plans and for the needs and requirements of the Department of Street Cleaning; 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. The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted. The Comptroller presented the following report and offered the following resolution relative to the assignment to the Chelsea Realty Company of the lease upon property No. 28 Beaver street: Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: SEPTEMBER 27, 1904. SIR-The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund recently authorized the sale at public auction of the premises heretofore owned by the City, known as No. 28 Beaver street, in the Borough of Manhattan. Said property was purchased by the Chelsea Realty Company, who paid the amount bid, and they received the deed therefor. They now request that the City assign to them the lease upon said premises between The City of New York and William H. Aspinwall, John A. Aspinwall and Ambrose C. Kingsland, as executors of William H. Aspinwall, deceased, said lease being recorded in the Comptroller's office in book of special leases at page 442. I would respectfully recommend that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund adopt a resolution authorizing the Comptroller to assign said lease to the Chelsea Realty Company. Respectfully submitted for approval, Approved: MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby authorize and direct the Comptroller to assign to the Chelsea Realty Company, the purchasers of the property known as No. 28 Beaver street, Borough of Manhattan, the lease upon said premises between The City of New York and William H◆ Aspinwall, John A. Aspinwall and Ambrose C. Kingsland, as executors of William H. Aspinwall, deceased, said lease being recorded in the Comptroller's office in book of special leases, at page 442. The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted. The following report and resolution were received from the Board of Education turning over to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund the leased premises, No. 799 Vernon avenue and premises at Hancock street and Webster avenue, Borough of Queens: Mr. Adams presented the following: To the Executive Committee: The Committee on Buildings respectfully reports that the City Superintendent states that, owing to the completion of Public School 83, Borough of Queens, the rented premises at Hancock street and Webster avenue, occupied as Public School 77, and at No. 799 Vernon avenue, occupied as an amex thereto, will not be required further for school purposes. The lease of the former premises will expire on February 1, 1906, and the owner, Herman Miller, No. 226 East Sixty-first street, City, consents to the cancellation of the same as of May 1, 1905, in consideration of being given possession on or before October 1, 1904. The lease of the Vernon avenue premises will expire on March 1, 1905, but the lessor, William Nelson, No. 13 Chambers street, City, refuses to make any concessions. The matter was taken up with the Comptroller and the conclusion has been reached that it would be advisable to turn over both premises to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund with a recommendation that the agreement above stated relative to the premises at Webster avenue and Hancock street be carried out. The following resolution is submitted for adoption: Resolved, That in view of the facts as hereinbefore stated, the premises at Webster avenue and Hancock street, occupied as Public School 77, Borough of Queens, and the premises at No. 799 Vernon avenue, occupied as an annex thereto, be and they are hereby turned over to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund until the expiration of the present leases on February 1, 1906, and March 1, 1905, respectively, with the recommendation that the agreement of the owner of the premises at Webster avenue and Hancock street to cancel the lease of the same as of May 1, 1905, in consideration of securing possession of said premises on or before October 1, 1904, be carried out. A true copy of report and resolution adopted by the Executive Committee of the Board of Education on September 21, 1904. A. EMERSON PALMER, Secretary, Board of Education. In connection therewith the Comptroller presented the following report and offered the following resolutions: Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: SEPTEMBER 27, 1904. SIR-The Board of Education, at a meeting held September 21, 1904, adopted the following resolution:* 66 "Resolved, That * * the premises at Webster avenue and Hancock street, "occupied as Public School 77, Borough of Queens, and the premises at No. 799 Vernon avenue, occupied as an annex thereto, be, and they are hereby, turned over to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund until the expiration of the present leases on "February 1, 1906, and March 1, 1905, respectively, with the recommendation that the 'agreement of the owner of the premises at Webster avenue and Hancock street, to "cancel the lease of the same as of May 1, 1905, in consideration of securing posses"sion of said premises on or before October 1, 1904, be carried out." 46 In regard to the premises No. 799 Vernon avenue, Borough of Queens, I would respectfully recommend that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund request the Comptroller to collect such revenue as may be derived therefrom to the expiration of the lease on March 1, 1905. In regard to the premises at Webster avenue and Hancock street, Borough of Queens, I would respectfully recommend that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund accept the proposition of the owner to cancel the lease expiring February 1, 1906, by surrendering the property to the owner on October 1, 1904, and the payment of rent to May 1, 1905. Respectfully submitted for approval, Approved: MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby requested to take charge of the premises No. 799 Vernon avenue, Borough of Queens, leased for the use of the Board of Education until March 1, 1905, and turned over to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund by said Board, September 21, 1904, and collect such revenue as may be derived therefrom until the expiration of the lease. Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby accept the proposition of Herman Miller, the owner of premises at Webster avenue and Hancock street, in the Borough of Queens, leased for the use of the Board of Education until February 1, 1906, and turned over to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund by said Board September 21, 1904, i. e., to cancel the lease by surrendering the property to him on October 1, 1904, and the payment of rent to May I, 1905. The report was accepted and the resolutions severally unanimously adopted. Congressman Goulden appeared before the Board and advocated a change in the location of premises occupied by the Department of Health in the Borough of The Bronx. There being no application before the Board from the Health Commissioner for a change of location, the Congressman was referred to him in order that the matter might be brought properly before the Board for action, in accordance with the requirements of the Charter. Adjourned. JOHN KORB, Jr., Secretary pro tem. COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, at a Meeting Held in Room 16, City Hall, at 2.30 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, October 21, 1904. Present-George B. McClellan, Mayor; Edward M. Grout, Comptroller; Patrick Keenan, Chamberlain, and John T. McCall, Chairman, Finance Committee, Board of Aldermen. The minutes of the meeting held September 28, 1904, were approved as printed. On motion, John Korb, Jr., was unanimously elected Temporary Secretary. The Comptroller brought up the matter of the request of the Commissioner of Docks, that he be authorized to entertain an application from Mr. John H. Starin to sublet a portion of the East Thirty-second Street Pier to the American Ice Company, laid over at the last meeting. Mr. O. B. Gould, representing Messrs. Clark & Allen; Mr. J. F. Keany, representing the New York, Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroad Company, and a representative of the American Ice Company were heard at length in regard to the matter. Discussion followed. The matter was again laid over and the Secretary directed to request Mr. Starin to attend the next meeting of the Board for the purpose of furnishing such information as it desires, and that the American Ice Company be requested to inform the Board what rental it proposes to pay to Mr. Starin. |