The City Record. OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

Vol. XVI. NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1888. N um ber 4 ,6 4 2 .

The report of the Engineer-in-Chief on Secretary’s Order No. 8to8, in reference to the applica­ tion of Rufus Darrow to extend platform south of Forty-seventh street, North river, was, On motion, ordered to be placed on file, and the following resolution adopted : Resolved, That permission be and hereby is granted to Rufus Darrow to erect and construct upon land under water belonging to the City of New York, a platform on piles, about twenty-six feet wide easterly and westerly, and about seventy-six feet long, northerly and southerly, to extend from the northerly line of West Forty-seventh street in a northerly direction; all of the said work to be done under the direction and supervision of the Engineer-in-Cmef of this Department. Provided, that Rufus Darrow shall agree to pay as compensation for the use of the land under water occupied by said platform the sum of twenty-five cents per square foot per annum during the existence, of said platform, to be paid monthly at the end of each month to the Dock Master of the District; and it is also specially provided and understood that this permit is for a temporary platform only, and is revocable at any time by the Board governing the Department of Docks ; and further provided, that this permit shall not take effect until the petitioner has filed a written agreement, satisfactory as to form, with the Board governing the Department of Docks, to the effect that he will at any time within thirty days from receiving written notice from the Board of Docks so to do, remove any and all structures of every kind that may be built and erected under this permit, and restore the premises to the same condition that they were in at date hereof. The communication from the Engineer-in-Chief reporting the completion of the dumping-pier at Forty-sixth street, East river, was DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. On motion, ordered to be placed on file, and the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That the time for the completion of the work of building the new Pier and crib- At a meeting of the Board of Docks, held August 9, 1888. bulkhead at the foot of Forty-sixth street, East river, under Contract No. 271, be and is hereby extended to August 7, 1888, provided the written consent of the sureties is filed in this Depart* Present—Commissioners Stark, Matthews and Post. ment. The minutes of the meetings held August 2 and 3, 1888, were read and approved. Resolved, That pursuant to the provisions of chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, and in The following communications were received, read, and accordance with the request of the Commissioner of Street Cleaning, the southerly side of the dumping-pier at the foot of Forty-sixth street, East river, be and is hereby designated and set apart On motion, ordered to be placed on file, action being taken, where necessary, as stated, to w it: for the use of the Department of Street Cleaning of the City of New York. From The Consumers’ Ice Company, lessees—Requesting permission to place a cleat on the north side of Pier foot of Horatio street, North river. The action of the President in issuing a permit On motion, the Secretary was directed to notify the Dock Master of the action of the Board respecting the southerly side, and notify him that the Department is open for negotiations for the use under the usual conditions was approved. of the dump on the outer and northerly side of the said pier. From John Cornwell, Jr.—Requesting permit to cut through bulkhead at Seventy-ninth street, East river, and through the stone wall at Blackwell’s Island, East river. The action of the President On motion, the Engineer-in-Chief was directed to prepare plans, specifications and form of con­ in issuing a permit upon the condition that the said Cornwell files in this office a written agreement tract for repairing the damage done to the Pier at foot of West Forty-sixth street, North river, by the to make good any damage that may be done in the prosecution of the work to the Pier foot of East West Shore Railroad Company. Seventy-ninth street, or to any wharf or retaining structure in that vicinity was approved. The Treasurer, Commissioner Matthews, submitted his report of receipts for the week ending From International Navigation Company-Requesting permission to erect an addition to the August 8, 1888, amounting to $104,927.19, which was received and ordered to be spread in full on shed at Pier, new 43, North river, to accommodate passengers and baggage. The action of the the minutes, as follows : President in directing the Engineer-in-Chief to examine and report was approved. From Equitable Gas-light Company—Requesting permission to repair bulkhead between Fortieth and Forty-first streets, East river. The action of the President in issuing a permit under the D ate D ate. F rom W hom. For W hat. Amount. T otal. D epos­ usual conditions was approved. ited. From Hoboken Land and Improvement Company—Requesting permission to extend present temporary shed foot of Barclay street, North river. The action of the President in directing the Engineer-in-Chief to examine and report was approved. 1888. x888l From Department of Public Works—In relation to and stating that measures will be taken, as Aug. 1 J. P. Mesereau...... 1 qrs. rent Pier, old 54, N. R ...... $750 OO speedily as practicable, for the placing of a marginal sewer on West street, between Franklin and Canal streets. George H. Penniman...... " 1. u. w. at Pier 36, £. R ... 175 OO From the Board of Assessors—Transmitting protest of Edmund H. Schermerhorn and others, as “ 1 Ehrenreich Brothers...... *1 pfm, S- 63d it------25 OO part owners of Piers 13 and 14, East river, against the assessment imposed upon the said piers on account of dredging done thereat, and requesting such information on the subject as the Department “ 1 Union Stock Yard & Market Co. “ Pier at W. 58th st...... 1,250 OO may desire to place them in possession of. Referred to Commissioners Post and Matthews. ** 1 James McLaughlin...... “ bhd. at W. 45th st...... 50 OO From the Department of Street Cleaning—In relation to the removal of the temporary dump now at the foot of Forty-eighth street, East river, and placing the same at the foot of One Hundred •• Jacob Fleischhauer...... •• ** at F. 44th st,...... 12 JO and Ninth street, Harlem nver. «• 1 George W. Winant...... “ Pier at W. 15th s t...... From National Transit Company—Requesting permission to change location of pipe from the 250 00 foot of Seventy-ninth street to the crib or Pier foot of West Ninety-sixth street, North river, with « j J Skidmore’s Sons,...... ** bhd* at Gi 35th r ------permission to dredge at said premises. The action of the President in directing the Engineer-in- «* 1 Hartford and N. Y. Trans. Co.. 1 qrs. rent E. Pier 24 & bhd., Chief to examine and report was approved. E.R ...... 1,625 OO From D. H. Loomis, agent—Requesting permit to place a canvas cover in front of Pier, old 26, North river. Application denied. “ 1 Neidlinger, Schmidt & Co...... 1 qrs. rent bhd. foot E. 64th st...... 25 OO From The De Lavergne Refrigerating Machine Company-Requesting permission to build bulk­ •• 1 “ ...... 1 qrs.rent bhd. bet. 63d & 64th sts.. 187 50 head, etc., at One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, Harlem river. Referred to the Engineer-in- ,i « Chief to examine and report. “ ** at E. 63d it ...... 100 OO From Engineer-in-Chief: 11 1 B. F. Romaine •* *• at E, 4th st,...... 1st. Reporting assignment of employees to special duty. 2d. In reference to the condition of the Pier and approach at the foot of Thirty-eighth street, •• 1 Knickerbocker Ice Co...... z qrs. rent extension to Pier at W. East river. The Engineer-in-Chief directed to change the position of the fence and repair, as recom- j 43d st...... 25 OO mended in his report, and the Secretary directed to notify Gordon Brothers of the action of the j “ 1 14 ...... 1 qrs. rent Pier at 20th st., N. R .... 750 OO Board. II 3d. Report on Secretary’s Order No. 8053, that he had repaired sheathing on the deck of west 11 j ** bhd.at E.93d st.•••••••• 300 OO half of Pier 12, East river. i •* 1 « t qrs. rent bhd. pfm., bet. E. 6xst & 4th. Report on Secretary’s Order No. 8080, that he had placed a new mooring-post in lieu of 62CI sts. and Pier at E. 6ad s t.... 318 73 old one at bulkhead foot of East Sixteenth street, East river. 5th. Report on Secretary’s Order No. 8094, that he had directed and superintended redriving 1 11 j J. S. Cram...... i qrs,rent bhd- at E. 136th s t...... 62 50 piles at ferry premises Ninety-ninth street, East river. “ 1 Metropolitan Steamship Co...... “ 1. u. w. at Pier io,etc.,N. R. 187 50 6th. Report on Secretary’s Order No. 8096, that he had repaired Pier 7, East river. 7th. Report on Secretary’s Order No. 8106, that he had refastened spring piles at outer end of Consumers’ Ice Co...... “ Pier at Horatio st., N. R. 375 00 Pier, old 42, North river. II X H. Yonge, J r ...... ** Pier, new 35, N. R ...... 8,750 OO From John J. Ryan, Dock Master: 1st. Reporting repairs required at outer end of Pier at One Hundred and Thirtieth street, j Central R. R. Co. of Newjersey. 1 qrs. rent pfm. bet. Piers 12 & 13 & 400 OO North river. The Engineer-in-Chief directed to repair. . 13 & 14. N. R ...... 2d. Reporting that Pier foot of One Hundred and Fifty-second street, North river, requires 1 x qrs. rent S. % Pier X4 & bhd., N.R. 4»312 50 cleaning. The Engineer-in-Chief directed to clean said pier. «• From Joseph B. Erwin, Dock Master—Reporting holes in Pier foot of Fifty-fifth street, North 1 qrs. rent N. I f Pier z a & ff bhd.N., N. R ...... 1,900 OO river. The action of the President in directing the Engineer-in-Chief to repair was approved. From John Callan, Dock Master—Reporting sunken canal boat, foot of One Hundred and •• I « 1 qrs. rent Pier, old 13, & % bhd. S., Seventeenth street, Harlem river. The action of the President in notifying the owners to remove I N. R...... 3*750 OO was approved. *• s 1 qrs. rent 1. u. w. pfm. S. Pier 8, From P. Curley, Dock Master—Reporting repairs required to iron cleat, on bulkhead between j N . R ...... 375 00 Piers, new 42 and 43, North river. The action of the President in directing the Engineer-in-Chief 1 to repair was approved. Homer Ramsdell...... i qrs. rent Pier at W. 129th st., N. R. 250 OO From George A. Dearborn, Dock Master—Reporting that he had served notice on J. Cornwell, “ ...... “ Pier, old 35, N. R ...... 1,000 OO Jr., not to dredge alongside of Pier foot of Seventy-ninth street, East river. Old Colony Steamboat Co...... x qrs. rent l.u. w. S. Pier, old 28, From Charles H. Pendergast, Dock Master—Respecting the fence erected on Pier 55, East N. R ...... 31 50 river. , , , The communication from Hon. Theodore W. Myers, Comptroller, transmitting copy of “ I «• x qrs. rent 1. u. w. N. Pier, old 28, resolution adopted by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at a meeting held July 27, 1888, « . R...... 677 25 approving change in lines of Pier, new 35, East nver, was received, read, and together with the Co. Generate Transatlantique .. x qrs. rent Pier, new 42, N. R...... 7,625 OO plans, ordered to be placed on file, and the Secretary directed to enter the resolution in full on the minutes, as follows s Suburban Rapid Transit Co...... “ 1. u. w. 129th st. & 2d ave. 125 CO Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund do hereby consent to and approve of “ I Thomas Cunningham...... “ bhd.foot of E. x$th st... 50 OO the alterations in the location and dimensions of the new pier located near the easterly side of Rutgers Slip, East river, to be known as Pier, new 35, East river, from the width and location Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co...... x qrs. rent Pier, old so, & Pier, old therefor as laid down on the plans determined by the Board of Commissioners of Docks, April 13, ax, N. R., and bhd...... 9,000 00 1871, and adopted and certified by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, April 27, 1871, whereby " ...... 1 qrs. rent L u. w. at Pier 27, E. R.... 968 75 the width of the pier shall be fifty feet instead of eighty feet, as shown on the plans aforesaid, the westerly side line of the pier to spring from the established bulkhead line at a point about one hun­ “ s C. T. Van Santvoord...... “ Pier at axst st. N. R .... 875 00 dred and thirty-two feet easterly from the intersection of the easterly side of Rutgers Slip extended, “ ...... “ Pier at aad st. N .R...... 625 00 with the established bulkhead-line, the said distance being measured along said established bulkhead­ line, and to extend southerly to a point in the established pier-head line about one hundred and “ I A. Van Santvoord & H. P. Far- thirty-two feet easterly from the intersection of the easterly side of Rutgers Slip extended, with the rington...... 1 qrs. rent 1. u. w. at Pier, old 39, 35 44 N. R...... established pier-head line ; the southerly end of the pier to extend alone the established pier-head A. Van Santvoord & H. P. Far­ line a distance of about fifty feet; the easterly side line to extend northerly and parallel with the rington ...... x qrs. rent S. J< Pier, old 39, N.R... 1.875 09 westerly side line above described, to the established bulkbead-hne ; all as shown on a plan submitted — by the Engineer-in-Chief of the Department of Docks, and approved by the Board of Commissioners $48,556 69 Aug. a of said Department, by a resolution adopted July 12, 1888. 2378 t h e c it y r e c o r d . A ugust 20, 1888.

D a t e 5th. Report on Secretary’s Order No. 8100, in reference to the application of W. H. McNeill to D a t e . F r o m W h o m . F o r W h a t . A m o u n t . T o t a l . D e p o s ­ place pipes on the north side of bulkhead foot of Thirty-eighth street, North river. Permit granted, i t e d . the pipe to remain only during the pleasure of the Board, and to be removed within ten days after receiving an order from the Department for its removal. 1888. The report of the Engineer-ra-Chief on Secretary’s Order No. 8110, in reference to the qualifica­ ' 1888. tions of William J. Brennan, was, Aug. 3 Old Dominion S. S. Co...... x qrs. rent Pier, new 26, N. R ...... 87,500 00 On motion, ordered to be placed on file, and the following resolution adopted : Resolved, That William J. Brennan, who has been certified to by the Civil Service Board as ** 3 B. F. Clyde ft Co...... 1 qrs. rent E. Jf Pier 33. W. % Pier eligible for such position, be and hereby is appointed Steam Engineer on pile driver in the service of 34, etc., E .R ...... 2,00000 this Department, to take effect from and after this date. ** 3 Nassau Ferry Co...... x qrs. rent bhd. S. Houston st, E. R. 56a 50 On motion, the President was authorized to request the Civil Service Supervisory and Examining Boards to furnish this Department with eligible list of Watchmen. M 3 “ ...... •* Lu.w. “ 75 00 The following preambles and resolutions were, " 3 Lehman Levy...... x qrs. rent bhd. pfin. foot of E. 104th On motion, adopted: Whereas, Jabez A. Bostwick has made application to this Department for permission to widen, lengthen and alter Pier, old 45, on the East river, to make it conform to the lines of Pier, new 35, ** 3 Long Island Land Fertilising Co. x qrs. rent bhd. and dump, E.jgth st. 500 00 East river, as established by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on the 27th of July last; “ 3 Hoboken Land and Improve’t Co. “ I.u.w.S. Barclay st. N.R. 9,151 06 and * Whereas, The structures for said widening and lengthening are to be built upon land under “ 3 J. V. Brown...... water belonging to the City of New York; now be it Resolved, That permission to widen and lengthen and alter said pier be granted to Jabez A. ** 3 |( Bostwick, in accordance with the plans submitted bv him and now on file in this Department, and «* 3 subject to the supervision of the Engineer-in-Chief of this Department. And that such land under water belonging to said city as is required therefor be leased to the ------8x4,463 5® Aug. 3 said Jabez A. Bostwick and his assigns for tne term of ten years from the time he commences to use « 3 r W M a llo ry * Co...... said land under water for the sum ol twenty-five cents per square foot per annum, payable quarterly in advance to the Treasurer of this Department. The said lessee shall have the privilege of renewal ** 3 New York and Texas S. S. Co.. “ E. J£. Pier ao, E. R...... 1,750 00 of the said lease for said land under water for another term of ten years (on one month’s notice being given before the expiration of said lease) for the sum of twenty-six cents per square foot per “ 4 Canda ft Kane...... “ bhd. S. # W. 97th s t.... 5000 annum, payable quarterly in advance as above; and the said lessee shall have the privilege of a ** 4 C. E. Murtaugh...... x qrs. rent W. l i Pier 56, S. H Pier second renewal of said lease for said land under water for another term of ten years (on one month’s 57, E. R ...... 250 00 notice being given before the expiration of said first renewal) for the sum of twenty-seven cents per * 4 “ ...... x qrs. rent N. Pier 6a, E. R...... 200 00 square foot per annum, payable quarterly in advance as above. Provided, however, that if the city requires that part or portion of land under water covered by “ 4 Wm. Cruikshank...... “ extension to Pier 9, N.R. aoo 00 the widening of the said pier, from the present bulkhead to the established bulkhead-line under the “ new plan,” for the purpose of improving the water-front in accordance with the “ new plan,” ** 4 Clark ft Seaman...... x qrs. rent pfm. bet Piers 8 and 9, N. R ...... 375 00 then, and in that case, the said lease and its renewals (as to said last-described part or portion of land under water) shall immediately terminate and be of no effect; and, ** 4 Harlem & Portchester R.R. Co. x qrs. rent pfm. bet. Piers 50 and 51, Whereas, Jabez A. Bostwick has also made application to this Department for permission to E, R...... 375 00 build a platform between Piers, old 45 and old 46, East river, which will occupy land under water New York, New Haven ft Hart- owned by the city ; be it ford R.R. C o ...... x qrs. rent E, J4 ft W .J| Pier 52 E.R. a,000 00 Resolved, That permission be granted to Jabez A. Bostwick to build said platform, in accord­ ance with the plans now on file in this Department, and subject to the supervision of the Engineer- Iron Steamboat Co...... “ Pier, new 1, N. R ...... 7,525 00 “ 4 in-Chief. And that such land under water as may be required, be leased to Jabez A. Bostwick and his assigns on the same terms and conditions as the land, mentioned in the previous resolution, to be James McClenahan...... 1 qrs. rent Pier, new 60, N. R ...... $500 00 * » leased to him for the purpose of building a pier thereon. Provided, however, that if the city “ 7 Mutual Benefit Ice Co...... x qrs. rent bhd. bet. Piers, old 58 & requires the slip for the purpose of improving the water-front in accordance with the “ new plan,” 59- N. R ...... 325 00 then, and in that case, the said lease and its renewals shall immediately terminate, and be of no M 7 || effect; and further provided, that the said Jabez A. Bostwick shall, within ten days after receipt. t Qrs rent Pier At Wt 133d st.