DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS.

Report for the Quarter ending March 31, 1898.

CLASSIFICATION. NUnlnER NUMBER

OF OF

PLANS. Bl.'ILD- tNGS.

Dwelling-houses ......................................................... 138

154

Flats.................................................................... t7 18

Tenements .............................................................. 77

95

Hotels and boarding-houses.............................................. r6

17

Stores ........................................................... ......

70

75

Offices buildings .................................. ...................... 25 25

Manufactories and workshops............................................ 93 107

Schoolhouses ................................................. .......... to 10

Churches ................................................................ r

Public buildings ......................................................... r4 z6

Stables................................................................ . 22 22

Frame buildings.......I .................................................

450

478

Totals ........................................................... .I 933 I r,or8

E'srIn1ATED Cost.

$367,232 00

58,800 00

114,970 00

33.930 00

230,775 00

131,043 00

057,802 00

89,765 00

2,500 00

87,100 00

36,025 00

283,962 00

$r,6o1,004 00

THE CITY RECORD. OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

VOL. XXVI. NEW YORK, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1898. NUMBER 7, 637•

Nu; ti'i,R

CLASSIFICATION. Nrnl nl:i< uF

BU n.D- f:5'I'11cATED

tOST. PLANS. INGS.

locatr07.

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ................................. 409 447 $1,240,988 00

Borough of Brooklyn .................................................... 493 545 341,422 00

Borough of Richmond ................................................... 2r 22 13.944 00

Boroughof Queens ...................................................... 4 4 4,650 10

Totals............................................................ 933 r,o,8 51,601.004 Co

In addition to the foregoing, applications for ordinary repairs were made as follows

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Brunx ...................................... 658

Borough of Brooklyn ...................................................... 284

Total............................................................ 942

L.orati✓n ;,/ Sewn Buildings and Alterations 11) b'uil,/ws Commenced and Completed during the Quarter ending' ,1/arch 31, x898.

BOROUGHS OF MIANIIATTAN AND THE BRONX, BROOKLYN, (,, UEENS ANI) RICHMOND.

Plans and Specifications far New Buildin . Filed and Acted Lpon during the Quarter ending March 31, 4898.

NunInER NLM6ER

tIF OF

BUILD- INGS.

t

COST.

ESTIMATED

I $100,000 no

rr 34 825,0..0 00

67 273 r,793,50c 00

231 377 I1,523,goo 00

77 171 1,494,960 CO

6 7 86;,000 00

r4 r8 1,270,500 co

7 7 t64,oco 00

23 31 128,100 00

12 15 I,IOO,Soo 00

48 52 887,868 00

4 4 8o7,coo 00

6 6 77,000 Co

5 5 1,496,000 00

8 8 354,000 00

25 z8 245,673 00

356 b64 x,628 350 00

262 311 645,833 W

1,135 1,909 825,414,486 on

12 b C

E a

E o 0 V U

'r 'zi, Lurl/ ou s.

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx .............................. ........................... 586 624

Borough of Brooklyn ........................................................................... 8rt 678

Totals ........................................................................... 1,397 1,302

Alterations.

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ......................................................... 258 298

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................... .......... ................ 350 297

Totals............................................................................. 648 595

Aim Buildings in Prl'ress, .1/iii/r 31, x898.

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ............................................ 1,747 Borough of Brooklyn ............................................................ 1,778

Total.............................................................. 3,525

Alterations in Progress, thatch 31, 1898.

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ............................................ 324

Borough of Brooklyn ................. .......................................... 338

Total....................... ...................................... 662

Proceedings of Board of Examiners in Boroughs of _ zra,hattan and The Bronx, dzrrin, the Quarter caning March 31, 1898.

Number of meetings held ......................................................... t3 Number of cases acted upon ............................ ......................... 34t

CLASSIFICATION.

Dwelling-houses, estimated cost over $50,003 ...........................

Dwelling-houses, estimated cost between $zo,000 an) f 5o,oco .............

Dwelling-houses, estimated cost les; than 620,010 .........................

Flat-houses, estimated cost over $15,0o3 .................................

Tenement-houses, estimated cost less than $I5,oco ........................

Hotels and Boarding-houses ........................... ... .............

Stores, estimated cost over $30,000 .....................................

Stores, estimated cost between $r5,coo and $30,000 .......................

Stores, estimated cost less than $15,000 ..................................

Office buildings ........................................................

Manufactories and workshops...........................................

School-houses ..........................................................

Churches ...............................................................

Public buildings-municipal .............................................

Public buildings-places of amusement, etc..............................

Stables...............................................................

Frame dwellings .......................................................

Frame tenements and other frame structures .............................

Totals ............ ...................... ....................

556 946 521,495,430 CO

533 911 3,791,058 00

34 36 82,398 00

12 of 45,600 00

1,135 1,909 $25,414,486 co

New buildings.......... ............................~ x92 45 237

~'.. Alterations .......................................................... 5o z6 76

Iron shutters ........................................................1 r5 13 28

Location.

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx...................................

Borough of Brooklyn....................................................

Borough of Richmond...................................................

Borough of Queens......................................................

rotals.

Petitions for !dodtjicaeions of the Law.

APPROVED, I DISAPPROVED. I TOTAL.

Plans and S~eciftcations for Alterations to Buildings Filed and Acted Upon during the ):tarter ending zWarch 31, 8898.

Violations of Law and Unsafe Buildings Burin; the Quarter ending .March 31, 1898.

u w N i, a0

NATURE. F-0C u ,O .'.^, = u. a W : T' O

p

1 2,e45 I 713

v -

.. III 824 1,221 522 Defective construction, material:, etc........ 1,269 776

Erecting, alterinoi

or removing without per- 339 342 634 3zr .. 36 357 324 *47 mit, or after dlsapproval ................

Insufficient means of escape, fire-escapes, 1 94 294 3 3 2 597 89 19 ) 3o8 289 t 1 J 4 aisles obstructed, etc .................. Defective light and ventilation ............... 153 76 229 76 .. 20 95 133 jl 84

Defective plumbing and drainage............ 669 375 1,044 381 li • - 84 465 S79 291

Unsafe buildings ............................ 1,041 583 1,624 6,-o 7 38 1 645 979 8

l'otals .......................... 3.765 2,455 6,220 2,3£0 7 308 2,695 3,525 II 1,263

Locations.

Manhattan and The Bronx .................. 3,701 2.158 5,859 2,235 7 29t 2,533 3,326 1,150

Brooklyn .................................. 64 297 364 145 .. 17 r6a 199 x16

Queens and Richmond...................... ..... ..... ..... .. .. .....

Total .........................................1 14,4c8 971 .... 15,469

Complaints Received and Lrzcs1r,atcd during the Quarter ending March 31, IScS.

I.

Z ` En n 3n

Defective flues.......................................

Defective construction and materials .................. 4

Detective leaders .................................... 3c Electric current which cannot be cut off from out-

side of building ...................................

Erecting and altering without permit .................. 3

Frame structures erected and removed without , 2 permit ..................... .....................

Front iron shutters which cannot he opened from outside........................................ ..

Fences over ten feet high .............................

Hoistway openings not guarded .....................f .. Ili

Insufficient means of escape, tire-escapes out of r. repair, etc .....................................J

No iron shutters ..................................... ..

Stairway op•-2nings floored over..

,

00 25 17 r 6 24 1

77 8r 38 j 8 3 8o r

70 roo 50 2 41 93 7

74 77 42 2 31 75 2

45 47 21 2 1 21 44 3

4 4 3 ~ •• I 4 •-

Io3 n5 58 6 49 rt3 z

_ t . .. r t ..

2586 THE CITY

'8ati.

MONDAY, JUNE 20, r898. THE CITY RECORD. 2587

The People ex rel. Joseph R.1Villiams, appellant vs. Stevenson Constable, as Superintendent o, Buildings. Pending last report ; application for mandamus to compel Superintendent of Building: to restore relator to position of Inspector ; appealed to Court of Appeals ; pending.

The People ex rel. John Thain vs. Stevenson Constable, as Superintendent of Buildings Pending last report ; application for mandamus to compel Superintendent of Buildings to restort relator to position of Inspector ; appealed ; pending.

N.1'. Supreme Court-The People ex rel.Thomas J. McCabe vs. Stevenson Constable, Superin tendent of Buildings. Pending last report ; certiorari to review removal of relator ; case argues and decision rendered reinstating relator ; order entered.

N. Y. Supreme Court-In the matter of the application of the Loomis Sanitarium for Con. sumptives for a peremptory writ of mandamus vs. Stevenson Constable, as Superintendent o: Buildings. Pending last report ; application for mandamus to compel Superintendent of Buildings to approve plans : motion argued and decision rendered denying application.

N. Y. Supreme Court-The People ex rel. vs. Thomas J. Brady, Commissioner of Buildings, etc. Received ; application for mandamus to compel Commissioner to approve plans ; application denied ; order entered.

City Court of New York-Edward Gafihey vs. Stevenson Constable, Superintendent o. Buildings, John O'Connor et al. Suit for damages in re No. 1078 Madison avenue ; pending Iasi report.

City Court of New York-James Shannon, Jr. vs., Stevenson Constable, Superintendent of Buildings, John O'Connor et al. Suit for damages in re No. 1078 Madison avenue ; pending Iasi report.

City Court of New York James Breen vs. Stevenson Constable, Superintendent of Buildings, John O'Connor et at. Suit for damages in re No. 1078 Madison avenue ; pending last report.

City Court of New York-Lawrence Shannon vs. Stevenson Constable, Superintendent of Buildings, John O'Connor et al. Suit for damages in re No. 1078 Madison avenue ; pending Iasi report.

City Court of New York-James Rayney vs. Stevenson Constable, Superintendent of Buildings, John O'Connor et al. Suit for damages in re No. to78 Madison avenue; pending last report.

Contlarative Statement, Firlt Three Ninths, 1897 and 1898.

1897. 1898. I ISCOIiASE.

Applications filed for new buildings and alterations-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx .......................... 2,104 2,051

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................ 1,623

1,740

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond...............................Nu record. 78 7

3,627 3,869 042

New buildings completed-.

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx .......................... 565 624

Borough of Brooklyn ........................................... 5'4

678

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ..............................~1 No record. No record.

1,073 2,302 023

Alterations commenced-

iS97. 1898. INCREASe.

Unsafe buildings made safe or taken down-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx........ ... ,...........III 579 6o3

6 ix Borough of Brooklyn ..............................

.. No record. No record. Boroughs of Queens and Richmond...............

585 614 29

29 76

No record. No record.

76 47 29

Passenger Elevator Cases fvrwtrded for prosccotion-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx .......................... 9 t6

Borough of Brooklyn............................................. No record. No record.

l;oroughs of Queens and Richmond ......... ....................

