Huerstel of the following described wharf property, together with the privilege of erecting and maintaining an ice bridge, scales and tally house thereon, for a term of five years from a date thirty days after said lease shall have been approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, namely:

The northeasterly side of the platform recently built in the rear of the approach to Pier 47, North river, the said side having a water-front length of 102.94 feet, rental to be at the rate of thirty-one hundred dollars ($3,100) per annum, payable quarterly, in advance.

The remaining terms and conditions to be similar to those contained in leases of wharf property now used by the Department of Docks and Ferries, and as recommended by the Commissioner of Docks in communication dated January 21, 1904. Which was unanimously adopted.

The following communication was received from the Commissioner of Docks, relative to a lease of the southerly half of the pier at the foot of Eighth street, East river, to Willard Hawes & Co.:

NEW YORK, January 21, 1904.

Hon. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN. Mayor, and Chairman of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund:

SIR-I beg to recommend that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund consent to and approve of the execution of a lease by the Commissioner of Docks to Willard Hawes & Co. of the southerly half of the pier at the foot of Eighth street, East river, in the Borough of Manhattan, this lease to commence on a date thirty days after approval of same by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, and to terminate on June 1, 1912, that being the date of expiration of the lease of the northerly side of the pier; rental to be paid at the rate of $1,500 per annum, payable quarterly in advance to this Department. It being understood that said Willard Hawes & Co. will make the necessary repairs to the southerly half of the pier to the satisfaction and under the supervision of the Engineer-in-Chief of this Department, in order to place the premises in suitable condition for use, and that they will hold the City harmless from any damages on account of any accidents that may occur on the said southerly half of the pier during their occupancy of the premises.

The remaining terms and conditions of the lease to be similar in every respect to those contained in leases of wharf property now in use by this Department. Messrs. Willard Hawes & Co. are now in occupation of the premises under a permit at a rental of $1,500 per annum.

The northerly half of this same pier is now leased to Messrs. Walsh & Tregarthen at a rental of $1,200 per annum. The northerly half of the pier at the foot of Seventh street, East river, immediately south of this pier, is now leased to Messrs. Walsh & Tregarthen at a rental of $1,500 per annum. Both of these leases were approved by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, the former in 1902 and the latter in 1903. It will be necessary for Messrs. Willard Hawes & Co., the proposed lessees of the southerly half of the East Eighth Street Pier, to expend a con

siderable amount of money in making the necessary repairs to place these premises in proper condition for use.

Yours respectfully,

MAURICE FEATHERSON, Commissioner.

EUG. E. McLEAN, Engineer, Department of Finance.

I see no objection to the approval of this lease.

January 26, 1904.

In connection therewith the Comptroller offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby approve of and consent to the execution, by the Commissioner of Docks, of a lease to Willard Hawes & Co., of the southerly half of the pier at the foot of Eighth street, East river, Borough of Manhattan, to commence on a date thirty days after approval of same by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund and to terminate on June 1, 1912; rental to be paid at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum, payable quarterly, in advance; the said Willard Hawes & Co. to make the necessary repairs to the southerly half of the pier to the satisfaction of and under the supervision of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Department of Docks and Ferries, and to hold the City harmless from any damages on account of any accidents that may occur on the said southerly half of the pier during their occupancy of the premises.

The remaining terms and conditions of the lease to be similar in every respect to those contained in leases of wharf property now in use by the Department of Docks and Ferries and as recommended by the Commissioner of Docks in communication dated January 21, 1904.

Which was unanimously adopted.

The following communication was received from the Police Department, relative to a renewal of the lease of premises on West Eighth street, near Surf avenue, Borough of Brooklyn:

NEW YORK, January 19, 1904.

To the Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund:

GENTLEMEN-The Police Commissioner this day

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be and are hereby respectfully requested to renew from Katherine Bauer lease of frame stable in the rear of the Sixty-ninth Precinct station house, West Eighth street, near Surf avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, for one year from April 15, 1904, at $300 per annum, upon the same terms and conditions as in present lease.

Very respectfully,

WM. H. KIPP, Chief Clerk.

The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund may properly authorize the renewal of the above lease upon the same terms and conditions as is in the present existing lease.

January 21, 1904.

MORTIMER J. BROWN,

Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau.

In connection therewith the Comptroller offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute a renewal of a lease to the City from Mrs. Katherina Bauer, of premises in the rear of the Sixty-ninth Precinct station house, on West Eighth street, near Surf avenue, Coney Island, Borough of Brooklyn, for the use of the Police Department, for a term of one year from April 15, 1904, at an annual rental of three hundred dollars ($300), and upon the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease; the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made. Which was unanimously adopted.

The following communication was received from the Police Department, relative to a renewal of the lease of premises in rear of Nos. 37 and 39 Vernon avenue, Borough of Brooklyn:

NEW YORK, January 19, 1904.

