicate should receive sanatorium treatment to the Trustees. natural division between the men's and women's portions of the building. The Recommendations. • laboratory and laundry buildings being placed off to the ends, may be partially or I, therefore, respectfully recommend: wholly hidden by trees and shrubbery, but at the same time they will be easy of access. 1. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment express its approval of the The camp, where the patients will live in tents, will be placed off to the side as shown, establishment of a Municipal Sanatorium for Consumptives of the general character of with the tents arranged in streets with wide spaces and pleasing landscape effects, and that herein described. with a recreation hall conveniently located. At the center of each block of tents will be 2. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment request the Board of Health placed a toilet and bath building for the block, with paths leading to same and with to select a site for such sanatorium at the earliest practicable moment, and in co-opera- shrubbery arranged to hide the building. This camp may be made very attractive by tion with the Board of Trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals secure the necessary proper arrangement of shrubbery and may also give light employment to the patients consents therefor. in arranging and caring for the grounds and gardens. 3. That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment request the Board of Trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals to co-operate with the Board of Health in selecting Style of Architecture. such site and in securing the necessary consents therefor, and to establish and We have selected as the style to be followed in this group of buildings the colonial maintain thereon, when the use of such site has been secured, a sanatorium for type, which gives so homelike and cheerful an effect where used. At the same time it consumptives. is very economical and simple, being inexpensive and easily followed out in execution. 4. That an appropriation of the sum of $30,000 be made, through the issue of The general treatment would be in red brick with white stone trimmings, with slate special revenue bonds, to the Board of Trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals to roofs. The corridors connecting the various buildings, the solariums on the ends cover the cost of selection of site and maintenance during the remainder of the current of the pavilions, and the dome of the large recreation hall being constructed, as far as year. possible, of glass. This treatment should insure an interesting, cheerful, and uniform 5. That an issue of bonds to the amount of $400,000 be authorized for the con- group seen with a setting of green foliage and natural scenery. struction by the Board of Trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals of a Municipal Sanatorium fpr Consumptives. General Construction. All of which is respectfully submitted. The interior arrangement and finish of the various buildings would naturally be up HOMER FOLKS, Commissioner. to the standard of the latest hospital construction. It is not contemplated to construct the buildings fire proof, because of the cost, and the fact that the buildings are only two PLANS FOR A MUNICIPAL SANATORIUM FOR CONSUMTIVES, PREPARED BY MESSRS. RENWICK, stories high. The plastering to he done throughout in hard finish, with all corners. both ASPEN WALL & OWEN, FOR THE COMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS of walls and ceilings, rounded, and with rounded corners at all windows and doors. OF THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY .OF NEW YORK CITY. The finished floors to be of the latest fireproof composition construction with sanitary Twenty-five years ago mankind stood face to face with the great scourge tuber- bases. The doors to be flush paneled throughout, the trim to be without mouldings or culosis, hopeless and helpless. Its cause was unknown, its onset was so insidious that corners. All buildings to be provided with stand pipes and fire plugs on all floors, at the fate of its victims was commonly sealed while yet the nature of their malady was least one of these to each ward. Wall cuspidors to be placed in the dining-hall for undiscovered. Preventive measures were wanting; the fhadow of a sorrowful belief patients, and in the corridors connecting the wards at intervals of every eighty feet; in hereditary taint lay heavy upon many families; medical treatment seemed of doubtful these cuspidors to be supplied with running water. Sanitary drinking fountains also value. The task of the physician was chiefly to lead, the hopeless as gently as might be to be supplied in the same manner, but at different locations. to their rest. Administration Building.* To-day we know the cause of tuberculosis and the exact modes of its acquirement. It can be detected in its earliest stages, while yet the hope of cure is brightest. We The administration building will have a large hall on the first floor running through know to-day just how the germs pass to the well from those already stricken and how to the rear of the building, with halls at right angles leading to the wings of the build- by the most simple and obvious measures of individual and public cleanliness the ing. On the right of the entrance is the business office, the superintendent's office roll of fresh victims may be at once reduced. We know to-day that not to hereditary opening from it. Next to the superintendent's office is the board room. On the left taint but to household infection is due the appalling destruction of families by this as you enter is the reception room. On the left also is the superintendent's suite, con------sinister disease. The physician of to-day is in command of such forces of healing; • See Drawings A, B, and D. 7848 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

sisting of a sitting-room, dining-room, pantry, two bedrooms and a bath. On the in brick work, with all necessary connections. It is estimated that the heating and left is also the suite for the assistant resident physicians, consisting of a sitting-room, laundry work will require about 225 horse-power, and this power includes that necessary two bedrooms and a bath. On the right of the main hall are the apartments of the for the electric light engines. It is deemed best to install a surplus amount of power resident physician, the director of laboratories, and the apothecary, together with their divided up into three units so that there will at all times be one spare unit, which may baths. On the second floor of the administration building will be the apartments be laid off for any necessary repairs. The heating will be accomplished by means of of the head nurse, two women physicians, women nurses and three guest rooms for direct radiators and coils located in the various rooms, and the pipes for distributing this members of the board, or others who visit the institution over night. On the third story heat will be laid in underground conduits all properly protected against any undue loss will be the majority of the nurses. We have provided accommodations for forty-four of heat in transmission. All the condensation from the various buildings will be re- nurses in this building, allowing two nurses to a room, and have provided a sitting- turned direct to the boiler-house, so that there will be no loss, and any condensation room, library, and ample bathing accommodations for them. will be used over again. There will be required approximately about 20,000 square feet of radiators in the various buildings. Central Building.* The central building will contain, on the first floor to the right as you enter, the Lighting Plant. doctor's ante-room and office, the office of the head nurse, toilet rooms, and the staff It is proposed to install a complete lighting plant in the boiler-house. The plant and nurses' dining-rooms, with pantries for serving same. On the left of the main hall will consist of two 50-kilowatt direct-connected units operated at 125 volts, and one is the drug room. the dining-room for male patients and pantries for serving. A sepa- 25-kilowatt direct-connected unit operated at 125 volts. These machines will be con- rate entrance to the dining-rooms from the grounds is shown, with lavatories and coat nected to high-speed engines, requiring from eighty to ninety pounds steam pressure, room, so that patients living in the tents may enter direct to their meals. A stairway the exhaust being used for heating. A complete marble switchboard with all the leads to the women's dining-room on the second floor. On the second floor (drawing requisite feeders for distributing the current to the buildings will be provided, the E) and over the dining-room below is the women's dining-room of the same size and feeders being run in conduits as an underground system. A system of power distri- with equal serving rooms and cloak and toilet facilities. Ample dumb waiters are bution for the kitchen and laundry buildings will also be provided, run in the same provided from the kitchen below. In the other wing on this floor are the women manner as the lighting feeders. • Approximately twenty arc lamps of low tension type, servants' dormitories and bath rooms. An apartment is provided for the matron 'so that arranged on ornamental poles, will be located on the grounds; all the wiring for feed- she may have supervision of the servants. In the basement** is the great kitchen with ing same being included in the underground system. The various buildings will be its complete cooking and serving plant, including sterilizing and washing steam vats for wired for electric lighting and power where required for a total of approximately 1,200 dishes, knives, forks, etc.. the bake shop and ovens, butcher shop, store-rooms for sixteen c. p. lamps, including the tents and outbuildings. The wiring throughout the various stores, the office of the housekeeper, the pantry for serving the dining-rooms building will be run according to the latest methods, using steel conduits, slate panel above, toilets and the dining-rooms for male and female servants. boards and the entire system being fire-proof. It is further proposed to arrange a system of telephones for connecting the various buildings and guard houses to a central statioh Recreation HalIt in the administration building. This system will be of the latest type, the wiring all It is proposed to make of this building a general assembly and meeting room in being run in circuits so as to be easily removable. The necessary bell and annunciator which religious services, lectures, musicals, amateur theatricals, etc., may be held and system for the official portions of the hospital will be provided, using the best grades of all general social intercourse of the patients take place. A stage may be erected at the apparatus, and furnishing a complete method of communication. A watchman's clock end of the circular apse for all these purposes. By constructing the dome of glass, this system, the register being located in the administration building, and so arranged that hall may also be used as a solarium during the day. Toilet facilities are provided for the watchman in making his rounds of the building, records his presence at regular both sexes. The windows in this hall are all open down to the floor affording access intervals, is contemplated, using the very latest apparatus for this work. In short, a to the terrace surrounding the hall and ease in emptying the room in case of necessity. complete electric system, such as is required for the most modern form of hospital Opening off the corridor leading to the central building will be the operating and building will be arranged for. throat room, together with a lift to take patients from one floor level to the other. Proposal. Pavilions.$ At present it is proposed to build the central building, the boiler-house, four pavilions with their corridors, the laboratory building, and the laundry, together with Extending on either side of the main axis and connected by the corridors are the the tents and their attendant toilet and recreation buildings. This will give a capacity of pavilions for the patients. They are two stories in height and arranged in fan-like form 224 patients in the tents and 128 in the four pavilions making a total of 352 patients. for the purpose of giving each building a maximum of sunlight. The first pavilion on It will be absolutely necessary to have the central building, boiler-house, the laboratory, either side of the recreation hall has been divided up into single rooms, sixteen on each and laundry buildings in order to supply the wants and necessities of the patients living floor, with the solarium at the south end. On each floor is a nurse's room with lavatory in the tents. These necessary buildings can be arranged to hold temporarily all of the and clothes room, and on the opposite side of the corridor a housemaid's room, linen departments which will ultimately be housed in the administration building, owing to room and toilet and bath-room for the ward, containing a bath-tub, two showers, three the smaller number of people to be employed at first. urinals, three closets and four basins for men, and two baths, one shower, three closets and four basins for women. The ward pavilions, of which there are three on either side Cost. of the separate room pavilions, will each accommodate thirty-two patients, sixteen on The cost of building a sanatorium of this nature depends to a certain extent on the each floor and have the same toilet, bath, clothes, linen, and nurses' accommodations as natural conditions at the site, the locality, and the condition of the building industry in the separate room pavilions. An allowance of 1.300 cubic feet of air per patient has been general at the present time. By the natural conditions of the site we mean its acces- made. These pavilions are also arranged with a solarium at the end of each ward so sibility to a railroad or water base, the distance required in hauling, the grades, natural that a patient in bed may be wheeled directly into the solarium, and those patients surroundings, etc. By the locality we mean the distance from New York City, the occupying the ground floor may be wheeled directly from the ward out on the veranda. abundance of local labor, ability of local contractors, and the labor situation. By the last Movable screens would be provided on these verandas to shut off draughts. condition, we mean that at the present time all building is very expensive, and there Diet Kitchens.§ seems very little chance of a decrease in the cost of materials, etc. In making our At the center of each group of pavilions is located a two-story diet kitchen to serve estimate of cost we have assumed that at present the intention would be to erect the the four wards on each floor nearest it, with all proper equipment; and on the opposite tents as shown, together with the buildings in the tent group, and with the buildings of side of the corridor is located a small dining-room for the patients who, while able to be the central group necessary to make a working sanatorium. These buildings would be out of bed, are yet unable to go to the main dining-room. Food may be taken to these the central building, the boiler-house, the laboratory building, the laundry building, four diet kitchens from the main kitchen and storeroom without passing through the main pavilions, and the necessary connecting corridors. A careful estimate of the cost of the corridors,. either by the paths shown, or through the basement corridor beneath the above, made with as close a reference to the conditions mentioned as it is possible to main corridors. assume, would be $278,000. The cost of the balance of the buildings in the central group, shown in our complete lay-out, would be $252,000, making a total cost of $53o,000. Isolation Buildings.1 If it is considered practicable and desirable, two of the four pavilions proposed to be Two isolation pavilions are provided on the grounds, one for male and one for erected at once, might be omitted, making a saving of $59,000, which would reduce the female patients, each containing two rooms for patients, bath, nurses' rooms, and closets. initial cost to $219,000. We summarize below the cost and capacity of the sanatorium These buildings may be used for any cases of contagious or other diseases which it may on the basis above stated. be desired to segregate. If tents (112) are built with two pavilions and the necessary central build- Laundry Buildings.*** ings, giving a capacity of 288 patients, the cost will be $219,000 The laundry building is located on the right of the administration building, and will If tents (112) are built with four pavilions and the necessary central build- contain a complete modern laundry equipment run by electricity and with all proper ings, giving a capacity of 352 patients, the cost will be 278,000 steam connections, a disinfecting plant, assorting room, storeroom, and clean clothes If tents (112) are built with eight pavilions and the complete group of room on the main floor. The second floor will be divided into two rooms for the male buildings, giving a capacity of 48o patients, the cost will be .... 530,000 servants, with a sitting and bathroom for them. Laboratory Building.**** Respectfully, The bacteriological and pathological laboratory is situated on the left of the admin- RENWICK, ASPINWALL & OWEN. istration building and contains in the basement the morgue, cold storage, and storerooms. On the main floor will be the pathological laboratory, the office, and the record room, the HOWELLS & STOKES, ARCHITECTS, autopsy room, with lift to communicate with morgue, storeroom, and toilet rooms. On T. N. PHELPS STOKES. Woodbridge Building, the second floor will be the bacteriological laboratory with its attendant rooms and JOHN MEAD HOWELLS. TOO William Street. office for the director of laboratories. New York, May 29, 1903. Tent Scheme.ff To the Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis, Charity Organisation Society, We have shown a scheme for the arrangements of tents with alternate plans, either No. 105 East Twenty-second street, City. one of which may be preferred. In our tent plan we have endeavored to produce an GENTLEMEN—We submit herewith, in accordance with your invitation, drawings economical and at the same time attractive lay-out. The tents are arranged in squares for a municipal tuberculosis sanatorium to accommodate soo patients. The plan com- with a large recreation hall in the centre, with broad streets and avenue radiating from prises (I) an administration building containing public reception rooms, doctors' offices this building. At the center of each square is located a toilet and bath building properly and examination rooms, and, in a separate wing, a public dining hall. The basement of hidden by shrubbery. Drawing E represents the concentrated plan with a capacity of this building contains kitchens and general service, and the nurses and orderlies are r r2 tents, each tent measuring 143(16 feet, with an 8-foot platform. This scheme covers accommodated in separate wings on the second and third floors; (2) the male and an area of 844 acres. Drawing F represents the extended plan of 112 tents, covering an female wards accommodating zoo patients, occupying opposite sides of the plan and sep- area of 26% acres. Drawing G represents the extended plan of 120 tents, covering 35 arated by a low building containing public recreation rooms and assembly hall; (3) an acres. In scheme G the tents will be 35 feet apart and in the concentrated scheme 25 encampment accommodating 300 patients; (4) necessary adjuncts, such as power plant, feet apart. In the extended schemes the arrangement of the toilet and bath buildings laboratories, contagious wards, etc., etc. and recreation hall has been varied to suit the plan. Guard houses have been provided We have chosen and developed a type of plan which, we believe, permits of greater for the orderlies in charge at points which command the streets and where they may economy in construction, while securing much more light, air and sunshine and a far have direct telephonic connection with the central group of buildings. Each tent will be better outlook for the various buildings, than is possible in any type where the buildings provided with an electric light and fixed wardrobe for clothing as well as the necessary are arranged in a compact group, usually presenting but a comparatively small surface to furniture. It is desirable, if possible, to have rubble stone masonry foundations under the sun, and necessarily overlooking one another in a way to interfere seriously with the tents and platforms proper. The construction of the tents would be preferably of privacy as well as with a proper circulation of air. The object of close concentration is, planed timber bolted together at the joints, as per diagram shown on drawing E, and of course, to secure economy of operation and service; but a close comparison of the two the frame should be kept well painted. The care of the lawns and flower-plots between types will, we think, convince that the slightly increased distances to be traversed, and the tents should afford light and pleasant work for the patients. the somewhat greater cost of the heating and plumbing systems in the one which we have selected, are more than compensated for by the greater simplicity of arrangement, Power and Heating Plant. the greater economy of general construction, the better outlook, the greater amount of As will be noted by the plan, the location of the power-house is midway between sun, and the better circulation of air which this type permits. the various buildings, and is so arranged that power and light can be distributed most We estimate the cost of the buildings, including the encampment, as shown on our economically to all of the buildings from a central point. It is proposed to heat all of drawings, at about $407,000, made up as follows: these various buildings by means of direct radiation, either steam or hot water being Six ward pavilions at $35,000 each, including solarium $210,000 used to convey the heat from the power-house to the various buildings. It is intended Other buildings, including covered passageways 117,000 to use the exhaust steam from the electric light engines to furnish the heat as far as it will go, and to make up the deficiency by using live steam from the boilers. In this way Heating system, including plant 48,000 the most economical system in coal consumption is obtained. The boiler plant will con- Lighting system, including electric plant 23,000 sist of three horizontal tubular boilers, each of 125 horse-power capacity, properly set Tents, including platforms and frames 9,000 • See Drawings A. C, and D. •" Drawing C. These figures are based upon estimates received from reliable contractors. The t Drawings A and D. cost of grading, planting, the building of roads, paths, etc., would, of course, depend Drawings A and D. on the nature of the site. On a comparatively level site or a gentle slope, such as is Drawings A and D. shown on our drawings, $5o,000 would probably cover this item of expense. 1 Drawings A and D. '"• Drawings A and D. The following notes are offered in further explanation of the drawings: ••••• Drawings A and D. Cheerfulness of immediate surroundings and an interesting and pleasing outlook tt Drawings E, F and G. are so important in the treatment and cure of tuberculosis as to demand most careful TI1URSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 7849 attention in the design of all buildings intended for the occupancy of tuberculous We now herewith hand you map No. 5-change of route and location of rail- patients. They are of special importance in those buildings in which the patients road; also an extract from the minutes of the meeting of the Construction Corn. sleep, and in the recreation parlors, or solaria, in which the greater part of their time mittee of June 12, at which you were present, heretofore sent you with our letter within doors is spent. To this end, the main wards or home-pavilions, together with of June 17. We see no reason why the railroad company should have any addi- their connecting solaria, have been placed in the foreground of the plan on a broad tional rights or privileges beyond what they now enjoy. If the proposed amend- terrace with a southern or southeastern exposure, which is supposed to command an ments merely confirm present rights, we cannot see any objection to them. We extended view, and from which, as well as from the pavilions and solaria, the quiet and must rely upon the Corporation Counsel for the proper construction and legal peaceful view can be fully enjoyed. effect of the petition to protect the rights of the City. "The court can decide upon The main pavilions have been divided into two groups of three pavilions each- any disputed point. We think that at points where necessary to accommodate four one group for male, the other for female patients. These two groups are connected tracks, it should be allowed to widen the base of the embankment beyond the present with the other buildings composing the main group of the sanatorium by covered galleries limits 01 its ioo wet right of way. which afford sufficient protection from inclement weather but do not appreciably inter- THE AQUEDUCT COMMISSIONERS, fere with the free circulation of .air, etc. By WILLIAM H. TEN EYCK, President. In the general design of the buildings and in their architectural treatment we have attempted to combine simplicity, economy, restful dignity and a cheerful aspect. The following was received from the Comptroller: The choice of materials appropriate for the exterior of the buildings is practically July 23, 1903. unlimited. We have suggested in our design the use of common brick covered with Hon. WILLIAM H. TEN EYCK, President, Aqueduct Commission, New York City: stucco, which is a substantial and economical form of construction and can be frequently DEAR SIR-I hand you inclosed herewith a copy of a letter received this day from w;iitewashed with but little expense, and red tile or green copper roofs, which would the American Surety Company relative to the $400,000 bond covering the construc- give a cheerful and cleanly appearance. Hard plaster and the simplest hospital trim tion of the Jerome Park reservoir. are used throughout the buildings. Yours very truly, The wards are two stories in height, accommodating fifty patients on each floor. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. All plumbing in connection with the wards is concentrated in a small two-story pavilion connected to its ward on each floor by an enclosed passage. AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, The wards are eleven feet in height, and are provided, in addition to the ordinary NEW YORK, July 22, 1903. windows, with a series of transoms near the ceiling in the front and rear walls, so Matter of Contract Jno. B. McDonald with City of New York-Jerome Park arranged that a free circulation of air may always be had without causing a draught Reservoir. in the lower portion of the room. Provision is also made, by means of a movable EDWARD M. GROUT, Esq., Comptroller of The City of New York, 28o Broadway, Man- sash, for a free circulation of air beneath the floors of the wards and galleries. hattan: All heating and plumbing pipes, electric light and fan conduits, telephones, bell DEAR SIR-This company is in receipt, through the Fidelity and Deposit Company work, etc., are carried in trenches beneath the corridors and covered passages. of Maryland, of a copy of a letter dated July 13 and sent that company by Mi. A general heating plant is provided for the main group of buildings, comprising Stirling, Assistant Corporation Counsel, enclosing a proposed form of Consent and the administration building, the recreation building and the ward pavilions, the out- Stipulation, to be signed by that company and this company, sureties on the bond lying buildings being heated by small separate plants. With proper insulation, the of $400,000, dated August t, 1893, conditioned for the faithful performance by Mr. loss of heat in the farthest pavilion involved by this system would be less than one McDonald of his contract with The City of New York for the construction of the per cent. The gravity return system of hot-water circulation is used. Jerome Park reservoir, and stating in connection therewith that such companies Radiators are placed in open recesses under the windows. These radiators are had already signed a similar form not satisfactory to the Corporation Counsel, ana fixed by brackets to the walls several inches above the floor, and stand out far enough that the Corporation Counsel preferred the form enclosed with such letter of July. to permit of the walls behind them being easily cleaned. 13th to be substituted in place of the former document, which former document Electric lights are provided throughout. Also outlets for movable electric fans. was in substance a stipulation that the payment by the City to Mr. McDonald of A bacterial sewage purification system of disposal is provided at some distance from $200,000 out of the reserve percentages provided for in such contract should not the buildings. release this company from liability as surety for Mr. McDonald, etc. The ground area actually covered by the proposed plan is forty acres, although the In view of existing conditions I have felt constrained to write the Corporation grounds belonging to the sanatorium are supposed to contain many times this acreage. Counsel to the effect that this company would have to ask that the question of Only that portion of the property which has been formally treated is shown in the executing the form of Consent and Stipulation so transmitted with such letter of accompanying plans; the remaining grounds are supposed to be informally treated with July 13 await further consideration and the determination of the questions now wooded drives and walks, farm lands, etc. pending between Mr. McDonald and the City, and that in the meantime the City Respectfully submitted, should consider the stipulation by this company heretofore executed concerning the HOWELLS & STOKES. payment to Mr. McDonald by the City of such $2oo,000 out of reserve percentages, etc., as withdrawn, because, in view of the matters which have come to this com- Which was ordered on file and the Board directed that 250 copies be printed for pany's knowledge since the ,execution of such former stipulation and as this com- distribution and for the Board of Aldermen. pany is now advised, it is not willing to consent to the payment of such sum to Mr. McDonald out of such reserve percentages. The Secretary presented the following communication from the President of This letter is sent you as Comptroller of the City, that you may be advised of the position taken by this company. the Borough of Brooklyn, consenting to the transfer of $210 to the Register of Kindly acknowledge receipt hereof, and oblige, Kings County: Yours very truly, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, HENRY C. WILLCOX, Solicitor. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, Which was referred to Committee of Finance and Audit. BROOKLYN, July 16, 1903. Hon. J. W. STEVENSON, Secretary, Board of Estimate and Apportionment. New York The Construction or Executive Committee referred to the Commissioners a City: communication of Charles S. Oakley, pastor M. E. Church, Purdy's Station, N. Y., DEAR SIR-I write to request you to be kind enough to prepare and present at the dated July 18, 1903, and of C. L. Hunt & Co., dated Purdy's Station, N. Y., July 18. next meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment a resolution transferring 1903, in relation to the occupancy of property within the limits of the New Croton the sum of $210 from the appropriation made to the Bureau of Public Buildings reservoir, with the recommendation that the form of letter heretofore adopted by and Offices, Borough of Brooklyn, for the year 1903, entitled "Supplies and Re- the Commissioners in similar cases be transmitted. pairs," the same being in excess of the amount required for the purposes thereof, to Commissioners then adjourned. the appropriation made to the office of the Register, County of Kings, for the year HARRY W. WALKER, Secretary. 1903, entitled "Contingencies," the amount of said appropriation being insufficient. Very truly yours, J. EDW. SWANSTROM, President, Borough of Brooklyn. POLICE DEPARTMENT. The following resolution was offered: New York, September IO, 1903. Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and ten dollars ($210) be and the The following proceedings were this day directed by Police Commissioner same is hereby transferred from the appropriation made to the President of the Greene: Borough of Brooklyn for the year 1903, entitled "Bureau of Public Buildings and The Police Commissioner directed that the plans for the Sixty-eighth Precinct Station House submitted by Mr. Voss, be referred to a special committee consisting Offices-Supplies and Contingencies," the same being in excess of the amount re- of First Deputy Commissioner Ebstein, Inspector P. H. McLaughlin and Inspector quired for the purposes thereof. to the appropriation made to the Register, Kings Thomas L. Druhan; for examination and report. County, for 1903, entitled "Supplies and Contingencies," the amount of said appro- On reading and filing communication from the Municipal Civil Service Com- priation being insufficient. mission stating that the eligible list for Stenographer and Typewriter of the grade of $i,too is exhausted, and that the Commissioner may avail himself of the privilege Which was adopted by the following vote: allowed by Rule No. 7, The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- Ordered, That Martin Judge, Jr., of No. 21 Park place, Brooklyn, be and is dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- hereby temporarily employed tinder the provisions of Rule No. 7, as Stenographer mond-16. and Typewriter in the Police Department, with compensation at the rate of $1,too per annum. The Mayor moved that the Board suspend its regular meetings during the Approved-Recommendation of First Deputy Commissioner Ebstein that cer- tain Patrolmen who have been doing duty in the Seventy-ninth Precinct for the month of August. summer, be transferred to Manhattan, to take effect at 8 a. m., September 14, 1903. Which was adopted by the following vote: Recommendation of Second Deputy Commissioner Piper, that Patrolman Maurice The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of Aldermen and the Presi- J. O'Connell be transferred from the Third to the Eighth Precinct, and Michael dents of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Rich- Kehoe from the Eighth to the Third Precinct. Recommendation of First Depot} Commissioner Ebstein that Patrolman Charles Sheridan, Seventy-ninth Precinct mond-i6. be transferred to the Sixty-seventh Precinct, where there is a vacancy for a Bicycle Patrolman. Application of Inspector James Kane, Eleventh District, that Patrol- The Board adjourned to meet Wednesday, July 22, 1903, at to.3o o'clock a. m. man David H. Kiersted, who is detailed in his office, be remanded and transferred to J. W. STF.VENSON, Secretary. the Sixty-fifth Precinct. Referred to the Chief Inspector-Applications of the following: Patrolman Charles W. Sturges, Thirty-fourth Precinct, for transfer from Mounted Squad to the Bicycle Squad; to place name on list for consideration when vacancy occurs. AQUEDUCT COMMISSION. Patrolman Arthur Rossner, Thirty-second Precinct, for assignment to bicycle duty; to place name on list for consideration when vacancy occurs. Carl Kaufman, for appointment of William J. Sheridan as Special Patrolman. Charles Kresky, for Minutes of Adjourned Meeting of the Aqueduct Commissioners, Held at Their Office, appointment of James O'Hanlon as Special Patrolman. Phelps Bros. & Co., for No. 280 Broadway, New York City, on Friday, July 24, 1903, at II a. in. appointment of John T. Jones as Special Patrolman. Communications from the fol- lowing: George Rudischhauser, asking to be transferred from the Department of Present-Commissioners Ten Eyck (President), Ryan, Windolph and Curtis. Charities to the Police Department as Assistant Engineer; to Captain Dean, Forty- A communication was received from the Corporation Counsel, dated July 23, 1503. second Precinct, through the Chief Inspector; for report. John H. J. Ronner, in reply to a letter of this Commission of July 1, 1903, relating to a proposition made Register, asking that Patrolman Edw. F. Ozab be transferred from the Twenty- by Daniel J. Smith for the right of way over property of The City of New York, and ninth to the Thirty-seventh Precinct; for report. Charles Baxter, asking that the giving his opinion thereon. number of Patrolmen in the Thirty-fifth Precinct be increased. Which was referred to the Construction or Executive Committee pending a con- Suspended Without Pay-Detective Sergeant James A. McGirr, Twenty-first ference with Special Counsel H. T. Dykman. Precinct, from September 9, 1903, and until otherwise ordered. Captain Edward A communication was received from H. T. Dykman, dated July 24, 1903, relating Walsh, Thirty-eighth Precinct, from September 9, 1903, and until otherwise ordered. to the proceedings in relation to the proposed amendments to the petition in the matter Referred to the Corporation Counsel-Summonses, New York Supreme Court, of the claims of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company for case Bijou Social Club against Peter Lynch and William McCullagh; to defend; see damages due to the construction of the New Croton Dam Reservoir. Whereupon the letter of Commissioner. following form of letter was adopted and the President was directed to transmit same. Notice of Death-Patrolman Patrick C. Burke, Eighty-second Precinct, at 7.15 July 24, 1903. a. m., September 8, 1903. H. T. DYKMAN, Esq., White Plains, N. Y.: Leave of Absence Granted-Captain Owen Rooney, Fourteenth Precinct, 20 DEAR SIR-In reply to your favor of the 24th instant, we beg to inform you that days' vacation. Captain William Dean, Forty-second Precinct, 20 days' vacation. our Acting Chief Engineer reported to us that you had ordered him by telephone to Special Patrolmen Appointed-John Barratt, for Mark Wagner & Co., Man- hold the papers referred to therein pending further instructions, and they were so held. hattan. James Embreale, for J. D. McHenry and others, Brooklyn.