99J___tb__I 7 Defective I'as,enger Elevators reported by Inspectors-

Boroughs of Manhattan and 'l'he Bronx ........................... tt4 170

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................ No record. 5

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ......... .................... No record.

:r4 275 6t

Defective fosse nger Elevators innde safe on notice from Department--

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ..........................~ to9 172

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................1 No record. i No record.

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond .......................

109 172 63

Notices of suits issued-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ........................... 2,675 2,750

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................ No record. No record.

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ..............................

Fire-escape cases forwarded for prosecution-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx..........................

Borough of Brooklyn ........................... ................

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ..............................

1,675 I.. 1,750 75

8o5 1,076

No record. 68

No record.

8o5 1,144 339

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx .......................... 293 298

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................ No record. 35o

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond .............................. No record.

293 648

Alterations completed-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx .......................... 278 298

Borough of Brooklyn ................ ........................... No record. 297

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond .............................. No record.

278 I 595 I 3'7

Cases disposed of by Counsel before litigation-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ...........................

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ...........................6...

APPROVED PAPERS.

dpproved Papers for the ILeek endin„• ;gene 1S, 1898.

Number of cases acted upon by Board of Examiners .................. 34• 341

Iron and steel in=pections made-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ......................... 63.341 64,282

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................ No record. 3,047

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ..............................1 No record.

63,341 67,329 3,988

235 238

37 65

No record. No record.

272 303 32

1,925 2,335

No record. 146

" No record.

1,925 2,483 558

Violations removed-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx ................... ...... x,427 'i 2,114

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................. No record. 121

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ............................... .. . No record.

1,417 2,235 8t8

Notices issued during the quarter-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx........................

Borough of Brooklyn ..........................................

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ............................

Complaints received and investigated-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx..........................

Borough of Brooklyn ............................................

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond .................. ...........

No. 239. Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to J. R. Perlhefter to place and

keep a lamp over his door in front of his premises No. 2785 Third avenue, Borough of The Bronx, provided said lamp shall not project more than three feet from the house-line, and that it be lighted (luring the same hours as the public lamps, the work to be done and gas supplied at his own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Municipal Assembly.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, May 3, 1898, Adopted by the Council, May 31, 1898. Approved by the Mayor, June r3, 1838.

No. 240. Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Bliss, Fabyan & Co. to stretch

a banner in the shape of an American flag across Duane street, from No. I20 to the building at No. 117, Borough of Manhattan, the consent of the owner of the latter structure having been first obtained, the work to he done at their own expense, under the direction of the Cottatnissiotier of Highways ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Municipal Assembly.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, May 3, 1898. Adopted by the Council, May 31, 1898. Approved by the Mayor, June 13, 1898.

No. 241. Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to the Safety Insulated Wire and

Cable Company of Nos. 225 to 229 \Vest Twenty-eighth street, in the Borough of Manhattan, to place and keep, on the street near the curb in front of their premises, one large reel of submarine cable while another is in course of manufacture, the work to be done at its own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways ; such permission to continue only for fifteen days from the date of approval hereof by his Honor the Mayor.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, May 3, 1898. Adopted by the Council, May 31, 1898. Received from his Honor the Mayor, June 14, 1898, without his approval or objections thereto

therefore, as provided in section 40 of the New York City Chat .er, the same became adopted.

No. 242. Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to W. Wheat to place and keep a

barber pole and tie-post eight feet long and five and one-half inches thick on the sidewalk near the curb, in front of his premises, No. 782 Crollard avenue, Borough of The Bronx-, the work to be done at his own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Municipal Assembly.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, May 3, 1898. Adopted by the Council, May 31, 1898. Received from his Honor the Mayor, June 14, 1898, without his approval or objections thereto

therefore, as provided in section 40 of the New York City Charter, the same became adopted.

No. 243 • Resolved, That permission be and the same is hereby given to Daniel Lane to place, erect

and keep a watering-trough on the sidewalk near the curb in front of his premises No. 1599 West Farms road, Borough of The Bronx, the work to be done and water supplied at his own expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Municipal Assembly.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, May 3, 1898, Adopted by the Council, May 31, 1898. Received from his Honor the Mayor, June 14, 1898, without his approval or objections

thereto ; therefore, as provided in section 40 of the New York City Charter, the same became adopted.

Fire-escape cases reported by Inspectors-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx..........................

Borough of Brooklyn............................................

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ..............................

Inspections made of passenger elevators-

Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx..........................

Borough of Brooklyn............................................

Boroughs of Queens and Richmond ...............................

13,596 14,498

No record. 971

No record.

13,596 15,469 1,873

914 916

130 147

No record. No record,

1,044 2,063 t9

MANHATTAN. THE BRONX. BROOKLYN. QUEENS. RICHMOND.

7 a tcs G ~ i~ Vi C w . at

q V 11 R y L t y l p R t• V L R t', y 1) 4

a

197 204 4' 83 22 rl 3 30 45 5 23

,c p n o 40 12 3 12 394 73 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. „ o n . .e°

34 17 4 4 t 2 41'-67 7 56

78 331 901 Ia]416 94 6 3oi 49 6I a5 4r 1671 7 56--~— -- —

NATURE OF WORK.

Repaving and renewal of pavements

Boulevards, roads and avenues,I maintenance of ...............I

Roads, streets and avenues.......

Total ................... 1, 2v

2588 THE CITY

No. 244,

Resolved, That permis.,ion lie and the same is hrrcby given to I). F. ()uinn to place and keep a watering-trough at the southwest corner of Forty-sixth street and IClcventh avenue, the work to be done at his (, n expense, under the direction of the Commissioner of I Iighways; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Municipal Assembly.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, 11Iay to, iS9S. Adopted by the Council, May ;ii, 1895, Received from his Honor the Mayor, J tune 14, 1S9S, without his approval or objections thereto

therefore, as provided in section 40 of the New York City Charter, the same became adopted.

N(. 245.

Resolved, That permission be and the same i,; h:rehy given to the Nassau Brewing Company to place and keep a watering-trough in front of the premises No. 20 Underhill avenue, non thtte,t corner of Pacific street, in the Borough of 1 ruoklyn, the work to be done and water supplied at their own expense, under the direction t of the C'.urmi.,ioner of I lighways ; such permission to continue only during the pleasure of the Municipal _A.setubly.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, May 17, IS9S. Adopted by the Council, day 31, tS9S. Received from his Honor the Mayor, June 14, tS98, without his approval or objections thereto

therefore, as provided in section 40 of the New York City Charter, the same became adopted.

No. 246.

Resolved, That the following-named persons be and they hereby are appointed Commissioners of Deeds in and for The City of New York

Thomas Cowan, AV'cstchestcr, 11ronx. Thomas 1. Blessing, County Clerk's Office. ALwhattin. Charles McConnell, No. 3S Barrow street, Manhattan. Frank Knapp, No. 95S Lexington avenue, Manhattan. Charles M. Lis,„ No.2tS \\'e*t One llttnrire,l and T\\enIv-ninlb street, Manhattan. Joseph Ullman, No.203 13roadwav, \lanhattan. Lawrence A. Levy, No. 229 Third avenue, Manhattan. Ilidor 11. Kcmpner, Manhattan. \\illieun Ii, Kchoe, County Clerl.'> office, Manhattan. Leon F. \Vazeter, No. 237 P,roadwtay. Manhattan, Iliram M. Kirk, NO, r;0 Fulton street, Manhattan. Jacob Meyers, No. 61 West Ninety-fir t street, Manhattan. Max Meyer, No. t5S5 Madison avenue, Manhattan. Emanuel Eschtcege, No. 320 Proadway, i•lanhattan. Thomas 11. Stockton, No. tt6 President street, Brooklyn. Robert D. Macdonald, No. t i East Thirty-second street, Manhattan, Robert E. -Nicholls, District Attorney's office, 'Manhattan. Raymond Jtubridge, I I Broado ay, Ianhattan. Mary A. 'McCloskey, No. 43S Hart street, Brooklyn. Edward Al. Clark, No. 312 East Eighteenth street, Manhattan. Elmer E. DeCamh, No. 109 East Fifty-third street, Manhattan, Frank F. Zangle, No. 3t Hopkins street, Brooklyn. James W. Gleudenniu„ No. 16 Court street. 1trooklvn. D. Stellife Moulton, No. 304 Clifton place, Brooklyn. Norman S. Dike, No. 166 Montague street, Brooklyn. Elwood T. Baker, No. 7SI l'rospLct place, Brooklyn. Edward B. Rodgers, No. tS3 Montague street, Brooklyn. William De Deyu, No.4oS Dean street, Brooklyn. M. 1. Shevlin, 1o. t2S6 Fulton street, Brooklyn. Ferdinand Newlin Sheppard, No. 16o West One IIundre,l and Twenty-seventh street, Ian-

hattan. Henry Brettmann, No. t57 Broadway, Manhattan. John T. Walsh, Nu, 255 Penn street, Brooklyn. John J. Conklin, NO, 41 Spring street, Manhattan. Gustave :±, Drachman, No. 2So Broadway. Phillip L'lass, No. 945 Union avenue, Bronx. Adam J. Strittmatter, No. 7 7t Forest avenue, Bronx. William ML Brown, corner One hundred and Fifty-eighth street and Third avenue. Leopold (aches, No. I; j Ilenry street, Manhattan. Louis \\blf, No. 247 West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, Manhattan. Sam. Sanders, No. 220 1!roadway, Manhattan. I,\illiam J. Solomon, No. 252 Last Sixty-eight street, Manhattan. Samuel Sanders, No. 240 Last Sixty-fir.t street, L"Ianliattan. Alexander C. Connor, No. 272 West One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street, Manhattan. l'aul U. Judie, No. 27 West One hundred and Thirty-second street, Manhattan. David M. \\'old, No. 14t Broadway, Manhattan. William H. Reed, Jr. Alonzo G. slcLaughlin. John E. Fitzgerald, Register's Office. Henry Zaimer, \o. 82 Second avenue, 'Manhattan. Jacob Stiefel, No. 140 Nassau street, Manhattan. Antonio Petrucci, \o. 2135 First avenue, Manhattan. F. Alexander, No. 70 East One Hundred and Twentieth street. John F. Smith, No. 705 Ea-t One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, Bronx. John M. Bergen, No. 667 East One Hundred and Forty-second street, Bronx. Vera Al. Vincent, No. too Broadway, Manhattan. William Anderson, No. 1169 Dean Street, Brooklyn. \loses fafle, No. 333 Grand street, Brooklyn. Jacob Schn:al, No. S6 Clinton street, Erooklyn. 'Thomas A. Early, No. 124 \Vest Sixteenth street, Manhattan. K. Van Pelt, No. 63 Wall street, Manhattan. James Grimes, No. 348 West Forty-eighth street, Manhattan. James E. Kinien, No. I I t Broadway, Manhattan. James McLoughlin, No. t26 West Fortieth street, Manhattan. Sarah Susholz, \o. t885 Third avenue, Manhattan. Edward \I. Muller, New Brighton, Staten Island. Henry Krakotwer, No. 177 Ewen street, Brooklyn. lames G. McComb, 315 Palmetto street, Brooklyn. Frederick C. Edwards, No. 125S Broadway, Manhattan. H. H. Hobbs, No. 222 West One Hundred and Thirty-sixth street.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, June 54, 1898.