To the Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund:

GENTLEMEN-The Police Commissioner this day

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be and are hereby respectfully requested to renew from Frederick E. Schultze lease of premises rear of Nos. 37 and 39 Vernon avenue, in the Borough of Brooklyn, for the purposes of a stable for patrol wagons for the Sixty-seventh Police Precinct, for one year from March 1, 1904, at $240 per annum, upon the same terms and conditions as in the present lease.

Very respectfully,

WM. H. KIPP, Chief Clerk.

The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund may properly authorize the renewal of the above lease upon the same terms and conditions as is in the present existing lease.

January 21, 1904.

MORTIMER J. BROWN,

Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau.

In connection therewith the Comptroller offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute a renewal of a lease to the City from Frederick E. Schultze, of premises occupied by the Police Department on the north side of Vernon avenue, 350 feet

east of Flatbush avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, for a term of one year from March 1, 1904, at an annual rental of two hundred and forty dollars ($240), payable quarterly and upon the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease; the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made. Which was unanimously adopted.

The following communication was received from the Department of Public Charities, relative to a renewal of the leases of premises Nos. 126 and 128 Livingston street, Borough of Brooklyn:

Sinking Fund Commission, N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Secretary:

January 23, 1904.

DEAR SIR-I am directed by the Commissioner to respectfully request your Commission to renew the lease of the premises at No. 128 Livingston street, Brooklyn, from April 1, 1904, to April 1, 1905, with the privilege of renewal for another year at the rate of $1,000 per annum. E. H. Seamans, of Jerico, Long Island, is the owner of said property. This building is used as our Brooklyn office and has been leased for a period of five years from April 1, 1899, at the yearly rental of $1,000 per annum. I would also request renewal of the lease with D. M. Chauncy Real Estate Company, Limited, of No. 207 Montague street, Brooklyn, for the premises at No. 126 Livingston street, Brooklyn, with alley and horseshed adjoining, from April 1, 1904, to April 1, 1905, with the privilege of renewal for another year at the same rate, namely, $1,000 per annum. This property has also been leased for a period of five years from April 1, 1899, at the above-named rental of $1,000 per anThese two buildings are used for our office in Brooklyn.

num.

Yours truly,

J. MCKEE BORDEN, Secretary.

The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund may properly authorize the renewal of the above leases upon the same terms and conditions as in present existing lease. MORTIMER J. BROWN,

January 26, 1904.

Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau.

In connection therewith the Comptroller offered the following resolutions:

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute a renewal of the lease to the City, from the D. & M. Chauncey Real Estate Company, as agents of premises No. 126 Livingston street, Borough of Brooklyn, with alley and horse shed adjoining, for the use of the Department of Public Charities, for a term of one year from April 1, 1904, with the privilege of a renewal for another year, at an annual rental of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable quarterly, otherwise upon the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease; the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made.

Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute a renewal of a lease to the City from Elias H. Seaman, of premises No. 128 Livingston street, Borough of Brooklyn, for the use of the Department of Public Charities, for a term of one year from April 1, 1904, with the privilege of a renewal for another year, at an annual rental of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable quarterly; otherwise upon the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease; the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the said rent fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interests of the City that such lease be made. Which were severally unanimously adopted.

The following communication was received from the Department of Street Cleaning, relative to a cancellation of the lease of premises No. 345 East Thirtythird street, Borough of Manhattan:

NEW YORK, January 14, 1904.

Hon. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Mayor, and Chairman of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund:

SIR-It would be for the convenience of this Department to terminate, without further delay, the lease of the store or ground floor of the premises No. 345 East Thirty-third street, in the Borough of Manhattan, now owned by Miss Ella Gibson, as vendee and assignee of Mathilda Fitzsimons, the term of which will expire May 1, 1904.

The premises are inadequate and unsuited in various ways for the use of this Department as a section station, and the agents of Miss Gibson (Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown and Company), have written under date of the 12th inst., that Miss Gibson is willing that the lease should be surrendered and I therefore request that your Board consent and approve of an immediate surrender of the lease.

Respectfully,

JOHN MCGAW WOODBURY, Commissioner.

The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund are respectfully requested to adopt a resolution authorizing the cancellation of this lease as requested by the Commissioner.

January 20, 1904.

MORTIMER J. BROWN,

Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau.

In connection therewith the Comptroller offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby approve of and consent to the cancellation, by the Commissioner of Street Cleaning, of the lease of the store or ground floor of premises No. 345 East Thirty-third street, Borough of Manhattan. now owned by Miss Ella Gibson as vendee and assignee of Mathilda Fitzsimmons, the term of which will expire May 1, 1904, as requested by the Commissioner of Street Cleaning in communication dated January 14, 1904.

Which was unanimously adopted.