7850 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

Resignations Accepted—A. F. Costigan, as Special Patrolman for Grand Union Special Patrolmen Appointed—Morris L. Oberstein for Joseph S. Marcus, Hotel. Charles Holman. as Special Patrolman for H. W. Behman, Brooklyn. Manhattan. Charles Barnett for People's Theatre, Manhattan. Alfred Crook, as Special Patrolman for Lion Palace, Manhattan. Referred to the Board of Surgeons—Recommendation of Third Deputy Com- Referred to the Chief Inspector (Additional)—Communications from Hon. missioner Davis that Roundsman Henry P. White, 32d Precinct, be sent before Homer Folks. Commissioner of Public Charities, relative to detailing of additional Surgeons for examination. For examination and report. Patrolmen, with reports thereon by Inspector William W. McLaughlin, Acting Cap- Referred to the Third Deputy Commissioner—Application of Hugh McCullough tain Edw. S. Walling. Inspector Druhan, Inspector Albertson and Captain John J. for position as Engineer in temporary headquarters for 36th Precinct; for action. McNally; for recommendation. Report of Captain Stephen O'Brien, relative to Petition of Joseph B. Stillwagon for an increase of pension; for report. the Probationary Patrolmen whose term of probation expires on September ii, 1903. Referred to the Auditor—Monthly statement from the Comptroller of the tin- Application of Sergeant Patrick H. Bowes, Sixty-first Precinct, to have fine of 7 expended balances of approprialions to the Police Department for 1903. days remitted; returned through the Chief Inspector. Chief Clerk to Answer—Corporation Counsel, relative to certain Patrolmen Referred to the Second Deputy Commissioner—Petition of Godfrey Phillips who claim to be Detective Sergeants and asking if all the cases are the same. Give & Son and others, for the detail of a Patrolman at crossing Twenty-third street and copy of order in each case. George L. Gilham, Secretary New York Undertakers' Eighth avenue; for report. Report of Inspector E. 0. Smith, Second District, Association, relative to rights of funerals on the public highways and at ferries. relative to laying posts to cover the territorial limits of Blackwell's, Ward's, Ran- On File—Acknowledgment from P. E. Nostrand of receipt of order for sur- dall's, North and South Brother and Riker's Islands; for action. Communication vey for the location of building lines and grades at the Headquarters' Building at from the Receiver of Taxes, relative to detailing Roundsmen and Patrolmen to his Centre street site. Communication from Charles Beeman, stating that he will not offices in various boroughs; for report. be able to appear for examination on account of sickness. Report of Captain Referred to the Third Deputy Commissioner—Communication from J. L. Stef- Patrick Byrne. 36th Precinct, on complaint of Frank Wiener. Communication from fens, relative to Mrs. Walsh, applicant for pension; for report. George W. Morgan, State Superintendent of Elections, inclosing copy of section 9, Ordered. That the following named persons be and are hereby appointed as chapter 676, Laws of 1898, as amended, and calling attention to duty of Police Com- Doormen in the Police Department. their term of probation having expired, viz.: missioner under same. Communication from Magistrate E. Hogan, thanking for Bernard F. Cassidy. James Kenney, William Nash, Patrick J. Padian, James Quinn, receipt of copy of testimony. Anthony Reichert, Thomas F. Shevlin. Ordered, That under the provisions of rule 35 of the Civil Service Regulations, Communication from W. J. Flynn, Agent in Charge, Secret Service Division, Charles Castagnino be and is hereby discharged from employment in the Police Treasury Department, asking that Property Clerk he directed to surrender two glass Department, his capacity and fitness being not satisfactory to the appointing officer. photographic negatives of the faces of a ten and five dollar national bank note, Ordered, That the following named persons be and are hereby appointed as which were_found in ash barrel at Broadway and Tenth street; to turn over negatives Patrolmen in the Police Department, their term of probation having expired, and to Inspector McChisky for delivery to Mr. Flynn. assigned to precincts as indicated, viz.: Disapproved—Application of Probationary Patrolman Luke H. Grace to be 21 ,.. 22 assigned to Twenty-eighth Precinct. Patrolman Melvin Harvey, Twenty-ninth Pre- Edw. F. Adlum 24 John Ahearn. Daniel Aherne cinct, for transfer to Thirty-seventh Precinct. Patrolman John A. McGloin, Seventy- William Allison 21 John P. Ayres 18 Charles Barthelmess.... 35 Thomas Brady 51 Adol^h Blaha 13 ninth Precinct. for transfer to Boiler Squad. James S. P. Brady 24 Referred to the Comptroller—Requisition No. 1041. account Police Fund (sites John Blade 72 Millard Blake 14 William Bannon...... 25 22 James A. Barry 35 John B. Barry and buildings), $1,750. John P. Barron. 35 Chief Clerk to Answer—Guy A. Curand, asking for copy of annual report. Frederick J. Barth 26 Edw. Bartsch. 37 Frederick Bauer. 15 2 Al. i8 Cowperthwait & Son. asking for address of Patrolman Joseph Kirsch, First Pre- George C. Bleckwehl Edw. Bleicher 54 Max Bekker 28 28 Jesse Brenner. cinct. Captain William Dean, Forty-second Precinct. applying for an Assistant Robert C. Benedict James Brennan 29 56 Herman I3erje. 2 James L. Bresnan 19 'Engineer. Gabriel Fisher, asking that certain record be removed from desk blotter Oscar F. Bergman 70 George W. Brewster... 14 Patrick Brick 20 at Sixth Precinct Station House. William M. Calder, recommending Charles Red- Frederick C. Bertsch 56 to den and George Dukes for appointment as Patrolmen. Justice William S. Bennett, Charles B. Bridges George Biermann 63 Julius Boeckler . 13 Thomas F. Bolger II asking that Probationary Patrolman Charles Goss be assigned to Thirtieth Precinct. John Boland 53 Joseph F. Browne Albert Bruggemann 31 Albert E. Blythe 15 On File. Send Copy—Report of Captain John D. Herlihy, Twenty-ninth Pre- George Bruckner...... it John Calway.... cinct. on communication of Dr. E. Reinhardt, complaining of negligence on the part Eugene E. Cahill...... 15 . 29 Charles E. Carlton 64 19 Philip B. Carroll 57 William W. Crawford 22 of the Police. Earl W. Clark William A. Clemens 26 Joseph Cliff 12 Timothy J. Crimmins 7 The following Probationary Doormen having qualified. are assigned to duty in ohn J. Croake 32 Patrick Coleman 14 Edw. Collins .. 9 precincts as follows: Bernard F. Cassidy, Nineteenth Precinct; James Quinn, Fifth James J. Collins 64 Frederick Cordes 53 Tohn Collins 20 Precinct; James Kenney, Twelfth Precinct; Anthony Reichert, Twenty-second Pre- Michael Collins 22 Joseph Conroy 64 Joseph P. Conway 26 cinct; William Nash. Fifty-third Precinct: Thomas F. Shevlin, Seventy-sixth Pre- Henry H. Coots 5 Michael Coughlin 20 James S. Crowley 25 cinct; Patrick J. Padian, Forty-ninth Precinct. Martin Cuff 6o John Cummings 6o James Curry... 19 On File—Eligible list of the Municipal Civil Service Commission, dated Septem- Cornelius Cuttrell 51 Patrick Cushing. 43 Tames Dalton 16 ber 8, 1903. for 5 Sergeants and to Roundsmen. Communications from George F. Joseph A. Daly 20 William Deely. 1 Jacob F. Dreiser 18 Sihaefer. Coroner, Borough of Richmond, relative to detailing a Patrolman to his James M. Dempsey__ II Charles L. Denny 52 Jacob L. Dillemuth 32 office; answered by Commissioner. Acknowledgment from Hugh H. Henry of Francis A. Doherty 53 William J. Donnelly 19 Martin S. Donlon 61 receipt of communication relative to granting request to allow officers to wear Thomas F. Donohue 11 John Donovan 7 William J. Doyle . 22 insignia of the Army and Navy Union at parades. Eligible list of the Municipal Edw. Drumm 15 Martin A. Early 16 David Eimann. 16 Civil Service Commission for one Assistant Engineer, dated September 8, 1903. Joseph V. Eirman 22 John G. A. Elwood 8o Fdwin F. England 38 Communication from M. A. Molloy, commending Patrolman D. Tunstall, Seventy- Charles F. Faber .16 August J. Franz 54 Edw. Farrell 43 ninth Precinct, for rescuing a person from drowning. Communication from John Francis Fearon 49 John H. Feely 31 Jacob Feudner 35 Davis, recommending Charles G. Weiss for appointment as Patrolman. Acknowl- John G. Frey 57 William J. Finnegan. .. 34 John Finneran . 8 edgment from Mrs. E. C. Hayward of receipt of communication addressed to Mr. George J. Frisch 5 Harry W. Fritchman... 26 Tohn Fitzgerald 28 Hayward. Reports of the following: Captain John J. Murtha, Sixth Precinct, Thomas Fitzmatrice 28 Harry A. Fogarty...... 3o Robert E. Forte 54 and Inspector Smith. Second District, relative to conduct of Patrolman Oliver P. William F. Forri7tall 37 William M. Flynn...... 53 Joseph P. Gabel 15 Raymond. Sixth Precinct, at a fire. Captain Thomas H. Mannion, Twenty-seventh Luke H. Grace 57 Frank Grady 36 Thomas Gallery 57 Precinct, and Inspector Albertson, Fifth District, relative to conduct of Patrolman Daniel Galvin it Esmond F. Gray James J. Gegan • 35 Thomas Murphy, Twenty-seventh Precinct, in stopping a runaway. Acting Cap- John D. Geideman 21 Robert S. Gibson 28 Patrick H. Giery . 24 tain William McCullagh, Twenty-eighth Precinct, and Inspector William W. Mc- Dominic Gilgan 29 Alex. Gilkinson 16 Tohn C. Ginnane 5 Laughlin, Third District, relative to conduct of Roundsman Hawkins, Twenty-eighth Frank Goddard...... • • • 24 James P. Grogan. 40 Nicholas Goldman . 20 Precinct, in stopping a runaway horse. Surgeon John D. Gorman, of contagious Ignatius L. Gorman 26 Charles Goss 22 James Gunshman 1 disease in the family of Patrolman Thomas S. Martin, Sixth Precinct. James Moore, Louis J. Gnotosky 21 Frank Hagan 6 John A. Hager. 65 in charge of Equipment Bureau, for the month of August. Captain James B. Ferris, James Hagerty 7 Michael A. Halley 16 Joseph Hamelburg I5 Twentieth Precinct, of his appearance in Seventh District Court. Inspector Smith, William J. Hammersley. 29 John Harley. 19 Maurice J. Harnett 25 on complaint of Emile W. Voute against Captain William Dean. Inspector Albert- Louis H. Hauptman 18 William Hauser 29 Charles L. Havighorst 66 son, on complaint of Richard Murphy against Patrolman Patrick J. Kelly, Twenty- Sylvester Hlavac 5 Thomas C. Healy 56 John G. Heckmann to ninth Precinct. Acting Captain John Ryan, Thirteenth Precinct, relative to alleged Charles Hemley t3 William K. Henry 20 Benjamin F. Heuss 8 robbery at No. 4o9 Cherry street. Captain Joseph C. Gehegan, Thirty-fifth Precinct, Arthur F. Hickey 31 Daniel Hickey..... 7 Harry Hoert. .. TO relative to absence without leave of Patrolman Anthony B. McKernon, Thirty-fifth Felix F. Hoffmann 6 Charles E. Hooker 15 Floyd Horton 5 Precinct. Captain Owen Rooney, Fourteenth Precinct, relative to arrest of one John J. Hubman 14 Francis P. Hughes 8 Johnston Humphries It Michael Blake, for violation of Policy Law. Captain Owen Rooney, Fourteenth Patrick J. Hunt... 57 William J. Hussey. . 43 William G. Irwin 31 Precinct, relative to arrest for keeping a disorderly house. Captain Owen Rooney, William C. Johnson 26 John J. Jones 55 William J. Junior 8 Fourteenth Precinct, relative to alleged policy shop at corner of Ninth street and Jere. S. Kearney 51 John J. A. Kee 56 Alphonsus E. Kehoe 58 Avenue D. Acting Captain F. W. Shibles, relative to raid on disorderly house, No. Patrick Kelleher 12 Henry A. Kennedy 32 William P. Keogh 67 119 West Thirty-second street. Acting Captain William F. McCoy, Sixteenth Pre- Robert Keppler 65 Charles L. Kerr 20 Gabriel C. Kroutzer 22 cinct, relative to arrest for keeping disorderly house at No. 18 Sixth avenue. Clarence J. Keyes 47 William J. Keyes 71 Lucius Keyser. 67 Ordered, That the following bills be approved and referred to the Bookkeeper Alex. Knierim. . 33 Daniel Kinane 47 Henry Kirchhoff 18 to be paid: John Koferl . 61 John P. Knowles... 17 J. Willy Kuhn it Account Contingent Expenses, Etc., 1903. Irving W. Lake 6 Michael Larkin... 20 Joseph P. Laux 6 . 26 Michael S. Leahy 75 James A. Leonard 12 No. 2595. J. I. Bacon, postage stamps $30 00 William Lawson Thomas J. Leonard 18 Robert V. Levins 14 Chris. F. Liebfried..• • 64 WM. H. KIPP, Chief Clerk. William A. Loehmann.. 8 Denis J. Long. .. 5 Louis Lorch. . 7 Edw. F. Lynch 8 John Lynch 24 John J. Lynch 13 John V. Lynch 46 Thomas Lynch 5o George MacRow 19 POLICE DEPARTMENT. William J. Mahan 16 William E. Mahony 58 Peter Malahan... 53 New York, September it, 19o3. Daniel Mangan 13 Eugene F. Meenagh. 13 Victor J. Meyer 20 John Miller 8o Joseph Miller 2 Joseph H. Miller 22 The following proceedings were this day directed by Police Commissioner 15 Greene: Gerald P. Minchin 2 Thomas J. Moran 7 Thomas J. Mulvey Denis J. Murphy 36 Jere. Murphy. .... 48 Michael P. Murphy 8 Approved—Recommendation of First Deputy Commissioner Ebstein that Patrol- Patrick Murphy 48 Denis Murphy... 1 Timothy P. Murphy.... 26 man John McManus be transferred from the 46th Precinct to Court of Special Ses- James Murray 36 Patrick S. Murray 52 Daniel L. Murtaugh 15 sions, 824 Precinct. Report of Inspector Smith relative to changes of post in the Harry J. Murtha . 21 George H. Meyers 8o Valorous C. McCabe 54 8oth Precinct. Daniel McCarthy . 72 James V. McCarthy. 29 William McCullen 12 Referred to the Chief Inspector—Communication from Hon. Thomas L. Hamil- Edw. E. McDonald..... 32 Thomas L. McElroy 5 John J. McGary 49 ton, County Clerk, asking that detail of Patrolman Frank Cassassa at his office be Richard R. McGrath.... 31 Peter V. McGraw 37 Bernard McGowan It discontinued; to Captain O'Brien through the Chief Inspector. Communication Terence McGowan 15 Philip E. McGlyn. 19 Richard McHale 6 from Peter R. Van Den Burgh, asking transfer from Charity Department as Assist- Peter McIntyre 6 Hugh P. McKeon 3o James McLaughlin 5 ant Engineer; to Captain William Dean, 42d Precinct, through the Chief Inspector; John J. McLaughlin 44 Cornelius McNamara 1 Thomas Nihill 6 for report. Communication from M. A. Devlin, commending Patrolman Patrick Otto Nikly 13 John J. Noonan 28 Edw. P. Norton 19 Dee for aiding in the rescue of persons in danger of drowning; for report. Appli- John V. Newman 65 John L. Ochsenhirt 31 Timothy O'Connell 5 cation of Isaac Polomsky and others for the appointment of F. Ettinger as Special Dennis O'Connor 55 Jere. O'Connor 2 Daniel J. O'Sullivan to Patrolman. John R. Presley 31 George Priday 46 George F. Prigge 2 Granted—Request of L. T. Fetzer that members of the Police Force who have George A. -Pinchbeck 25 Edmund A. Powers 18 Robert Powers 6o Spanish war veteran badges be allowed to wear same on parades. Request of Edw. Plagge. . 16 Frank Palmer . t John T. Patterson__ 13 trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral that their special officers be excused from re- William Patterson 9 John K. Quealy 5o Henry L. Quick • 34 porting at Police Headquarters. Charles H. Roehn 63 William P. Rooney. 31 Edw. F. Roos... 39 Referred to the Corporation Counsel—Copy summons. Toth District Court, case Elmer B. Roth 21 Walter Rountree to William H. Royael 6o Patrick White against Charles D. Blatc.hford; Property Clerk. To defend. Mark B. Royce 56 Alfred Rawson Otto L. Reichard II Disapproved—Application of Patrolman Frank Richards, nth Precinct, for Frank C. Renschle 24 Joseph Reynolds 14 John J. Russell 41 leave of absence for to days, without pay. William J. Russell 6o Frank J. Spacek 5 Christopher Schad 54 Referred to Municipal Civil Service Commission—Communication from William Everett G. Sager 26 Howard J. Sager 19 Henry Stake 34 Forger, withdrawing his indorsement of Andrew McLaughlin, applicant for posi- Leopold Salamon 24 Daniel T. Scannell 29 Edw. J. Shannon 25 tion as Patrolman. Bernard Starkey 16 Charles Strasser 6 Howard W. Stratton 65 Resignation Accepted—Jacob Walthers as Special Patrolman for Schimmel & Henry J. Stanbitz 12 John J. Sheahan i8 James E. Sheehan 24 Hohn, Queens. John J. Seery 71 Gustave F. Schneider 59 Charles G. Steinert 8 Full Pay Granted—Patrolman Hugh Cassidy, 3211 Precinct, from August 2 to Frederick G. Spellman 48 Joseph Sherer...... „ 7 William L. Seyfarth 28 10, 1903. August Schimp... 65 Andrew D. Sindt 20 Thomas Smith 6o

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 785 1

Henry Sommers...... 21 Francis J. Stokien . 46 Philip Suss. 46 Linear feet of curbing reset 872 Nicholas P. Sussillo.. .. 16 Robert Tatnell . 25 Charles M. Taylor 7o Linear feet of gutter reset 9 William E. Voss c George Wagner . 14 Edw. Walsh . I 1 Square feet of bridging relaid 371 Edw. H. Walsh 56 Stephen S. Walsh...... 16 Charles J. Wandling.... 55 Square feet of flagging relaid 933 John H. Ward 22 Arthur G. Warren...... t Lester M. Washburn.. • 34 Linear feet of curb jointed and dressed 380 Andrew J. Webb 5 Theodore Weber 5 William Weiland 6 Charles Wertz . 55 Harry Williams 19 Francis Williams 5 Force Employed on Macadam and Unimproved Roadways. Henry P. White 21 Benjamin Wertheimer.. 7 Steam rollers, 2 ; Mechanics, 3; Laborers, 28; horses and wagons, 3; teams, 5; WM. H. KIPP, Chief Clerk. sprinklers, 8; horses and carts, to; Foremen, 5. Macadam roadway cleaned, linear feet 2,900 Dirt roadway repaired and cleaned, linear feet 1,355 BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. Gutter cleaned, linear feet 6,050 Repairs Made to Macadam Roadways. Report of the President of the Borough for the week ending August 29, 1903. Cropsey avenue, between Eighteenth avenue and Twenty-third avenue. Meeting of the Local Board, Flatbush District, 2 p. m., August 27, 1903. Ocean avenue, between Beverley road and Albemarle road. Meeting of the Williamsburg District, it a. m., August 28, 1903. Sixtieth street, between Fourth avenue and Fifth avenue. Fourth avenue. between Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets. Jocelyn Johnstone, Private Secretary to the President of the Borough of Brooklyn, Refuse sand removed from Columbia street, between Atlantic avenue and Warren died August 25, 1903. street; Debevoise street, between Graham avenue and Humboldt street; South Tenth BUREAU OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OFFICES. street. between Kent and Bedford avenues; Lafayette avenue, between Fulton street Twenty-six orders—twenty for supplies and six for repairs—were issued by this and Vanderbilt avenue; Brooklyn avenue, between Sterling place and Park place. Bureau. BUREAU OF BUILDINGS. BUREAU OF INCUMBRANCES AND PERMITS. Permits issued for new buildings (brick), 31; estimated cost $793,951 00 Complaint Department. Permits issued for new buildings (frame), 46; estimated cost $143,575 00 Department of Street Cleaning 3 Inspectors to Permits granted for alterations, 36; estimated cost $26,617 Oil Building slip permits issued. 42; Bureau of Complaints 2 Police Department estimated cost 4 Plumbing slip permits issued, 13; estimated cost Mail 2 $$63:5508w 00°° Office Unsafe cases filed 6 5 Total 26 Violation cases filed 81 Classification and Disposal— Fire escape cases filed 2 Posts and stumps of posts 4 Miscellaneous 4 Unsafe notices issued 6 Sidewalk signs removed 6 Violation notices issued 81 Slot machines 1 Total 23 Fire escape notices issued 2 Trees and limbs 8 Unsafe cases referred to counsel 7 Street washer notices served 18 Street washers removed 25 Violation cases referred to counsel 63 Inspector's Department. Fire escape cases referred to counsel Complaints received 13 Complaints made to Slips settled 41 Bay window permits issued, 18; estimated cost $4.693 00 Complaints settled • 29 Corresponding Week Ending August 3o, 1902. Permit Department. Plas filed for new buildings (brick), 36; estimated cost $283,000 00 Permits— Plans filed for new buildings (frame). 48; estimated cost $128,070 00 Building material 12 Vaults (new) Plans filed for alterations, 4o; estimated cost 00 Crosswalks 15 WILLIAM C. REDFIELD$01"83, Special 174 Total 202 Permits passed— Commissioner of Public Works and Acting President of Borough of Brooklyn. Tap water pipes 55 Sewer connection repairs 11 JUSTIN McCARTHY, Jr., Secretary. Repair water connections 54 Sewer connections 35 Total 155 Cashier's Department. BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. Moneys Received— Repaving over water connections. $567 oo Vault permits $12 00 Repaving over sewer connections. 138 00 COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS. Repaving over gas connections.. 16 oo Total $756 68 Extra paving 23 68 In accordance with the provisions of section 1546, chapter 466 of the Laws of 19oi, I transmit the following report of the transactions of the offices of the Coin- BUREAU OF SEWERS. missioner of Public Works, President of the Borough of Manhattan, for the week Moneys Received. ending August 26, 1903. FRITZ GUERTLER, Assistant Commissioner of Public Works. Number of. Amount. Appropriations. Funds. Approved: GEORGE LIVINGSTON. Acting President, Borough of Man- hattan and. Commissioner of Public Works. For sewer permits $400 oo Number of permits issued 46 Public Moneys Received During the Week. For new sewer connections 35 For restoring and repaving pavement, general account 42 00 For old sewer connections (repairs) II For redemption of obstructions seized Requisitions drawn on Comptroller 5 $1,653 39 $17,057 01 For vault permits 42,498 1000 Number of basins examined 712 For shed permits 3o 00 Number of basins built 12 For sewer connections 388 24 Linear feet of sewer cleaned 7,600 For bay window permits 576678 3796 Number of basins cleaned 213 For ornamental projection permits Linear feet of sewer examined 16,too Linear feet of sewer built 2,590 Total $7,857 67 Number of basins repaired 4 Number of manhole heads and covers Permits Issued. set Permits to open streets to make sewer connections 48 Number of basin covers put on 3 Permits to place building material on streets 89 Number of manholes built 7 Permits to construct street vaults 3 Number of manhole covers put on 26 Permits to construct sheds 6 Permits to cross sidewalks to Permits for subways, steam mains and various connections 183 Laboring Force Employed During the Week. Permits to repair sidewalks 54 Permits for sewer connections 15 Inspectors Inspectors Inspectors Horses Permits for sewer repairs Ii of of Sewer of Sewers and Construction. Connections. Foremen. and Basins. Mechanics. Laborers. Carts. Total 419 Sewer Repairing and Clean- Obstructions Removed. ing, Payrolls and Sup- • pies 7 a 42 17 Obstructions removed from various streets and avenues 17 Street lmorovement Fund.. 53 Twenty-sixth Ward Disposal Repairs to Pavement. Works to • Thirty-first Ward Disposal Square yards of pavement repaired 6,508 Works 13 Office force 6 Repairs to Sewers. Linear feet of sewer built 401 Linear feet of sewer cleaned 13,164 BUREAU OF HIGHWAYS. 6,299 (Division of Street Repairs.) Linear feet of sewer examined Basins cleaned 240 Force Employed on Repairs to Street Pavements. Basins examined 243 Mechanics, 36; Laborers, 120; horses and wagons, 13; horses and carts, 17; teams, Requisition Drawn on Comptroller—Total, $90,945.59. 17; Foremen, 17; crusher, 1. Statement of Laboring Force Employed During the Week Ending August 22, 1903. • Work Done by Connection Gangs. Water and sewer connections repaired 96 Bath Gas connections repaired 19 Mechanics. Laborers. Teams. Carts. Attendants. Cleaners. Dangerous holes repaired apd made safe 87 Complaints - received 97 Defects remedied 79 Repaving and renewal of pavements 251 253 5 74 Boulevards, roads and avenues Work Done by Repair Gangs. (maintenance of) 21 93 22 14 Roads, streets and avenues 3 33 9 3 Wythe avenue, between North Ninth street and North Eleventh street, granite , Sewers, maintenance, cleaning, etc 70 91 9 36 3 block 465 Cleaning public buildings, baths, etc. 107 44 24 113 219 Lafeyette avenue, intersection Throop avenue, granite block 52 Bedford avenue, between North Thirteenth and North Four,teenth streets, gran- Total 452 514 45 151 113 332 ite block 26 Forty-first street, between Second and Fourth avenues, granite block 1,527 Fifty-second street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, granite block 170 Changes in Working Force for Week Ending August 22, 1903. Fulton street, between Flatbush avenue and Rockwell place, granite block 145 Office of Borough President—One Stenographer and Typewriter, increased Lafayette avenue, between Waverly and Washington avenues, granite block 440 from $1,050 to $1,500. Park avenue, between Marcy and Nostrand avenues, cobblestone 263 Bureau of Highways—One Clerk, resigned; one Clerk, increased from $1,5oo to Seventh avenue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, cobblestone 172 $1,800; one Cartman appointed; one Teamster a, pointed. Square yards of pavement repaved by connection gangs 652 Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices—Two Bath Attendants (male) ap- Stone crushed, cubic yards 265 2ointed; two Laborers, transferred from the Bureau of Highways. Concrete mixed and laid, square yards 1,475 Bureau of Sewers—One Mason, promoted to Foreman Mason; fotir Inspectors Total number of square yards of pavement repaired 3,912 of Sewer Construction appointed.

