(No. 1.) Copy of Bill.

Corporation City of New York,

TO JOHN LYNCH,

To cleaning the streets of the Fourth Contract District, for two weeks, commencing Tuesday, November 22d, ending Tuesday, December 6th, as per contract,....

Copy of Requisition.

No. 85.

DEPARTMENT

DB.

$1,153 84

NEW YORK, December 10th, 1853.

The Commissioner of Streets and Lamps, hereby applies to the Comptroller of the city of New York, for eleven hundred and fifty three dollars and eighty-four cents, on account of disbursements for cleaning streets per contract, in pursuance of article 1, chapter 2, section 291, of the Revised Ordinances.

The above requisition is drawn against the appropriation made for cleaning streets, per contract, under ordinance, as passed by Common Council.

$1,153 84.

Cleaning streets, per contract.

HENRY ARCULARIUS, Commissioner of Streets and Lamps.

Copy of Affidavit.

CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, ss.

On this, the sixth day of December, A. D. 1853, before me came John Lynch, contractor for Fourth street Con

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tract District, being the 16th, 18th, 20th, 21st and 22d Wards, who being by me duly sworn, deposed and said, that the above bill, against the Corporation of the city and county of New York, amounting to eleven hundred and fifty three dollars and eighty four cents, is in every respect just and true, and for labor actually performed in such contract district.

Signed and sworn to before me, this sixth day of December, A. D. 1853. S

SAMUEL F. WEBSTER,

JOHN LYNCH.

Commissioner of Deeds.

(No. 2.)

FINANCE DEPARTMENT, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

H. ARCULARIUS, jr.

Dec. 10, 1853.

DEAR SIR:On the 8th of October, in a note from this Department, you was requested to furnish a statement of the sum required for cleaning streets until the close of December."

In your reply, dated October 15, after referring to the causes of the deficiency in the appropriation for 1853, you say, "under the circumstances, by and with the concurrence of the Superintendent of Streets, I believe that forty thousand dollars will be necessary, to carry us through the year, that is to say, to the first of January next."

This statement was communicated to the Common Coun cil on the 24th of October, and on the 19th of November, an ordinance was passed appropriating the full sum asked for in your communication of the 15th of October.

The following payments have been made to you out of the appropriation of forty thousand dollars, viz. :

Nov. 22, warrant to H. Arcularius, Jr., for

This falls considerably short of the bills rendered by the Street Inspector for September, October, and Novem ber. It will therefore be necessary to have an additional appropriation for the full discharge of these expenses, as well as for the pay of the contractors for cleaning the streets of the four districts.

I desire, therefore, that you will furnish the statement required by the charter, of the amount necessary to pay all expenses for cleaning the streets until the close of December. I notice that the claims presented by the Superintendent of Streets for the four weeks ending October 22, exceeds the sum of nineteen thousand dollars, and 1 desire to learn from you the cause of this increase, and the cause of the deficiency in the appropriation of forty thou sand dollars, so recently made.

Respectfully yours,

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A. C. FLAGG.

DOCUMENT No. 19.

BOARD OF ALDERMEN,

FEBRUARY 6th, 1854.

The following communication from the Comptroller, in reply to a resolution relating to value of city railroads, was received, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

D. T. VALENTINE, Clerk.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK,
January 16, 1854.

To the Board of Aldermen :

The Comptroller, in obedience to the following resolution, of the 12th instant, viz :

Resolved, That the Comptroller cause to be ascertained, and report to this Board, the actual value of the Sixth and Eighth Avenue Railroads, and all other city railroads, including depots, cars, horses, fixtures; also the expense of running the same, with a view of reducing the fare to three cents," respectfully

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REPORTS:

part, as follows:--Previous to the adoption of the foregoing resolution of the Board of Aldermen, the Comp

troller addressed a letter to the officers of the Sixth and Eighth Avenue Railroads, requesting a report of the cost of the roads, respectively, according to the terms of the agreement between the Roads and the Corporation. This letter is, dated December 26, and is annexed, marked No. 1.

On receiving the resolution of the Board, copies of it, with another note from the Comptroller, were sent to the officers of each of the roads referred to; and on the 17th instant, to the Second and Third Avenue Railroads. The report received from the Eighth Avenue Railroad, a copy of which is annexed, and marked No. 2, it will be seen, is, a response to the Comptroller's request of December 26. The statement of the Sixth Avenue Railroad, a copy of which is appended, marked No. 3, is a response to the resolution, which was sent with the second note of the Comptroller.

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The cost for construction, of the Eighth Avenue Railroad, 92, miles, as shown in statement No. 2, averages $31,586 05 per mile, equal to a total of......$297,540 62 The cost of construction of the Sixth Avenue

Railroad, as shown in statement No. 3, is. 514,020 16 And including real estate and equipments.... 765,000 44

It appears also, that this road has carried five millions five hundred and sixty-one thousand four hundred and seventy-nine passengers, and realized therefor the sum of $264,832 36; having carried two hundred and sixty-four thousand eight hundred and thirty-two free passengers.

The expenses attending this amount of business, is given at $188,837 21.