___ 950 00 hereof, signify his acceptance, in writing, of the terms and conditions set forth in the above resolu­ “ 7 Frank Phelps...... x qrs. rent Pier 40 and % bhd., etc, tions ; and agree to execute a lease containing the usual covenants and conditions, in conformity E. R...... 2,750 00 with the custom of this Department. Resolved, That by virtue of the power vested in this Board by sub-division 6 of section 6, ** 7 Lehigh Valley R. R. Co...... x qrs. rent pfm., bet. Piers a ft 3, N.R ...... X37 50 chapter 574 of the Laws of 1871, and section 716 of chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, known as “ Tne New York City Consolidation Act,” as amended by chapter 517 of the Laws of 1884, and Patrick Curley...... Wharfage District No* *■* *> v -1»* * 174 h in pursuance of the statutes in such cases made and provided, tne pier to be known as new number u Charles B. Hus ted...... 35, on the East river, be and is hereby appropriated to the sole use of the special kind of commerce carried on by steam transportation. ** 7 P.J. Brady...... “ • 1 * ** On motion, John McCausland was appointed Ship Carpenter and George H. Coffin Deckhand ’ _____ on the tug <( Manhattan.” ** 1 On motion, the Board adjourned. ** 7 John J. Ryan...... B sls G. KEMBLE, Secretary. Charles H. Thompson...... “ 7 Edward Abeel...... 3...... 636 77 AQUEDUCT COMMISSION. “ 7 Charles H. Pendergast...... 5...... 42 29 ** 7 Charles Hutchinson...... 7...... i n 09 M inutes of Stated Meeting of the Aqueduct Commissioners, held at their Office, No. 209 S te w a r t Building, on Wednesday, August 8, 1888, a t 2 o'clock P. M . “ 7 George A. Dearborn...... 9...... 39 00 John Callan...... “ xx...... 31 82 Present—The Mayor, .the Comptroller, and Commissioners Duane, Tucker, Scott and Howe. * 7 The minutes of the adjourned meeting of August 3, 1888, were read and approved. ------6,157 ax “ 7 The Committee of Finance and Audit, by its Chairman, reported its examination and audit of • 8 C. P. Huntington...... 1 mos. rent Pier, new 46, N. R ...... 82,500 00 bills contained in Vouchers Nos. 3786 to 3809 inclusive ; and, on motion of Commissioner Howe, the same were approved, and ordered certified to the Comptroller for payment. “ 8 x qrs. rent W bhd., N. ft S. Pier, new 37, N. R ...... 875 00 Also submitted the following report: N e w York, August 8, 1888. “ 8 1 qrs. rent Pier, new 37, N. R ...... 17,500 00 To the Aqueduct Commissioners : “ 8 Popham ft Co...... On acct. x qrs. rent bhd. foot E. G entlem en— The Committee of Finance and Audit respectfully report: That C. J. Ryan, one 36th st...... 27 50 of the sureties proposed by the firm of O’Brien & Clark, m the bid submitted by them for deepening and finishing Shaft No. 24 of the New Aqueduct, and subsequently accepted by the Aqueduct Com­ ** 8 David Milliken...... 1 qrs. rent bhd. foot E. 76th s t ...... 10000 missioners, sailed for Europe on Saturday, July 28, 1888 ; and that since his departure the contract “ 8 A. Scott...... x qrs. rent bhd. and pfm. foot E. for doing said work has been awarded to said firm, and that said firm now ask to substitute Joseph xc6th st...... X95 00 M. De Veau in place of said Ryan. Mr. De Veau has appeared before your Committee, and been subjected to an examination by tne Chairman ; and his deposition is hereto attached, and also the • 8 Homer Ramsdell Trans. Co...... Repairing, towing, etc., Pier,new 34, communication received from O’Brien & Clark requesting that said substitution be made. N .R ...... 397 *3 The examination of said Joseph M. De Veau having proven satisfactory to your Committee, we ------ax,5*4 73 “ 8 recommend that said substitution be made. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) WALTER HOWE, Chairman. 8*04.9*7 *9 8*04,937 19 On motion of the Mayor, the report was accepted, and the recommendation contained therein adopted. Also reported that in compliance with a resolution adopted on the 3d instant, they have procured Respectfully submitted, a list of all the employees of the Commission, showing tne position held, the date of appointment JAMES MATTHEWS, Treasurer. and the compensation paid to each; and the same is presented herewith for the consideration of the On motion, the Board adjourned Commissioners. G. KEMBLE, Secretary. On motion of Commissioner Scott, the report was referred back to said Committee for further report. Also submitted the following: At an executive meeting of the Board of Docks, held August 10, 1888. At a meeting of the Committee of Finance and Audit held August 8, 1888, it was resolved to Present—Commissioners Stark, Matthews and Post. recommend to the Aqueduct Commission the adoption of the following resolution: The following communications were received, read, and, Resolved, That the Mayor be and he hereby is requested to direct the Commissioners of Accounts to make an examination of the accounts and methods of the Aqueduct Commission, including its On motion, ordered to be placed on file, action being taken where necessary, as stated, to w it: several departments ; and that said Commissioners of Accounts be requested to proceed with and From Thomas O ’Brien, lessee Pier 55, East river—-Respecting the repairs needed to said pier. complete such examination at as early a day as possible. The Secretary directed to advise that he must make the repairs required in accordance with the terms and conditions of his lease, as the Department does net recognize any other person in the Adopted. premises but holds him and his sureties responsible for the repairs required thereat. The Chief Engineer presented the following report: From John Lysaght—Tendering resignation as Ship Carpenter. Resignation accepted. N e w Y o r k , August 8, 1888. From Engineer-in Chief: To the Honorable the Aqueduct Commissioners : G entlem en —In response to your resolution of August I, I submit herewith a report of the 1st. In reference to and recommending that the Department of Public Works be requested to names of all the Engineers, Inspectors and other employees of the Engineering force of the Com­ have sewers built along West street wherever they do not now exist, from Battery place to West mission as shown in Table No. 1, which also gives the rank, salaries or pay of each, and the places Tenth street, and along South street, from Whitehall street to Montgomery street, in order to inter­ sect the drainage from the buildings on said streets. where employed. Table No. 2 shows the lineal feet of tunnel excavation by each set of contractors ; the total On motion, his recommendation was adopted. miles of excavated tunnel and open cut, and the number of feet of unexcavated tunnel amounting to 2d. Reporting that Alfred D. Tyrrell, Deckhand on the tug “ Manhattan,” resigned August 3, but 33 feet yet to be done in Shaft 25 North. This 33 feet will not be excavated until after the 1888. Resignation accepted. additional sinking of Shaft 24. 3d. In relation to the fence inclosing the Harlem Coal Pocket Company’s yard, on the north­ Practically, the entire tunnel and all the open cuts are completed, with the exception of a few erly side o f East One Hundred and Nineteenth street, Harlem river, and recommending that the short stretches of bench in some of the headings, which will be blasted out as rock from them is said company be directed to remove at once that portion of the fence erected within the lines of required for tunnel-backing masonry. East One Hundred and Nineteenth street. Table No. 3 shows the progress in lineal feet of all masonry lining completed by each of the several sets of contractors, in regard to the invert, side-walls and roof arch, together with the On motion, his recommendation was adopted. aggregated totals in miles ; also the lengths in feet of invert, side-walls and arch yet to be laid. 4th. Repent on Secretary’s Order No. 8018, in reference to the application of William Cruik- From this table it will be seen that only about 1)4 miles of side-walls, ij£ miles of roof arch shank, for permission to run three six-inch iron pipes through the bulkhead in front of Nos. 72, 73 and miles of invert remain to be finished, when the entire masonry aqueduct will be completed. and 74 West street for drainage purposes, and recommending that permit be granted to carry the In addition to the regular work of masonry lining, repairs of defective backing masonry is in drain-pipes say about ten feet inside the edge of the bulkhead, ana to connect with the Rector progress on nearly all the sections and requiring careful inspection. street sewer. Therefore, in place of reducing the number at present, about twenty additional Inspectors are On motion, his recommendation was adopted. now required, making a total of two hundred and twenty-one Inspectors for eight (8) hour shifts. A ugust 20, 1888. 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As these repairs are completed, section by section, the Inspectors and some other members of the METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY force can be reduced. OF THE I am making a careful analysis of the force to report further at the earliest moment in regard to a possible reduction, and, therefore, can only report progress to-day. Very respectfully, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, (Signed) B. S. CHURCH, Chief Engineer. CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK. On motion of Commissioner Scott, the report was accepted, and referred to the Committee on Latitude 40° 45' 58" N. Longitude 73° 57' 58" W. Height of Instruments above the Ground, 53 Construction. feet; above the Sea, 97 feet. Also submitted the following report: N ew Yo rk, July 31, 1888. To the Honorable the Aqueduct Commission : ABSTRACT OF REGISTERS FROM SELF-RECORDING INSTRUMENTS G en tlem en —I transmit herewith the final estimate on filling low ground at Shaft-site No. 12, For the week ending August n , 1888. the same having been completed in accordance with the terms of an agreement dated October 5, 1888. Barometer. Very respectfully, (Signed) B. S. CH URCH , Chief Engineer. 7 A.M. 8 P.M. 9 P.M. M ean for Maximum. Minimum. On motion of the Comptroller, the report was referred to the Committee of Finance and Audit. th e D ay.

Also presented the resignation of John Joseph Shields, as an Inspector of Masonry, to take effect DATE. I as of July 30, 1888. August. c to. to to to to On motion of the Comptroller, the same was accepted. to I Also recommended the appointment of J. H. Slingerland, as a Superintending Inspector. Time. Freezing. Reduced Reduced Reduced Reduced Freezing. Reduced Freezing. Reduced Freezing.

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1 On motion of Commissioner Scott, the same was referred to the Committee on Construction. I Freezing. Also recommended the reinstatement to duty of Inspector P. J. Dooner. On motion of Commissioner Howe, the same was referred to the Committee on Construction. Sunday, 5 39.733 99.738 39.788 99.753 29.788 9 P.M. 39.683 O A.M. Also recommended the appointment of Patrick J. Loughlin as an Inspector of Masonry, he Monday, 6 39.782 39.758 39.798 29.779 39.800 SO A.M. 39.748 3 P.M. having passed the required Civil Service examination, as well as an examination by an Engineer under the direction of the Chief Engineer; his pay to commence from the date of his assignment to Tuesday, 7 39.800 39.830 39.854 39.825 39.888 12 P.M. 29.776 4 A.M. duty. Wednesday, 8 39.904 39.890 29.900 39.898 39.9x0 9 A.M. 39.818 12 P.M. On motion of Commissioner Scott, the recommendation was approved and the appointment made. Thursday, 9 39.900 39.904 29.972 99.935 30.000 18 P.M. 39.8x8 O A.M. Also recommended the appointment of Charles J. Reilly as an Inspector of Masonry, he having Friday, to 30.133 12 P.M. 30.000 O A.M. passed the required Civil Service examination, as well as an examination by an Engineer under the 3°.*3° 30.150 3°.*37 30.166 'direction of the Chief Engineer ; his pay to commence from the date of his assignment to duty. Saturday, xx 30.198 30.188 30.178 30.188 30.200 9 A.M. 30.156 12 P.M. On motion of the Mayor, the recommendation was approved and the appointment made. The Secretary submitted triplicate forms of contract to be executed by the Aqueduct Commis­ Mean for the w eek...... 39.999 inches. sioners and George W. Whitman, for the inspection of the iron pipe and pipe castings required' on Maximum “ at 9 A.M., August n th ...... 30.200 “ Section 16 of the New Aqueduct, said forms of contract having been approved “ as to form ” by Minimum “ at o A.M., August 5th...... 29.682 “ the Counsel to the Corporation. Range “ ...... 5x8 “ On motion of the Comptroller, the same were referred to the Committee of Finance and Audit. Also reported that triplicate forms of contract for deepening and finishing Shaft No. 24 have Thermometers. been executed by O’Brien & Clark, the parties to whom the contract was awarded, and by their sureties, and the same are now presented for execution by the Aqueduct Commissioners. 7 A.M. 9 p.m. 9 p.m. Mean. Maximum. Minimum. | M aximum. On motion of the Comptroller, the report was approved. Communications were received from John Brunton & Co., by Rodgers, Shanley & Co., sub­ DATE. .1 _ I » I contractors, and Sullivan, Rider & Dougherty, addressed to the President, complaining against the j i £ I £ £ £ IS L d £ J3 £ 1 £ "3 3 3 3 c delay in the payment of the estimates for work done by them on the New Aqueduct. August. l « CQ « M « 1 to l l 3 03 1 & 3 Which were ordered filed. p « b Ls b * J « | fc* 1 u CO fr i i a A communication was received from the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, dated July £ 1Q £ O £ Q £ £ H Q H * H £ 30,1888, giving the number and names of applicants examined by said Commission for Inspectors of Masonry on the New Aqueduct since September 7, 1886 ; the number of examinations and the Sunday, 5 88 j 80 5 P.M. 6 A.M. 7 A.M. 12 Me dates thereof held for said position ; by whom the papers of applicants for Inspector on the New 74 7* 83 77,79 77 78.6 7S.o 4P-«. 73 U *33* Aqueduct were rated in each case, and the ratings of each examiner ; the number of and names of Monday, 6 76 74 8s 78 74 7a 77*3 74.6 83 2 P.M. 78 3 P.M. 73 19 P.M. 17* X3 P.M. *34* I P.M. applicants certified by said Commission to Aqueduct Commission as eligible for appointment as Tuesday, 7 70 68 80 74 ‘ 77 73 75*8 73.3 5PM. 80 5 P.M. 70 9 A.M. 1 68 9 A.M. 117. 3 P.M. Inspector, and dates when so certified. H On motion of Commissioner Scott, the same was referred to the Committee on Construction. Wednesday, 8 75 7* 80 7* j 78 74 77*o 74.0 80 3 P.M. 78 3 P.M. 74 12 P.M. 13 P.M. X04. X P.M. The Comptroller presented an opinion received by him from the Counsel to the Corporation, ‘ 71 Thursday, 9 12 P.M. X P.M. dated August 4, 1888, having reference to the matter of allowances by the Aqueduct Commissioners 74 7* 85 76 77 7a 78.8 73*° 89 4 P.M. 76 4 P.M. 7* ; 67 X2 P.M. 136. to the contractors for the construction of the New Croton Aqueduct for tunnel excavation outside of Friday, xo 66 60 74 63 70 67 70.0 63.3 79 4 P.M. 7 P.M. 84 5 A.M. ! 60 5A.M. X3X. X P.M. certain cross-section lines known as “ A, A, A., ” for sections from 2 to 9 inclusive ; and in connec­ r tion therewith, offered the following resolution : Saturday, xx 66 59 76 65 71 j 68 71.0 j64.o 76! 2 P.M. 9 P.M. 61 5 A.M. I 57 6 a.m. 18$. X2 M. Resolved, That all contract estimates now awaiting action by this Board be referred to the 1“ Finance Committee, with instructions to said committee to examine the same ; and also to ascertain Dry Bulb. Wet Bulb. whether the cross-section line limiting tunnel excavation to be paid for by the city has been deter­ Mean tor the week...... 75.4 degrees...... 70.9 degrees. mined by the Chief Engineer, in conformity with the requirements of the contracts, and what extra Maximum for the week, at 4 p.m., 9th...... 89. “ at 5 p.m., 5th...... 80. “ Minimum " at 5 A.M., n t h ...... 6x. “ at 6 a .m ., 3 1 s t...... 57. “ or additional tunnel excavation may have been made in pursuance of orders given by the Chief Range " ...... 28. “ ...... 23. “ Engineer therefor, Ihe extent of such additional or extra excavation, the purposes for which the same may have been ordered, the dates when said orders may have been given, and whether such excava­ tions were made prior to or subsequent to the giving of such orders; and that said Committee report W ind. upon the above matters to this Board with such recommendations as in their judgment may seem proper. D irection. Velocity in Miles. Force in Pounds per Square Foot. Adopted. DATE. A communication was received from contractors O’Brien & Clark, dated August 7, 1888, 1 stating that they are ready to commence work on the pipe-line between One Hundred and Tenth August. 9 P. M.•n a. m. 9 P. M. Distance 7 A.M. 2 P.M. 9 P.M. 1 t0 to to for the 7 A. M. 2 P. M. 9 P. M. Max. 1 Time. and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth streets in this city; and requesting that the Commissioners 7 A. M. 2 P. M. 9 P. M. Day. procure from the Commissioner of Public Works the necessary permit for doing said work. 1 On motion of Commissioner Scott, the same was referred to the Chief Engineer. By Commissioner H owe— Sunday, 5... J W N ENE 3a 26 18 76 O O ° Yk 5.10 P.M. Resolved, That the bid-box be closed and the keys given to the President; and that the Secre­ Monday, 6 ... NE ENE tary, John C. Sheehan, be authorized by this Commission to receive the bids for furnishing and J NE *8 30 65 • “ 3 O O lA I* XOP.K. manufacturing, fitting, placing, etc., ten 48-inch stop-cock valves and gearing to be used at the Tuesday, 7... .1 ENE E ENE 66 *9 33 xx8 O O 0 X 3.15 A.M. gate-house at One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street and Convent avenue, on Section 15, and four 48-inch stop-cock valves and gearing to be used at Shaft No. 25, on Section 12, and one 48-inch Wednesday, 8 ... . E SE SE 28 49 7* 148 0 K H 4* 9.15 F.M. stop-cock valve and gearing to be used at the new gate-house on Section 1 of the New Aqueduct; Thursday, 9... . SW W NW 43 43 27 **3 O 0 0 *X 8.30 A.M. ana for building an iron-lined masonry aqueduct near Shaft No. 30, on Section 14 of the New Aqueduct, as called for in the approved forms of contracts and specifications on file in the office of Friday, xo... J NNW N E 47 61 18 xa6 Yk 0 0 8.20 A.M. the Aqueduct Commissioners ; and also to receive the checks of the bidders and to make the neces­ Saturday, xx... .j NNE NE ESE 3 6 103 0-30 P.M. sary preparations for opening the bids at 2 o’clock P. M. on Wednesday, August 22, 1888, under j 39 37 • 0 1 0 Yk the law. Adopted. Distance traveled during the week . 796 miles. By the Mayor— Maximum force " pounds. Resolved, That the President be and is hereby requested to ascertain whether there is any good reason why but one reservoir is being constructed at Sodom Dam, and whether there is any cause Hygrometer. Clouds. Rain and Snow. Ozone. for further delay in the construction of the second dam required at that point, and report to this Board at his earliest convenience. Adopted. R ela­ F orcb of tive The Commissioners then adjourned. Vapor. H umid­ Overcast xo* I D epth of Rain and Snow in I nches. JOHN C. SHEEHAN, Secretary. DATE. ity.