7852 THE CITY RECORD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

New York, September 14, 1903. Bureau of Audit—Main Division. BOROUGH OF THE BRONX. WILLIAM MCKINNY, thief Auditor of Ac. ■■••■•■• Public notice is hereby given that the cottnts, Room 27. Committee on Public Health of the Board aw and Adjustment Division. In accordance with the provisions of section 1546, chapter 378, Laws of 1897, as of Aldermen will hold a public hearing in amended by chapter 466, Laws of igoi, section 383, I transmit the following report of JAMES FF. MCKINNEY, Auditor of Accounts, the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Bor- Room 183.L the transactions of this office for the week ending August 26, 1903, including Bureau ough of Manhattan, on Monday, September Investigating Division. of Buildings: 25, 1903, at 2 o'clock p. m., on the follow- Bonuer It. Mc1N TYRE, Examiner in Charge. Permits Issued. ing: Room 173. Sewer connections and repairs 20 Regarding the dumping of refuse on Charitable Institutions Division. Water connections and repairs 38 Riker's Island. • of DIrstliztittiCo.ns.Poittoolium, (4:1011ef Examiner of Accounts Laying gas majns and repairs 6o All persons interested in the above mat- Placing building material on public highway 5 ter are respectfully requested to attend. 83 Bureas of the City Paymaster. Bay window No. Chambers street and No. 6s Reade 2 P. J. SCULLY, Cleric of the Board of street. Removing building on public highway Aldermen. Joni', B. TIMMERMAN, City Paymaster. Subway Bureau of Engineering. Crossing sidewalk with team 4 New York, September 14, 1903. Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broad. Vault Public notice is hereby given that the Miscellaneous permits 19 waiimutx E. McLxss, Chief Engineer, Room 55. Committee on Bridges and Tunnels of the Real Estate Bureau. 151 Board of Aldermen will hold a public hear- MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate, Total ing in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Room Imo 20 Number of permits renewed Borough of Manhattan, on Monday, Sep- Bureau for the Collection of Taxes. Money Received For Permits. tember 21, 1903, at 2 o'clock p. m. on the Boroughorougho of Manhattan—Stewart Building, Sewer connections $212 96 following: Room 241 86 DAVID E. Amman, Receiver of Taxes. Restoring and repaving streets Whereas, The people of the Borough of Jong J. McDonouom, Deputy Receiver of Steam roller, "use of" 12 00 Queens have expressed dissatisfaction at Taxes. Vault privileges 113 40 the contemplated approach to the Black- Borough of The Bronx—Municipal Building, 12 00 Third and Tremont avenues. Labor on steam roller well's Island Bridge in the said Borough Jogn B. UNDERHILL, Deputy Receiver of Bay window PI 40 of Queens, and request that the plans be so Taxes. modified as to admit of the building of a Borough of Brooklyn—Municipal Building, Rooms Total deposited with the City Chamberlain $593 62 north and south approach. JACOB S. VAN WYCK, Deputy Receiver of Laboring Force Employed During the Week Ending August 29, 1903. All persons interested in the above mat- Taxes. • 12; ter are respectfully requested to attend. Borough of Queens—Hackett Building, Jackson Bureau of Highways—Foremen, 5o; Assistant Foremen, teams, 117; carts, 2o; avenue and Fifth street, Long Island City. Inspectors, 6; Mechanics, 67; Laborers, 532. Total 8o4. P. J. SCULLY, Clerk of the Board of TaF.REDERICK W. BLECKWENN, Deputy Receiver of Bureau of Sewers—Foremen, 7; Assistant Foremen, 8; carts, 13; Inspectors, 1; Aldermen. es. Borough of Richmond—Bay and Sand streets, Mechanics, 5; Laborers, 105. Total 139. Stapleton. LOUIS F. HAFFEN, President Borough' of The Bronx. JOHN DEMOEGAN. Deputy Receiver of Taxes. Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and Arrears. CHANGES IN DEPARMENTS. When a sale is made in a borough other Borough of Manhattan — Stewart Building, than that in which the party making the Room R. DEPARTMENT OF BRIDGES. sale carries on business, notice of the sale EDWARD A. SLATTERY, Collector of Assessments and Arrears. September I6—Joseph S. Sutherland, of shall also be published in the newspapers JOHN B. ADGER MULLALLY, Deputy Collector of Franklin and Java streets, Brooklyn, a herein designated for the borough in Assessments and Arrears. which the sale is made. ougl-h of The Bronx—Municipal Building, Bridge Tender, employed on bridges over Rooms Newtown creek at a compensation of In witness whereof, I have hereunto set JAMES .1. DONOVAN, JR., Deputy Collector of $839.50 per annum, was discharged for lack my hand and affixed my seal of office this Assessments and Arrears. 15th day of September, one thousand nine Borough of Brooklyn—Municipal Building. of work, to date from the 1st inst. &scum. M. GARRISON, Deputy Collector of As- hundred and three. sessments and Arrears. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. [sEAL.1 SETH LOW, Mayor. Borough of Queens—Hackett Building, Jackson Borough of The Bronx. avenue and Fifth street, Long Island City. MAYOR'S OFFICE, PATRICK E. LEAHY, Deputy Collector of Assess- September 1—Resignations to take ef- ments and Arrears. BUREAU OF LICENSES, Borough of Richmond—Bay and Sand streets, fect this date: William Grebe, No. 500 NEW YORK, Sept. II, 1903. Stapleton. East One Hundred and Fortieth street, GEORGE BRAND, Deputy Collector of Assessments Assistant Gardener ; B. J. Gallagher, Number of licenses issued and amounts OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. and Arrears. Throggs Neck, Laborer. received therefor in the week ending Satur- Bureau for the Collection of City Revenue and of day, September 5, 1903: CITY OFFICERS. Markets. TENEMENT HOUSE DEPARTMENT. TATEMENT OF THE HOURS DURING Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broad- Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. way. Room tjo. which the Public Offices in the City are open Appointed—Neville Dougherty, No. 34 S WILLIAM T. GOUNDIM Collector of City Reve- for business, and at which the Courts regularly West Thirty-eighth street, city, Inspector nue and Superintendent of Markets. Number of Amoun open and adjourn, as well as of the places where DATE. t s JAMES H. BALDWIN, Deputy Collector of City of Tenements; salary, $1,200 per annum; — n s such offices are kept and such Courts are held; this appointment to take effect September together with the heads of Departments and Revenue. Courts: DAVID O'BRIEN, Deputy Superintendent of 1 t, 1903. Resigned—Adolph Blumenkranz, Markets. Monday, August 31 221 $70 No. 718 Fifth street, city, Clerk; salary, 3 75 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Bureau of Municipal Accounts and Statistics. Tuesday, Sept. 1 56 240 25 Mayor's Office. $1,050 per annum; this resignation to take Wednesday, " 2 Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broad- effect at the close of the day on September 36 113 75 No. s City Hall, g A. M. tO 4 P. M. ; Saturdays, nay. Thursday, " 3 57 187 75 9 A. M. CO 12 11. joilx R. SPARROW, Supervising Accountant and 12, 1903. Friday, H 4 49 703 00 Telephone 1929 Cortlandt. Statistician. Room 173. Nathan Danzinger, No. 4 East One Hun- Saturday, ,, SETH LOW, Mayor. Bureau of the City Chamberlain. dred and Twelfth strut, city, Clerk; salary, 5 39 1 54 15 TAMES B. REYNOLDS, Secretary. WILLIAM J. MORAN. Assistant Secretary. Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broad- $1,o5o per annum. This appointment to JOHN GRUEN/MEG, Chief Clerk. way, Rooms 63 to 67; and Kings County Court- Totals 458 $2,102 75 house, Room 14, Borough of Brooklyn. take effect September 15, 1903. Bureau of Licenses. Eton( R. L. GOULD, City Chamberlain. SURROGATE, KINGS COUNTY. Borough of Brooklyn. 9 A. M. tO S. P. M.; SitirdliS, 9 A. M. tO 12 M. JOHN H. CAMPBELL, Deputy Chamberlain. Telephone yo6 Cortlandt. LAW DEPARTMENT. September is—On the Toth day of Sep- Monday, August 3i s'i $241 5o Chief of Bureau. tember. 1903, appointed Arthur L. Briggs, Principal Office, Room 1 City Hall. Jamas D. Office of Corporation Counsel. Tuesday, Sept. 1 25 88 so MERRIMAN. Deputy Chief. Boroughs of Manhattan Staats-Zeitung Building, ad, 3d and 4th doors. whose residence is No. 237 Clifton place, Wednesday, " a 34 517 00 and The Bronx. 9 A. M. tO 5 P. M. Saturdays, g A. M. to la M. Brooklyn, New York City, as Chief Record- Branch Office, Room 12, Borough Hall, Brook- Telephone 5366 Cortlandt. Thursday, ii 3 35 160 so GEORGE L. RIVES, ing Clerk in the Surrogate's Office of Kings it lyn; JOSEPH MCGUINNESS, Deputy Chief, Borough Corporation Counsel. Frid,ay 4 49 159 50 of Brooklyn. FRANK N. APPLEGATE, Secretary. li THEODORE CONNOLY, CHARLES D. OLENDOILP, County, under section 2508 of the Code of Saturday, 5 z6 132 OG Branch Office, Richmond Building, New Brigh- Civil Procedure, and in accordance with ton, S. I.; WILLIAM R. Wocurai, Financial Clerk. GEORGE L. STERLING, EDWARD J. MCGUIRE, subdivison 4 of secton 52 of chapter 370 $89, 00 Borough of Richmond. JAMES 111. WARD, GEORGE S. COLEMAN, CHAIM= Totals 227 Branch Office Hackett Building, Long Island N. HARRIS, CHASE MELLEN, JOHN C. CLARK, of the Laws of 1899. This appointment is City; CHARLES it. SMITH, Financial Clerk, Bor- CHARLES S. WHITMAN, EDWIN J. FREED11A_„N Tal- made in the place of John J. Bridges, who ough of Queens. EN CE FARLEY, JOHN C., WAIT, l'OHN W. HUTCH- Borough of Queens. INSON, 1B., OLIVER C. SEMPLE,J AMES T. aunix 1902. The date of M , resigned September 4, THE CITY RECORD OFFICE. JOHN L. O'BRIEN, CHARLES A. O'NEIL, GEORGE the commencement of the services of the Monday, August 3i "stream of Printing. Stationery and Blank Books. ANDON. ARTHUR SWEENY, WILLIAM Bails appointee is September 10, 1903, and his CROWELL. DAVID RUMSEY, ANDREW T. CAmesgLI, Tuesday, Sept. 1 Supervisor's Office, Park Row Building, No. az JR., JOHN F. O'BRIEN, FRANKLIN C. HOYT, E. salary is to be at the rate of twelve hun- Wednesday, " - 7 $21 50 rark row, g A. M. to 4 P. M.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. CROSBY Kt NDLEBERGE R. MONTGOMERY HARE, Li dred dollars per annum. Thursday, II tO 12 M. ROY D. BALL, FREDERICK KERNOCHAN, Assistants. It 3 Telephone zsos and 15o6 Cortlandt. Supply JAMES McKEEN, Assistant, in charge of Brook- Friday, 1 o 19 50 H 4 Room, No. st City Hall. lyn branch office. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND Saturday, 5 5 13 50 CHARLES S. MMERSEY, Supervisor; HENRY MC- GEORGE E. BLACKWELL, Assistant, in charge of FERRIES. MILLEN, Deputy Supervisor. Queens branch office. DOUGLAS MATHEWSON, Assistant, in charge of August 20-The compensation of Max Totals $54 So CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF THE Bronx branch office. Drucker, Messenger in this Department, BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ALBERT E. HADLOCK, Assistant, in charge of Borough of Richmond. City Hall, Rooms 11-12, 10 A. M. to 4 P. is.; Richmond branch office. has this day been fixed at the rate of $1,200 ANDREW T. CAMPBELL. Chief Clerk. per annum, to take effect September I, Saturdays, to A. 11. tO 12 M. Monday, August 31 7 $19 so Tel hone 5365 Cortlandt. Tenement House Bureau and Building Bureau. 1903. Tuesday, Sept. 1 P. . Scumm, City Clerk and Clerk of the No. 61 Irving place, 9. A. M. to 5 r. M. Satur- Boar of Aldermen. days, 9. A. M. to noon. Wednesday, " 2 4 16 00 NICHOLAS J. Haves, First Deputy City Clerk. MATTHEW C. FLEMING, Assistant, in charge. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Thursday, " 3 MICHAEL F. BLAKE, Chief Clerk of the Board It , of Aldermen. Bureau for Collection Arrears of Personal Taxes. Friday, 3 9 00 JOSEPH V. SCULLY, Deputy City Clerk, Bor- NO, 28o Broadway (Stewart Building). Office PURSUANT to chapter 339 of the Laws Saturday, " 5 4 7 co ough of Brooklyn. hours for the public, ro a. M. to 2 P. m.; Satur- of 1883, entitled "An Act concerning pawn- THOMAS J. MCCABE, Deputy City Clerk, SOT- days 10 A. M. tO 12 M. OUJOI of T e Bronx. MARTIN SAFE, Assistant, in charge. brokers," and the acts amendatory thereof WILLIAM R. ZIMMERMAN. Deputy City Clerk, and supplemental thereto, I, Seth Low, Totals 18 $5i 5o Bureau for the Recovery of Penalties. Borough of Queens. Nos. r To and MICHAEL J. COLLINS, Deputy City Clerk, Bor 121 Nassau street, 9 A. M. to 5 Mayor of The City of New York, do here- P. M.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. to ough of Richmond. is M. by designate the following newspapers as HENRY F. SCHLUENZEN, ARTHUR F. COSBY, Assistant, in charge. those in which notice of sale shall be pub- Financial Clerk, Bureau of Licenses. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Bureau of Street Openings. lished under said act, hereby revoking all No. 1, City Hall, g A. M. to 4 P. st.; Satur- Nos. cio and 92 West Broadway, g. A. M. to 5 previous designations for that purpose, days, 9 A. M to 12 M. r. m.; Saturdays, g A. M. tO is M. viz.: CITY CLERK. Telephone 39 Cortlandt. JOHN P. DUNN, Assistant, in charge. CHARLES V. FOR N ES, President. COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS. The "New York Press" and "Mail and v. J. Snoz.z.e, City Clerk. Express," published in the Borough of September 16, 1903. Rooms and 115, Stewart Building, 9 A. M. Manhattan, where the business of the per- PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. IOA. P. M. Telephone 4315 Franklin. Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broad- WILLIAM HEPBURN RUSSELL and EDWARD OWEN, son making the sale is carried on in said the Committee on Public Health of the Commissioners. way, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. tO rz borough; "The Union" and "Bronx Bor- Board of Aldermen will hold a public hear- noon. COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND. ough Record," in the Borough of The ing in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. SETH Low, Mayor, Chairman; EDWARD M. and JAMES W. STEVENSON, Bronx ; "The News and Independent" and Borough of Manhattan, on Wednesday, N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS GROUT, Comptroller; ELGIN R. L. Gouin, Cham- September 23, 1903, at 3 o'clock p. m., on Deputy Comiztrollers. berlain; CHARLES V. FORNES, President of the "The Gazette," in the Borough of Rich- H USERT L. SMITH, Assistant Deputy Comp- mond; "The 'Brooklyn Standard Union" the following: Board of Aldermen, and JOHN T. McCau., Chair- troller. of Aldermen, STANTON, Secretary to Comptroller. man,, inlg,i .nance Committee, Board and "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle," published Resolution instructing Committee on °LIP= E. Members. N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Deputy Comp. in the Borough of Brooklyn, where the Laws and Legislation to draft an ordinance Main Division. troller, Secretary. business of the person making the sale is regulatng speed of surface cars on Jamaica H. J. STORRS, Chief Clerk. Room i z. Office of Secretary, Room No. 12, Stewart avenue, Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. carried on in said borough ; "The Newtown Bookkeeping and Awards Division. Register" and "The Flushing Journal," pub- All persons interested in the above matter BOA RD OP ESTIMATE AND APPOR- are respectfully requested to attend. JOSEPH HAAG, Chief Bookkeeper, Room 8. TIONMENT. lished in the Borough of Queens, where Stock and Bond Division. the business of the person making the sale P. J. SCULLY, Clerk of the Board of Telephone, Finance Department, 2115. JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Chief Stock and Bond Telephone, Public Improvements, 4594 Cart- is carried on in said borough. - Aldermen. Clerk, Room 39. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 7853

The MAYOR, Chairman; the COMPTROLLER, Telephone 1047 Eighteenth: C. SMITH, CHABLIS D. PURROY and CHARLES G. COUNTY CLERK. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, PRESI- THOMAS W. HYNEs Commissioner. SMITH. Nos, 8, 9, io and ii New County Courthouse. DENT OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, PRESIDENT A. C. MACNULTY, Deputy Commissioner. JAMES GAFFNEY, Clerk. Office hours from 9 A. M. tO a P. M. inard meeting every Tuesday at 3 r. M. OF 711E BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES. THOMAS L. HAMILTON, County Clerk. BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, PRESIDENT OF THE BOR- EXAMINING BOARD OF PLUMBERS. HENRY BIRRELL, Deputy. OUGH OF QUEENS, PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OP Central Office. l'ATRICK H. DUNN. Secretary. RICHMOND. Foot of East Twenty-sixth street, 9 A. M. to President, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY; Secretary, JAMES W. STEVENSON, Deputy Comptroller, P. M. DAVID JONES; Treasurer, EDWARD MACDONALD; CZ COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. Secretary, Finance Department, No. 280 Broad. Telephone 335o Madison Square. tl fiCiO, HORACE L001118 and P. J. ANDREws. Room 127 Stewart Building, Chambers street way: JOHN H. MOONEY, Assistant Secretary, Pub- HOMER FOLKS, Commissioner for Manhattan and Rooms 14, 15 and 16 Aldrich Building, Nos. and Broadway, 9 A. M. to 4 r. M. lic Improvements, City Hall; CHARLES V. ADEE, Bronx. 149 and 151 Church street. THOMAS ALLISON, Commissioner. Clerk of the Board, Finance Department, No. 280 JAMES F. DOUGHERTY, First Deputy Commis- Office open during business hours every day in Broadway. sioner. the year, except legal holidays. Examinations are PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. CHARLES E. TEALE, Second Deputy Commis- held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, after AQUEDUCT COMMISSIONERS. No. 119 Nassau street, A. M. to 4 P. M. sioner, for Brooklyn and Queens, Nos. za6 and WILLIAM M. HORS. Public Administrator. Room 207, Stewart Building, 5th floor, 9 A. M. i28 Livingston street, Brooklyn. to 4 P. M. Telephone, 1942 Franklin. Plans and Specifications, Contracts, Proposals BOROUGH OFFICES. KINGS COUNTY OFFICES. The MAYOR, the COMPTROLLER., ex officio Com- and Estimates for Work and Materials for Build. missioners, WILLIAM H. TEN Eyes (President), ing, Repairs and Supplies, Bills and Accounts, Borough of Manhattan. COUNTY COURT, KINGS COUNTY. JOHN J. RYAN. WILLIAM E. CURTIS and JOHN P. 9 A. M. to 4 P. se.; Saturdays, 12 M. Office of the President, Nos. io, II and 12 County Courthouse, Brooklyn, Rooms so, 19, as WINDOLPH; HARRY W. WALKER, Secretary; Bureau of Dependent Adults. Office hours, 9.3o City Hall, 9 A. M. H. 4 P. 11.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. and 23. Court opens at to A. M. daily, and sits WILLIAM It. Hzu., Chief Engineer. A. M. to 5 P. M. to 12 M. until business is completed. Part I., Room No. Bureau of Dependent Children, No. 66 Third JACOB A. CANTOR, President. 23: Part 11., Room No. to, Courthouse. Clerk's BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS. GEORGE avenue, 9.30 A. M. tO 5 P. M. W. BLAKE, Secretary. Office, Rooms 19 and 22, open daily from 9 A. M. HENRY S. THOMPSON, Superintendent of Build- The MAYOR, SETH Low, Chairman; The Peas/- BEI.LEVUE AND ALLIED HOSPITALS. to 4 P. M.' Saturdays, 12 M. DENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESS- ings. JOSEPH ASPINALL and FREDERICK E. CRANE, MENTS, JAMES L. Vitus, Vice-Chairman; The Telephone 2730 Madison Square. GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Commissioner of Public County Judges. PRESIDENT OP THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, CHARLES Board of Trustees—Dr. JOHN W. BRANNAN, Works. CHARLES S. DEVON, Chief Clerk. V. FORNES; Brigadier-General JAMES McLEER ARDEN M. ROBBINS, MILES TIERNEY, SAMUEL Fiairz GUERTLER, Assistant Commissioner of and Brigadier-General GEORGE Moog.' SMITH, SACHS, JAMES K. PAULDING, MARCUS STINE, Public Works. SURROGATE. Commissioners. THEODORE E. TACK, HOMER FOLKS. WILLIAM H. WALKER, Superintendent of Public Hall of Records, Brooklyn, N. Y. Buildings and Offices. FRANK J. BELL, Acting Secretary, Stewart TENEMENT-HOUSE DEPARTMENT. JAMES C. CHURCH, Surrogate. 14u. 28o Broadway. WILLIAM H. MICHAELS, Superintendent of WILLIAM P. PICKETT, Clerk of the Surrogate's Office hours, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.; Saturdays, Manhattan Office, No. 6i Irving place, south- Sewers. Court. 9 A. M. tO 12 M. west corner Eighteenth street. JOHN L. JORDAN, Assistant Superintendent of Court opens at io A. 11. Office hours, 9 A. M Telephone 5331 Eighteenth. Buildings. to 4 P. M.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 12 M. POLICE DEPARTMENT. Brooklyn Office, Temple Bar Building. No. 44 JAMES G. COLLINS, Superintendent of Highways, Central Office. Court street. WILLIAM MARTIN AIKEN, Consulting Architect SHERIFF. No. 300 Mulberry street, 9 A. M. tO 4 P. M. Bronx Office to be established. for the Borough of Manhattan. County Courthouse, Brooklyn. Telephone 3t00 Spring. ROBERT W. DE FOREST, Commissioner. 9 A. M. to 4 P. ta.; Saturdays, is sa. FRANCIS V. GREENS, Commissioner. LAWRENCE VEILLER, First Deputy Tenement- Borough of The Bronx. 1v. E. MELODY, Sheriff. FREDERICK H. E. E.BSTEIN, First Deputy Com- house Commissioner. Office of the President, corner Third avenue missioner. WESLEY C. BUSH, Second Deputy Tenement- and One Hundred and Seventy-seventh street, 9 COUNTY JAIL. ALEXANDER R. PIPER, Second Deputy Commis- house Commissioner. A. M. to 4 P. M.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. tO 12 M. Raymond street, between Willoughby street and sinner. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND FER- Louis F. HAPPEN, President. DeKalh avenue, Brooklyn, New York. GHERADI DAVIS, Third Deputy Commissioner. HENRY A. GUMBLETON, Secretary. W. E. MELODY. RIES. PATRICK J. REVILLE, Superintendent of Build- DISTRICT ATTORNEY. BOARD OF ELECTIONS. ings. Pier "A," N. R.. Battery place. Office, County Courthouse, Borough of Brook Headquarters, General Office, No, io7 West HENRY BRUCKNER, Commissioner of Public Telephone 1681 Broad. lyn. Hours, Forty-first street. Works. 9 A. M. tO 5 P. M. MCDOUGALL HAWKES, Commissioner. JOHN F. CLARKE, District Attorney. Commissioners—Jox N R. VOORHIS ( President), ACKSON WALLACE, Deputy Commissioner. Borough of Brooklyn. CHARLES B. PAGE (Secretary), JOHN MAGUIRE. USSELL BLS= KER, Secretary. REGISTER. l President's Office, No. II, Borough Hall, 9 RUDOLPH C. FULLER. Office hours, g A. M. to 4 P. M.; Saturdays. Ball of Records. Office hours, 9 A. M. to 4 A C ALLEN. Chief Clerk of the Board. A. M. tO 4 P. m.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 12 at. [2 11 T. EDWARD SWANSTROM, President. P. i4., excepting months of July and August, then from BOROUGH OFFICES. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. JUSTIN MCCARTHY, Jr., Secretary. 9 A. M. to 2 e. st., provided for by statute. K. NEAL, Register. Manhattan. WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, Commissioner of Public JOHN Southwest corner of Fifty-fifth street and Sixth WARREN C. TREDWELL, Deputy Register. avenue, Borough of Manhattan, 9 A. II., to 4 r. M. Works. No. z 12 West Forty-second street. D. H. RALSTON, Assistant Deputy Register. WILLIAM C. BAXTER. Chief Clerk. Burial Permit and Contagious Disease Offices OTTO KEMPNER, Assistant Commissioner of always open. l'uhlic Works and Acting Superintendent of In- COUNTY CLERK. The Bronx. cumbrances. ERNST J. LEDERLE, Commissioner of Health Hall of Records, Brooklyn,_9 A. M. to 4 P. as. One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and and President. WILLIAM M. CALDER, Superintendent of Build- CHARLES T. HA/UZI/KIM, County Clerk. Mott avenue (Solingen Building). Telephone 1204 Columbus. CORN ELI US A. BUNNER, Chief Clerk. EUGENE W. SCHEFFER, Secretary. inrioRGE W. Ttu.soN, Engineer in Charge, Bu- COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. reau of Highways. Brooklyn. CHARLES F. ROBERTS, M. D., Sanitary Superin- Courthouse. tendent. JOHN THATCHER, Superintendent of the Bureau J ACOB BRENNER, Commissioner. No. 42 Court street. WILLIAM H. GUILPOY, M. D., Registrar of of Sewers. jjj GEORGE RUSSELL, Chief Clerk. LANK J. GARDNER, Deputy Commissioner. Records. FRANK J. HELMLE, Superintendent of the Bu- ALBERT B. WALDRON, Secretary. reau of Public Buildings and Offices. Queens. WALTER BENSEL, M. D., Assistant Sanitary Office hours from 9 A, M. to 4 C. M.; Saturdays, JAMES A. ROONEY. Supervisor of Complaints. No. 51 Jackson avenue, Long Island City. Superintendent, Borough of Manhattan. from 9 A. M. to 12 M. CARL VOWEL, Chief Clerk. EDWARD F. HURD, M. D., Assistant Sanitary Borough of Queens. Superintendent. Borough of The Bronx, No. 1237 COMMISSIONER OF RECORDS. Richmond. Franklin avenue. President's Office, Borough Hall Jackson ave Rooms 7, 9, to and z 1, Hall of Records. Staten Island Savings Building. Stapleton, S. I. JOSEPH H. RAYMOND, M. D., Assistant Sanitary true and Fifth street, Long Island City. ffice hours, 9 President. O A. M. to 4 P. M., excepting ALEXANDER M. Ross, Chief Clerk. Superintendent, Borough of Brooklyn, Nos. 38 JOSEPH CASSIDY, months of July and August, then 9 A. M. to GEORGE S. JERvis, Secretary to the President. All offices open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.; Sat- and 40 Clinton street. P. It.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 12 M. JOSEPH BERMEL, Commissioner of Public Works. urdays, 9 A. M. to 12 at. SAMUEL HENDRICKSON, M. D., Assistant Sani- GEORGE E. WALDO, Commissioner SAMUEL GRENNON, Superintendent of High. tary Superintendent, Borough of Queens, Nos USEPII H. GRENELLE, Deputy Commissioner. DEPARTMENT OF BRIDGES. ways. 372 and Fulton street, Jamaica. N H. JOHNSON, Secretary. Office, Hackett Building, Long Island City. Nos. 13 to 21 Park row, 9 A. M. to 4 P. sa.; JOHN T.TSPRAGUE, M. D., Assistant Sanitary THOMAS D. MOSSCROP.„ Superintendent. JOSEPH P. POWERS, Superintendent of Build- Saturdays 9 A. M. to I P. M. Telephones: 6o8o Superintendent, Borough of Richmond, Nos. 54 RICHARD S. STEVE% Chief Clerk. Cortlandt, Manhattan; 2206 Main, Brooklyn; 1054 and 56 Water street, Stapleton, Staten Island. ings. Melrose, The Bronx; 527 Greenpoint, Queens. PHILIP T. CRONIN, Superintendent of Public PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. GUSTAV LINDENTHAL, Commissioner. Buildings and Offices. No 189 Montague street, Brooklyn, 9 A. M. tO MATTHEW J. GOLDNER, Superintendent of NELSON L. ROBINSON, Deputy. WILLIAM R. WILLcox, Commissioner of Parks 4 P. M., except Saturdays in June, July and for the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond Sewers. August, 9 A. M. tO I P. M. Office, Long Island City, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, and President of the Park Board. WILLIAM B. DAVENPORT, Public Administrator. GAS AND ELECTRICITY. GEORGE S. TERRY, Secretary, Park Board. Saturdays, from 9 A. M. until 12 M. Nos. 13 to 21 Park row, 9 A. AL tO 4 P. M. Offices, Arsenal, Central Park. Borough of Richmond. Telephones: Manhattan, 256 Cortlandt; Brook- RICHARD YOUNG, Commissioner of Parks for the Office, New Brighton, Staten QUEENS COUNTY OFFICES. lyn, 398o Main; Queens, 439 Greenpoint; Rich- Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. President's mond, 39 Tompkinsville; Bronx, 62 Tremont. Offices, Litchfield Mansion, Prospect Park, Island. SURROGATE. GEORGE CROMWELL, President. ROBERT GRIER MONROE, Commissioner. Brooklyn. DANIEL NOBLE, Surrogate. MAYBURY FLEMING, Secretary to the President. WILLIAM A. DE LONG, Deputy Commissioner. JOHN E. Eusris, Commissioner of Parks for the Office at Jamaica.

NICHOLAS S. HILL, JR., Chief Engineer. Borough of The Bronx. Louts LINCOLN Maus, Commissioner of Public Except on Sundays, holidays and half holidays GEORGE W. B1RDSAII., Consulting Hydraulic En- Offices, Zbrowski Mansion, Claremont Park. Works. the office is open between March 31 and October Jolts SEATON, Superintendent of Buildings. gineer. Office hours, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Saturdays, I, from 8 A. M. to 5 P. m.; on Saturdays from 8 oils TIMLIN, Jr., Superintendent of Public GEORGE F. SEVER, Consulting Electrical En- 12 M. A. M. tO 12 m.; between September 3o and April Buildings and Offices. gineer. I, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; On Saturdays from 9 CHARLES F. LACOMBE, Engineer of Surface Con- DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESS- Rum., Superintendent of Highways. A. M. to 12 M. RICHARD T. Fox, Superintendent of Street struction, MENTS. Surrogate's Court sits on Thursday and Friday Cleaning. ROBERT A. KELLY, Water Registrar, Manhattan. Stewart Building, No. 280 Broaci'way. Office of each week, except during the month of August. EDWARD S. BROWNSON, JR., Secretary to the De- Office of the President, First National Bank uhen no court is held. Calendar called at to hours, 9 A. M. tO 4 P. M.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. to Building, New Brighton, 9 A. M. to 4 r. m.; Sat- partment. 5. M. 12 II, urdays, 9 A. M. tO 12 M. ROBERT VAN IDERSTINE, Deputy Commissioner. JAMES L. WELLS, President; WILLIAM S. COUNTY COURT. Borough of Brooklyn, Municipal Building, Brook- COGSWELL. GEORGE 4. GILLESPIE, SAMUEL STRAII- CORONERS. County Courthouse, Long Island City. lyn. SOURCES. RUFUS L. COTT. Commissioners. Borough of Manhattan—Office, New Criminal County Court opens at 9.30 A. M.; adjourns at JOHN EDWARD EASTMOND, Water Registrar. 5 P. M. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMIS- Court Building. Open at all times of day and Brooklyn. •otth. County Judge's office always open at Flushing. WILLIAM F. HULL, Deputy Commissioner, Bor- SION. SOLOMON GOLDENKRANZ, NICHOLAS T. BROWN, N. Y. ough of The Bronx, Crotona Park Building. One HARRISON S. MOORE. County Judge. Hundred and Seventy-seventh street and Third No. 61 Elm street, 9 A. M. to 4 r. M. GustAv SCHOLER. MOSES J. JACKSON. Borough of 'The Bronx—Corner of Third ave- avenue. WILI.IS L..0GDEN, ALEXANDER T. MASON, WIL- SHERIFF. nue and One Hundred and Seventy-seventh street. G. BoacgrEDE, Water Registrar, The LIAM N. DYKMAN, THEODORE M. BANTA and NEL- JOHN Telephone 113. Tremont. County Courthouse, Long Island City, 9 A. M. Bronx. SON S. SPENCER, Commissioners. WALTER H. HENNING, Chief Clerk. to 4 P. M.'' Saturdays from A. M. 20 12 M. GUSTAVE A. ROULLTER, Deputy Commissioner. S. WILLIAM BRISCOE, Secretary. WILLIAM O'GORMAN. JR., JOSEPH I. BERRY. JOSEPH H. DE BRAGGA, Sheriff; JOSIAH C. Bin- Borough of Queens, Hackett Building, Long Isl- BOARD OF ASSESSORS. Borough of Brooklyn—Office, Room 17, Bor- NETT, Under Sheriff. and City. Commissioner, Office, No. 320 Broadway, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. ough Hall. Telephone 4004 Main and 4005 Main. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. GEORGE S. ScoriELD, Deputy T. WILLIAMS. MICHAEL J. FLAHERTY. Borough of Richmond, Richmond Building, New Saturdays, 12 M. 1LIP JAMES L. GERNON, Chief Clerk. Office, Queens County Courthouse, Long Island Brighton, S. !. BENJAMIN E. HALL, President; HENRY B. Open at.all times of day and night, except be- City, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. KETCHAM and ENOCH VREELAND, Board of As- GEORGE A. GREGG, District Attorney. FIRE DEPARTMENT. sessors. WILLIAM H. JASPER, Secretary. tween the hours of is M. and 5 P. M. on Sunday. Office hours for all, except where otherwise and holidays. COUNTY CLERK. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Borough of Queens—Office, Borough Hall, Ful- noted, from 9 A. m to 5 P. m.; Saturdays, is M. Jamaica, N. Y., Fourth Ward, Borough of ton street, _Jamaica, L. I. BOARD Or EDUCATION. Queens. Headquarters. Park avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, Borough of SAMUEL D NUTT, LEONARD RUOFF, JR. Clerk. Office hours, April I to October z, 8 A. M. to Nos. 157 and 159 East Sixty-seventh street. Manhattan, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. (in the month of MARTIN MAGER, JR., Chief Office hours from q A. M. to 4 P. M. 5 P. M.; October Ito April x, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; Telephone, 2230 Plaza, Manhattan; 2653 Main, August, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.); Saturdays, 9 A. M. tO Borough of Richmond—No. 46 Richmond road, Saturdays, to 12 M. Brooklyn. 12 M. Stapleton. Open for the transaction of business County and Supreme Court held at the Queens THOMAS STURGIS, Fire Commissioner. It ENRY A. ROGERS, President; FRANK L. BAB- County Courthouse, Long Island City. Court all hours of the day and night. RICHARD H. LAIBIBEER, Jr., Deputy Commis- BOTT, ViCe-PreSident; A. EMERSON PALMER, Secre- P. M. GEORGE F. SCHAEFER. opens at 9.3o A. m., to adiourn 5 sioner, Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. tary. JAMES INGRAM, County Clerk. WILLIAM LEARY, Secretary. WILLIAM H. MAXWELL, City Superintendent of &ARLES DOWNING, Deputy County Clerk. CHARLES D. PURROY, Chief of Department and Schools. NEW YORK COUNTY OFFICES. COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. in charge of Fire-alarm Telegraph. C. B. J. SNYDER, Superintendent of School SURROGATE. JAMES F. MURRAY, Deputy Chief, in charge of Buildings. Office hours, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.; Saturdays, Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. PARKER P. SIMMONS, Superintendent of School New County Courthouse. Court open from 9 A. M. tO 12 M. GEORGE E. MURRAY, Inspector of Combustibles. Supplies. A. M. to 4 P. m., except Sundays, when it closes EDWARD J. KNAUER, Commissioner. THOMAS F. FRE/EL, Acting Fire Marshal, Bor- HENRY R. M. COOK, Auditor. at is M. 11. IlumER MOORE, Assistant Commissioner. oughs of Manhattan, The Bronx and Richmond. HENRY M. LEIPZIGER. Supervisor of Lectures. FRANK T. FITZGERALD, ABNER C. THOMAS, Sur- Central office open at all hours. CLAUDE G. LELAND, Superintendent of Libraries. rogates; WILLIAM V. LEARY. Chief Clerk. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. Committee to examine persons who handle ex- HENRY M. DEVOE, Supervisor of Janitors. SHERIFF. No. 103 Third street, Long Island City, 9 A. M. plosives meets Thursday of each week at s o'clock ART COMMISSION. P. M. Stewart Building, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. to CHARLES A. WADLEY, Public Administrator. City Ilall, Room 21. WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN, Sheriff; EDWARD C. MOEN, MUNICIPAL EXPLOSIVES COMMISSION. Telephone call, 1197 Cortlandt. Under Sheriff. Nos. 157 and 159 East Sixty-seventh street, JonN DEWITT WARNER. President; FREDERICK COUNTY JAIL. RICHMOND COUNTY OFFICES. Headquarters Fire De_partment. DIELMAN, Painter, Vice-President; A. AUGUSTUS COUNTY JUDGE AND SURROGATE. Fire Commissioner THOMAS STURGIS, Chairman; HEALY. President of Brooklyn Institute of Arts No. 7o Ludlow street, 6 A. M. to 10 P. M. daily. WILLIAM J. CHARLTON, Es q,; Gen. GEORGE 0. and Sciences, Secretary; SETH Low, Mayor of WILLIAM J]. O'BRIEN, Sheriff. 'terms of Court, Richmond County, :goat EATON, J. AMORY HASKELL, ESQ.; Dr. CHARLES F. The City of New York; FREDERICK W. KHINE- THOMAS . SULLIVAN, Warden. County COWLS—STEPHEN D. STEPHENS, County MCKENNA. !ANDES. President of Metropolitan Museum of Judge. Office hours, 9 A. M. to 5 r. at.; Saturdays, 9 Art; JOHN BIGELOW, President of New York Pub. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. First Monday of June, Grand and Trial Jury: A. M. to 12 M. lic Library; A. Paimisrmi PRocrort, Sculptor; Building for Criminal Courts, Franklin and First Monday of December, Grand and Trial HENRY RUTGERS MARSHALL, Architect; WILLIAM Centre streets. Jury; DEPARTMENT OF STREET CLEANING. J. COOMBS, LOYALL FARRAGUT. Office hours, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. IL; Satur- Fourth Wednesday of January, without a Jury; Nos. 13 tO 21 Park rOW, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. MILO R. MALTBIE, Assistant Secretary. ays, 9 A. M. to 12 M. Fourth Wednesday of February, nithout a Telephone 3863 Cortlandt. ALICE S. CLARK. Clerk. WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME, District Attorney. Jury; JOHN MCGAW WOODBURY, Commissioner. Jost A. HENNESERRY, Chief Clerk. Fourth Wednesday of March, without a Jury; P. M. GIBSON, Deputy Commissioner. THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF THE Fourth Wednesday of April, without a Jury; JOHN J. O'Flaistr, Chief Clerk. CITY OF NEW YORK. REGISTER. Fourth Wednesday of July, without a Jury; DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. Rooms 6027 and 6o28 Metropolitan Building, No. 116 Nassau street. Office hours from g Fourth Wednesday of September, without a No. z Madison avenue, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Satur N to 4 P M . Saturdays. 9 1. M. to 12 m Jury; Central O ffice. days, 9 A. M. to 12 to During the months of July and August the hours Fourth Wednesday of October, without a Jury; No. 148 East Twentieth street. Office hours Telephone 584o Eighteenth street. are from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. —All at the Courthouse at Richmond. from 9 A. M. to 4 P. m.; Saturdays, 9 A. M. to WALTER COOK, Chairman; WILLIAM J. FRYER, JOHN H. J. RoNNER, Register; HENRY H. Surrogate's Court—STEPHEN D. STEPHENS, Surro. 12 M. WARREN A. CONOVER, CHARLES BUSK, WILLIAM SHERMAN, Deputy Register. gate.

