April 7, 1894





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April 10, 1894, for heatingauil viutilatiug apparatus forthe addition
to Grammar School No. 25, IIU north side of 4th street, between 2d
and 3d avenues.

Proposals will also be rei-eiv.iil al the same place by the School
Trustees of the 23il Ward, until 4 o'clock P, .M.. ou Tuesday, April 10,
1894, for making sanitary impriiyements at Grammar School Build¬
ing No, 61. ou 3d avenue, between i(i9th and 170th streets.

Proposals will also be reieived at the same place by the Board of
Sehool Tru.stees for the 20tli Ward, until 9,.30 o'clock a. m,. on Mon¬
day, April 9,1894, for iniproviug the lot, etc, adjoining Primary
Sehool BnihUugNo. 27, on West 37th street, between IOth and llth
avenues.

Sealed bids or estimates for eaili of the I'ollowing-nieutioued works
will be reeciyed by the Commissiiincr of Street luiproveineuts of the
23d and 24tli Wards, at his office. No, 2622 3d avenue, comer of
14l8t street, until 3 o'eloi-k P. M. iiii Tliur.sday, April 5, 1N94, at which
jilaceanil hour they will lie publicly opened: No. 1. P^imishing and
delivering, where required, broken trap rock stone along certaiu roiids,
avenues and streets iu the 23il and 24tli Wards, in the City of New
Y'ork. No. 2. Constructing sewer and appurtenances in Welch street,
from the existing .scwcr in Wibster iiyenue to the existing sewer
under the New York A Hiirlem Riiilroad. No. 3. Coiistrnctiiig a
sewer and apiiurtenances in Intervale iivenue. froui .Siiiitlicrn Boule-
Tiiril to Wilkins ]iliiie.

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.Sealed iii-o|iosiils lor furuishiug the niateriiils and lalmr and doing
the work required for (-onstructiiig and erecting two buildings for
engine companies, one to be erci-ted on the south side of 18th street,
227 feet east of 5th ayenue, and one to be erected on the south sideof
43d .street, 400 feet west of IOth iivenue, will be received by the
Board of Coniuiissioners of the Fire lleiiartment at its office, Nos. 157
and 159 Ea.st ()7th .street, iu the City of New Y'ork, until 10 o'clock
a, .M., Monda.v. .\pril 9. 1H94. Sejiarate bids or iirojiosals iiiiist be
made for eai-li building.

The l)e|iiirtnient of Publie Charities and Cori-ection invites bids
for materials and work reiiuired for walls and gates at BeUevue
Hospital, whicli will be reiii\ id ill .No. 66 3il aveuue, until 10 .\. m,
of 12th jiriix.

The Fin- llciiartiuint will receive scaled i>ro|iosals lor furnishing
the materials and labor and doing the work required for coustruct-
ing and erci-ting two buildings fur engine coinjiauies, oue to be
ereited ou the south side of Ihtli street, 227 feet east of ,5th aveuue,
and one to be erected on the south side of 43d street, 400 feet west
of IOth avenue, and at Nos, 157 and 159 East 67th street, until 10
o'clock a, m., Monday, April 9, 1894,

The Department of Public Works will receive bids until 12 o'l-lock
M.. on Tuesday, April 10, 1S94, for the following works: No. 1. Regu¬
lating aud grading 130th street, from Couvent avenue to .St. Nicholas
terrace, and setting curbstones and flagging sidewalks therein. No.
2. Sewer iu 93d street, between Riverside aud West End avenues.
No. 3. Sew-cr iu 94tli street, between Riverside and West End
aveuues.

The City Comptroller will sell at aiiitiou at noon of the 1st prox.
at his office iu the Stewart Buildiug, No, 28.) Broadway, leases of
cellars Nos. 1 toll inclusive. Centre Market; cellars Nos. 1 to 10
inclusive, Esse.x Market; secoud and third floors of Jefl'er.son Market
building, exclusive of the rooms on the .second floor on Greenwich
avenue, but including the easterly tower room ; and the upjier part of
the northerly part of Centre Market Building.