A ugust*

APPROVED PAPERS. I sf c? e ^ 5 | i S W« x x X 9 X i X X* X Endi Beginni Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to F. C. Welsh to extend a vault in front £ < tl ti 4 n Amount 0 9 P.M. of his premises in Staple street, commencing fifty-nine feet from and extending to Harrison street, to the O' s O' fUk Time of Time of ^ Duratio * centre of the carriageway of said Staple street, as shown on the accompanying diagram, upon pay­ | Mean. 1 Depthof | 0. 10. ment of the usual fee, provided the work be done in a durable and substantial manner and that the .7x8 ~ \ 7 Cir. said F. C. Welsh shall stipulate with the Commissioner of Public Works to save the city harmless Sunday, 5 .846 .900 .831 75 9* 83 Cu. 8 Cir. XO O A.M. X A.M. X.00 .OX • O from any loss or damage that may occur in consequence of the construction or extension of said 85 Monday, 6 . 812 •9°4j .757 .894 9° 83| 90 87 xo 4 Cir. XO ...... O vault during the progress of, or suosequent to the completion thereof, the work to be done at own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works ; such permission to continue Tuesday, 7 .658 •7S» .84X •75a 9°| 74 90 84 xo 10 XO ...... es.» at.. O only during the pleasure of the Common Council. Wedn’day, 8 •744 .843 .8xa •799 86: 8a 90 86 xo xo XO 4A.M. 7 A.M. 1 3.0O. .0 9 .... •• Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, July 9, 1888. Thursday, 9 .7x8 6 Cir. Approved oy the Mayor, July 19, 1808. •775 .7x8 •737 85 64 77 75 Cu. S Cir.Cu 3 Cir...... 3 Friday, xo .438 •4«9 .639 .496 51 85 68 0 0 0 ...... 1...... • 88 | Resolved, That the roadway of West End avenue, from Seventy-sixth street to Eighty-ninth Saturday, xx .407 •470 .644 •507 5* 85 66 0 S C u. O ...... » street, be paved with granite-block pavement, and that crosswalks of two courses of blue stone, 1 1 1 with a row of paving-blocks between the courses, be laid at the intersecting and abutting streets, Total amount of water for the week. .03 inch. where not alreadyaone, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works ; and that the Duration for the week...... 4 hours and 00 minutes. accompanying ordinance therefor be adopted. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, July 9, 1888. DATS. 7 A. M. 3 P. M. Approved by the Mayor, July 19, 1888. Sunday, Aug. 5 Close, hazy ...... Hot, close, hazy. Monday, 6 Close, overcast...... tlMlltlll Close, hazy. Resolved, That the vacant lots in block bounded by One Hundred and Seventh to One Tuesday, " 7 Warm, foggy...... Warm, hazy. Wednesday, 8 Hundred and Eighth street, Eighth to Manhattan avenue, be fenced in, where not already done, Warm, calm, d ote...... Overcast cool. Thursday, " 9 Warm, dosa, calm...... 1 Warm, close. under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works; and that the accompanying, ordinance Friday, " xo Cool, pleasant...... Warm, pleasant. therefor be adopted. Saturday, •• xx Mild, pleasant...... Warm, pleasant. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, July 9, 1888. Approved by the Mayor, July 19, 1888. DANIEL DRAPER, P h . D., Director. 2380 THE CITY RECORD. A ugust 20, 1888.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS. Headquarters. Special Term, Part II., Room No. x8, W illiam J. Rooms 114 and 115, Stewart Building, 9 A. m, to 4 p. m Nos. 157 and 159 East Sixty-seventh street. Hill, Clerk. W m. P itt Shearman, Tames D aly. H enry D. P urroy, President; Carl J ussen, Sec­ Chambers, Room No. tx, W alter Brady, Clerk. retary. Mayor' s M arshal’s Office, ) Bureau of Chief o f Department. Circuit, Part I., Room No. xa,------, Clerk. New York, August 18,1888. J AQUEDUCT COMMISSIONERS. Circuit, Part II., Room No. 14, J ohn B. McGoldrick, Charles O. Shay, Chief of Department. Number of licenses issued and amounts received there* Room 200, Stewart Building, 5th floor, 9 a. m. to 5 p. M. Clerk. for, in the week ending Friday, August 17,1888. J ambs C. Spencer, President; J ohn C. Sheehan, Bureau o f Inspector o f Combustibles. Circuit, Part III., Room No. 13, George F. Lyon, Secretary; Benjamin S. Church, Chief Engineer; J . C. P eter Sbbry, Inspector of Combustibles. Clerk. 3 Lullby, Auditor. Bureau of Fire Marshal. Circuit, Part IV., Room No. 15, J. Lewis Lyon, Clerk. NUMBER OF Judges’ Private Chambers, Rooms Nos. 19 and 90, DATE. BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS. George H. Sheldon, Fire Marshal. LICENSES. AMOUNTS. Edward J. K night, Librarian. T he Mayor, Chairman; P r esid en t of D epartment Bureau of Inspection o f Buildings of T axes and Assessments, Secretary. Address M. Coleman, Staats Zeitung Building, Tryon Albert F. D ’Obnch, Superintendent of Buildings. Saturday, Aug. x t.... Row. Office hours, 9 a. m to 4 p. m. ; Saturdays, 9 a. m Attorney to Department. SUPERIOR COURT. *9 Is® 75 to 12 M. W m. L. F indley. Third floor, New County Court-house, n a. m. Monday, “ X 3 ...J 63 123 95 General Term, Room No. 35. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Fire Alarm Telegraph. Special Term, Room No. 33. Tuesday, “ 14.... 47 642 75 Office of Clerk of Common Council, J . E lliot Smith, Superintendent Chambers, Room No. 33, xo a. m. Part I., Room No. 34. 8 xo a. m, m. Central Office open at all hours. Wednesday, “ 15.... 47 X29 75 No. City Hall, to 4 p. Part II., Room No. 35 George H. Forster, President Board of Aldermen. Repair Shops Part III., Room No. 36. Francis J. T womby, Clerk Common Council. Thursday, “ 16.... 32 72 00 Nos. 128 and 130 West Third street. Judges’ Private Chambers, Room No. 30 City Library. John Castles, Foreman-in-Charge, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m Naturalization Bureau, Room No. 32. Friday, “ X7 -... 40 90 00 Clerk’s Office, Room No. 31,9 a . m. to 4 p. m. No. 12 City Hall, xo A. m. to 4 p . m. Hospital Stables. J ohn Sedgwick, Chief Judge; T homas Boese, Chief D. N. Carvalho, City Librarian. Ninety-ninth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. Clerk. Totals...... 948 $x,xo8 50 J oseph Shea, Foreman-in-Charge. Open at all hours. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. THOMAS W. BYRNES, Commissioner's Office. Third floor, New County Court-house, 11 A. m. Assignment Bureau, Room No. 23,9 a. m. to 4 p. m Mayor’s Marshal. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. HEALTH DEPARTMENT Clerk’s Office, Room No. 99, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. J ohn N ewton, Commissioner; D. Lowber Smith. 301 a. m. 4 P. m. No. Mott street, 9 to General Term, Room No. 24, ix o’clock a. m . to ad­ M S t » Deputy Commissioner. J ambs C. Bayles, President; E mmons C lark, journment. Bureau 0/ Chief Engineer. Secretary. Special Term, Room No. ax, xt o’clock a. to adjourn­ Mayor's Office, | No. 31 Chambers street, 9 a. m. to 4 p m . ment. New York, February 10,1888. j George W. Birdsall, Chief Engineer. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS. Chambers, Room No. ex, 10.30 o’clock a m . to adjourn­ Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building, Nos. 49 ment. I, Abram S. Hewitt, Mayor of the City of Part I., Room No. 25, xx o’clock a. m. to adjournment. Bureau of Water Register. and 51 Chambers street, 9 a. m. to 4 P. M. Part II., Room No. 26, xi o’clock a. m. to adjournment. New York, pursuant to the provisions of chapter No. 31 Chambers street, 9 a m. to 4 p. m J. H ampden R obb, President; Charles Db F. Burns, Part III., Room No. 97, xx o’clock a. M.to adjournment. 10 of the Laws of 1888, do hereby designate the John H. Chambers, Register. Secretary. Civil and Topographical Office. Naturalization Bureau, Room No. 93, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Sun, Herald, Times, World, Star, Tribune, Bureau o f Street Improvements. R ichard L. L arrkmorb, Chief Justice; N athaniel Arsenal, Sixty-fourth street and Fifth avenue, 9 a. m Journal, Press, Evening Post, Commercial Ad­ 31 9 a. m. 4 p. m Jarvis, Jr.. Chief Clerk. No. Chambers street, to 5 p. M. vertiser, Graphic, Telegram, Evening Sun, Even­ Wm. M. D ean, Superintendent. to ing World, Mail and Express, Staats Zeitung, Engineer-in - Charge o f Sewers. Office of Superintendent o f 23d and 24th Wards. New Yorker Zeitung and Daily News as tne One Hundred and Forty-sixth street and Third ave­ COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. newspapers in which the advertisements provided Horace Loomis, Engineer-m-Charge. nue, 9 A. M. to 5 P.M. No. 32 Chambers street. Parts I. and II. Court opens for in said act may be printed. at 11 o’clock a. m. Bureau of Repairs and Supplies. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. Frederick Smyth, Recorder; H enry A. Gilder- (Signed), ABRAM S. HEWITT, No. 31 Chambers street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. sleeve and R ufus B. Cowing, Judges of the said Court. Battery, Pier A, North River, 9 a. m. to 4 r m. Mayor. William G. Bergen, Superintendent. Terms, first Monday each month. L. J. N. Stark, President; G. K emble, Secrets ry. J ohn Sparks, Clerk. Office, Room No. xt 10 a. m. till Bureau o f Water Purvey or. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. daily, except Satur­ 4 P. M. CITY COURT—TRIAL TERM, No. 31 Chambers street, 9 a . m. to 4 p. m. days ; on Saturdays as follows: from October 1 to June Alston Culver. Water Purveyor. 1, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. ; from June 1 to September 30, CITY COURT. PA R T I. from 9 a . m. to 19 m. Bureau of Lamps and Gas. City Hall. No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A. m. to 4 p. m. General Term, Room No. 90. In view of the alterations going on in the old Stephen M cC orm ick, Superintendent. DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS Trial Term, Part I., Room No. 20. City Hall, the April term of Part I. of the City Bureau of Streets. Staats Zeitung Building, Tryon Row, 9 a . m . to 4 p. m. Part II., Room No. T9. Saturdays, 12 m. Part III., Room No. 15. Court w ill be herd in room known as Part IU . of No. 31 Chambers street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m Michael Coleman, President; Floyd T. Smith, Special Term, Chambers, Room No. 21, xo a. m. to 4 p. m . the Superior Court in the New Court-house. Geo. EL Babcock, Superintendent. Secretary. Clerk’s Office, Room No. xo, City Hall, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. D avid McAdam, Chief Ju stice; Michael T. D aly By order of the Court. Bureau of Incumbrances. Office Bureau Collection of Arrears o f Personal Taxes Clerk. MICHAEL T. DALY, No. 31 Chambers street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Brown-stone Building, City Hall Park, o A. M. to 4 p. m John R ichardson, Superintendent Clerk. C harles S. Beardsley, Attorney; william C om- OYER AND TERMINER COURT Keeper of Buildings in City Hall Park. srforp. Clerk New County Court-house, second floor, southeast cor­ Martin J. K ebse, City Hall. DEPARTMENT OF STREET CLEANING. ner, Room No. 12. Court opens at xoJ£ o’clock a. m. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERVISORY Clerk’s Office, Brown-stone Building, City Hall Park, 49 and 51 Chambers street Office hours, 9 a. m . to 4 p. m. AND EXAMINING BOARDS. second floor, northwest corner, Room No. xx, xo a. m. till FINANCE DEPARTMENT. J ames S. Coleman, Commissioner; J acob Sbabold, 4 P. M Deputy Commissioner : R. W. H orner, Chief Clerk. Comptroller’s Office. COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. No. 15 Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broad­ At Tombs, corner Franklin and Centre streets, daily City of New York—Civil Service a m way, 9 . . to 4 P.M. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERVISORY AND EXAMIN­ at 10.30 a. m ., excepting Saturday. Supervisory and Examining Boards, T heodore W Myers, Comptroller; R ickard A. ING BOARDS. Clerk’s Office, Tombs. Storrs, Deputy Comptroller. Secretary’s Office, Cooper Union. Room i i , City H all, Auditing Bureau. Everett P. W heeler, Chairman of the Supervisory DISTRICT CIVIL COURTS. N ew York, June 3, 1887. Nos. 19, 2i,‘ 93 Stewart Building, Chambers street and Board: L ee P hillips. Secretary and Executive Officer. First District—First, Second, Third and Fifth Wards Droadway, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. southwest corner of Centre and Chambers streets. T homas Costigan, Esq., W illiam J. Lyon, First Auditor. Supervisor City Record: Michael N orton, Justice. D avid E. Austen, Second Auditor. BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT. Clerk’s office open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Dear Sir — The following amendment to Bureau fo r the Collection of Assessments and Arrears Office of Clerk, Staats Zeitung Building Room 5. Second District—Fourth, Sixth and Fourteenth Wards, Regulation 16 of the New York City Civil of Taxes and Assessments and of Water Rents. The M ayor, Chairman : C harles V. A dbb, Clerk. corner of Pearl and Centre streets, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Service Regulations has been made : Nos. 31, 33, 35, 37, 39 Stewart Building, Chambers C harles M. Clancy, Justice. If the appointing officer shall notify the Sec­ street and Broadway, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. BOARD OF ASSESSORS. Third District—Ninth and Fifteenth Wards, southwest Artemas S. Cady, Collector of Assessments and corner Sixth avenue and West Tenth street. Court open retary of more than one vacancy at any one time, Clerk of Arrears. Office City Hall, Room No. ixJ$, 9 a . m. to 4 p. m. daily (Sundays and legal holidays excepted} from 9 a. m. dward ilon m asper the Secretary shall certify to the appointing of­ E G . Chairman: W . H . J , Secretary to 4 p . M. Bureau for the Collection of City Revenue and of George B. D eane, Justice. ficer for appointment, the names ol as many M arkets. Fourth District—Tenth and Seventeenth Wards, No. persons as there are vacancies to be filled, with Nos. x and 3 Stewart Building, Chambers street and the addition of two names for the first vacancy BOARD OF EXCISE. 30 First street, corner Second avenue. Court opens 9 a. m Broadway, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M daily; continues to close of business. and one name for every two vacancies in addition James J. K elso, Collector of the City Revenue and No. 54 Bond street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. M. C harles H. W oodman, President; D avid S. W hite, Alfred Stecklbr, Justice. to the first. Superintendent of Markets. Graham McAdam. Chief Clerk. Secretary and Chief Clerk. Fifth District—Seventh, Eleventh and Thirteenth Yours respectfully, Wards, No. 154 Clinton street. LEE PHILLIPS, Bureau fo r the Collection of Taxes. H enry M. Goldfoglb, Justice. No. 57 Chambers street and No. 35 Reade street, SHERIFF’S OFFICE. Sixth District—Eighteenth and Twenty-first Wards, Secretary and Executive Officer. Stewart Building. No. 61 Union place, Fourth avenue, southwest corner of Nos. 3 and 4 New County Court-house, 9 A. m. to 4 p. m. George W. McLean, Receiver of Taxes; Alfred Eighteenth street. Court opens 9 a. m . daily ; continues H ugh J. G rant, Sheriff; J ohn B. Sexton, Under Vredenburgh, Deputy Receiver of Taxes. to close of business. City of New York—C ivil Service Sheriff: Bernard F. Martin, Order Arrest Clerk. Bureau of the City Chamberlain. Samson L achman, Justice. Supervisory and Examining Boards, I Seventh District—Nineteenth and Twenty-second Secretary’s Office, V Nos. 25, 97 Stewart Building, Chambers street and Wards, No. 151 East Fifty-seventh street. Court opens Broadway, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. REGISTER’S OFFICE. every morning at 9 o’clock (except Sundays ana iega Room i i , City H all, 1 W m. M. I vins, City Chamberlain. New York, May 31, 1887. ) East side City Hall Park, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. holidays} and continues to tne close of business. Office o f the City Paymaster. J ames J. Slevin, Register: J ames J. Martin, Deputy Ambrose Monbll, Justice. Register. T homas Costigan, Esq., No. 33 Reade street, Stewart Building. Eighth District—Sixteenth and Twentieth Wards, Supervisor : J ohn H. T immerman, City Paymaster, southwest corner of Twenty-second street and Seventh COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. avenue. Court opens at 9 a. m. and continues to close 01 Dear Sir—The following resolution was business. Clerk’s office open from q a. m. to 4 p. m. each passed by the Supervisory Board at their meet­ Room X27, Stewart Building, Chambers street and court day. LAW DEPARTMENT. Broadway, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. During the months of July, August and September the ing, held May 27, 1887 : Office o f the Counsel to the Corporation. Charles R eilly, Commissioner ; J ambs E. C onner, trial days of this Court will be Tuesday and Friday oi “ Resolved, That in view of the inadequate Deputy Commissioner Staats Zeitung Building, third floor, 9 a. m. to 5 p. M. each week. space in the Secretary’s office and in order to Saturdays, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Ninth District—Twelfth Ward, No. 225 East One Hun­ enable him more readily to discharge the business H enry R. Beermat, Counsel to the Corporation dred and Twenty-fifth street. o f the same, the Secretary is authorized to Andrew T. Campbell, Chief Clerk. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. J oseph P. F allon, Justice. Nos. 7 and 8 New County Court-house, 9 a. m. to 4 P. m. Clerk’s office open daily from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Trial arrange the business of the office so that the same Office of the Public Administrator. J ames A. F lack, County C ie rk ; T homas F. Gilroy, davs Tuesdays and Fridays. Court opens at 0J6 A. M. shall be open for personal interviews with appli­ No. 49 Beekman street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Deputy County Clerk. Tenth District—Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth cants and the public during a part of the day R ichard J. Morrisson, Public Administrator. Wards, corner of Third avenue and One Hundred and o n ly ” Office o f the Corporation Attorney. Fifty-eighth street. DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. Office hours, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Court opens at 9 Pursuant to the above action, I hereby desig­ No. 49 Beekman street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Second floor, Brown-stone Building, City Hall Park, A. M. nate the two hours between 2 and 4 o’clock in William A. Boyd, Corporation Attorney. Andrew J. R ogers. Justice. afternoon as the time for which the offices shall A. M. to 4 P. M. J ohn R. F ellows. District A ttorney; J ambs McCabe, Eleventh District—No. 919 Eighth avenue; Twenty- be opea for personal interviews with applicants Cnief Clerk. second Ward, and all that part of the Twelfth Ward and the public. POLICE DEPARTMENT. lying south of One Hundred and Tenth street and west Central Office. of Sixth avenue. Court open daily (Sundays and legal Very respectfully, THE CITY RECORD OFFICE, No. 300 Mulberry street, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. holidays excepted) from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. LEE PHILLIPS, Stephen B. F rench, President; W illiam H. K ipp, And Bureau of Printing, Stationery, and Blank Books. T homas E. Murray. Justice. Secretary and Executive Officer. Chief Clerk; J ohn J. O’Brien. Chief Bureau of Elections. No. a City Hall, 9 a. m. to 5 P. m., except Saturdays, on which days 9 a . m . to 3 p . m . T homas Costigan, Supervisor; R. P. H. A bell, Book­ CIVIL SERVICE SUPERVISORY OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. DEPARTMENT OF CHARIT1F.S AND CORREC­ keeper. AND EXAMINING BOARDS. TION. TATEMENT OF THE HOURS DURING WHICH Central Office. N ew York City Civil Service Boards, S all the Public Offices in the City are open for business, CORONERS’ OFFICE. Cooper U nion, and at which each Court regularly opens and adjourns, as No. 66 Third avenue, corner Eleventh street, 9 a. m. to Nos. 13 and 15 Chatham street, 8 A. m. to 5 p. m. Sun­ N ew York, August 13,1888. well as of the places where such offices are kept and such 4 P.M. days ana holidays, 8 a. m. to 12.30 P. M. Courts are held; together with the heads of Departments T homas S. Brennan, President; George F. Britton, Michael J. B. M essemer, Ferdinand L evy, F e r d i­ NOTICE. and Courts. Secretary. na n d E idman, J ohn R. N ugent, Coroners; J ohn T. Purchasing Agent, F rederick A. Cushman Office EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. T oal, Clerk of th Board of Coroners. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION OF CANDI- hours, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M. Closed Saturdays, 19 M. • dates for the position of Inspector of Masonry on M ayor's Office. Contracts, Proposals and Estimates for Work ana Ma­ A terials for Building, Repairs and Supplies, Bills and SUPREME COURT. the New Croton Aqueduct, will be held at this office^ on No. 6 City Hall, xo a . m. to 3 v. m. Thursday, August 93, at 10 o’clock A. M. AU applica­ Accounts. 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Closed Saturdays, 19 m ABRAM S. HEWITT, Mayor. Arthur Berry Second floor, New County Court-house, opens at 10.30 a. m. tions for this examination must be filed on or Before Secretary and Chief Clerk Rufus L. W ilder. General Bookkeeper and Auditor. Charles H. Van Brunt, Presiding Justice; J ambs A. Tuesday, the 91st instant. F lack, Cleric; T homas F. Gilroy, Deputy County Application blanks may be obtained at Room 30, Mayor's M arshals Office. Clerk. Cooper Union, between the hours of 9 and 4 p. m. on any FIRE DEPARTMENT. No. x City Hall, 9 a. m. to 4 r. m. General Term, Room No. 9, W illiam Lamb-J t., Clerk. day except Saturday. Thomas W. Byrnes, First Marshal. Office hours for all except where otherwise noted from Special Term, P art I., Room No. xo, H ugh D onnelly, LEE PHILLIPS. G eorge W. Brown. Jr.. Second Marshal. 9 a. M. f> 4 P . m. Saturdays, to 12 m. Clerk. Secretary and Executive Officer. A ugust 20, 1888. THE CITY RECORD. 2381

