in his office; and provided further, that the right be reserved to revoke such permission at any future time, if necessary, in the interest of the City.

The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted.

The Comptroller presented the following report of the Engineer of the Department of Finance and offered the following resolution relative to compensation to be paid by the Trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital for the privilege of erecting and maintaining a tunnel under East Seventy-first street, Borough of Manhattan :

Hon. BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller:

JUNE 25, 1901.

SIR-The Board of Aldermen, by resolution dated April 9, 1901, adopted by the Council June 4, 1901, approved by the Mayor June 15, 1901, grants permission to the "Trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital to place, erect and build a tunnel under East Seventy-first street, between "Madison and Park avenues, in the Borough of Manhattan, as shown upon the accompanying "diagram, on payment of such fee as shall be deemed an adequate compensation by the Sinking "Fund Commission."

In reply I would report that the proposed tunnel is 7 feet wide by 7 feet 8 inches high (inside dimensions), with concrete footing, brick arches and side walls. The total space occupied will be 10 feet by 9 feet. The tunnel is to be located in East Seventy-first street, 166 feet westerly from Park avenue. The distance between curb lines at this point is 30 feet, and I think $1,000 per annum a correct charge for the privilege, and $200 fee for opening the street.

Resolved, That the compensation to be paid to the City by the Trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital for the privilege of erecting and building a tunnel under East Seventy-first street, between Madison and Park avenues, in the Borough of Manhattan, shall be one thousand dollars per annum, and a fee of two hundred dollars for opening the street, to be paid to the Department of Highways, the opening of the street and the relaying of the pavement to be done at the expense of said Trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways, and subject to such conditions as he shall prescribe; provided, also, that the said Trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital shall give a satisfactory bond for the faithful performance of all conditions prescribed by the said Commissioner of Highways and by a resolution of the Board of Aldermen dated April 9, 1901, adopted by the Council June 4, 1901, and approved by the Mayor June 15, 1901, said bond to be approved by the Comptroller and filed in his office; and provided further, that the right be reserved to revoke such permission at any future time, if necessary, in the interest of the City.

The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted.

The Comptroller presented the following report of the Engineer of the Department of Finance and offered the following resolution relative to compensation to be paid by R. H. Macy & Co. for the privilege of constructing and maintaining a tunnel under and across Thirty-fifth street, Borough of Manhattan :

Hon. BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller:

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JUNE 25, 1901.

SIR-The Board of Aldermen, by resolution dated May 21, 1901, adopted by the Council May 28, 1901, approved by the Mayor June 11, 1901, grants permission to "R. H. Macy & Co. "to construct and maintain a tunnel, as shown upon the accompanying diagram, under and "across Thirty-fifth street, in the Borough of Manhattan, between Broadway and Seventh avenue, to connect the property controlled by the said R. H. Macy & Co., the most westerly "point of which, on the south side of Thirty-fifth street, is two hundred and seventy feet west of "Broadway, and the most easterly point of which, on the north side of Thirty-fifth street, is two "hundred and eighty-two feet west of Broadway provided the said R. H. Macy & Co. shall pay "to The City of New York, as compensation for the privilege, such amount as may be deter"mined as an equivalent therefor by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund;

In reply, I would report that the proposed tunnel is 8 feet by 10 feet inside and about 16 feet by 10 feet outside dimensions, and is to be constructed under a brick sewer that is in West Thirty-fifth street. The top of the tunnel is about 12 feet below the surface of the

street.

The distance between curb lines, measured on the centre line of the tunnel, as it runs and turns, is about 85 feet, and I think $2,000 per annum a correct charge for the privilege, and $400 fee for opening the street.

Respectfully,

EUG. E. MCLEAN, Engineer.

Resolved, That the compensation to be paid to the City by R. H. Macy & Co., for the privilege of constructing and maintaining a tunnel under and across Thirty-fifth street, in the Borough of Manhattan, between Broadway and Seventh avenue, to connect the property . controlled by the said R. H. Macy & Co., shall be two thousand dollars per annum, and a fee of four hundred dollars for opening the street, to be paid to the Department of Highways, the opening of the street and the relaying of the pavement to be done at the expense of said R. H. Macy & Co., under the direction of the Commissioner of Highways, and subject to such conditions as he shall prescribe; provided also, that the said R. H. Macy & Co. shall give a satisfactory bond for the faithful performance of all conditions prescribed by the said Commissioner of Highways and by a resolution of the Board of Aldermen, dated May 21, 1901, adopted by the Council May 28, 1901, and approved by the Mayor June 11, 1901, said bond to be approved by the Comptroller and filed in his office; and provided further, that the right be reserved to revoke such permission at any future time, if necessary, in the interest of the City.

The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted.

The following petition was received from Henry W. Vogel, for a sale of a gore of land on the southwest corner of Kingsbridge road and Davidson avenue, Borough of The Bronx :

NEW YORK, June 5, 1901.

The Honorable Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of The City of New York, N. Y. :

GENTLEMEN-Your petitioner, Henry W. Vogel, respectfully requests your Honorable Body to authorize, by virtue of the power vested in you by law, the sale at public auction of the fee of a certain gore of land in the Borough of The Bronx, City of New York, described as follows:

All that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Borough of The Bronx of the City of New York, being so much of the lot known and designated on section II of the tax maps by the number 30 on Block Number 3205 as lies west of the westerly line of Davidson avenue and south of the southerly line of Kingsbridge road, as the said lines of Davidson avenue and Kingsbridge road are now shown on the Final Maps of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, and more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the westerly line of Davidson avenue with the southerly line of Kingsbridge road, and running thence southwardly along the westerly line of Davidson avenue two and thirty one-hundredths feet to the old Kingsbridge road, thence westwardly along the old Kingsbridge road four and nine one-hundredths feet to a deflection in the old Kingsbridge road, thence westwardly and continuing along the old Kingsbridge road seventeen and twenty-two one-hundredths feet to the southerly line of Kingsbridge road, thence eastwardly along the southerly line of Kingsbridge road twenty-one and sixty-two one-hundredths feet to the point or place of beginning, containing thirty and eighty-nine one-hundredths square feet, be the said several dimensions more or less; together with all the right, title and interest of The City of New York in and to the old Kingsbridge road lying between the westerly line of Davidson avenue and the southerly line of Kingsbridge road.

The property of your petitioner was formerly at the southwesterly corner of Davidson avenue and Kingsbridge road. The Final Maps of section 16 of the Twenty-third and Twenty. fourth Wards, filed in the office of the Register of the County of New York November 18, 1895, shifted Kingsbridge road in a northerly direction, and separated the gore of land in question from a large tract of land acquired by The City of New York for the Jerome Park Reservoir, under and in pursuance of the provisions of chapter 490 of the Laws of 1883.

The location of the gore of land in question, and the reason for the petition will more fully appear by referring to the accompanying map, which is made a part of this petition.

Respectfully submitted,

HENRY W. VOGEL,

Nos. 49 and 51 Chambers Street, New York City.