Total amount of water for the week.............. Duration for the week...........................

DATE. 7 A. nt.

Sunday, Nov. 3 Cool, pleasant ............................... Clear,pleasant. Monday, " 4 Mild, calm, pleasant ............ . . .......... . I Mild, calm, hazy. Tuesday, 5 Mild, pleasant, dew .......................... Warm, pleasant. Wednesday, " 6 Mild, fog .................................... Calm, fog. Thursday, " 7 Calm, fog .................................... Mild, hazy. Friday, " 8 Close, fog ................................... Saturday, " 9 Wfog ...................................I

Calm, fog. Warm, overcast.

DANIEL DRAPER. PH. U„ Director.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT. Abstract of transactions of the Finance Department for the week ending November 2, 1895

Deposited in the Treasury. The Department of Public Works- To thecredit of the Sinking Fund..........$2,827,o76 55 Additional Water Fund....... $2,151 30

., City Treasury......... 3,556,665 85 Aqueduct - Repairs, Mainte.

-- nance and Strengthening. -- . 3,752 83

Total ............................$6,373,742 42 Boring Examinations for Grad. Bandsand Stock Issued. ing and Sewer Contracts,.... 72 co

Three per cent. Bonds ....................#758.987 94 Boulevards,Roads and Avenues. Three per cent. Stock ..................... 8,3oo 05 Maintenance of........... . 1,910 74 ,_ Bridge over Harlem River, be-

Total•,• ....................... $767•:8794 tween First and Willis Aves. 37166 Warrants Registered for Payment. Bridge over Harlem River at

I'lte Mayoralty- Third over Ave.................. 36,464 z6

Y Y- Bridge over Harlem Ship Canal SalartesandContin~encies-Mayor'sOffice $2,149 98 at Kingsbridge Rd .......... 471 94 The Common Council- Bronx River Works - Main- Salaries-Common Council .............. 7,191 44 tenance and Repairs ........ 356 38 The Finance Department- Croton Water Fund .......... 3,502 23

Cleaning Markets ............. $742 qt Fire Hydrant Fund........... 471 35 Salaries-Chamberlain's Office. 2,083 33 Flagging Sidewalks and Fencing

Salaries-Finance Department. 19,548 42 22,424 66 Vacant Lots in Front of City Interest on the City Debt ...............; .. 2,307.517 85 Property ................... 735 9t Redemption of the Principal of the City Free Floating Baths.......... 2r no

Debt ................................... 3,785,143 31 Lamps and Gas and Electric The Aqueduct Commission- Lighting ................... 65.829 93

Additional Water Fund ................. 12,288 76 Laying Croton Pipes.......... 274 69 The Law Department- One Hundred and Fifty-fifth

Contingencies -- Law Depart- Street Viaduct-Maintenance merit ....................... .$962 25 and Repairs................ r4 00

Salaries-Counsel to Commie- Public Buildings-Construction sioner of Street Improve. and Rep airs ................ ago So ments, a d and -4th Wards.. 516 66 Public Building-7th Dis. Police

Salaries-Law Department.... r2,at6 83 13,695 74 Court. ...................... 24 00

... or inch. I hour 3o minutes.

2 P. M.

THE CITY RECORD. OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

Vot. XXIII. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1895, NUMBER 6,852.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY OP THR

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK.

Latitude 4o° 45 58" N. Longitude 73' 57' 58" W. Height of Instruments above the ground, 53 feet ; above the Sea, 97 feet.

ABSTRACT OF REGISTERS FROM SELF-RECORDING INSTRUMENTS For the Week Ending November 9, 1895.

Barometer.

7 A.M. 2 P.M. 9 P.M. THEMKAN

DAY. MAXIMUM. MINIMUM,

DATE. i C m u u G u u a, NOVEMBER. 'nj o • y o •O a O a O~ 7 o I+ 7 O a d

E- a w E+ Sunda --- Y. 3 30.200 30.254 30.344 30.266 30.37- i t2 P.M. 30.o6i oA.M. Monday, 4 30.480 30.500 30.500 30.493 30.5.2 1 1 A.M. 33.370 o A.M. Tuesday, 5 30.464 30.406 30.398 3o.4 a3 30.486 • o A.M. 30.3$2 12 P. m. Wednesday. 6 30.360 30.300 30.300 3o.3ro 30.382 o A. nt. 30.296 12 P.M. Thursday, 7 30.256 30.X90 30.130 ' 3o. 192 30,296 o A.M. 30.078 12 P.M. Friday, 8 .go.oco x9.914 29.900 29.938 30.078 o A.M. 24.870 12 P.M. Saturday, 9 29.818 I29.7oe 29.660 29.728 29_870 o A.M. 29.636 r2 P.M.

Mean for the week ... ..... ................. ......... 30.194 inches. Maximum " at xi A. M., Nov. 4 ............. .... ...... .. 30.522 Minimum ̀• at r2 P. M„ Nov. 9 ..... . ................ 29.636 Range •' ....•..•.•.......•....• ................... .886 ..

Thermometers.

7 A. M. 2 P. 51. 9 P. M. MEAN, MAXIMUM. MINIMUM. MAXIMUM.

DATE.

NOVEMBER. f3~ 7 7 7 7 O O 0 '.l 7 O Pi Ct7 Pa W W W P7 P7 p~ v 07 y

u 4 u >• u u E v B t.. t u S u7 A 3 a 3 a 3 A 3 A H 3 H gz H 3 H

Sunday, 3 37 33 49 42 49 44 45 oi39.6 53 4I'.st. 46 4 P.M. 37 5A.n,• 33 5 A. M. 112. 1 P.M. Monday, 4 43 39 58 sa sr 48 50.6 46.3 6o 3 P.M. 53 3 P M. 42 6 A.M. 39 6 AM. 14. rz M. Tuesday, 5 48 45 or 55 56 52 '5 o 50.6 63 3 P. nt 56 3 P.M. 47 z A. nt. qq 2 A.M. rI3. 12 M. Wednesday, 6 50 I49 6r 56 57 5ti55.b 52.3 6u 4 P.M. 57 4 P.M. 52 t2 P.M. 49 12 P.M. i 1o3. tr A'M. Thursday, 7 5r ' 47 68 6. 6z 58 00.3 55.31 68 z P.M. 6r z i.M1L 50 6A M 47 6A M. 112. 1 P.M. Friday, 8

co 57 66 65 63 63163.061.6 66' 4 P.M. 65', 4 )'.M 59 3 A.M. 57 3 A•`. 8a.

Saturday, 9 i64 64 7r 69 165 64 66.6 65.6, 7< 3 P.M. 691 3 P.%I 64 ! o A. nt. 163 o A.M. 90. It A. vr,

Dry Bulb. • Net Bulb. M ean for the week ........................... 56.7 degrees .................. 53.odegrees.

Maximum for the week• at 3 P. M. 9th........ 72 " at 3 P. nt., 9th ................. 69 Minimum " at 5 A.ra., 3d ........ 37 " at 5 A. M., 3d..................

Range ...................... 35 ............................... 35 ..

Wind.

DATE. DIRECTION. VELOCITY IN MILES. FORCE IN POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT.

i\' OVEMBER. 7 A. M. 2 P. M. 9 P. M. I to to to for the 7 A. M. 2 P. M. 9 P. M. Max. Time.

7 A. M.I 2 P. 91. 9 P. M. day. Sunday, 3.,.' WNW NW SSE 49 20 2 7r o 0 0 Y. I.IOA.M. Monday, 4•. NNE SSE ENE 4 1 t9 17 40 0 0 0 % 11 A.M Tuesday, 5 ... NNE SE ESE rr 13 21 45 0 0 0 % g.zoP.nt. Wednesday, 6...i N SW SSE j 3 5 9 17 0 0 0 0 Thursday, 7... NNW SSE S r 6 rg 26 0 ! % or 7.20 Y.M. Friday, 8...: NNE WSW SSE rs 3 22 40 0 0 /4 '4 6.50 P.M. Saturday, 9...I SSI. SW SSW 37 47 27 III o 1 r% 111.20 A.M.

----- - -------- - Distance traveled during the week .................................... 350 miles. Maximumforce ................. ................. I y pounds,

Hygrometer. Clouds. Rain and Snow. Ozone.

DA'Z'E, FORCE OP VAPOR. to.

RELATIVE CLEAR, o. DEPTH OF RAIN AND SNOW IN INCHES. HuAnUny. 0VERCnsT.

NOVEMBER. I I _ 0 m o o V o o

E S X ' e. E•a Eft . o3 stn L tt L a 2 a a a u Q v 1

Y. 3 3 175 .223 .r 8 62 So 64 g

n n o. ~+G: c+ A 6 A o• P. n a•+ H. M. IN. Ito

Sunda r 6 r .2z 7 so 4 5F o o o ....... .. .. .

Tuesday, • 79 7 . .............

Wedd 6 268 38 35•336 7766 2 Cir. z Cir. z Cir. .. .. ••- ••I••. •.•••o

Mond- 186 z-6 4 3 7 5 354 335 3 77. 741 7 3 ••••••• ••••• i

y, •3 .3 3 .3 71 6973; to ro to ... o

Frdada 8 .4

26 .60 576 .535 82 94 r of 921 1 to BC 1roC'u1 Con. .735. P.M.... 9P.M.1. ..3. ..-.. ..... Y. 7 7 443 .4 9 3 7 4 77 7 y

Saturday, .4 6 682 58 62o l rool to to to I ......... .... .or ..... o Y, 9 59 5 3i 9oi 94 94;;••••• •••-• •••• r

The Department of Public Works- The Department of Street Cleaning- Removing Obstructions in Cleaning Streets-Department of Street

.

143,468 54 Streets and Avenues........ $97 0o Cleaning ........................ Repairing and Renewal of The Fire Department- Pipes, Stop-cocks, etc......

Repairs and Renewal of Pave- 3,296 13 Fire Department Fund.......$176,284 80

New York Fire Department ments and Regrading........ 4,622 3t Relief Fund ................ 3,3g3 00 2t7,662 8o Repaving Avenue A........... 27,662 oo The Department of Buildings-

Repaving-Chapter 479, Laws Department of ifuildings-Con.

. 1,433 99 tingencies and Emergencies.. 205 98 Restoring and Repaving- g Department of Buildings-Sal. Special Fund - Department aries ........................ 14,957 54 of Public Works............ 2,842 36 Department of Buildings-

Roads, Streets and Avenues Special Fund ............... 3,064 65 t8,2z9 17 Unpaved - Maintenance of and Sprinkling .............. 25 502 The Department of Taxes and Assess-

Salary of Consulting Engineer on Pavements and Pavement

ments- Contingencies-Department of

Work ...................... 416 66 Taxes and Assessments ..... $4 0o Salaries-Department of Public I Salartes-Board of Assessors.. 1,733 33

or s Salaries-Department of Taxes Sewers-Repairing and Clean.

p g

in 22 4343 and Assessments............

I The Department of Docks- 10,916 53 12,693 86

g ........................ Street Improvement Fund,Jurre

t,6 o 34 5 Dock Fund............................. 26,537 56 is, 1886 ................ ... 25, , 8,497 48

The Board of Education- Education- Board of Education-Building

veying, Monumenting and Numbering Streets.......... 24 00

Fund ............ ... .. College of the City ofNew York

1{10,000 00 10,487 90

Supplies for and Cleaning Pub. Public Instruction ............ 24,327 o8 lie Offices ................... 5,517 to

Sanitary[mprovement-School- house Fuud ................ 6,058 oo Water-main Fund .............

Water-meter Fund....., 604 75 g6o no $187,257 58 School-house Fund ........... 26.839 00

The Department of Public Parks- The Normal College.......... rob C5 77,820 03 Aquarnm i ..................... 790 c9 T'he Board of Excise- Cathedral Parkway-Improve-

ment and Completion of..... Commissioners of Excise Fund........... io,006 6o

Bridge Over Harlem River at 42 00 Printing, Stationery and Blank Bock

City kecord-Salaries Con and - -

s55th St .................... 2r co tingencies .................. $824 38 Central Park, Construction of. 39 00 Printing, Stationery and Blank Corlears Hook Park - Con- Books.... . ... ....,, 29,276 68

structioti and Improvement of 24 00 Publication of the CCTV RECORD, East River Park, Improvement etc ....... ................. 5,645 2z 35,746 88 of ............ ....... .. H.irlem River. Bridges - Re-

148 or Municipal Civil Service Examinin Board- p g pairs, Improvements and Civil Service of the City of New York, Maintena nce ................ t,rtt 54 Expenses of .......................... 1,941 6 5

Improvement and Maintenance The Coroners- of Parks in 23d and 24th Coroners-Salaries and Expenses........ 3,549 g6 Wards ............. .....

Improvement of Parks and 4003 57 TheComm,csionersofAccounts-

Salaries-Commissioners of Accowits.,., 7,5f2 96 Parkways, Chapter rr, Laws of IS94 .................. ..

The Sheriff-

Maintenance and Government 9,329 25 Furniture, Keep of Horses, etc.

Incidental Expenses of SherdPs 5t07 os

of Parks and Places.. ,, , .... Mulberry Bend Park, Con-

43,572 53 Office and County jail ...... Salaries-' •ounty Jail.........

4r 0 1q6 „2o

struction of ............ . 24 64 Salaries-Sherif's Office....... 8,739 88 20,209 54 Parks outside of 23d and -4th The Register- Wards-Improvement and Contingencies-Register's Of- Maintenance of............

Public Driveway, Construction zrt o6 lice .............. ......

Salaries-Register's Office.... 3 50

10,833 32 10,836 8a of ...............••••...•••• 1,303 99 The Bureau of Elections-

Riverside Park, Conetructinn of 1,800 oo Election Expenses ....................... x,054 20 Riverside Park and Drive, The Judiciary- Construction of.......... .. 14.538 5t 73,957 r9 Salaries-City Courts......... 527,2i3 9r

The Department of Street Im- Salaries-Judiciary ........... 99,633 23 126,747 14 provements, 23d and 24th Charitable Institutions- Ward;- For the Support of Children

Bronx River Bridges-Repair- I Committed by Police Magis- ing and Maintenance of, etc.. 66 r4 trates,etc ................... 6,4 -z

Maintenance--z3d and 24th Hudson River State Hospital.. I,t14 82 Wards ..................... tr,44a 00 New York Catholic Protectory 21,324 37 Repaving Willis Avenue...... 2t oo New York Society for the Pre- Resioring and Repaving-

Special Fund-23d and 24th vention ofCruelty to Children

Miscellaneous Purposes- ts,o-o oo 33,073 71

Wards............ .... 63 73 Armory Fund ................ 2zr n 5 Slaries-Olfice of Commis- Armories and Drill-rooms-

sioner of Street Improve- Wages of Armorers, Engin- ments, 23] and 24th Wards..

Sewers and Grains-z3d and 1,708 31 eers, Laborers, Janitors, etc.

Block Tax Assessment Map 4,952 00

24th Wards ................. 320 25 Fund....................... 1,174 93 Street Improvement Fund, Board of Street Opening and June r5, 1886.......... .... 21,612 to Improvement ........ ..... r5o 00 Surveying, Laying-out, Maps, Board of Estimate and Appor- Plans, etc.-23d and 24th tioument, Expenses of....... .5o co Wards .................... ..u87 54 35,551 07

The Department of Public Charities and Bureau of Licenses.......,,... Change of Grade Damage Corn.

1,114 at

Correction- Public Charities and Correction.......... 92,148 04

mission, 23d and 24th Wards Contingencies-District Attor.

20 00 The Health D.partment- ney's Office ................. 357 84 For Bacteriological Laboratory. $2,052 61 Examining Board of Plumbers. 85 co Fund for Gratuitous Vaccina. For the Preservation of Public

tion ........................ Health Fund-For un I Fnr Contingent

too 00 Records.................... Fund for Street and Park

3,402 88

Expenses ................... Health Fund-For Disinfection

802 75 1,803 06

Openings................... Interest on Assessments.......

5,t o 8 13 98

Health Fund-For Payment to New East River Bodge Fund.. tsar 28 Board of Police ............. 5,tr6 12 Rapid'I'ransit Fund........... 8o4 99 Health Fund--Salaries........ 18,342 23 Rents ........................ 2,465 50

Hospital Fund-Hospital Sup- Refunding Assessments Paid plies, Improvements, Care in Error .................... 7 Si and Maiotenspeeof But'dings, Refunding Taxes Paid in Error 598 20 and Hospitals on North Revenue Bond Fund - Corn- Brother Island.............. 2,657 96 pilati n of Arrears of Taxes

Revenue Bond Fund-Health and Assessments............ 5(5 z3 Department ................ [6,236 91 47,rzr 64 Revenue Bond Fund-County

The Police Department- Clerk's Ofce..... .. ., 566 65 Contingent Expenses of Central Revenue Bond Fund-For Department and Station- houses,

judgments ................. 3,636 98 etc ................. x,238 26 Salaries-Inspectors and Seal-

Police Fund .................. 465,9x2 69 era of Weights and Measures 450 00 Police Fund-Salaries-Clerical Theatrical and Concert License Force, etc .................. 10,658 94 Fund.................. zoo 00

Police Station-houses-Rents.. 99 16 Unclaimed Salaries and Wages. 8 8o 28,[x8 73 Police Station-hcuses-Altera- Lions, etc ...................