No. 247.

Resolved, That the names of the following persons recently appointed Commissioners of Deeds be corrected so as to read as follows :

William Stewart, to read William E. Stewart. William Sutler, to read William Sutter. Walter I. Averille, to read Walter I. Averfll. Jacob K. Stiefel, to read Jacob Stielel. Robert J. 1 temper, to read Robert A. Tremper. Campbell B. Carmichael, to read Campbell B. Carmiche. Frank S. Liebold, to read Frank S. Leiboltl. Frank D. \Wilson, to read Frank D. Willson. William Sutler, to read William Sutter. Frederic Delano 1Veeks, to read Frederic Delano \Vicekes. Michael J. Don, to read Michael J. Dorr. Ralston Fleming, to read Ralston Flemming. Allen Bowie, to read Allan Bowie. Martin Flanagan, to react Martin Flanigan. S. ML (;ronberg, to read S. M. Gronberger. G. W. Henderson, to read G. M. Henderson. Isador Becht, to read Isadore Hecht. Joseph B. McKenna, to read Joseph E. McKenna. F'. Rosenl,erge, to read F. Rosenberg. Johnt T. McGuire, to read John F. Maguire. Charles F. Schafer, to read Charles F. Schaffer. Charles Stansbury, to read Charles H. Stansbury. Maurice Teehan, to read Maurice Teahan. John F. Oetrogge, to read John F. Oltrogge. Alex. Finley, to read Alexander Finlay. Christopher Byrnes, to read Christopher Byrne. William Baker, to read William H. Baker. Charles Courtlandt Hay, to read Charles Cortlandt IIay. Dennis A. Kelly, to react Denis A. Kelly. Peter L. Kenny, to read Peter L. Kenney.

RECORD . MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1898.

George I l alien ty', to read (George J, II.dicity, Frank A. \Vaterman, to read Frank A. Wiseman. Frank S. I.iel old, to read Frank S. Leibold, Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, June 14, 1898-

No. 248.

Resolved, That permission he and the same is hereby granted to the Fire Department to use and occupy as additional quarters for Engine Company No. 54, (borough of Brooklyn, the second story of the budding known as the 'town Hall of the former town of liravcsend, which is part of the City property.

Adopted by the Council, June 7, 1898. Adopted by the Board of Aldermen June 14, 1898, Approved by the Mayor, June 17, 1398-

No. 249.

Resolved, That permission be and the saute is hereby granted to John Bruning to erect, place and keen storm-doors on two sides of the premises at the northeast corner of Vesey and West streets, in the Borough of Manhattan, provided that in the erection and maintenance of such storni-doors they shall be made to comply in all respects with the provisions of the ordinances in such cases made and provided, and that the work be done at his own cost and expense, and under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner of Highways.

Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, June 14, 1898. Adopted by the Council, June 14, t3g8. Approved by the Mayor, June 17, 1898.

P. T. SCULLY, City Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

Suliei-,,isor Cite R, cord DEAR SIR—In accordance with the provisions of section 1546, chapter 378 of the Laws of

IS97, I transmit the following report of the transactions of the Department of Highways for the week ending June 4, 1898.

Respectfully,

JAMES P. KEATING, Commissioner of Highways.

BOROrGHs.

I MANHATTANI THE BRONX. BROOKLYN. QUEENS. RICHMOND

Public Moneys received during the Week.

f Water connections, openings) f335 50 $50 37 $256 on $46 co ••

For restoring and re- Sewer openings ( connections, 375 50 oo 7S ro8 00 10 00 paving pavement... • • • • • •

[General account............ 324 00 ........ 56 oo •,,,•, •.....

For redemption of obstructions seized ............... 6 50 ........ ........ •,-,,. ......

For vault permits .................................. to,262 vz „ -,,,,. ........ ••.... •.....

For shed permits ................................... a5 00 ........ ........ I_

•..... •,.,,-

$tt,328 7a $128 97 $4so 00 $56 00 ...,., Total ....................................

Permits Issued.

Permits to open streets, to tap water-pipes ....... . 44 17 91 8 28

Permits to open streets, to repair water connections

Permits to open streets, to make sewer connections } o

O 24 69 5 7

Permits to open streets, to repair sewer connections

Permits to place building material on streets 114 9 15 r tr

Permits to construct street vaults .................. 4

Permits, special and miscellaneous .................. .... 28 145 26 19

Permits to construct sheds ......................... 5 •-•• ••• . •••••• ••••••

Permits to erect awnings ........................... ...I .... 3 .....• •••••,

Permits to cross sidewalks ......................... r8 2 19 3 ••••••

Obstructions Reproved.

Obstructions removed from various streets and .... .... ...... ...... avenues

t5

Repairs to Pavement.

Square yards of pavement repaired ................ 6,992 212 3,895 170 2,113

Statement of Laboring Forte Employed in the Department of Highways During lVeek Ending June 4, 1898.

BOROUGHS,

CHANGES IN STAFF OF EMPLOYEES.

BOROUGII OF MANHATTAN. Appointed—i Laborer. .keappointed—i Rammer. Promoted—i Laborer to Foreman. Transferred—I Laborer, from Department of Highways to Department of Sewers ; t Assistant

Engineer, from Department of Highways to Department of Finance. Removed—t Assistant Foreman.

BOROUGH OF THE BRONX. Resigned—i Sounder. Appointed—i Blacksmith.

BOROUGH OF RICHMOND.

Appointed—I2 Laborers (section 1536). Appointed Teetporarily—t Foreman. Appointed—Thomas J. Farrelly, New Brighton, Senior Clerk, salary, $t,5oo per annum

(section 1536).

Toohndtt.

Eugene Leonard, No. 254 St..1nn's avenue, $2 per day,

John Kelly, No. goo East One Iltuldred and Forty-ninth street, $2 per day.

Joseph Ileftle, No. 955 Tinton avenue, $2 per day.

Henry IIeuser, No. 243 Willis avenue, $2 per slay.

Edward Kronke, No. 256 St. Ann's avenue, $2 per day.

Eugene F. Degnan, No. 663 East One Hun-dred and Thirty-fi.urth street, $2.50 per clay.

Respectfully yours, MAX K. KAIIN,

Private Seliretary.

TILE CITY OF NE\C YORK, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS,

OFFICE OF C.OMAIISSIONER FOR THE BolcOCGti OF hill: BRONX,

ZBROWSKt MANSION, CLAP. ts3toNT PARR, June 17, iSgS.

Suflere'iso,- of the City Record : DEAR S[R-I hereby notify you, for publica-

tion in the CITY RECORD, That the Conunis-siouer for the Loiough of The Bronx has this clay appointed Daniel 1. Lehman, No. 3009 Third avenue, Carriage Painter, at a compensation of $3.50 per day, to take effect on the 18th instant.

Respectfully }ours, MAX K. KAHN,

Private Secretary.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

STATEMENT OF THE HOURS DURING which the Public Offices in the City are open for business, and at which the Courts regularly open and adjourn, as well as of the places where such offices are kept and such Courts are held ; together with the heads of Departments and Courts :

EXECUTiVE DEPARTMENT.

.Mayor's Office. No. 6 City Hall, g A. M. to 4 P. M.; Saturdays, 9

A. M. to I2 hl. ROBERT A. VAN WYCK, Mayor. ALFRED M,DowNES, Private Secretary,

Bureau of Licsnses. No. I City Hall,9 A.M. to 4 P.M.

DAVID J. RocnE, Chief. GEORGE W. BROWN, Jr., Deputy.

AQUEDUCT COMMISSIONERS. Room 209, Stewart Building, 5th floor, 9.2.21. to 4 P.M.

JOHN J. RYAN, MAURICE J. POWER, WILLIAM H. TEN Evice, -- -, and THE MAYOR, and COMPTROLLER, Commissioners; HARRY W. WALKER, Secretary, A. PTELEY, Chief Engineer,

COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS. Rooms 114 and 215, Stewart Building, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. JOHN C. HERTLE and EDWARD Osv EN.

BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS. THE MAYOR, Chairman; PRESIDENT OF DEPARTMHNI

of TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, Secretary. Address THOMAS L. FEITNER, Stewart Building.

Office hours, 9 A. et. to 4 P. M. ; Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 22 M.

MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY. THE COUNCIL.

RANDOLPH GuGc0hiMER, President of the Council 11.J.Scui.LY, City Clerk. Clerk's office open from to A. M. to 4 P. nt. ; Saturdays,

10 A. aI. tO 1221.

No. 25o Nassau street, 9 A. M to 4 P. M. WILLIAM DALTON, Commissioner of Water Supply. JAMMES H. HA'LIN, IJrputy Commissioner. GEOer.E W. BIRI,ALI, Chief Engineer. W.G. BYRNE, Water Register. JAMES \IIiFC'IT, Deputy Commissioner, Borough of

Brooklyn, Atunicip:d Building. JOSEPH FncH, Deputy Commissioner, Borough of

Queens, Old City Hall, Long Island City. T1nu1 AS J, MULLIGAN, Deputy Commissioner,

Borough of The Bionx, Crotonc Park Building. HexRV 1'. AloRRisOa, Deputy Com,vissonner. Borough

of Richmond. Office, •' Richmond Building." corner Richmond 'Terrace and York avenue, New Brighton, S. I.

Departurent of Street Cleaning. 9 A, M, tO 4 P.M.

J AMPS McCAR'1-:3EY, Commissioner, No. 346 Broad-way, Manhattan.

F. ill. Gus5o0, Deputy Commissioner for Borough of Manhattan, No. 346 Broadway.

PATRICK H. QUINN, Deputy Commissioner for P„rough of Brooklyn, Room 37 1lunlclpal Building.

J nsEIH LIEUERrz, Deputy Commix sinner fir Borough of The Bronx, No. 615 East One Hundred and Fifty-seccmd Street.

JcHx P. MADDEN, Deputy Commissioner for Borough ,d Queens, Municipal Building, Long Island City.

Defartwrent of Buildings, Lighting and Sujjiies. No. 346 Broadway, Room 2r42, 9 A. sl. to 4 P. M.

HENRY S. KEARNV, Commissioner of Public Build-ings, Lighting and Supplies.

PETeR J. DOOLINC, Deputy Commissioner for Man. hattan.

WILLIAM WALTON, Deputy Commissioner for Brook-lyn.