7854 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

Mondays, at the First National Bank Building, Clerk's °Rite, 171 Atlantice avenue, Borough bus avenue. Clerk's Office open daily (Sun- each item, and award made to the lowest bidder. St. George, at 10.3o o'clock A. M. of Brooklyn, open from• A. M. to 4 P. M. days and legal holidays exce ted) from 9 A. Delivery will he required to be made at the Tuesdays, at the First National Bank Building, IL to 4 F. M. Court convenes datly at 9.43 A. M. time and in the manner and in such quantities St. George, at 10.3o o'clock A. M. CHILDREN'S COURT. FRANCIS J. WORCESTER. Justice. FIEMAN B. WIL. as may be directed. Wednesdays at the Surrogate's Office, Rich- 66 Third avenue, Manhat- sow Clerk. Blank forms may he obtained at the office of First Division-No. Twelfth District-The Twelfth District em- the Board, Bellevue Hospital, East Twenty-sixth mond, at 10.30 o'clock, A. M. tan, EDMOND C. LEI. Second Division-Clinton street and Atlantic braces that portion of the Twenty-second Ward street, Borough of Manhattan. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. north of Seventieth street, and that portion of the JOHN W. BRANNAN, President of the avenue, Brooklyn. Roamer J. \Nuzzle, Justice; Twelfth Ward which lies north of the centre line Board of Trustees, Bellevue and • Allied Port Richmond, S. 1. JOHN P. SINNOTT, Clerk. Office hours, from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and from of Eighty-sixth street and west of the centre line Hospitals. P, M. to 5 P. M. CITY MAGISTRATES' COURTS. of Seventh avenue and south of the centre line Dated September i4, 1903. 815,28 EDWARD S. RAWSON, District Attorney. of One Hundred and Twentieth street, between Courts open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Seventh avenue and Broadway, and south of the ritee General Instructions to Bid- COUNTY CLERK. ity Magistrates-RosVRT C. CORNELL, LEROY centre line of One Hundred and Nineteenth ders on the last page, last column, of the " City Record." County Office Building, Richmond. S. 1., 9 I: CRANE. .1 OSE P II M. DEUEL. CH ARLES A. FLAN- street, between Broadway and the North or Hud- MERLOREN I ZELLER, CLARENCE W. MEADE, JOHN son river. Courtroom, 263o Broadway. A. M. to 4 P. M. B. MAYO, EDWARD C. L. BOSTWICK, County Clerk. M. MOTT, JOSEPH POOL, JOHN WILLIAM STILES BENNET, Justice. FREDERICK County Courthouse, Richmond, S. 1., 9 A. M. HOGAN, PETER P. BARLOW, MATTHEW P. BREEN, E. WOOD, Clerk. DEPARMENT OF STREET SEWARD BAKER, ALFRED G. OMMEN. Thirteenth District-South side of Delancey to 4 P. Y. PHILIP BLOCK, Secretary. CLEAN INO. SHERIFF. street, from East river to Pitt street; east side First District-Criminal Court Building. of Pitt street, Grand street, south side of Grand Sheriff. Second District-Jefferson Market. MAIN OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STREET FRANKLIN C. VITT, street to Norfolk street, east side of Norfolk street CLEANING, ROOM 1421, Nos. 13-21 PARK Row, THOMAS H. BANNING, Under Sheriff. Third District-No. 69 Essex street. to Division street, south side of Division street Fourth District-Fifty-seventh street, near Lex. BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. to Catharine street, east side of Catharine street YORK, September i6, 1903. ington avenue. to East river. Clerk's office open daily (Sundays Village Hall, Stapleton. Fifth District-One Hundred and Twenty-first and legal holidays excepted) from 9 A. E. to 4 Borough of Brooklyn. CHARLRS J. KULLMAN. Commissioner. street, southeastern corner of Sylvan place. P. M. JULIUS G. KREMER, Justice. Courtroom, SALE OF UNUSED PROPERTY. J. Louts Gastarraosi, Commissioner. Sixth D...drict-One Hundred and Fifty-eighth No. 200 East Broadway. Office open from 9 A. M. until 4 P. M.; Satur street end Third avenue. UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN days, from 9 A M. to 12 IL Seventh District-Fifty-fourth street, west of BOROUGH OF THE BRONX. P that, under the authority of section 341 of Eighth avenue. First District-All that part of the Twenty the Grvater New York Charter, as amended, I shall, on Tuesday, the 29th day of September, SECOND DIVISION. fourth Ward which was lately annexed to the THE COURTS. City and County of New York by chapter 1034 of 1903, at the Incumbrance Yard of the Department APPELLATE DIVISION SUPREME Borough of Brooklyn. the Laws of 1895, comprising all of the late Town of Street Cleaning, on Pacific street, between Utica and Rochester avenues, Borough of Brook- COURT, City Magistrates-ALFRED E. STEERS, A. V. B. of Westchester and part of the Towns of East- VoositEts, J s., JAMES G. T1GH.E_, EDWARD J. chester and Pelham, including the Villages of lyn, sell at public auction the following unused FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. DOOLEY, JOlig NAURIER, E. G. HIGGENBOTHAM, Wakefield and Williamsbridge. Courtroom, Town property of this Department: Courthouse, Madison avenue, corner Twenty- FRANK E. O'RIELLY, HENRY J. FURLONG. Hall, Main street, Westchester Village. Court 70 horses. fifth street. Court opens at t P. M. President of Board, James G. TIGHE, No. 184% opens daily (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) 5,000 pounds (more or less) old iron. CHARLES H. VAN BRUNT, Presiding Justice; Bergen street. from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Trial of causes are Tues- so pounds (more or less) old leather. EDWARD PATTERSON, MORGAN J. aBRIZH, GEORGE Secretary to the Board, THOMAS D. OSBORN, day. and Friday of each week. I set (more or less) old driving harness. L. INGRAHAM, CHESTER B. MCLAUGHLIN, EDWARD West Eighth street, Coney Island. WILLIAM W. PENFIELD, Justice. THOMAS F. 19 (more or less) old pipe collars. W. HATCH, FRANK C. LAUGHLIN, Justices; ALPRRD First District-No. 318 Adams street. DELEHAN TY, Clerk. 4 (more or less) old wood hoisting blocks. WAGSTAFF, Clerk. WILLIAM LAMB, Jr., Deputy Second District-Court and Butler streets. Office hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; Saturdays, 150 pounds (more or less) old rubber. Clerk. Third District-Myrtle and Vanderbilt avenues. closing at 12 M. 6 pairs (more or less) old cart homes. Clerk's Office opens at o A. M. Fourth District-Lee avenue and Clymer street. Second District-Twenty-third and Twenty- 500 pounds (more or less) old canvas horse, cart Fifth District-Manhattan avenue and Powers fourth Wards, except the territory described ut and truck covers. SUPREME -COURT-FIRST DEPART- street. chapter 934 of the Laws of 1895. Courtroom F. M. GIBSON, Deputy Commissioner of MENT. Sixth District-Gates and Reid avenues. corner Third avenue and One Hundred and Fifty. Street Cleaning. 816,29 County Courthouse, Chambers street. Courts Seventh District-Grant street (Flatbush). eighth street. Office hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P M Eighth District-West Eighth street (Coney Court opens at lo A. M. open from 10.15 A. M. to 4 P. M. MAIN OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STREET Special Term, Part I. (motions), Room No. Is. Island). JOHN M. TIERNEY, Justice. THOMAS A. MANES, CLEANING, ROOM 1421, NOS. 13.21 PARK Row, Clerk. Special Term, Part II. (ex-parte business). Borough of Queens. BOROUGH OF MA NHATA N, THE CITY OF NEW Room No. 15. BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. YORK. Special Term, Part III., Room No. 19. ity Magistrates-MATTHEW J. SMITH, LUKE • J. CONNORTON, EDMUND J. HEALY. First District-Comprising First, Second, Third, QEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE Special Term, Part IV., Room No. ii. 4.7 received by Special Term, Part V., Room No. 3o. First District-Long Island City. Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Tenth and Twelfth Wards the Commissioner of Street Special Term. Part VI., (Elevated Railroa. Second District-Flushing. of the Borough of Brooklyn. Courthouse, north- Cleaning, at the above office until 2 o'clock p. m., Cases), Room No. 36. Third District-Far Rockaway. west corner State and Court streets. on Room No. as. JOHN J• WALSH, Justice. EDWARD MORAN. Trial Term, Part II., Borough of Richmond. Clerk. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903. Trial Term Part Ill.. Room No. 17, City Magisttates-JoHN CROAK, NATHANIEL Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. Trial Term, Part IV., Room No. 18. M rocs', Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Trial Term, Part V. Room No. 16. First District-New Brighton, Staten Island. Calendar called at io A. M. Contract for Forage. Trial Term, Part V I., Room No 24. Second District-Stapleton, Staten Island. Second District-Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh, FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING Trial Term, Part VII. Room No. 23. Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-third Wards. FORAGE. Trial Term, Part VIII., Room No. 33. MUNICIPAL COURTS. Courtroom located. at No. 1317 Bedford avenue, The time for the delivery of the articles, ma- Trial Term. Part Rocm No. 31. Borough of Manhattan. Brooklyn. Calendar called at zo o'clock A. M. terials and supplies and the performance of the Trial Term, Part X., R00111 No. 32. First District-Third, Fifth and Eighth Wards, GERARD B. VAN WART, Justice. WILLIAM H. contract is by or before the 31st day of December, ALLEN. Clerk. Trial Term, Part XL, Room No. az. and all that part of the First Ward lying west of Trial Term, Part XII. Room No. 34. Broadway and Whitehall street, including Gov- Clerk's Office open from 9 A. m. to 4 P. M. I9Re amount of security' required is fifty (so) Trial Term, Part XIIL, and Special Term ernor's Island, Bedloe's Island, Ellis Island, and Third District-Includes the Thirteenth. Four. per cent. of the amount of the bid or estimate. VII., Room No. 26. the Oyster Islands. New Courthouse, No. 128 teenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eigh- The bidder will state the price of each article Appellate Term, Room No. 31. teenth and Nineteenth Wards. Courthouse, Nos. per one hundred pounds, contained in the specifi- :'tines street, corner ut Wooster street. 6 and 8 Lee avenue, Brooklyn. Naturalization Bureau, Room No. 38, thine DAN IEL F.. FINN, Justice. FRANK L. BACON, cations or schedules herein contained or hereto floor. Clerk. WILLIAM J. LYNCH, Justice. JOHN W. CAR annexed, by which the bids will be tested. The Assignment Bureau, room on third floor. Clerk's Office F ENTER , Clerk. extensions must be made and footed up, as the open from 9 A. M. UT 4 P. M. to 4 P. M. Clerks in attendance from io A. M. tO 4 P. M. Second District-Second, Fourth, Sixth and Clerk's Office open from 9 A. IL. bids will be read from the total and awards made Clerk's Office, Special Term, Part I. (motions), Fourteenth Wards, and all that portion of the Court opens at to o'clock, to the lowest bidder. Room No. 13. fast Ward lying south and east of Broadway and Fourth District-Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth Delivery will be required to be made at the Clerk's Office, Special Term, Part 11. (ex-parte Whitehall street. Court-room corner of Grand and Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth time and HI the manner and in such quantities as business), room southwest corner mezzanine flow Centre streets. Wards. Courtroom, No. 14 Howard avenue. may he directed. HERMAN GOHL. Clerk's Office, Special Term. Calendar, room HERMAN BOLTE, Justice. FRANCIS MARGIN, THOMAS H. WILLIAMS, Justice. Blank forms and further information may be southeast corner second floor. Clerk. I NGHORST, Clerk; JAMES P. SINNOTT, Assistant obtained and the plans and drawings may be seen Clerk's Office, Trial Term Calendar, room Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Clerk. at the office of the Department of Street Cleaning, A. M. to 4 P. M. northeast corner second floor. Court opens daily at to A. M., and remains open Clerk s Office open from 9 the Borough of Manhattan, Nos. 13-21 Park row. Clerk's Office, Appellate Term, room southwest Fifth District-Eighth, Twenty-second, Twenty. until daily calendar is disposed of and close of the F. M. GIBSON, Deputy and Acting Com- corner third floor. daily business, except on Sundays and legal holi- ninth, rhirtieth, 'Fliirly-first and Thirty-second Trial Term, Part 1. (criminal business). Wards. Courthouse, Bay Twenty-second street missioner of Street Cleaning. days. Dated September 9, 1903. Si 1,23 Criminal Courthouse. Centre street. Third District-Ninth and Fifteenth Wards, itnd Bath avenue, Bath Beach. Telephone 113, 711STiCeS-CHARLES H. TRUAX, FRANCIS M. Courtroom, southwest corner Sixth avenue and Bath. tYSee General Instructions to Bid- SCOTT, CHARLES F. MACLEAN, HENRY BISCHOFF, v, est Tenth street. Court open daily (Sundays CORNELIUS FURGUESON, Justice. JEREMIAH J. tiers on the last page, last column, of LEAN Y. Clerk. ll., LEONARD A. GIEGERICH, JOHN J. FREEDMAN, .,nd legal holidays excepted) from 9 A. M. to 4 the " City 'Record.' iP. HENRY DUGRO, HENRY A. ILDERSIXEYE,JAMES Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. FITZGERALD, DAVID LEVENTRITT, JAMES A. 'Got- Wm. F. MOORE, Justice. DANIEL WILLIAMS, BOROUGH OF QUEENS, MAIN OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OP STREET MAN, GEORGE C. BARRETT, JAMES A. BLANCHARD, Ciet k. ('LEANING, ROOM 1421, Nos. 13-21 PARK Row, ONN PROCTOR CLARKE, SAMUEL GREENBAUM, First District-First Ward (all of Long Island Fourth District-Tenth and Seventeenth Wards, City, formerly composing five wards). Court- BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW iDWARD E. MCCALL, EDWARD B. AMEND, VERNON Courtroom, No. 30 First street. corner Second YORK. M. DAVIS. avenue. room, No. 46 Jackson avenue, Long Island City. Clerk's Office open daily from g A. M. Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. each to 4 P. M. Court opens so A. M. daily, and re- SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE SUPREME COURT-SECOND DEPART- day, excepting Saturday, closing at 12 M. Trial received by the Commissioner of Street MENT. mains open to close of business. days, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. All , GEORGE F. ROESCH, Justice. JU LIUS HASBURGER Cleaning, at the above office until 2 o'clock p. m., Kings County Courthouse, Borough of Brook. other business transacted on Tuesdays and Thurs. on days. lyn, N. Y. Fifth District-The Fifth District embraces the THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. Courts open daily. from in c'clock A. M. to 5 Eleventh Ward and all that portion of the Thir- THOMAS C. KADIEN, Justice. THOMAS F. KEN Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. o'clock P. M. Five jury trial parts. Special Term teenth Ward which lies east of the centre line of N EDE, Clerk. for Trials. Special Term for Motions. Norfolk street and north of the centre line of Second District-Second and Third Wards, CONTRACT FOR FURNISHING AND DE- GERARD M. STEVENS, General Clerk. Grand street and west of the centre line of Pitt which includes the territory of the late Towns of LIVERING 250 HORSES. Newtown and Flushing. Courtroom, in Court- The time for the delivery of the articles, ma- CRIMINAL DIVISION-SUPREME street and north of the centre line of Delancey street Courtroom, No. 154 Clinton street. house of the late Town of Newtown, corner of terials and supplies and the performance of the COURT. Broadway and Court street. Elmhurst, New York. contract is by or before December 31, 1903. BENJAMIN HOFFMAN, J LISfiCe. THOMAS FITZ The amount of security required is fifty per Building for Criminal Courts, Centre, EAM, PATRICK, Clerk. P. 0. address, Elmhurst. New York. Sixth District-Eighteenth WILLIAM RASQUIN, JR., Justice. HENRY WAL. cent. (50%) of the amount of the bid or esti- White and Franklin streets. and Twenty-first mate. Court opens at 10.30 A. M. Wards. Courtroom, northwest corner Twenty- TER. JR., Clerk. A. M. to 4 P.• IL. The bidder will state the price per horse, by THOMAS L. HAMILTON. Clerk; EDWARD R. CAR- thitai street and Second avenue. Court opens at Clerk's Office open from is 9 A. M. daily, and continues open until close of Third District-James F. McLaUouLIN, Justice. which the bids will be tested. Awards will be ROLL, Special Deputy to the Clerk. made to the lowest bidder at a lump or aggregate Clerk s Office open from 9 A. ie. tO 4 P. M. bus' ness. GEORGE W. DAMON, Clerk. DANIEL F. MARTIN, Justice. ABRAM BERNARD, Courthouse, Town Hall, Jamaica. sum. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Clerk. Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Delivery will be required to be made at the Court held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri- time and in the manner and in such quantities as Courts, Cen- Seventh District-Nineteenth Ward. Court Held in the building for Criminal roan, No 151 East Fifty-seventh street. Court days at to A. M. may be directed. tre, Elm. White and Franklin streets. Blank forms and further information may be A. M. opens every morning at 9 o'clock (except Sun- BOROUGH OF RICHMOND. Court opens at 10.30 o'clock days and legal holidays), and continues open to obtained at the office of the Department of Street Rurus B. COWING, City Judge; JOHN W. G01/. close of bustnes.3 First District-First and Third Wards t. lownt Cleaning, the Borough of Manhattan, Nos. 13.21 JOSEPH E. NEW BURGER, MAR I N T. Mc Recorder; HERMAN JOSEPH Justice. PATRICK MCDAVITT. of Castleton and Northfield). Courtroom, former Park row. MAHON and WARREN W. FOSTER, Judges of the Village Hall. Lafayette avenue and Second street, Court of General Sessions. EDWARD R. CARROLL, Clerk. JOHN McG. WOODBURY, Commissioner of Eighth District - Sixteenth and Twentieth New -Brighton. Street Cleaning. 53,17 Clerk. Wards. Courtroom, northwest corner of Twenty- JOHN J. KENNY, Justice. FRANCIS F. LEMON, Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. third street and Eighth avenue. Court opens at Clerk. 1....rSee General Instructions to Bid- Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 r. M. ders on the last page, last column, of CITY COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW to A. M. and continues open until close of busi. ness Court held each day, except Saturdays, from the "City Record." YORK. Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. a., and 10 A. M. on Saturdays until 12 M. Second District-Second, Fourth and Fifth ASHES, ETC., FOR FIL...ING IN LANDS. No. 32 Chambers street, Brownstone Building, Wards (Towns of Middletown, Southfield and City Hall Park, from 10 A. M. TO 4 P. M. Trial days and Return days, each Court day. P ERSONS HAVING LANDS OR PLACES General Term, Part 1. amas W. MCLA UGH LI N. .1 ustice. Westfield). Courtroom, former Edgewater Vil- in the vicinity. of New York Bay to fill in Part IL ENRY MERZBACH, Clerk. lage Hall, Stapleton. can procure material for that purpose-ashes, L GEORGE W STAKE, Justice. PETER TIERNAN, Part IIL Ninth District-Twelfth Ward, except that por- street sweepings, etc., collected by the Depart- Part IV. tion thereof which lies west of the centre line of Clerk. ment of Street Cleaning-free of charge by ap- Part V. Lenox and Sixth avenue, and of the Harlem rivet Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. plying to the Commissioner of Street Cleaning, of the terminus of Lenox avenue. Com l Court held each day from to A. m., and con- Nos. i3 to 21 Park Row. Borough of Manhattan. Special Term Chambers will be held from to north tinues until close of business. A. M. TO 4 P. M. room, No East One Hundred and Twenty JOHN McGAW WOODBURY, Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. first street. southeast corner of Sylvan place Commissioner of Street Cleaning. JAILER M. FITZSIMONS, Chief justice; joos H. Court opera every morning at 9 o'clock (except MCCARTHY, LEWIS J. CON LAN, EDWARD F. Sundays and legal holidays), and continues open BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BELLEVUE O'DWYER, THEODORE F. HASCALL, FRANCIS B. to close of business. AND ALLIED HOSPITALS. BOARD OF ASSESSORS. DILEHANTY, SAMUEL SEAM/kr, Justices. THOMAS JOSEPH P. FALLOW, Justice. WILLIAM J. KEN- F. SMITH, Clerk. NEDY, Clerk. Clerk's Office open from g A. M. to 4 P. M. BELLEVUE AND ALLIED HOSPITALS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. Tenth District-The Tenth District embraces OF NEW YORK CITY, TWENTY-SIXTH STREET AND u the owner or owners of all houses and lots, FIRST AVENUE, BOROUGH or MANHATTAN, THE Building for Criminal Courts, Centre street, that portion of the Twenty-second Ward south of improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, between Franklin and White streets, Borough of Seventieth street. Courtroom, No. 314 West CITY OF NEW Pout. that the following proposed assessments have been Manhattan. Fifty-fourth street- Court opens daily (Sundays QEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE completed and are lodged in the office of the Court opens at 10 A. M. and legal holidays excepted) from 9 A. IL to 4 4.0 received by the President of Board of Trus- Board of Assessors for examination by all per- /winces-First Division-Euzuct B. H INSOALE, tees at the above office until 3.3o o'clock p. m., on sons interested, viz.: WILLIAM E. WYATT. JOHN B. MCKEAN, WILLIAM THOMAS E. MURRAY, Justice. HUGN GRANT . C. HOLIROOK, JULIUS M. MAYER, WILLARD H. Clerk. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1908. BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. OLMSTED, WILLIAM M. FULLER. Clerk; JOSEPH Eleventh District-The Eleventh District em FOR EXPANDED STEEL METAL LOCK- List 7331, No. 1. Regulating, grading, curbing H. Jones, Deputy Clerk. braces that portion of the Twelfth Ward which ERS, RUGS, GLASS AND LUMBER. and flagging Audubon avenue, from One Hun- Clerk's office open from 9 A. U. to 4 P. M. lies north of the centre line of West One Hun- The time for the delivery of the articles is as dred and Seventy-fifth street to Fort George ave- Secorld Division-Trial Days--No. 171 Atlantic dred and Tenth street, between Lenox avenue and required, and the full performance of the contract nue. avenue, Brooklyn, Mondays, Wednesdays and Seventh avenue; north of the centre line of One is by or before December 31, 19o3. The limits within which it is proposed to lay Fridays. at Io o'clock; Town Hall, Jamaica, Bor- Hundred and Twentieth street, between Seventh The amount of security required is fifty (so) the said assessments include all the several houses ough of Queens, Tuesdays, at io o'clock; Town avenue and Broadway; north of the centre line of per cent. of the amount of the bid or estimate. and lots of ground, vacant lots, pieces and parcels Hall, New Brighton, Borough of Richmond, One Hundred and Nineteenth street, between The bidder will state the price of each article of land situated on- Thursdays, at To o'clock. Broadway and the North or Hudson river, and contained in the specification or schedule herein No. 1. Both sides of Audubon avenue, from iststices-JOHN COURTNEY. HOWARD I. FORKER. west of the centre line of Lenox or Sixth avenue contained or hereto annexed, per pound, gram, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth street to Fort PATRICK KEADY, JOHN FLEMING THOMAS W. I and of the Harlem river; north of the terminus dozen, yard or other unit of measure, by which George avenue, and to the extent of half the FITZGERALD, ROBERT JOSEPH L. Keit- f Lenox or Sixth avenue. Courtroom, corner of the bids will be tested. The extension must be block at the intersecting and terminating streets =Gas. Clerk; Pax 7. Dona" Deputy Clerk. One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street and Colum made, as the bids will be read from the total for and avenues. AM. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, Ism, THE CITY RECORD. 7855 • -- -- • _ • •- • __ • 1 All persons whose interests arc affected by the Item 1, $2,500. shall be completed by April 1, !gag. The addl. The Engineer's estimate of the work is as above-named proposed assessments, and who are Item 2, i1,300. non and the entire balance of the work shall be follows: opposed to the same, or either of them, are re- Item 3, 150. completed by May I, '904. 1,690 square yards of asphalt pavement, including quested to present their objections, in writing, to Item 4, 200. The amount of security required is $25,000. binder course. the Secretary of the Board of Assessors, No. 320 No. 4. FOR FORMING NEW CLASS- No. 7. FOR ERECTING CLOSETS IN 30(1 cubic yards of concrete. Broadway, New York, on or before October 15, ROOMS AT PUBLIC SCIIOOL 40, SITUATED VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH OF otio linear feet of new bluestone curbstone, fur- 1903, at 3 p. in., at which time and place the said AT NO. 316 EAST TWENTIETH STREET, MANHATTAN. nished and set. objections will be heard and testimony received BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. time of completion is thirty working days. 340 linear feet of old curbstone rejointed and in reference thereto. The time of completion is thirty worsing days. The amount of security required is $450. reset. BENJAMIN E. HALL, The amount of security required is $45o. No. 8. FOR GAS FITTING AT NEW PUB- The tune allowed for the completion of the HENRY B. KETCHAM, No. 5. FOR REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS LIC SCHOOL 1o6, ON MOTT AND ELIZA- work will be thirty working days. ENOCH VREELAND, \N1) ADDITIONS TO The; ELECTRIC BETH STREETS, BETWEEN SPRING AND The amount of security required for the faithful Board of Assessors. LIGHT WIRING AND FIXTURES IN PUBLIC PRINCE STREWN, BOROUGH OF MANIIAT- performance of the contract will be $2,000. WILLIAM H. JASPER, Secretary, No. 32o Broad- SCHOOL 59, NO. 228 EAST FIFTY-SEVENTH TAN. No. 5. FOR PAVING WIIH GRANITE way. STREET, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. The time of completion is thirty working days. BLOCK PAVEMENT', ON A SAND FOUNDA- CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, 'The time of completion is fifteen working days. The amount of security required is $too. 1 10N, THE ROADWAY OF ONE HUNDRED September 15, 1903. s 1 5,25 The amount of security required is $5oo. The bids will be compared and the contract AND SIXTY-FIRST STREET, FROM OGDEN On Contracts Nos. 1, 4 and 5 the bids will be awarded at a lump sum for each contract. AVENUE TO SUMMIT AVENUE. compared and the contracts awarded at a lump Blank 'forms may be obtained and the plane file Engineer's estimate of the work is as DUBUC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO sum for each contract. and drawings may be seen at the office of the follows: I— the owner or owners of all houses and lots, On Contracts Nos. 2 and 3 the bidders must Superintendent, at Estimating Room, Hall of the 500 linear feet of old curbstone rejointed and improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, state the price of each or any item or article con- Board of Education, Park avenue and Fifty-ninth reset. that the following proposed assessments have been tained in the specifications or schedules herein street, Borough of Manhattan. Also at branch 625 square yards of new granite block pavement, completed and are lodged in the office of the contained or hereto annexed, by which the bids office No. 131 Livingston street, Borough of on a sand foundation, laid with sand Board of Assessors for examination by all per- will be tested. Brooklyn. joints. sons interested, viz.: The extensions must be made and footed up, C. B. J. SNYDER, Superintendent of School The time allowed for the completion of the as the bids will be read from the total of each Buildings. BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. work will be thirty consecutive working days. item for each school and awards made to the September 12, 1903. 812,23 The amount of security required for the faithful List 7267, No. a. Alteration and improvement lowest bidder on each item for each school. performance of the work will be $700. to sewer in Fifth avenue, between Forty-fourth Delivery will he required to be made at the No. 6. * FOR REGULATING AND GRADING, and Forty-fifth streets, revised in accordance with time and manner and in such quantities as may OFFICIAL BOROUGH PAPERS. SETTING CURBSTONES, FLAGGING THE the directions of the Board of Revision of Assess- he directed. ments. SIDEWALKS, LAYING CROSSWALKS, Blank forms may he obtained and the plans, BOROUGH OF 1 1411 BRONX. BUILDING APPROACHES AND PLACING List 7505, No. 2. Receiving basins on the and drawings may be seen at the office of the "North Side News," "Bronx Borough Record," southeast corner of Eighty-fourth street and Co- Superintendent, at Estimating Room, Hall of the 'Westchester Globe." FENCES IN BUCHANAN PLACE, FROM lumbus avenue; southeast corner of Fifty-sixth JEROME AVENUE TO AQUEDUCT AVENUE Board of Education, Park avenue and Fifty-ninth BOROUGH OF RW11310E10. EAST. street and Twelfth avenue (and alteration and street, Borough of Manhattan. Also at Branch "Statch Islander," "Staten Island World," The Engineer's estimate of the work is as improvement on the northeast and southeast cor- Office, NO. 131 Livingston street, Borough of "Staten Island News and Independent," "Staten follows: ners of Fifty-second street and Twelfth avenue); Brooklyn, for work of their respective boroughs. Island Gazette." 7,650 cubic yards of earth excavation. on the northeast and southeast - corners of Fifty- C. B. J. SNYDER, Superintendent of School BOROUGH OF QUEENS. 0,050 cubic yards of rock excavation. first street and Twelfth avenue; on the northeast Buildings. 1,990 cubic yards of filling. corner of Forty-sixth street and Madison avenue; September 17, 1503. st7,28 "Long Island Daily Star," "Flushing Daily Times," "Flushing Evening Journal," "Newtown 1,76o linear feet of new curbstone, furnished and on the southeast corner of One Hundred and set. Twenty-first street and Manhattan avenue, and 17See General Instructions to Bid- Register," "Jamaica Standard." "Rockaway ders on the last page, last column. of News," "Long Island Farmer." 6,775 square feet of new flagging, furnished and on the northeast and northwest corners of One the "City Record.' laid. Hundred and Twentieth street and Manhattan ave- BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. 1,00o square feet of new bridgestone for cross- nue, and alteration and improvement to basin on "Brooklyn Eagle," "Brooklyn Times," "Brook- walks, furnished and laid. north side of One Hundred and Sixth street, and DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CORNER PARK AVE- lyn Citizen," "Brooklyn Standard Union," moo linear feet of vitrified stoneware pipe 12 new basin south side of One Hundred and Sixth NUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, BOROUGH OF MAN- "Brooklyner Freie Presse," "Brooklyn Weekly HATTAN, CD Y OF NEW YORK. inches in diameter. street, about 663 feet east of First avenue. News," "Flatbush Weekly News." The time allowed for the completion of the List 7518, No. 3. Flagging One Hundred and QEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. work will be one hundred and fifty working days. Fifteenth street, north side, west of Fifth avenue, 40 received by the Superintendent of School "Harlem Local Reporter" (Harlem District). The amount of security required for the faithful opopsite Lots Nos. 3o, 31 and 32. Buildings at the above office of the Department "Harlem Local and Life" (Washington Heights performance of the work will be $5,000. BOROUGH OF THE BRONX. of Education, until mi o'clock a. m., on And Harlem Districts). No. 7. FOR REGULATING AND GRADING, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1903. Amended designation by Board of City Record SETTING CURBSTONES, FLAGGING THE List 7349, No. 4. Regulating, grading, curb- July 31, 1903, and August to, 1903. SIDEWALKS, LAYING CROSSWALKS, ing, flagging and laying crosswalks in Longwood Borough of Brooklyn. MEM/. BUILDING APPROACHES AND PLACING avenue, from Tiffany street to the Southern Bou- No. I. FOR ADDITIONAL WORK AT PUB- FENCES IN CLARKE PLACE, FROM levard, together with a list of awards for damages LIC SCHOOL 138, ON PROSPECT PLACE, JEROME AVENUE TO THE GRAND BOULE- caused by a change of grade. 2oo FEET WEST OF NOSTRAND AVENUE QUARANTINE COMMISSIONERS. VARD AND CONCOURSE. The limits within which it is proposed to lay BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. The Engineer's estimate of the work is as the said assessments include all the several The time of completion is twenty-five working follows: houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, pieces days. EALED PROPOSALS, SUITABLY IN- 19,750 cubic yards of filling. and parcels of land situated on— She amount of security required is $1,200. S dorsed on envelope, for painting and repairs, 2,000 linear feet of new curbstone, furnished and No. 1. East side of Fifth avenue, from Forty- No. 2. FOR FURNITURE FOR ADDITION Upper Quarantine Station, Hoffman's Island, set. fourth to Forty-fifth street. To PUBLIC SCHOOL 84, ON GLENMORE N. Y., may be sent by mail or delivered in per- 8,000 square feet of new flagging, furnished and No. 2. South side of Eighty-fourth street, from AVENUE, BETWEEN STONE AND WAT- son up to r2 o'clock in., on Central Park West to Columbus avenue; west KINS AVENUES, BOROUGH OF BROOK- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1903. 450 square feet of new bridgestone for cross- side of Eleventh avenue, extending about 101 LYN. walks, furnished and laid. feet south of Fifty-sixth street, and south side The time of completion is sixty working days. to Frederick H. Schroeder, President, Board of 475 cubic yards of dry rubble masonry in re- of Fifty-sixth street, from Eleventh to Twelfth The amount of security required is— Commissioners of Quarantine, at No. Iis Broad- taining walls, culverts and gutters. avenue, and east side of Twelfth avenue, extend- Item 1, $400. way, New York City, when the bids will be The time allowed for the completion of the ing half way between Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Item 2, $900. opened and read publicly. work will he two hundred working days. streets; both sides of Fifty-second street, froth On Contract No. t the bids will he compared Drawings and specifications may be consulted The amount of security required for the faithful Eleventh to Twelfth avenue, and extending on the and the contract awarded at a lump sum. and blank forms of proposal obtained at the performance of the work will be $4,000. west side of Eleventh avenue and on the east Quarantine Commissioners' Office, No. its Broad- (ha Contract No. a the bidders must state the No. 8. FOR REGULATING AND GRADING, side of Twelfth avenue to the extent of half the price of each or any item or article contained in way, or by application to G. L. Heins, State block north and south of Fifty-second street; both Architect, in the Capitol at Albany, N. Y. SETTING CURBSTONES, FLAGGING THE the specifications or schedules herein contained SIDEWALKS, LAYING CROSSWALKS, sides of Fifty-first street, from Eleventh to or hereto annexed, by which the bids will be Contracts will be awarded to the lowest re- Twelfth avenue, and extending on the east side sponsible and reliable bidders, unless the bids BUILDING APPROACHES AND PLACING tested. FENCES IN PEROT STREET, FROM BOS- of Twelfth avenue and west side of Eleventh ave- The extensions must be made and footed up, exceed the amount of funds available therefor, nue to one-half the block north and south of in which ease the right to reject all bids is TON AVENUE TO SEDGWICK AVENUE. as the bids will be read front the total of each The Engineer's estimate of the work is as Fifty-first street; east side of Madison avenue, item and award made to the lowest bidder on reserved. from Forty-sixth fo Forty-seventh street; east FREDERICK H. SCHROEDER, President, follows: each item. goo cubic yards of earth excavation. side of Manhattan avenue, from One Hundred and Delivery will be required to be made at the Board of Quarantine Commissioners. Twentieth to One Hundred and Twenty-first Gao. SCHRADER, Secretary. 5I6,17 2,500 cubic yards of rock excavation. time and manner and in such quantities as may 1,000 cubic yards of filling. street; south side of One Hundred and Twenty- be directed. first street, extending about 140 feet east of ;oo linear feet of new curbstone, furnished and Blank forms may be obtained and the plans set. Manhattan avenue; north side of One Hundred and drawings may be seen at the office of the OFFICIAL PAPERS. and Twentieth street extending about 260 feet 2,800 square feet of new flagging, furnished and Superintendent, at Estimating Room, Hall of the laid. cast of Manhattan avenue; north side of One Board of Education, Park avenue and Fifty-ninth Hundred and Twentieth street, from Manhattan Morning—"New York Tribune," "New York 112 square feet of new bridgestone for cross- street, Borough of Manhattan. Also at branch World." walks, furnished and laid. avenue to Morningside Park East; east side of office, No. 131 Livingston street, Borough of Morningside Park East extending about MI feet Evening—"Evening Sun," "Commercial Adver- 7o cubic yards of dry rubble masonry in re- Brooklyn. tiser. taining walls, culverts and gutters. north of One Hundred and Twentieth street; C. B. J. SNYDER, Superintendent of School both sides of One Hundred and sixth street, Weekly—Freeman's Journal," "Real Estate 5o linear feet of vitrified stoneware pipe 12 Buildings. Record and Ginue." inches in diameter. commencing at a point about iiso feet east of September 16, 1903. s17,28 First avenue and extending easterly to the Harlem NEW YORK, German—"New York Staats-Zeitung." The time allowed for the completion of the river. L'See General Instructions to Bid- Designated by Board of City Record, June 30, work will be one hundred working days. No. 3. North side of One Hundred and Fif- ders on the last page, last column, of 1903. The amount of security required for the faithful teenth street, west of Fifth avenue, on Block the "City Record." performance of the contract is $2,000. 1599, Lots Nos. 3o, 31 and 32. No. 9. FOR REGULATING AND GRADING, No. 4. Both sides of Longwood avenue, from DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CORNER PARK Ava- BOROUGH OF THE BRONX. SETTING CURBSTONES, FLAGGING THE Tiffany street to the Southern Boulevard, and NUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, BOROUGH OF MAN- SIDEWALKS, LAYING CROSSWALKS, to the extent of half the block at the intersecting HATTAN, CITY OF NEW YORK. BUILDING' APPROACHES AND PLACING and terminating avenues. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF FENCES IN EAST ONE HUNDRED AND All persons whose interests are affected by the EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE THE BRONX, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, CORNER THIRD FIFTIETH STREET (FOX STREET), FROM above-named proposed assessments. and who are S4.2 received by the Superintendent of School AVENUE AND•ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTH ROBBINS AVENUE TO PROSPECT AVE- opposed to the same, or either of them, are re- Buildings at the above office of the Department STREET, CROTONA PARK, NEW YORK. NUE. quested to present their objections, in writing, to of Education, until 1I o'clock a. nt, on The Engineer's estimate of the work is as EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE follows: the Secretary of the Board of Assessors, No. 320 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1003. 4s7 received by the President of the Borough Broadway, New York, on or before October 8, S 2,370 cubic yards of earth excavation. Borough of Brooklyn. of The Bronx at the above office until xi o'clock 1,300 cubic yards of rock excavation. 1903, at 3 p. m., at which time and place the said a. m., on objections will be heard and testimony received No. x. INSTALLING HEATING AND VEN- ggn cubic yards of filling. in reference thereto. TILATING APPARATUS IN NEW PUBLIC FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1903. 2,100 linear feet of new curbstone, furnished and SCHOOL 143, ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF set. BENJAMIN E. HALL, No. I. FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVER- 5,730 square feet of new flagging, furnished and HENRY B. KETCHAM, HAVEMEIER STREET, BETWEEN NORTH ING FORAGE TO THE BUREAU OF HIGH- SIXTH AND NORTH SEVENTH STREETS, laid. ENOCH VREELAND, WAYS. 400 squiare. feet of new bridgestone for cross- Board of Assessors. BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. 1,600 bushels No. 2 best white clipped oats. The time of completion is seventy working walks, furnished and laid. WILLIAM H. JASPER, Secretary, No. 320 Broad- 50,000 pounds best Timothy hay. 45 cubic yards of dry rubble masonry in re- way. days. 4,000 pounds best rye straw. The amount of security required is 06,00o. taining walls, culverts and gutters. CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, 300 pounds best bran. ■,non feet (B. M.) of lumber, furnished and laid. September 8, 1.203. s8,18 No. a. INSTALLING ELECTRIC LIGHT too pounds best oil meal. WIRING, FIXTURES AND ELECTRIC BELL The time allowed for the completion of the 200 pounds best rock salt. work will$ 000)on .e hundred working days. SYSTEM OF ADDITION TO AND ALTERA- The time for the delivery of the above supplies TIONS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 8,s SOUTH The amount of security required for the faithful BOARD flEETING.S. will be on or before December 31, 1903. pperformanceerformanwi(l137ce of the contract is three thousand SIDE OF GLENMORE, BETWEEN STONE The amount of security required will be six AND WATKINS AVENUES, BOROUGH OF hundred and fifty dollars. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment meet BROOKLYN. No. to. FOR REGULATING AND GRADING, No. 2. FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVER- SETTING CURBSTONES, FLAGGING THE in the old Council Chamber (Room i6), City Hall, The time of completion is sixty working days. ING FORAGE TO THE BUREAU OF SEW- every Wednesday, during July and August, at The amount of security required is $2,000. SIDEWALKS, BUILDING APPROACHES ERS. AND PLACING FENCES IN ANDERSON 10.3o o'clock a. m. No. 3. INSTALLING A PIPE ORGAN IN 400 bushels No. a best white clipped oats. JAMES W. STEVENSON, GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, NOSTRAND AVE- AVENUE, FROM JEROME AVENUE TO Deputy Comptroller, Secretary. 15,000 pounds best Timothy hay. NORTH SIDE OF WEST ONE HUNDRED NUE, CORNER HALSEY STREET, BOR- 1,500 pounds best rye straw. OUGH OF BROOKLYN. AND SIXTY-FOURTH STREET. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund meet 500 pounds best bran. The Engineer's estimate of the work is as The time of completion is one hundred and 5o pounds best table salt. in the old Council Chamber (Room 16), City forty working days. 2 5o pounds best condition powders. ( lowsyards of earth excavation. Hall, every Wednesday at a o'clock p. m., or at The amount of security required is $a,000. The time for the delivery of the above supplies call of the Mayor. Borough of The Bronx. 4,400 cubic yards of rock excavation. N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, will be on or before December 31, 1903. I,600 cubic yards of filling. Deputy Comptroller, Secretary. - No. 4. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF The amount of security required will be one 1,500 linear feet of new curbstone, furnished and NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL 37, ON ONE HUN- hundred and seventy-five dollars. set. DRED AND FORTY-FIFTH AND ONE HUN- No. 3. FOR REPAVING WITH ASPHALT 6,too square feet of new flagging, furnished and DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DRED AND FORTY-SIXTH STREETS, PAVEMENT, ON A CONCRETE FOUNDA- laid. ABOUT 175 FEET EAST OF WILLIS AVE- TION, INTERSECTIONS OF PROSPECT 55o square feet of new bridgestone for cross- NUE, BOROUGH OF THE BRONX. AVENUE AND WESTCHESTER AVENUE, walks, furnished and laid. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CORNER PARK AVE- The time of completion is three hundred and HOME STREET, EAST ONE HUNDRED AND i6o cubic yards of dry rubble masonry in re- NUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, BOROUGH OF MAN- ninety working days. SIXTY-NINTH STREET AND JENNINGS taining walls, culverts and gutters. HATTAN, CITY OF NEW YORK. The amount of security required is $15o,000 STREET- ALSO OF EAST ONE HUNDRED so linear feet of vitrified stoneware pipe 12 Borough of -Manhattan. AND FIFTY-THIRD STREET AND MELROSE inches in diameter. EALED inns OR ESTIMATES WILL BE AVENUE. The time allowed for the completion of the S received by the Superintendent of School No. 5. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF The Engineer's estimate of the work is as work will be one hundred and twenty-five working Buildings at the above office of the Department of NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL 150, ON NINETY- follows: days. Education, until 11 o'clock a. m., on FIFTH AND NINETY-SIXTH STREETS, 175 2,700 square yards of asphalt pavement, including The amount of security required for the faithful MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1903. FEET WEST OF FIRST AVENUE, BOR- binder course. performance of the contract is four thousand dol- OUGH OF MANHATTAN. 4I0 cubic yards of concrete. lars ($4,000). Borough of Manhattan. The time of completion is three hundred and 500 linear feet of new bluestone curbstone, fur- No. t 1. FOR CONSTRUCTION OF RE- No. 3. FOR REPLACING PARTITIONS. ninety working days. nished and set. CEIVING BASINS ON PROSPECT AVENUE, ETC., AT THE RECREATION PIER, EAST The amount of security required is $150,000. The time allowed for the completion of the AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF KELLY RIVER, AT THE FOOT OF THIRD STREET, No. 6. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF work will be thirty working days. STREET; THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF USED AS AN ANNEX TO PUBLIC SCHOOL ADDITION TO AND ALTERATIONS IN THE The amount of security required for the faithful MACY PLACE- THE NORTHEAST CORNER 15, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. TRUANT SCHOOL, ON THE NORTH SIDE performance of the contract will be $2,500. OF WESTCHESTER AVENUE; THE NORTH- Estimates are to be submitted for completion in OF TWENTY-FIRST STREET, ABOUT 260 No. 4. FOR PAVING THE ROADWAY OF WEST CORNER OF EAST ONE HUNDRED twenty-four working days, the work being carried FEET EAST OF THIRD AVENUE, BOROUGH EAST ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH AND SIXTY-FIRST STREET; THE NORTH- on in the ordinary manner, and for completion in , OF MANHATTAN. STREET WITH ASPHALT PAVEMENT, ON EAST CORNER OF EAST ONE HUNDRED twelve days, the contractor to employ double The time allowed to complete the whole work A CONCRETE FOUNDATION, AND SETTING AND SIXTY-NINTH STREET, AND THE shifts of men and to work day and night. will be as follows: That alterations and repairs, CURB WHERE NECESSARY, FROM BROOK SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CROTONA PARK The amount of security required is— including northerly addition to present building, AVENUE TO ST. ANN'S AVENUE. SOUTH. 7856 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER x7, x9o3.