Supplies for Police............ 2,500 00 7,857 24 488,246 o9

Total .......................116,735 943 50

Claims Filed.

17,697 6o For amount claimed to be due under contract for Kellogg, Rose & constructing sewer and appurtenances in Inter. Smith. vale ave., from So. Boulevard to Wilkins p1,....

273 oc' For amount of lien upon contract of Fi lit, Murray Frayer & Seaman. & Co., for grading new road in Town of West. cheater, from Bear Swamp rd. to West Farms rd.

4t 50 For damages to business wagon, caused by being run into by cart of the Department of Street Cleaning......................................

too oo For damages for injury to premises situated south-, E. F. Eidlitz, west corner 76th st. and Park ave., by Elmer E. ~ De Camp, contractor, under his contract with the City, for constructing sewer in said street...

I,000 co For damages for personal iniuries and notice of in- S. E. Fairfield. tention to sue.................................

ro,000 00 For damages for personal injuries ................ O'Shaunesssy & Kiely 1,098 45 For return of amount paid for an assessment for C. C. Higgins.

opening of rath ave., from 59th to r53d at....... 88 oa For damage alleged to have been sustained by the W. O. Campbell.

wrongful selling of claimant's truck without wheels by Department of Street Cleaning ......

1,648 05 For award made for Damage Map No. , io matter 0. A. Black. of opening Longwood ave., In the sad W ttrd • ...

460 00 For return of amount paid for an asawameat let b[, 7. Neville. opening of rath ave ............................

DATE. NAME OF CLAIMANT. I AMOUNT. NATURE OF CLAIM. ATTORNEY.

Oct. z8 Ellsworth L. Striker. $2,872 57 For return of amount paid for opening of Lath ave. M. F. Neville. individually and as executor ........... ,,

29

,, 2glAnnie Maisich.....

., z9IJ• Mendelowitz.....

" 301Egbert B. Seaman...

,. 31 Jane Denison, guar- dian ad litem of George A. Denison..

31 George A. Ayers...... " 3t Charles Appleby......

Nov. r George W. Charles ...

ii I George A. Black and another.............

ii 2 Robert Maclay........

3406 THE CITY RECORD . SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1895.

CONTRACTS REGISTERED FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1895.

IIfO. OF COO

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DEPARTMENT. —~— — NAMES OFCON- NAM SURETIES. ES OF

AMOUNT OF BOND.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK. COST.

TRACT. TRACTORS.

I

55222 1895• Oct. 21 Public Parks ........... DeWitt C. Bouker, Jr. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of $15,000 00 Regulating and paving with Telford pavement the roadway ofthe Eastern Boulevard, from the southerly line $2,6og 75

Pelham Bay Park to Eastchester Bay, and the branch road from the Bou'evard to Baychester Station, N. Y., of Maryland, American Surety Co. of New York .............

Alfred N. H. & H. R. R. in Pelham Bay Park......................................... ,.....................Estimated Making alterations on the third floor of the Constable building for use of the Appellate Division of the Suprame, g,800 no

r5zz3 " 18 Public Works........... Edmund A. Thorp and W illiam Chapman, soon no

..

.. r8 (Bond) Charles A. Thorp.. , , . , oeph Nugent M ............. ....:.

z o on to d

rate!

ichon w... th westerly their r on

with the ta. ros alk

across ye y..

st ,..af r5 za4 and t57tg.... at their

th to and h sts. xitht ........ a crosswalk the B....... .l,

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Wm. E. Dean, r....., Jr Isaac H. Hopper,Will am E r,000 on

M.Motley James .............'. too col

Building culverts on 9th ave., bet. 201st st. and Km sbrid a rd........ Estimate r 540 00

15226 " az (Bond).... Bernard M bon ...... ean........, • , , •

Constructing a r2ceivmg-basin on the southeast corner of Bethune and Greenwich sts .....Estimate 15226 X5227 28 .. .... p J. Wm. F. Cummingham......... rco ooIConstructing a receiving-basin on the south side of 158th st., about 477 feet west of Boulevard and Lafayette ........

Istreet ............................................................... Estimate

28 •• ,,,, 1 ...... .i " 3co00Const ........I ructingr_ceivmg-basinsonthesoutheaslcornersof73d,74thand75thsts. and Riverside ave., and three new manholes ......................................................................................Estimate, 15829

1522 " 16 Public Parks ...... , , , . ,. ..

Sicllla Asphalt Paving

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The City Trust Slfe Deposit 4,'Q0 0o Paving with asphalt the walks on the easterly sde of Central Park, W., where required, between 59th and r-oth' 7,g8o 00 sts................................................................................................ Estimates.

C ......... . . ...... and Surety Co. of Philadelphia,)

55230 July 6 •• ........... J. W. Fiskc ........... Fidelity and Casualty Co...... John 11 t. Fiske, Thomas F.' qoo co Galvanized wrought and cast iron railing on the seven pools of the Aquarium in the Castle Garden Building in 733 00 Smith............. ..........I Battery Park .................................................................... ..Total

Suits, Orders of Court, Judgments, Etc. Dam rd. ; John Cornwell, Jr., No. 6g E. 127th St., Principal ; Solomon Mehrbach, No, 56 E. 72d __ st., Jeanette Mehrbach, No. 61 E. 82d St., Sureties. -

COURT. NAME OF PLAINTIFF. AsioUST, NATURE OF ACTION. ATTORNKY. October 31. For regulating and paving with asphalt pavement, on concrete foundation, W. I—

JA. Broadway, from Chambers to Vesey st., and Greenwich St., from Vesey st. to the westerly side of

City ......Louis Brandt vs. Ed- $zo7 on Copy, petition and order returnable on 30th in.L, i D. Lind. be

Greenwich st., at Dey St. ; Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company, Times Building, Principal ; The ward Bol er a Id ano, sow cause why payment should not made g L. Cohn, Bulger, of the to Charles receiver of said

Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, No. g7 Cedar St., The City Trust Safe Deposit and

amount due said Bolger from the City ...., . -, ... Surety Company of Philadelphia, No. t6o Broadway, Sureties.

Supreme.. In matter of opening ........'Notice of motion to confirm report of Commis- 'F. M. Scou. October 31. For alteration and improvement to sewer in 15th st., between ist and 2d ayes. rB6th st., from Am-, stoners in said matter ........................... Corp. Counsel. Cunningham &Kearns, No. 1356 Lexington ave., Principal ; Thomas J. Dunn, No. 321 E. 68th St., sterdam to Wads- John Fleming, No. 1225 Lexington ave., Sureties. worth ave ..........'

,. .. iGcorge W. Plunkitt,.. t,25o on Summons and complaint for amount claimed to be Gwillen & due for rent of No. 623-9 '1'. 13oth st., i Meyers. premises

caul Desi 7tatian. O f •f November I. Richard A. Storrs, Deputy Comptroller, to act as Comptroller November 2, 1895•

for use of the Depir;ment of Street Cleaning for Appointed. the quarter ending January 3., 1895......... ....

In 691 ropy of order confirming report of Com- matter of acquiring 24Certified FM. Scott, November I. William H. Sinn, No. 211 E. 55th St., Janitor, Finance Department, with cons.

title to land for open- missioners in said matter and t oxmg costs ......., Corp. Counsel. pensation at rate of $i,000 per annum. ing up Cammann 51., RICHARD A. STORRS, Deputy Comptroller. from Harlem River

I terrace to Fordtlam rd,,,,•,,,,,••••,,,, ALDERMANIC COMMITTEES. DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS.

Com.PleawThe People ex rel. ........ Order entered at a Special Term of said Court for. A. Thornton, Railroads. Lands, Places and Parks. No.2ao Fourth Eighteenth avenue, corner of street, Charles Simons vs. Joseph Murray and

annulling the decision of the Board of Excise upon the application of the relator for a license for the RAILROADS—The Committee on Railroads 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.

STEVENSON CONSTABLE, Superintendent. ors., Commissioners of Excise...,-„,,,,,

premises No.98 Lexington ave., remitting back to the Board the said application for furtherconsid-

will hold an executive session on Monday, No-vember 18, I895, at 2.30 o'clock P. M., in Room DEPARTMENT OF STREET IMPROVEMENT'S.

Supreme., Stephen J. O'Hare.... 625 no eration....,-............

Summon and complaint. For salary as Assistant H.W. Unger. I City Hall. 3 y LANDS, PLACES AND PARKS — The

TWENTY-THIRD AND TWENTY-FOURTH WARDS. No. 2622 Third avenue, northeast corner of One Hun-

dred and Forty-first street. Office hours, 9 A. Si. to 4 Robert 'Townsend..... 625 0o

District Attorney during month October, 1891.... Summons and complaint. For salary as Assistant, H. W. Unger, Committee on Lands, Places and Park Depart- P. M. ; Saturdays, 12 M.

District Attorney during month October, 5895. • . • I tnent will hold a meeting on Monday, November Louts F. HAFFEN, Commissioner ; JACOB SEABOLD-

q g Notice of motion to confirm report cf Commissioners In said matter ...................................

F. M. Scott, Corp. Counsel. 18, 1 , at 12 o'clock M., lH Room 13, City

5

Dryuty Commissioner; JOSEPH P, HENNESSV, Secre- —r.

ing

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o~lat ter Hall, FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

i Briggs and Bain- WM. H. TEN EYCK, I Clerk, Common Council.

Conrptrolter's Office. No. is Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broad-

bridge ayes., as a site I ' for school purposes. .

•' .. In matter of the peti- 3.594 S5 Petition and notice of motion for a reference and for November i

F. W. Pollock. way, 9 A, MI. to 4 P- M.

AsHBEL P. FITCH, Comptroller ; RICHARD A.STORRI, Deputy Comptroller; EDGAR J, LEVEY, Assistant APPOINTMENTS. Lion of Mary Mato- proof of title n, 1895 ............. Deputy Comptroller. ney, relative to

to unknown awards CITY OF NEW YORK—OFFICE OFTHE MAYOR, Auditing Bureau. owners in the pro- I November 14, 1895, Supervisor of the City Nos. rg at and 23 Stewart Building, Chambers Street

and Brcad.way, 9 A. V. to 4 P, nI - i ceeding for the 9P°II-

ing of Longwood ave. __ _- R, cord, New York : SIR—The Mayor directs nre to advise you of

WILLIAM J. LYON, First Auditor. JOHN F. GOULDSBURY, Second Auditor.

Statement of the City Debt as Represented in Bonds and Stocks Outstandin, October 31, 1895, the following appointments made by hinm, in with chapter of the Laws of 1882, accordance 410

Bu, eau/or the Coltectaon of Assessments and Arrears of Taxes and Assessments and of Water ken/s.

--- _ OUTSTANDING

CLASSIFICATION OF BONDED DEBT. OUTSTANDING F OUTSTANDING SEPr, Oct. 1895. go, 1895. 3r,

and to transmit a list of the same for publication Nos, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 3q Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broadwa A. Si. to 1' nf. 9 4 llec.3x, x894. _ - — _ _ in tha CITY RFCORD, in pllr.~nallCe o f sec tion 51 EDWARD GILDN, 0lfedor of Assessments and Clerk

Funded Debt. I

of the Consolidation Act of 1882, viz : of Arrears. I. Payable from the Sinking Fund, under ordinances of the I Samuel McMillan, Park Commissioner, in No money received after 2 P. nr.

Common Council ..................... ' $4,267,200 00 Payable from the Sinking Fund, under provisions of chnpterj

$z,514,ro0 00 $2,514,100 00 lace of George G. Haven, resigned. p gne K 6

Bureau/ar the Collection of City Revenue and of n'kets.

553, section 6, Laws of 1878, and section 176, New York F S. V. R. Cruger, Park Cotmnissioner, in place Nos. r and 3 Stewart Building, Chambers street and City Consolidation Act of 1882 ............. ... .. ..... 9.700,000 oc 9,700,000 O 9,7co,000 00 of D. H. King, Jr., resigned. Broadway, O A. nt. to 4 P, al.

g. Payable from the Sinking Fund, under provisions of chapter Smith Ely, Park Commissioner, in place of J. ! DaVID O'BRIEN. Collector of the City Revenue and 353, section 8, Laws of ,878, and section x92, New York City Consolidation Act of ISSz, as amended by chapter A. Roosevelt, resigned.

Superintendent of Markets, No money received after z 1. at.

t78, Laws of 1899 .......................: : ............. 59.283,892 98 69,797,971 t2 69.838.771 rz William A. Stiles, Park Contrnissioner, in place Bureau for the Collection of "!'axes. the

chapter 4. Payable from the Sinking Fund, under prov.swns of chapter, p .... .........der 79, Laws

..,,,.,.,,.... q,eo8,roo co

of A. D.Juilliard , resigned. No, 59 Chambers street and No. 35 Reade street,

Fund, the ¢Bro,rco no 9,850,500 00

And also Frederick J. Phillips, appointed Stewart Building 9 A. Al. to 4 P. nr. D.svfD E. AusrEN, Receiver of Taxes; Jouv J. 5. Payable from the Srnkinit under provisions of

Constitutional Amendment adopted November 4, 1884... - 3c,637,500 00 33,350,000 co 33,450,000 00 Assistant Bond and Warrant Clerk in the office MCDONOUGH, Deputy Receiver of Taxes. 6. Payable from Taxation, under provisions of chapter 490, of the Mayor, in the place and stead of William No money received after 2 P. St.

Laws of -883 ............................... .... ..... 445,000 00 445,000 00 445,000 CC H. Corsa, deceased. Very respectfully, bureau of the Ciy C7aamberlain. y, Payable from 'taxation, under the several statutes authoriz-:

49.745.346 os 4973974 05 05 49.739,746 05 JOB E. HEDGES, Secretary. NOS. 25 and 57 Stewart Building, Chambers street and Broadway. A. Al. to 4 P. NI. 9 ing their issue .........................................

B. Bonds issued for Local Improvements after Jttne 9, x880.... F 8,538.042 29 9,253,293 Sr 9'255.429 91 I 0 000 oo I,OJO on q r,oO1 OS.

9. llebt of the Annexed Territory of Westchester Cotmty.... 5 6. 49 9 I ----

LAW DEPARTMENT—OFI ICE OF THE COON- ANSON G. McCuon, City Chamberlain.

O "tee o. /Jae City Ea na ster. U Y Y! to. Debt of the Annexed Terri tory fcha ter Laws, r8 ............ ...-........ t7g,000 00 • Y P 934• 95).• • SEL 'cc) THE CORPORATION, NEW YORK, Novem- No.33 Reade street, Stewart Building, g A.M. to 4 r.v,

her 15, 1895. JUHN H.TtntaiERnfaa, City Paymaster. Total Funded Debt .............................. $n73,99i,o81 3z 6285,10x,2.0 98 1 $185,4=9,147 e8 The Counsel to the Corporation has this day

p y LAW DEPARTMENT, Deduct Sinking Funds for Redemption of Debt (invest- menu and cash) ................... .. .................. 6q.6I2ez60 Sz

i 71e7tb,bdo 67 < y2.I4a e4,p 65 appointed Miss Minnie E. Flood to be a Type- 1 pP Office o th. Counsel to eke Cor oration. .~ I ~'

___ writer In this office, at the yearly salary of $780. i , Stoats Zeitung Building, third and fourth floors,

Net Funded Debt ............................... gxoq,o78,8zo Sr ffit 13.384,5 31 gr 13,277,686 43 — A. M, tO 5 P.51. ; Saturdays, 9 A. M. to to Si, FRANCIS M- SCOTT, Counsel to the Corporation.

Temporary Debt Revenue Bonds, OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. ANDREW P, C..4h11'B e C Chief Clerk.

1. Issued under.

ecial laws .................................. f $591,433 Bl x,107,600 00

tv,596,3z8 9` ............

$1,790,8-3 99 ..........,

STATEMENT OF THE HOURS DURING which the Public Offices in the City are open for

O.ice of /lie Cstku1rrtiou Atiorueg. No. n Nassau street, 9 A. nt to 4 P, Si.

” Taxes 2. in anticipation of of x894 .................... •••••'•••••• 20,027,300 CO 9,526,600 00 "

1895..•...•.•••••.••••••• business, and at which the Courts regularly open and

GEOeGE W. .YON, Corporation Attorney. Of/sceo/Attarnevfor Collection of Arrears ofI'ersoual

3- adjourn, as well as of the places where such offices are ! Taxes - Total Revenue Bonds.......... •••••••••••••••••• >lr•699,033 Br ~2t.623.6z3 gt gt t,3r7,4r3 99 ke t and such Courts are held ; together with the heads $ Courts : of cpartments and Stewart Building, Broadway and Chambers street, _ - — -- - - -- --- -- -- -------_ _._ __

Cash— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Mayor's Office. q A. Si. to 4 F. Si.