POLICE DEPARTMENT. H ealth D epartment, N o. 30X Mott Street, with the concurrence of the Sinking Fund Commis­ proper security, he or they shall be considered as having N ew York, January 31,188S. sioners, is authorized to agree with the person or corpo­ abandoned it, and as in default to the Corporation, and the ration with whom any contract may be made for the contract will be readvertised and relet as provided by law. P olice D epartment of the City of N ew York, T A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH construction, equipment and running of said railways of the Health Department of the City of New York, HENRY D. PURROY, No. 300 M ulberry Street, A that the cost of such construction shall be paid by the RICHARD CROKER, N ew York, August 13, 1888. he'd at its office, No. 301 Mott street, January 27, 1888, City in installments out of the compensation which such the following resolution was adopted: FITZ JOHN PORTER. UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT person or corporation shall agree to pay to said City Commissioners. P two horses, the property of this Department, will Resolved, That section x3 of the Sanitary Code be under any such contract^ from time to time, as such be sold at public auction on Tuesday, August 28,1888, at and is hereby amended so as to read as follows: compensation shall be received. , • Sec. 18. That no owner or lessee of any building, ten o’clock a. m., by Van Tassell & Kearney, auctioneers, Public notice is hereby given that the Commissioners or any part thereof, shall lease or let, or hire out the of Public Parks will receive and consider proposals for CORPORATION NOTICE. at their stables, No. n o East Thirteenth street. same or any portion thereof, to be occupied by any per­ By order of the Board. son, or allow the same to be occupied, as a place in which, the construction and operation of a railway or railways UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE WILLIAM DELAMATER, or for any one, to dwell or lodge, except when said build­ in and through the Central Park Transverse Roads, in P owner or owners, occupant or occupants of all First Deputy Clerk. ings or such parts thereof are sufficiently lighted, ven­ accordance with the provisions of the act above cited, at houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands affected a meeting to be held at their office, Nos. 49 and sx thereby, that the following assessments have been com­ tilated, provided and accommodated, and are in all Chambers street, on Wednesday, September 5,1888, at Police D epartment of the City of N ew York, 1 respects in that condition of cleanliness and wholesome­ pleted and are lodged in the office of the Board of Asses­ xx o’clock A. M. sors for examination by all persons interested, viz.: No. 300 Mulberry Street, ness, for which this Code or any law of this State pro­ By order of the Commissioners of Public Parks. N ew York, August 2,1888. ) vides, or in which they or either of them require any _ List 2746, No. 1. Sewer in One Hundred and Fifty- CHARLES DeF. BURNS, eighth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. such premises to be kept. Nor shall any suen person Secretary. UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT rent, let, hire out, or allow, having power to prevent the List 2747, No. 2. Sewer in Forty-fourth street, be­ P a horse, the property of this Department, will be same to be used as or for a place of sleeping or residence, tween summit east of Sixth avenue and Sixth avenue, sold at public auction on Friday, August 17, 1888, at xo any portion or apartment of any building, which apart­ connecting with sewer in Sixth avenue. o'clock a. M., by Van Tassell & Kearney, Auctioneers, at ment or portion has not at least one foot of its_ height FIRE DEPARTMENT. List 2748, No. 3. Sewer in Tompkins street, between their stables, No. 110 East Thirteenth street. and space above the level of every part of the sidewalk Rivington and Delancey streets. By order of the Board. H eadquarters 1 List 2749, No. 4. Sewer in Pleasant avenue, between and curbstone of any adjacent street, nor of which the F ire D epartment, C ity of N ew York, 1 WM. H. KIPP, floor is damp by reason of water from the ground^ or One Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Chief Clerk. 157 and 159 East Sixty-seventh Street, f Seventeenth streets. which is impregnated or penetrated by any offensive N ew York, July 31,1888. J gas, smell, or exhalation prejudicial to health. But this List 2750, No. 5. Sewer in Avenue B, between Eighty- Police D epartment—City of N ew York, ) section shall not prevent the leasing, renting, or occu­ third and Eighty-fourth streets. Office of the P roperty Clerk (Room N o. 9), l pancy of cellars or rooms less elevated than aforesaid, TO CONTRACTORS. The limits embraced by such assessments include all No. 300 M ulberry Street, and as a part of any building rented or let, when hey the several houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, pieces N ew York, 1887. J are not let or intended to be occupied or used Dy any EALED PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING THE and parcels of land situated on— WNERS WANTED BY THE PROPERTY person as a sleeping apartment, or as a principal or sole S materials and labor, and doing the work required No. x. Both sides of One Hundred and Fifty-eighth O Clerk of the Police Department of the City of New dwelling apartment. for constructing and erecting two houses—one on the street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. York, No 300 Mulberry_ street, Room No. 9, for the [l. s.] JAMES C. BAYLES, south side of West Eighty-third street, 200 feet west of No. 2. Both sides of Forty-fourth street, extending 195 following property, now in his custody, without claim­ President. Ninth avenue,' for an engine company, and the other at feet easterly from Sixth avenue. ants : Boats, rope, iron, lead, male and female clothing, Emmons Clark, No. 120 East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, for | No. 3. Both sides of Tompkins street, between De­ boots, shoes, wine, blankets, diamonds, canned goods, Secretary. Hook and Ladder Co. No. 14, of this Department, will lancey and Rivington streets. liquors, etc., also small amount money taken from be received by the Board of Commissioners at the head No. 4. Both sides of Pleasant avenue, from One Hun­ prisoners and found by patrolmen of this Department of the Fire Department, at the office of said Department, dred and Sixteenth to One Hundred and Seventeenth JOHN F. HARRIOT, ______JURORS.______Nos. 157 and 159 East Sixty-seventh street, in the City of street. Property Clerk. New York, until xo o’clock a. m., Monday, August 20, No. 5. Both sides of Avenue B, from Eighty-third to NOTICE 1888, at which time and place they will be publicly opened Eighty-fourth street. by the head of said Department and read. All persons whose interests are affected by the above- IN RELATION TO JURORS FOR STATE Estimates will be received from bidders for both houses named assessments, and who are opposed to the same, BOARD OF STREET OPENING COURTS. together in one bid (in which case the bid or estimate or either of them, are requested to present their objec­ AND IMPROVEMENT. submitted should state a lump sum for both houses to­ tions in writing to the Chairman of the Board of gether only and not a separate price for each house) and Assessors, at their office. No. City Hall, within Office of th e Commissioner of J urors, thirty days from the date of this notice. . o t ic e is h e r e b y g iv e n t h a t t h e r e R oom 127, Stewart Building, for each house in a separate bid. Estimates in any or all will be a regular meeting of the Board of Street of these forms will be received from the same bidder if ' The above-described lists will be transmitted, as pro­ N Chambers St r e e t and Broadway vided by law, to the Board of Revision and Correction of Opening and Improvement of the City of New York held N ew York, June x, x888. J desired. in the Mayot’s Office, on Friday, August 17,1888, at x No estimate will be received or considered after the Assessments for confirmation, on the 19th day of Sep­ o’clock p. m., at which meeting it is proposed to consider pplications f o r e x e m p t io n s w il l be hour named. tember, 1888. the unfinished busmess with such other matters as may A. heard here, from 9 to 4 daily, from all persons For information as to the amount and kind of work to EDWARD GILON, Chairman, be brought before the Board. hitherto liable or recently serving who have become be done, bidders are referred to the specifications and PATRICK M. HAVERTY, exempt, and all needed information will be given. CHAS. E. WENDT, Dated August 14,1888. drawings which form part of these proposals. Those who have not answered as to their liability, or The form of the agreement with specifications and EDWARD CAHILL, WM. V. I. MERCER, proved permanent exemption, will receive a “jury en­ Secretary. drawings, showing the manner of payment for the work, Board of Assessors. rollment notice,’’ requiring them to appear before me may be seen and forms of proposals may be obtained at O ffice of the Board of Assessors, this year. Whether liable or not, such notices must be the office of the Department. No. \ i lA City H all, answeied (in person, if possible, and at this office only) Bidders will write out the amount of their estimate in N ew York, August x8, x888. AQUEDUCT COMMISSION. under severe penalties. II exempt, the party must bring addition to inserting the same in figures. proof of exemption; if liable, he m u st also answer in Aqueduct Commissioners’ Office, The work is to be completed ana delivered within one UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE person, giving full and correct name, residence, etc., etc. hundred and ten (xio) days after the execution of the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of all R oom 209, Stewart Building, N o. 280 Broadway, No attention paid to letters. P N ew York, August 15, 1888. contract. houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands affected Persons " enrolled ” as liable must serve when called The damages to be paid by the contractor for each day I thereby, that the following assessments have been com­ or pay their lines. No mere excuse will be allowed or that the contract may he unfulfilled after the time speci­ pleted and are lodged in the office of the Board of Assess­ TO CONTRACTORS. interference permitted. The fines if unpaid will be en­ fied for the completion thereof shall have expired, are ors,for examination by all persons interested, viz.: tered as judgments upon the property of th e delinquents. fixed and liquidated at twenty (20) dollars. List 2715, No. 1. Planting trees on West End avenue, All good citizens will aid the course of justice, and The award of the contract will be made as soon as in accordance with the following ordinance : id s o r p r o p o s a l s f o r b u il d in g a n secure reliable and respectable juries, and equalize their practicable after the opening of the bids. “ That in each sidewalk of Eleventh (West End) Iron-lined Masonry Aqueduct near Shaft No. 30 duty by serving promptly when summoned, allowing Any person making an estimate for the work shall pre­ “ avenue, between Seventy-second and One Hundred onB Section 14 of the New Aqueduct, as called for in the their clerks or subordinates to serve, reporting to me any sent the same in a sealed envelope, to said Board, at said “ and Seventh streets, two rows of maple trees be approved forms of contract and specifications on file in attempt at bribery or evasion, and suggesting names for office, on or before the day and hour above named, “ planted, the trees to be placed thirty feet apart.” the office of the Aqueduct Commissioners, will be received enrollment. Persons between sixty and seventy years of which envelope shall be endorsed with the name or names The limits embraced by su ch assessments include all age, summer absentees, persons temporarily ill, and of the person or persons presenting the same, the date the several houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, pieces at this office until Wednesday, September 5, 1888, at 2 United States jurors are not exempt. o’clock p. m., at which place and hour they will be publicly of its presentation and a statement of the work to which and parcels of land situated on— opened by the Aqueduct Commissioners, and the award Every man must attend to his own notice. It is a mis­ it relates. No. 1. Both sides of Eleventh (West End) avenue, of the contract for doing said work will be made by the demeanor to give any jury paper to another to answer. The Fire Department reserves the right to decline any from Seventy-second to One Hundred and Seventh Commissioners as soon thereafter as possible. It is also punishable by fine or imprisonment to give or and all bids or estimates if deemed to be for the public street. Blank forms of said approved contract and the specifi­ receive any present or bribe, directly or indirectly, in interest. No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or All persons whose interests are affected by the above- cations therefor and proper envelopes for their enclosure, relation to a jury service, or to withhold any paper or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the named assessments, and who are opposed to the same, or and form of bonds, and also the pjans for said work, and make any false statement, and every case will be fully Corporation upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, either of them, are requested to present their objections all other information, can be obtained at the above office prosecuted as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Cor­ in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Assessors, of the Aqueduct Commissioners on application to the CHARLES REILLY. poration. at their office, No. xxjjj City Hall, within thirty days Secretary. Commissioner of Jurors. Each bid or estimate shall contain and state the name from the date of this notice. By order of the Aqueduct Commissioners. I and place of residence of each of the persons making the The above-described lists will be transmitted, as pro • same; the names of all persons interested with him or vided by law, to the Board of Revision and Correction of JAMES C. DUANE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARK8. them therein; and if no other person be so interested, Assessments for confirmation, on the n th day of Septem­ President. it shall distinctly state that fact; that it is made without ber, 1888. J ohn C. Sheehan, D epartment of P ublic Parks, ) any connecUon with any other person making an estimate EDWARD GILON. Chairman. Secretary. Nos. 49 and 51 C hambers Street, > for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and with­ PATRICK M. HAVERTY, N ew York, August 2, x888. ) out collusion or fraud; and that no member of the Com­ CHAS. E. WENDT, Aqueduct Commissioners’ O ffice, ) o t ic e is h e r e b y g iv e n t h a t t h e c o m - mon Council, Head of a Department, Chief of a Bureau, EDWARD CAHILL, R oom 209, Stewart Building, N o. 280 Broadway, > N missioners of the Department of Public Parks, in Deputy thereof, or Clerk therein, or other officer of the Board of Assessors. N ew York, August 14, x888. ) the City of New York, will, on the 22d day of August, Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or Office of the Board of Assessors, 1888, at i i o’clock A. m., at their office, in the Emigrants in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any por­ No. ttH Citv H all. Savings Bank Building, Nos. 49 and 51 Chambers^ street, tion of the profits thereof. The bid or estimate must be N ew York, August xo, x888. TO CONTRACTORS. in said city, hear and consider all statements, objections verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties and evidence that may then and there be offered in refer­ making the estimate, that the several matters stated UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE ence to a proposed change m the lines of Decatur avenue, therein are in all respects true. Where more than one P owner or owners, occupant or occupants of all id s o r p r o p o s a l s f o r f u r n is h in g between Isaac and Travers streets, in the Twenty-fourth person is interested, it is requisite that the verification houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands affected B and manufacturing, fitting, placing, etc., ten 48-inch Ward, in pursuance of the provisions of chapter 721 of he made and subscribed hy all the parties interested. thereby, that tne following assessments have been comt- stop-cock valves and gearing at the Gate-house at One the Laws of 1887. Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the con­ pleted and are lodged in the office of the Board of Assess­ Hundred and Thirty-fifth street and Convent avenue, on The contemplated change consists in changing^ the sent, in writing, o f two householders or freeholders of ors^ for examination by all persons interested, viz.: Section 15, and four 48'inch stop-cock valves and gearing location, course and lines, and discontinuing and closing a tiie City o f New York, with their respective places of List 2539, No. x. Sewer and appurtenances in Wash­ to be used at Shaft No. 25 on Section 12, and one 48-inch part of Decatur avenue, between Isaac and Travers business or residence, to the effect that if the contract be ington avenue, between Brook avenue and One Hun­ stop-cock valve and gearing to he used at the new Gate­ streets. awarded to the person making the estimate, they dred and Sixty-ninth street. house on Section 1 of the New Aqueduct, as called for in A map showing the proposed change is on exhibition will, on its being so awarded, become bound as List 2684, No. 2. Regulating, grading, curbing and the approved forms of contract ana specifications on file in in said office. sureties for its faithful performance, in the sum of flagging in Fort George avenue, from Tenth to Eleventh the office of the Aqueduct Commissioners, will be J. HAMPDEN ROBB. eighteen thousand (18,000) dollars for both houses avenue. received at this office until Wednesday, September 5, x888, M. C. D. BORDEN, toge her, or of nine thousand and five hundred (9,500) The limits embraced by such assessments include all at 2 o’clock p. m., at which place and hour they will be WALDO HUTCHINS, dollars for the house in West Eighty-third street, and the several houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, pieces publicly opened by the Aqueduct Commissioners, and the STEVENSON TOWLE, of eight thousand and five hundred (8,500) dollars for and parcels of land situated on— award of the contract for said work and furnishing said Commissioners of Public Parks. the house in East One Hundred ana Twenty- No. x. Bounded on the north by One Hundred and material will be made by said Commissioners as soon fifth street; and that if he shall omit or refuse to Sixty-ninth street, on the south by One Hundred and thereafter as possible. D epartment of P ublic Parks, • ) execute the same, they will pay to the Corporation Sixty-second street and Brook avenue, on the east by Blank forms of said approved contract and the specifica­ Nos. 49 and 51 Chambers Street, [ any difference between the sum to which he Boston and Third avenues, and on_ the west by Wash­ tions therefor, and bids or proposals, and proper envelopes N ew York, August 2, 1888. ) would be entitled on its completion, and that which ington avenue ; including the east side of Boston avenue, for their enclosure, and forms of bonds, and also the plans the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person from One Hundred and Sixty-seventh to One Hundred for said work, and all other information, can be obtained NOTICE. or persons to whom the contract may be awarded at and Sixty-ninth street, and both sides of Washington at the above office of the Aqueduct Commissioners on any subsequent letting; the amount in each case to avenue, from Brook avenue to One Hundred and Sixty- application to the Secretary. ARTIES INTERESTED IN THE MATTER OF be calculated upon the estimated amount of the work ninth street. By order of the Aqueduct Commissioners. P the grades of the following-named streets in the by which the bids are tested. The consent above No. 2. Both sides of Fort George avenue, rom Tenth JAMES C. DUANE, Twenty-fourth Ward, are requested to call at the office mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or to Eleventh avenue. President. of the Department of Public Parks within ten days from I affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the All persons whose interests are affected by the above- J ohn C. Sheehan, date, and examine maps showing such grades as pro­ same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of named assessments, and who are opposed to the same, or Secretary. posed to be established, and make known their views in New York, and is worth the amount of the security re­ either of them, are requested to present their objections relation thereto: quired for the completion of this contract, over and in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Assessors, East One Hundred and Seventy-fifth street, from above all his debts of every nature, and over and above at their office, No. City Ha within thirty days Carter avenue to the Southern Boulevard, in the Twenty- his liabilities as bail, surety, or otherwise, and that he from the date of this notice. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. fourth Ward. has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the The above-described lists will be transmitted, as pro­ Birch street, from Wolf street to Marcher avenue, in intention to execute the bond required by law. The vided by law, to the Board of Revision and Correction of H ealth D epartment of the City of N ew York, l the Twenty-third Ward. adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered is to be Assessments for confirmation, on the 5th day of Sep­ No. 301 Mott Street, Boscobel avenue, from the easterly approach to the approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York tember, 1888. N ew York, August 2,1888. ) bridge over Harlem river at West One Hundred and before the award is made and prior to the signing of the EDWARD GILON, Chairman, Eighty-first street to Jerome avenue, in the Twenty- contract. PATRICK M. HAVERTY, t a meeting of the board of health No estimate w ill be considered unless accompanied of the Health Department of the City of New third and Twenty-fourth Wards. CHAS. E. WENDT, A By order of the Department of Public Parts. by either a certified check upon one of the National York, held at its office, No. 301 Mott street, August 2, Banks o f the City of New York, drawn to the order o f EDWARD CAHILL, x888, the following resolution was adopted : CHARLES De F. BURNS. the Comptroller, or money to the amount o f nine hundred Board of Assessors. Resolved, That under the power conferred by law . Secretary. (900) dollars fo r both houses together, or o f four hun­ Office of the Board of Assessors, upon the Health Department, the following additional d red a n d seventy-five (475) dollars fo r the house in West No. 11% City H all, section to the Sanitary Code for the security of life and Department of P ublic P arks, 1 Eighty-third street, ana o f four hundred and twenty- N ew York, August 4, 1888. health, be and the same is hereby adopted and declared Nos. 49 and sx C hambers Street, J five (425) dollars fo r the house in East One Hundred and to form a portion of the Sanitary Code; N ew York, July 27,1888 ) Twenty-fifth street. Such check or money must not be ' Section 219. In every public hospital and dispensary enclosed in the sealed envelope containing the estimate, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHAR­ in the City of New York there shall be provided ana PUBLIC NOTICE. but must be handed to the officer or clerk of the Depart­ ITIES AND CORRECTION. maintained a suitable room or rooms and place for _ the ment who has charge of the Estimate-box, and no esti­ temporary isolation of persons infected with contagious NDER CHAPTER 407 OF THE LAWS OF 1888, mate can be deposited in said box until such check or D epartment of Public C harities and Correction, disease, who shall immediately be separated from the U an act relative to railways in the Transverse money has been examined by said officer or clerk and No. 66 T hird Avenue. other persons and other patients at such dispensary or Roads of the Central Park, in the City of New York, the found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of hospital. It shall be the duty of the physician or phy­ Department of Public Parks, with the concurrence of the successful bidder, will be returned to the persons sicians, of the officers, managers and of every one in the Sinking Fund Commissioners, is authorized to con­ making the same, within three days after the contract is TO CONTRACTORS. charge of a hospital or dispensary, and of every one who struct railways in and upon the roads in said park known awarded. If the successful bidder shall refuse or neglect, has any duty or office in respect to patients in the course as the Transverse Roads, and to contract, in the name of within five days after notice that the contract has of treatment, or persons who apply for treatment or care The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount PROPOSALS FOR GROCERIES, DRY at a dispensary or hospital, to see that a report is imme­ New York, with any persons or corporations for the of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and re­ GOODS, HARDWARE, IRON, LEATHER, diately made to the Health Department of the City of construction, equipment and running of the same upon tained by the City of New York, as liquidated damages LIME AND LUMBER. New York of every person infected with a contagious such terms and conditions, including the rates of fare to for such neglect or refusal, but ii he shall execute the disease who comes to their knowledge, and that such be charged to persons using such railways, for such com­ contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of his erson or persons so infected are properly isojated and pensation to be paid to the said Mayor, Aldermen and deposit will be returned to him. QEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR FURNISH- eept separate from other persons and other patients. Commonalty of the City of New York, and subject to such Should the person or persons to whom the contract O ing [L. s.] JAMES C. BAYLES, rules and regulations as may be determined upon in such may be awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract GROCERIES, ETC. President. contracts, and as the said Department, with the concur­ within five days after written notice that the same has Emmons Clark, rence of the Sinking Fund Commissioners, may from been awarded to his or their bid or proposal, or if he or 8,800 pounds Dairy Butter; sample on exhibition, Secretary. time to time establish or impose. The said Department, they accept but do not execute the contract and give the Thursday, August 23,1888. 2382 THE CITY RECORD A ugust 20, 1888

1,500 pounds Cheese. been awarded to his or their bid or proposal, or if he or having abandoned it and as in default to the Corporation, the office of the Department, where the plans will be on 5.000 pounds Dried Apples. they accept but do not execute the contract and give and the contract will be readvertised and relet as pro­ exhibition for the information of bidders. is,000 pounds Rice. the proper security, he or they shall be considered as vided by law. Dated N ew York, August 8,1888. 40,000 pounds Brown Sugar. having abandoned it, and as in default to the Corpora­ The quality o f the articles, supplies, goods, wares, and THOMAS S. BRENNAN, President, 7.000 pounds Coffee Sugar. tion, and the contract will be readvertised and relet, as merchandise must conform in every respect to the sam­ HENRY H. PORTER. Commissioner, 4.000 pounds Cut Loaf Sugar. provided by law. ples o f the same on exhibition at the office qf the said CHARLES E. SIMMONS. Commissioner, 0,000 pounds Oolong Tea. The quality o f the articles, supplies, goods, wares, and Department. Bidders are cautioned to examine the Public Charities and Correction. too barrels Crackers. merchandise must conform in every respect to the sam­ specifications for particulars of the articles, etc., re­ 100 bushel' Dried Peas. ples o f the same on exhibition at the office o f the said quired, bqf ore m aking their estimates. Department of P ublic Charities and Correction, ) so tubs best quality Kettle Rendered Leaf Lard, Department. Bidders are cautioned to examine the Bidders will state the price for each article, by which No. 66 T hird A venue, } 50 pounds each. specifications fo r Particulars of the articles, etc., re­ the bids will be tested. N ew York, August 17, x888. ) 40 dozen Canned Peaches. quired, before making their estimates. Bidders will write out the amount of their estimate in TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE OF 3,550 dozen Fresh Eggs, all to be candled. Bidders will state the price for each article, by which addition to inserting the same in figures. A the Common Council, "In relation to the burial of 634 barrels good sound White Potatoes, to weigh 172 the bids will be tested. Payment will he made by a requisition on the Comp­ strangers or unknown persons who may die in any of the pounds net per barrel. Bidders will write out the amount of their estimate in troller, in accordiance with the terms of the contract, or public institutions of the City of New York,” the Com­ 50 barrels prime Red or Yellow Onions, to weigh addition to inserting the same in figures. from time to time as the Commissioners may determine. missioners of Public Charities and Correction report as 150 pounds net per barrel. Payment will be made by a requisition on the Comp­ Bidders are informed that no deviation from the speci­ follows: 1,600 heads prime good-sized Cabbage. troller, in accordance with the terms of the contract, or fications will be allowed, unless under the _ written At Morgue, Bellevue Hospital, from foot of Fifth street 40 pieces prime quality, City Cured Bacon, to from time to time, as the Commissioners may determine. instruction of the Commissioners of Public Charities and —Unknown boy, u e d about xa years; 4 feet 2 inches average about 6 pounds. Bidders are informed that no deviation from the speci­ Correction. high; dark hair. Had on brown plaid jacket and pants, 50 prime quality, City Cured Smoked Hams, to fications will be allowed, unless under the written in­ The form of the agreement, including specifications, white knit undershirt. average about 14 pounds each. struction of the Commissioners of Public Charities and and showing the manner of payment, can be obtained at At Workhouse, Blackwell's Island—Alice McLaughlin, 1.000 bushels Oats, 32 pounds net per bushel. Correction. the office of the Department. aged 66 years; committed July 14, 1888. 60 bags Coarse Meal, 100 pounds net each. The form of the agreement, including specifications, Dated N ew York, August 13, x888. At Homoeopathic Hospital, Ward’s Island—Thomas 300 bales prime quality long, bright Rye Straw, and showing the manner of payment, can be obtained at THOMAS S. BRENNAN, President, Watson, aged 28 years; 5 feet 7 inches high ; brown eyes tare not to exceed three pounds ; weight the office of the Department. and hair. Had on when admitted black diagonal coat, charged as received at Blackwell’s Island. HENRY H. PORTER, Commissioner, Dated N ew York, August 13,1888. CHARLES E. SIMMONS, Commissioner, brown mixed pants, gaiters, black felt hat. Public Charities and Correction. I^opold Hambergher, aged 73 years ; 5 feet 7 inches DRY GOODS. THOMAS S. BRENNAN, President, high; brown eyes and hair. Had on when admitted too pieces Oiled Muslin. HENRY H. PORTER, Commissioner, black sack coat, blue cashmere vest, black pants, gaiters, soo gross Cotton Shoe Laces. CHARLES E. SIMMONS, Commissioner, Public Charities and Correction. D epartment of P ublic Charities and Correction, black felt hat. so gross Fine Combs. No. 66 T hird A venue. Nothing known of their friends or relatives. By order, HARDWARE, IRON, BTC. D epartment of P ublic Charities and Correction G. F. BRITTON, to bundles first quality Galvanized Iron No. 24, No. 66 T hird A venue, '•) TO CONTRACTORS. Secretary 24x84. x dozen Lathing Hatchets. TO CONTRACTORS. PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS AND D epartment of P ublic Charities and C orrection, ) 15 dozen Taper Saw Files, to 4", 5 5". No. 66 T hird A venue, 25 barrels Standard White Kerosene Oil 150° Test PROPOSALS~FOR FLOUR. WORK REQUIRED FOR STEAM N ew York, August 8, 1888. ) HEATING AT CENTRAL ISLIP, LEATHER. TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE OF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. 300 sides prime quality Waxed Kip Leather, to EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR FURNISH- i the Common Council, " In relation to the burial of average about it feet. S ing and delivering, free of all expense, at the Bake­ strangers or unknown persons who may die in any of the 300 sides prime quality Waxed Upper Leather, to house dock, Blackwell’s Island (east side), 4,000 barrels public institutions of the City of New York,” the Com­ (no sacks) extra Wheat Flour, in lots of 500 to x,oco EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR THE missioners of Public Charities and Correction report as average about 17 feet. barrels, one-half of each quality, as follows: S aforesaid work and materials, in accordance with the a,ooo pounds Offal Leather. specifications and plans, will be received at the office of follows: 2,000 barrels of sample marked No. 1. the Department of Public Charities and Correction, No. At Morgue, Bellevue Hospital, from foot of Forty- LIMB. 2,000 barrels of sample marked No. 2. 66 Third avenue, in the City of New York, until 9.30 third street, North nver—Unknown man, axed about 23 25 barrels W. W. Lime, first quality. o’clock a. M. of Tuesday, August ax, x888. The person or years ; 5 feet 9 inches high,; black bair ana moustache; 25 barrels Plaster Paris, first quality. O nly 2,000 empty barrels to be returned. persons making any bid or estimate shall furnish the brown eyes. Had on white knitted undershirt, white same in a sealed envelope, indorsed " Bid or Estimate cotton socks. LUMBER. —will be received at the office of the Department of Unknown woman from foot of Twenty-sixth street. Public Charities and Correction, No. 66 Third avenue, for Steam Heating at Central Islip, Long Island, New East river; aged about 19 years; 5 feet a inches higb; 200 first quality Spruce Plank, i f i " . in the City of New York, until 9.30 o’clock a. m. of York,” and with his or their name or names, and the 500 first quality Hemlock Joists, 3" x 4" x 13’. date of presentation, to the head of said Department, at dark brown hair. Had on black jersey, black dress, red Friday, August 24, 1888. The person or persons making flannel petticoat, white chemise and drawers, white cot­ 80 first quality Spruce Floor Plank, xj%” x 9", any bid or estimate shall furnish the same in a sealed the saia office, on or before the day and hour above dressed, tongued and grooved. ton stockings, buttoned gaiters; locket with photograph envelope indorsed, “ Bid or Estimate for Flour,” and with named, at which time and place the bids or estimates of a man and address of R. Ratton&ky found on ber 50 first quality Spruce Floor Plank, tongued and his or their name or names, and the date of presentation, received will be publicly opened by the President of said grooved, ij£" x 8". person. to the head of said Department, at the said office, on or Department and read. Unknown man from foot of Eighty-fourth street. North too bundles Extra XXX. clear sawed Pine Shingles, before the day and hour above named, at which time T he Board of P ublic Charities and Correction 18". river; 5 feet 8 inches high; dark brown hair. Had on and place the bids or estimates received will be publicly RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ALL BIDS OR ESTIMATES black coat and vest, light gray pants, white undershirt, 2.000 feet Electric Moulding. opened by the President of said Department and read. IF DEEMED TO BE FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AS All lumber to be delivered at Blackwell’s Island. gray socks, laced shoes; body very much decomposed. The contractor shall furnish a certificate of inspection PROVIDED IN SECTION 64. CHAPTER 4x0, LAWS OF 1882. Unknown man, from off Governor’s Island ; 5 feet 7 —will be received at the Department of Public Charities by the Flour Inspector of the New York Produce • No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or contract inches high. Had on gray striped calico shirt, blue and Correction, in the City ot New York, until 9.30 Exchange, also an award from the Committee on Flour awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Cor­ striped hickory shirt, white knit undershirt, brown plaid o’clock a. m. of Friday, August 24,1888. The person or | of the Exchange, that the flour offered is equal to the poration upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as overalls, blue plaid overalls, brogan shoes, gray socks; persons making any bid or estimate shall furnish the same in standards of the Department, and which certificate shall surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corpora­ body very much decomposed. a sealed envelope indorsed, “ Bid or Estimate for Groceries, accompany each delivery of flour, the expense of such tion. , Unknown man, from foot of Twenty-sixth street, East Dry Goods, Iron, Hardware, Leather, Lumber, etc.,” inspection and award to be borne by the contractor, also The award of the contract will be made as soon as river; aged about 65 years; 5 feet 7 inches high ; light with his or their name or names, and the date of presenta­ certificate of weight and tare to be furnished with each practicable after the opening of the bids. brown hair mixed with gray. Had on dark coat, vest tion, to the head of said Department, at the said office, on or delivery. Any bidder for this contract must be known to be engaged in and well prepared for the business, and must and pants, white shirt, blue hickory shirt, one elastic before the day and hour above named, at which time and T he Board of P ublic Charities and Correction gaiter, one laced shoe, red striped socks. place the bids or estimates received will be publicly RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ALL BIDS OR ESTIMATES have satisfactory testimonials to that effect, and the per­ Unknown man, from foot of One Hundred and Twen­ opened by the President of said Department and read. IF DEEMED TO BE FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AS PRO­ son or persons to whom the contract may be awarded ty-fourth street. East river; aged about 20 years; 5 feet T he Board of Public Charities and Correction VIDED IN SECTION 64, CHAPTER 4X0, LAWS OF 1882. will be required to give security for the performance ot the contract by bis or their bond, with two sufficient 6 inches high ; sandy hair. Had on brown lawn-tennis RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ALL BIDS OR ESTIMATES No bid or estimate will be accepted from, nr contract shirt, dark pants, white knit undershirt, muslin drawers, IP DEEMED TO BE FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AS PRO­ awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Cor­ sureties, each in the penal amount of TEN THOU­ SAND ($10,000) dollars. red socks, gaiters. VIDED IN SECTION 64, CHAPTER 410, L aws OF 1882. poration upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as At Workhouse, Blackwell’s Island—Mary Johnson, No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or contract surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corpora- Each bid or estimate shall contain and state the name aged 40 years. Committed May 31,1888. awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Cor­ [T tion. and place of residence of each of the persons making the poration upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as The award of the contract will be made as soon as same; the names of all persons interested with him or At Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell’s Island—Catharine them therein ; and if no other person be so interested, it Weiss, aged 43 years ; 5 feet xj£ inches high ; brown hair; surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corpora­ practicable after the opening of the bids. blue eyes. Had on when admitted brown dress, light tion. Delivery trill be required to be made from time to shall distinctly state that fact; also that it is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate hood, striped petticoat, shoes, stockings. The award of the contract will be made as soon as time, and in such quantities as may be directed by the Annie Miner, colored; aged 23 years; 5 feet 4 inches practicable after the opening of the bids. said Commissioners. for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and with­ Delivery trill be required to be made from time to Any bidder for this contract must be known to be out collusion or fraud; and that no member of the Com­ high; brown eyes; black hair. Had on when admitted mon Council, Head of a Department, Chief of a Bureau, green woolen skirt, gray waist, black jacket, gaiters, time, and in such quantiues as may be directed by the engaged in and well prepared for the business, and must black straw hat. said Commissioners. have satisfactory testimonials to that effect, and the per­ Deputy thereof or Clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation is directly or indirectly interested therein, Thomas McGowan, aged 34 years; 5 feet 7 inches Any bidder for this contract must be known to be son or persons to whom the contract may be awarded high; gray eyes; brown bair. Had on when admitted engaged in and well prepared for the business, and must will be required to give security for the performance of or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof. The bid or estimate must blue serge coat, vest and pants, laced gaiters, black derby have satisfactory testimonials to that effect, and the per­ the contract by his or their bond, with two sufficient hat. son or persons to whom the contract may be awarded sureties, each in thepenal amount of fifty (50) per cent, be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties making the estimate, that the several matters stated Nothing known of their friends or relatives. will be required to give security for the performance of of the ESTIMATED amount of the contract. By order. the contract by his or their bond, with two sufficient Each bid or estimate shall contain and state the name therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested, it is requisite that the verification G. F. BRITTON, sureties, in the penal amount of fifty (50) per cent, of the and place of residence of each of the persons making the Secretary. ESTIMATED amount of the contract. same; the names of all persons interested with him or oe made and subscribed by all the parties interested. Each bid or estimate shall contain and state the name them therein ; and if no other person be so interested, it Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the con­ and place of residence of each of the persons making the shall distinctly state that fact; also that it is made without sent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in same; the names of all persons interested with him or any connection with any other person making an estimate the City of New York, with their respective places of FINANCE DEPARTMENT. them therein ; and if no other person be so interested, it for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and with­ business or residence, to the effect that if the contract be shall distinctly state that fact; also that it is made without out collusion or fraud; and that no member of the Com­ awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, on City of N ew York, 1 stay connection with any other person making an estimate mon Council, Head of a Department, Chief of a Bureau, its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties for its Finance D epartment, for the same purpose, and is in all respects Stir and with­ Deputy thereof, or Clerk therein, or other officer of the faithful performance ; and that if he shall omit or refuse Comptroller’s O ffice, f out collusion or fraud ; and that no member of the Com­ Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein to execute the same, they shall pay to the Corporation August X7, 1888. J mon Council, Head of a Department, Chief of a Bureau, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any any difference between the sum to which he would be en­ Deputy thereof or Clerk therein, or other officer of the portion of the profits thereof. The bid or estimate must titled on its completion and that which the Corporation NOTICE TO PROPERTY-OWNERS. Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties may be obliged to pay to the person or persons to whom or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any I making the estimate, that the several matters stated the contract may be awarded at any subsequent letting,; portion of the profits thereof The bid or estimate must therein are in all respects true. Where more than one the amount in each case to be calculated upon the esti­ TN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 997 OF THE be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties person is interested, it is requisite that the verification mated amount of the work by which the bids are tested. X " New York City Consolidation Act of x88a,” tbe making the estimate, that the several matters stated be made and subscribed by all the parties interested. The consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by Comptroller of the City of New York hereby gives therein are in all respects true. _ Where more than one Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the con­ tbe oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons public notice to all persons, owners of property affected person is interested, it is requisite that the verification sent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in by tbe assessment list in the matter of acquiring title to be made and subscribed by all the parties interested. the City of New York, with their respective places of the City ot New York, and is worth the amount of the secu­ Courtland avenue, from East One Hundred ana Forty- Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the con­ 1 business or residence, to the effect that if the contract be rity required for tbe completion of this contract, over and eighth street to East One Hundred and Sixty-third street, sent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, on above all his debts of every nature, and over and above which was confirmed by the Supreme Court July at, the City of New York, with their respective places of its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties for its his liabilities as bail, surety or otherwise; and that he 1888, and entered on the ad day of August, x888, business or residence, to the effect that if the contract faithful performance; and that if he shall omit or refuse has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the in the Record of Titles of Assessments kept in be awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, to execute the same, they will pay to the Corporation any intention to execute the bond required by section xa of the “ Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and on its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties for difference between the sum to which he would be entitled chapter 7 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of New Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and of Water its faithful performance, and that if he shall omit or re­ on its completion and that which the Corporation may be York, 1880, if the contract shall be awarded to the person Rents,” that unless the amount assessed for benefit on fuse to execute the same,they shall pay to the Corporation obliged to pay to the person or persons to whom the con­ or persons for whom he consents to become surety. The any person or property shall be paid within sixty days any difference between the sum to which he would be enti­ tract may be awarded at any subsequent letting; the adequacy and sufficiency of this security shall, in addition after the date of said entry of the assessment, interest tled on its completion, and that which the Corporation may amount in each case to be calculated upon the estimated to the justification and acknowledgment, be approved by will be collected thereon as provided in section 998 of be obliged to pay to the person or persons to whom the amount of the work by which the bids are tested. The the Comptroller of the City of New York. said " New York City Consolidation Act of 188a.” contract may be awarded at any subsequent letting ; the consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the No bid or estimate trill be received or considered Section 998 of the said act provides that, " If any such amount in each case to be calculated upon the estimated oath or affirmation, in writing, of each o f the persons unless accompanied by either a certified check upon assessment shall remain unpaid for the period of sixty amount of the work by which the bids are tested. The signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder one of the State or National Banks of the City of days after the date of entry thereof in the said Record of consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, Titles of Assessments, it snail be the duty of the officer oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons security required for the completion of this contract, or money to the amount of five per centum of authorized to collect and receive the amount of such signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder over and above all his debts of every nature, and over THE AMOUNT OF SECURITY REQUIRED FOR THE FAITH­ assessment, to charge, collect and receive interest in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of and above his liabilities as bail, surety or otherwise; FUL PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT. Such check thereon, at the rate of seven per centum per annum, to the security required for the completion of this contract, and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith or money must not be enclosed in the sealed envelope be calculated from the date of such entry to the date of over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and with the intention to execute the bond required by containing the estimate, but must be banded to the officer payment.” and above his liabilities as bail, surety and otherwise; section 12 of chapter 7 of the Revised Ordinances of the or clerk of the Department who has charge of the Esti­ The above assessment is payable to the Collector of and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith City of New York, if the contract shall be awarded mate-box ; and no estimate can be deposited in said box Assessments and Clerk of Arrears at the “ Bureau for and with the intention to execute the bond required by to the person or persons for whom he consents to become until such check or money has been examined by said the Collection of Assessments and Arrears of Taxes section 12 of chapter 7 of the Revised Ordinances of the surety. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, and Assessments and of Water Rents,” Room 31, City of New York, if the contract shall be awarded offered to be approved by the Comptroller of the City except that of the successful bidder, will be returned Stewart Building, between the hours of 9 A. M. and a to the person or persons for whom he consents to become of New York. to the persons making the same, within three days after p. m., and all payments made tbereon, on or before surety. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security of­ No bid or estimate will be considered unless accom­ tbe contract*ls awarded. If the successful bidder shall October 23, 1888, will be exempt from interest as above fered to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of panied by either a certified check upon one of the State refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the provided, and after that date trill be subject to a charge New York. or National Banks of the City of New York, drawn to the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, of interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annum No bid or estimate will be considered unless accom­ order of the Comptroller, or money, to the amount of five the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited from the date of entry in the Record of Titles of panied by either a certified check upon one of die State per centum o f the amount of the security required for the to and retained by tbe City of New York, as liquidated Assessments in said Bureau to the date of payment. or National Banks of the City of New Yoik, drawn to faithful performance of the contract. Such check or damages for such neglect or refusal; but if he shall exe­ THEODORE W. MYERS, the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of money must not be inclosed in the sealed envelope cute the contract within tbe time, aforesaid, the amount Comptroller. five per centum of the amount of the security required containing the estimate, but must be handed to the of his deposit will be returned to him. for the faithful performance of the contract. Such check officer or clerk of the Department who has charge of the Should the person or persons to whom the contract may City of N ew York, i or money must not be inclosed in the sealed envelope Estimate-box, and no estimate can be deposited in said be awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract within Finance D epartment, I containing the estimate, but must be handed to the officer box until such check or money has been examined by said five days after written notice that the same has been Comptroller’s Office, f or clerk of the Department who has charge of the Esti­ officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such depos­ awarded to his or their bid or proposal, or if he or they August 9, 1888.) mate-box, and no estimate can be deposited in said box its, except that of the successful bidder, trill be returned accept but do not execute the- contract and provide such until such check or money has been examined by said to the persons making the same within three days after proper security as has been heretofore stated to be NOTICE TO PROPERTY-OWNERS. officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, the contract is awarded. If the successful bidder shall requisite, he or they shall be considered as having except that of the successful bidder, will be returned to the refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the abandoned it and as in default to the Corporation, and persons making the same within three days after the con­ contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the contract will be readvertised and relet as provided TN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 9x6 OF THE tract is awarded. If the successful bidder shall refuse or the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited by law. X "New York City Consolidation Act of 1882,” the neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has to and retained by the City of New York, as liquidated Bidders will write out the amount of their estimate in Comptroller of the C ity of New York hereby gives public bewi awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount damages for such neglect or refusal; but if he Mall ex­ addition to inserting the same in figures. notice to all persons, owners of property affected by the of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and re­ ecute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount Payment will be made by a requisition on the Comp­ following assessment lists, vis.: tained by the City of New York, as liquidated damages of his deposit will be returned to him. troller, in accordance with the terms of the contract. Birmingham street sewer, between Henry and Madison for such neglect or refusal; but if he shall execute the Should the person or persons to whom the contract may Bidders are informed that no deviation from streets. contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of his be awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract THE SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE ALLOWED, UNLESS UNDER Bleecker street sewer, between Christopher and West deposit will be returned to him. within five days after written notice that the same has THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF Tenth streets. Should the person or persons to whom the contract been awarded to his or their bid or proposal, or if he or Public Charities and Correction. Boulevard fencing vacant lots on west side, between may be awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract they accept but do not execute the contract and give the The form of the agreement, including specifications, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth and One Hundred and within five days after written notice that the same has proper security, he or they shall be considered as and showing tbe manner of payment, can be obtained at Twenty-sixth streets. A ugust 20, 1888. THE CITY RECORD. 2 3 8 3

Madison avenue fencing vacant lots on southeast cor­ Assessments and Clerk of Arrears at the “ Bureau for In the matter of the application of the Department of proved or unimproved lands affected thereby, and to all ner of One Hundred and Twelfth street, extending about the Collection of Assessments and Arrears of Taxes Public Works, for and on behalf of The Mayor, Aider- others whom it may concern, to w it: 140 feet on Madison avenue and about 70 feet on One and Assessments and of Water Rents,” between men and Commonalty of the City of New York, First—lh at we have completed our estimate and assess­ Hundred and Twelfth street. the hours of 9 a. m. and a p . m., and all payments made relative to the opening of ONE HUNDRED AND ment, and that all persons interested in these proceedings, Morris avenue and One Hundred and Forty-fourth thereon on or before October xs, 18S8, will be exempt EIGHTY-FIRST STREET, between Tenth and or in any of the lands affected thereby, and who maybe street basins and sewer connections, at the northeast and from interest as above provided, and after that date Eleventh avenues. opposed to the same, do present their objections in writ­ southeast corners. will be subject to a charge of interest at the rate of seven ing, duly verified, to us at our office, No. 200 Broadway Pleasant avenue sewer, between One Hundred and per cent, per annum from the date of entry in the (fifth floor), in the said city, on or before the a8ti day of Sixteenth and One Hundred and Fifteenth streets, con­ Record of Titles of Assessments in said Bureau to the E, THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS July, 1888, and that we, the said Commissioners, will necting with present sewer in One Hundred and Fif­ date of payment. W of Estimate and Assessment in the above- near parties so objecting within the ten week-days next teenth street. THEODORE W. MYERS, entitled matter, hereby give notice to the owner or after the said 38th day of July, 1888, and for that purpose Seventh avenue laying an additional course of flag­ Comptroller, owners, occupant or occupants, of all houses and lots and will be in attendance at our said office on each of said ten ging on the east side, between One Hundred and improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, and to davs at ajf o’clock p. m. Twenty-first and One Hundred and Twenty-second City o r N bw York—F inance D epartment, 1 all others whom it may concern, to w it: Second—That the abstract ot the said estimate and streets. Bureau for th e Collection op Assessments and First—That we have completed our estimate and assessment, together with our maps, and also all die Ninth avenue paving with granite-bloclc pavement and A rrears of T axes and A ssessments assessment, and that all persons interested in these pro­ affidavits, estimates and other documents which were laying crosswalks, from Seventy-seventh to One Hun­ and op W ater R ents, ceedings, or in any of the lands affected thereby, and used by us in making our report, have been deposited in dred and Tenth street. Office of the Collector of Assessments who may be opposed to the same, do present their the office of the Department of Public' Works, in the City Tenth avenue sewer, west side, between Twenty-third and Clerk of A rrears, objections in writing, duly verified, to us at our office. of New York, there to remain until the 28th day of July. and Twenty-second streets. Stewart Building, R oom 35, August 7,1888. No. aoo Broadway (fifth floor), in the said city, on or x888. Tenth avenue sewer, west side, between One Hundred o t ic e o f t h e s a l e o f l a n d s a n d before the eleventh day of September. 1888, and that and Forty-first and One Hundred and Forty-second Third—That the limits embraced by the assessment tenements for unpaid taxes of 1869 to 1883, and we, the said Commissioners, will hear parties so aforesaid are as follows, to w it: All those lots, pieces, streets, and in One Hundred and Forty-second street, CrotonN water rents of 1868 to 1881, under the direction objecting within the ten week-aavs next after the said between Tenth avenue and Hamilton place, connecting or pi reels of land situate, lying and being in the City of of Theodore W. Myers, Comptroller of the City of New eleventh day of September, 1888, and for that pur­ New York, which taken together are bounded and with sewer in Hamilton place. York. pose will be in attendance at our said office on each of Eleventh avenue alterations and improvements to sew­ described, as follows, viz.: Northerly by the southerly The undersigned hereby gives public notice, pursuant said ten days, at two o’clock p. m. ride of Fordham Landing road ; easterly by the centre ers, between Fourteenth and Seventeenth streets, and in to the provisions of section 936 of the New York City Second—That the abstract of the said estimate and line of the block between Sedgwick avenue and Fourteenth street, between Tenth and Thirteenth ave­ Consolidation Act of 1882— nues, and sewers in Eleventh avenue, between Fifteenth assessment, together with our maps, and also all the Andrews avenue and East One Hundred and Eighty- and Sixteenth streets, and in Fifteenth street, between That die respective owners of all the lands and tene­ affidavits, estimates and other documents which were fourth street, and the centre line of the blocks be1 ween Tenth and Eleventh avenues. ments situated in the Wards Nos. 1 to 34, inclusive, in used by us in making our report, have been deposited in Sedgwick avenue and Loring place; southerly by the Fourteenth street basin, on southeast corner of Fourth the City of New York, on which taxes have been laid the office of the Department of Public Works, in the division line between the properties of the Henry W. avenue. and confirmed for the years 1869 to 1883, both inclusive, City of New York, there to remain until the eleventh T. Mali estate and Herman C. and Catherine E. Sixty-fourth street sewer, between Avenue A and First and are now remaining due and unpaid; and also the day of September, 1888. Schwab and Doscher, and westerly by the centre lme of avenue. respective owners of alllands and tenements in the City Third—That the limits embraced by the assessment the blocks between Sedgwick avenue and Heath avenue Sixty-fifth street regulating, grading, setting curb­ of New York, situated in the Wards aforesaid, on which aforesaid are as follows, to w it: All those lots, pieces or and Fordham Landing road. Also all those lots, pieces stones and flaming, from Tenth to Eleventh avenue. the regular Croton water rents have been laid for the parcels of land, situate, lying and being in the City of New or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the Seventy-sixth street and Lexington avenue basin, on years 1868 to x88x, both inclusive, and are now remaining York, which taken together are bounded and described City of New York, which taken together are bound­ southwest corner of. due and unpaid, are required to pay the said taxes ana as follows, viz.: Northerly by a straight line parallel ed and described as follows, viz.: Northerly by a Seventy-sixth street sewer, between West End and Croton water rents so remaining due and unpaid, with with, and distant 100 feet northerly from, the northerly straight line drawn westerly and at right angles with Riverside avenues, connecting with sewer in Riverside the interest thereon at the rate of seven per cent, per side of One Hundred and Eighty-first street and extend­ the westerly side of Sedgwick avenue, and extend­ avenue. annum, from the time when the same became due to the ing from the westerly side of Eleventh avenue to the ing from a point where the westerly line of Heath ave Seventy-seventh street regulating, grading, curbing time of payment, together with the charges of this notice easterly side of New (Audubon) avenue and a straight nue intersects die .westerly line of Sedgwick avenue, about and flagging, from the Boulevard to Riverside Drive. and advertisement, to the Collector of Assessments and line parallel with, and distant 100 feet northerly from, one hundred feet to the easterly line of the lands of the Eightieth street paving with trap-block pavement, from Clerk of Arrears at his office in the Finance Department, the northerly side of One Hundred and Eighty-first street New York City and Northern Railroad, and the prolon­ Ninro to Tenth avenue. in the Stewart Building, corner of Broadway and Cham­ and extending from the easterly side of New (Audubon gation eastwaraly of a straight line drawn from a point on Eighty-first street paving with trap-block pavement bers street, in said city. avenue to the westerly side of Tenth avenue; easterly the westerly side of Sedgwick avenue where the easterly and laying crosswalks, from Avenue A to Avenue B. And that if default shall be made in such payment by the westerly side of Tenth avenue; southerly by line of Heath avenue intersects the said westerly line of Eighty-fifth street paving with granite-block pavement, such lands and tenements will be sold at public auction a straight line parallel with, and distant xoo feet south­ Sedgwick avenue, through a point on the easterly line of from Eighth to Ninth avenue. at the Court-house, in the City Hall Park, in the City of erly from, the southerly side of One Hundred and Sedgwick avenue opposite the aforesaid point of inter­ Eighty-seventh street sewer, between Eighth and New York, on Monday, November xa, 1888, at xa o’clock Eighty-first street and extending from the westerly side section, and designated on our benefit map as the end of Ninui avenues. noon, for die lowest term of years at which any per­ of Tenth avenue to the easterly side of New (Audubon) a straight course of 496.44 feet, to the easterly limit of Eighty-seventh street regulating, grading, setting curb­ son shall offer to take the same in consideration of avenue and a straight line parallel'with, and distant too the area of assessment as hereafter described; east­ stones and flagging, from the Boulevard to West End advancing the amount of tax or Croton water rent, as feet southerly from, the southerly side of One Hundred erly by the centre line of the blocks between Sedg­ avenue. the case may be, so due and unpaid, and the interest and Eighty-first street and extending from the westerly wick avenue and Undercliff avenue; southerly by Ninetieth street regulating grading, curbing and flag- thereon as aforesaid to the time of sale, together with side of New (Audubon) avenue to the easterly side of the division line between the Twenty-third and Twenty- ging, from First avenue to Avenue A. the charges of this notice and advertisement, and all Eleventh avenue, and westerly by the easterly side of fourth Wards, and by a straight line drawn eastwardly Ninety-first street regulating, grading, curbing and other costs and charges accrui d thereon, and that such Eleventh avenue; excepting from said area all the from the easterly side of Commerce avenue and at right flagging, from Eighth to Ninth avenue. sale will be continued, from time to time, until all the streets, avenues and roaas or portions thereof heretofore angles with the same, and extending from the northerly Ninety-fourth street paving with granite-block pave­ lands and tenements so advertised for sale shall be sold. legally opened and all the unimproved land included termination of the said Commerce avenue to the centre ment, from Ninth to Tenth avenue. Notice is hereby