The Engineer's estimate of the work is as WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903. Resolved, By the Board of Estimate and Appor- The City of New York will be paid on that day follows : lioroiistim of Manhattan, Brooklyn, tionment of The City of New York that a hearing at the office of the Comptroller. 205 linear feet of pipe culvert, to-inch. Queens and The Bronx. be given to all persons interested in the said lo- EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. u receiving basins, complete. eating and laying out on Wednesday, September THE CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF 75 cubic yards of rock to be excavated and re- Contract No. 768. 16, 1903, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, in the FINANCE, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, September la, moved. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND Old Council Chamber, (Room t6), City Hall. 1903. ST roll 3 cubic yards of concrete in place, exclusive of MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR DREDGING Resolved, That the Secretary of said Board concrete in sewer sections, as shown on ON THE EAST AND HARLEM RIVERS. cause a notice of such hearing to be printed in the INTEREST ON CITY BONDS AND STOCK. plan The time for the completion of the work and "City Record" for ten days, exclusive of Sundays E INTEREST DUE OCTOBER 1, 1903, The time allowed for the completion of the the full performance of the contract is on or be- and holidays, prior to the 16th day of September, on the Registered Bonds and Stock of The work will be twenty-five working days. fore the expiration of July 31, 1904. 1903. City of New York will be paid on that day by the amount of security required for the faithful The amount of security required is $t5,000. J. W. STEVENSON, Secretary. the Comptroller, at his office in the Stewart performance of the contract is one thousand dol- The bids will be compared and the contract Attest: JOHN H. MOONEY, Assistant Secretary. Building, corner of Broadway and Chambers mpy or aggregate sum. lars ($1,000). awarded at a lu S3,15 street (Room 39). No. La. FOR CONSTRUCTING TEMPO- Dredging will be required to be done at the The Transfer Books thereof will be closed from RARY SEWERS AND APPURTENANCES IN time and in the manner and in such quantities as September 15 to October t, 1903. ADAMS PLACE, BETWEEN COLUMBUS may be directed. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE 'The interest due October 1, 1903, on the Cou- Blank forms and further information may be AVENUE AND THE PROPERTY OF THE N Board of Estimate and Apportionment of pon Bonds and Stock of the former City of New NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORI) obtained and the plans and drawings may be seen The City of New York, deeming it for the public York will be paid on that day by the Knicker- RAILROAD; THENCE ACROSS THE PROP- at the office of the said Department. interest so to do, proposes to change the map or bocker Trust Company, No. 66 Broadway. ERTY OF THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN McDOUGALL IIAWKES, Commissioner of plan of The City of New York so as to change the The interest due October 1, 1903, on Coupon AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY TO Docks. grades in East One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Bonds of other Corporations now included in ROSEDALE AVENUE; IN ROSEDALE AVE- Dated September to, 1903. S I,23 street, from Anthony avenue to Webster avenue, The City of New York, will be paid on that day NUE, BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OF THE and in Carter avenue, from East One Hundred at the office of the Comptroller. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD IL See tieneral Instructions to Bid- and Seventy-third street to East One Hundred and EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE CENTRE der. on the last page, last column, of Seventy-fifth street, Twenty-fourth Ward, in the TILE CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF OF TREMONT AVENUE (PROPOSED); IN the "City Record." Borough of The Bronx, City of New York, and FINANCE, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, September zo, WEST FARMS ROAD, BETWEEN ROSt:- that a meeting of said Board will be held in the 1903. 511,01 Old Council Chamber cRoom t6), City Hall, DALE AVENUE AND CLASON POIN T OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND ROAD- IN COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BE- Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, on the FERRIES, PIER "A," FOOT OF BATTERY PLACE, NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR TWEEN WEST FARMS ROAD AND MER- 16th day of September, 1903, at ro.30 o'clock NORTH RIVER, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. THE a. m., at which such proposed change will be con- OPENING STREETS AND PARKS. RILL STREET; IN ST. LAWRENCE AVE- CITY OF NEW YORK. NUE, BETWEEN WEST FARMS ROAD AND sidered by said Board, all of which is more IN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 1005 OF THE MERRILL STREET; IN CLASON POINT SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE particularly set forth and described in the fol- Greater New York Charter, the Comptroller ROAD, BETWEEN WEST FARMS ROAD received by the Commissioner of Docks at lowing resolutions, adopted by the Board on the of The City of New York hereby gives public AND MANSION STREET; IN MANSION the above office until 12 o'clock m., on 31st day of July. i903, notice of the adoption of notice of the confirmation by the SupremeS Court STREET, BETWEEN ROSEDALE AVENUE which is hereby given, viz.: and the entering in the Bureau for the Collection AND CLASON POINT ROAD; IN MERRILL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903. Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Ap- of Assessments and Arrears, of the assessments portionment of The City of New York, in pur- for OPENING AND ACQUIRING TITLE to the STREET, BETWEEN ROSEDALE AVENUE Borough of Manhattan. AND ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE. suance of the provisions of section 442, of the following named street in the BOROUGH OF Greater New York Charter, as amended, deeming BROOKLYN: The Engineer's estimate of the work is as Contract No. 805. it for the public interest so to do, proposes to THIRTIETH WARD, SECTIONS 17 AND i8. follows: FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND change the map or plan of The City of New York, SIXTY-SEVENTH STREET — OPENING, 57o linear feet of pipe sewer, I5-inch. MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR PREPARING by changing the grades in East One Hundred and from Kouwenhoven lane to Fort Hamilton avenue. 6,020 linear feet of pipe sewer, 12-inch. FOR AND BUILDING AN EXTENSION Seventy-fourth street, from Anthony avenue to Confirmed July 3o, 1903; entered September 1, 590 spurs for house connections. WITH APPURTENANCES TO PIER No. 22, Webster avenue, and in Carter avenue from 1903. Area of assessment includes all those 71 manholes, complete. NORTH RIVER, OR JAY STREET PIER East One Hundred and Seventy-third street to lands, tenements and hereditaments and premises cubic yards of rock, to be excavated and 4,550 East One Hundred and Seventy-fifth street, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brook- removed. NORTH. Twenty-fourth Ward, in the Borough of The lyn, in The City of New York, which, taken to- 25 cubic yards concrete in place, exclusive The time for the completion of the work and the Bronx, City of New York, more particularly de- gether, are bounded and described as follows, of concrete in sewer sections, as shown full performance of the contract is on or before scribed as follows: the expiration of ninety calendar days. viz.: on plan. A—East One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Street. Beginning at a point on the westerly side of cubic yards of rubble masonry and mortar. The amount of security required is $rr,soo. 25 r. The grade at the intersection of Anthony Fort Hamilton avenue, where the same intersects exclusive of rubble masonry in sewer The bids will be compared and the contract avenue, to be 5o.o feet above mean high water the centre line of the block between Sixty-sixth sections, as shown on plan. awarded at a lump or aggregate sum. datum, as heretofore. and Sixty-seventh streets; running thence west- 25 cubic yards of broken stone for founda- Contract No. 81o. 2. The grade at the intersection of Carter erly through the centre line of the blocks between tions, in place. avenue, to be 40.0 feet above mean high water Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh streets to the west- 10,00o feet (B. M.) of timber, furnished and FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND datum. erly side of Sixth avenue and distant 107.18 feet laid. MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR FURNISHING 3. The grade at the intersection with Webster northerly of the northerly line of Sixty-seventh 5o linear feet of 12-inch drain pipe, furnished AND DELIVERING ANTHRACITE AND avenue, to be 29.0 feet above mean high water CUMBERLAND COAL. street; running thence westerly and parallel with and laid. datum as heretofore. Sixty-seventh street to a point opposite the inter. linear feet of 6-inch pipe, as risers for ys The time for the completion of the work and the section of the northerly line of Kouwenhoven lane house connections. full performance of the contract is on or before B—Carter Avenue. The amount of security required will be fifteen with the northerly line of Sixty-seventh street; the expiration of two hundred and seventy eaten- 1. The grade at the intersection with East thence southerly to the intersection of the north- thousand dollars. der days. One Hundred and Seventy-third street, to be The time allowed for the completion of the work erly line of Kouwenhoven lane with the northerly The amount of security required is for 43.3 feet above mean high water datum as here- line of Sixty-seventh street' thence westerly along is three hundred working days. Class I, $1,500. tofore. The contracts must be bid for separately, and the northerly side of Kouwenhoven lane to Class II, $120. 2. The grade at the intersection with East One its intersection with the southerly aide of Sixty- the bids will be compared and the contract The bidder will state the price of each item or Hundred and Seventy-fourth street, to be 40.0 awarded at a lump or aggregate sum for each seventh street; running thence southwesterly to article contained in the specifications or schedules feet above mean high water datum. the centre line of the block between Sixty-seventh contract. herein contained or hereto annexed, per pound, 3. The grade at the intersection with East One Blank forms can be obtained upon application and Sixty-eighth streets; running thence south- ton, dozen, gallon, yard or other unit of measure, Hundred and Seventy-fifth street, to be 30.0 feet easterly along the centre line of the blocks be- therefor and the plans and specifications may he by which the bids will be tested. The extensions above mean high water datum, as heretofore. seen and other information obtained at said tween Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth streets to must be made and footed up, as the bids will be Resolved, That the President of the Borough of the westerly side of Fort Hamilton avenue; run- office. read from the total for each class and awards The Bronx cause to be prepared for submission ning thence northerly along the westerly side of LOUIS F. HAFFEN, President. made to the lowest bidder on each class. to this Board three similar maps or plans for THE CITY OF NEW YORK, September II, 1903. Fort Hamilton avenue to its place of beginning. Delivery will be required to be made at the certification and filing in the manner required by The above-entitled assessment was entered on s14,2.5 time and in the manner and in such quantities as law, showing as nearly as possible the nature and 11:7See General Instructions to Bid- the date hereinbefore given in the Record of may be directed. extent of the proposed change and the location of Titles of Assessments, kept in the Bureau for the ders on the last page, last column, of Blank forms and further information may be the immediate adjacent or of intersecting open or the "City Record.' Collection of Assessments, and Arrears of Taxes obtained and the plans and drawings may be seen established streets, roads, squares, or places, BOB- and Assessments and of Water Rents. Unless at the office of the said Department. dent for the identification and location thereof the amount assessed for benefit on any person or Resolved, That this Board consider the pro- McDOUGALL HAWKES, Commissioner of property shall be paid within sixty days after the posed change at a meeting of this Board, to be date of said entry of the assessments, interest DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND Docks. held in the Old Council Chamber (Room 16), will be collected thereon as provided in section Dated September 4, 1903. s8,18 City Hall, Borough of Manhattan, City of New FERRIES- 1006 of the Greater New York Charter. York, on the 16th day of September, 1903, at (See General Instructions to Bid- 10.30 o'clock a. m. Said section provides that "If any such assess- DOCKS AND ders on the last page, last column, of ment shall remain unpaid for the period of sixty OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF Resolved, That the Secretary. of this Board FOOT OF BATTERY PLACE, the "City Record." days after the date of entry thereof in the said FERRIES, PIER "A," cause these resolutions and a notice to all persons NORTH RIVER, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. THE affected thereby that the proposed change will be Record of Titles of Assessments, it shall be the duty of the officer authorized to collect and re- CITY OF NEW YORK. considered at a meeting of the Board, to be held OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF Docgs AND ceive the amount of such assessment to charge, at the aforesaid time and place, to be published in EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE FERRIES, PIER "A," FOOT OP BATTERY PLACE, collect and receive interest thereon at the rate of the "City Record" for ten days continuously, S received by the Commissioner of Docks at NORTH RIVER, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. THE seven per centum per annum, to be calculated to the above office until 12 o'clock m., on CITY OF NEW YORK. Sundays and legal holidays excepted, prior to the 16th day of September, 1903. the date of payment from the date when such TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1903. EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE assessment became a lien, as provided by section J. W. STEVENSON, Secretary. 159 of this act." Borough of Richmond. S received by the Commissioner of Docks at the above office until 12 o'clock m., on Attest: JOHN H. MOONEY, Assistant Secretary. Section 159 of this act provides • • • "An Contract No. 809. S3,15 assessment shall become a lien upon the real estate affected thereby, FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1903. ten days after its entry in the said record." * • " MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR BUILDING A Borough of Manhattan. WOODEN PIER, WITH APPURTENANCES, The above assessment is payable to the Col- Contract No. 803. POLICE DEPARTMENT. lector of Assessments and Arrears, at the Bureau AT ROSSVILLE, STATEN ISLAND. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND for the Collection of Assessments, and Arrears The time for the completion of the work and MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR FURNISHING POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW of Taxes and Assessments and of Water Rents, the full performance of the contract is on or AND DELIVERING PILES. YORK, PROPERTY CLERK'S OFFICE, No. 300 MUL- in the Municipal Building, Borough of Brooklyn, before the expiration of thirty calendar days. BERRY STREET, NEW YORK, September 14, 1903. between the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m., and on The amount of security required is $4,500. The time for the completion of the work and the full performance of the contract is on or before Saturdays from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and all payments The bids will he compared and the contract UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN made thereon on or before October 31, 1903, will awarded at a lump or aggregate sum for each con- the expiration of sixty calendar days. that the following-named horse, Oscar, No. The amount of security required is for P be exempt from interest as above provided, and tract. 179, will he sold at public auction at the sale- Class I, $6,000. after that date will be subject to a charge of Work will be required to be done at the time room of Messrs. Van 'Tassel & Kearney, No. 130 interest at the rate of seven per centum per an- and in the manner and in such ouantities as may Class 2, $6,000. East Thirteenth street, on the 25th day of Sep- Class 3, $6,000. num from the date when the above assessment be directed. tember, 1903, to o'clock a. m. became a lien to the date of payment. Blank forms and further information may be Class 4, $6,000. CHARLES D. BLATCHFORD, Property EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. obtained and the plans and drawings may be seen Class 5, $6,000. Class 6, $6,000. Clerk. si6,25 CITY OF NEW YORK—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, at the office of the said Department. COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, September 1, 1903. 53,17 McDOUGALL HAWKES. Commissioner of The bidder will state the price of each item or article contained in the specifications or schedules POLICE DEPARTMENT—CITY OF NEW YORK, 1899. Docks. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, CITY OF NEW YORK, Dated September 17, 1903. 517,29 herein contained or hereto annexed, per pound, ton, dozen, gallon, yard or other unit of measure, WNERS WANTED BY THE PROPERTY March 26, 1903. ezysee General Instructions to Bid- by which the bids will be tested. The extensions Clerk of the Police Department of The ders on the last page, last column, of O U NTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND UNLESS must be made end footed up, as the bids will be City of New York, No. 300 Mulberry street, Room otherwise directed in any special case, one the "City Record." read from the total for each class and awards No. 9, for the following property, now in his surety company will be accepted as sufficient made to the lowest bidder on each class. custody, without claimants: Boats, rope, iron, OFFICE OF TIIE DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND upon all contracts for supplies for furniture, and Delivery will be required to be made at the time lead, male and female clothing, boots, shoes, wine for gas and electric lighting to any amount, and "A," FOOT OF BATTERY PLACE, FERRIES, PIER and in the manner and in such quantities as may blankets, diamonds, canned goods, liquors, etc., upon the following contracts to the amounts NORTH RIVER, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE be directed. also small amount of money taken from prisoners named: CITY OF NEW YORK. Blank forms and further information may be and found by Patrolmen of this Department. For supplies and furniture, with patented QEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE obtained and the plans and drawings may be seen CHAS. D. BLATCHFORD, articles $5,000 1-v received by the Commissioner of Docks at at the office of the said Department. Property Clerk. Regulating, grading, paving (other than the above office until 12 o'clock m., on McDOUGALL HAWKES, Commissioner of asphalt)— TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1903. Docks. POLICE DEPARTMENT—CITY OF NEW YORK, BOR- Not over 2 years 15,00o Borough of Manhattan. Dated September 3, 1903. OUGH OF BROOKLYN. Over a years 5,000 F7See General Instructions to Bid- School building repairs to,000 Contract No. 81 I. WNERS WANTED BY THE DEPUTY Heating and lighting apparatus 5,000 ders on the last page, last column, of Property Clerk of the Police Department of FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND the " City Record." O New buildings—New docks 25,00o MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR FURNISHING The City of New York—Office, No. 16 Smith Sewers—Dredging and water mains— AND DELIVERING REDUCED PHOTO- street, Borough of Brooklyn—for the following Not over a years 10,000 LITHOGRAPHIC COPIES OF THE STAND- property, now in his custody, without claimants: Over a years 5,000 ARD MAI'S OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOR- Boats, rope, iron, lead male and female clothing, EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. DOCKS AND FERRIES. TIONMENT. boots, shoes, wine, blankets, diamonds, canned The time for the completion of the work and goods, liquor, etc., also small amount of money NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. taken from prisoners and found by Patrolmen of the full performance of the contract is on or be- DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, this Department. BUREAU FOR TH E fore the expiration of thirty calendar days. IldOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE COLLECTION OF TAXES, NEW YORK, September 1, The amount of security requird is $2,500. IN Board of Estimate and Apportionment of EDWARD E. DOONAN, 1903. The bids will be compared and the contract The City of New York, deeming it for the public Deputy Property Clerk. awarded at a lump or aggregate sum. interest so to do, proposes to locate and lay out AXP AYERS WHO DESIRE TO OBTAIN Delivery will be required to be made at the Taylor street, from Morris Park avenue to West T their bills promptly should make immediate time and in the manner and in such quantities as Farms road, Twenty-fourth Ward, Borough of written requisition (blanks may be procured in may be directed. The Bronx, City of New York, and that a meet- DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. the borough offices), stating their property by Blank forms and further information may be ing of said Board will be held in the Old Council Section or Ward, Block and Lot or Map number, obtained and the plans and drawings may he seen Chamber (Room 16), City Hall, Borough of Man- INTEREST ON CITY BONDS AND STOCK. making copy of same from their bills of last at the office of the said Department. hattan, City of New York, on the 16th day of year. McDOUGALL HAWKES, Commissioner of September, t903, at 10.30 o'clock a. m., at which HE INTEREST DUE NOVEMBER 1, i9o3, If a taxpayer is assessed for personal tax, the Docks. such proposed change will be considered by said T on the Registered Bonds and Stock of The requisition should also request bill for such tax. Dated September 17, 1903. 517,29 Board, all of which is more particularly set forth City of New York will be paid on that day by Each requisition should be accompanied by an 117fiee General Instructions to Bid- and described in the following resolutions, adopted the Comptroller, at his office in the Stewart envelope bearing the proper address of the appli- der, on the last page, last column, of by the Board on the 31st day of July, 1903, Building, corner of Broadway and Chambers cant, AND WITH RETURN POSTAGE PRE- the "City Record." notice of the adoption of which is hereby given, street (Room 39). PAID. viz.: The Transfer Books thereof will be closed from In case of any doubt in regard to Ward, Sec- OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND Whereas, The President of the Borough of The October is, 1903, to November I, 1903. tion, Block or Lot number, taxpayers should take Bronx. in pursuance of the provisions of section FERRIES, PIER "A," FOOT OF BATTERY PLACE, The interest due November r, 1903, on the their deeds to the Department of Taxes and NORT II RIVER, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. THE 439 of the Greater New York Charter, has sub- Coupon Bonds and Stock of the present and for- Assessments and have their property located on mitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportion- mer City of New York will be paid on that day CITY OF NEW YORK. the maps of that Department and forward to the ment a map or plan showing the locating and by the Knickerbocker Trust Company, No. 66 Deputy Receiver of Taxes with the requisition a EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE laying out of Taylor street, from Morris Park Broadway. certified memorandum of their property, which S received by the Commissioner of Docks at the avenue to West Farms road, Twenty-fourth Ward, The interest due November r, 1903, on Coupon will be furnished by the Department of Taxes and above office until 7.2 o'clock m., on Borough of The Bronx, dated March 17, 1903. Bonds of other Corporations now included in Assessments. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, Igo3. THE CITY RECORD. 7857