ROBERT GRIER MONROE, Attorney. City Treasury Account .....................„ -.,,,,,,.,..,,,-,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...... ... $n1,895,676 44 Sinking Fund for the Redemption ofthe City Debt ......................................... zt8,481 99 No. 6 City Hall, n, 's to 5 r. nl.; Saturdays, 9 Y 9

ll'tICHAEl J. DOUGHEItI'Y, Clerk. Bureau of Street OpenicS s.

Sinking Fund for the Redemption of the City Debt, No. 2............... .................... 270,747 50 Sinking Fund for the Payment of Interest on the City Debt .................................. ..580,886 22

A• nl• to is M. WILLIAM L. STRONG, Mayor. JOB E. HEDGES, Stoats Zeitung Building, No. 2 Tryon Row.

JOHN P. DUNN, Assistant to the Counsel to the Secretary and Chief Clerk. Manor's d/arskal's Office. Corporation, in charge.

O..... nf of Proposals. • • • • . • •, • • • • . • . Total Cash .................... 513 965,792 15 No. x City Hall. A. At- to 4 F. St.

EDWARD H. HEALY, First Marshal. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.

The Comptroller, by representative, attended the opening of proposals at the following Depart. JOHN 1. BRENNAN, Second M arshal, No. xtg Nassau street, g A, M, to 4 I', M

WILLIAM . HOES, Public Administrator,

meats, viz.: - October 28. The Dapartnrent of Public Works—For regulating and paving with granite-block COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS.

Rooms rtq and xx5, Stewart Building, q A. M. to 4 r,M, -

POLICE DEPARTDIEN'1'. with concrete foundation, 28th st., from 13th to I I th ave., and 29th st., from 13th to SETH SPRAGUE TERRY and RODNEY S. DENNIS. Central Ofce.

pavement, I Ith ave., s, ) far as the same is within the limits of grants of land under water.

The Fire Department—For furnishing the material and wort: required in repair- AQUEDUCT COMMISSIONERS. No.300 Mulberry street,Q A.,,. to 4 I. nt.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Presi ent ; As r:Rv D. Ax- FREDERICK D. GRANT' ASDRE1v October So.

ing First-size Double Pump. Clapp & Jones Crane-neck Steam Fire Engine No- 385, and fitting Room 2og, Stewart Building, 5th floor, 9 A. Al. to 4 P. Si.

; JAMES C. DUANE, President ; JOHN J, TUCKER; DRESS'S, and D. PARKER, Commissioners; WILLIAV H. Kipp, Chief Clerk; T. F,

said engine with lbi. R. Clapp's latest improved sectional coil-tube boiler, H. W, CANNON, GEORGE WALTON GREFs, and THE RODENBOUGH, Chief of Bureau of Elections, October 31. The Department of Public Works—For regulating and paving, with asphalt MAYOR. COMPTROLLER and COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC

WORKS, exggdcio, Commissioners ; EDWARD L. ALLEN, BOARD OF EDUCATION. pavement, 72d St., from 2d ave. to Avenue A, and Avenue A, from 97th to 59th St. Secretary, A. FTELEY, Chief Engineer. No. 746 Grand street, corner of Elm street.

A~~irtrUal of Sure//is. ROBERT MACLAY, President; ARTHUR MCMULLIN,

The Comptroller approved of the adequacy and sufficiency of the sureties on the following BOARD OF ARMORY COMMISSIONERS. Clerk. - THE MAYOR, Chairman ; PRESIDENT OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORREC-

proposals, viz. : October 28. For the erection of a public over-tool: in Corlears Hook Park ; Wood & Tolmie, OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, Secretary.

Address EDWARD I'. BIRKER, Stewart Building. TION.

Central Ofce.

No. 254 West i2th st., Priecipal ; Gordon McDonald, No. 18 Wall st., The Fidelity and Deposit Office hours, 9 A. M. to 4 P. at.; Saturdays, 9 A. st. to No. 66 Third avenue, corner Eleventh street, 9 A. hi. Co. of Maryland, No, 35 Wall at., Sureties.

For walks in the city parks south of S9tb St., where required ; Sicilian in at, --

COMMON COUNCIL, to 4 P. bt,

HENRY H, PORTER, President ; ROBERT J, WRIGHT October 28. having

Asphalt Paving Co., rimes Building, Principal ; The Fidelity and ' :asualty Co. of N. V., No- Once of C!'rk o/ Common Council. No. 8 City Hall, 9 A. M. to 4 P, Si.

and JOHN P. FAORE, Commissioners ; GEORGE F. BRITTON, Secretary.

'Surety Cedar st, The City Trust Safe Deposit and Co. of Philadelphia, No. i6o Broadway, 97 JOHN JEROLOSIAN, President Board of Aldermen. Purchasing Agent, ROBERT A. JOHNSTON, Office

Sureties. 'I WILLIAtt H. EN EYCK,Clerk Common Council,

I hours, 9 A. M, to 4 P. H. ; Saturdays, en M.

Plans Specifications, Contracts,- October 29• For construction of sewers in Convent ave., bet. 135th and 141st sts., with curves ~1 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ORKS, and Proposals and

Estimates for oak and Materials for Building, Re- in 135th, [36th, 137th, 138th and 139th sis., and branch in 140th st., bet. Convent and Amsterdam No. 31 Chambers street, 9 A. M, to 4 P. M.

CHARLES H. pairs and Supplies, Bills and Accounts, 9 AM. to 4 P. M,; Saturdays, CHARLES BENN, General Thomas Hueston, No. Law- aver, ; Thomas Murray, No. 1426 Amsterdam ave., Principal ; 124 Commissioner; WILLIAnt BROOKFIE.LD, Commissioner; 12 St. Bookkeeper

pence st,, Thomas Moloney, No. 251 West 122d 3t., Sureties, T. COLLIS, Deputy Commissioner .Room WILSON VANCE, Chief Clerk (Room 7).

and Auditor, Out-Door Poor Department. Office hours, 8.30 A. St. October 29. For regulating and paving with asphalt pavement, on concrete foundation, 117th

Morningside ave., West ; Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Co., No. 81 GEORGE W. BIRDSALL, Chief Engineer (Room 9) ;

I COLUMBUS U. JOHNSON, Water Register (Kooms a, to 4.30 P. Si. WILLIAM BLAKE, Superintendent. En. trance on Eleventh street. st., bet. Amsterdam ave. and

Engineer Charge Fulton St., Principal ; The Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland, No. 35 Wall St., American Surety 3 and 4) ; HORACE Loomis, in FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Co., No. 160 Broadway, Sureties. GRAHAM, Superin.- of Sewers (Room y); JOHN C.

tendent of Repairs and Supplies (Room is) ; EDWARD Office hours for all, except where otherwise noted, October 29. For regulating and paving with asphalt pavement, on the present Telford foun- P. NORTH, Water Purveyor (Room r) ; STEPHEN from g A. M, to 4 P. M. ; Saturdays, 12 Si.

dation, Boulevard, from Io6th to i t 6th st. (east side) ; Barber Asphalt Paving Company, No. I MCCORMICK, Superintendent of Lamps and Gas

SIMPSON. Superintendent Streets (Room It) ; JOHN of Headquarters.

Nos. x57 and :5q East Sixty-seventh street. Broadway, Principal ; U. S. Guarantee Company, No. i I I Broadway, The Fidelity and Deposit Roads WILLIAM HENKEL, Super- O. H. LA GRANGE, President ; JAMES R. SHEFFIELD

Maryland, No. 35 Wall st„ Sureties. Company of Mary a and (Room 12); intendant of Incutnbrances (Room r6); STEVENSON and AUSTIN E. FORD, Commissioners ; CARL JUSSEN,

October 3t. For laying water-mains in St. Nicholas, Convent, Terrace View and South ayes., TOWLE, Consulting Engineer and in charge of Street Secretary. 65th, Both, 97th, 105th, 127th, i5oth and Jefferson sts., in Hamilton Terrace and in Macomb 's 1 Improvements (Room 5). , HUGH BOSSES, Chief of Department ; GEo. E. Mutt-

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER i6, 1895. THE CITY RECORD D. 3407

Naturalization Bureau, Room No. 3r. Clerk's Office, Room No, 31, 9 A. M. to 4 P.M. JOHN SEDGWICK, Chief Judge ; JOHN J. FREEDMAN,

P. HENRY DUGRO, DAVID MCAOAM, HENRY A. GILDER. SLEEVE and HENRY R. -BEEKMAN, Judges; THOMAS BoESE, Chief Clerk.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Third floor, New County Court-house, 9 A. M. to 4 P. N.

Assignment Bureau, Room No. z3, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M Clerk's Office, Room No. 21, 9 A. M. tO 4 P. M. general Term, Room No. 24, 11 o'clock A.M. to ad-

jaurnment. special Term, Room No. 22, it o'clock A. M. to ad.

iournment. Chambers, Room No. 22, to.3oo'clock A. M. toadjourn.

Went. Part I. Room No. 26, xi o'clock A. M. to adjournment. Part II., Room No. 24, it o'clock A. M. to adjournment. Equity Term, Room No. 25, it o'clock A. M. to ad-

journment. Naturalization Bureau, Room No. 23, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. JOSEPH F. DALY, Chief Judge; MILES BEACH, HENRY

BOORSTAVER, HRNRY BISCHOFF, Jr., ROGER A. PRYOR m d LEONARD A. GIEGERICH, Judges; ALFRED WAG. STAFF, Chief Clerk.

COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. New Criminal Court Building, Centre street. Court

opens at it o'clock A. M. ; adjourns 4 P. M, JOHN W. GOFF. Recorder ; THOMAS ALLISON, JAMES

FITZGERAI.D and RUFUS B. COWING, Judges. )OLIN F. CARROLL, Clerk's Office, to A. M.to 4 P.M.

CITY COURT. City Hall,

General'1'erm, Room No. 2o. 'Trial "Term, Part 1., Room No. 2o. Part II., Room No. a,. Part III., Room No. 15. Part IV., Room No. ti. Special 'Term Chambers will be held in Room No.

19. w A. M. to 4 P. M. Clerk's Office, Room No. to, City Hall, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. ROBERT A. VAN WICK, Chief Justice; JAMES M.

FI VZSIMONS, IOSEl'H E. NElVBURGER, JOHN H. NICCAR- THY, LEV'IS T. CONLAN and HENRY C. BOTTY, Justices TOWN R.McGOLDRICK. Clerk.

RAY, Inspector of Combustibles ; MARTIN L. HOLLISTER, Fire Marshal ; WM. L. FINDLEY, Attorney to Depart meet ; 1. ELLIOT SMITH, Superintendent of Fire Alarm Telegraph.

Central Office open at all hours.

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

to 4 P. M . CHARLES G. WILSON. President, and GEORGE B.

FOWLER, H. D., the PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE BOARD, ex Officio. and the HEALTH OFFICER OF THE PORT, CX nglcio. Commissioners : EMMONS CLARK, Secretary.

DEPAR"1'MENT OF PUBLIC PARKS. Arsenal Building, Central Park, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.

Saturdays, rz M. S. V. R. CRHGER, President ; SMITH ELY, WILLIAM A.

STILES and SANPFL M MILLAN, Commissioners CHARLES l)E F.BoRNs.Secretarv.

DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. Battery, Pier A, North river.

EDWARD C. o'BRIEN, President; EDWIN EINSTEIN and JOHN MONKS. Commissioners ; GEORGE S.'1'ERRY, Secretary.

Office hours. O A. M. to 4 P. M.

DEPARTMENT OF'rAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. Stewart Building, o A. M. to 4 P. M. ; Saturdays, rz SI. EDWARD P. BARKER, President; JATIES L. WELLS

and THEO. SUTRO, Commissioners ; C. ROCKLAND TVNG',, Secretary.

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL CONTROL. No. tz6z Broadway.

HHsRY S. KEARNY, JACOB HESS, and THOITAS L. HAMILTON, and the Mayor, ex officio, Commissioners.

DEPARTMENT OF STREET CLEANING. Criminal Court Building, Centre street, from E'ranklin

to White street. Office hours, 9 A. M. to 4 P. N. GEORGE E. WARING, Jr., Commissioner; F. H.

GIBSON, Deputy Commissioner; THos. A. Dos, Chief Clerk.

CIVIL SERVICE SUPERVISORY AND EXAMIN-ING BOARDS.

Criminal Court Building, Centre street, between Franklin and White streets, 9 A.M. to 4P. M.

EVERETT P. WHEELER, EDWIN L, GODKIN, E. RAN-DOLPH ROBINSON, C. W. WATSON and J. VAN NECHTEN O..coTT, Members of the Supervisory Board ; LEE PHILLIPS, Secretary and Executive Officer.

BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOR 1'ION M ENT The MAYOR, Chairman ; E. P. BANKER (President,

Department of Taxes and Assessments), Secretary; the COMPTROLLER, Pt:EsrUF.NT OF TILE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, and the COUNsEI, TO THE CORPORATION, Members ; CHARLES V. ADEE, Clerk.

Office of Clerk, Department of Taxes and Assess. ments, Stewart Building.

BOARD OF ASSESSORS. Office, 27 Chambers street, 9 A.M. to 4 P M.

CHARLES E. WENDT, Chairman ; EDWARD CAHILL, PATRICK M. HAVERTY and HENRY A. GIIMBLETON, Assessors ; WM. H. JASPER, Secretary.

BOARD OF EXCISE. Criminal Court Building, Centre street, between

Franklin and White streets, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. JOSEPH MURRAY, President; CHARLES H. WOODMAN

and JULIUS HARBURGER, Commissioners ; WTI. H. COYLE, Secretary.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE. Nos. 6 and 7 New County Court-house, 9 A. N. to 4 P.M.

EDWARD J. H.TAMSEN, Sheriff; HENRY H. SHERMAN, Under Sheriff.

N. Y. COUNTY JAIL. No. 7o Ludlow street, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.

JAS. P. ARCHIBALD, Warden.

REGISTER'S OFFICE. East side City Hall Park, 9 A. M. to P.51.

FERDINAND LEVY. Register; JOHN VoN GLANS, Deputy Register.

COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. Room t27, Stewart Building, Chambers street a d

Broadway, 9 A. M. to 4 P, M, WILLIAM PLIMLEY, Commissioner; P. H. DUNN.

Deputy Commissioner.

COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. Nos. 7 and 8 New County Court-house, 9 A N. to 4 P. M. HENRY D. PURROY, County Clerk; P. J. ScULLY,

Deputy County Clerk.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. New Criminal Court Building, Centre Street, 9 A. M.

to 4 P.M. JOHN R. FELLOWS, District Attorney ; HENRY W.

UNGER, Chief Clerk.

THE CITY RECORD OFFICE And Bureau ofPrinting, Stationery and Blank Books.

No. z City Hall, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., except Saturdays, on which days 9 A. M. to 52 M.

JOHN A. SLEICHER, Supervisor; THOMAS C. COWELL, Deputy Supervisor and Accountant ; HENRY MCMIL-LEN, Deputy Supervisor and Expert.

EXAMINING BOARD OF PLUMBERS. No. 32 Chambers street.

JOHN YULE. Chairman; JAMES M. MORROW, Secre-tary ; JAMES P. KNIGHT, Treasurer.

CORONERS' OFFICE. New Criminal Court Building, Centre Street, 8 A. M. to

5 P. M. Sundays and holidays, 8 A. M. to xa.3o P. M. EDWARD T. FITZPATRICK, WILLIAM H. DOBBS, EMIL

W. HOEBER and WILLIAM O'MEAGHER, Coroners ; ED-WARD F. REYNOLDS, Clerk of the Board of Coroners.

SURROGATES' COURT. New County Court-house. Court opens at 10.30 A. M.;

adjOurns4 P.M. FRANK T. FITZGERALD and JOHN H. V. ARNOLD, Sur-

rogates; WILLIAM V. LEARN, Chief Clerk.

SUPREME COURT. Second floor, New County Court-house, opens

9.30 A. M. ; adjourns 4 P.M. CHARLES H. VAN BRUNT, Presiding Justice ; GEORGE

L. INGRAHAM, ABRAHAM R. LAWRENCE, GEORGE C. BARRETT, GEORGE P. ANDREWS, EDWARD PATTERSON and MORGAN J. O'BRIEN, justices; HENRY D. PURROY, Cler

Gk.

eneral Term, Room No., WILLIAM LAMB, Jr., Clerk. Special Term, Part I., Room No. lo, JAMES B. F.

SMITH, Clerk. Special Term, Part I I ., Room No. 18, WILLIAM J.

HILL, Clerk. Chambers, Room No. It, AMBROSE A. MCCALL,

Clerk. Circuit, Part I., Room No. rz, WALTER A. BRADY,

Clerk. Circuit, Part II., Room No. t4, JOHN lERSCBER,

Clerk. Circuit, Part III., Room No. r3, GEORGE F. LYON,

Clerk. Circuit, Part IV., Room No. rg, J. LEWIS LYON, Clerk.

SUPERIOR COURT. Third floor, New County Court-house, opens it A. hi.;

adjourns 4 P.M. General Term Room No- 33, Special Term, Room No. 33, Fq uttp Term, Room NO 36, Cfiambers, Room No. 33• Part I., Room No. 34• Part II., Room No. 35• Part III., Room No. 36.

