injury that may result to City property by the building of said bridge, and on condition that the work of excavation and building shall be subject to the supervision and control of the Commissioner of Public Works, so far as the same may affect the sewerage system of this City. Respectfully submitted, THOS. F. GILROY, Mayor. THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller. N. T. BROWN, Chairman of Finance Committee of Board of Aldermen. Messrs. James R. Cuming and Luke F. Cozans, attorneys for the company, in reply to inquiries by the Mayor, stated that the company accepted the terms submitted by the Committee. Whereupon, the Mayor moved that, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 411, Laws of 1892, the sum of fifteen thousand three hundred dollars ($15,300) be and hereby is agreed upon as the price or sum to be paid by the New York and Long Island Bridge Company for the use and occupancy of the lands under water of the East river, and land under water and above water on Blackwell's Island, and the shore thereof, belonging to the Corporation of the City of New York, for the location and construction of the piers and anchorages of the bridge authorized to be constructed by said act, as shown by the plan accompanying said petition, approved by the Secretary of War of the United States, the work of excavation and building to be subject to the supervision and control of the Commissioner of Public Works, so far as the same may affect the sewerage system of this city. And the Counsel to the Corporation is requested to have prepared and to approve an agreement to carry into effect this resolution and the recommendations of the Committee this day accepted by the company, hereby approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. Which was unanimously adopted. At the request of the attorneys, permission was given to the company to enter upon the lands on suffrance for the purpose of making a survey. The following communication was received from the Board of Excise for renewal of leases of premises Nos. 330 and 332 Bowery: Hon. THEODORE W. MYERS, Comptroller: OFFICE OF BOARD OF EXCISE, SIR-Replying to your communication of the 10th instant, regarding the lease to the City of the premises used and occupied as the offices of the Board of Excise, at Nos. 330 and 332 Bowery, which will expire on May 1, 1893, I have to say: After an examination of the premises assigned to the Board of Excise in the new Criminal Court Building, and after having conferred, by direction of the Mayor, with the architect of the building, I am satisfied that it will not be possible for the Board of Excise to occupy the new offices before the 1st of May under such conditions as would permit us properly to transact the business of the Board. It is still a question of doubt as to whether the proposed offices can be put into a tenantable condition before the 1st of May. The work of the Board of Excise is heavier from the latter part of March to the latter part of May than at any other time of the year, and for that reason it would be practically impossible for us to accomplish the work imposed upon us, and, at the same time, move from one office to another during the month of April. If, in addition to that difficulty, we were to find ourselves compelled to move into offices not complete or properly furnished for our reception, it would result in very serious difficulty. These facts having been stated to the Mayor, he has advised that the lease of the premises now occupied by us should be renewed. My failure to write to you before now has resulted from the intention to see you and explain the matter to you verbally. The officers of the German Exchange Bank are unwilling to renew the lease for less than one year, but it has been agreed between myself and Mr. Fennell, of the firm of Roesch & Fennell, No. 280 Broadway, who is attorney for the bank, that the lease shall be made with a clause providing for the renting of the premises to another tenant at any time when we may vacate them, the rent received, so far as it applies, to be credited to the City. The best time for the Board of Excise to move will be in July or August, when the work is lighter than at any other time in the year, and when it will be possible for us, for that reason, to move our books and records with the least inconvenience. I believe that no difficulty will be experienced in renting the premises to another tenant from the first of September, so that the City would have to pay four months' rent only. For the reasons above stated I have to request that, if you approve, steps be taken immediately to secure a re-leasing of the premises we now occupy for one year, with a clause providing for their surrender and leasing to another tenant at any time when the Board of Excise may vacate the premises, as above suggested, and that you will inform John Fennell, Esq., No. 280 Broadway, that the City will make that arrange ment. Very respectfully, W. S. ANDREWS, President, Board of Excise. In connection therewith the Comptroller presented the following: FINANCE DEPARTMENT-COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, To the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund: GENTLEMEN-The leases of the offices occupied by the Board of Excise at Nos. 330 and 332 Bowery will expire May 1, 1893. In view of the fact that offices for the Board have been provided in the new Criminal Court Building, it was thought that an agreement might be made with the lessor to rent the present quarters from month to month after the expiration of the present leases. But the Board of Excise advises me, under the date of the 16th instant, that the lessor is unwilling to make any agreement other than that of renewing the leases at the same yearly rent for a full term of one year, the City to have the right to sublet should the Board move into the Criminal Court Building before the expiration of the term. The following resolution is accordingly submitted for adoption. Respectfully, THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller. Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation be and is hereby requested to prepare leases to the City of premises for the use of the Board of Excise, for the term of one year each from May 1, 1893, payable quarterly, as follows: 1. The premises No. 330 Bowery (No. 54 Bond street), now occupied by the Board of Excise, at the yearly rent of two thousand one hundred dollars. The German Exchange Bank, lessor. 2. The premises now occupied as offices, and known as the third and fourth floors of the building No. 332 Bowery, at the yearly rent of seven hundred and twenty dollars. Mr. Charles T. Krauss, lessor. The said leases to contain a provision that the City may sublet any or all of the said premises at any time during the term thereof, and the rent received therefor to be credited to the City. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deem the rents fair and reasonable, and that it would be for the interest of the City that such leases should be made; and the Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to execute such leases when prepared and approved by the Counsel to the Corporation, as provided by sections 123 and 181 of the New York City Consolidation Act of 1882. The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted. The following resolutions were received from the Health Department: Hon. THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller: } DEAR SIR-At a meeting of this Board held January 20, 1893, the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That application be and is hereby made to the Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, for the lease of premises No. 309 Mulberry street, for the use of this Department, upon the following terms: The rent to be at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, and the lease to extend from May 1, 1893, to May 1, 1894, an appropriation of that amount having been made by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for this purpose. Resolved, That application be and is hereby made to the Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for the lease of the two floors and attic of premises No. 42 Bleecker street, for the use of this Department, upon the following terms: The rent to be at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, and the lease to ex tend from May 1, 1893, to May 1, 1894, an appropriation of that amount having been made by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for this purpose. Resolved, That application be and is hereby made to the Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for the lease of the second floor of premises No. 326 East Forty-fourth street for a vaccine laboratory for the use of this Department upon the following terms: The rent to be at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum, and the lease to extend from January 1, 1893, to December 31, 1893, an appropriation of that amount having been made by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for this purpose. C. GOLDERMAN, Chief Clerk. In connection therewith the Comptroller presented the following: FINANCE DEPARTMENT COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, To the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund: GENTLEMEN-The Board of Health applies for renewal of leases of the premises now occupied by the Health Department at No. 309 Mulberry street and No. 42 Bleecker street, for one year from May 1, 1893, at the rentals now paid, viz.: $2,000 and $1,200, respectively, and also of the second floor of the premises No. 326 East Forty-fourth street, used as a vaccine laboratory, for one year from January 1, 1893, at $600 per annum, the amount of the rentals having been appropriated in the Final Estimate for the present year. These premises are required for the proper transaction of the business of the Department. The City to have the right to sublet at any time during the term. Accordingly, I submit the following resolutions for adoption. Respectfully, THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller. Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation be and hereby is requested to prepare a lease to the City from Louis Ettlinger of the brick building No. 309 Mulberry street, for the use of the Health Department, at a rental of two thousand dollars ($2,coo) per annum, payable monthly, from May 1, 1893, to May 1, 1894, on the same covenants and conditions as the existing lease, the Croton water rents to be paid by the lessee. Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation be and hereby is requested to prepare a lease to the City from Edward D. Peters, Boston, Mass., of the premises No. 42 Bleecker street, to be used by the Health Department, for the term of one year from May 1, 1893, at a yearly rental of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200), payable quarterly, the Croton water rents to be paid by the lessee, and the lease to contain the same covenants and conditions as the existing lease. Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation be and hereby is requested to prepare a lease to the City from Jacob Fleischhauer of the second floor of the premises No. 326 East Forty-fourth street, for the use of the Board of Health as a vaccine laboratory, for the term of one year from January 1, 1893, at an annual rental of six hundred dollars ($600), on the same covenants and conditions as the existing lease, the Croton water rent to be paid by the lessee. The leases to contain a provision that the City may sublet any or all of the said premises at any time during the term thereof, and the rent received therefor to be credited to the City. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deem the rents fair and reasonable, and that it would be for the interest of the City that such leases should be made; and the Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to execute such leases when prepared and approved by the Counsel to the Corporation, as provided by sections 123 and 181 of the New York City Consolidation Act of 1882. The report was accepted and the resolutions unanimously adopted. The following communication was received from the Health Department for the transfer to it of two plots of ground as a site for pavilion hospitals, at Sixteenth street, East river: HEALTH DEPARTMENT, No. 301 MOTT STREET, } Hon. THEODORE W. MYERS, Comptroller, etc.: NEW YORK, February 16, 1893. SIR-At a meeting of the Board of Health of the Health Department, held on the 15th instant, the following preamble and resolution were adopted: Whereas, The ground now occupied by the Department of Docks, between East Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, and between Avenue C and the East river, adjacent to the property controlled and occupied by this Board, will afford the best site for pavilion hospitals, in which the greater number of the cases of contagious disease that may occur can be treated; and Whereas, The Department of Docks has consented to the use and occupancy by the Board of Health of a part of the above-mentioned premises, by resolution adopted February 9, 1893, as follows: 66 "Resolved, That the consent of this Board be and is hereby granted to the Board of Health to use and occupy the following described premises: Bounded on the south "by the northerly line of East Sixteenth street; on the west by the fence of the Willard "Parker Hospital, on the north by the centre line of the block between Sixteenth and 'Seventeenth streets, and on the east by the East river; provided the consent of the "Commissioners of the Sinking Fund is obtained to said transfer." Therefore 66 Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be and are hereby respectfully requested to transfer to this Department, for its public purposes, the premises now in the custody of the Department of Docks, described as follows: Bounded on the south by the northerly line of East Sixteenth street; on the west by the fence of the Willard Parker Hospital; on the north by the centre line of the block between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, and on the east by the East river. A true copy. EMMONS CLARK, Secretary. |