COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY THE SINKING FUND OF Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, at a Meeting Held at the Mayor's Office, at 12 o'clock M., on Friday, March 8, 1901. Present-Robert A. Van Wyck, Mayor; Bird S. Coler, Comptroller; Patrick Keenan, Chamberlain; Randolph Guggenheimer, President of the Council, and Robert Muh, Chairman, Finance Committee, Board of Aldermen. The minutes of the meeting held February 19, 1901, were approved as printed. The Comptroller presented the following report of the Engineer of the Department of Finance, and offered the following resolution relative to new armory for the Sixty-ninth Regiment, N. G., N. Y. : Hon. BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller: FEBRUARY 15, 1901. SIR-Hon. Thomas L. Feitner, Secretary to the Armory Board, in communication to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, submits the following resolution adopted by the Armory Board January 23, 1901: **Resolved, That the report of the Committee to whom was referred the plans and estimate "for the erection of a proposed armory, for the Sixty-ninth Regiment, N. G., N. Y., on the "westerly side of Lexington avenue, extending from Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth street, Borough of Manhattan, as submitted by the Architects, Horgan and Slattery, at a meeting of "this Board, on December 17, 1900, be accepted and adop ed; that an appropriation of Five "hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) be and is hereby made for the erection of the building; "That the Secretary be directed to transmit this resolution to the Commissioners of the Smking Fund, with the request that it be approved, and that an issue of bonds for the purpose be "authorized.'” I submit herewith the plans or sketches of the work, and a perspective view of the building, furnished by the Architects. The plot to be occupied by the armory is 197 feet 6 inches on Lexington avenue, 334 feet 111⁄2 inches on Twenty-fifth street, 304 feet 111⁄2 inches on Twenty-sixth street; the 30 feet on Twenty-fifth street in excess over the Twenty-sixth street dimension being front of a lot which has a depth of 98 feet 9 inches to centre line of block. The fronts of the armory building on Lexington avenue, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets will be of rock-faced granite with brick backing. The basement will be used for rifle range, 270 feet long, plunge and shower baths, toilet and wash-rooms, storage-rooms, boiler and ammunition-rooms. The first floor will contain the drill-room, 262 feet by 192 feet, with entrance hall on the corner of Lexington avenue and Twenty-fifth street, and another entrance on Twenty-fifth street, Library, Board-room, Quartermaster and Commissary rooms, armorer's room, elevator, Memorial Hall, Veterans' room and water-closets. The second floor will contain ten company rooms, each 47 feet by 30 feet, Band-room and water-closets, Colonel's room, Adjutant's room and office, room for Lieutenant-Colonel and Chaplain, room for First Major and staff, room for Second Major and staff, room for noncommissioned staff, with lockers; room for non-commissioned staff, without lockers; a gallery on the Lexington avenue side, a band-100m and band gallery. An 8-foot corridor runs all around in front of rooms. The third story will have on the Lexington avenue end a gymnasium 35 feet by 73 feet, a kitchen, a room for the Drum Corps, a Quar.ermaster's issuing room and a storage hall. There is an elevator to be run from the basement to the third story. In the small building there will be a storage hall, locker room, corps-room, three rooms for Surgeon and Assistant Surgeons, one for hospital steward, a ward-room, examination-room, a spare room and water-closets. The building is to be of fireproof construction throughout. The roof will be sustained by iron trusses of circular section, except on the Lexington avenue front, where a part will be flat, and also the 30-foot building, which will have a flat roof. The roof will be constructed of fireproof roofing blocks, upon which will be laid a patent mixture, the roof covering being similar to the present roofs of the Ninth, Twelfth and Twentysecond Regiment armories. The flooring of the first floor will be of tongued and grooved yellow pine, laid on locust sleepers, imbedded in concrete. In the basement, the flooring of the toilet-rooms and bath and wash rooms will be terrazzio; the other parts of the basement will be partly of yellow pine and partly of asphalt. In all the other rooms enumerated the floors will be of yellow pine. No estimate is given, but the Board asks for an issue of bonds to the amount of $500,000. The Seventy-first Regiment armory cost $413,813.90, excluding inspection, and the Ninth Regiment armory cost $342,043.46, including inspection. A comparison with these figures shows the amount asked too great by fully $50,000. An accurate estimate cannot be made until the plans and specifications are completed. In my opinion, the action of the Armory Board may properly be concurred in, and the amount of $450,000 be appropriated in conformity with the requirements of chapter 212, Laws of 1898, section 134. Respectfully, EUG. E. McLEAN, Engineer. Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby authorize the Board of Armory Commissioners to take such steps as may be necessary to enter into a contract for the erection of an armory for the Sixth-ninth Regiment, N. G., N. Y., on the site on the westerly side of Lexington avenue, extending from Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth street, Borough of Manhattan; and Resolved, That for the purpose of providing means for the payment therefor, including architect's fees and all incidental expenses connected therewith, the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed, pursuant to the provisions of section 134 of chapter 212 of the Laws of 1898, to issue Corporate Stock of The City of New York in the manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Charter to the amount of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), the proceeds whereof to be applied to the payment of the expenses aforesaid. The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted. The Comptroller presented the following report of the Engineer of the Department of Finance, relative to bid of Luke A. Burke for erection and completion of new armory building for the First Battery, N. G., N. Y., and offered the following resolution : Hon. BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller: MARCH 2, 1901. SIR-Hon. Thomas L. Feitner, Secretary of the Armory Board, in communication of February 27, 1901, to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, incloses the following resolution adopted on that date : "Resolved, That the bid of Luke A. Burke, of No. 140 West One Hundred and Twenty"first street, for materials and work required in the erection and completion of the new armory "building, for the First Battery, N. G., N. Y., to be erected at Nos. 50 to 62 West Sixty-sixth "street, Borough of Manhattan, with ashlar of New Hampshire granite, amounting to the sum "of one hundred and seventy thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars ($170,911), be accepted "as being the lowest bid for said work, and that the same be submitted to the Commissioners of "the Sinking Fund for their concurrence, and to the Comptroller for his approval of the sureties "thereon, and when so approved, the Chairman of this Board be authorized to execute the "contract on behalf of this Board.'" Proposals were invited, by advertisement in the CY RECORD, for the above work, on carefully prepared plans and specifications, and six bids were received, ranging from $170,911 to $195,000. There appears no reason why the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund should not give their concurrence to the acceptance of the lowest bidder, Luke A. Burke, at his bid of $170,911; nor why the Chairman of the Armory Board should not be authorized to execute the contract on behalf of the Board, as requested in the resolution. Respectfully, EUG. E. MCLEAN, Engineer. Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby concur in the resolution adopted by the Board of Armory Commissioners February 27, 1901, accepting the bid of Luke A. Burke for materials and work required in the erection and completion of the new armory building for the First Battery, N. G., N. Y., to be erected at Nos. 50 to 62 West Sixty-sixth street, Borough of Manhattan, with ashlar of New Hampshire granite, amounting to the sum of one hundred and seventy thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars ($170,911). The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted. The Comptroller presented the following report of the Engineer of the Department of Finance relative to bid of Michael J. O'Brien for plumbing and gas-fitting work in the new armory build. ing for the First Battery, N. G., N. Y., and offered the following resolution : Hon. BIRD S. COLER, Comptroller: MARCH 2, 1901. SIR-Hon. Thomas L. Feitner, Secretary of the Armory Board, in communication of February 27, 1901, to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, incloses the following resolution adopted on that date : 66 "Resolved, That the bid of Michael J. O'Brien, of No. 835 Sixth avenue, Borough of Manhattan, for materials and work required in the installation of the plumbing and gas-fitting in the new armory building for the First Battery, N. G., N. Y., to be erected at Nos. 50 to 62 West "Sixty-sixth street, Borough of Manhattan, amounting to the sum of thirteen thousand seven "hundred and sixty-five dollars ($13,765), be accepted as being the lowest bid for said work, and "that the same be submitted to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for their concurrence. "and to the Comptroller for his approval of the sureties therein, and when so approved the "Chairman of this Board be authorized to execute the contract on behalf of this Board.'" Proposals were invited, by advertisement in the CITY RECORD, for the above work, on carefully-prepared plans and specifications, and four bids were received, ranging from $13,765 to $16,780. There appears no reason why the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund should not give their concurrence to the acceptance of the lowest bidder, Mr. M. J. O'Brien, at his bid of $13,765, nor why the Chairman of the Armory Board should not be authorized to execute the contract on behalf of the Board, as requested in the resolution. Respectfully, EUG. E. McLEAN, Engineer. Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby concur in the resolution of the Board of Armory Commissioners, adopted February 27, 1901, accepting the bid of Michael J. O'Brien for materials and work required in the installation of the plumbing and gas-fitting in the new armory building for the First Battery, N. G., N. Y., to be erected at Nos. 50 to 62 West Sixty-sixth street, Borough of Manhattan, amounting to the sum of thirteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars ($13,765). The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted. The following report and resolution were received from the Board of Education relative to a renewal of the lease of premises No. 446 East Seventy-second street, Borough of Manhattan: To the Board of Education: The Committee on Buildings, to which was referred a report and resolution adopted by the School Board for the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx requesting that the lease of premises No. 446 East Seventy-second street, Manhattan, occupied as an annex to Public School 82, be renewed for one year, with the privilege of two additional years, respectfully submits the following: The matter has been investigated, and it is found that the lease can be renewed on the present terms, that is, $360 per year, including heat and janitor's services, the use of piano and the use of the yard in the rear for a playground, which is considered reasonable. The Borough Superintendent, has reported that the premises will be required for a longer period, and your Committee therefore recommends that the request of the School Board be granted. The following resolution is submitted : Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be, and they are hereby, requested to authorize the Comptroller to execute a renewal of the lease of the parlor floor of the premises No. 446 East Seventy-second street, for use as an annex to Public School 82, for one year from March 20, 1901, with the privilege of renewal for an additional year, at an annual rental of $360, to include heat and janitor's services, the use of piano, and the use of the yard in the rear for a playground. A true copy of report and resolution adopted by the Board of Education February 18, 1901. A. E. PALMER, Secretary, Board of Education. 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 the lease to the City, from the Associate Alumnæ of the Normal College, of the parlor floor of premises No. 445 East Seventy-second street, Borough of Manhattan, for a term of one year from March 20, 1901, with the privilege of a renewal for an additional year, at an annual rental of three hundred and sixty dollars ($360), 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 was unanimously adopted. The following report and resolution were received from the Board of Education relative to a renewal of the lease of building on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, near Pleasant avenue, Rockaway Beach: To the Board of Education: The Committee on Buildings, to which was referred a resolution adopted by the School Board for the Borough of Queens requesting that the lease of the building used as a Kindergarten, situated on the Boulevard, between Dodge and Pleasant avenues, Rockaway Beach, Borough of Queens, be renewed until April 1, 1901, respectfully submits the following report: Upon investigation it was found that the last renewal of the lease in question, of which there is any record on file with this Board, expired on September 1, 1900. The Deputy Superintendent of School Buildings for the Borough has reported that the building will not be required after March 1, 1901, on account of the expected completion and occupancy of new Public School 44, the Boulevard, near Pleasant avenue, Rockaway Beach, and your Committee would therefore recommend that the lease be renewed from September 1, 1900, to March 1, 1901, on the same terms now in force. The following resolution is submitted for adoption : Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be and they are hereby requested to authorize the Comptroller to execute a renewal of the lease of the building situated on the Boulevard, between Dodge and Pleasant avenues, Rockaway Beach, Borough of Queens, used for Kindergarten purposes, from September 1, 1900, to March 1, 1901, at a rental of nine dollars per month, the other terms to be the same as in the existing lease. Charles Grabbe, owner. A true copy of report and resolution adopted by the Board of Education February 18, 1901. A. E. PALMER, Secretary, Board of Education. |