DISTRICT CIVIL COURTS. First District—Third, Fifth and Eighth Wards, and

all that part of the First Ward lying west of Broadway and Whitehall street. Court-room, southwest corner of Centre and Chambers streets.

WACHOPE LYNN, Justice. Louis C. BRUNS, Clerk. Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Second District—Second, Fourth, Sixth and Fourteenth

Wards, and all that portion of the First Ward lying south and east of Broadway and Whitehall street. Court-room, corner of Grand and Centre streets.

HERMANN BOLTE, Justice. FRANCIS MANGIN, Clerk. Clerk's Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Third District—Ninth and Fifteenth Wards. Court-

room, southwest corner Sixth avenue and West Tenth street. Court open daily (Sundays and legal holidays excepted from 9 A. M. to 4 P. Si.

WM. F. MOORE, Justice. DANIEL. WILLIAMS. Clerk. Fourth District—Tenth and Seventeenth Wards.

Court-room, No. 3o First street, corner Second avenue, Court opens 9 A. SI. daily, and remains open to close of qu,mess.

GEORGE F. ROESCH, Justice. JOHN E. LYNCH, Clerk. Fifth District—Seventh, Eleventh and Thirteenth

W,,rds. Court-room, No. 154 Clinton street. HENRY M. GOLDFOGLE, Justice. JOHN DUANE, Jr.,

Clerk. Sixth District—Eighteenth and Twenty-first Wards

Court-room, northwest corner Twenty-third street and Necond avenue. Court opens 9 A. M. daily; continues open to close of business.

L)ANIELF. MARTIN, Justice. ABRAM BERNARD, Clerk, Seventh District—Nineteenth Ward. Court-room,

10. 151 East Fifty-seventh street. Court opens every morningat 9 o'clock (except Sundays and legal holidays), and continues open to close of business.

JOHN B. MCKEAN, Justice. SYLVESTER E. NOLAN, Clerk.

Eighth District—Sixteenth and Twentieth Wards. Court-room, northwest corner of Twenty-third street and Eighth avenue. Court opens at 9 A. M. and con-tinues open to close of business.

Clerk's office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. NI. each court Clay.

l'rial days, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Return days, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

JOSEPH H. STINER, Justice. THOMAS COSTIGAN, Clerk.

Ninth District—Twelfth Ward, except all that portion of the said ward which is bounded on the north by the centre line of One Hundred and Tenth street, on the south by the centre line of Eighty-sixth street, on the east by the centre line of Sixth avenue, and on the west by the North river. Court-room, No. 570 East One Hundred and Twenty-first street, southeastern corner of Sylvan place. Court opens every morning at 9 o'clock (except Sundays and legal holidays), and con-tinues open to close of business.

JOSEPH P. FALLON, Justice. WILLIAM J. KENNEDY, Clerk.

Clerk's office open daily from 9 A. M. to 4 P.M. Tenth District—Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth

Wards. Court-room, corner of Third avenue and One Hundred and Fifty-eighth street.

Office hours from 9 A. nI, to 4 P. M. Court opens at 9 A, M.

WILLIAM G. MCCREA, Justice. WM. H. GERMAINE, Clerk.

Eleventh District—Twenty-second Ward, and all that portion of the Twelfth Ward which is bounded on the north by the centre line of One Hundred and Tenth street, on the south by the centre line of Eighty-sixth Street, on the east by the centre line of Sixth avenue, and on the west by the North river. Court-room, No. yty Eighth avenue. Court open daily (Sundays and to al holidays excepted) from 9 A.M. to 4 P. M.

.JAMES A. O'GORMAN, Justice. JAMES J. GALLIGAN, C:erk.

CITY MAGISTRATES' COUR'1:S. City .lfagSstrates— LEROY B. CRANE, ROBERT C.

CDR.'ELL. CHARLES E. SIMMS, Jr., HENRY E. BRANN, (..HARLES A. FLAMMER, HERMAN C. KUDLICH, JOSEPH M. DEUEL, JOHN O. INIOTT, 'THOMAS F. WENTWORTH.

Jos. S.'TIBBETS, Secretary. Office of Secretary, Fifth District Police Court, One

Hu'dred and Twenty-fifth street, near Fourth avenue. first District=l'ombs, Centre street. Second District Jefferson Market. 'Third District—No. 69 Essex street. Fourth District—Fifty-seventh street, near Lexington

avenue. Fifth District—One Hundred and Twenty-first street,

southeastern corner of Sylvan place. Sixth District—One Hundred and Fifty-eighth street

and Third avenue.

of November, 1995, at to o'clock A. M., consider an determine upon such proof as may be adduced befor him whether the following streets and avenues in th Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, the till to which has not as yet been acquired by The Mayoi Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New Yorl are now and have been used for public traffic an travel since January 1, 5874, and are so used for at leas 5o feet in width, etc. :

1st. Orchard street, from Ogden avenue to Marche avenue. sewer.

ad. Kingsbndgc road, from Third avenue to Arthu avenue, sewer.

3d. Concord avenue, from St. Joseph's street to Date street, sewer.

4th. Last One Hundred and Seventy-seventh stree (old Morris street), from Webster avenue to Tremon avenue, sewer.

5th. East One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street (for merly Arcularius place), from the Grand Boulevard an, Concourse to Gerard avenue, sewer.

6th. High Bridge street, from Boscobel avenue t Nelson avenue.

Dated NEW YORK, November 4, 1895. LOUIS F. HAFFEN, Commissioner of Street Im

provements of the 'Twenty-third and Twenty-tourd Wards.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORK: COMSIISSIONER'SOFF]CF., NFty YORK, November t5„58"15

TO CONTRACIORS,

11 BIDS OR ESTIMATE~, INCf.Ii lW IN I

sealed envelope, with t/ettlt/e• rJ fhe ns'-k and Ue name nJ the birt ter indorsed t /rerenn, als, t ke a u Iubex o, tin' zuork as in the advertisrmenl, will be received a this office until is o'clock al., on Wednesday, November 27, 1895, at which place and hour then will hi publicly opened by the head of the Denartunent

No. I. FOR REGULATING AND GRADING ONI HUNDRED AND FIGHIH S'IRF.EI', from Colum bu- to Manhattan avenue. AND SETTI.\l; CURB-S1'ONE:S AND FLAGGING SIDENNALKSrHERE IN.

No.2. FOR SEWER IN BOULEVARD LAFAY ETTE, between One Hundred and Fifty-eighth stree and summit north.

No.3. FOR SEWERS IN NAEGLE ANL ELEVENTH AVENUES, between Academy and Om Hundred and Ninetieth streets, WITH CURVES FOF CONNECTING SEWERS.

No.4. FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERINC DOUBLE-NOZZLE CASE HYDRANTS.

Each estimate most contain the name and place of residence of the person making the same, the names of all persons interested with him therein, and if no other person be so interested it shall distinctly state that fact. That it is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same work, ant is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud. That no member of the Common Council, head of . department, chief of a bureau, deputy thereof, or clerl therein, or other officer of the Corporation. is directly or indirectly interested in the estimate, or in the wart to which it relates or in the profits thereof.

Each estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing of the party making the same, that the several matter therein stated are true, and must be accompanied by th consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholdersii the City of New York, to the effect that if the contracti awarded to the person making the estimate, they will upon its being so awarded, become bound as his suretie for Its faithful performance; and that if he shall refus. or neglect to execute the same, they will pay to the Cor poration any difference between the sum to which hi would be entitled upon its completion and that whicl the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person u whom the contract shall be awarded at any suhsequeni letting ; the amount to be calculated upon the estimates amount of the work by which the bids are tested.

The consent last above mentioned must be accom. panied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of the contract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety or otherwise, and that he has offered himself as surety in good faith, with the intention to execute the bond required by law.

No estimate will be considered unless accom-panied by either a certified check upon one of the State or National banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of five per centum of the amount of the security re-quired for the faithful performance of the contract. Such check or money must Not' be inclosed in a sealed envelope containing the estimate, but must be handed to the officer or clerk of the Department who has charge of the estimate-box, and no estimate can be deposited in said box until such check or money has been examined by said officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of the success. ful bidder, will be returned to the persons making the same within three days after the contract is awarded. If the successful bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal, but if he shall execute the lease within the time aforesaid, the amount of the deposit will be returned to him.

'CHE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ALL BIDS RECEIVED FOR ANY PARTICULAR WORK IF HE DEEMS IT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY.

Blank forms of bid or estimate, the proper envelopes In which to inclose the same, the specifications and agreements, and any further information desired, can be obtained at Rooms Nos. r, 9 and to, No. 31 Chambers street.

WM. BROOKFIELD, Commissioner of Public Works.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING,

CENTRE, WHITE, ELM AND FRANKLIN STREETS, NEW YORK, November 14, 5895.

TO CONTRACTORS.

SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR FUR-nishing Five Hundred Tons of White Ash Coal,

•gg size, for the Riverside Hospital, at North Brother [sland, under the charge of the Board of Health, will be received at the office of the Health Department, in the "ity of New York, until tr.3o o'clock A. M. of November z6, 1895. The person or persons making any bid or .stimate shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope, ndorsed ” Bid or Estimate for Furnishing Coal for Riverside Hospital," and with his or their name or tames, and the date of its presentation, to the head of paid Department, at the said office, on or before the day end hour above named, at which time and place the yids or estimates received will be publicly opened by he President of said Board and read. The Board of Health reserves the right to reject all

]ids or estimates, as provided in section 64, chapter 410, Laws of 1882, it deemed to be for the public interest. So bid or estimate will be accepted from, or contract [warded to, any person who is in arrears to the Cor-)oration upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Cor-?oration.

The award of the contract will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids.

The Coal to be of good quality, and the quantity that will be required will be about Five Hundred (Soo) Tons Sf White Ash Coal, egg size, to be well screened and in good order, each ton to be z,zgo pounds, in accordance with the specification attached to and which form a part of the contract aforesaid.

Delivery to be made at the Riverside Hospital, North Brother Island, at the time required by the Board o

Health ; any changes in the time or place of delivery, however, may be made, in writing, by the Board of Health.

The above quantity is estimated and approximated only and bidders are notified that the Board of Health reserves the right to increase ordiminish said quantities by an amount not exceeding fifteen per cent. of the estimated quantities, and the contractor will be paid therefor only at the rate or price named in the contract, and that in case the above-named quantity shall not be required by the Department, no allowance will be made for any real or supposed damage or loss of profit.

The person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded will be required to give security for the per-formance of the contract by his or their bond, with two sufficient sureties, each in the penal sum of ONE THOUSAND Two HUNDRED (I,xoo) DOLLARS.

Each bid or estimate shall contain and state the name and place of residence of each of the persons making the same ; the names of all persons interested with him or them therein ; and if no other person be so inter-ested, it shall distinctly state that fact ; also that it is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair, and without collusion or fraud ; and that no member of the Common Council. head of a department, chief of a bureau, deputy thereof or clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or any portion of the profits thereof. The bid or estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties making the estimate, that the several matters therein stated are in all respects true.

Where more than one person Is interested, it is requisite that the verification be made and subscribed by all the parties interested.

Bidders will be required to furnish testimonials that they are engaged in the coal business in the City of New York, and have the plant necessary to carry out promptly and regularly the contract, if it be awarded, to the entire satisfaction of the Board of Health, and must furnish an undertaking for the faithful pertorm-ance of all the provisions thereof in the mannerro-vided by law, executed by two householders or free-holders of the City of New York, each justifying in the penal sum of ONE: 'THOUSAND TWO HUNDREU (1,2oo) DOLLARS, and agreeing that if he shall omit or refuse to execute the said contract they will pay to the Corporation any difference between the sum to which he would be entitled on its completion and that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person or per-sons to whom the contract shall be awarded at any sub-sequent letting, the amount in each case to be calcu-lated upon the estimated amount of the work by which the bids are tested. The consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a house-holder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the com-pletion of this contract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety or otherwise ; and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the intention to execute the bond required by law. The adequacy and suffi-ciency of the security offered is to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York.

Should the person or persons to whom the contract is awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract within five days after written notice that the same has been awarded to his or their bid or estimate, or if he or they accept, but do not execute, the contract and give the proper security, he or they shall be considered as having abandoned it, and as in default to the Corpo-ration ; and the contract will be readvertised and relet as provided by law.

No bid or estimate will be received or considered unless accompanied by either a certified check upon one of the National or State banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of five per centum of the amount of the security required for the faithful performance of the contract. Such check or money must NO!' be inclosed in the sealed envelope containing the estimate, but must be handed to the officer or clerk of the Department who has charge of the estimate-box, and no estimate .a0 be deposited in said box until such check or money aas been examined by said officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of the successful bidder, will be returned to the persons making the same within three days after the contract is awarded. It the successful bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited tc and retained by the City of New York as liquidated .lamages for such neglect or refusal ; but if he shall _xecute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of his deposit will be returned to him.

Bidders are cautioned to examine the form of con. tract and the specifications for particulars before mak- ng their estimates. Bidders will write out the amount 51 their estimate in addition to inserting the same in figures.

Payment for the Coal will be made b requisition on he Comptroller, and as more specifically and particu-larly is set forth in the contract form.

Bidders are informed that no deviation from the con-:ract and specifications will be allowed, unless under the written instruction of the Board of Health.

The form of the agreement, including specifications, showing the manner of payment, will be furnished at he office of the Department, Criminal Court Building, entre, White, Elm and Franklin streets. CHARLES G. WILSON, GEORGE B. FOWLER,

U. D., ALVAH H. DOTY, M. D., THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Commissioners.

OFFICE OF THE CITY RECORD, No. 2 CITY HALL. IEw YORK, November 8, 5895. 'ROPOSALS TO SUPPLY PRINTED,

LITHOGRAPHED OR STAMPED FORMS, BLANKS, PAMPHLETS ANTI STATIONERY, i.e., OFFICIAL WRIT-ING PAPER AND ENVELOPES TO THE COURTS AND THE DEPART-MENTS AND BUREAUS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR th 6.

CO PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS.

SEALE ESTIMATES FOR SUPPLYING THE D City Government with Printed, Litographed or

.Stamped Forms, Pamplilets, and Stationery, i.e., OiLeia1 Writing Paper and Envelopes, etc., will be received at the office of the Supervisor of the City Record, in tbe

OYER AND TERMINER COURT. New Criminal Court Building, Centre street. Con, t

opens at to% o'clock A.M. JOHN F. CARROLL, Clerk ; 10 ,t. M. to 4 P. M.

COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. New Criminal Court Building, Centre street, between

Franklin and White streets, daily at 10.30 A. NT., except. ]ng Saturday.

judges— WILLIAM C. HOLBROOK, EPHRAIM A. JACOB, WILLIAM '1'RAVEBS JEROME, ELIZUR B. HINSDALE, JOHN HAVES; THEM. F. MCDONALD, Clerk.

STREET IMPROVEMENTS, 23D AND 24TH WARDS.

N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Commissioner of Street Improvements of the

Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, in pursuance of chapter 976 of the Laws of 1895, will, on the ,8th day

FINANCE DEPARTMENT. FINAN:E DEPARTMENT, BUREAU FOR THE COLLECTION

IF TAXES, No. 57 CHAMBERS STREET (STEWART BUILD-NO), NEW YORK, November r, 1895.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. 1VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE RE-LN ceiver of Taxes of the City of New York to all ersons whose taxes for the year 18 5 remain unpaid It the first day of November of said year that unless he same shall be paid to him at his office on or before he first day of December of said year, he will charge, eceive and collect upon such taxes so remaining unpaid n that day, in addition to the amount of such taxes, one per centum on the amount thereof, and charge, receive nd collect upon such taxes so remaining unpaid on the rst day of J anuary thereafter interest upon the amount hereof at the rate of seven per centum per annum, to e calculated from October ,, 5895, the day on which se assessment rolls and warrants therefor were de-vered to the said Receiver of Taxes to the date 01y-tent, as provided by sections 843, 844 and 845 of the lew York City Consolidation Act of t88a.

DAVID E. AUSTEN, Receiver of Taxes.

BOARD OF CITY RECORD.

3408 THE CITY RECORD . SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1895•

City Hall, until xs o'clock M. on Tuesday, December 3d. The said Estimates will be publicly opened and read at a meeting of the Board of City Record to be held in the Mayor's Office at or about the time above. mentioned.

Each person making an estimate shall inclose it it an envelcpe sealed with sealing-wax, indorsed " Esti mate for Furnishing Printed, Lithographed or Stamped matter," and with his name and the date of its presen tation.

Each estimate shall state the name and place of resi. dence of the person making it ; if there are more that one such person, their names and residences must Ia given ; and if only one person is interested in the esti mate it must distinctly state that fact ; also, that it is made without any connection with any other persoi making an estimate for the same purpose, and is in at respects lair and without collusion or fraud ; and tha no member of the Common Council, head of a depart ment, chief of a bureau, deputy thereof or clerk therein or other officer of the Corporation is directly or indi rectly interested therein or in the supplies or work ti which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof The estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, o the party or parties making the estimate that tin several matters stated therein are in all respects true Where more than one person is interested it is requisid that the verification be made and subscribed by all tht parties interested.

Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the con sent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders it the City of New York, with their respective places o business or residence, to the effect that if the contras be awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, upon its being so awarded, become bound as hi! sureties for its faithful performance ; and that if he shall omit or refuse to execute the same, they will pad to the Corporation any difference between the sum tc which he would be entitled upon its completion anc that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to th< person to whom the contract may be awarded at any sub Sequent letting, the amount in each case to be calcu. laced upon the estimated amount of the work by which the bids are tested. The consent above-mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the Persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the preliminary security re. united, and in the proposals stated, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabil. ities as bail, surety and otherwise ; and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the intelttion to execute the bond required by law. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered will be subject to approval by the Comptroller of the City of New York after the award is made and prior to the sign. ing of the contract.

[he amount of security required upon the execution of the contract will be in each case fifty per cent. of the cost of the articles awarded to each contractor ; the amount of preliminary security to be given until each award, and in which the sureties shall justify, shall be ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Should the person to whom the contract may be awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract within five days after written notice that the same has beer awarded to his bid or proposal, and that the adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered has been ap-proved by the Comptroller, or if he accepts but does not execute the contract and give the proper security, he shall be considered as having abandoned it and as in default to the Corporation, and the contract will be re. advertised and relit, as provided by law.

No estimates will be accepted from, or a contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corpo-ration upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corpo-ration, and no estimates will be accepted from, or a con-tract awarded to, any person not having at the time of making his estimate full, suitable and sufficient facili-ties for performing the work specified in his estimate.

No estimate will be received or em,stdered unless accompanied by either a certified check upon one of the State or National banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of fifty per centum of the amount of the pre-liminary security requirvu for the faithful performance of the contract. Such check or money must not be inclosed in the sealed envelope containing the estimate, but must be handed to the Supervisor of the City Record who has charge of the estimate-box ; and no estimate will be deposited in said box until such check or money has been examined by said Supervisor and found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of a successful bidder, will be returned to the persons making the same within three days after the contract is awarded. If a successful bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has been awarded to him to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal : but it he shall execute the contract within the time aforesaid the amount of his deposit will be returned to him.

Permission will not be given forthe withdrawal of any bid or estimate, and the right is expressly reserved by the undersigned city officers to reject any or all bids which may be deemed prejudicial to the public interests,

The contract for printing and lithographing, etc., may be awarded, in the di-cretion of the Board of City Record, item by item, or Department by Department, to different bidders, or, as a whole, to the lowest responsible bidder in the aggregate—unless there be an item involving more than five hundred dol-lars, or several items each involving the expenditure of a like sum, in which case a contract or contracts will be made with the lowest bidder or bidders on such it^m or items, and the contract for the remainder of the work for the Department will be awarded to the bidder ascer. tained to be lowest after the deduction of such item or items. The bids must, therefore, be in detail on the items required for a Department or Court, and also the aggregate bid for each Department or Court on which bid; are offered.

The printed or lithographed blanks, etc., must be folded, and be put up in packages by the contractors, according to the directions of the Supervisor of the City Record.

The contractor, or contractors, must complete the delivery of the blanks, etc., at the office of the CITY REcoau within ninety (to) days from the execution of the contract or contracts, unless the work is delayed by a Court, Department, Board or Bureau, From the opera-tion of this rule are excepted the calculation cards for the Department of Taxes, the tax bills for the Finance Department, and other blanks, "copy" for which can-not be prepared until the tax rate for r8g6 has been fixed. Provision will be made for payment of a propor-tionate part of the contract price, when it shall appear that the contractor has done his work, until temporary stayed by the inability of a Department, etc., to furnish

' As many of the printed forms would be made worth-less by typographical errors, or by mistakes in the prep. aration of samples, proofs must be furnished, under an agreement that the contractors shall not he expected to make changes practically altering the character of Corms.

Particular care must be taken that the names of the new incumbents of offices are put upon the blanks.

The delivery of the work must begin within five days from the execution of the contracts, and be continued in such a manner that the immediate needs of the Depart-ment shall be supplied.

For particulars as to the quantities and kinds of Print. ing and Lithographing, reference must be had to the samples and specifications on file in the Department of Public Works or in the office of the CITY RECORD, No. a, City Hall. The kinds of paper to be used are indicated on the samples. Copies of the specifications may be procured m the Supervisor of the City Record.

WILLIAM L. STRONG, Mayor; FRANCIS M. SCOTT Counsel to the Corporation; WILLIAM BROOf{FIELD, Commissioner of Public Works

JoHH A. StsICKER, Supervisor of the City Record.

OFFICE OF THE CITY RECORD, No. a CITY HALL. NEw YORK, November 8, 1895. PROPOSALS TO FURNISH THE COURTS

AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOV-ERNMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK WITH BLANK, PRINTED OR LITHOGRAPHED BOOKS, DOCKETS, LIBERS, BINDING COVERS, BIND-ING, ETC., FOR 1896.

TO BOOKBINDERS AND STATIONERS.

SEALED ESTIMATES FOR SUPPLYING THE City Government with Blank, Printed or Litho-

graphed Books, Dockets, Libers, etc., will be received at this office until to m., on Wednesday. November a7, x805, at or about which time said estimates will be pub-licly opened and read at a meeting of the Board of City Record, to be held in the Mayor's office.

Each person making an estimate shall inclose it in a sealed envelope, sealed with sealing-wax, marked " Esti-mate for Furnishing Blank Books, etc.," and with his name and the date of its presentation.

Each estimate shall state the name and place of resi-dence of the person making it ; it there is more than one such person, their names and residences must be Kiven ; and if only one person is interested in the estimate It must distinctly state that fact ; also, that it is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud ; and that no member of the Common Council, head of a department, chief of a bureau, deputy thereof or clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof. The estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties making it that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested it is requisite that the verification be made and subscribed by all the parties interested.

Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the con-sent, in writing. of two householders or freeholders in the City of New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect that if the contract be awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, upon its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties for its faithful performance ; and that if he shall omit or refuse to execute the same, they will pay to the Corporation any difference between the sum to which he would be entitled upon its completion, and that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person to whom the contract may be awarded at any subsequent letting, the amount in each case to be cal-culated upon the estimated amount of the work by which the bids are tested. The consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the preliminary security re-quired, and in the proposals stated, over and above all his debts of every nature and over and above his liabil-ities as bail, surety and otherwise, and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the intention to execute the bond required by law. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered will be subject to approval by the Comptroller of the City of New York after the award is made and prior to the signing of the contract.

The amount of security required upon the execution of the contract will be in each case fifty per cent. of the estimated cost of the articles awarued to each con-tractor ; the amount of preliminary security to be given until each award, and in which the sureties shall justify, shall be Ore 'Thousand Dollars.

Should the person to whom the contract may be awarded, neglect or refuse to accept the contract within five days after written notice that the same has been awarded to his bid or proposal, and that the adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered has been approved by the Comptroller, or if he accept but does not execute the contract and give the proper security, he shall be considered as having abandoned it and as in default to the Corporation, and the contract will be readvertised and relet, as provided by law.

No estimate will be accepted from, or a contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corpora-tion upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corpora-tion, and no estimate will be accepted from, ora contract awarded to, any person not having at the time of mak-ing his estimate full, suitable and sufficient facilities for performing the work specified in his estimate.

No estimate will be received or considered unless accompanied by either a certified check upon one of the National or State banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money, to the amount of fifty per centum of the amount of the pre-liminary security required for the faithful performance of the contract. Suchcheck or money must not be in-closed in the sealed envelope containing the estimate, but must be handed to the Supervisor of the City Record, who has charge of the estimate-box ; and no estimate can be deposited in said box until such check or money has been examined by said Supervisor and found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of the successful bidder, will be returned to the persons making the same, within thrAc days after the contract is awarded. If tjse successful bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal ; but if he shall execute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of his deposit will be returned to him.

Permission will not be given for the withdrawal of any bid or estimate, and the right is expressly reserved by the undersigned city officers to reject any or all bids which may be deemed prejudicial to the public interests.

A contract will be made with the lowest bidder far the books required by any Court or Department, or Jar any item in the sfrrcifications involving an expenditure 0/more than/foe hundred dollars, or for any item or items for warek the Board of City Record may decide to let a separate cone act or contracts. Bidders must tkerejore give not only their bids by items but also the aggregate bid for the work for any department or departments on which bids are offered.

The making and delivery of all the books must be completed within ninety days front the execution of the contract unless delayed by the Courts, Dep artmexts, or Bureaus. They must be made and delivered in the order to be prescribed by the Supervisor of the City Record, to the end that the immediate needs of the De-partments shall be sujiplied. Such of them as are in-dicated wttk asterisks in the specications must be delivered on or before 7anuary z. x896.

For particulars of the quantities of books required resort must be had to the specifications on file in the Department of Public Works, or to be procured from the Supervisor of the City Record.

Eight styles of binding have been adopted as follows : All the books in the Departments for which bids are a,ked, and unless specially excepted, are to be bound in the style indicated by the letter accompanying the description of such book or books. If no letter or description is given, the bidder must visit the Depart-ments and examine the books that are to be duplicated, and he can also examine the specifications on file in the Department of Public Works, No. 3x Chambers street, or in the office of the Supervisor of the City Record, No. a City Hall.

Style A (Libers).—The Libers are to he sewed in sec-tions of four sheets, lined Inside with linen. Where necessary all parchment used is to be covered with linen. 1 he binding is to be of the best American Russia, sample required. The Libers are to have round-cornered brass shoes, as per samples in the Register's and Surro-gates' offices. Crane's Parchment Deed Paper No. 44 shall be used for the Libers.

Style B.—Full bound, American Russia, extra hubs ends and bands.

Style C.—Full bound sheep, American Russia ends and bands.

Style D.—Full bound sheep and American Russia corners.

Style E.—Three-quarter bound, cloth sides, American Russia or roan back and corners.

Style F.—One-halt bound (cloth or paper sides, as required). American Russia or roan back and corners, gold hand finish.

Style G.—Full duck, tight back. Style H.—Unclassified and ready-ntade or stock

book s. When L. L. Brown's or Weston's Ledger Paper has

been used in the making of any book or books, the dupli-cates called for shall be made of paper of corresponding grades, unless otherwise directed by the Supervisor of the City Record. When other paper has been used, the contractor can use Whiting's, Parson's, Crane's. L. L. Brown's Advance, or any other paper of equal quality corresponding with the sizes and weights of paper called for by these specifications or as may be directed by the Supervisor of the City Record.

For books from 7% x9f4 to xo x x7 inches, the weight of the paper shall be the equivalent of Flat Cap, r4 x r7, x8 lbs, ; of Crown, r5 x tq, za lbs. ; of Demy, t6 x 2r, 28 lbs. ; of Medium, r8 x 23, 36 tbs. ; of Royal, rq x 24, 44 lbs. ; of Super Royal, 20 x a8, 54 lbs.

The books must contain printed headings, and such additional printed matter in the body as may be re-quired ; they shall be ruled and paged consecutively, or otherwise, as ordered, lettered on back or side, or both, as required, and shall be tagged with alphabetical or extended tags, of color and size as specified in requi-sitions therefor.

Special ruling and special printing when called for, as indicated in the specifications.

The contractor will be required to deliver, with the books, at the City Record office, as well as with the bill when rendered to the CITY RecoRD, a perfect and com-plete page from each book, and written thereon, its title, a description of its binding, a statement of how it is to be paged and indexed, the amount of lettering on the back and side, and the number of pages in the book, embracing details ,uficient to accurately describe the manner in which the book was made and bound.

Each book shall contain a small label, of a style to be given by the Supervisor, which label shall be furnished without charge and be pasted on the inside of the cover of the book, stating that it was made for the CITY RECORD, and giving the number of the book as indi-cated in the sample, the specifications, orby the Super-visor. No other label shall be placed in the book, and it shall contain no other printing except that which is ordered by the Department.

Sarnpl•s of such of the books as are not described herein, or to the s,becifications, are to be seen in the several Courts and Def fartments, and the item books must be uiadezn accarr/auce with those san:ples, unless the latter are inferior in the qualities of Paper and binding to those provided for in thee specifications, rind unless changes are required by the Court, Deparimeut, or Bureau.

Stenographers' books are not to be paged or indexed, unless specially ordered ; but special attention must be paid to the paper called for, as some stenographers use pens and others pencils.

By order of WILLIAM L. STRONG, Mayor; FRANCIS M.

SCOTT, Counsel to the Corporation; WILLIAM BROOKFIELD, Commissioner of Public Works.

JOHN A. SLEICHER, Supervisor of the City Record.

OFFICE OF THE CITY RECORD, NO. 2 CITY HALL, NEW YORK, October 28, t8g5. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING AND DIS-

TRIBUTING THE CITY RECORD.

SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR PRINT-ing, folding, binding and distributing the Cn'Y

RECORD (a publication provided for by section rxt of chapter 335, Laws of 1873, section x of chapter 631, Laws of 1875, and sections h6. 67 and 68 of chapter Oro, Laws of 1882, otherwise known as the New York City Consoli-dation Act), for one year from January z, 1896, in accord-ance with specifications filed in the office of the Super-visor of the City Record, City Hall, New York, will be received in the office of the Supervisor until rz o'clock Si. on Monday, November x8, 1895, at or about which time they will be publicly opened and read in the office of the Mayor of the City of New York. The award of the contract will be made as soon thereafter as prac-ticable.

Each estimate must state the name and place of resi- dence of the person making the same, and his place of business, the names of all persons interested with him therein, and, it no other be so interested, it shall dis-tinctly state that fact ; that it is made without any con-nection with any other person making an estimate for the same work, and without collusion or fraud, and that no member of the Common Council or other o'ilcer of the Corporation is directly or indirectly interested therein or in any portion of the profits thereof. Each estimate must be made in strict conformity to the ordi-nances of the City and the specifications ; it must be verified by the oath of the party making the same, ac-companied by the consent and oath or affirmation of two sureties, householders or freeholders of the City of New York and placed in a sealed envelope. The tn-velope must be indorsed, " Estimate for Printing and Distributing the CITY RECORD," together with the name and place of business of the party making the estimate, and the date of its presentation, and it must be sealed with sealing-wax. The security required on the contract will be twenty-five thousand (25,000) dollars.

No estimate will be considered unless accompanied by either a certified check upon one of the National or State banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of one thousand two hundred and fifty (1,25o) dollars. Such check or money must not be inclosed in the sealed envelope containing the estimate, but must be handed to the Supervisor of the City Record or clerk who has charge of the estimate-box, at the office of the CITY RECORD, No. 2 City Hall; and no estimate can be deposited in said box until such check or money has been examined by said officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of the successful bidder, will be returned to the persons making the same within three days after the contract is awarded. If the successful bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal ; but it he shall execute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of the deposit will be returned to him.

BIDS ARE INVITED AS FOLLOWS: First—A price per thousand ems of plain or ordinary

composition (which shall include the arrangement and classification of and type-setting on the registry lists), and a price per thousand ems of rule and figure work, which prices shall include the entire cost of printing, furnishing, folding, binding and distributing during the year t8g6, commencing on the second day of January, 5,o5o copies of each issue and supplements, and such number of the registry lists and indices, as may be required (not exceeding t,o5o of each), of the paper known as the CITY RECORD, in conformity with the specifications given, and in conformity with the laws as they now exist or as they may exist -during t8g6, except what may be paid under the terms of the contract for changes and alterations. The RECORD to be a paper in size and general form like the publication of x895 (which, estimated approximately, 'contained about nineteen million ems of plain or ordinary 'composition, and about twenty-six million ems of table matter, and five million one hundred and thirty-six thou-sand ems of plain matter embraced in the registry lists), and to contain such matter only as is authorized and re- -quired by law to be published therein, and at the times and in the manner required by the present laws, and matter that may be required during the yFar by any new or amended laws.

Second—For changes and alterations per hour. Third—The total price per token of four pages for all

additional expense incurred in printin8, fntoishlng, fold-ing, binding and distributing any additional number of :copies of the CITY RECORD and supplements that may be required beyond the stipulated number of 1,050,

said additional copies to conform in every respect to the specifications of the regular authorized edition.

Fourth—The price per volume for bindingin quarterly volumes, one hundred, or less, of the copies of the Coy RECORD and indices, which the contractor is to set aside and preserve for each quarter during the year, said binding to be similar and equal in kind and quality to the binding of the CITY RECORD volumes during the present year. The bound volumes of each quarter are to be delivered within six weeks after the copy for the index for that quarter has been given to the contractor.

A contract will not be made upon an estimate unless it appears that the party making the estimate has a printing establishment, with adequate facilities, in the City of New York.

The undersigned officers reserve the right to reject any or all proposals if in their judgment the same may be for the best intere>ts of the City.

Copies of the specifications and the form of contract to be entered into may be had at the office of the Super-visor of the City Record, No 2, City Hall.

By order of WILLIAM L. STRONG, Mayor; FRANCIS hI.

SCO'1T, Counsel to the Corporation; WILLIAM BROOKFIELD, Commissioner of Public Works.

JoHx A. SLEICHER, Supervisor of the City Record.