HENRY SUTPHIN, Deputy Commissioner or Queens.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

Conalroller's Office. Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broadway, q

A. M. to 4 P. M. BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller. MICHAEL T. DAL&, Deputy Comptroller. EDGAR J. LEVE'S', Assistant Deputy Comptroller. EDWARD GILON, Collector of Assessment, and Arrears. DAVID O'IP.IEN, Collector of City Revenue and

Superintendent of Markets, Borough of Manhattan. DAVID E. AU:STEN, Receiver of Taxes. John J. MC.DoNOUCH, Deputy Receiver of Taxes,

Borough of Manhattan. J.ASIES B. BuocK, Deputy Receiver of Taxes, Borough

of Brooklyn. Jo1N F. GOULDSBL'RY, First Auditor of Acccunts,

Borough of Manhattan. WILLIAM McKIoxv, First Auditor of Accounts,

Boro,gh of Brooklyn. MICHAEL O'KEFFrE, Deputy Collector of Assess.

ments and Arrears, Borough of Brooklyn. WALTER H. HOLT, Auditor, Borough of Richmond. JOHN J. 1'ETIIERSTON, Deputy Receiver of Taxes,

Borough of Richmond. GEOeup BRAND, Deputy Collector of Assessments

and Arrears, Borough of Richmond. EDWARD J. CONNELL, A,Iditor, Borough of 1'he Bronx. FREDERICK W. BLECKWIRNN, Deputy Receiver of

Taxes, Borough of Queens. FRANCIS R.CLAIS. Auditor, Borough of Queens.

Bureau of the City Chamberlai11, Nos, z5 and 27 Stewart Building, Chambers street and

Broadway, 9 A. SI. to 4 P.M. PATRICK KEr:NAN, City Chaml erlain.

Office of Me City Paymaster, No.33 Reade street, Stewart Building, 9 A.M. to 4 P,M JOHN H, TIMMERMAN, City Paymaster,

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES. Central Office.

No, 66 Third avenue, corner Eleventh street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M,

Jolty W. KELLER, President of the Board ; Commis-sioner for Manhattan and Bronx,

THOMAS S. BRENNAN, Deputy Commissioner. ADOLPH SIMIS, Jr., Commissioner for Brooklyn and

Queens. ARTHUR A. QUINN, Deputy Commissioner.

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1898. THE C I T'

METEOROLOGICAL ORSERV:1"I'ORY OF THE DEPARTNIEN"I' OF PARKS.

Central Park, New 1 ork-Latitude 40° 45' 58 N. Longitude 73 57 5 I leight of Iustru-

ments above the Ground, 53 feet ; above the Sea, 97 feet,

Absltact of Registers front Self'reeoiein3 Insfrunents for the Week endi,, 7tute 11, 1898.

Barometer.

.1 7 A. Ti. 2 P.M. ' 9 P. nL LEANFOIi Maxutunt. \[INtatu~t. THE DAY.

DATE. ------ ----- - -- ------- - --. EO- y ht Gt v 04 Cn 'b t-0

JC. E. u e o S u - o v G ,~ O O r •~ .O. U •O r U O N O N U

Sunday, 5 30.c92 30.o46 30.054 30.064 30.o96 9 A.M. 30.026 5 P.'.

Monday, 6 30.060 30.032 30.070 30.054 I 30.070 8 A.M. 30.026 5 P..u.

Tuesday, 7 30.080 30.026 30.012 30.039 30.080 7 A.M 30.002 6 P.M.

Wednesday, S 3o.00a z9,98 ze.844 29.919 30,022 o A.M. 29.820 12 P.M.

'Thursday, 9 I 29.746 29.796 29.860 • 29.817 ~ 29.870 12 P.M. 29.7Sz 3 A M.

Friday, ro 29.980 30.012 30.050 30.017 30.060 r1 I'll. 29.870 o,txl.

Saturday, Ii 30.020 29.986 29.900 09.969 30.056 5 A.M. 23.892 rz P.M.

Mean for the week .........................................29.933 inches, Maximum " at 9 A. S ., one 5t1 ......................... 3o.c,6 ., Minimum at 3 AM., June 9th ....... ...... .... 09.782 '< Rauge

Tllermometers,

7 A. At. 2 P.M. 9 P. At. MEAN. MAXI?I US1. MINISICM. --- MAXIMUM.

DATE.------- --- 1 ----

A ̂ .] -6 .6 I .a JINE.

T d y d ^ u w v v v C o v 9 v w E 915 UI

Sunday, 559 55 70j63:64 fit 64.3 59.6 77 5 P.M. 68 6 P. u. 56 g n. M. 54 1 5 A. M. 113. 2 P..M.

Monday, 6067,362.378 Y, 6 fir 5 8 77.69 64 , 3 P. M. 70 3 P. AT. 581 4 A. >t. 56 q A.at. rte. r P.M.

Tuesday, 7 63 60 8c 72 ' 72 166 71.6 66.0 Sa 3 P. M. 72 ; 3 P. a1. fit 3 A. at. 59 3A. M. rzc. n A. zl

Wednesday, 8 6g 6z 84 75 77 7z 76.6 69.6 85 5 P. M. 77 6 1,. -,I. 65 5 A. M. 6i. 5 A. M. 120. I P. til.

Thursday, 9 71 67 84 71 75 69 76.6 69.0 26 4 I. 21. y3 4 P. 21. 70 1 A. %1. 66 IA. u. 124, 2 P.M.

Friday, ro 70 64 79 71 66 6z 72.6 65.6 8o I P. It. 71 I P.M. 64 II P. M. fit Ir P. 01. rao, II A. zt.

Saturday, rI 66 64 78 72 75 72 73.0169.3. 81 5 P. nt. 74 6 P.M. 163 2 A. 1I. 61 2 A. xL 129. 1 P. M.

Dry Buulb. If et Bulb.

Mean for the week ......................... 71.6 degrees................................ 65.9 degrees. Maximum " at 4 I. 'I., 9th........... b6 • at 6 P. v., Bill ................... 77 „ Minimum. " at 5 .1.'I., 5th ........... 58 '' at 5 A. `L, 5th ................... 54 " Range .. ...... z8 3 "

Wind.

DIRECTION. VELOCITY IN MILES. (FORCE IN POt.'1L;S PER SQUARE FOOT.

DATE.

g P. M. 7 A. 21,2 P. SL Distance JUNE' 7 A. II. z P. M. 9 P. M. to to to for the '7 A. %1. 2 P.M. 9 P. nt.' Max. Time.

7 A. at. z P. nt. 9 P.21. day.

Sunday,5.... NNE ENE SSE 225 69 32 226 4 Y. 0 4 7 A.M.

Monday, 6.... R'\ W SE E 7 15 25 51 0 0 0 4.50 P.2!..

Tuesday, 7,... WSW I S S 6 r9 41 E6 0 o 0 t: 3.20 r,\t.

Wed'sday, 8.... j WSW SSE S 41 55 li 41 137 0 -'/a 4' 4 6.40 P.M. i I

Thursday, q.,. \V NNW NW I 8I 65 ;S 184 to Y4 0 r ~ 9.20 A. At.

Friday, lo.... V SE E 18 30 40 88 0 0 ?y' 2.50 Y..+t.

Saturday, ii.... SSW SE SS\V 22 z6 32 79 0 c 0 ',/y 3.50 P. al.

Distance traveled during the week .................................... 831 miles. Maximum force .. ....................................4 Pounds.

JUNE. I o 00

a a .

t x

S N li I :

2. I20.

. d N

u: Cl t h II

.. k+

O. I ! ['. N O. ' u. \r. . 'g

6 66 S 3Cir, r Cir. ICir. .... .... o Sunday,

Monday,

.380 3

443 ~,

.482' . 497 4 i

Bz 65 i ° 5 78. 75 I 3Cir. o 8 Cu,

.......

......... ........

...............,....

o

Tuesday. 7 .478 .663 572 571 83 75 1

771

73

IS • .... Wed'sday, 8' .462 .743 .718 642 65 64 681 ' r Cir. 0 Cu.. ......... ............. .... 0

Thursday, 9 .608. .583 .6z8i .606 Sc 50 72 67 0 3 Cir. o ......... ....... ...... .. 3

ro . at6 .651 .502 1 7o 65 .5561 78 7' 2 Cir. it Cir. 0 .................. .......... .... o Friday,

Saturday, a .5691 .704 •744 •6721 891 73 86) Si ro 6 Cir.Cu l S Cu. 5 A. at. 5.30 A.u.l, ,30 .05 .... z

Total amount of water for the week ................ .o5 inch. Duration for the week ............................ o hours, 30 minutes.

DATE. 7 A. M. 2 P. M.

Sunday, June 5 Cool, pleasant ...............................1 \lild, pleasant.

Monday, 6 Mild, hazy ...................................I Warm, pleasant. Tuesday, Wednesday,

" 7 " S

I Warn, plea

2590 THE CITY RECORD. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1898.

I.Atn I I t 1 NF.v, Commissioner for Richmond. Plans aid S..citications, Contracts, Proposals and

Estimates Ior \York and Materials for Ituilding, Re- pairs and Supplies, L'ills at Accounts, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturdays, 12 %1.

Out-dour Poor Department. Office hours, 8.30 A. M. to 4,30 F, M.

POLICE DEPARTMENT. Central O3P. e.

No. 300 Mulberry street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. BEI:N.0 I I. 1 At, I'rc.id„nI of the Board ; JOHN

B. Ssxl N, Jac,,r. Hhx., Commiss,oners.

FIRE DEPARTMENI. Office hours for all, except where otherwise note.

from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M, ; Saturdays, 12 M.

Headquarters.

Nos. 157 and s Rust Sixty-seventh street. oS J N Sc.\NRLI.. Fire Commissioner.

JJt

Aytes H. 'Ft t t V. Deputy Commissioner, Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.

Auu.. iS T. 1u, cii.AkT`V, Secretary, HUGH BONNER, Chief of Department, and in Charge

of Fire A;arut Telegraph. JsMES DALE, Deputy Chief, it Charge of Boroughs

of Bro'klyn :old Queen>. GEORGE F. NIk'FLAV, Inspector of Combustibles. PETER SFEI:v', I- ire Marshal, Ikroughs of Manhattan,

The Bran, and Richmond. JON Al.Gs u, Fire Marshal, Boroughs of Brooklyn

and rumens, UERC;U E. Al,.Qi- ATI (temporary), Assistant Fire

Marshal, lI ,ouch of i1inhattan. Central Office open at all hours,

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

Ceu:ra! Office.

N.'. 148 East T%%entietll street, 9 A. Si. to 4 F, Ji, I!;:»its I. L.a:,TRI, C, 11111us.,inner, \,U. 1ANNr;G, Deputy t. rnmissioner. J.AMESJ. KHtw'1N, D=paty Comnrissionerfor Boroughs

of Brooklyn anal ucens,

DEI'ARTME\1 OF EDUCATION. Psi -F EDL'CATI,1N.

