TiE CITY RECORD. OFFICIAL JOURNAL. Vot. XXVIII. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1900. NuMBKR 8,382, No. 2122, Resolved, That it is hereby respectfully recommended to the Commissioner of Public Buildings, Lighting and Supplies that two additional lamp-post, be erected, street lamps placed thereon and lighted, on the sidewalk, near the curb, in front of the Congregation Pooley Zedek Anshly Eli, situated at Nos. 126 and 128 Forsyth street, in the Borough of Manhattan. Which was adopted. PROPOSED 6111; s, CES AND LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS. No. 2123. By Councilman Wise— Resolved, That the name of gu .Harlem River Driveway, extending from One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street to Dyckman 'its;Qet, in the Borough of Manhattan, be and the same is hereby changed to The Speedway. Which was referred to the Come flee of the Whole. COMMUNICATIONS RESU SlED. The President laid before the Council the following communications from the Board of Aldermen : No. 2124. MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Whereas, The water rates upon Lots Nos. 65 and 63, in Block 127 of the Twenty-second Ward, in the Borough of Brooklyn, have heretofore and for the years 1886 to 1897, inclusive, been erro- neously increased beyond the proper charge thereon for the reason that said charges were made as THE COUNCIL. for athree-story building on each of said lots, whereas said buildings are actually only two story high, respectively, said error making a difference of one dollar in each Year upon each lot. STATED MEETING. Resolved, That the Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized and requested to refund to Francis Adams, the owner of said premises, the sum of twenty-three dollars, the same being the TUESDAY, November 27, 1900, amount of overcharge of water rates as above set forth. The said refund to be made upon such 2 o'clock P. M. f proof as to the said Comptroller may seem sufficient. The Council met in Room 16, City Hall. Which was placed on the list of special orders. Subsequently the matter was called up by Councilman Ebbets. PRESENT: The President put the question whether the Council would agree to adopt said resolution. Hon. Randolph Guggenheimer, President. Which was decided in the affirmative by the following vote : COUNCILMEN Affirmative—Councilmen Bodine, Cassidy, Christman, Conly, Doyle, Ebbets, Engel, Foley, Thomas F. Foley, Herman Sulzer, Henry French, Francisco, Goodwin, Hart, Hester, Hottenroth, Hyland, Leich, McGarry, Murphy, Murray, Martin Engel, William J. Hyland, Charles H. Ebbets, O'Grady, Ryder, Sulzer, Wise, and the President --23. Frank J. Goodwin, Adolph C. Hottenroth, John J. McGarry, No. 2125. Patrick J. Ryder, Bernard C. Murray, William A. Doyle, Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby gienv to Michael Cummings to erect Harry C. Hart, Charles H. Francisco, Martin F. Conly, and keep a storm-door in front of his premises, No.17 Greenpoint avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, George B. Christman, Francis F. Williams, Joseph Cassidy, provided said storm-door shall not exceed ten feet in height, two feet wider than the doorway, John J. Murphy, Conrad H. Hester, Joseph F. O'Grady, and shall not extend beyond six feet from the house-line, the work to be done at his own expense, Eugene A. Wise, Adam H. Leich, Benjamin J. Bodine. under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways ; such permission to continue only during The minutes of the last meeting were read, and, on motion of Councilman Conly, were the pleasure of the Municipal Assembly. approved as read. Which was adopted. MESSAGES FROM HIS HONOR TIIE MAYOR. PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS RESUMED. The President laid before the Council the following message from his Honor the Mayor: No. 2126. No. 1731. By Councilman Conly- CITY OF NEW YORK—OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, Resolved, That the Department of Public Building, Lighting and Supplies be and it is November 27, Iyoo. hereby requested to cause a telephone to be placed in the office of the Surrogate of Kings County. To the Honorable the Council: Which was adopted. I return herewith, without my approval, a resolution adopted by you on November 8, 1900, COMMUNICATIONS AGAIN RESUMED. giving permission to the Chester Chemical Company to drive two advertising wagons through The President laid before the Council the following communication from the Board of the streets, avenues and thoroughfares of The City of New York, and exhibit and operate Aldermen : therefrom a chemical fire extinguisher. No. 2527. My objection to this resplution is that it will create an incumbrance of the public highway. Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to A. Giegengack to erect, place ROBT. A. VAN WYCK, Mayor. and keep a storm.door in front of his premises No. 266 Court street, in the Borough of Brooklyn, provided the said storm-door shall not be more than ten feet in height, two feet wider than the Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to the Chester Chemical Company doorway, and shall not extend more than six feet from the house-line, the work to be done at his to drive two advertising wagons through the streets, avenues and thoroughfares of The City of New York, and exhibit and operate therefrom a chemical fire extinguisher, the work to be done at own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Municipal Assembly. their own expense, tinder the direction of the Chief of Police; such permission to continue only for Which was adopted. thirty days from the date of approval hereof by his Honor the Mayor. No. 2128. Which was laid over, ordered to be printed in the minutes and published in full in Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to D. Meyer to erect and keep a the Cnv REcoiD. storm-door in front of his premises, on the northeast corner of Pacific street and Schenectady COMMUNICATIONS. avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, provided said storm-door shall not exceed ten feet in height, two The President laid before the Council the following communication from the Clerk of the feet wider than the doorway, and shall not extend beyond six feet from the house-line, the work Board of Aldermen to be done at his own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways ; such CITY OF NEW YORK—BOARD OF ALDERMEN, permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Municipal Assembly. CITY HALL, November 22, 1900. Which was adopted. Hon. P. J. SCUI.LY, City Clerk: SIR—I transmit herewith document adopted by the Board of Aldermen at the stated meeting COMMUNICATIONS FROM DEPARTMENTS AND CORPORATION OFFICERS. held Tuesday, November 2o, igoo, as scheduled below: The President laid before the Council the following communication from the Commissioner Int.'No. 1758. , of Water Supply, together with resolution Respectfully, No. 2129. MICHAEL F. BLAKE, Clerk of the Board of Aldermen. DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, Which was ordered on file. COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, Nos. 13 TO 2I PARK Row, CITY OF NEW YORK, November 20, 1900. The communications were as follows: 11 No. 2517. To the Honorable the Municipal.ssenrbly Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to the Directors of the Pan- DEAR SIRS—By the provisions of section 188, paragraph 8, of the Greater New York Charter, American Exposition of Buffalo to erect poles and swing banners therefrom, one to be in front of the Comptroller is authorized to issue special revenue bonds, to provide the means necessary to the Hotel Bartholdi, at Madison square and Twenty-third street, and the other to be in Park make payments for certain purposes and in certain emergencies, in the following language : row, in front of the New York Journal office, in the Borough of Manhattan, the work to be done " Section 188. The comptroller is authorized to issue special revenue bonds to provide the at their own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways ; such permission to means necessary to make payments for the following purposes continue only until November I, rgox. * * * * * * * * * * * Which was adopted. 8. To provide for the payment of expenses authorized by the concurrent vote of all the No. 2118. members of the board of estimate and apportionment upon a joint resolution requesting such Resolved, That the ordinance relative to the discharge of fireworks in The City of New authorization, adopted by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of all the members elected to each York be and the same is hereby suspended, so as to permit the discharge of fireworks in the branch of the municipal assembly ; provided, however. that the amount thus issued shall not in Tenth Ward, Borough of Brooklyn, on Thursday, November 29, Igoo, under the direction of the any one year exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars." Chief of Police. The present condition of the water supply in the Borough of The Bronx presents an emergency Which was adopted. the gravity of which cannot be too forcibly stated. The continued dearth of rainfall in the Bronx No. 2519. and Byram river watersheds has reduced the inflow of water obtainable from these sources Resolved, Thatrmission be and the same is hereby given to Matthew Kramer to place and through the Byram river and Bronx river conduits far below absolute necessities for the keep an ornamental lamp-post and lamp in front of his premises at the junction of Mott street, health and sustenance of the population in the Borough of The Bronx, and demands remedial Worth street and Chatham square, in the Borough of Manhattan, provided the lamp be kept measures which can be executed with much gieater promptness and in a much briefer lighted during the same hours as the public lamps, and that the said lamp-post and lamp shall be space of time than by means of the construction of a high-service pumping station near erected in conformity with the provisions of the ordinance in such case made and provided, and the Jerome Park Reservoir, with large radiating mains therefrom, easterly and westerly, shall not be used for advertising purposes, the work to be done and gas supplied at his own to connect with the system of distributing mains.