further given that a detailed state­ within the lines of streets, avenues ,roads, public squares line of the block between Sedgwick avenue and Com­ Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth streets fencing vacant ment of the taxes and the Croton water rents, the owner­ or places shown and laid out upon any map or maps filed merce avenue, and westerly by the centre line of the lots, between Eighth and Ninth avenues. ship of the property on which taxes and Croton water by the Commissioners of the Department of Public blocks between Sedgwick avenue and Commerce Ninety-ninth street paving with trap-block pavement, rents remain unpaid, is published in a pamphlet, and that Parks, pursuant to the provisions o f chapter 604 of the avenue, and the centre line of the block between between Ninth and Tenth avenues. copies of the said pamphlet are deposited in the office of Laws of 1874, and the laws amendatory thereof, or of Sedgwick avenue and Commerce avenue, and a certain Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth streets fencing the Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears, and chapter 4x0 of the Laws of 1882, as such area is shown unnamed street or avenue parallel or near y so with vacant lots, between First and Second avenues. will be delivered to any person applying for the same. upon our benefit map deposited as aforesaid. and distant about 260 feet westerly of the westerly line of One Hundred and Fourth street paving with trap- A. S. CADY, Fourth—That our report herein will be presented to the Sedgwick avenue and by a line parallel or nearly so with Collector of Assessments and Clerk of Arrears. and distant about too feet westerly from the westerly ride block pavement and laying crosswalks, from Ninth ave­ Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a Special of Sedgwick avenue and extending northerly from a nue to the Boulevard. Term thereof, to be held at the Chambers thereof, in the certain unnamed street or road, which street or road One Hundred and Tenth and One Hundred and NOTICE OF SALE AT AUCTION OF THE County Court-house, at the City Hall, in the City of New is about 1,800 feet northerly from the northerly side Eleventh streets fencing vacant lots, between Seventh CITY'S INTEREST IN CERTAIN REAL York, on the twenty-eighth day of September, 1888, at of East One Hundred ana Eighty-first street, to the and Eighth avenues. ESTATE IN THE TWELFTH WARD. the openmg of the Court on that day, and that then and straight line heretofore mentioned as a part of the One Hundred and Tenth street flagging, both sides, there, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard northerly boundary, and extending from Sedgwick between Fourth and Madison avenues. thereon, a motion will be made that the said report be avenue to the lands of the- New York City and One Hundred and Thirteenth street regulating, grad­ o t ic e is h e r e b y g iv e n t h a t a l l t h e confirmed. Northern Railroad; excepting from said area all ing, curbing and flagging, from Eighth to Manhattan right, title and interest of the Corporation of the Dated N ew York, July 38,1888. CityN of New York in and to certain land in the Twelfth the streets, avenues and roads, or portions thereof avenue. EDWARD HOGAN, heretofore legally opened, and all the unimproved One Hundred and Fifteenth street fencingvacant lots Ward of said city will be sold at public auction, to the JOHN WHALEN, on both sides, from Boulevard to Riverside Drive. highest bidder, at the Comptroller’s Office, No. 380 land included within the lines of streets, avenues Broadway, at noon on Wednesday, the sad day of HAROLD M. SMITH, roads, public squares or places, shown and laid out upon One Hundred and Twenty-second street sewer, be­ Commissioners. any map or maps filed by the Commissioners of the De­ tween Ninth and Manhattan avenues. August, 1888, under a resolution adopted by the Com­ Carroll Berry, Clerk. One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, Manhattan missioners of the Sinking Fund, July xa, 1888, as follows: partment of Public Parks, pursuant to the provisions of street and Tenth avenue fencing vacant lots. Resolved, That the Comptroller 6e and he is hereby chapter 604 of the Laws of 1874 and the laws amendatory One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street flagging, authorized and directed to appoint an appraiser and In the matter of the application of the Board of Street thereof, or of chapter 410 of the Laws of 1883, as such north side, and One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street, have an appraisal made of the right, title and interest of Opening and Improvement of the City of New York area is shown upon our benefit map deposited as aforesaid south side, between Fourth and Lexington avenues. the City in and to a certain plot of land in the Twelfth for and on behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen and Com­ Fourth—That our report herein will be presented One Hundred and Thirty-first and One Hundred and Ward of the City of New York, described' and bounded monalty of the City of New York, relative to the open­ the Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a Thirty-second streets fencing vacant lots, between as follows: * * * Beginning at a point formed by ing of CLAREMONT AVENUE, from One Hundred Special Term thereof, to be held at the Chambers thereof, Broadway and Tenth avenue. the intersection of the northerly side of One Hundred and Twenty-second street to One Hundred and Twenty- in the County Court-house, at the City Hall, in the One Hundred and Thirty-second street paving with and Seventh street with the westerly side of First seventh street, in the Twelfth Ward of the City of City of New York, on the twenty-fourth day of avenue; thence running northerly along said First ave­ New York. August, 1888, at the opening of the Court on that day, trap-block pavement and laying crosswalks, from Sixth to and that then and there, or as soon thereafter as counsel Seventh avenue. nue seventy-five feet seven inches; thence running One Hundred and Thirty-second and One Hundred westerly, parallel with said One Hundred and Seventh can be heard thereon, a motion will be made that the said and Thirty-third streets fencing vacant lots, between street, one hundred feet; thence running southerly, E, THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS report be confirmed. Broadway and Tenth avenue. parallel with said First avenue, seventy-five feet seven W of Estimate and Assessment in the above- Dated N ew York, June 15,1888. One Hundred and Thirty-third street sewer, between inches to the northerly side of said One Hundred and entitled matter, hereby give notice to the owner or own­ EDWARD L. PARRIS, Tenth avenue and Broadway, connecting with present Seventh street; and thence running easterly along said ers, occupant or occupants of all hojses and lots and WILLIAM HENRY WILLIS, sewer in Broadway. One Hundred and Seventh street one hundred feet to improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, and to JOSEPH KUNZMANN, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street paving with the point or place of-beginning; and when said appraise­ all others whom it may concern, to w it: Commissioners. trap-block pavement and laying crosswalks, from Sev­ ment is made, to sell the same at public auction, to the First—That we have completed our estimate and Carroll Berry, Clerk. enth to Eighth avenue. highest bidder, for cash, pursuant to section X70 of the assessment, and that all persons interested in these pro­ One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street basin and sewer New York City Consolidation Act of x88a, the purchaser ceedings, or in any of the lands affected thereby, and connection, at the northwest corner of Third avenue. to pay in addition the amount of any unpaid taxes, who may be opposed to the same, do present their In the matter of the application of the Board of Street One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street flagging, south assessments and water rents that may be due on the objections in writing, duly verified, to us at our office, Opening and Improvement of the City of New York side, from Eighth avenue to Avenue St. Nicholas. premises. No. 200 Broadway (fifth floor) in the said city, on or for ana on be hall of the Mayor, Aldermen and Com­ One Hundred and Thirty-sixth and One Hundred and THEO. W. MYERS, before the 37th day of August, x888, and that we, die said monalty of the City of New York, relative to the opening Thirty-seventh streets fencing vacant lots, between Fifth Comptroller. Commissioners, will hear parties so objecting within the of ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH and Sixth avenues. City of N ew York—F inance D epartment, I ten week-days next after the said 37th day of August, STREET, from roe Boulevard to Tenth avenue, in the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth street paving with Comptroller’s Office, July 17,1888. | 1888, and for that purpose will be in attendance at our Twelfth Ward of the City of New York. ranite-block pavement, from Eighth avenue to Avenue' said office on each of said ten days at two o’clock p. m. §t. Nicholas. REAL ESTATE RECORDS. Second—That the abstract of the stud estimate and One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street regulating, assessment, together with our maps, and also all the E, THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS grading, curb, gutter, flagging and laying crosswalks, affidavits, estimates and other documents which were W of Estimate and Assessment in the above-entitled between North Third avenue and Brook avenue. HE ATTENTION OF LAWYERS, REAL used by us in making our report, have been deposited' in matter, hereby give notice to the owner or owners, occu­ One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street paving with T Estate Owners, Monetary Institutions engaged in the office of the Department of Public Works, in the City pant or occupants, of all houses and lots and improved or inite-block pavement and laying crosswalks, from making loans upon real estate, and all who are interested of New York, there to remain until the 37th day of unimproved lands affected' thereby, and to all others f ghth avenue to Avenue St. Nicholas. in providing themselves with facilities for reducing the August, 1888. whom it may concern, to wit; One Hundred and Fortieth street regulating, grading, cost of examinations and searches, is invited to these Official Indices of Records, containing all recorded trans­ Third—That the limits embraced by the assessment First—That we have completed our estimate and as­ curbing and flagging, from Eighth to Eagecomb avenue. aforesaid are as follows, to wit: All those lots, pieces or sessment, and that all persons interested in these pro­ One Hundred and Forty-second street regulating, fers of real estate in the City of New York from 1653 to ceedings, or in any of the lands affected thereby, and grading, curbing and flagging, from the Boulevard to 1857, prepared under the direction of the Commissioners parcels of land, situate, lying and being in the City of ofRecords. New York, which taken together are bounded and who may be opposed to the same, do present their objec­ Hamilton place. described as follows, viz.: Northerly by the southerly tions in writing, duly verified, to us at our office, No. 200 One Hundred and Forty-seventh street regulating, Grantors, grantees, suits in equity, insolvents’ Broadway (fifth floor), in the said city, on or before the grading, setting curb-stones and flagging, from Eighth and Sheriffs sales in 6x volumes, full bound, side of One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street; east­ price...... flxoo oe erly by the centre line of the blocks between Claremont 37th day or July, 1888, and that we, the said Commis­ avenue to Coogan avenue. avenue and Boulevard: southerly by the northerly side sioners, will hear parties so objecting within the ten One Hundred and Forty-eighth street sewer, between The same in 35 volumes, half bound...... 50 00 week-days next after the said 37th day of July, 1888, and Seventh and Eighth avenues. Complete sets, folded, ready for binding...... t$ 00 of One Hundred and Twenty-second street; and westerly Records of Judgments, 25 volumes, bound...... xo 00 by the centre line of the blocks between Claremont ave­ for that purpose will be in attendance at our said office One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street regulating, grad­ on each of said ten days at one o’clock p. m. ing, curbing and flagging, from east line to the west Orders should be addressed to " Mr. Stephen Angel* nue and Riverside Drive; excepting from said area all Room 33, Stewart Building.” the streets, avenues and roads or portions thereof here­ Second—That the abstract of the said estimate and as­ line of Coogan avenue. tofore legally opened, as such area is shown upon our sessment, together with our maps, and also all the affi­ One Hundred and Sixty-fourth street sewer, between THEODORE W. MYERS, benefit map deposited as aforesaid. davits, estimates and other documents which were used Washington and Third avenues, with a branch in Third Comptroller. Fourth—That our report herein will be presented to by us in making our report, have been deposited in the avenue, from One Hundred and Sixty-fourth street to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a Special office of the Department of Public Works, in the City of the summit between One Hundred ana Sixty-fourth and Term thereof, to be held at the Chambers thereof, in the New York, there to remain until the 37th day of July, One Hundred and Sixty-third streets. SUPREME COURT. County Court-house, at the City Hall, in the City of New 1888. One Hundred and Sixty-fourth .street regulating, York, on the X4th day of September, 1888, at the opening Third—That the limits embraced by the assessment grading, setting curb-stones and flagging, from Boston In the matter of the application of the Department of of the Court on that day, ana that then and there, or_ as aforesaid are as follows, to witAll those lots, pieces or avenue to Trinity avenue. Public Works, for and on behalf of the Mayor, Aider- soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, thereon, a motion parcels of land, situate, lying and being In the City oil One Hundred and Sixty-eighth street regulating, men and Commonalty of the City of New York, relative will be made that the said report be confirmed. New York, which taken together are bounded and grading, curb, gutter, flagging and laying crosswalks, to the openmg of ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY- described as follows, vis.: Northerly by the centre-line between the Boston road and Union avenue. EIGHTH STREET, from the easterly line of Tenth Dated N ew York, July 13, x888. of the block or farm number between One Hundred and One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street sewer, between avenue to a point distant 909 feet 3X inches easterly JOSEPH B. ECCLESINE, Thirty-ninth street and One Hundred and Fortieth North Third avenue and Franklin avenue, with a branch therefrom, and a new avenue from the last-mentioned 1 . ROMAINE BROWN, street; easterly by the westerly ride of Tenth avenue; in Fulton avenue, between One Hundred and Sixty-ninth point in a southerly, easterly and northerly direction DAVID KEANE, southerly by the centre-line of the block or farm number and One Hundred and Sixty-eighth streets. to Avenue St. Nicholas, opposite One Hundred and Commissioners. between One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and —which were confirmed by the Board of Revision and Thirty-fifth street. Carroll Berry, Clerk. One Hundred and Thirty-ninth street, and westerly by Correction of Assessments July 35, 1888, and the easterly ride of the Boulevard; excepting from said entered on the same date in the Record of Titles o t ic e is h e r e b y g iv e n t h a t t h e b il l In the matter of the application of the Board of Street area all the streets and avenues heretofore opened as of Assessments kept in the “ Bureau for the Col­ of the costs, charges and expenses incurred by Opening and Improvement of the City of New York, such area is shown upon our benefit map deposited as lection of Assessments and Arrears of Taxes and reasonN of the proceedings in the above-entitled matter, for and on behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen and Com­ aforesaid. Assessments and of Water Rents,” that unless the will be presented for taxation to one of the Justices of the monalty of die City of New York, relative to acquiring Fourth—That our report herein will be presented to Supreme Court, at the Chambers thereof, in the County tide, wherever the same has not been heretofore ac­ the Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a shall be paid within sixty days after the date of Court-house at the City Hall, in the City of New York, quired, to that part of SEDGWICK AVENUE (al- Special Term thereof, to be held at the Chambers entry of the assessments, interest will be collected there­ on the twenty-ninth day of August, x888, at to # o’clock in though not yet named by proper authority) extending thereof, in the County Court-house, at the City Hall, in on as provided in section 017 of said “ New York City the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel from the Twenty-third Ward line to the Fordham the City of New York, on the twenty-fourth day of Consolidation Act of 1883.” can he heard thereon; and that the said bill of costs, Landing road, in the Twenty-fourth Ward of the City August, x888, at the opening of the Court on that day, Section 9x7 of the said act provides that, “ If any such charges and expenses has been deposited in the office of of New York, as the same has been heretofore laid out ana that then and there, or as soon thereafter as counsel assessment shall remain unpaid for the period of sixty the Department of Public Works, there to remain for and and designated as a first-class street or road by the can be heard thereon, a motion will be made that the days after the date of entry thereof in the said Record of during the space of ten days. Department of Public Parks. said report be confirmed. Titles of Assessments, it shall be the duty of the officer Dated N ew York, June 15, x888. authorized to collect and receive the amount of such Dated N ew York, August 16,1888. assessment, to charge, collect and receive interest GEORGE W. McLEAN, EDWARD L. PARRIS, thereon, at the rate of seven per centum per annum, to WILLIAM R. KNAPP, -fX T E , THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS JOHN JEROLOMAN, be calculated from the date or such entry to the date of A. J. DITTENHOEFER, VV of Estimate and Assessment in the above-entitled JOHN H. KITCHEN, pajme, Commissioners. matter, hereby give notice to the owner or owners, Commissioners. above assessments are payable to the Collector of Carroll Berry, Cleric. occupant or occupants, of all houses and lots and im­ Carroll Berry, Clerk. 2384 T H E CITY RECORD. A ugust 20, 1888.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. No. 1. FOR LAYING WATER-MAINS IN BOSTON Bakeries.—For the average daily use of flour, for each All matters not hereinbefore embraced are reserved ROAD, OLD BOSTON ROAD, K1NGS- barrel, three dollars per annum. for special contract by and with the Commissioner of BRIDGE ROAD, ADAMS, LOCUST, Barber Shops shall be charged from five to twenti Public Works GRANTS OF LANDS UNDER WATER. ARTHUR AND WESTCHESTER AVE­ dollars per annum each in the discretion of the Com NUES. IN CHESTNUT. VYSE, MAIN. missioner of Public Works; an additional charge o HYDRANTS, HOSE, TROUGHS, FOUNTAINS, ETC., ETC. h e o w n e r s o f l a n d s i n t h e c it y o f ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SECOND, five dollars per annum shall be made for each bath­ No owner or tenant will be allowed to supply water to T New York, which were formerly under water, and CENTRE AND ONE HUNDRED AND tub therein. another person or persons. which were granted by the City of New York, are noti­ NINETEENTH STREETS, AND IN Bathing T ubs in private houses, beyond one, shall be AH persons taking water from the City must keep fied that nearly all of the grants of such lands contain SOUTHERN BOULEVARD. charged at three dollars per annum each, and five their own service-pipes, street tap, and all fixtures covenants, on the part of the grantees, and their succes­ Each estimate must contain the name and place of resi­ dollars per annum each in public houses, boarding­ connected therewith, in good repair, protected from frost, sors and assigns, to maintain and keep in repair the dence of the person making the same, the names of all houses, and bathing establishments. Combination at their own risk and expense, and shall Prevent all waste adjacent streets. The condition of many of these streets persons interested with him therein, and if no other per • stationary wash-tubs, having a movable division in o f w a ter. is such as to make it necessary that they should be re­ son be so interested, it shall distinctly state that fact the centre and capable of use for bathing, shall be The use of hose to wash coaches, omnibuses, wagons, paired and repaved, and that the obligation resting upon That it is made without any connection with any other charged the same as bathing tubs. railway cars or other vehicles or horses, cannot be per­ the present owners of adjacent lots to ao this work should person making an estimate for the same work, and is in Building Purposes.—For each one thousand bricks laid, mitted. now be enforced. Many of such owners have requested all respects fair and without collusion or fraud. That no or for stone-work—to be measured as brick—ten No horse-troughs or horse-watering fixtures will be that such covenants be commuted, and wholly released, member of the Common Council, head of a department, cents per thousand. For plastering, forty cents per permitted in the street or on the sidewalk, except upon upon the payment by them of a certain sum per lot. chief of a bureau, deputy thereof, or clerk therein, or hundred yards. a license or permit taken out for that purpose. All ' The matter will shortly be presented to the Commis­ other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly Cows.