Taxpayers in this manner will receive their bills seen at the office of the Department of Parks, Bids will be compared and the contract awarded DORMITORIES NOS. 1 , a AND 3, THE MESS returned by mail at the earliest possible moment the Litchfield Mansion, Prospect Park, Brooklyn. at a lump or aggregate sum for each contract. HALL AND CHAPEL ON RIKER'S ISLAND. and avoid any delay caused by waiting on lines, WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, Blank forms may he obtained at the office The time for the completion of the work and and is required in case of personal application. JOHN E. EUSTIS, of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and the full performance of the contract is 6o days. 1'he requisition must be addressed and mailed RICHARD YOUNG. Electricity, Borough of Manhattan, Nos. 13 to The amount of security required is fifty per to the Deputy Receiver of Taxes in whichever Commissioners. 21 lark row. cent. of the hid or estimate. borough the property is located, as follows: Dated September 3, 1903. 82,17 ROBERT GRIER MONROE, Commissioner. Bids will be compared and the contract awarded JOHN J. McDONOUGH, No. 57 Chambers Dated September II, 1903. t 512,23 at a lump or aggregate sum. street, Borough of Manhattan, New York. ii:7See General Instructions to Bid. No. 2. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LA- JOHN B. UNDERHILL, corner Third and Tre- ders on the last page, last column, of 11.7See General instructions to Bid- BOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR mont avenues, Borough of The Bronx, New the "City Record." ders on the last page, last column, of THE ERECTION OF A TWO-PIPE GRAVITY York. the "City Record." STEAM HEATING SYSTEM FOR THE WAR- JACOB S. VAN WYCK, Municipal Building, OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARES, ARSENAL DEN'S HOUSE AND GENERAL OFFICES AT Borough of Brooklyn, New York. BUILDING, FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTY-FOURTH DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, GAS AND ELEC. RIKER'S ISLAND. FREDERICK W. BLECWENN,K corner Jackson STREET, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF TRI CITY, ROOM 1536, Nos. 13-21 PARK Row, Boa. The time for the completion of the work and avenue and Fifth street, Long Island City, NEW YORK. OUCH OF MANHATTAN. THE CITY OF New YORK. the full performance of the contract is thirty (3o) Borough of Queens, New York. days. EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL. RE JOHN DE MORGAN Bay and Sand streets, S received by the Commissioner of Water Sup- The amount of security required is fifty per Stapleton, StatenI Island, Borough of Rich- S received by the Park Board at the above cent. of the bid or estimate. office of the Department of Parks until 3 o'clock ply, Gas and Electricity at the above office until mond, New York. 2 o'clock p. m., on Bids will be compared and the contract awarded After receiving the bills, the taxpayer will see p. m., on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903. at a lump or aggregate sum. that they are properly rebated, then draw check THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. The bidder will state the price of each item or for the net amount to the order of the Receiver Borough of Brooklyn. article contained in the specifications or schedules of Taxes and mail bill and check, with an ad- FOR PAVING WITH ROCK ASPHALT herein contained or hereto annexed, per pound, MASTIC, WHERE DIRECTED, THE GUT- FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING dressed envelope, with the return postage pre- LABORATORY SUPPLIES TO MT. PROS- ton, dozen, gallon, yard or other unit of measure, paid, to the Deputy Receiver in whichever bor- TERS OF A PORTION OF THE CARRIAGE by which the bids will be tested. The extensions DRIVES IN CENTRAL PARK. PECT LABORATORY, AT FLATBUSH AVE- ough the property is located. NUE AND EASTERN PARKWAY. must be made and footed up, as the bids will be All bills paid during October must be rebated The time allowed for the completion of the 1'he delivery of the supplies and the per- read from the total for each contract and awards before payment. whole work will be seventy-five consecutive work- made to the lowest bidder on each contract. The' ing days. formance of the contract is to be fully completed DAVID E. AUSTEN, Receiver of Taxes. on or before December 31, 1903. bids will be compared and the contract awarded 81,031 1'he amount of the security required is six thou- at a lump or aggregate sum for each contract. sand dollars. The amount of security required will be five hundred dollars ($500). Delivery will be required to be made at the The bids will be compared and the contract time and in the manner and in such quantities as awarded The bidder will state a lump or aggregate sum DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. a' a lump or aggregate sum. for each contract. may be directed. Blank forms may be obtained and plans may be Blank forms may be obtained at the office of Blank forms and further information may be OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, ARSENAL seen at the office of the Department of Parks, the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Elec- obtained and the plans and drawings may be seen the Arsenal, Central Park. at the office of the Department of Correction, BUILDING, FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTY-FOURTH tricity, the Borough of Manhattan, Nos. 13 to 21 STREET, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, the Borough of Manhattan, No. 148 East Twen- Park row, and at the office of the Deputy Com- tieth street. NEW ax.Yo JOHN E. EUSTIS, missioner for the Borough of Brooklyn, Room 28, RICHARD YOUNG, THOMAS W. HYNES, Commissioner. c.EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE Municipal Building, Brooklyn. Commissioners. ROBERT GRIER MONROE, Commissioner. Dated September z, 1903. • 82,17 S received by the Park Board at the above Dated September 3, 1903. s2,17 office of the Department of Parks until 3 o'clock Dated September ao, 1903. 811,23 E7See General Instructions to Bid- p. m., on IC.riitee General Instructions to Bid- ir.rfitee General Instructions to Bid- ders on the last page, last column, of ders on the last page, last column, of ders on the last page, last column, of he " City Record." THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903. the " City Record.' the "City Record." Borough of Manhattan. No. a. FOR FURNISHING, DELIVERING OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARES, ARSENAL D EPARTt1ENT OF PUBLIC BUILDING, FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTY-FOURTH UEPARTMEN'P OF BRIDOES. AND LAYING 150,000 SQUARE FEET OF CHARITIES. GRASS SOD ON PARKS NORTH OF FIFTY- BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NINTH STREET. NEW YORK. DEPARTMENT OF BRIDGES, Nos. 13 TO 21 PARK The time allowed for doing and completing the Row, MANHATTAN, THE CITY OP NEW YORE, I /EPARTIA ENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, FOOT OF EALED BDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE EAST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, NEW YORK. work will be as required before December a, S received by the Park Board at the above BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. 1903. office of the Department of Parks until 3 o'clock EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE TO CONTRACTORS. The amount of security required will be one p. m., on received by the Commissioner of Bridges at PROPOSALS FOR DS OR ESTIMATES. thousand dollars. S THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1903. the above office until 12 o'clock noon, on - Q EALED BIDS OR No. 2. FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVER- ESTIMATES WILL BE f Manhattan. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903. V received by the Department of Public Chari- ING 3,500 CUBIC YARDS OF GARDEN ties at the above office until 12 o'clock m., on MOLD WHERE REQUIRED ON PARKS Contract No. 4. FOR FURN ISHING ALL THE LABOR, MA- NORTH OF FIFTY-NINTH STREET. FOR WORK AND MATERIALS FOR EREC- TERIALS AND PLANT NECESSARY FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2P4, 1903. TION AND COMPLETION OF THE LIBRARY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDA- Time allowed for the completion of the work FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING will be as required before December I. 1903. STACK WORK IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC TIONS, PIERS, ABUTMENTS AND ARCHES HOSPITAL SUI'PLIES. Amount of security required will be $1,700. LIBRARY, ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN OF PELHAM BRIDGE OVER EASTCHESTER The time for the performance of the contract The contracts must be bid for separately. FOUNDATIONS, FIFTH AVENUE, FOR- BAY, IN PELHAM BAY PARK, BOROUGH is during the year 1903. The bids will be compared and the contracts TIETH AND FORTY-SECOND STREETS. OF THE BRONX. The amount of security required is fifty (so) awarded at a lump or aggregate sum for each The time allowed for doing and completing the The amount of security required is one hun- per cent. of the amount of the bid or estimate. contract. first section of the work will be three calendar dred thousand dollars ($100,000). The bidder will state the price per pound, dozen, Blank forms may be obtained and plans may be months after notice to begin work at the building The entire work must be completed on or be- gallon, yard, etc., by which the bids will be tested, seen at the office of the Department of Parks, has been given by the architects, and for section fore the first day of August, 1904- The extensions must be made and footed up, as the Arsenal, Central Park. the time shall be four months after notice to Blank forms and further information may be the bids will be read from the total and awards WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, begin work at the building shall have been given obtained at the office of Department of Bridges, made to the lowest bidder on each line or item, JOHN E. EUSTIS by the architects. Nos. 13-21 Park Row, Manhattan. as stated in the specifications. RICHARD YOUNG, The amount of security required will be one GUSTAV LINDENTHAL, Commissioner of Blank forms and further information may be Commissioners. hundred thousand dollars. Bridges. a29,sat obtained at the office of the General Drug De- Dated September II, 1903. 512,24 The bids will be compared and the contract partment, Bellevue Hospital Grounds, East Twen- awarded at a lump or aggregate sum. It 'See General instructions to Bid- ty-sixth street, Borough of Manhattan. 117See General Instructions to Bid- Blank forms may be obtained and plans may be ders on the last page, last column, of II( )M ER FOLKS, Commissioner. ders on the last page, last column, of seen at the office of the Department of Parks, the "City Record." THE CITY OF NEW YORK, September 16, 1903. the "City Record." the Arsenal, Central Park, and also at the office 517,28 of the architects, Carrere & Hastings, No. 28 East DEPARTMENT OF BRIDGES, Nos. 13 TO 21, PARK OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, ARSENAL Forty-first street. Row, MANHATTAN, THE CITY OP NEW YORK, lI7See General Instructions to Bid. BUILDING FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTY-FOURTH BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. dere on the last page, last column, of WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, the "City Record." STREET BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF JOHN E. EUSTIS SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE NEW Y ORE. RICHARD YOUNG, V received by the Commissioner ,1 Bridges at DEPART1d ENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, FOOT OF EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE Commissioners. the above office until 12 o'clock v on on EAST TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, NEW YORK. S received by the Park Board at the above Dated August 29, 1903. anon,' o'clock THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. TO CONTRACTORS. office of the Department of Parks until 3 IL7See G 1 Instructional to Bid- p. m., on FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR, MA- PROl'OSALS FOR BIDS OR ESTIMATES. ders on the last page, last column, of TERIALS AND PLANT NECESSARY FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1803. the "City Record." THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STEEL SU- QEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE Borough of Manhattan. PERSTRUCTURE OF THE BLACKWELL'S V received by the Department of Public Chari- FOR CONSTRUCTING WALKS OF ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE (No. 4) OVER THE EAST ties at the above office until 12 o'clock m., on DEPARTrIENT OF WATER SUPPLY, RIVER BETWEEN THE BOROUGHS OF THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903. ASPHALT MASTIC, FURNISHING AND ‘IANHATTAN AND QUEENS. DEPOSITING MOLD, FURNISHING AND OAS AND ELECTRICITY. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND The work here advertised will consist of mak- LAYING SOD, AND FURNISHING AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR BUILDING A ERECTING WIRE FENCE IN MANHATTAN ing the working drawings, and furnishing and SEWAGE DEPARTMENT OP WATER SUPPLY, GAS AND ELEC. erecting in place the steel superstructure in ac- PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SOUARE.- TRICITY, Room 1536, Nos. 13-21 PARK Row, BOR. cordance with the general plans and specifications THE NEW YORK CITY FARM COLONY, OUGII OP MANHATTAN, THE CITY OP NEW YORK. BOROUGH OF RICHMOND. The time allowed for the completion of the furnished by the Department of Bridges. whole work will be seventy-five consecutive work. °BALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE The amount of security required is one million The time allowed for the completion of the ing days. dollars (41,000,000). work and full performance of the contract is The amount of the security required is fifteen V received by the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity at the above office The entire work must be completed on or be- forty (40) consecutive working days. thousand dollars. until 2 o'clock p. m., on fore the first day of May, 1906. The security required will be one thousand The bids will be compared and the contract GUSTAV LINDENTHAL, Commissioner of dollars ($1,000). awarded at a lump or aggregate sum. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1908. Bridges ato, ate • The bidder will state one aggregate price for the Blank forms may he obtained and plans may be Borough of Queens. whole work described and specified, as the contract seen at the office of the Department of Parks, a..7See General Instroctions to Bid- is entire and for a complete job. the Arsenal, Central Park. No. I. FOR FURNISHING MATERIALS ders on the Mat page, last column, of Blank forms and further information may be WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, AND DRIVING WELLS AT PUMPING STA- the "City Record." obtained at the office of Renwick, Aspinwall & JOHN E. EUSTIS 1 ION NO. 3, IN THE FIRST WARD, BOR- ()wen, Architects, No. 367 Fifth avenue, The City RICHARD YOUNG, OUGH OF QUEENS. of New York, where plans and specifications may Commissioners. The time allowed to complete the whole work DEPARMENT OF CORRECTION. be seen. 812,24 Dated September It, .903. will be ninety days. HOMER FOLKS, Commissioner. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, No. 148 EAST rySee G 1 Instructions to Bid- The amount of security will be two thousand Dated September 12, 1903. 514.24 ders en the last page, last column, of dollars. TWENTIETH STREET, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK. iE7See General Instructions to Bid- the "City Record. Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. ders on the last page, last column, of No. 2. FOR FURNISHING, DELIVERING QEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE the "City Record." OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARES, ARSENAL AND LAYING WATER MAINS IN COMMON- V received by the Commissioner of Correction ILDING, FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTY-FOURTH BU WEALTH, DORIS, GLEBE, JACKSON, HAR- at the above office until I I o'clock a. m., on DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, FOOT OF STREET, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF RISON, MAPES, McGRAW, PROSPECT, EAST 'TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, NEW YORK. NEW YORK. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903. ROSEDALE, ST. LAWRENCE, WASHING- Borough of Manhattan. EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE TON AND ZULETTA AVENUES; IN AVE. TO CONTRACTORS. S received by the Park Board at the above NUES B FORESTD; IN , INCOLN, FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING PROPOSALS FOR BIDS OR ESTIMATES. office of the Department of Parks until 3 o'clock POPLAR, ROOSELLE, SECONDL, THIRD, WHITE LEAD, PAINTS, OIL, SOLDER, ETC. BALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE p. m., on FOURTH, FIFTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, The time for the delivery of the articles, ma- .67 received by the Department of Public Chari- terials and supplies and the performance of the S NINTH, TENTH, ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, ties at the above office until 12 o'clock m. on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH AND FIF- contract is by or before ten (1o) days. Borough of Brooklyn. EENTH STREETS; IN GUERLAIN PLACE, The amount of security required is fifty per MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1903. the amount of the bid or estimate. Nq. '. FOR PAVING WITH ASPHALT AND IN EASTCHESTER, UNIONPORT, cent. (5o o) of FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR AND WEST FARMS AND FERRY POINT ROADS. The bidder will state the price of each item or MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THE EREC- PAVEMENT, ON A CONCRETE FOUNDA- article contained in the specifications or schedules TION, THE ROADWAY OF STONE AVENUE, The time allowed to complete the whole work TION AND COMPLETION OF A CENTRAL will be two hundred (20o) days. herein contained or hereto annexed, per pound, STOREHOUSE, RANDALL'S ISLAND. FROM EASTERN PARKWAY EXTENSION ton, dozen, gallon, yard or other unit of measure, TO RIVERDALE AVENUE. The amount of security will be twenty thou- The time allowed for the completion of the sand dollars. by which the bids will be tested. The extensions The time allowed for doing and completing the must be made and footed up, as the bids will be work and full performance of the contract is work will be sixty working days. No. 3. FOR FURNISHING, DELIVERING read from the total for each item and awards seventy-five (75) consecutive working days. The security required will be twenty-five thou- ND LAYING WATER MAINS IN CENTRE, made to the lowest bidder on each item. The security required will be four thousand sand dollars. ELLIOTTE , FORDHAM, MINNIFORD, PROS- Delivery will be required to be made at the five hundred dollars ($4,500). No. 2. FOR LAYING OUT AND CON- PECT, SCHOFIELD, SECOND, FOURTH, time and in the manner and in such quantities as The bidder will state one aggregate price for the STRUCTING A PARK UNDER THE WILL- FIFTH AND SIXTH AVENUES; IN BAY, may be directed. whole work described and specified, as the contract IAMSBURGH BRIDGE. BEACH, KING,JULIANNA, LINCOLN, Blank forms and further information may be is entire and for a complete job. The time allowed for doing and completing the SIIEIL, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, obtained and the plans and drawings may be seen Blank forms and further information may be work will be sixty working days. FIFTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH, at the office of the Department of Correction, the obtained at the office of Renwick, Aspinwall & The security required wall be twelve thousand TENTH, THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH, Borough of Manhattan, No. 148 East Twentieth Owen, Architects, No. 367 Fifth avenue, The City dollars. FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH. SEVENTEENTH street. of New York, where plans and specifications may No. 3. FOR FURNISHING AND LAYING AND TWENTIETH STREETS; IN BRONX be seen. TERRACE, PROSPECT TERRACE AND THOMAS W. HYNES, Commissioner. CEMENT SIDEWALKS ON EASTERN PARK- Dated September 9, 1903. 811,24 HOMER FOLKS, Commissioner. WAY, BETWEEN PROSPECT PARK PLAZA BEAR SWAMP ROAD. Dated September 9, 1903. 510,21 AND RALPH AVENUE. The time allowed to complete the whole work EYSee General Instructions to Bid- The time allowed for doing and completing the will be one hundred and fifty (15o) days. ders on the last page, last column, of gYSee General Instructions to Bid- work will be sixty working days. The amount of security will be twenty thou- the " City Record.' ders on the last page, last column, of The security required wall be twelve thousand sand dollars. - the " y Record." dollars. No. 4. FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVER- OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, No. 4. FOR PAVING WITH ASPHALT ING PIG LEAD. No. 148 EAST TWENTIETH STREET, BOROUGH OF BLOCKS THE ROADWAY OF BUSHWICK The time allowed to complete the whole work MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK. rIUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE AVENUE, FROM JAMAICA AVENUE TO will be ninety days. cortrussioN. EASTERN PARKWAY EXTENSION. EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE The amount of security required will be five received by the Commissioner of Correction The time allowed for doing and completing the hundred dollars. S work will be sixty working days. at the above office until II o'clock a. m., on MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, 6i ELM The bidder will state the price of each item STREET, CITY OP NEW YORK. The security required will be ten thousand or article contained in the specifications or sched- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1003. dollars. ules herein contained or hereto annexed,ger PUBLIC NOTICE WILL BE GIVEN OF ALL The contracts must be bid for separately. ton, linear foot, or other unit of measure, ky Borough of Manhattan. competitive examinations two weeks in ad- Te bids will be compared and the contracts which the bids will be tested. No. I. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LA- vance of the date upon which the receipt of ap- awarded at a lump or aggregate sum for each Delivery will be required to be made at the BOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR plications for any scheduled examination will close. contract. time and in the manner and in such quantities THE ERECTION OF A TWO-PIPE GRAVITY Applications will be received for only such exam- Blank forms may be obtained and plans may be as may be directed. RETURN STEAM HEATING SYSTEM FOR inations as are scheduled. 7858 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, tgo3.