\; , 146 Grand street, I)otough of 21 au hattan. Z< CH.soLE< Ili"LlI-rY 1IuBSELL, President; A.ENtERsoN P.\L-,IER, hecretary.

School Beard for the Rorcu3 /,'s f .NruJJiiuttan and Te: four.

No. 146 Grand street, Ilornu_h of Ms.mhatton. CH yr,LES Bt'LELF I1; LCFLL, President; ARTHCR

I\lc2I LLIN, 'ecret.;ry.

School Fear d for tire- Borouç 1-' of Broo lyn. No. r;l Livingst'sLn street, Brooklyn. J. Eew-~!:D Si Note)>t, President; GEORGE G.

Pt csvN, Secretary.

Sc?. oo Bear.i /.'r rite .'','r. uA' of Queue. Flu~hin_, L. I. l;. 11,..'O LAt D LF..\\'ITT, President ; josEPH H. I' ITZ-

FA7 RICK, Sear. tar%.

S, kco.' '.,aril /,r the Borough of Richmond. Stapleton, Staten 1',::,,d FR.SNK fees-E'r, President; FEINOLIN C. VIII, See-

rotary. —_

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. New Criminal Court Building, Centre street, 9 A. Ti

to 4 P. 51. - 1'IICHAEL C. Mt ii', President, aed WILLIAM T. JEtunc, H. D., JOHN L. Co uv, M. D., the Post. DENT OF THE POLICE BOARD, C.rOSCiO, and the HEALTH (1ErICrR OF THE PORT, CX c tcio, Comntssiotlers; EM+toss CLAFF, Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND FERRIES. Pier " A," N. R.. lottery place.

I. SERGEANT (-R.\tt. Presiduot; CHARLES F. MURPHY, Tr.asUrer; PETER F. \IEYFR, Commissioners,

\', ILI.IAM H. 1;' i cr, tecrntary-. Office hours, q A. M, to 4 1 . at. ; Saturdays, r2 M.

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. Arsenal Building, Central Park, 9 A. M, to 4 P. M.

Saturdays, t2 ti, GEOCGE C. CLAUSEN, President, Commissioner in

2lan!,attao and Richmond. GEORGE V. bsu vEli, Commissioner in Brooklyn and

Queens. AL'GLST 2lCERUS, Commissioner in Borough of the

Bronx, Zhrow ski Mansion, Claremont Park.

DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS. ',ALdn (.152ce, \e. ma Fourth avenue, Borough of Man. hattan.

'1Ha1. J. BRADY, President of the Board of Build. ings and Commissioner for the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx.

JOHN (lUlLs,meLE, Commissioner for the Borough of Brooklyn.

DANIEL CA'tPBELL, Commissioner for the Boroughs of `lueens and Richmond.

A.J. J'.' HS SON, Secretary. Office of the Department for the Boroughs of Man-

hattan and'Il,e Bronx, No. 220 Fourth avenue, Borough of Manhattan.

Office of the Department for the Borough of Brook. lye, Fl - rough Hall, Borough of Brooklyn.

Office of the Department 1'. r the horr.ughs of Queens and Ricl-.mend, N. ,.5 Broadway, Vn t New Brighton, baton l;iancl, Borough o` Richmond ; Branch ofiitc, Room t, s,-cor.d floor, Te ton Hall, Jamaica, Long Island, Borough of Queens.

DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. Stewart building, 9 A. M. to 4 P. tit.; Saturdays, r2 M. THL'MA= L. FetasER, President of the Board

Epso.xk1. C. SHE,HY, AIsTH''R C. SS.4LatoN, IHOStAS J. PATTFtI11 nn n, I'l l.idt111 ,

P.J. ANDREvVS, e.r (lido.

Meet every Monday, \VedneIAHON, Judges of the Court of General Sessions. JOHN F. CARROLL, Clerk.

Clerk's office open from to A. M. to 4 P. M. Supreme Court, Part I., Criminal Trial Teruo,

Held in the building for Criminal Courts. Court opens at to. ;o A. M.

JOHN F. C :1

APPELLATE DIVISION, SUPREME COURT. Court-house, No. trt Filth avenue, corner Eighteenth

street. Court opens at r 1•. Ni. CHA RLES H. VAN BRUNT, Presiding Justice ; GEORGE

C. PARRETT, CHESTER II. MCLAUGHL.IN, EDWARD PAT-TERSON, MORGAN J. O'BRIEN, GEORGE L. INGRAHAM, WILLIAM RCMsEY,Justices. ALFRED WAGSTAFF, Clerl. lW'M. LAMP:, Jr., Deputy Clerk,

CRIMINAL DIVISION, SUI'REIMIE COURT. New Criminal Court Ituilding, Centre street. e'ourt

oprns a[ 10,30 ,I'EIlII k A. H. JOHN F.CARROLt., Clerk. Hours from to A.M. to 4

P.M

CITY COURT 13rolvn-stone Building, City Hall Park.

General 'I'ertn. 'Trial Ternr, fart I Part II. Part I11. fart IV. Special Term Chambers will be held 10 A, M. to 4

Clerk's Office, hrown-stone building, No. 32 Chambers Street, 9 A.M. to 4 I',M,

JAMES nl. Flrzslnloss, Chief Justice; JOHN H. MCCARTHY, LEWIS J. CONLAN. EDWARD F. O'I)WVF.R, JOHN P. SCIIUCHtIIAN and W. Al. K. OLCOrT, Justices; '11105 155 1'. S.M ITH, Clerk.

COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. Building for Criminal Courts, Centre street, between

Franklin and White streets, Borough of Manhattan. Court open; at so A.M.

3ustices, First Division — F.LIZUR I3. HINSD.ALE, \WILLIAM 'PRAYERS JotoMR, EPHRAI5I A. J.ACOI, JOHN HAYHS, WILLIAM C. HOLBROOI:. W'1LLIAat 151. FULLER, Clerk ; J„sr-rH II. Ji::Es, Deputy Clerk.

Clerk', otiice opcu fretn 9 A. St. to 4 P.M. Second Ilivi,ion—'Trial (lays—I3orough Hall, Brook.

1)-IS, 111ondacs, W' dnesdays and Fridays, at to o'clock, 'l own Hall, J:mlaicet, Borotr,h of Queen s, 'Tuesdays, at to ,'clock ; Town Hall, New Brighton, Borough of 1: ich mend. Thursdays, at to o'clock.

7uoticeo, 1110 COL"RTNE.Y, IIOI\"ARD J. Fooucne, H\ L. DEVANNY, JOHN F'LEMINC:, 'THOMAS W,

lITZccrA LD. J , oErlt I.. KERRIGiN, Clerk; CHARLES 1'.V'OLz, Deputy Clerk.

Clerk's ofilce, Borough Hall, 13oraugh of Brooklyn open I rolls 9 A, II. to 4 Y. et.

MUNICIPAL COURTS. Y.,-rough of Dlanhattan.

First District—Third, Fifth and Eighth Wards, and all that part of the First Word lying west of Broadway and Whitehall street, including Governor's 1Irict —'1'u'mny - fourth, 'I'wrnty- filth, Twenty-sixth, 'l'wcntt-s,'vr l,t h (till 'Twenty.eighth Wards. Cnurt-room, No t Ifnwar

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1898. THE CITY RECORD. 25gI

1)IIIIARTTnN'r 1 -t I'.\i:elf as a, surety in good faith and with the by including therein : " Fx,uuninrr of Claims." intention to execute the hood required by law.

In the matter of the eximination and certification of Tile adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered is Liberers in districts beyond the city limits, it was I to be approved by the Comptroller of 'fine City of New

Resolved,'1hat the Labor Clerk be directed to oh-erve i York hefore the award is made and prior to the signing the former nnethrud of examining and certi fymg Laborer; of the contract. living within a radius of- five miles from thepoirt for N, estinnate trill be considered unless aeconpanied which requisition is mad-. by either a certifted cinch ut$on one of Ike hanks

The Secretary submi, led reports of the Chief Bxami- of 'lyre City of Aeon. 1 o,-k, incur, to the order of the nor as to the number of I xam,nations bell, with ,arms Conr/troller, or money to the amount of one hundred of questions suhmitted to candidates. The- same were and fjty, (t5o) dollars. Such check or ,neuey- must received for examination and consideration by the Com- not be' inclosed in the seated envelope containing mi 1-ion, the estimate, but must be handed to the officer or

Upon the request of the Commissioner of Public clerk of the Department who h.,s charge of the estim:ue- FuildingI. on

.81/ME'811, 189"3,

or nI:, king Repairs, Alterations, etc., at the College Fttildinus, Sixty-eighth aurl Sissy-ninth streets, Li-sung. ton :end Park avenues,

l'Inis and sp=ctfic:rti„ns may be seen and I/auk pro-posals ubtoimmed ❑ t the Annex of the Ball of the Board of Education, Estimating Roont, No, 585 I>roar!ltay, twelfth hoer.

The :,to ntion of bidders is rxpre;sly tabled to the time started in the contract within which the work must be contnleted. They are expressly notified that the successful bidder will be helc strictly to compL•tion within said time.

The Committee reserve the right to reject any or all of the proposals submitted.

'ihe party submitting a ;,ropocal, and the parties pro. p sin, to hecome sureties, mast each metre his name and vl,tee of resid,-m.:e on said proposal.

Two responsible and approved sureties, residents of this city, are require,.) in all cos -a.

No proposal will be considered from persons whose character and antecedent dealings with the Board of 'Trustees render their resoonsibili ty doubtful.

it is required. as a condition precedent to the recep-tion or consideration of any proposals, that in certified check upon. or a certificate of depm,sit of one of the State or National banks or 'Trust Companies of 'Pine City of New York, drawn to the order of the Chairman of the Board of '1 rustees of the Normal College, shall accompany the proposal to an amount of not less than three per cent. of such proposal wlren said proposal is for or exceeds ten thousand dollars, and to an amount of not lens than live per cent. of such proposal wiien said proposal is for an amount under ten thousand dollars : that, on demand, within one day after the awarding of the contt act by the Committee, the Chairman of the Board of i rd=tees of the Normal College will return all the deposits of checks and certificates of deposits made, to the persons making the same, except that made by the person or persons whose bid has been so accepted ; and that if the person or persons whose bid has been so accepted shall refuse or neglect, within use days after due notice has been given that the contract is ready for execution, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit or of the check or certificate of deposit made by him or them shall be forfeited to and retained by this board, not as a penalty, but as liquidated Jan ages for such neglect or refusal, and shall Ire paid into the City Treasury to the credit of the Sinking Fund of the City f New York; but if the said person or peI sons who-e bid has been so acecpted shall execute the r: entlact within the time aforesaid, the amount of his or their deposit of check or certificate of deposit shall be returned to him or them.