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Bids will be receiyed by the Coiumissiouer of Street Improvemeuts
of the 23d and 24th Wards, at 2622 3il avenue, until 3 P. .M. of the
17th iu.staut. for the following works : No. 1. Regulating and paving
with grauite-Vilock iiaveincnt the carriagew'a,v of, and laying cross¬
walks iu. East 140tli street, frnm 3d aveuue to Morris avenue. No. 2.
Regulating aud paving with grauite-block pavement the carriagewa.v
of, and laying crosswalks in, l(i2(l street, from the Port Morris Br.aucli
Railroad to Courtlandt avenue. No. 3. ReguUiting and paving with
griinite-block pavement the carriageway of, aud laying crosswalks
in. Railroad avenue East, from 156tli street to 161st street. No. 4.
Constructing sewers and aiijiurtiuiauces iu Washington avenue,
between 174tli and 176th streets, and in Bathgate avenue, from sum¬
mit north of 174tli street to 176rli .street. No. 5, Completiug outlet
sewer and appurtenances iu Wolf street, from Harlem River to Union
street, with branches in Binli street, from Wolf street to summit east
of Ogden avenue ; Lind avenne, froin Wolf .street to summit south of
Uniou street; Sedgwick avenue, from Wolf street to the Une of the
23d and 24th Wards: Sedgw-i(-k aveiiue. from AVolf street to sumiuit
south of Wolf street.

The Departiueut of Public Works iuvites bids receivable uutil noon
of tho 18th inst for the following works: No. 1. Regulating tiud pav.
ing with asphalt pavement, on concrete foundation, the carriageway
of 91st street, from Columhus to Amsterdam avenne. No. 2. Regu¬
lating and paving with asphalt jiavcmcnt, on concrete foundation,
the carriageway of 94th strcit, froni .\ui8terdain to West End ave¬
nue. No. 3. Regulating and jiaviug with'asphalt pavement,' on
concrete foundation, the carriageway of 114th street, from 7th to 8th
avenue. No. 4. Regulating antl pavitrg,'-5vith asphalt pavement, ou
concrete fouudatiou, the carriageway of 149th street, from St. Nich¬
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North Side Happenings.

The central section of the new official map of the 23il iind 2tth
Wards was considered in the offices of .Street (!(uiiniissioner Haffiii,
No. 26'J'2 3(1 avenue, on Moiiday last. It includes the district bounded
on the north by (iuuhill road, on the cast by Webster ayenue and the
Harlem River, on the south b.y 161st street, and west b.v .lerome ave¬
nue, Mosholu Parkwa.y and Van Courtlandt Park. It will lie sub¬
mitted to the Board of Street Ojiening .\pi-il 20th.

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('ouimissioiier Hafl'cn has exjilaiued to the proiiert.y-ow-ncrs inter¬
ested ill the propo.sed concourse that the bill before the Legislature
lu-ovides for one-fourth of the aniiuint being levied on the property
benefited and the remainiiig three-fonrthN to eome ont of the general
fund. North Side iiropertv-ow-ners cxiuess the opinion that if the
concourse is made as jirojiosed it will give il big boom to real estate
in the distriet through which it will jiass.

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The (-iintract for the sewer in Tift'an.y street has beeu awarded to
.lones iV Brosnan at !)il60,0(l(l. This .sew(-r is of con.sideralile import¬
ance, as it will drain all tlirough the centre of the easteru section of
the 23d Ward, known as the Leggitt.'s Creek water shed. It covers
an iirea of iibout 90(1 ai-rcs.

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.\t the llejiiirtiiieiit of Street Imjiroveinent it was .said that as the
(iovernor had signed the bill, giving jierniission to erect a .suitable
building, on the (-orner of 1 77th street and .3d aveuue, in Crotona
I'ark, for their use, stejis would be tiikiu at oiiie to build. The cost
111 the bnilding is placed ill if 100,000,

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The work of jiaving 3il avenue was started b.v William Kell.y, the
iiiutrai-tor, on Tne.sday la.st, at 138th street, and will be carried on
to coinjili'tion.