When an examination is advertised, a person The bids will be compared and a contract awarded 1,2oo square yards of asphalt block pavement. The amount of security required is $2,000. desiring to compete in the same may obtain an ap- ! at a lump or aggregate sum for each contract. 710 cubic yards of concrete. No. 3. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LA- plication blank upon request made in writing, or The work will be commenced and carried on in the 2,430 cubic yards of earth excavation. BOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR by personal application at the office of the Com- manner directed. 1,840 cubic yards of earth filling, not to be bid SEWER IN NOSTRAND AVENUE , FROM mission. Further information may be obtained and the fur. FLATBUSH AVENUE TO AVENUE d (GLEN- All notices of examinations will be posted in plans and drawings may be seen at the office of 3,021) linear efet of concrete curb. WOOD ROAD), BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. the office of the Commission, City Hall, Municipal the Chief Engineer of the Board of Estimate and 3,040 square feet of cement sidewalks. The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as Building, Brooklyn, and advertised in the "City Apportionment, Room 7, City Hall, New York. 'I ime for the completion of the work and the follows: Record' for two weeks in advance of the date Dated ySoerpk.tember .3 , 1903. full performance of the contract is thirty (3o) 420 linear feet t2-inch vitrified stoneware pipe upon which the receipt of applications will close SETH LOW, Mayor of The City of New working days. sewer, laid in concrete. for any stated position. The amount of security required is $6,000. 4 manholes. Public notice will also be given by advertise- EDWARD M. GROUT, Cotpptroller of The No. 2. FOR REGULATING, GRADING AND 1,500 feet, B. M., foundation planking. ment in most of the City papers. City of New York, P.\ \ ING WITII ASPHALT PAVEMENT, ON The time allowed for the completion of the Wherever an examination is of a technical char- WILLIAM M. V. B. ENNETT,B Supervisor \ CONCRETE: FOUNDATION, THE ROAD- work and full performance of the contract is acter, due notice is given by advertisement in the of the late town of Gravesend, W A V OF VANDERBILT STREET, FROM twenty working days. technical journals appertaining to the particular Commissioners of the Common Lands PROSPECT AVENUE TO CONEY ISLAND The amount of security required is $900. profession for which the examination is called. Florid of the Late Town of AV ENUE. No. 4. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LA- Such notices will be sent to the daily papers Gravesend. 85,18 The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as BOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED• FOR as matters of news, and to the General Postoffice !L+ See Instructions to Bid- follows: CONSTRUCTING SEWER BASINS AT THE and stations thereof. The scope of the examina- ders on the last page, last column, of 2,918 square yards of asphalt pavement. NORTHEAST' CORNER OF LENOX ROAD tion will be stated, but for more general informa- the "City Record." 409 cubic yards of concrete. AND ROGERS AVENUE AND NORTHWEST tion application should be made at the office of the 1.169 cubic yards of earth excavation. CORNER OF LENOX ROAD AND NOS- Commission. 146 cubic yards of earth filling, not to be bid TRAND AVENUE, IN THE BOROUGH OF Unless otherwise specifically stated the mini- fur. BROOKLYN. uirement for all positions is 21. 1,660 linear feet of concrete mum age req BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. curb. The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as S. WILLIAM BRISCOE, Secretary. Time for the completion of the work and the follows: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF full performance of the contract is thirty (3o) MA 2 sewer basins. No. 61 NH ATTA N, CITY HALL, Tug CITY OF NEW working days. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, ORK, September 17, 1903. The time allowed for the completion of the ELM STREET, NEW YORK, September 14, 1903. The amount of security required is $3,000. work and fullperformance of the contract is s BI DS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE No. 3. FOR REGULATING, GRADING AND fifteen working days. UBUC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 11-7 received by the President of the Borough of PAVING WITH ASPHALT PAVEMENT, ON The amount of security required is $15o. P that an open competitive examination will be A CONCRETE FOUNDATION, THE ROAD- Manhattan, at the City Hall, Room No. 16, until No. 5. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LA- held for the following position: it o'clock a. m., on WAY OF SHERIDAN AVENUE, FROM MORE AVENUE TO ATLANTIC AVE- BOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR ATTENDANT (PLAYGROUND)—Friday, Octo- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1003. CONSTRUCTING SEWER BASINS AT THE ber 2, 1903, at to a. m. (Open to women NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS FOR '1'11E ERECTION AND COMPLETION The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as only.) follows: OF WEBSTER AVENUE AND CONEY IS- The receipt of applications for this examination OF A PUBLIC COMFORT STATION AT ONE LAND AVENUE, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH STREET 5,216 square yards of asphalt pavement. will close on Tuesday, September 29, 1903, at 926 cubic yards of concrete. The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as 4 fL AND PARK AVENUE, BOROUGH OF MAN- follows: HATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 3,625 linear feet of new curbstone. The scope of the examination will be as fol- 4,289 cubic yards of earth excavation. 2 sewer basins. lows: The time for the completion of the contract is 125 working 568 cubic yards of earth filling not to he bid The time allowed for the completion of the Weights. days. work and fullperformance of the contract is Subjects. The amount of security is $ro,000. for. Special Paper 6 2,70o square feet of old flagstone, to he relaid fifteen working days. The bidder shall state one aggregate price for The amount of security required is $150. Experience 3 the whole work described and specified, as the and retrimmed. Arithmetic contract is entire and for a complete job. 15,280 square feet of cement sidewalks. No. 6. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LA- The special paper will include the duties of the Blank forms may be obtained and the plans and Time for the completion of the work and the BOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR position. drawings may be seen at. the office of the archi- full performance of the contract is forty (40) CONSTRUCTING SEWER BASINS AT THE Applicants for this position must have a know'. tects. Messrs. Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen, No. working days. NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST CORNERS edge of kindergarten methods and be qualified to 367 Fifth avenue. Borough of Manhattan. The amount of security required is $7,000. OF SHERMAN STREET AND VANDERBILT lead in out-door games. \ /it A. CAN Tog, Borough President. No. 4. FOR REGULATING, GRADING, STREET, IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOK- In order to obtain a place upon the eligible list Tit crry VORK, CURBING AND LAYING SIDEWALKS ON LYN. ■ New September 17, 1903. candidates will be required to pass a physica s17,29 SEVENTY-THIRD STREET, FROM TENTH The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as examination and to obtain seventy per cent. in AVENUE TO FORT HAMILTON AVENUE. follows: the mental examination. 1L7See General Instructions to Bid- The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as 2 sewer basins. Vacancies exist in the Department of Parks. ders _on the last page, last column, of follows: The time allowed for the completion of the The minimum age is 21 years. the ' City Record." 1,486 linear feet of new bluestone curbstone. work and full performance of the contract is go cubic yards of earth excavation. S. WILLIAM BRISCOE, Secretary. ten working days. 440 cubic yards of earth filling (furnished). The amount of security required is 7,10 square feet of cement sidewalks. UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. The bidder will state the price of each item or ime for the completion of the work and the article contained in the specifications or schedules P that the receipt of applications for the posi- full performance of the contract is thirty (30) tion of OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF herein contained or hereto annexed, per linear BROOKLYN, ROOM NO. working days. foot, feet B. M. cubic yard or other unit of FIREMAN, in the Fire Department, will com- 15, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, The amount of security 5. 1903, at BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK. required is $1,000. measure, by which the bids will be tested. The mence on Tuesday, September 1 No. 5. FOR REGUI.ATING AND GRADING 9 a. m., and will continue until further notice. bids will be compared and the contract awarded l..\1.1.:1) RIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL. BE TEn ROADWAY OF LINDEN AVENUE, BE- at a lump or aggregate sum for each contract. s15,03 S. WI I. T.I A M BRISCOE, Secretary. S received by the President of the Borough of TWF:EN ROGERS AVENUE AND EASTERLY Blank forms may be obtained and the plans Brooklyn at the above office until 11 o'clock a. in.. SIDE OF CANARSIE ROAD, SETTING OR and drawings may be seen at the office of the MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, NO. 61 on RESETTING CURB, REFLAGGING AND PAV- Assistant Commissioner of Public Works, Room ELM STREET. CITY OF NEW YORK, July 23, 1903. ING SIDEWALKS WITH CEMENT, WHERE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 11)03. NOT No. 15, Municipal Building, Borough of 'Brook- UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ALREADY DONE. ALSO PAVING lyn. FOR FURNIsHING AND DELIVERING 440 WITH ASPHALT PAVEMENT. ON A CON- P that open competitive examinations will be IONS BEST GRADE wilITE ASH ANTHRA- CRETE FOUNDATION, THE ROADWAY OF J. EDWARD SWANSTROM, President. held for the following positions: CITE COAL 12.240 POUNDS TO A TON), LINDEN AVENUE, BETWEEN ROGERS Dated September 8, 1903. 510,23 MONITOR, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION— FOR USE IN nil.: VARIOUS INTERIOR AVENUE AND NOSTRAND AVENUE. General Instructions to Bid- Thursday, October 15, 1903, at to a. m. PUBLIC BATHS AND PUBLIC COMFORT The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as ders on the last page, last column, of (Open to men and women.) sTATioNs. follows: the "City Record.' The receipt of applications for this examina- 400 gross tons egg coal. 3,495 square yards of asphalt pavement. gross tons stove size. tion will close on Friday, September 25, at 4 4. 490 cubic yards of concrete. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF p. m. 'The time for the delivery of the articles, ma- 250 cubic yards of earth excavation. terials and supplies and the performance of the BROOKLYN, ROOM NO. 11, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, Monitors will be employed from time to time, 6,goo cubic yards of earth filling (furnished). BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OP NEW YORK. as the needs of the service require. No regular contract is on or before December 31, 1903. 4,940 linear feet of concrete curb. employment will result from securing a place on The amount of security is $1,200. 467 square feet of old flagstones retrimmed EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE the eligible list, but it is probable that there will The bidder will state the price of each item or and relaid. S received by the President of the Borough of be need of the services of a large or small num- article contained in the specifications or schedules 20,000 square feet of cement sidewalks. Brooklyn at the above office until II o'clock ber of Monitors once or twice a week. The herein contained or hereto annexed, per ton, or Time for the completion of the work and the a. m., on compensation will be $5 a day when actually ether unit of measure, by which the bids will full performance of the contract is forty-five (45) employed. Ordinarily the session lasts from about be tested. The bids will be compared and the working days. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903. 9 a. m. to about 4 P. 111. contract awarded at a lump or aggregate sum for The amount of security required is $7,000. FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING The duties of Monitors are to assist in the each contract. No. 6. FOR REGULATING AND PAVING SUPPLIES TO THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC conduct of civil service examinations; to super- Blank forms may be obtained and the plans and \N'TFIT MACADAM PAVEMENT THE ROAD- BUILDINGS AND OFFICES FOR USE AT vise the candidates while they are at work; to drawings may be seen at the office of the Assistant WAY OF FLATBUSH AVENUE, FROM THE THE INTERIOR PUBLIC BATHS AND PUB- see that they are promptly supplied with such Commissioner of Public Works, the Borough of BOUNDARY LINE OF THE TWENTY-NINTH LIC COMFORT STATIONS, BOROUGH OF stationery, question sheets, etc., as they need; Brooklyn, Room No. 15, Municipal Building, Bor- ANT) THIRTY-SECOND WARDS TO AVE- BROOKLYN. to collect and properly sort and fasten the can- ough of Brooklyn. NUE N. The time for the delivery of the articles, ma- didates' answers and otherwise help in securing J. EDWARD SWANSTROM, President. The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as terials and supplies and the performance of the a proper and orderly conduct of examinations. Dated September 12, 1903. s17,30 follows: contract is by or before December 31, 1903. To accomplishthis, Monitors must be of good (13'See 45,070 square yards of macadam pavement. The amount of security required is $4,500. alert and watchful. All can- General Instructions to Bid- physical condition, der. on the last page, lust column, of 5,090 square yards of brick gutter pavement, not The bidder will state the price of each item or didates will therefore be required to pass a physi- the "City Record." to be bid for. article contained in the specifications or schedules cal examination. Time for the completion of the work and full herein contained or hereto annexed, per pound, The mental examination will consist of one OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF performance of the contract is ninety (90) work- ton, dozen, gallon, yard or other ..unit of measure, paper, on which 7o per cent. is required. ing days. by which the bids will be tested. The extensions BR. KIK1.1 N, ROOM NO. 13, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, The minimum age is 21. BoROUG11 OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK. The amount of security required is $15,000. must be made and footed up. The bids will be For applications apply to the Secretary. The bidder will state the price of each item or compared and the contract awarded at a lump or For further information as to duties, etc., ap- EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE class of work contained in the specifications or aggregate sum. ply to the Chief Examiner. S received by the President of the Borough of schedules per linear foot or square foot, or cubic Delivery will be required to be made at the S. WILLIAM BRISCOE, Secretary. Brooklyn at the above office until I I o'clock a. m., yard, or other ,unit of measure, by which the bids time and in the manner and in such quantities as on will he tested. The extensions most be made and may be directed. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, LABOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1903. footed tip, as the bids will be read from the total. Blank forms and further information may be Blank forms may he obtained and the plans and obtained and the plans and drawings may be seen BUREAU, NEW CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING, CORNER FOR FURNISHING ALI, THE LABOR AND CENTRE STREETS. drawings may be seen at the office of the Presi- at the office of the Assistant Commissioner of WHITE AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCT- FOR dent of the Borough of Brooklyn, Room No. le, Public Works, Borough of Brooklyn, Room No. PPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED ING SF:WER BASINS AT' THE NORTH AND Municipal Building, Borough of Brooklyn. 15, Municipal Building, Brooklyn, New York. A the position of Rustic Carpenter, for appoint- SOUTH SIDES OF LINDEN AVENUE. 220 J. EDWARD SWANSTROM, President. J. EDWARD SWANSTROM, President. ment in the Department of Parks, Borough of FEET FROM FLATBUSH AVENUE, INTILE Dated September 14, 1903. 517.30 Dated September 8, 1903.. 510,23 Manhattan, at $4.50 per day while employed. Only BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. experienced workmen need apply. The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as fr_Yfiee General Instructions to Bid- 11:78ee General Instructions to Bid- F. A. SPENCER, Labor Clerk. follows: ders on the last page, last column, of ders on the last page, last column, of 2 sewer basins. the " City Record." the "City Record." The time allowed for the MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, CITY completion of the work and full performances of the contract is ten OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF OFFICE OF THE PRES4DENT OF THE BOROUGH 01 May 21, 1903. OF NEW YORK, 11o) working days. BROOKLYN, ROOM NO. 11, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, BROOKLYN, ROOM NO. I 5, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT The amount of security required is $200. BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK. BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF NEW YORIL applications for the following positions will P 'file bids will be compared and the contract EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE be received until further notice: awarded at a lump or aggregate sum for each EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE Trained Nurse. contract. S received by the President of the Borough of •41' received by the President of the Borough of Nurse. Blank forms may be obtained and the Brooklyn at the above office until or o clock Brooklyn at the above office until II o'clock a. m. plans and a. m., on on S. WILLIAM BRISCOE, Secretary. drawings may be seen at the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Public Works, the Borough of WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903. Brooklyn. Room No. 15, Municipal Building, Bor- No. 1. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR ough of Brooklyn. No. I. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LA- BOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR CON- C01191SSIONI RS OF COMMON J. EDWARD SWANSTROM, President. LANDS FUND, LATE TOWN CONSTRUCTING A SEWER IN NINETIETH STRUCTING SEWER IN FIFTH AVENUE, -Dated September 14, 1903. 517,30 STREET, FROM FOURTH AVENUE TO FROM ATLANTIC AVENUE TO DEAN OF GRAVESEND. 1:71See G 1 Instructions to Bid- FIFTH AVENUE, IN THE BOROUGH OF STREET. ETC., IN THE BOROUGH OF ders on the last page, last column, of BROOKLYN. BROOKLYN. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COMMON the - City Record." The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as LANDS FUND OF THE LATE TOWN OF GRAVESEND. follows: follows: CITY HALL, NEW YORK. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF 400 linear feet 12-inch vitrified stoneware pipe 1,435 linear feet 78-inch brick sewer, "Section BROOKLYN, ROOM No. MUNICIPAL BUILDING, sewer, laid in concrete. AL" EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 4 manholes. 795 linear feet 78-inch I beam covered sewer, S received by the Commissioners of the Com- 2,300 feet, B. M., foundation planking. "Section B." mon Lands Fund of the late town of Gravesend. EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES WILL BE The time allowed for the completion of the 'Ms linear feet 72-inch brick sewer. at the office of the Chief Engineer of the Board of S received by the President of the Borough of work and full performance of the contract is 96 linei.r feet 48-inch cast-iron pipe sewer, Estimate and Apportionment, Room 7, City Hall, Brooklyn at the above office until II o'clock a. m.. twenty working days. laid in concrete. New York, until it o'clock a. m., on on The amount of security, required is $700. 8o linear feet 42-inch brick sewer. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1S, 1903. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1903. No. 2. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LA- 40 linear feet 3o-inch brick sewer. Borough of Brooklyn. BOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR So linear feet 24-inch vitrified stoneware pipe FOR REGULATING AND MACADAMIZING CONSTRUCTING A SEWER IN EAST sewer, laid in concrete. THE ROADWAYS OF VAN SICKLEN No. 1. FOR REGULATINGRADING AND FOURTEENTH STREET, FROM BEVERLY 25o linear feet 18-inch vitrified stoneware pipe STREET, FROM KINGS HIGHWAY TO THE PAVING WITH ASPHALT PAVEMENT, ON ROAD TO AVENUE C ETC., IN THE BOR- sewer, laid in concrete. NECK ROAD, THE NECK ROAD, FROM A CONCRETE FOUNDATION, THE ROAD- OUGH OF BROOKLYN. 110 linear feet 16-inch cast-iron pipe sewer. VAN SICKLEN STREET TO THE OCEAN WAY OF OVINGTON AVENUE, BETWEEN The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as 310 linear feet 15-inch vitrified stoneware pipe BOULEVARD, AND THE VILLAGE ROAD, THIRD AVENUE AND FIFTH AVENUE, follows: sewer, laid in concrete. FOR A WIDTH OF 76 FEET. EXCEPTING THAT PORTION LYING BE- pipe is as 270 linear feet 3o-inch brick sewer. 790 linear feet 12-inch vitrified stoneware The Engineer's estimate of the quantities TWEEN A POINT 200 FEET EAST OF THE 3o linear feet IS-inch vitrified stoneware pipe sewer, laid in concrete. follows: EASTERLY CURB LINE OF FOURTH AVE- macadam pavement. sewer, laid in concrete. 431 manholes. 16,39t square yards of NUE AND A POINT 200 FEET WEST OF 42o linear feet is-inch vitrified stoneware pipe 4 receivingbasins. 2,300 cubic yards of earth excavation. THE WESTERLY CURB LINE OF FIFTH spruce or yellow pine lumber sewer, laid in concrete. receiving basins, reconnected. 400 feet B. M. \ VENUE, THE SAID PORTION TO BE 740 linear feet 12-inch vitrified stoneware pipe 75,000 feet (B. M.) foundation planking and for box drains. I' \ VED VVITII ASPHALT BLOCK PAVE- the completion of the work and sewer, laid in concrete. pile capping. The time for \I ENT, AND TO SET OR RESET CEMENT 13 manholes. of the contract is sixty working 700,000 feet (B. M.) sheeting and bracing, in and full performance CURB, AND FLAG OR REFLAG OR PAVE 8,50o feet, B. M., foundation planking. about silt and trap basin. days. SIDEWALKS OF SAID STREET WITH CE- 5 cubic yards brick masonry. 91 cubic yards brick masonry. MENT, WHERE NOT ALREADY DONE. The amount of security required is $6,000. 5 cubic yards concrete. 440 cubic yards concrete masonry, including The bidder will state the prices of each item or The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as The time allowed for the completion of the corrugated steel, etc. article contained in the specifications or schedules. follows: work and full performance of the contract is 65 linear feet bluestone, 16 inches wide by per square yard, per cubic yard or per M. B. M. 3,870 square yards of asphalt pavement. forty working days. 6 inches thick. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. THE CITY RECORD. 7859

..o tons (2,000 pounds) steel I beams, In- unto or interested in the lands, tenements, said office on the 14th (lay of October, 1903, at SECOND DEPARTMENT. cluding tie rods. hereditaments and premises required for the pur- I I o'clock a. in. In the matter of the application 143 tons (2,000 pounds) cast-iron, in pipes, pose by and in consequence of opening the above- Second-That the abstract of our said estimate of The City of columns and beam saddles. mentioned street or avenue, the same being par- and assessment, together with our damage and New York, relative to acquiring title to the 38,000 feet (B. M.) permanent sheet piling. ticularly set forth and described in the petition benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estimates, lands, tenements and hereditaments required so,000 feet (B. M.) temporary sheet piling in of The City of New York, and R180 in the notice proofs and other documents used by us in making for the purpose of opening ELEVENTH AVE- cotter dam. of the application for the said order thereto our report, have been deposited in the Bureau of NUE, from Fifteenth street to Terrace place, 2,250 linear feet bearing piles. attached, filed herein in the office of the Clerk Street Openings of the Law Department of The in the Twenty-second and Twenty-ninth Wards, 1,640 cubic yards excavation, including refilling, of the County of New York on the. zd day of City of New York in the Borough of Brooklyn. in the Borough of Brooklyn of The City of removal of old masonry, etc. June, 1903; and a just and equitable estimate No. 166 Montague street, in the Borough of New York, as the same has been heretofore zoo cubic yards stone filling. and assessment of the value of the benefit and Brooklyn, in The City of' New York, there to laid out. 94 linear feet granite coping, 36 inches wide advantage of said street or avenue so to be opened remain until the 17th day of October, 1903. E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- by 18 inches thick. or laid out and formed, to the respective owners, Third-That the limits of our assessment for ers of Estimate and Assessment in the 'The time allowed for the completion of the lessees, parties and persons respectively entitled benefit include all those lands, tenements and above-entitled matter, hereby give notice to all work and full performance of the contract is to or interested in the said respective lands, tene- hereditaments and premises situate, lying and persons interested in this proceeding, and to the ninety (90) working days. ments, hereditaments and premises not required being in the Borough of Brooklyn, in The City owner or owners, occupant or occupants of all The amount of security required is $40,000. for the purpose of opening, laying out and form- of New York, which, taken together, are bounded houses and lots and improved and unimproved No. 2. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR ing the same, but benefited thereby, and of and described as follows, viz.: lands affected thereby, and to all others whom it AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR CON- ascertaining and defining the extent and bound- Beginning at a point on the easterly side of may concern, to wit: STRUCTING SEWERON WEST SIDE OF aries of the respective tracts or parcels of land Ocean avenue where the same intersects the cen- First-That we have completed our estimate FOURTH AVENUE, FROM BUTLER STREET to be taken or to he assessed therefor, and of tre line of the block between Avenues J and K; and assessment, and that all persons interested in TO DEGRAW STREET, ETC., IN THE BOR. performing the trusts and duties required of us running thence southerly along the easterly side this proceeding, or in any of the lands, tenements OUCH OF BROOKLYN. by chapter i7, title 4 of the Greater New York of Ocean avenue to the centre line of the block and hereditaments and premises affected thereby, The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as Charter, as amended, and the acts or parts of between Avenue K and Avenue L; running thence and having objection thereto, do present their follows: acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof. easterly and parallel with Avenue K to the west- said objections in writing, duly verified, to us at 1,570 linear feet go-inch brick sewer, "Section All parties and persons interested in the real erly side of East Thirty-eighth 'street; running our office in the office of the Law Department, A estate taken or to be taken for the purpose of thence northerly along the westerly side of East No. 166 Montague street, in the Borough . of 438 linear feet go-inch I beam covered sewer, opening the said street or avenue, or affected Thirty-eighth street to the southwesterly side of Brooklyn, in The City of New York, on or before "Section B." thereby, and having any claim or demand on Flatbush avenue; running thence along the south- the sth day of October, 1go3, and that we, the 40 linear feet 18-inch vitrified stoneware pipe account thereof, are hereby required to present westerly side of Elatbush avenue to the centre said Commissioners, will hear parties so objecting, sewer, laid in concrete. the same, duly verified, to us, the undersigned line of the block between Avenue J and Avenue and for that purpose will be in attendance at our manholes. Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment, at K; running thence westerly through the centre_ said office on the 8th day of October, 1903, at i receiving basin. our office, fourteenth floor, Nos. 90 and pa West lines of the blocks between Avenue J. and Avenue II o'clock a. m. 200,000 feet (B. M.) foundation planking and pile Broadway, Borough of Manhattan, in The City K to the point or ['lace of beginning. Second-That the abstract of our said estimate ca pping. of New York, with such affidavits or other proofs Fourth-That our report herein will be pre- and assessment, together with our damage and 375,00o feet(B. M.) sheeting and bracing, in and as the said owners or claimants may desire, smiled for confirmation to the Supreme Court of benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estimates, about silt and trap basin. within twenty days after the date of this notice. the State of New York, Second Department, at proofs and other documents used by us in making 2,000 cubic yards excavation, including refilling. And we, the said Commissioners, will be in a Special Term thereof for the hearing of motions, our report, have been deposited in the Bureau of removal of crib work, etc. attendance at our said office on the 14th day of to be held in the County Courthouse in the Bor- Street Openings of the Law Department of The 830 cubic yards concrete masonry, including October, 190,3, at ri o'clock in the forenoon of ough of Brooklyn, in The City of New York, on City of New York in the Borough of Brooklyn, corrugated steel rods, exnanded met4 that day, to hear the said parties and persons in the zd day of November, 1903, at the opening of No. 166 Montague street, in the Borough of e.tc relation thereto. And at such time and place, and the Court on that day. Brooklyn, in The City of New York, there to 16 tons (2,000 pounds) steel I beams, induct- at such further or other time and place as we Dated BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF remain until the zath day of October, 1903. ing tie rods. may appoint, we will hear such owners in relation NEW YORK, September 17, 1903. Third-That the limits of our assessment for 79 tons (2,000 pounds) cast-iron, in pipes and thereto and examine the proofs of such claimant IIARRIS WILSON, benefit include all those lands, tenements and colonies or claimants, or such additional proofs and alle- Chairman; hereditaments and premises situate, lying and be- 6o,000 feet (B. M.) permanent sheet piling. gations as may then be offered by such owner, HARRY HOWARD DALE, ing in the Borough of Brooklyn, in The City of 7,400 feet (B. M.) temporary sheet piling, in or on behalf of The City of New York. HENRY JOSEPH, New York, which, taken together, are bounded coffer dam. Dated BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW Yna g Commissioners. and described as follows, viz.: i,000 linear feet bearing piles. CITY, September 17, 1903. CHAS. S. 'CABER, Clerk. st7,o3 Beginning at a point in the southern line of 6o cubic yards stone filling. RICHARD H. MITCHELL, Fifteenth street at the centre of the block between 39 linear feet granite coping, 36 inches wide LOUIS M. EBLING. DINGS COUNTY. Tenth avenue and Eleventh avenue; running by 18 inches thick. EUGENE M. CAMP, In the matter of the application of the Board of thence easterly along the southern line of Fif- The time allowed for the completion of the Commissioners. Education, by the Corporation Counsel of The teenth street to the centre of the block between work and full performance of the contract is JOHN P. DUNN, Clerk. si6,oto City of New York, relative to acquiring title Eleventh avenue and Coney Island avenue; ninety (go) working days. by The City of New York to certain lands thence southerly along the centre line of the The amount of security required is $40,000. SECOND DEPARTMENT. situate on the northeasterly corner of EVER- block between Eleventh avenue and Coney Island No. 3. FOR FURNISHING ALL THE LABOR • GREEN AVENUE and ELDERT STREET, avenue to the southern line of Windsor place; AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR CON- In the matter of the application of The City of and also on northwesterly side of COVERT thence southerly to a point in the northern line STRUCTING A SEWER BASIN AT THE New York, relative to acquiring title to the STREET, ninety feet north of Evergreen ave- of Sherman street, in the centre of the block sol 1TH W CORNER OF TOMPKINS AVE- lands, tenements and hereditaments required nue, in the Twenty-eighth Ward of the Bor- between Eleventh avenue and the Old City line NUE AND HOPKINS STREET, IN THE for the purpose of opening EAST THIR- ough of Brooklyn, duly selected and chosen of Brooklyn; thence southerly along the centre BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN. TEENTH STREET, from Avenue T to Graves- as a site for school purposes by the School line of the 'block between Eleventh avenue and The Engineer's estimate of the quantities is as end Neck road, in the Thirty-first Ward, in the Board of the Borough of Brooklyn and ap- the Old City line of Brooklyn to the southern follows: Borough of Brooklyn of The City of New proved by the Board of Education under and line of Prospect avenue; thence southerly along One (1) sewer basin. York, as the same has been heretofore laid out. in pursuance of the provisions of chapter 378 the southern line of ProspeCt avenue to the west- The time allowed for the completion of the of the Laws of 1897, and the various statutes ern line of Terrace place; thence southerly along work and full performance of the contract is ten E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- amendatory thereof and other statutes relating the western line of Terrace place to a point (Io) working days. W era of Estimate and Assessment in the thereto. distant 70.46 feet southerly of the southern line The amount of security required is tioo. above-entitled matter, hereby give notice to all of Nineteenth street; thence westerly and parallel The bidder will state the price of each item persons interested in this proceeding, and to the E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- to Nineteenth street to the centre line of the or article contained in the specifications or sched- owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all VV era of Estimate in the above-entitled mat- blocks between Eleventh avenue and Tenth ave- ules herein contained or hereto annexed, per houses and lots and improved and unimproved ter, appointed pursuant to the provisions of the nue; thence northerly along the centre line of linear foot. feet B M., yard. square yard. or lands affected thereby, and to all others whom statutes relating thereto, hereby give notice to the the blocks between Eleventh avenue and Tenth other unit of measure, by which the bids will be it may concern, to wit: owner or owners, lessee or lessees, parties or avenue, to the point of beginning. tested. First-That we have completed our estimate persons respectively entitled to or interested in Fourth-That our report herein will be pre- The bids will be compared and the contract and assessment, and that all persons interested in the lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises, sented to the Supreme Court of the State of New awarded at a lump or aggregate sum for each this proceeding, or in any of the lands, tenements title to which is sought to be acquired in this York, Second Department, at a Special Term contract. and hereditaments and premises affected thereby, proceeding, and to all others whom it may con- thereof for the hearing of motions, to be held in Blank forms and further information may be and having objection thereto, do present their cern, to wit: the County Courthouse in the Borough of Brook- obtained and the plans and drawings may be said objections in writing, duly verified, to us at First-That we have completed our estimate of lyn, in The City of New York, on the 29th day seen at the office of the Assistant Commissioner our office in the office of the Law Department, the loss and damage to the respective owners, of October, 1903, at the opening of the Court on of Public Works. Room r5, Municipal Building, No. 166 Montague street, in the Borough of lessees, parties and persons interested in the lands that day. Borough of Brooklyn. Brooklyn, in The City of New York, on or or premises affected by this proceeding or having Dated BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OP before the 9th day of October, 1903, and that any interest therein, and have filed a true report NEW YORK, September 12, 1903. T. EDWARD SWANSTROM, President. we, the said Commissioners, will hear parties so or transcript of such estimate in the office of the WALTER T. BENNETT, a28-s23 Dated August 21, igo3. objecting, and for that purpose will he in attend• Board of Education of The City of New York, Chairman; (Mr See General Instructions to Bid- ance at our said office on the 13th day of Octo- at Park avenue and Fifty-ninth street, in the TAMES J. DEVERE, ders on the last page, last column, of ber, 1903, at I o'clock p. m. Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, for the JACOB L. LONG, the "City Record.' Second-That the abstract of our said estimate inspection of whomsoever it may concern. Commissioners. and assessment, together with our damage and Second-That all parties or persons whose CHAS. S. Tassa, Clerk. 512,29 benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estimates, rights may be affected by the said estimate and proofs and other documents used by us in making who may object to the same, or any part thereof, FIRST DEPARTMENT. SUPREME COURT. our report, have been deposited in the Bureau may within ten days after the first publication of of Street Openings of the Law Department of this notice, September 15, z9o3, file their objec- In the matter of the application of The City of SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The City of New York in the Borough of Brook- tions to such estimate, in writing, with us at our New York, relative to acquiring title, wherever lyn. No. 166 Montague street, in the Borough office, No. 166 Montague street, in the Borough the same has not been heretofore acquired, to In the matter of the petition of Thomas F. Gil- WEST TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH roy. Commissioner of Public Works of the af Brooklyn, in The City of New York, there to of Brooklyn, in said city, as provided by statute, remain until the 17th day of October, 19o3. and that we the said Commissioners, will hear STREET (although not yet named by proper City of New York, under and in pursuance of authority), from Broadway to the Harlem river, chapter 4go of the Laws of 1883. and the laws Third-That the limits of our assessment for ptirties so objecting at our office on the 28th day benefit include all those lands, tenements and of September, 1903, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, in the Twelfth Ward, Borough of Manhattan, amendatory thereof, on behalf of the Mayor, in The City of New York. Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New hereditaments and premises situate, lying and be- and upon such subsequent days as may be found York, for the appointment of Commissioners of ing in the Borough of Brooklyn, in The City of necessary. E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- Appraisal under said acts. Final Report. Cor- New York, which, taken together, are bounded Dated the BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, CITY OF W ors of Estimate and Assessment in the nell Dam, Seventh Supplemental Proceedings. and described as follows, viz.: NEW YORK, September 15, 1903. above-entitled matter, hereby give notice to all Beginning at a point on the southerly side of CHRISTIAN T. BODE, persons interested in this proceeding, and to the UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Avenue T, where the same intersects the centre A. C. DE GRAW, owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all P that the final report of Quinton Corwine line of the block between East Thirteenth street Commissioners. houses and lots and improved and unimproved and James H. Briggs, Commissioners of Appraisal and East Fourteenth street; running thence south- GEORGE T. Rings, Clerk. 812,25 lands affected thereby, and to all others whom it in the above-entitled proceeding, was filed in the erly and parallel with East Thirteenth street to may concern, to wit: office of the Clerk of the County of Westchester the northerly side of Gravesend Neck road: run- KINGS COUNTY. First-That we have completed our estimate at White Plains, in said county, on the 14th day ning thence westerly along the -northerly side of In the matter of the application of the Board of and assessment, and that all persons interested of August, 1903. Gravesend Neck road to the centre line of the Education, by the Corporation Counsel of The in this proceeding, or in any of the lands, tene- Notice is further given that the said report block between East Thirteenth street and Home- City of New York, relative to acquiring title ments and hereditaments and premises affected includes and affects the parcels of land designated crest avenue; running thence northerly along the by The City of New York to certain lands thereby. and having objections thereto. do present as Parcels Nos. 96, zoo (part of), z o5 (part of), centre line of the block between East Thirteenth situate on the northerly line of DEAN their said objections in writing, duly verified, 115 (part of), 125 (part of), 135, 142 (Cemetery street and Homecrest avenue, to the southerly STREET and the southerly line of PACIFIC to us at our office, Nos. d'o and 92 West Broad- property), 143 (Cemetery property), 144, 148, side of Avenue T; running thence easterly along STREET, between Nevins street and Third way. in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City 150 (part of) and 155. the southerly side of Avenue T to the point or avenue, in the Third Ward of the Borough of of New York, on or before the rat day of October, Notice is further given that an application will place of beginning. Brooklyn, duly selected and chosen as a site 19o3, and that we, the said Commissioners, will be made at a Special Term of the Supreme Court Fourth-That our report herein will he pre- for school purposes by the School Board of the hear parties so objecting, and for that purpose of the State of New York, to be held in and for sented for confirmation to the Supreme Court of Borough of Brooklyn and approved by the will he in attendance at our said office on the the Second Judicial District, before the Hon. the State of New York, Second Department, at a Board of Education under and in pursuance of 5th day of October, 1903, at 2 o'clock p. m. Martin J. Keogh, Justice of said Court, at his Special Term thereof for the hearing of motions, the provisions of chapter 378 of the Laws of Second-That the abstract of our said estimate Chambers in the City of New Rochelle, in the to he held in the County Courthouse in the Bor- 1897, and the various statutes amendatory and assessment, together with our damage and County of Westchester and State of New York, ough of Brooklyn, in The City of New York, on thereof and other statutes relating thereto. benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estimates, on the 26th day of September, 1903, at zo o'clock the 2t1 day of November, 1903, at the opening proofs and other documents used by us in making E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- in the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter of the Court on that day. our report, have been deposited in the Bureau as counsel can be heard, for an order confirming Dated BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF W ere of Estimate in the above-entitled mat- of Street Openings in the Law Department of of the said report, and for such other and further relief NEW Yong, September 17, 1903. ter, appointed pursuant to the proyisions The City of New York, Nos. go and 92 West statutes relating thereto, hereby give notice to the as may be just. Broadway, in the Borough of Manhattan, in said AMBROSE B. TREMAINE, lessee or lessees, parties or Dated NEW YORK, August 25, i903. owner or owners, city, there to remain until the zath day of Octo- Chairman; persons respectively entitled to or interested in RIVES, Corporation Counsel, ber, t903. GEORGE L. L. I.AFRANCE, the lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises, No. 2 Tryon Row, Borough of Manhat- WILLIAM STONE, Third-That the limits of our assessment for title to which is sought to be acquired in this benefit include all those lands, tenements and tan, New York City, N. Y. Commissioners. proceeding, and to all others whom it may con- a27,s3,10,17,24 CHAS. S. TABER, Clerk. 217,03 hereditaments and premises situate, lying and be- cern, to wit: ing in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City First-That we have completed our estimate of of New York, which, taken together, are bounded SECOND DEPARTMENT. the loss and damage to the respective owners, FIRST DEPARTMENT. and described as follows, viz.: lessees, parties and persons interested in the lands Beginning at a point formed by the intersection In the matter of the application of The City of In the matter of the application of The City of or premises affected by this proceeding or having of the United States bulkhead line of the Harlem New York relative to acquiring title, wherever New York, relative to acquiring title to the any interest therein, and have filed a true report river with the southeasterly prolongation of the the same has not been heretofore acquired, to lands, tenements and hereditaments required or transcript of such estimate in the office of the middle line of the blocks between West Two the lands, tenements and hereditaments required for the purpose of opening AVENUE K, from of Education of The City of New York, Board Hundred and Fifteenth street and West Two for the opening and extending of DAWSON Ocean avenue to Flathush avenue, in the at Park avenue and Fifty-ninth street, in the Hundred and Sixteenth street; running thence STREET (although not yet named by proper Thirty-second Ward, in the Borough of Brook- Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, for the northwesterly along said prolongation and middle authority), from Craven street (East One lyn of The City of New York, as the same has inspection of whomsoever it may concern. line and its northwesterly prolongation to its Hundred and Fifty-sixth street) to Intervale been heretofore laid out. Second-That all parties or persons whose intersection with a line parallel to and 100 feet avenue, in the Twenty-third Ward, Borough of E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- rights may be affected by the said estimate and The Bronx, City of New York. who may object to the same, or any part thereof, northwesterly from the northwesterly line of W ers of Estimate and Assessment in the Kingsbrirlge road; thence northeasterly along said above-entitled matter, hereby give notice to all may within ten days after the first publication of OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT WE, this notice, September 15, xpo3, file their objec- parallel line to its intersection with the north- the undersigned, were appointed by orders persons interested in this proceeding, and to the westerly prolongation of a line parallel to and N tions to such estimate, in writing, with us at out of the Supreme Court, bearing date the 14th owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all too feet northeasterly from the northeasterly line 25th day of July, houses and lots and improved and unimproved office, No. 166 Montague street, in the Borough day of May, 1903, and the of Brooklyn, in said city, as provided by statute, of West Two Hundred and Sixteenth street: 1903, and duly entered in the office of the Clerk lands affected thereby, and to all others whom and that we, the said Commissioners,- will hear thence southeasterly along said last-mentioned of the County of New York, at his office in the it may concern, to wit: prolongation and parallel line to its intersection The City of Ntw York, First-That we have completed our estimate parties so objecting at our office on the 28th day Borough of Manhattan in of September, 190,3, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. with the United States bulkhead line of the Har- on the ad day of June, 1903, and the 28th day of and assessment, and that all persons interested in lem river; thence southerly along said bulkhead was duly filed this proceeding, or in any of the lands, tenements and upon such subsequent days as may be found July, 1903, a copy of which order necessary. line to the point or place of beginning. excepting in the office of the Register of the County of and hereditaments and premises affected thereby, from said area all streets, avenues and roads, or New York, and indexed in the Index of Con- and having objections thereto, do present their Dated the BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, CITY OF NEW YORK, September 15, 1903. portions thereof, heretofore le..ally opened, as veyances, Block Nos. 2695, 2696, 2697, 2701 and said objections in writing, duly verified, to us such area is shown upon our benefit maps de- 2702, Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment at our office in the office of the Law Department, THOMAS H. WAGSTAFF, posited as aforesaid. for the purpose of making a just and equitable No. 166 Montague street, in the Borough of Chairman; Fourth-That our report herein will be pre- estimate and assessment of the loss and damage, Brooklyn, in The City of New York, on or before WILLIAM MURRAY, sented for confirmation to the Supreme Court of if any, or of the benefit and advantage, if any, the 9th day of October, 1903, and that we, the JAMES J. KIRWIN, the State of New York, First Department, at a as the case may be, to the respective owners, said Commissioners, will hear parties so objecting, Commissioners. Special Term thereof, Part ITT., to be held in the lessees, parties and persons respectively entitled and for that purpose will be in attendance at our GEORGE T. BIGGS, Clerk. 512,25 County Courthouse, in the Borough of Manhat- 7860 THE CITY RECORD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.