JACOB W. t1 \CK, JI)HN (I. .\(',:l R, \l'!LLLA\l GRE•ENOUGH, JOHN MINAAIE1', NATHANIEL. A. PRENTISS, IIF:NRV A. ROGER,,,) J. ED\FAIZU S\FANsm'1'ROM, JOHN R. 1'H0M1'bn)N, THOMAS 11 LX 1'ER,

Executive Committee for the Care, etc., of the Normal College.

Dated Fk,RouGH Or IIANHArt:l-. Jn❑ e IS, iS9S.

A- STATE]) `;EsSION OF' THE Ihi)AR)t OF 'trustees of the Normal College of the City of New York will be held at the College Building, Sixty-eighth street and Park avenue, P,urough of Tlanhattan, on 'I hursday, June 03, ,898, .tt to o'clock A. nt.

CHAS. 1IULKLh:Y HUBBELL„ Chairman.

A. Ltrrsoy Parrnua:, Secretary,

Dated BOROUGH Inc NIoVHAITax, June ,r C, tSyS,

CORPORATION NOTICE.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO 1'HE owner or owners of all houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, that the follov,-ing proposed assessments have been coenpieted and are lodged in the office of the Board of Assessors for examination by all persons interested, viz.;

I1mN:0t'tH OF 'Till, Bntl\x.

List SzS;, No. I. Regulating, giadin„ curbing, flag-gino and laying crosswalk+in Tell ,r avenue, from Rail-roac! avenue, West, to One Hundred and S,x;y-tourtlt street, ta,etherwith a list of awards for damages caused by a change of grade.

List -408, No, z. Regulating, grading, curbing, flag. grog and Laying cn,ssw elks, in Briggs avenue, front the S.,nnthernn Ll.uuIeiarJ to AIosholu parkway.

l'he limits within which it is proposed to lay the said assessments include all the several houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, pieces and parcels of land situated em -

No, I. Both sides of 'I'd er aven.te, front Railroad avenue, \Vest, to One H.mdrad and "ixty-fourth street, and to the extent of nab the block at the intersecting streets.

No. z. Both sides of Briggs avenue, from the southern Boulevard to )Iosholu Parkw.ty, and to the extent of half the block at the intcrsecling streets

All persons whose interests are atlected by the above-named proposed assessments, and who are opposed to the same, or either of them, are requested to present their objections, in writing, to the Secretary of the

POLICE DEr.A or %IENT OF lire CITY OF New YORK,, Nr,.3co Mr.L1iEKRV OrtEET,

TO CONTRACTORS.

PROPOSALS FOR ESTIMATES,

SEALED ES1I\MATES FOR SUPPLYING THE J Police Department with Stationery will be re. ceived at ti:e Central Office rf the Department of Po. lice, in "1 he City of New York, until in .,'clock A. .t. of

FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, iStis.

The person or persons making an estimate s1:a!l fur-

i (OHN F, HARRIUT, Property Cler ,

POLICE DEo..RTstEoT, CITY l' NEW YORK,) Bi,k0Icit of 1,ROOKLYti.

OWNERS WANTED BY THE DEPUTY PROP. V erty Clerk of the Police Department of the City of New York—Office, Municipal Building, Borough of Brooklyn—tor the following property now in his custody without claimants: boats, rope, iron, lead, male and female clothing, boots, shoes, wine, blankets, diamonds, canned goods, liquors, etc. Also small amount money taken from prisoners and found by Patrolman of this Department.

CHARLES P. BLA'ICHFORD, Deputy Property Clerk.

2592 THE CITY RECORD. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1898.

Board of Assessors, No, 32o Broadway, New York, on ni:h the Lame in a >c:+l„! I ii i p , ilI lorwd " Estimates or before July zo, 1b9S. at II t. AI-, at which tine for (urnishiuc &taLlollery." hid\' ith his fl their nalne or

I niaute and place the said .+Fjcc Iii as will be heard and testis and the date of,rt entauon, In the head of said mon)- received in rclerum c thereto. ( Department, at the said ,: ilice, Oil er befrre the day and

FaJ\YARD 11LC11E:, tenor above named, at u hide time and place the estintat e,

F1)W ARI1 CAHILL., received will be publicly opened by the head of said De-

.1'H US. A. \VII.'ON, partment and read. For part iculors ns to the quality, kind and quantity J(IIIN UFI. ti AR, PATRICK Al HAVER l Y, ut each article required, refrrt ace umst be made to the

Board of Assessors. sped Inca is 'n, blank forms it which stay be obtained at

W!LLl.Sit Ii JASPER, the otIice of the Chiet Clerk it, the Ceotr:d Depart nteut.

Secretary , ,udders will state the price for the entire schedule, as

No. 32o Broadway. tt'c'll as fi, r each item, t,,r which they will contract to

Cu - v of NEW YORK, BouOCCH OF AI.-iSHArTas supply the :uticles of stationery, in accordance with the

Jmle r7, I r8g6. .; tact ations therefor. The Police Department rescue,

the right to purchase by the entire schedule or to con.

PCBLAC -NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO TH h curt for (,tell item.

Ienms>inn not be for the withdrawal of any will given owner or us. tiers of all houses and lots, improved bid nr estimate, and the right Is expressly reserved by or unimproved lands affected thereby, that the kilos. the head of said 7 )epartment to reject all bids should it leg proposed assessments have been completed and are lodged in the office of the Hoard of Assessors for 1'r ccc.'med to the public interests so do.

examination by all persons interested, c iz. ' • No estimates will be accepted

Irom, or a contract

is in to the Cor- BoROrGH OF THE BRONX.

irded to, any pe roll oho arlcars pilatjca upon debt or contr.,ct, or who is it defaulter, as

List ;tr2, No. I. Reeu lati ng, grading, curbing and surety or otherwise, upon any ebli;;atiou to the Cc~rpora-

flaggiue and laying crosswalks in A1"cIf street, fr,in list

tOn. 'the person or persons to w' hoot the c• ntract may be

l: uiou street to Sets zwick at'en tie together with a of awards for damages cau=cd by a change of grade. awarded will he r; quhed to give security for the per_

ListNo. 2. Regtdatmg, curbing, flagging snot grading. f'rmauce of the contract in the manner prescribed by

and laving cr,+sswalks in Boston avcnce, from Bailey' law in the sum of •1'cn 7- bousanrl Dollars.

Each esum:u.' -.hall dental ii an state the name and as cone to Sec!g,rick avenue, together with a list of of residence it each of the making the place persons awards for dAmazes caused by a ch.,ue cf grade.

saitle the names 'd all persons ,mere.tetl With hint or ; List 54Sr, No. a Paviuc Webster avenue, from the Nc„ York H:u'lc•m Railroad Bridce at fine Hun- and

them therein ; and if no other person i.e so inttrested,

deed and ixt}'-filth street to the north side cd One Huu- it—hall distinctly slate that tact ; also that it is made

drcd.md Eighty-lot'th street, with granite-block pace- Without any CanutCtloI with any other person ntakin in mcnt omi lacing cro-sitalks ,n c,

timatc f, r the -ame purpose, and is all respects fIraud and that no :nr and without rcIi-wit or ; Li-I 5519, .A,-,. y. 1'avine Railroad avenue. ACelt. from member of the Municipal Assembly, head of a One Hundred and `]xt}' ss cored to line Hundrod .,reel department, chief of it Lurtau, deputy thereof or Sixty-tilt'., street, With grrnitc-Llock pavement arid clerk therein, or other ollice,' of the Corporation, L:t lug crc >srrall.s.

The I:m;ts ui[hin which it is proposed to lay this said is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the

assessments include all the several houses and !cu ,d supplies or work to u'l:ich it relates, or in any portion of the there. I. The est:m.lte must he sir rdi,d by profits ground, vacant lots, pieces and parcels of land situated 111e oath, in writing, of the party or parties making the

en— No I. lloth sides of Wait -tn Ct, from Union street to c'szimuce, that ti iLst ueral matters stated therein are in

Scdgetick avenue and to the extent of half the block at -,11 respects true. \VIere mare titan one person is

be the rltcrsectittg strect,rind tt enics.

literestrd, it :s requisite tint the wr,ficatrun it

Ni. e. Bib sille< ,d best, n avenue, front lLril v ace- anti subscribed by II the 1 attics interested.

Each bid ur c stilt ate shall be accompanied by the nice to Serf gsrtck as etc tic . arc to the cx'tnt of halt the block the streets :+,'cnue,. it Intersecting and

consent, ,n aruin„ of two householders or Ireel,olders

No. 3. Both sides of \fehster as chin r, front the south in The City of Ncw \-irk, with their respective places

side of One Hundred and -ixt}-fifth street u, the north of business or rc;ldot.cr, to the effect that tl the con•

side of One Hundred and Light}'-iourth street, and to tract be an ardcd to the person making, the estimate,

the extent it half the 11, ci. t the ie.terseaing streets :: they will, upon its being so awarded, become bound as

his for its faithful nee ; and that it lie surtlies perform: and ccer,ues. moo,

Loth sides rf Railroad avenue, Rest, from One 4. shall mnit or refuse to csecu[c the same, they

Hundrrj aui SIxty-second to One Hlndrec1 and Sixty- I NA'ill pa}' t,) the Corporation any dlGer~.cnce be-

fifth street, and to the extent of half the black at the' tueeu the sum to which he would be en;iticd upon

intersecting and at-enucs. streets its comLlcttc tt :md that which lire Curyorauou may be

:Iii persons whose interests areaffected by the above- obliged to pay to the person or prr>ons to whom the

named proposed assessments, and who are opposed to c"nn act may be awarded at any subsequent letting

the sane, Cr either of them, are requested to present the amount in each case to bra calculated upon the esti. of the work by is him the bids are tested. mated am unt their u1e bans, in writing, to the Secretary nt the •I'he consent abuts mentioned shall be accompanied by Board c t Assessors, No 320 Bro:, essay, New York, on

or beture July to. r.o5, at r t o'clock :t v„ at sr bich time the oath or atf,rnlat!on, in writing, of each of the

anC place' the ,aid obiect,ors wit, be heard and lesti- persons signing the same, that he is a householder

atop rece`ved in reterencc therm•. or freeholder in The City it New Turk, and is worth

E L)\1'a1:D _\1,CL'F, the amount of the security regr,ircd for the coin.