COLLEGE OF THE CITY.

A STATED SESSION OF THE BOARD OF Trustees of the College of the City of New York

will be held at the Hall of the Board of Education, No. 146 Grand street, on Tuesday, November tq, 1895, at 4.30 o'clock P. at.

ROBERT MACLAY, Chairman. ARTHUR MCMULLtN, Secretary. Dated NEw YORK, November to, 1895.

DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS.

TO CONTRACTORS. (No. 523.) PROPOSALS FOR ESTIMATES FOR PREPARING

FOR AND REPAIRING THE BULKHEAD. PLATFORM BETWEEN EAaT SIXTY-SECOND ANI) EAST SIXTY-THIRD STREETS, EAST' RIVER.

L STIMATES FOR PREPARING FOR AND li and repairing the bulkhead-platform between Fast Sixty-second and Sixty-third streets, East river, will be received by the Board of Commissioners of the De-partment of Docks, at the office of said Department, on Pier "A," foot of Battery place, North river, in the City of New York. until Tz o'clock nt. of

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER rq, i8e5, at which time and place the estimates will be publicly opened by the head of said Department. The award of the contract, if awarded, will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids.

Any person making an estimate for the work shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope to said hoard, at said office, on or before the day and hour above named, which envelope shall be indorsed with the name or names of the person or persons presenting the same, the date of its presentation, and a statement of the work to which it relates.

The bidder to whom the award is made shall give security for the faithful performance of the contract, in the manner prescribed and required by ordinance. in the sum of Fight Hundred Dollars.

The Engineer's estimate of the nature, quantities and extent of the work is as follows : I. Labor of removing abuut z,q7o square feet of Platform, with its Backing-togs, Decking, Piles, Fender., etc., and replacing the same with new material, as tul-lows :

To be 1•'urnis/led by the Debarturent of Docks. Feet, Ii. At., measured iit

the work. 2. Yellow Pine Timber, !211 x ,z", about........ 9,972 „ ., 311 x roll "........6,765

Total, about ...................... x6,737 NoTE.—It is the intention of the Department of Docks

to furnish all the yellew pine timber of the above dimensions required to do the work under these speci-fications, and it will be furnished by the Department of Docks to the contractor free of charge, in the water or on a pier or bulkhead at one or more points on the North river water-front south of West Seventy-fifth street, as hereinafter specified, and the contractor is to raft it, care for it and transport it to the site of the platform at his own expense and risk.

7n be Furnished by the Contractor. Feet, B. Al., measured in the work.

3. Yellow Pine Timber, 81 ' x roil, about.......' 134

,. ,. 8n X 80, '• ....... 9z3

', x ,a „ yn n ....... 700

., ,, 5o X zarl, „ ....... t,r3u

" " ., ., 511 xto~, ... ... 2.87r

,. .. 4rr x toll, ., ....... 8,og4

.. ., an x 4ry " ...... 46,

Total, about.... '4,313 NOTE.—The contractor will be required to furnish all

the yellow pine of any dimensions other than those specified in item 2 required to do the work under this contract.

Feet, B. Al., measured in the work.

4. White Oak Timber, 8'I x rz't, about......... x,768 Nor.—The above quantities of timber in items t, 2

and 3 are inclusive of extra lengths required for scarfs, laps, etc., but are exclusive of waste. 5. White Pine, Yellow Pine, Norway Pine or Cy- press Piles for Platform ........................... 4S

It is expected that these piles will have to be about from 30 to 40 feet in length, to meet the requirements of the specifications for driving. 6. White Oak Fender Piles, about 35 feet long...... 7- YV'x3O t, ,/an x s6°, %an a24n. %IIa 2211, 7Nlt X x211 ~}"I X 2211, j, ?r X z~n 3(11 x,fill, Jrl x tail, %Ir x to and )g rrxblr square Wrought-iron Spike - pointed Dock-spikes and 4od. Nails, about..... .,63g pounds. t. ty,lt r%II and t1' \1rought-iron Screw-bolts and Nuts. about.......... 66o •' 9. Cast-iron Washer, for x%II and u"Screw-bolts, about.......... 326 to. Wrought-iron Washers for r%H Screw-bolts ............................ a6 .. a'. Cast-iron Pile-shoes, about........ t,485 t2. Cast-iron Cleats, about ............ 13. Rubble Wall (dry), about......... 4o cubic yards. r4. Paving (second-hand blocks); about........ .. 4o square yards. r5. Filling, about .................... to cubic yards. t6. Labor of Framing and Carpentry, including all moving of Timber, Jointing, Planking, Bolting, Spiking, Painting, Oiling or Tarring. and furnishing the materials for Painting, Oiling or Warring, and labor of every description. r7. Labor of removing from the premises all the old material taken from the Platform.

N. B.—As the above-mentioned quantities, though stated with as much accuracy as is possible, in advance, are approximate only, bidders are required to submit their estimates upon the following express conditions, which shall apply to and become a part of every esti-mate received :

,xst. Bidders must satisfy themselves by personal ex-amination of the location of the proposed work, and by such other means as they may prefer. as to the accuracy of the foregoing Engineer's estimate, and shall not at any time after the submission of an estimate, dispute or complain of the above statement of quanti. ties, nor assert that there was any misunderstanding in regard to the nature or amount of the work to be done.

ad. Bidders will be required to complete the entire

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER i6, i895. THE CITY RECORD. 3409

work to the satisfaction of the Department of Docks and in substantial accordance with the specifications in the contract and the plans therein referred to. No extra compensation, beyond the amount payable for the work before mentioned, which shall be actually per formed at the price therefor to be specified by the lowest bidder, shall be due or payable for the entire work. The work to done under the contract is to be

e commenced within five days 'after the date of the contract, and all the work to be done under the contract is to be fully completed on or before the 24tt day of January, 1896, and the damages to be paid b the contractor for each day that the contract may bt unfulfilled after the time fixed for the fulfillment thereof has expired, are, by a clause in the contract, deter mined, fixed and liquidated at Fifty Dollars per day.

All the old material taken from the said existing platform, to be removed under this contract, will be relinquished to the cortractor, and bidders must esti. mate the value of such material when considering the prices for which they will do the work under the con. tract.

Where the City of New York owns the wharf, pier or bulkhead at which the materials under this contract are to be delivered, and the same is not leased, no charge will be made to the contractcr for wharfage upon vessels conveying said materials.

Bidders will state in their estimates a price for the whole of the se rk to be done, in conformityy with the approved form of agreement and the specifications therein set forth, by which price the bids will be tested. This price is to cover all expenses of every kind in. volved in or incidental to the fulfillment of the contract, including any claim that may arise through delay, from any cause, in the performing of the work thereunder. The award of the contract, it awarded, will be made to the bidder who is the lowest for doing the whole of the work, and whose estimate is regular in all respects.

Bidders will distinctly write out, both in words and in figures, the amount of their estimates for doing the work.

The person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded will be required to attend at this office with the sureties offered by him or them, and execute the con-tract within five days from the date of the service of a notice to that effect ; and in case of failure or neglect so to do, he or they will be considered as having aban-doned it, and as to default to the Corporation ; and the contract will be readvertised and relet, and so on until it be accepted and executed.

Bidders are required to state in their estimates their names and places of residence, the names of all per- sons interested with them therein, and if no other person be so interested, the estimate shall distinctly state the fact ; also[ that the estimate is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same work, and that it is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud ; and also that no member of the Common Council, head of a depart- ment, chief of a bureau, deputy thereof, or clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof, which estimate most be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party making the estimate, that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. IVitere more than one person is interested, it is requi-

site that the verification be made and subscribed to by all the da rties interested.

Each estimate shall be accompanied by the consent, inwriting, of two householders or freeholders in the City of New York, with their respective places aJ business or residence, to the effect that if the contract he awarded to the person or persons making the estimate, they will, on its being so awarded, become bound as his or their sureties for its faithful performance; and that if said person or persons shall omit or refuse to execute the contract, they will pay to the Corporation of the City of New York any difference between the sum to which said person or persons would be entitled upon its com pletion, and that which said Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person to whom the contract may be awarded at any subsequent letting ; the amount, in each case, to be calculated upon the estimated amount of the work to be done by which the bids are tested. The consent above mentioned shall be accom-panied by the oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of the contract over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety and otherwise; and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the intention to execute the bond required by law. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered will be subject to approval by the Comptroller of the City of New York after the award is made and prior to the signing of the contract.

No estimate will be received or considered unless ac-companied by either a certified check upon one of the State or National banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of Tveper cenIunr of the amount of the security re-quired for the faithful performance of the contract. I Such check or money must not be inclosed in the scaled envelope containing the estimate, but must be handed to the officer or clerk of the Department who has charge of the estimate-box, and no estimate can be deposited in said box until such check or money has been examined by said officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of the successful bidder, will be returned to the persons making the same within three days after the contract is awarded. If the successful bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal ; but if he shall execute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of his deposit will be returned to him.

Bidders are informed that no deviation from the sped-fications will be allowed, unless under the written in-structions of the Engineer-in-Chief.

No estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Cor-poration, upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation.

THE RIGHT TO DECLINE ALL THE ESTI-MATES IS RESERVED IF DEEMED FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

Bidders are requested, in making their bids or esti-mates, to use the blank prepared for that purpose by the Department, a copy of which, together with the form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment for the work, can be obtained upon application therefor at the office of the Department.

EDWARD C. O'BRIEN, EDWIN EINSTEIN, JOHN MONKS, Commissioners of the Department of Docks.

Dated NEw Youtc, October to, 1895.

TO CONTRACTORS. (No. 522.) PROPOSALS FOR ESTIMATES FOR FURNISH-

ING AND DELIVERING ABOUT tors TONS OF ANTHRACITE COAL.

ESTIMATES FOR FURNISHING AND DE-

livering about 6ao tons of Anthracite Coal will be received by the Board of Commissioners at the head of the Department of Docks, at the office of said De- partment, on Pier "A," foot of Battery place, North river, in the City of New York, until 12 o'clock at. of

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 79, 1895, at which time and place the estimates will be publicly opened by the head of said Department. The award of the contract if awarded, will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids.

Any person making an estimate for the work shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope to said Board, at said office, on or before the day and hour above named, which envelope shall be indorsed with the name or names of the person or persons presenting the same, the

date of its presentation, and a statement of the work t which it relates.

The bidder to whom the award is made shall give for the faithful performance of the contract, in

manner prescribed and required by ordinance, in sum of One Thousand Dollars.

The Engineer's estimate of the quantity of coal to be and delivered is about boo tons.

It is expected that about Soo tons will be required to be delivered West at the e t Filt -seventh Street Yard the Department of Docks, and thatabout too tons rwill be required to be delivered at the East Twenty-fourth Street Yard.

When the City of New York owns the wharf, pier or bulkhead at which materials under this contract are to be delivered, no charge will be made to the contractor for wharfage upon vessels conveying said materials.

N. B.—Bidders are required to submit their estimates upon the following express conditions, which shall apply to and become a part of every estimate received ;

Ist. Bidders must satisfy themselves, by personal examination of the location of the proposed delivery of material, and by such other means as they may prefer, as to the accuracy of the foregoing Engineer's estimate, and shall not at any time after the submission of an estimate disaute or complain of the above state. ment of quantities, nor assert that there was any misunderstanding in regard to the nature or amount of the work to be done.

ad. Bidders will be required to complete the entire work to the satisfaction of the Department of Docks and in substantial accordance with the specifications of the contract. No extra compensation, beyond the amount payable for the work before mentioned, which shall be actually performed at the price therefor per ton, to be specified by the lowest bidder, shall be due or payable for the entire work.

A ton of coal under these specifications shall be 2,240 pounds avoirdupois.

The work to be done under this contract is to be com-menced within ten days from the date of the receipt of an order from the Engineer to begin the delivery of coal, and the delivery svtll be continued in lots of about 200 tons at such times and places and in such manner as may be directed by the Engineer, and the delivery of said coal will be fully completed on or before the 1st day of April, 1896, and the damages to be paid by the contractor for each day that the contract may be unful-filled alter the time fixed for the fulfillment thereof has expired are, by a clause in the contract, fixed and liquidated at Fifty Dollars per day.

Bidders willstate in their estimates a price, per ton, for furnishing and delivering coal, in conformi•y with the approved form of agreement and the specifications therein set forth, by which price the bids will be tested. This price is to cover all expenses of every kind involved in or incidental to the fulfillment of the contract, includ-ing any claim that may arise through delay, from any cause, in the performing of the work thereunder.

Bidders will distinctly write out, both in words and in figures, the amount of their estimates for doing this work.

The person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded will be required to attend at this office, with the sureties offered by him or them, and execute the contract within five days from the date of the service of a notice to that effect, and in case of failure or neglect so to do, he or they will be considered as having aban-doned it, and as in default to the Corporation, and the contract will be readvertised and relet, and so on until it be accepted and executed.

Bidders are required to state in their estimates their names and places of residence, the names of all persons interested with them therein, and if no other person be so interested the estimate shall distinctly state the fact ; also that the estimate is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the same work, and that it is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud ; and also that no member of the Common Council, head of a department, chief of a bureau, deputy thereof or clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly inter-ested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof, which estimate mast be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party making the estimate, that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. If'/sere more than one person is in/nested, it is requisite that the v, riication Be made and subscribed to by all the parties interested.

Each estimate shall be accompanied by the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in the City of New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect that if the contract be awarded to the person or persons making the estimate, they will, upon its being so awarded, become bound as his or their sureties for its faithful perform-ance ; and that if said person or persons shall omit or refuse to execute the contract, they will pay to the Cor-poration of the City of New York any difference between the sum to which said person or persons would be entitled upon its completion, and that which said Cor-poration may be obliged to pay to the person to whom the contract may be awarded at any subsequent letting; the amount in each case to be calculated upon the esti-mated amount of the work to be done, by which the bids are tested. The consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by the oath or affirmation, in writ-ing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of the contract, over and above all his debts of every nature, and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety and otherwise; and that he has offered him-self as a surety in good faith and with the intention to execute the bond required by law. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered will be subject to approval by the Comptroller of the City of New York after the award is made and prior to the signing of the contract.

No estimate will be received or considered unless accompanied by either a certified check upon one of the State or National banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of jive~ er centuni of the amount of the security required for the faithful performance of the contract. Such check or money must not be inclosed in the sealed envelope containing the estimate, but must he handed to the officeror clerk of the Department who has charge of the estimate-box ; and no estimate can be deposited in said box until such check or money has been ex- amined by said officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of the successful bidder, will be returned to the persons making the same within three days after the contract is awarded. If the successful bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal; but it he shall execute the contract within the time aforesaid the amount of his deposit will be returned to him. Bidders are informed that no deviation from the

specifications will be allowed, unless under the written instructions of the Engineer-in-Chief.

No estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corpo- ration upon debt or contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corpora-tion.

THE RIGHT TO DECLINE ALL THE ESTI-MATES IS RESERVED IF DEEMED FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

Bidders are requested, in making their bids or esti-mates, to use the blank prepared for that purpose by the Department, a copy of which, together with the form of the agreement, including specifications, and show-ing the manner of payment for the work, can be obtained • upon application therefor at the office of the Department.

EDWARD C. O'BRIEN, EDWIN EINSTEIN, JOHN MONKS, Commissioners of the Department of Docks.

Dated NEw Yoae, October ro, 7895. .

o CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. e DRPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, n No. 66 THIRD AVENUE, New YORK, November 7, n x895.

PROPOSALS FOR POULTRY, ETC. e C~EALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES FOR FFUR-

i ~ . nishing about z4,000 pounds of Poultry ; 48 barrels of prime Red or Yellow Onions, no pounds net per barrel;

g6 barrels good quality and fair size Red Apples, each barrel to contain two and a-half bushels ; s6 barrels prime quality " Family l " Pork, for use on Thanksgiving Day, will be received at the

office of the Department of

1 Public Charities and Correction, in the City of New York, until ro o'clock A. Si. of Tuesday, November rq, 1899. The person or persons making any bid or esti-mate shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope, in-dorsed " Bid or Estimate for Poultry, etc.," with his or their name or names, and the date of presentation, to the head of said Department, at the said office, on or before the day and hour above named, at which time and place the bids or estimates received will be publicly opened by the head of said Department and read.

The Department of Public Charities and Correction reserves the right to decline any and all bids or esti-mates if deemed to be for the public interest, and to accept any bid or-estimate as a whole, or for any one or more articles included therein, No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation upon debt or con- tract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation.

The award of the contract will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids.

Delivery will be required to be made of Poultry on Tuesday, November a6. 1895, before 7 o'clock A. Al., all in accordance with specifications.

Any bidder for this contract must be known to be engaged in and well prepared for the business, and must have satisfactory testimonials to that effect ; and the per-son or persons to whom the contract may be awarded will be required to give security for the performance of the contract by his or their bond, with two sufficient sureties, each in the penal amount of fifty (50) percent. of the bid for each article.