Questions and Answers.

CRlTll ISM  IIF   IIIE  KIXD TIIAT  HELPS.

■/'() the Fditor o^'The Recokii anu Guide:

I heartily agree with you remarks in regard to the lack of public
spirit in New Y'ork. To mention some of the smaller facts which ini-
jire.ss one constantl.y. take the careless manner in which householders
till ash barrels with loose pajiers, wliii-h could be burned in-doors,
but which are blown all about the streets in a most unseemly man¬
ner. Another ca.se in jioint is the coudition of certain crossings,
notabl.v 117tli street and 7tli avenue, a proinineut thoroughfare
where there is iib.soliitel.y no cross walk of any kind, so that in bad
weather people must wiiile through the mud and slush, yet this they
do with untiring iiatieuie, 1 iini told nothing can be .lone until
spring to remedy the difticulty.

I sujijiose our jieoide w ill eoutiuue to aci-ejit irowdeil and iincleanl.y
i-lcyatcd cars until the crack of iliioni. Their iijiathv in regard fo
rajiid transit .seems ama/.ing.

lu conclusion let me add a word upon the pre.seut tendency to build
excessivel.v high buildings. An artist friend of mine says that a
visitor from tae West reniarked as he looked down on the narrow-
streets from his tiftli stor.y studio that the.v were like Colorado canons,
and the jieople diving iu and out of the houses seemed Uke coyotes.
As a sanitarian I can testif.v to the bad eft'ects of our lofty buildings
Jiarticiilarly on iiarrow streets, in fostering diiinimcss, iu darkening
the windows of adjacent hou.ses, and lastl.y iu creating raw and dust-
1-adeu drafts which endanger everybody's lungs and throats, I never
pass through Wall street, near Broadway, or the vicinity of Nassau
and Spruce streets without noticingliow piercing and harsh the wind
feels in these places.

On the icsthetic side one must deepl.v regret to see how the citv
iinpears froni the ferries iu consequence of the hideous structures
that have recently been put up. Until a year ago the eft'ect of the
Produce Exchange, the Field Building and half a dozen other lofty
edifices was rather picturesque. But this has been destroyed by the
new structures and the general ett'ect as seen from Governor's Island
or either river, resembles ii miinstrous factory, and when .soft coal is
allowed to be burned without stint, as it jii-ob,ably will be, the
beaut.y of New York will be destroyed,                Cii.is, F, Wingate.





liUlLDI.XG  L.\W.

To the Etlitor of Thk Record and Guide:

Please inforni ine iu your next issue it in .your ojiinion the law
would comjiel a part.y to remove an extension put up iibout a year
ago without a jicrmit but with the kuowledge of the party then iu
Jiower?

Answer,—-Wc quote the following provisions of the Building Law:
" Sec. 51. The Supreme Court of the .State of New- York, the Couuty
Court of the County of Kings, and the Cit.v Court of Brooklyn, .shall,
IIJIOU jietition, respectively, have power and jurisdiction to adjudge
and decree that an.v store, storehouse, dwelling or other building that
has or may hereiifter become dangerous or insecure, or auy building
erected or altered, or in the course ,0f 'erection or alteration, in viola¬
tion of the provisious of this title, shall be taken down and reinoved,
or repaired and supjiorted in a proper manuer," " Sec, 57. An.y per¬
son, persons or corporations, for the violation of the several provi¬
sions of the several sections of this title, wheu the penalty is not
therein sjiecialfv provided, shall severall.v forfeit and pa.v a penalty
in the sum of fift.y.doll.ars for each and every ort'eiise." We are ul
opinion that if your extension was put ifji in coiiipliaiicc with tlu-
provisions of law as tij its constructioii, etc, its i-einoval cannot be
compelled but you may be called upon to pii.v a fine or penalty of
fifty dollars for erecting it without tirst obtaining a permit.—Law
Editok,