there to remain until the ad day of October, 1903. benefit of said street or avenue so to be opened, SECOND DEPARTMENT. tan, in The City of New York, on the 17th day to the respective owners, parties and persons re- of November, 1903, at the opening of the Court Third-That the limits of our assessment for benefit include all those lands, tenements and spectively entitled to or interested in the lands In tile matter of the application of The City of on that day. and premises and not required for the purpose of New York, relative to acquiring title to PINE Dated BoROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, hereditaments and premises situate, lying and be- ing in toe Borough of The Bronx, in The City of opening said street or avenue, but benehted there- STREET, from Glenmore avenue to Sutter ave- June 29, 1903. by, and of ascertaining and defining the district nue, in the Twenty-sixth Ward, in the Borough WAUIIOPE LYNN, New York, which, taken together, are bounded and described as follows, viz.: benefited by said assessment, and the extent and of Brooklyn, The City of New York. Chairman; boundaries of the respective tracts and parcels of JESSE C. BENNETT. Beginning at the point formed by the intersec- OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT WE, Commissioners. tion of the northwesterly line of Aqueduct avenue land participating in said benefit, and of perform- ing the trusts and duties required of us by title 4 N the undersigned, were appointed by an or- toils P. Dugs, Clerk. 511,29 with the northerly line of Fordham road; run- der of the Supreme Court made and entered ning thence westerly along said last mentioned 01 chapter 17 of the Charter of The City of New herein on the 25th day of May, 1903, and duly line to its intersection with the easterly fine of York, and the acts or parts of acts supplementary filed in the office of the Clerk of Kings County, FIRST DEPARTMENT. Sedgwick avenue; thence northerly and north- thereto or amendatory thereof. All parties and persons interested in the lands a copy of which order was filed in the office of In the matter of the application of The City of easterly along said last mentioned line to its in- the Register of the County of Kings on the 27th New York. relative to acquiring title, wherever tersection with a line parallel to and zoo feet and premises taken or to be taken for the purpose day of May, 1903, and indexed in the Index of northeasterly from the northeasterly line of of opening said street or avenue, or affected the same has not been heretofore acquired. to Conveyances in Section 13, Blocks 42.14, 4215, WEST TWO HUNDRED AND THIR- Kingsbridge road; thence southeasterly along said thereby, and having any claim or demand on ac- count thereof, are hereby required to present the 1233, 4234, 4250 and 4251, Commissioners of TEENTH STREET (although not yet named parallel line to its intersection with the northeast- Estimate and Assessment for the purpose of mak- by proper authority),. from Kingsbridge road erly prolongation of the northwesterly line of same, duly verified, to us, the undersigned Com- missioners of Estimate and Assessment, at our ing a just and equitable estimate of the loss or to Harlem river, in the Twelfth Ward, Bor- Aqueduct avenue; thence southwesterly along said damage, if any, to the respective owners, lessees, ough of Manhattan; City of New York. prolongation and northwesterly line to the point office in the Bureau of Street Openings of the Law Department, No. 166 Montague street, Bor- parties and persons entitled to or interested in or place of beginning, as such streets are shown the lands and premises to he taken for the pur- E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- upon the final maps and profiles of the Twenty- ough of Brooklyn, in The City of New York, with such affidavits or other proofs as the said pose of opening the said street or avenue, as W ers of Estimate and Assessment in the third and Twenty-fourth Wards of The City of particularly described in the petition of The City above entitled matter, hereby give notice to all New York, excepting from said area all streets, owner or claimants may desire, within twenty days after date of this notice. of New York filed with said order in the office persons interested in this proceeding, and to the avenues and roads, or portions thereof, heretofore of the Clerk of Kings County, and for the pur- owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all legally opened, as such area is shown upon our And we, the said Commissioners, will be in at- tendance at our said office on the 25th day of pose of making a just and equitable assessment houses and lots and improved and unimproved benefit maps deposited as aforesaid. of the benefit of said street or avenue so to be lands affected thereby, and to all others whom Fourth-That our report herein will be pre- September, 1903, at a o'clock in the afternoon of that day, to hear the said parties and persons in opened, to the respective owners, parties and it may concern, to wit: sented for confirmation to the Supreme Court of persons respectively entitled to or interested in First-That we have completed our estimate the State of New York, First Department, at a relation thereto; and at such time and place, and at such further or other time and place as we the lands and premises and not required for the and assessment, and that all persons interested Special Term thereof, Part III., to be held in the urpose of opening said street or avenue, but in this proceeding, or in any of the lands, tene- County Courthouse, in the Borough of Manhattan,- may appoint, we will hear such owners ha relation thereto, and examine proofs of such claimant or benefited thereby, and of ascertaining and de- ments and hereditaments and premises affected in The City of New York, on the 22d day of fining the district benefited by said assessment, thereby and having objections thereto, do present October, 1903, at the opening of the Court on claimants, or such additional proofs and allega- tions as may then be offered by such owner or on and the extent and boundaries of the respective their said objections in writing, duly verified, to that day. tracts and parcels of land participating in said us at our office, Nos. go and 92 West Broadway. Dated BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, behalf of The City of New York. Dated BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF benefit, and of performing the trusts and duties in the Borough of Manhattan. in The City of June 9, 1903. required of us by title NEW YORK, August 31, 1903. of chapter 17 of the New York, on or before the ist day of October. PAUL HALPIN, Charter of The City of New York, and the acts ioo3, and that we, the said Commissioners, will Chairman; JOSEPH A. GUIDER, or parts of acts supplementary thereto or amend- hear parties so objecting, and for that purpose HERMAN FOX, HENRY JOSEPH, atory thereof. will be in attendance at our said office on the JOHN J. QUINLAN, Commissioners. All parties and persons interested in the lands 5111 day of October, 1903, at 3 o'clock p. m. Commissioners. CHAS. S. TABER, Clerk. a3i,s23 and premises taken or to be taken for the purpose Second-That the abstract of our said estimate Jolts P. Dugs, Clerk. slog of opening said street or avenue, or affected and assessment, together with our damage and all the affidavits, estimates, KINGS COUNTY. thereby, and having any claim or demand 9n ac- benefit maps, and also • SECOND DEPARTMENT. count thereof, are hereby required to present the proofs and other documents used by us in making In the matter of the application of the Board of same, duly verified, to us, the undersigned Com- our report, have been deposited in the Bureau of In the matter of the application of The City of Education, by the Corporation Counsel of The missioners of Estimate and Assessment, at our Street Openings in the Law Department of The New York relative to acquiring title, wherever City of New York, relative to acquiring title office in the Bureau of Street Openings of the City of New York, Nos. go and 92 West Broad- the same has not been heretofore acquired, to by The City of New York to certain lands Law Department, No. 166 Montague street, Bor- way, in the Borough of Manhattan. in said city, the lands, tenements and hereditaments required situate on the northwest corner of ALBANY ough of Brooklyn, in The City of New York, there to remain until the 12th day of October, for the opening and extending of MORRIS AVENUE and BERGEN STREET, in the with such affidavits or other proofs as the said 1913; STREET (although not yet named by proper Twenty-fourth Ward of the Borough of Brook- owner or claimants may desire, within twenty ird-That the limits of our assessment for authority), from Bronx river to Old Boston lyn, duly selected and chosen as a site for days after date of this notice. benefit include all those lands, tenements and Post road, in the Twenty-fourth Ward, Borough school purposes by the School Board of the And we, the said Commissioners, will be in hereditaments and premises situate, lying and of The Bronx, City of New York. Borough of Brooklyn and approved by the in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City attendance at our said office on the 28th day of being. Board of Education under and in pursuance of September, 1903, at 3.3o o'clock in the afternoon of New York, whit-h. taken together, are hounded E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- the provisions of chapter 378 of the Laws of ers of Estimate and Assessment in the of that day, to hear the said parties and persons and described as follows, viz.: W 1897, and the various statutes amendatory in relation thereto; and at such time and place, Beginning at a point formed by the intersection above-entitled matter, hereby give notice to all thereof and other statutes relating thereto. of the northwesterly prolongation of the middle persons interested in this proceeding, and to the and at such further or other time and place as line of the blocks between West Two Hundred owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- we may appoint, we will hear such owners in and Twelfth street and West Two Hundred and houses and lots and improved and unimproved W era of Estimate in the above-entitled mat- relation thereto, and examine proofs of such claim- Thirteenth street. with a line parallel to and 2on lands affected thereby, and to all others whom ter, appointed pursuant to the provisions of the ant or claimants, or such additional proofs and fret northwesterly from the northwesterly line of it may concern, to wit: statutes relating thereto, hereby give notice to the allegations as may then be offered by such owner Kingsbridge road: sinning thence northeasterly First-That we have completed our estimate owner or owners, lessee or lessees, parties or or on behalf of The City of New York. along said parallel litre to its intersection with and assessment, and that all persons interested in persons respectively entitled to or interested in Dated BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, THE CITY OF 'he northwesterly prolongation of the middle line this proceeding, or in any of the lands, tenements the lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises, NEW YORK, September 3, 1903. of the blocks between West Two Hundred and and hereditaments and premises affected thereby title to which is sought to be acquired in this EDWARD J. KENNEY, Ja., Thirteenth street and West Two Hundred and and having objections thereto, do present their proceeding, and to all others whom it may con- A. C. DE CRAW, Fourteenth street: thence southeasterly along said said objections in writing, duly verified, to us at cern, to wit: JOSIAH B. BOONE, middle line of the blocks and its prolongation to our office, Nos. 90 and 92 West Broadway, in the First-That we have completed our estimate of Commissioners. its intersection with the bulkhead line of the Borough of Manhattan, in The City of New York, the loss and damage to the respective owners, CHARLES S. TABER, Clerk. 53,26 Harlem river; thence southwesterly along said on or before the 22d day of September, 1903, and lessees, parties and persons interested in the lands bulkhead line to its intersection with the south- that we, the said Commissioners, will hear parties or premises affected by this proceeding or having easterly prolongation of the middle line of the so objecting, and for that purpose will he in at- any interest therein, and have filed a true report blocks between West Twn Hundred and Twelfth tendance at our said office on the 25th day of or transcript of such estimate in the office of the PROPOSALS FOR BIDS AND ESTIMATES street and West Two Hundred and Thirteenth September, 1903, at 2 o'clock p. m. Board of Education of The City of New York, FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK. at Park avenue and Fifty-ninth street, in the street; thence northwesterly along said prolonga- Second-That the abstract of our said estimate NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. tion and middle line and its northwesterly pro- and assessment, together with our damage and Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, for the longation to the noint or nlace of beginning, ex- benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estimates, inspection of whomsoever it may concern. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. cepting from said area all streets, avenues and proofs and other documents used by us in making Second-That all parties or persons whose roads, or portions thereof, heretofore legally our report, have been deposited in the Bureau of rights may be affected by the said estimate and The person or persons making a bid or esti- opened. as such area is shown upon our benefit Street Openings in the Law Department of The who may object to the same, or any part thereof, mate for any services, work, materials or supplies mans deposited as aforesaid. City of New York, Nos. go and 92 West Broad- may within ten days after the first publication of for The City of New York, or for any of its Fourth-That our report herein will be pre way, in the Borough of Manhattan, in said city, this notice, September is, ipo3, file their objec- departments, bureaus or offices, shall furnish the center] for confirmation to the Supreme Court of tittle to remain until the ad day of October, 1903. tions to such estimate, in writing, with us at our same in a sealed envelope, indorsed with the title the State of New York. First Department. at a Third-That the limits of our assessment for office, No. t66 Montague street, hi the Borough of the supplies, materials, work or services for Special Term thereof. Part HI., to he held in benefit include all those lands, tenements and of Brooklyn, in said city, as provided by statute, which the bid or estimate is made, with his or the County Courthouse. in the Borough of Man- hereditaments and premises situate, lying and be- and that we, the said Commissioners, will hear their name or names and the date of presentation hattan. in The City of New York. on the 17th ing in the Borough of The Bronx, in The City of parties so objecting at our office on the 28th day to the President or Board or to the head of day of November, 1903, at the opening of the New York, which, taken together, are bounded of September, 1903, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, tiie Department at his or its office, on or before Court on that day. and described as follows, viz.: and upon such subsequent days as may be found the date and hour named in the advertisement Dated BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK Beginning at a point formed by the intersec- necessary. for the same, at which time and place the esti- mates received will be publicly opened by the July 17, 1903. tion of a line parallel to and 300 feet southeasterly Dated the BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, CITY OF JOSEPH McELROY. TR., from the southeasterly line of Old Boston Post NEW YORK, September 15, 1903. President or Board or head of said Department Chairman: road with a line parallel to and goo feet southerly and read, and the award of the contract made ELMER G. SAMMIS, according to law as soon thereafter as practicable. PETER H. GART.AND. from the southerly line of Morris street ( East PETER P. SMITH, PATRICK J. CASEY. Two Hundred and Seventh street); running Each bid or estimate shall contain the name Commissioners. and place of residence of the person making the Commissioners. thence westerly along said last mentioned parallel GEORGE T. RIGGS, Clerk. 812,23 TOUN P. Dugs. Clerk. 511,29 line (and its prolongation) to its intersection with same, the names of all persons interested with him the easterly line of the Bronx river; thence north- therein, and, if no other person be so interested, SECOND JUDICIAT. DEPARTMENT. erly along said easterly line to its intersection SECOND DEPARTMENT. it shall distinctly state that fact; also, that it is with the westerly prolongation of a line parallel made without any connection with any other per- In the matter of acqoiring title by The City of In the matter of the application of The City of son making an estimate for the same purpose, and New York to certain lands and premises on the to and Roo feet northerly from the northerly line Ncw York relative to acquiring title, for the of Morris street (East 'Two Hundred and Seventh is in all respects fair and without collusion or easterly side of MANOR ROAD. in the Second Use of the public, to lands and premises fraud, and that no member of the Board of Alder- Ward of the Borough of Richmond. in The street); thence easterly along said prolongation bounded by VERNON AVENUE and the and parallel line and its easterly prolongation to men, head of a department, chief of a bureau, City of New York, duly selected as a site for an EAST RIFER and PIERCE AVENUE and deputy thereof, or clerk therein, or other officer almshouse according to law. its intersection with a line parallel to and Soo SANFORI) STREET, First Ward of the Bor- feet southeasterly from the southeasterly line of of I he City o New York is, shall be or become OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ough of Oueens, in The City of New York, interested, directly or indirectly, as contracting Old Boston Post road; thence southwesterly along required for the opening of a public park. N Charles D. Griffiths, Henry A. Guyon and said last mentioned parallel line to the point or party, partner, stockholder, surety or otherwise F. A. Braniff. appointed Commissioners of Esti place of beginning, excepting from said area all OURSUANT TO THE STATUTES IN SUCH in or ini the performance of the contract, or in mate and Appraisal herein by an order dated streets, avenues and roads, or portions thereof. cases made and provided, notice is hereby the supplies, work or business to which it relates, September R. 1903. filed in the office of the Clerk heretofore legally opened, as such area is shown given that an application will be made to the or in any portion of the profits thereof. The bid of the County of Richmond, will appear before upon our benefit maps deposited as aforesaid. Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second or estimate must be verified by the oath, in the Justice of the Supreme Court sitting at Fourth-That our report herein will be pre- Department, at a Special Term of said Court to writing, of the party or parties making the esti- Special Term for the hearing of motions, at the be held in the County Courthouse in the Borough mate that the several matters stated herein are in sented to the Supreme Court of the State of New all respects true. County Courthouse in the Borough of Brooklyn, York, Second Department, at a Special Term of Queens, in The City of New York, on Satur- on the 23d day of September, ion3. at 1o. t 5 a. m.. day, the 3d day of October, 1903, at the opening Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by thereof for the hearing of motions, to be held in the consent, in writing, of two householders or to be examined by the Corporation Counsel. or by the County Courthouse, in the Borough of Brook- of the Court on that day, or as soon thereafter as any person having an interest in the lands pro- counsel can be heard thereon, for the appointment freeholders in The City of New York, or of a lyn, in The City of New York, on the 3d day guaranty or surety company duly authorized by posed to be taken, as to their qualifications to act of November, 1903, at the opening of the Court of Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment in as Commissioners of Estimate and Appraisal. the above-entitled matter. law to act as surety, and shall contain the mat- 9, 1903, on that day. ters set forth in the blank forma mentioned below. Dated NEW YORE, September NEW YORK, The nature and extent of the improvement here- GEORGE T., RIVES, Corporation Counsel. Dated BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, No bid or estimate will be considered unless, as July 13, 1903. by intended is the acquisition of title by The No. 2 Tryon Row, New York. sii.a3 a condition precedent to the reception or con- N. J. O'CONNELL, City of New York, for the use of the public, to all sideration of any proposal, it be accompanied by Chairman; the lands nad premises, with the buildings there- a certified check upon one of the State or Na- FIRST DEPARTMENT. WM. H. RICKETTS, on and the appurtenances thereto belonging, re- tional banks of The City of New York, drawn In the matter of the application of The City of WILLIAM S. GERMAIN, quired for the opening of a public park at to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the New York relative to acquiring title, wherever Commissioners. Vernon avenue and the East river and Pierce amount of five per centum of the amount of the the same has not been heretofore acquired. to JOHN P. DUNN, Clerk. 81,19 avenue and Sanford street, in the First Ward bond required, as provided in section 420 of the the lands, tenements and hereditaments required of the Borough of Queens, in The City of New Greater New York Charter. for the opening and extending of TEE TAW SECOND DEPARTMENT. York, being the following described lots, pieces The certified check or money should not be AVENUE (although not yet named by proper or parcels of land, viz.: inclosed in the envelope containing the bid or In the matter of the application of The City. of Beginning at a point on the westerly side of authority), from East One Hundred and Eighty- New York, relative to acuuiring title to NINTH estimate, but should be either inclosed in a eighth street to Kingsbridge road, in the Twen- Vernon avenue, which said point is distant 488.43 separate envelope addressed to the head of the AVENUE, from Thirty-seventh street to Bay feet northerly from a point formed by the inter- ty-fourth Ward, Borough of The Bronx, City Ridge avenue, in the Thirtieth Ward. in the Department, President or Board, or submitted of New York. section of the westerly side of Vernon avenue personally upon the presentation of the bid or Borough of Brooklyn, The City of New York. with the northerly side of Pierce avenue, and E, THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMISSION- estimate. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT WE, thence running northerly along the westerly line W ers of Estimate and Assessment in the N of Vernon avenue 543.0o feet, more or less, to For particulars as to the quantity and quality above-entitled matter, hereby give notice to all the undersigned, were appointed by an or- of the supplies, or the nature and extent of the der of the Supreme Court made and entered the northerly line of the land formerly belonging persons interested in this proceeding, and to the , thence westerly along work, reference must be made to the specifica- herein on the nth day of September, spot , and to the Estate of Stevens- owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all the northerly line of land formerly belonging to tions, schedules, plans, etc., on file in the said houses and lots and improved and unimproved duly filed in the office of the Clerk of Kings office of the President, Board or Department. County, a copy of which order was filed in the the Estate of Stevens to the pier or bulkhead lands affected thereby. and to all others whom line established by the Secretary of War Febru- No bid shall be accepted from or contract it may concern, to wit: office of the Register of the County of Kings awarded to any person who is in arrears to The on the lath day of September, 7901, and indexed ary 15, 1902; thence southerly to the pier or First-That we have completed our estimate bulkhead line to the southerly line of land be- City of New York upon debt or contract, or who and assessment, and that all persons interested in in the Index of Conveyances in Section No. 3, is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any 908, longing to Thomas Rainey; thence along the this proceeding, or in any of the lands, tenements Blocks Nos. 733. 742, 751, 760, 769, 778, southerly line of land belonging to Thomas Rainey obligation to the City. and hereditaments and premises affected thereby 912, 916, 92'), 923, 925; Section No. i7, Blocks The contract must be bid for separately. and having objections thereto, do present their Nos. 5581, 5582, 5583, 5586, 5590, 5595, 5601, to the westerly line of Vernon avenue, to the point or place of beginning. The right is reserved in each case to reject said objections in writing, duly verified, to us at 5607, 5613, 5619, 5625, 5631, 5637, 5633, 5644, all bids or estimates if it is deemed to be for the our office, Nos. go and Qa West Broadway. in the 5645, 5651, 5652, 5658. 5,19, The lands and premises, title to which is sought 5665. OW 5672, to be acquired in this proceeding for the purpose interest of the City so to do. Borough of Manhattan. in The City of New York. 5673, 5679. 5680, 5686, 50a7, 5693. 5694. 5700. Bidders will write out the amount of their bids on or before the tad day of September. 1903, and 5701, 5707, 5708, 5714, 5715, 5721, 5722, 5728, of opening said new park, are shown on a map entitled "Plan Showing Proposed Park , between or estimates in addition to inserting the same in that we. the said Commissioners, will hear parties 5729. 5735, 5736. 5742, 5743, 5749. 57,0, 5756, figures. so objecting, and for that purpose will be in at- 5757. 5763. 5764. 5770. 5771. Commissioners of Vernon Avenue, East River, Pierce Avenue and tendance at our said office on the 25th day of Estimate and Assessment for the purpose of mak- Sanford Street, in the First Ward, Borough of Bidders are requested to make their bids or September, 1903, at 2 o'clock p. m. ing a just and equitable estimate of the loss or Queens, City of New York," which map was filed estimates upon the blank formsprepared and Second-That the abstract of our said estimate damage, if any, to the respective owners, lessees, in the office of the President of the Borough of furnished by the City, a copy of which, with the and assessment, together with our damage and parties and persons entitled to or interested in the Queens, of the Corporation Counsel of The City proper envelope in which to inclose the bid, to- benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estimates, lands and premises to be taken for the purpose of New York, and of the Clerk of the County of gether with a copy of the contract, including the proofs and other documents used by us in making of opening the said street or avenue, as particu- Queens, on the 4th day of August, 1903. specifications, in the form approved by the Cor- our report, have been dePosited in the Bureau of larly described in the petition of The City of New Dated Maw YORE, September 17, 1903. poration Counsel, can be obtained upon applica- Street Openinizs in the Law Department of The York, filed with said order in the office of the GEORGE L. RIVES, Corporation Counsel, tion therefor at the office of the Department for Clerk of Kings County, and for the purpose of No. 1 Tryon Row, Borough of Manhat- which the work is to be done. Plans and draw- City of New York. Nos. 90 and 92 Nest Broad- tan, City of New York. 5'5,28 way, in the Borough of Manhattan, in said city, making a just and equitable assessment of the ings of construction work may also be seen there.