Each bid or estimate shall contain and state the name and place of residence ofeach of the persons making the same ; the names of all persons interested with him or them therein; and if no other person be so interested, it shall distinctly state that fact ; also that it is made with-out any connection with any other person making an es-timate for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud ; and that no member of the Common Council, head of a department, chief of a bureau. deputy thereof, or clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies or work to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof. The bid or estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties making the estimate that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested, it is requisite that the VERIFICATION be made and subscribed by all the parties interested.

Each bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the con-sent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders in the City of New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect that if the contract be awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, on its being so awarded, become bound as his sureties for its faithful performance, and that if he shall Omit or refuse to execute the same, they shall pay to the Corpo-ration any difference between the sum to which he would be entitled on its completion and that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded at any subsequent letting, the amount in each case to be calculated upon the estimated amount of the supplies by which the bids are tested. The consent above mentioned shall he accompanied by the oath or aRrma-tion, in writing, of each of`the persons signing the same that he is a householder orfreeholderin the City of New York, and is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of this contract, over and above all his debts of every stature, and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety or otherwise ; and that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the intention to execute the bond required by section ra of chapter 7 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of New York if the contract shall be awarded to the person or persons for whom he consents to become surety. The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered to be approved by the Comptroller of the City of New York.,

No bid or estimate will be considered unless accompanied by either a certified check upon one of the State or National banks of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to the amount of five per centum of the amount of the security required for the faithful perform. ance of the contract. Such check or money must xor be inclosed in the sealed envelope containing the esti. mate, but must be handed to the officer or clerk of the Department who has charge of the estimate-box; and no estimate can be deposited in said box until such check or money has been examined by said officer or clerk and found to be correct. All such deposits, except that of the successful bidder, will be returned to the persons making the same within three days alter the contract is awarded. If the successful bidder shall re- fuse or neglect, within five days after notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal ; but if he shall execute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of his deposit will be returned to him.

Should the person or persons to whom the contract may be awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract within five days after written notice that the same has been awarded to his or their bid or proposal, or if he or they accept but do not execute the contract and give the proper security, he or they shall be considered as having abandoned it and as in default to the Corporation, and the contract will be readvertised and relet as provided by law.

Bidders are caul %oned to examine the sA ci/ications for QaAisuiisrs of the artictcs, etc., required, bgtore making, their es'imates.

Bidders will state the price for each article, by which the bids will be tested.

Bidders will write out the amount of their estimates in addition to inserting the same in figures.

Payment will be made by a requisition on the Comp. troller, in accordance with the terms of the contract, or from time to time, as the Commissioners may determine.

Bidders are informed that no deviation from thespeci- fications will be allowed.

No bid or estimate will be accepted from, or contract awarded to, any person who is in arrears to the Cor-poration upon debt or contract, or whe is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corpora-tion.

The form of the agreement, including specifications, and showing the manner of payment, can be obtained at the office of the Department.

HENRY H. POR'1'ER, President ; JOHN P. FAURE and ROBERT J. WRIGHT, Commissioners, Department of Public Charities and Correction.

STREET CLEANING DEPT. DEPARTMENT OF STREET CLEANING, No. 32 CHAM-

BERS STREET, NEW YORK, October zg 5895.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT the office of the Department of Street Cleaning,

No. 3z Chambers street, for receiving and' finally dis-posing of all ashes. garbage, sweepings and other refuse delivered at the various dump . or dumping-places of the Department by the carts of the Department and all other carts duly authorized to collect the same, until is o'clock M., of Tuesday, December ro, r8g5.

Forms of proposals, specifications and contract may be had at the office of the Department.

Under the following resolution of the Board of Esti-mate and Apportionment of the City of New York, adopted on the 4th day of September, 1895

" Resolved, That the Commissioner of Street Cleaning ,, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pre- " pare a form of advertisement and contract, inviting " proposals for the receiving, at the various dumps in ,, this city, and finally disposing of all ashes, sweepings ,, and other refuse material that may be collected and " delivered at said dumps by the carts of this city and ., by private carts authorized to collect such material, ,, each proposal to be accompanied with a specification, " stating in full the disposition l t e mono erof osed final ' prop fins dtspo~ition ,' of such material. All clean, fresh ashes may, under ,. the inspection of this city, be deposited by the con-', tractor within the crib-work at Riker's Island, sweep-,, ings, garbage and other refuse matethl to be disposed ,, of in such manner only that will render it unobbec- ,' tionable, in any and every respect; said advertise- ,. ment and form of contract to be first approved by the " Counsel to the Corporation, and after such approval " said advertisement to be inserted in the CITY RECORD, " and brief advertisement, calling attention to the same, " inserted in all official papers for thirty days, and when " proposals are received and tabulated that they be " submitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportion-" ment, for such action as may be determined. Sealed proposals for the receiving at the various

dumps in this city and finally disposing of all ashes, I garbage, sweepings and other refuse material that may

be collected and delivered at said dumps by the carts of this city and by private carts authorized to collect such material for a period of five years from the first day of April, .8g6, will be received by the Com-missioner of Street Cfe+ning, at the office of said Department, No. 32 Chambers street, in the City of New York, until as o'clock M., of 'Tuesday, December so, 1895, at which place and time they will be publicly opened by the Commissioner of Street Cleaning and read.

Each proposal to be accompanied with a specification stating in full the manner of proposed final disposition.

All clean, fresh ashes may, under the inspection of the city, be deposited by the contractor within the crib work at Riker's Island. Sweepings, garbage and of ier refuse material to be disposed of in such manner only that will render it unobjectionable, in any and every respect, but no part thereof shall be dumped in the waters of New York Harbor, or in the waters adja-cent thereto, or in the Atlantic Ocean.

No estimate will be received or considered after the hour mentioned.

The form of the agreement, with spscifications, may be seen and forms of proposals may be obtained at the office of the Department.

Bidders will write out the amount of their estimate in addition to inserting the same in figures.

The award of the contract will be made as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids. Any person making an estimate for the above shall

present the same in a sealed envelope, directed to said Commissioner of Street Cleaning, at said office, on or before the day and hour above named, which envelope shall be indorsed with the name or names of the person or persons presenting the same, the date of its presenta-tion, and a statement of the work to which it relates.

The Commissioner of Street Cleaning reserves the right to reject any and all bids or estimates if deemed to be for tha public interest.

No bid or estimate will be accepted from or contract awarded to any person who is in arrears to the Corpo-ration upon debtor contract, or who is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corpora- tion.

Each bid orestimate siall contain and state the name and place of residence of each of the persons making the same, the names of all person; interested with him or them therein, and if no other person be so interested, it shall distinctly state that fact ; that it is made without any connection with any other person making an esti-mate for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud, and Chit no member of the Common Council, head of a department, chief of a bureau, deputy thereof or clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the work to which it relates, or in any por-tion of the profits thereof. The bid or estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties making tie estimate, that the several matters stated therein are in all respects true. Where more than one person is interested, it is requisite that the verification be made and subscribed by all the persons interested.

F,ach bid or estimate shall be accompanied by the consent, in writing, of two householders or freeholders of the City of New York, with their respective places of business or residence, to the effect that if the contract be awarded to the person making the estimate, they will, on its being so awarded, become bound as sureties for its faithful performance in the sum of $too,000; and that if he shall omit or refuse to execute the same, they will pay to the Corporation any difference between the sum to which he would be entitled on its completion and that which the Corporation may be obliged to pay to the person or persons to svhnm the contract may be awarded at any subsequent lettin1, the amount in each case to be calculned upon the estimated amount of the work by which the bids are tested. The consent above mentioned shall be accompanied by tho oath or affirmation, in writing, of each of the persons signing the same, that he is a householder or freeholder in the City of New York, ant is worth the amount of the security required for the completion of this con. tract, over and above all his debts of every nature and over and above his liabilities as bail, surety or other-wise, an i that he has offered himself as a surety in good faith and with the intention to execute the bond required by law.

The adequacy and sufficiency of the security offered is to be approved by the Coatptrollerof the City of New York b:fore the award is made and prior to the signing of the contract.

No estimate will be considered unless accompanied by either a certified check upon one of the banks of the City of New York, drawn ti the order of the Comptroller, or money for five per cent. of the amount for which the work bid for is proposed in any one year to be per-formed. Such ehe.k or mo.7ey must not b 2 i Iclosed in the sealed envelope containing the estimate, but must be handed to the officer or clerk of the Deportment who has charge of the estimate-box, and no estimate can be deposited in said box until such check or money has been examined by said officer or clerk and band to be correct. All such deposits, except that of the successful bidder will be returned to the parsons making the sam_ within three day after the contract is awarded. If the succes.ful bidder shall refuse or tt2glect, within five days After notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to execute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be forfeited to and retained by the City of New York as liquidated damages for such neg- lect or refusal ; but if he shall execute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of his deposit will be returned to him.

A special deposit of ten thousand dollars in cash will be required to be made with the Comptroller of the City of New York, on or before the execution of the contract, as a security for the faithful performance of the same. Should the person or persons to whom the contract

may be awarded neglect or refuse to accept the contract within five days after written notice that the same has been awarded to his or their bid or proposal, or if he or they accept but do not execute the contract and give the proper security, he or they shall be co.tsidered as having abandoned it and as in default to the Corporation, and the contract will be readvertised and relet, as provided by law.

GEORGE E. WARING, JR., Commissioner of Street Cleaning.

PERSONS HAVING BULKHEADS TO FILL, IN the vicinity of New York Bay, can procure material

for that purpose—ashes, street sweepings, etc., sn.h as is collected by the Department of Street Clean"ng—tree of charge, by applying to the Commisaioaer.of Street Cleaning, in the Criminal Court Building.

GEORGE E. WARING, JR. Commissioner of Street Cleaning.

3410 THE CITY RECORD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, I895.

NORMAL COLLEGE OF THE CITY.

A STATED SESSION OF THE BOARD OF l'rustees of the Normal College of the City of

New York will be held at the Hall of the Board of Education, No.146 Grand street, on 'Tuesday, Novem- ber 59, x895, at 4 o'clock P. M.

ROBERT MACLAY, Chairman. ARTHUR MCMULLIN, Secretary. Dated NEW YORtc, November :a, x895.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED at the office of the Board of Education, corner of

Grand and Elm streets, until Friday. November 29, 1895, at 4 P. M., for supplying, for the use of the schools under the jurisdiction of said Board. Books for School Libraries. All publishers of books and dealers in the various articles required are notified that prefer-ence will be given to the bids of principals, the Committee being desirous that commissions, if any, shall be deducted from the price of the articles bid for. Each contractor will be required to furnish two responsible sureties for the faithful performance of his contract. A sample of each article must accompany the bid. A list of articles required, with the conditions upon which bids will be received, may be obtained on application to the Clerk of the Board. Each proposal must be addressed to the Committee on Supplies, and indorsed "Proposals for Libraries." The Committee reserve the right to reject any bid if deemed for the public interest.

Dated NEw YORK, November t6, 1895. EDW. H. PEASLEE, JOSEPH A. GOULDEN,

TACOB W. MACK, P1ilLIP MEIROWITZ, HUGH KELLY, Committee on S,:pplies.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILI. BE RECEIVED AT the office of the Board of Education, corner of

Grand and Elm streets, until Friday, November 29, 1895, at 4 P. M., for Printing required oy the said Board for the year r8g6, including rates for standing matter. Samples of the various documents, etc., required to be printed may be seen at the office of the Clerk of the Board, where blank forms of proposa's may also be obtained. Each proposal must be addressed to the Committee on Supplies, and indorsed " Proposals for Printing" Two sureties, satisfactory to said Commit-tee, will be required for the faithful performance of the contract. The Committee reserve the right to reject the whole or part of any bid if deemed for the public interest.

Any further information can be obtained on application to the Clerk of the Board.

NEW YORK, November r5, 2895. EDWARD H. PEASI.EE, JOSEPH A.GOULDEN,

JACOB W. MACK, PHILIP MEIROWITZ, HUGH KELLY, Committee on Supplies.

S PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED BY the Board of School Trustees for the Twenty-

second Ward, at the Hall of the Board of Education, No. 146 Grand street, until 4 o'clock P. M., on Friday, November 29, 1895, for supplying New Pianos for Gram-mar School No. 9.

JACQUES H. HERTS, Chairman. R. S. TREACY, Secretary, Board of School Trustees, twenty-second Ward.

Dated NEW YORK, November r6, 1895. Sealed proposals will also be received at the same

time and place by the School Trustees of the Twelfth Ward, until to o'clock A. m., on Wednesday, Novem-ber z7 1895, for altering and fitting-up building No. a25 East One Hundred and Tenth street, for school purposes, as an Annex to Grammar School No. 83,

ROBERT E. STEEL, Chairman, ANTONIO RA-SINES, Secretary, Board of School Trustees, Twelfth Ward.

Dated New YORK, November r4, 1895. Sealed proposals will also be received at the same

place by the -choo! Trustees of the Twenty-third Ward, until 4 o'clock r. M., on Tuesday, November z6, 1895, for fitting-up the New Manual `]'raining Rooms at Grammar School No. 85, on (one Hundred and Thirty- eighth and One hundred and Thirty-ninth streets, between Willis and Brook avenues.

JAMES A. FERGUSON, Chairman, J.C. JULIUS LANGBEIN, Secretary, Board of School 'Trustees, 'Twenty-third \yard.

Dated NEw 1 oRK, November r2, 1895. Plans and specifications may be seen, and blank

proposals obtained, at the office of the Superintendent of School Buildings, No. 146 Grand street, third floor.

l'he Trustees reserve the right to reject any or all of the proposals submitted,

The party submitting a proposal. and the parties proposing to become sureties, must each write his name and place of residence on said proposal.

Two responsible and approved sureties, residents of this city, are required in all cases.

No proposal will be considered from persons whose character and antecedent dealings with the Board of Education render their responsibility doubtful.

The party submitting a proposal must include in his proposal the names of all sub-contractors, and no change will be permitted to be made in the sub-contractors reamed without the consent of the School Trustees and Superintendent of School Buildings.

It is required as a condition precedent to the reception or consideration of any proposals, that a certified check upon, or a certificate of deposit of, one of the State or National banks or Trust Companies of the City of New York, drawn to the order of the President of this Board, shall accompany the proposal to an amount of not less than three per cent. of such proposal, when said proposal is for or exceeds ten thousand dollars, and to an amount not less than five per cent. of such proposal when said proposal is for an amount under ten thousand dollars ; that on demand, within one day after the awarding of the contract by the proper Board of Trustees, the President of the Board will erturn all the deposits of checks and certificates of deposit made, to the persons making the same, except that made by the person or persons whose It has been so accepted ; and that if the person or persons whose bid has been so accepted shall refuse or neglect, within five 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 damages for such neglect or refusal, and shall be paid into the City Treasury to the credit of the Sinking Fund of the City of New York; but if the said person or persons whose bid has been so accepted shall execute the contract within the time aforesaid, the amount of his or their deposit of check or certificate of deposit shall be returned to him or

them.

CORPORATION NOTICE.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all

houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, that the following assessments have been com-pleted and are lodged in the office of the Board of As. sessors for examination by all persons interested, viz, :

List 4945.No. t. Regulating, grading, curbing, flagging and laying crosswalks in Undercliff avenue, from the Twenty-third Ward line to Sedgwick avenue.

List 5066, No. 2. Sewer and appurtenances in Union avenue, from the end of the existing sewer 249Na feet north of Kelly street to the north side of One Hundred and fifty-sixth street.

The limits embraced by such assessments include all the several houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, pieces and parcel. of land situated on—

No. r. Both sides of Undercliff avenue, from the Twisty-third Ward line to Sedgwick avenue, and to the extent of half the block at the intersecting streets and Avon

11~. I. sides of Union avenue, from a point distant

about 164 feet south of Dawson street to Westchester avenue.

All persons whose interests are affected by the above-named assessments, and who are opposed to the same, or either of them, are requested to present their objec-tions, in writing, to the Chairman of the Board of As-sessors, at their office, No. z7 Chambers street, within thirty days from the date of this notice.

The above-described lists will be transmitted, as pro-vided by law, to the Board of Revision and Correction of Assessments for confirmation on the 9th day of December, 1895.

HENRY A. GUMBLETON, Chairman, PATRICK Al. HAVERTY, EDWARD CHILL. Board of Asses-sors.

NEw YORK, November 9, 1895.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of all

houses and lots, improved or unimproved lands affected thereby, that the following assessments have been com-pleted and are lodged in the office of the Board of As-sessors for examination by all persons interested, viz. :

List 4938, N o. n Regulating, grading, curbing, flag-ging and laying crosswalks in Lind avenue, from Sedg-wick avenue to Devoe street.

List 4940, No, 2, Regulating, grading, curbing, flag-ging and laving crosswalks in College avenue, from One Hundred and Forty-sixth to One Hundred and Forty-eighth street.

List 5.63, No. 3. Sewer and appurtenance.; in Eagle avenue, from existing sewer in John street to Cedar place.

List c054, No. 4. Sewer and appurtenances in Robbins avenue, between One Hundred and Forty-ninth street and Kelly street.

List 5055, No. 5. Sewer and appurtenances in Trinity avenue, between One Hundred and Sixty-third and One Hundred and Sixty-fourth streets.