FIiRARD CAHII.L, pit-troll r .f this contract and herciu stated, oscr and

Ti-il''A.\\IL"( IN. . above all hi- debts of es try nature, and aver and

I I )ii A DEL .AI.-1R, above his ILtbilities as bail, surety ano othcrwlse ; and

P1 RICK M. HAVERTV, -A that he has offered himseif us a duct}- in grid faith and

Beare, or Assessors. with the intention to execute the bond required by law,

wit L!Asa H. J asP-!c, I "life adequacy and cutfici,ncy of the security offered will

Se•. retarc, I he subject to approval by the Comptlollcr of The City

No. Broadway, 320 of New Yurk after the award is maue and prior to the

,;:-t ._ F -Etc Yi ,RK, Eo: ,,ccu c.P Al ~.5H-tr?.-t5, I slenmg of the contract.

lure I'', rag b. `hcntld the person or persons to whom the contract nw) he awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract

1;LIC NV77CE I' HFRI,BY GIVEN TO THE within live d.;ys alrcr written notice that the same has P L -wirer or otcner- o1 .,II houses and lots, improved bttn an ardr.d to his or their bid or pn,posal, and that :r •c,rcmprrved land- oft-tied thereby, that the colIuuving the '+dcyoac}' and -tiff, lency of the eecur:ty offered

prof --:cc! assessment, have been completed and are has been approt- cl by the Eenptruhler. or if he Cr they

lc.d_ed in the office it the Board of Assessors for exami- accept but de, n'•t execute the contract and give the

nauou by all perscns interested, viz.: proper security, he or they shall be considered as has-tog abandoned it and ',s in default to the Corpora-

BoROCCtt or Tile YROSx. fIDn, and the contract trill be roadvcrusct and reset List =rer, Vo. t. Rcgutatrn_, grading, curbing and as provided by lau'.

flagging and hmleing culverts and inlet in one Hun- No esimate will be received or considered unless deed and Ea' erru lourth street, Jerome avenue to e rns accompanied by either a certified check upon one of Vanderbilt accrue, \lest, together mill: a list of awards the Banks o f The City of Ness State or National for damages caused by a change of grade. York, drawn to the order of the Loaptiollom or money

BOROCGH OF -MANH.ATTAN. to the amount Ot five per centum of the amount of the List 941St so. 2. Paving Eleventh avenue. from security required fir the faithful performance ut the

Twentieth to Twenty-seventh street, with asphalt pate- contract. Such check er money must not be inclosed in meat so tar as the same is wit}nn the limits of grants of I tire staled envelope containing the estimate, but must be land under Stated. handed to the officer or clerk or the Department who has

The limits within which it is proposed to lay the said I charge of the E,timate-Lox : and no estimate can be assessments include all the several houses and Ir,:s of dcpusited in said box until such check or money has ground, vacant lots, pieces and parcels of land situated been examined by said officer or clerk and Ic-rind to be on— correct. All such deposits, except that of the successful

No. I. Both sides cf sides Hundred and Eighty-fourth bidder, will be returned to the persons making the saute street, from Jerome avenue to \ anderbilt avenue, \\'e-i. within three daps alter the contract is awarded, if the and to the extent of half the block at intersecting successful bidcer shall refuse Cr neglect, within five avenues. ' days after notice that the contract has been awarded to

Nn• _. Both sides of Eleventh avenue. from Ittentieth hint, to execute the same, the umuu,t of the deposes street to halfway between Iwenty.seventh anil Tu eat)-- made by him shall be forfeited to and be retaineu by ei' hth streets, and to the extent i l hall the Lieck at inter- The City of New York as Itquidated damage, for such _ecting streets. ne_ica e r refusal ; but if he shall execute the C- retract

All persons whose interests are affected by the above- within the time aforesaid, the amount of his deposit wdl named proposed assessments, and wFo are eppo,cd to be returned to him. the saute. or either of ti.em, are requested to press nt -ample= of all goods, materials, supplies, etc., esti- their Objections, in writing, to the-necrctare if the boned mated on and for which bids are suotnitted must be of Assessors, No. 32o Broadway, few \ c-rk, un or de!ivereu at the office of the Chief Clerk, when required before July tn, (895, at it :s. tit , at wh!ch time and place I by the Department. the said . tijections will be heard and te-tlmony received ' Blank forms for estimates may be obtained by ail lica. i:. r•_terecec ti:ereto,

ED\CARD rLbi E, tlon to the undersigned at his office in the Central De-partment.

EDWARD CAHI LL, By order of the Board, - I Hi )U AS A. AA ILSON, WILLIAM H. KIPI', ilrHN DLLilAk, Chief Clerk, PATRICK M. HAVERIY, i NEW VoRK, June 17, 1898,

Hoard of Assessors. _ \SILLIAM H. J.sscER, -- PROitciitY CI.ERK's OFFICE,

Secretary, Pc,LI,- E DEPARTMENT OF THE CII V or New \ urcu, N'.`. 2 fr ,,dw y. Ni,. 300 ,II Lneuh}S1oeer,

(. ". ': .-r ~. ,c \ :l.h, 1 ,, is ,.'} I \I:, I \' ?'i , I NEW YORK, Julie 7 r ✓;y:. JI

Iune Ii, t. );. I DI; BLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1. the 4t tic auction sale of R lice and Unclaimed Property will be sold at Public Auction, Wednesday, o

POLICE DEPARTMENT. June 22, 1698, at Police Headquarters, of the following property, viz.: Boats, Hand-carts,

F' LICE DEP.tr:TSreS'fir THE Cl:', ' _ L:•: \c.tic r I " agons, Iron, Iron Bedsteads, Bicycles, baby Car- Ni.-co \k eel r KV r•: Cl r, - riages, Melt and \\omen's Ciotl,in-s, Tools, Kni,es,

-NEw 1uRR, Jcue r7, tEL I New

Pl"L'LUL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE\ THAT

Razors, Revolvers, Pistols, Mu t 0 Instrr~ments, Liquors, Wines, Shoes, Dr-, Goods, Crockery, Drugs,

the 1 listing Horses will he sold at Public Auc. Canned Goods, Harness, Umbrellas, lanes, Canvas lion, at the salesrooms of \le-srs, Can Tassell & Covers, Segars. Pipes, and general merchandise. Kearney, No. 130 East I hirteenth street, en For particulars see catalogue the day of sale.

JOHN F. HARRIOT, FRIDAY, JULY' 1, ISO-4, Property Clerk

Thirty-eighth Precinct—' Major," No. 12 ; " Millen ," POLICE DEPARTMENT—CITY OF NEW YORK, 1898, 71 ; '• a42. No. Judge,' N

Fortieth brccinec—" Reno," No. 88 ; "Soldier" -No. WNERS WANTED BY THE PROPERTY O

c z ; •' Tomboy," '_Co. 79. Clerk of the Police Department of the City of

Eightieth Precinct—" Fenton," No. 244. No.9, for the New York, No, 300 Mow

Thlrtc-third Precinct—' Judge," No. 27. following property, now in his custody, without claim- in his

custody,

I:y' order of the board of Police, ants : boats, rope, iron, lead, male and female clothing, JOHN P. HARR10"I, boots, shoes, wine, blankets, diamonds, canned goods,

Property Clerk. liquors, etc.; also small amount money taken from prisoners and found by Patrolmen of this Department.

k

of the passage of this act, may be redeemed from such sale and sales by the payment of the face of the tax and water rates or rents for which the same was sold, will, interest at the rate of two per cent am per annum, and such taxes attd water rates shall be thereby satisfied and dis-charged of record ; provided such payment to be made prior to tl. c 3tst clay of 1 lecember, ,89P."

Payments may he made tinder the provisions of the foregoing to the undersigned, at his office, in the Borough of Queens, Jackson avenue (formerly of the City of Long Island City), on and after Monday, May 23, tFnt, but—ell the hour. of n A, CI.anti a P, Si.

DAVID E. AUS1'EN, Receiver of ','axes.

DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS AND FERRIES.

PIlfmu` A. S'ts Ill, A0CTIONFER.

SALE: OF FERRY FRANCHISES,

THE FRANCHISES OF FERRIES, AS. particularly Inc rcina fter derciibed, together w.tin the wharf property and laud tinder water belonging to "fhe City of New York, and to be used, or which has been cn,tontarily used in connection therewith, which wharf property is shown in detail on map attached to form of lease, which tinily be count lined oil application to the Secretary of the board of D. cks, at the alike of the Ile parimen t, Pier ' a," I ;artery place, will lie offered for sale fly the Board of Docks, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at rz o'clock %I., ul

MONDAY, JUNE i7, 1898. Far a 1'erne of Ten Imes frate May r, r'38.

Lot r. To and trimt the foot of Roosevelt street, East river, 13orntlgb if N1:mhattan, in "the City of Nrw York, front and to the foot of Brtadtcuy and South Eighth street, ii- rough of II toil iii y n, in 'l he City of New York, L p.et price, $20,000 per annum.

Lot z. To and front the toot of East Houston ,ireet, East river, Borough of Manhattan, in The Cit}• (,1 New Y.+rk, Itout and to the foot of Grand street, Born ii :h of Brooklyn, in The City of New Sc,rk. Cp-et lit-ice, $9,500 per annum.

I.ut 3. 'lo and from the fact of Grand street, East river, Borough of Manhattan, in •fl-.e City of Nc'+v 'mock, from and to the foot of Grand street, Borough of l3rook. lyn, in 1' he City of New• York. Upset price, 95,ioo per annum,

1l[e franchises and wharf property embodied in the foregoing will be sold subject to the following terets and condition, of sale.

l'EI:MS AND Co\DJTIONS OF SALE. The leases will be sold subject to the approval of the

terns thereof by the Commissioners of the sinking Fund.

No bid will be received which shall be less than the upset price as mentioned above.

Each purch:,ser will be required at the time of the sale to pay, In addtion to the auctioneer's tee, to the Depart-ment of Dicke and Ferries, z5 per cent, of the ,lunch nut of the annual rent bid, as sucuriny for the execut ii -inof the lease, which s5 per cent. will be applied to the payment of the rent first accruing under the lease when executed, or will be forfeited to the Department if the porchlser refuses or neglects to execute the le,lst, with good and sxffincieco security, to be approved by the Board Id Docks, within ten days after being notified that the (case is prepared and ready for ❑xoculion at the office of the Deparlmtcnt of Docks and Ferries, Pier "A," North river, foot of Battery place.