—For each and every cow, one dollar per annum. licenses or permits must be annually renewed on the sioners of the Sinking Fund for their consideration, and interested in the estimate or in the work to which ft D ining Saloons shall be charged an annual rate of from first of May. Such fixtures must be kept in good order relates or in the profits thereof. five to twenty dollars, in the discretion of the Com­ and the water not allowed to drip or waste by overrunning the adjustment of the basis of commutation, and applica­ the sidewalk or street, or to become dangerous in winter tion for releases should therefore be made at once. Each estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, missioner of Public Works. of the party making the same, that the several matters F ish Stands (retail) shall be charged five dollars per by freezing in and about such troughs or fixtures They may be sent to the undersigned. annum each. No hydrant will be permitted on the sidewalk or in the Dated New York City, August 7,1888. therein stated are true, and must be accompanied by the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in For all stables not metered, the rates shall be as follows: front area, and any hydrant standing in a yard or alley, JOHN NEWTON, the City of New York, to the effect that if the contract is Horses, P rivate.—For two horses there shall be charged attached to any dwelling or building, must not be left Commissioner of Public Works. awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, six dollars per annum ; and for each additional horse, running when not in actual use, and if the drip or waste upon its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties two dollars. from such hydrant freezes and becomes dangerous in for its faithful performance ; and that if he shall refuse or H orses, Livery.—For each horse up to and not exceed­ winter, the supply will be shut off in addition to the D epartment of Public W orks, neglect to execute the same, they will pay to the Corpo­ ing thirty in number, one dollar and fifty cents each penalty of five dollars imposed. Commissioner’s Office, ration any difference between the sum to which he per annum; and tor each additional horse, one Taps at wash-basins, water-closets, baths and urinals R oom 6, No. 31 C ham bers Street, would be entitled upon its completion, and that which dollar. must not be left running, under the penalty of five dollars N ew York, August 7, 1888. the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person to H orses, Omnibus and Cart.—For each horse, one dollar for each offense, which will be strictly enforced. whom the contract shall be awarded at any subsequent per annum. Fountains or jets in hotels, porter-houses, eating- letting; the amount to be calculated upon the estimated H orse T roughs.—For each trough, and for each half saloons, confectioneries or other buildings are strictly TO CONTRACTORS. amount of the work by which the bids are tested. barrel or tub on sidewalk or street, twenty dollars prohibited. The consent last above mentioned must be accompanied per annum; each trough is to be fitted with a proper The use of hose for washing sidewalks, stoops, areas, by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the per­ nail-cock to prevent waste. house-fronts, yards, court-yards, gardens, and about id s o r e s t im a t e s , in c l o s e d in a s e a l e d sons signing the same, that he is a householder or free­ H otels and Boarding H ouses shall, in addition to the stables, is prohibited. Where premises are provided B envelope, with the title o f the work and the name holder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount regular rate for private families, be charged for each with wells, special permits will be issued for the use of o f the bidder indorsed thereon, also the number of the of the security required for the completion of the con­ lodging room, at the discretion of the Commissioner hose, in order that tne police or inspectors of this depart­ work as in the advertisement, will be received at this tract, over ana above all his debts of every nature, and of Public Works. ment may understand that the permission is not for the office until 12 o’clock m., Tuesday, August 21,1888, at over and above his liabilities as bail, surety, or otherwise, Laundries shall be charged from eight to twenty dollars use of Croton water. which place and hour they will be publicly opened by and that he has offered himself as surety in good faith, per annum, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Opening fire-hydrants to fill hand sprinklers or other the head of the Department. with the intention to execute the bond required by law. Public Works. vessels will not be allowed. _ No estimate will be considered unless accompanied L iquor and Lager Beer Saloons shall be charged an The penalty for a vi jlation of any of the preceding No. 1. FOR REGULATING AND GRADING by either a certified check upon one of the State or annual rate of ten dollars each. An additional rules and regulations will be five dollars for each offense, EIGHTY-NINTH STREET, from Tenth National banks of the City of New York, drawn to the charge of five dollars per annum shall be made for and if not paid when imposed will become a lien on the avenue to the Boulevard, and SETTING order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of five each tap or wash-box. premises in like manner as all other charges for unpaid CURB-STONES AND FLAGGING SIDE­ per centum of the amount of the security required for P hotograph Galleries shall be charged an annual rate water rates. WALKS THEREIN. the faithful performance of the contract. Such check or of from five to twenty dollars, in the discretion of he By order, No. a. FOR REGULATING AND GRADING money must not be inclosed in the sealed envelope Commissioner of Public Works. JOHN NEWTON, TWELFTH AVENUE, from One Hundred containing the estimate, but must be handed to the P rinting Offices, when not metered, shall be charged Commissioner of Public Works. and Thirty-third to One Hundred and Thirty- officer or clerk of the Department who has charge of the at such rates as may be determined by the Commis­ sioner of Public Works. fifth street, and SETTING CURB STONES Estimate-box, and no estimate can be deposited in said D epartment of P ublic W orks, AND FLAGGING SIDEWALKS THERE­ box until such check or money has been examined by said Soda, Mineral W ater and R oot Beer F ountains shall be charged five dollars per annum each. Commissioner’s O ffice, IN. officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such de­ No. 31 C hambers Street, Steam E ngines, where not metered, shall be charged by No. 3. FOR SEWER IN AVENUE B, between Second posits, except that of the successful bidder, will be N ew York, June 21,1887. and Third streets. returned to the persons making the same, within three the horse-power, as follows : For each horse-power days after the contract is awarded. If the successful up to and not exceeding ten, the sum of ten dollars No. 4. FOR SEWER IN SEVENTY-SEVENTH bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days after per annum; for each exceeding ten, and not over STREET, between Boulevard and West End notice that the contract nas been awarded to him, to fifteen, the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents PUBLIC NOTICE AS TO WATER RATES. avenue. execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him each and for each horse-power over fifteen, the sum No. 5. FOR ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVE­ shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New of five dollars. UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MENTS TO SEWER IN TENTH AVE­ York as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal; Water-Closets and U rinals.—To each building on a P in compliance with the provisions of chapter 559, NUE, between Seventy-seventh and Eighty- but if he snail execute the contract within the time afore­ lot one water-closet having sewer connection is Laws of 1887, amending sections 350 and 921 of the New first streets. said, the amount of his deposit will be returned to him. allowed without charge; each additional water-closet York City Consolidation Act of 1882, passed June9,1887. No. 6. FOR SEWER IN FIRST AVENUE, between or urinal will be charged as hereinafter stated. All the following changes are made in charging and collect­ THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS closets connected in any manner with sewer shall be Ninety-first and Ninety-second streets, con­ RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ALL BIDS ing water rents: necting with sewer in Ninety-second street. charged two dollars for each seat per annum, whether RECEIVED FOR ANY PARTICULAR WORK IF in a building or on any other portion of the premises. 1st. All extra charges for water incurred from and after No. 7. FOR SEWER IN MADISON AVENUE, HE DEEMS IT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF Urinals shall be charged two dollars per annum each. June 9,1887, shall be treated, collected and returned in between One Hundred and Thirty-fifth and THE CITY. W ater-Closet R ates.—For hoppers of any form, when arrears in tne same manner as regular rents have hereto­ One Hundred and Thirty-sixth streets. Blank forms of bid or estimate, the proper envelopes in water is supplied direct from the Croton supply, fore been treated. No. 8. FOR SEWER IN HAMILTON PLACE, which to inclose the same, the specifications and agree­ through any form of the so-called single or double ad. In every building where a water meter or meters between One Hundred and Fortieth and One ments, and any further information desired, can be valves, hopper-cocks, stop-cocks, self-closing cocks, are now, or shall hereafter be in use, the charge for water obtained at Room 10, No. 31 Chambers street. or any valve or cock of any description attached to by meter measurement shall be the only charge against Hundred and Forty-first streets. such building, or such part thereof as is supplied through No. 0. FOR SEWER IN ONE HUNDRED AND JOHN NEWTON, the closet, each, per year, twenty dollars. Commissioner of Public Works. For any pan closet, or any of the forms of valve, plunger, meter. SIXTY-FIRST STREET, between Tenth 3d. The returns of arrears of water rents, including the avenue and Eleventh avenue, Boulevard. or other water-closet not before mentioned, sup­ plied with water as above described, per year, ten year 1887, shall be made as heretofore on the confirma­ Each estimate must contain the name and place of resi­ REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING A SCALE dollars tion of the tax levy by the Board of Aldermen, and shall dence of the person making the same, the names of all include all charges and penalties of every nature. persons interested with him therein, and if no other per­ OF WATER RENTS AND RULES For any form of hopper or water-closet, supplied from 4th. A penalty of five dollars ($5) is hereby established, GOVERNING THE USE OF WATER, he ordinary style of cistern filled with ball-cock, son be so interested, it shall distinctly state that met. and overflow pipe that communicates with the pipe and will be imposed in each and every case where the That it is made without any connection with any other FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BY to the water-eloset, so that overflow will run into the rules and regulations of the Department prohibiting the person making an estimate for the same work, and is in ORDER OF JOHN NEWTON, COM­ use of water through hose, or in any other wasteful man­ all respects fair and without collusion or fraud. That no hopper or water-closet, when ball-cock is defective, ner, are violated, and such penalties will be entered on MISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS. or from which an unlimited amomt of water can be member of the Common Council, head of a department, drawn by holding up the handle, per year, each, five the books of the Bureau against the respective buildings chief of a bureau, deputy thereof or clerk therein, or dollars. or property, and, if not collected, be returned in arrears other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly For any form of hopper or water-closet, supplied from in like manner as other charges for water. interested in the estimate or in the work to which it re­ NDER CHAPTER 410, LAWS 1882, SECTIONS any of the forms of waste-preventing cisterns, that 5th. Charges for so-called extra water rents of every lates or in the profits thereof. U 350, 351, 352 and 353, and as amended by chapter are approved by the Eugineer of the Croton Aque­ nature, imposed or incurred prior to June 9, 1881, will Each estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, 559, Laws 1887, as follows: duct, which are so constructed that not more than be canceled of record on the books of the Department. of the party making the same, that the several matters “ The commissioner of public works shall’, from time three gallons of water can be drawn at each lift of the D. LOWBER SMITH, therein stated are true, and must be accompanied by the to time, establish scales of rents for the supplying of handle, or depression of the seat, if such cisterns are Deputy and Acting Commissioner of Public Works consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in water, which rents shall be collected in the manner now provided with an overflow pipe, such overflow pipe the City of New York, to the effect that if the contract is provided by law, and which shall be apportioned to D epartment of P ublic Works, 1 awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, different classes of buildings in said city in reference to must not connect with the water-closet, but be car­ their dimensions, values, exposure to fires, ordinary uses ried like a safe-waste, as provided by the Board of Commissioner’s Office, upon its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties Health regulations, per year, two dollars. No. 31 Chambers Street, f for its faithful performance; and that if he shall refuse or for dwellings, stores, shops, private stables and other Cistern answering this description can be seen at N ew York, September 29,1886. j neglect to execute the same, they will pay to the Corpora­ common purposes, number of families or occupants, or tion any difference between the sum to which he would consumption of water, as near as may be practicable, and this Department. ■ be entitled upon its completion and that which the Cor­ modify, alter, amend and increase such scale from time to METERS. PUBLIC NOTICE. poration may be obliged to pay to the person to whom time, and extend it to other descriptions of buildings and Under the provisions of section 352, Consolidated Act the contract shall be awarded at any subsequent letting ; establishments. All extra charges *or water shall be 1882, water-meters, of approved pattern, shall be here­ ERSONS HAVING ANY BUSINESS IN THIS the amount to be calculated upon the estimated amount deemed to be included in the regular rents, and shall after placed on the pipes supplying all stores, workshops, P Department which is not assigned to or transacted of the work by which the bids are tested. become a charge and lien upon the buildings upon hotels, manufactories, public edifices, at wharves, ferry- by the several Bureaux in the Department, and which The consent last above mentioned must be accompanied which they are respectively imposed, and, i f not paid, houses, stables, and in all places where water is furnished should come under the immediate notice of the Commis­ by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the per­ shall be returned as arrears to the clerk o f arrears. for business consumption, except private dwellings. sioner of Public Works, are requested to communicate sons signing the same, that he is a householder or free­ Such regular rents, including the extra charges above It is provided by section 352, Laws of 1882, that " all directly in person, or by letter, with the Commissioner holder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount m entioned, shall be collectea from the owners or occu­ expenses of meters, their connections and setting, water JOHN NEWTON, of the security required for the completion of the con­ pants of all such buildings respectively, which shall be rates, and other lawful charges for the supply of Croton Commissioner of Public Works. tract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and situated upon lots adjoining any street or avenue in said water, shall be a lien upon the premises where such water over and above his liabilities as bail, surety, or otherwise, city in which the distributing water-pipes are or may be is supplied, as now provided by law.” * * D epartment of P ublic Works, and that he has offered himself as surety in good faith, laid, and from which they can be supplied with water. All manufacturing and other business requiring a large Commissioner’s O ffice, with the intention to execute the bond required by law. Said rents, including the extra charges aforesaid, shall supply of water will be fitted with a meter. No. 31 C hambers Street, No estimate will be considered unless accompanied by become a charge and lien upon such houses and lots, Water measured by meter, ten cents per one hundred N ew York, November 10, x886. either a certified check upon one of the State or National respectively, as herein provided, but no charge what­ cubic feet. Banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order ever shall be m de against any building in which a Rate Without Meters. NOTICE TO CROTON WATER of the Comptroller, or money, to the amount of five water-meter may have been, or shall be placed as pro­ CONSUMERS. per centum of the amount of the security required for vided in this act. In all such cases the charge for water shall be determined only by the quantity of water the faithful performance of the contract. Such check or P er D ay, Per 100 Per Annum, u m e r o u s applications h a v e b e e n money must not be inclosed in the sealed envelope con­ actually used as shown by said meters. ***** Gallons. Gallons, R ate. A mount. taining the estimate, but must be handed to the officer or ****** The said commissioner of public N made to this Department by citizens claiming clerk of the Department who has charge of the Estimate- works is hereby authorized to prescribe a penalty not reductions or rebates on bills for water supplied through box, and no estimate can be deposited in said box until exceeding the sum o f five dollars fo r each offense, fo r meters, on the alleged ground of leakage caused by de- such check or money has been examined by said officer perm itting water to be wasted, and for any violation of *5 «>5 13 75 jective plumbing and worn-out service pipes, or by willful or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, ex­ such reasonable rules as he may, from time to time, 5 0 05 7 50 waste of water by tenants allowing the faucets to be cept that of the successful bidder, will be returned prescribe for the prevention o f the waste of water: such 6 0 «>5 9 00 turned on in full force in water-closets, sinks, etc., with­ so 50 out the knowledge or consent of the owners of the prem­ to the persons making the same within three days after fines shall be added to the regular water rents." 1° 0 5 ises. the contract is awarded. If the successful bidder shall The regular annual rents to be collected by the fee 05 sa 00 refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the Department of Public Works shall be as follows, to wit: 90 05 S3 50 The main object of the use of water-meters is to enable contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, too 0 5 15 00 this Department to detect and check the useless and un­ the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited Croton Water Rates fo r Buildings from 16 to go feet, 150 05 22 50 warrantable waste of an element so valuable and essential to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated ail others not specified subject to Special Rates. 200 °S „ 30 00 to the health and comfort of all the citizens, and this ob­ damages for such neglect or refusal; but if he shall exe­ 250 04 * 33 75 ject can only be accomplished by enforcing payment for 300 30 00 the water wasted. cute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount 04 . of his deposit will be returned to him. 35«> ° 3 * 36 75 Under the law all charges for water supplied through 400 03* 42 00 meters are a lien against the respective premises, and THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS F ront W idth. 5° ° °3 * 52 50 the law therefore holds the owner of the premises re­ RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ALL BIDS 000 03 00 sponsible for the amount of water used or wasted. 3 Stories.3

x Story.x Stories.2 0 3 * RECEIVED FOR ANY PARTICULAR WORK IF 4 Stories. Stories 5 03* 73 50 Notice is therefore . iven to all householders that, in 11 HE DEEMS IT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF 82 00 further applications for reduction of water rents, no THE CITY. £ °3 * x6 feet and under. U 00 85 00 $6 00 ♦ 7 00 |8 00 900 ° 3 * 94 50 allowance will be made on account of waste of water Blank forms of bid or estimate, the proper envelopes 16 to x8 feet...... 5 00 6 00 7 00 8 00 9 00 1,000 0 3 * X05 00 occurring through leaks, from defective service pipes or plumbing, or wasteful use of water by tenants or occu­ in which to inclose the same, the specifications and 18 to 20 feet...... 6 00 7 00 8 00 9 00 zo 00 1*500 0 3 *35 00 agreements, and any further information desired, can be ao to 2x)| feet... . 700 8 00 9 00 so 00 i t 00 2,000 02% xjo 00 pants of buildings, though such leakage or waste may obtained at Rooms 5 and 9, No. 31 Chambers street. 22 to 25 feet... 8 00 9 00 so 00 si 00 12 OO 9»5oo 02% 180 00 have occurred without the knowledge or consent of the JOHN NEWTON, 25 to 30 feet...... so 00 ss 00 12 00 S3 00 14 OO 3*000 02% 225 00 owners of the buildings. Commissioner of Public Works. 3° to 3 7 fe e t... sa 00 13 00 x4 00 15 00 10 00 4*000 0* » 280 00 House-owners are further notified that whenever their 37* *050 feet... 14 00 15 00 so 00 17 00 l8 OO 4*500 0*3 303 75 D rem ises become vacant, ana are likely to remain vacant, 5*ooo OS* 333 50 they must notify this Department in writing, and that D epartment of Public W orks, 0,000 oa 300 00 unless this requirement is complied with no deductions in oa extra water rents wiU he allowed for any portion of one Commissioner’s Office, The rent of all tenements which shall exceed in width 7*ooo 420 00 R oom 6, No. 31 Chambers Street, 8,000 oa 480 00 year. N ew York, August 7, 1888. fifty feet shall be the subject of special contract with the 9*000 oa 540 00 JOHN NEWTON, Commissioner of Public Works. so,ooo oa 600 00 Commissioner of Public Works The apportionment of the regular rents upon dwelling- TO CONTRACTORS. houses are on the basis that but one family is to occupy the same, and tor each additional family, one dollar The rate charged for steam-vessels taking water daily THE OITY RECORD. id s o r e s t im a t e s , in c l o s e d in a s e a l e d per year shall be charged. or belonging to daily lines, is one-half cent, per ton B envelope, with the title