List 5-6y, No. 6. Sewer and appurtenances in One Hundred and Thirty seventh street. from existing sewer in Southern Boulevard to Trinity avenue.

The limits embraced by such assessments include all the several houses and lots of ground, vacant lots, pieces and parcels of land situated on—

No. i. Both sides of Lind avenue, from the north side of Devoe street to Sedgwick avenue, and to the extent of half the block at the intersecting streets and avenues.

No. z. Both sides of College avenue, from One Hun-dred and Forty-sixth to One Hundred and Forty-eighth street, and to the extent of hall the block at the inter- secting avenues.

No. 3. Both sides of Eagle avenue, from the centre line of Cedar place to the centre line of John street.

No. 4. Both sides of Robbins avenue, from One Hun. dred and Forty-ninth street to Kelly street, and both sides of One Hundred and Fiftieth and One Hundred and Fifty-first streets, from Concord to Robbins avenue.

No. 5. Both sides of 'trinity avenue, from One Hun-dred and Sixty-third street to the north side of Ooe Hundred and Sixty-fourth. street.

No. 6. Both sides of Ore Hundred and thirty-seventh street, from Southern Boulevard to Trinity avenue.

All persons whose interests are affected by the above-named assessments, and who are opposed to the same, or either of them, are requested to present their objec-tions, in writing, to the Chairman of the Board of Assess-ors, at their office, No. 27 Chambers street, within thirty days from the date of this notice.

The above-described lists will be transmitted, as pro. vided by law, to the Board of Revision and Correction of Assessments, for confirmation on the 9th day of De-cember, r895.

HENRY A. GUMBLETON, Chairman ; PATRICK Al. HAVERTY, EDWARD CAHILL, Board of Asses-sors.

New. YORK, November 8, ,895.

SUPREME COURT. In the matter of the application of The Mayor, Alder-

men a- d Commonalty of the City of New York, rela-tive to acquiring title, wherever the same has not been heretofore acquired, to the lands, tenements and hercditaments required for the purpose of opening ONE MUNIIRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHTH STREET' (although not yet named by proper author-ity), between Kingsbridge road and Amsterdam avenue, in the Twelfth Waid of the City of New York.

N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAI' WE,-1HE undersigned, were appointed by an order of the

Supreme Court, bearing date the 28th day of October, x895, and the situ day of November, iSo;, Commis-sioners of Estimate and Assessment for the purpose of making a just and equitable estimate and assess-ment of the loss and damage, if any, or of the benefit and advantage, if ;my, as the case may be, to the respective owners, le;sces, parties and persons respectively entitled unto or interested in the lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises required for the purpose by and in consequence at opening the above- menticned street or avenue. the same being particularly set forth and described in the petition of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, and also in tie notice of t1e application for the said order, dated October z8, 5895, thereto attached, filed herein in the office of the Clerk of the City and County of New York on the z9th day of Octo-ber, 5895, and a just and equitablejestimate and a;scss- ment of the value of the benefit and advantage of said street or avenue so to be opened or laid out and formed, to the respective owners, lessees, parties and persons respectively entitled to or interested in the said respective lands, tenements, hereditaments and promises not required for the purpose of opening, laying out and forming the same, but benefited thereby, and of ascertaining and defining the extent and boundaries of the respective tracts or parcels of land to be taken or to be assessed therefor, and of performing the trusts and duties required of us by chapter r6, title 5, of the act entitled " An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public inter-ests in the City of New York," passed July r, 1892, and the acts or parts of acts in addition thereto or amend-atory thereof.

All parties and persons interested in the real estate taken or to be taken for the purpose of opening the said street or avenue, or affected thereby, and having any claim or demand on account thereof, are hereby re-quired to present the same, duly verified, to us, the undersigned Commissioners of Estimate and Assess- meat, at our office, No. 5t Chambers street, second floor, in the City of New York, with such affidavits or other proofs as the said owners or claimants may desire, within twenty days after the date of this notice.

And we, the said Commissioners, will be in attend-ance at our said office on the rzth day of December, 1895, at g o'clock in the afternoon of that day, to hear the said parties and persons in rslation thereto, and at such time and place, and at such further or other time and place as we may appoint, we will hear such owners in relation thereto and examine the proofs of such claimant or claimants, or such additional proofs and allegations as may then be offered by such owner or on behalf of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York.

Dated NEW YORK, November r8, t895. BENJAMIN BARKER, JR., SAMUEL W. MIL-

BANK, DAVID L. STEVENS, Commissioners. JOHN P. DUNN, Clerk.

In the matter of the application of the Board of Street Opening and Improvement of the City of New York, for and on behalf of The Mayor, Aldermen and Com-monaltyof the City of New York, relative to acquiring title to EAST ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY -IOURTH STREET (although not yet named by proper authority). from River avenue to St. Ann a avenue, in the Twenty-third Ward of the City of New York, as the same has been heretofore laid out and designated as a first class street or road by the De-partment of Public Parks.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE bill of costs, charges and expenses incurred

by mason of the proceedings In the above-entitled

matter, will be presented for taxation to one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, at the Chambers thereof, in the County Court-house. in the City of New York, on the aid day of November, 0895, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard thereon, and that the said bill of costs, charges and expenses has been deposited in the office of the Clerk of the City and County of New York, there to remain for and during the space of ten days.

Dated NEw YORK, November y, 5895. MICHAEL J. MULQUEEN, JAMES MITCHEL,

THEODORE E. SMITH, Commissioners. JOHN P. Dusty, Clerk

In the matter of the application of the Board of Street Opening and Improvement of the City of New York, for and on behalf of T he Mayor, Aldermen and Com-monalty of the City of New York, relative to acquiring title wherever the same has not been heretofore ac-quired, to EAST ONE HUNDRED AND Ft.RTY-bOURTH STREET (although not yet named by proper authority,, extending from River avenue to St. Ann's avenue, in the Twenty-third Ward of the City of New York, as the same has been heretofore laid out and designated as a first-class street or road by the Department of Public Parks.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT WE, THE undersigned Commissioners of Estimate and As-

sessment in the above-entitled matter, will be in attend-ance at our office, No. 5r Chambers street, second floor, in said city, on the 18th day of November, x895, at rt o'clock A. si., to hear any person or perso is who may consider themselves aggrieved by our estimate or assess-ment (an abstract of which has been heretofore filed by us, for and during the space of sixty days, in the office of the Commissioner of Public Works, No. 32 Chambers street), in opposition to the same ; that our said abstract of estimate and assessment may he hereafter inspected at our said office, No. 51 Chambers street, second floor; that it is our intention to present our report for confir-mation to the Supreme Court, at a Special Term thereof, to be held nt Chambers thereof, at the County Court-house, in the City of New York, on the ,9th day of November, 1895, at the opening of Court on that day, to which day the motion to confirm the same will be adjourned, and that then and there, or as soon there. after as counsel can be heard thereon, a motion will be made that the said report be confirmed.

Dated NEw YORK, November 4, t895. MICHAEL J. MULQUEEN, Chairman; JAMES

MITCHEL, THEODORE E. SMITH, Commis. sioners.

JOHN P. DUNN, Clerk.

In the matter of the application of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, relative to acquiring title, wherever the same has not been heretofore acquired, to the lands, tenements and hereditaments required for the purpose of open-ing \V H 1TLOCK AVENUE (although not yet named by proper authority), from Hunt's Point road to Westchester avenue, as the same has been heretofore laid out and designated as a first-class street or road in the'1'wenty-third Ward of the City of New York.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Wr:, THE undersigned, were appointed by an order of the

Supreme Court bearing date the 16th day of August, 1895, Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment for the purpose of making a just and equitable estimate and assessment of the loss and damage, if any, or of the benefit and advantage, if any, as the case may he, to the respective owners, lessees, parties and persons respect-ively entitled untoor interestedin the lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises required for the purpose by and in consequence of opening the above-mentioned street or avenue, the same being particularly set forth and described in the petition of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York. and also in the notice ct the application for the said order thereto attached, filed herein in the office of the Clerk of the City and County of New York on the 28th day of August, 5895, and a just and equitable estimate and assessment of the value of the benefit and advantage of said street or avenue so to be opened or laid out and formed, to the respective owners, lessees, parties and persons respectively entitled to or interested in the said respective lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises not required for the purpose of opening, laying out and forming the same, but benefited thereby, and of ascertaining and defining the extent and bound. aries of the respective tracts or parcels of land to be taken or to be assessed therefor, and of performing the trust and duties required of us by chapter r6, title 5, of the act entitled " An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests in the City of New York," passed July r, 1882, and the acts or parts of acts in addition thereto or amendat~,ry thereof.

All parties and persons interested in the real estate taken or to be taken for the purpose of opening the said street or avenue, or affected thereby, and having any claim or demand on acco,tnt thereof, are hereby required to present the same, duly verified, to us, the undersigned Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment, at our office, second floor, No. 51 Chambers street, in the City of New York, with such affidavits or other proofs as the said owners or claimants may desire, within twenty days after the date of this notice.

And we, the said Commissioners; will be to attendance at our said office on the z9th day of November, 1895, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, to hear the said parties and persons in relation thereto ; and at such time and place, and at such further or other time and place as we may appoint, we will hear such owners in relation thereto and examine the proofs of such claimant or claimants, or such additional proofs and allegations as may then be offered by such owner or on behalf of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York.

Dated NEw YORK, November 4, 1895• STANLEY W. DEXTER, PIERRE VAN BUREN

HOES, JOHN P. KELLY, Commissioners. HENRY DE FOREST BALDWIN, Clerk.

In the matter of the application of the Board of Street Opening and Improvement of the City of New York, for and on behalf of The Mayor, Aldermen and Com-monalty of the City of New York, relative to acquiring title, wherever the same has not been heretofore acquired, to ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SECOND STREET (although not yet named by proper authority), between Amsterdam avenue and Kingsbridge road, in the Twelfth Ward of the City of New York.

ls, THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS of Estimate and Assessment in the above-en.

titled matter, hereby give notice to all persons interested in this proceeding, and to the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of all houses and lots and improved and unimproved lands affected thereby, and to all others whom it may concern, to wit :

First—That we have completed our estimate and as-sessment, and that all persons interested in this pra-ceeding, or in any of the lands affected thereby, and hav-ing objections thereto, do present their said objections, in writing, duly verified, to us, at our office, No. 5t Cham-bers street, second floor, in said city, on or before the rrth day of December, 5895, and that we, the said Commissioners, will hear parties so cbjecting within the ten week-days next after the said r:th day of Decem-ber, 1895, and for that purpose will be in attendance at our said office on each of said ten days at to o'clock A. M.

Second—That the abstract of our said estimate aid assessment, together with our damage and benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estimates and other documents used by us in making our report, have been deposited with the Commissioner of Public Works of the City of York, at his office, No. gt Chambers street, in said city. there to remain until the roth day of December,

Third—That the limits of our assessment for benefit include all those lots, pieces or parcels of land situate, lying and being to the City of New York, which taken together are bounded and described as follows, viz.: On the north by the southerly line of West One Hundred and Eighty-third street and said southerly line produced;

on the south by the northerly line of West One Hun-dred and Eighty-first street ; on the east by a line drawn parallel to Amsterdam avenue and d'stant easterly 300 feet from the easterly side thereof; on the west by a line drawn parallel to Kingsbridge road and and distant westerly 300 feet from the westerly side thereof ; excepting from said area all streets, avenues, roads or portions thereof heretofore legally opened, as such area is shown on our benefit map deposited as aforesaid.

Fourth—That our report herein will be presented to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a Special Term thereof, to be held at the Chambers thereof, in the County Court-house, in the City of New York, on the 3oth day of December, 1895, at the opening of the Court on that day, and that then and there, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard thereon, a motion will be made that the said report be confirmed.

Dated NEW YORK, October 29, 1895. WILLIAM H. WILLIS, Chairman; ISAAC ROD-

MAN, Commissioners. JOHN P. DUNN, Clerk.

In the matter of the application of the Board of Street Opening and Improvement of the City of New York, for and on behalf of The Mayor, Aldermen and Com-tnonalty of the City of New York, relative to acquir. ing title, wherever the same has not been heretofore acquired, to EAS1' ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVENTH STREET (although not yet named by proper authority), from Jerome avenue to Sheridan avenue, in the Twenty-third Ward of the City of New York, as the some has been heretofore laid out and designated as a first-class street or road by the Department of Public Parks,

THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS W 1 , of Estimate and Assessment in the above-enti-tied matter, hereby give notice to all persons interested in this proceeding, and to the owner or owners, occu-pant or occupants, of all houses and lots and improved and unimproved lands affected thereby, and to all others whom it may concern, to wit :

First—That we have completed our estimate and assessment, and that all persons interested in this proceeding, or in any of the lands affected thereby, and having objections thereto, do present their said objec-tions, in writing, duly verified. to us, at our office, No. sr Chambers street, second floor, in said city, on or before the ad day of I'ecember, 1895, and that we, the said Commissioners, will hear parties so objecting within the ten week-days next after the said 2d day of Decem-ber, 1895, and for that purpose will be in attendance at our said office on each of said tell days at 12.30 o'clock P. Al.

Second—That the abstract of our said estimate and assessment, together with our damage and benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estim rtes and other docu-ments used by us in making oar report, have been deposited in the Bureau of Street Openings in the Law Department of the City of New York, at its office, No. 5r Chamber; street, in said city, there to remain until the 3d day of December, 1895.

Third—That the limits of our assessment for benefit include all those lots, pieces or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the City of New York, which taken together are bounded and described as follows, viz. : On the north by the southerly line of Arculirius place and said southerly line produced; on the south by a line drawn parallel to East One Hundred and Sixty-seventh street and distant southerly 540 feet from the southerly side thereof ; on the east by a line drawn parallel to Sheridan avenue and distant easterly xou feet from the easterly side thereof, and westerly by a line drawn parallel to Jerome avenue and distant Westerly zoo feet from the westerly side thereof ; excepting front said area all streets, avenues and roads, or portions thereof, heretofore legally opened, as such area is shown upon our benefit map depos ,ted as aforesaid.

Fourth—That our report herein will he presented to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a Special Term thereof, to be held at the Chambers thereof, in the County Court-house, in the City of New York, on the 16th day of December, 5895, at the open-ing of the Court on that day, and that then and there, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard thereon, a motion will be made that the said repor.be confirmed.

Dated NEw YORK, October 29, 1893. JAMES R. TORRANCE, Chairman; JOHN H.

S ELLMAN, WM. E. MORRIS, Commissioners. JOHN P. DUNN, Clerk.

In the matter at the application of the Board at Street Opening and Improvement of the City of New York, for and on behalf of The Mayor, Aldermen and Common-alty ofthe City of New York, relative reacquiring title, wherever the same has not been heretofore acquired, to ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIXTH STREET (although not yet named by proper authority), from Amsterdam avenue to Wadsworth avenue, in the Twelfth Ward of the City of New Vork,

WE THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS of Estimate and Assessment in the above.

entitled matter, hereby give notice to all persons inter-ested in this proceeding, and to the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of all houses and lot; and im-proved and unimproved lands affected thereby, and to all others whom it may concern, to wit:

First—That we have completed our estimate and assessment, and that all persons interested in this pro- ceeding, or in any of the lands affected thereby, and having objections thereto, do present their said objec-tions, m writing, duly verified, to us, at our office, No. 5r Chambers street, second floor, in said city, on or before the zgth day of November, x895, and that we, the said Commissioners, will hear parties so objecting within the ten week-days next after the said zgth day of November, 1895, and for that purpose will be in attendance at our said office on each of said ten days at a o'clock P. M.

Second—'chat the abstract of our said estimate and assessment, together with our damage and benefit maps, and also all the affidavits, estimates and other docu. merits used by us in making our report, have been de-posited in the Bureau of Street Openings, in the Law Department of the City of New York, at its office, No. 5t Chambers street, in said city, there to remain until the g0th day of November, 5895.

Third—That the limits of our assessment for benefit include all those lots, pieces or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the City of New York, which taken together are bounded and described as follows, viz. Northerly by the southerly line of West One Hundred and Eighty-seventh street, and said southerly line pro-duced southerly by the northerly line of West One Hundred and Eighty-fifth street, and said northerly line produced easterly by a line drawn parallel to and distant easterly 250 feet from the eas:erly side of Amsterdam avenue, and westerly by a line drawn parallel to and distant westerly 55o feet from the west-erly side of Wadsworth avenue; excepting from said area all streets, avenues and roads, or portions thereof, heretofore legally opened, as such area is shown upon our benefit map deposited as aforesaid.

Fourth—That our report herein will be presented to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, at a Special Term thereof, to be held at the Chambers thereof, in the County Court-house, in the City of New York, on the 16th day of December, rgqs, at the opening of the Court on that day. and that then and there, of as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard thereon,'a motion will be made that the said report be confirmed.

Dated New YORE, October a6, n895. ANDREW S. HAMERSLEY, Jr., Chairman ; SAM-

UEL W. MILBANK, PIERRE VAN BUREN HOES, Commissioners.

JOHN P. DUNN, Clerk.

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