Two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of Docks, Will be required under each lease, Ill enter into a bold or obligation jointly and severally With the lessees in the Sum double the annual rent, for the faith-ful performance of all the covenants and conditions of the lease,

1' he lease will cons in this usual covenant, and condi-tinns, in conformity neith the provisions of law and the ordinances of the Municipal Assembly relative to ferries, and shall provide that the lessees will maintain and ope-rate the ferry during the whole term, and will provide ample aceomnsnJotious in the way of safe and capacious boats and sufficiency of trips, as to the sufficiency of which accommodations the decision of the Board of Docks shall be dual ; also conditions that the lessees shall dredge the ferry slip, etc., as required by the Board ofDocks; that during the term of the lease they will erect and build, at their on expense, and will at all times well and sufficiently repair, maintain and keep in good order, all and singular the flouts, racks, fenders, bridges and other fi.ctures of the lauding places, and in the event of any damage to the bulkheads or piers from collision by the ferry-boats or otherwise, from any acci-dent or negligence on their part, they will immediately repair and restore said wharf property to its previous condition, free of cost to 1 he City of New Sork ; that if at any time during the term of the lease the Board of Docks shall require any of the wharf property used for ferry purposes in ,.rder to proceed with the water-front improvements in the vicinity of the ferry landings, the said losses shall ,urren:ler and vacate the premises, without any claim upon the City for any damages what. c, er, up„n written notice being given to the lessees three mouths ill advance of the intention of said Board t that such notice shall specify by the general terms of description or by ref; recce to the plans and specifications of the proposed work of improvement the characterol the alteratlonsand improvements to be made in regard to said water-front, affecting the property and rights hereby authorized to be demised, and upon receiving such notice the lessens may elect to terminate the lease of said ferry privileges or franchises by serving notice of such election upon the Board of Docks within one month after receiving the notice from the Board of Docks of its intention to improve the water-Iront in the c icinity of the feel y landing; also, that in case only a portion of said wharf property shall be required for the purposes afore,.ltd, then a reasonable reduction will be made from the rent reserved by sail lease ; that sworn returns of the amounts of ferry receipts shall l e made to the Board of Docks when required by said Board, and that the books of accounts of the ferry shall be subject to the inspection of said Board.

Tile rates of ferriage and charges for vehicles and freight shall not exceed the rates now charged.

The form of lease which the purchaser will be required to execute can be seen art the office of the Board of Docks.

I he right to reject any bid is reserved if deemed by the Board of Docks to be for the best interests of the City.

By order of the Board of Docks, under a resolution adopt,,I June 3, 1898.

Now 1URK. June 1o, IS 8. J, SERGEANT CRAM, CHARLES F. MURPHY, PETER F. MEYER,

Commissioners of Docks.

PHIJ.IP A. SMYTH, AUCTIONEER, WILL SELL at public auction, to the highest bidder, at Pier ', A," Battery lilies, in The City of New York, on

1IONDAY, JUNE ;d7, 1895,

at I2 o'clock noon, the right to collect and retain all wharfage and cranage at the following-named wharf property :

.for a Yerrn of JVinc Years and Ten dlontks from 7uly t, 1898.

Lot e The easterly half of Pier, old 5t, the westerly half of Pier, old 5z, and the small pier between, some-times called Pier gr%, and the bulkhead situated between Pier, old 5x, and said small pier, and between said small pier and Pier, old 52, East river. The lessee shall have the privilege of erecting sheds on said Pier, old 51, and Pier, old 5a, East river, oil the u'ual terms and condiumrs, in accordance with plans and specifications to be submitted to and approved by the Board of Docks and under the direction and supervision of the

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. NOTICE TO l'RUI'I'RTY-O\VNI?RS.

I1 P'TlD'I':ANCE, OF SEC'1'ION touT OF '1'HE

Greater N cm Yr,rk Chcrcer, the CDmytiol1cr of The City of New \'ark hereby gives public notice to all persons, owners of property, affected by the following msessmcnts Lrc LOCAL IM1'ROVF:\IEN1'5;

(BOROUGH t1' THE ISRnx x.

TWFNTY-'THIRD \YARD. ONE HUNDRED AND -IX'I'Y-NIN Ili STREET.

—l'AYING 1N11 l.A\ING CI:(1»\1AI,KS, ft-nut the N'ew Yurk and II.ui.'nt Railroad to AVeh.ater;n•eii uc. Area of assessment : Both sides in ( One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street, from the Nest York and H:,rie-in Railroad to Webster ac enuc, and to the extent of hall the blocks oil the in tc rsect iug and terminating avenues.

1 \%'EN'I-\'-FOUR'III \YARD. CAMIJIAN 5IREF`l'—RI;GTLA'l'ING. (lRAI).

1NG, CURBING, FI,AGI;ING, 1,:\1ING CROSS-WALKS AND FENCING, 6et+ecen Harlem Riser terrace and Fordham road. Area of .lssessment : Both sides of Cammxn street, between Ilarlem River terrace and Ford ham road, and to the extent of hall the blocks Ott the intersecting and terniinatmc avenues. —that the saute were confirmed by the Board of As-sessors on June 14, 1898, and entered on the same date In the Record of Titles of Assessments Con-firnted, kept in tile Bureau for the Collection of Assess. meats and Arrears of 'faxes and Assessments and of Water Rents, and unless the amount assessed for benefit on any pencon or trufertr shall he /'aid trait/tin sialy d rys alter the date n/ .ergid euttg of //to asessmi•ute, iut,'rest will be n,llerted thereon, as provided in section I1519 of said Greater New ]'irk Charter. Said section provides that, " It any such assessment shall remain unpaid for the period of sixty clays after the date of entry thereof in the said Record of I isles of Assessments, it shall be the duty of the officer authorized to collect and receive the amount of such assessment to charge, collect and receive interest then:on at the rate of scverr per cent. per annum, to be nrlerfio/eet from tke,tate o/ orec,, cuts}- to tie date o/ /oyment."

"lie above assessments are payable to the Collector of Assessments and Arrears, at the Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and Arrears of 'Lases and Assessment, and of Water Rents, between the hours of 9 A. a1 and 2 jr. nt., and on S,ltuiday's from q A. %I. to r2 Si., and all payments made thereon on or before August t3, 1599, will be exempt from interest, as above provided, and after that date will be subject to a charge of interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum from the date ul entry in the Recprd of Titles of Assessments in said Bureau to the date of payment.

BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller.

CITY OF New- YncicK—D*ge\sriiENT uF FiN.sNcF, COStert,u!.LEa's I IvFICE, June r4. t8q8.

NOTICE TO I'ROPEITTY-OWNERS.

PURSUANCE OF tu SECTION turf OF THE I N (,reater New' York Charter, the Comptroller of The City of New York hereby gives public notice to all persons, owners u; property, affected by the following assessment for LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS in the BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN,viz.:

'1VA'ELFTH VYARD. ONE HUNDRED AND 'I\vF:NrY-FIFTII

STREET-1' A\'ING, between Clareniout avenue and Iii ulcc:ud. Arta of assessment : Both sides of One Hun-died and '1 secuty - fifth street, between Claremont ave-r:ue and Boulevard, :Ind to the extant of half the blocks on tine to rminatiug avenue-. —that the same teas confirmed by the Board of As-sessors on June 7, 1808, and entered on the same sate, in the Record ci Titles of Assessments Con-firmed, kept in the Bureau for the Collection of Assess-ments and Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and of Water Rents, and uulrss the aormart assessed j,r i'unimiff as any J+rrson or f,rnf.erty shall be paid :ttl/iiur sixty trays alter the /ate n/ said entry c/ the assescnrriit, interest will he collected tlee,con, as provided in section iorq of said Greater New York Charter. Said section provides that " It any such assessment shall remain unpaid for the period of sixty dims s after the date of entry thereof in the said Record of Titles of Assessments, it shall be the duty of the officer authorized to collect and receive the amount of such assessment, to charge, collect and receive intcrrst thereon at the rate of seven per centum per annum, to be coieplo/ed/rim the loco if week entry to the date of pat-tueut."

The above assessment is payable to the Collector of Assessments and Arrears at the Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and Arrears of 'Taxes and Assessments and of Water Rents, between the hours ul o A. St. and z P. -L, zua on Saturdays from 9 A. Si. to t2 St., and all payments made thereon on or before August - i., 1898, will be exempt from interest as above provided, and after that date will be subject to a charge of interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum from the date of entry in the Record of titles of Assessments in said Bureau to the date of payment.

BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller.

CITY OF NEW YORK—DvyAIITME`:T OF FIS.A\CF, CcairRr.cm.Ln:c's I)FFICE, June 7, .898.

INTEREST ON BO\US AND STOCKS OF THE CITY OF NF:\\' YORK.

THE INTEREST DUE JULY t, tSy8. ON the Registered Conds and Stocks of the former City of New York ; of the late City of Brooklyn, and of the County of Kings, w' ill be paid oil that day by the Comptroller at the office of the City Chamberlain, Room a7, Stewart Building, corner of Broadway and Chambers street.

The Transler Books thereof Weill be closed from May 3t to July 1, 1998.

'the interest due July, 11898, on the Coupon Bonds and Stock of the former City of New York will be paid on that day by the Knickerbocker "Trust Company, No. 66 Broadway.

the interest due July r, i88, on the Coupon Bonds of the late City of Brooklyn will be paid on that day by the Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn, No. 26 Court street.

BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller, CITY OF NEW YORK—FINANCE DEPARTMENT,

COi:PrROLLER'a OFFICE, May 18, 1898.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

DEI'ART\1nNT OF FIx.4\CE, BrRFAU FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES,

CITY OF New YORK, May 14, 18B.

UNDERDER •I'HE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER

of 1898, notice is hereby given that ,, any tax heretofore levied for city, ward, state and corny purposes, and all water rates and rents in arrears at the time of the passage of this act, in that part-of The City of New York which heretofore and before the first day of January, .896, formed and consti-tuted the City of Long Island City, in the County of Queens, may be discharged of record at any time before the t5th day of September, 1898, with interest at the rate of two per centum per annum."

Also, " any lot, piece or parcel of land within the boundanes of that part of The City of New York con>tituting The City of Long Island City, prior toanuary r, 1898, which has been here-tofore sold for unpaid taxes and water rates or rents where the same was bid in in the name of said Long Island City, and where the certih-cates of sale have not been assigned at the date

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1898. THE CITY RECORD. 2593 Engineer-in-Chief or this Department, provided the owner or owners of the halves of said piers owned by Private parties shall join with the Department's le.csecs Ill the application for same. Said sheds to revert to and bccome the property of the City on the expiration or sooner termination of the lease. 'the lessee all also have permission to use and occupy, during the term of the lease, the platform about So feet wide in front of the bulkhead between Pier, old 5r, and the smell pier situated between Pier, old 51 and old 50, and in front of the bulkhead between the small pier situated between Piers, old 51 and old 52, and Pier, old 52, Fast river, together with the Shed thereon, upon condition that the lessee shall pay for the same at the rate of z5 cents per square tout per annum, for the use of the land under water covered by the said plat-form ; and $too per actuator additional for the use of the shed on said platform.

For a Term of 'Fun I -ears and Ten Alonths front 7}rly r, 1898.

—with privile7,e of renewal fur o farther term of ten years, the rental for the renexal term to be an advance of ten per cent. on the first term of ten years.

Lot 2. The bulkhead extending front a point 94 feet north of the northerly side of Pier, new 39