NEW YORK, November 25, 1904. To the Honorable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund: GENTLEMEN-The Police Commissioner this day Ordered. That the proceedings of November 23, 1904, asking the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to authorize the Police Commissioner to establish, etc., premises on north side of Fifth street, 150 feet east of Vernon avenue, Long Island City, Borough of Queens, as a station-house for the Seventy-fifth Police Precinct, be amended to read as follows: Ordered, That, in pursuance of the provisions of section 320 of the Greater New York Charter, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be and are hereby respectfully requested to authorize the Police Commissioner to establish, provide and furnish premises on the northerly side of Fourth street, 100 feet westerly of Vernon avenue, Long Island City, Borough of Queens, as a station-house for the Seventyfifth Police Precinct, for the accommodation thereat of members of the Police Force and as a place of temporary detention for persons arrested and properly taken within the said precinct, and also provide and furnish such business accommodations, apparatus and articles and provide for the care thereof as shall be necessary for the Department of Police and the transaction of the business of the Department therein. Very respectfully, WM. H. KIPP, Chief Clerk. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at a meeting held August 21, 1902, assigned to the Police Department a piece of property on Fourth street, 100 feet west of Vernon avenue, Long Island City, 125 by 100 feet, for the purpose of erecting thereon a new Police Station. I would respectfully recommend that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund approve of the above request of the Police Commissioner under date of November 25, 1904, pursuant to the provisions of section 320 of the amended Greater New York Charter. MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. In connection therewith the Comptroller offered the following resolution: Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 320 of the Greater New York Charter, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hereby authorize the Police Commissioner to establish, provide and furnish the premises on the northerly side of Fourth street, 100 feet westerly of Vernon avenue, Long Island City, Borough of Queens, as a station-house for the Seventy-fifth Police Precinct, for the accommodation thereat of members of the police force and as a place of temporary detention for persons arrested and properly taken within the said precinct, and also provide and furnish such business accommodations, apparatus and articles and provide for the care thereof as shall be necessary for the Department of Police and the transaction of the business of the Department therein. Which was unanimously adopted. The following communications were received from the President of the Borough of The Bronx relative to a lease of a plot of land on the west side of Park avenue extending westerly through to Webster avenue, Borough of The Bronx : Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: AUGUST 12, 1904 DEAR SIR-I would respectfully request that the plot of land on the west side of Park avenue, West, beginning at a point 149.79 feet south of East One Hundred and Seventy-sixth street and extending southerly therefrom a distance of 41.53 and extending westerly through to Webster avenue, be leased for the use of the Bureau of Sewers as a storage yard, inasmuch as the Bureau of Sewers will have to vacate their present premises at Mount Hope, now used as a maintenance yard, and because the plot leased for their new quarters on Park avenue, East, north of Tremont avenue, will not be large enough to accommodate all the material necessary to be stored. The owner is Michael Gleason, of No. 1893 Washington avenue. Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: Yours truly, LOUIS F. HAFFEN, President of the Borough of The Bronx. NEW YORK, August 16, 1904. DEAR SIR-Referring to my letter of August 12, 1904, requesting the leasing of the plot of land on the west side of Park avenue, West, south of East One Hundred and Seventy-sixth street, for the use of the Bureau of Sewers as a storage yard, I beg to recommend to the Sinking Fund Commission that a lease be authorized for this plot for the term of one year, with the privilege of renewal, at a yearly rental of $720. Yours truly, LOUIS F. HAFFEN, President of the Borough of The Bronx. In connection therewith the Comptroller presented the following report: Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: NOVEMBER 9, 1904. SIR-The President of the Borough of The Bronx requests a lease of the premises on the west side of Park avenue, extending westerly through to Webster avenue, Borough of The Bronx, for the use of the Bureau of Sewers as a storage yard. After an examination I find that the rent asked by the owner is excessive, and inasmuch as the President of the Borough of The Bronx, in a communication under date of November 4, 1904, has requested the purchase of the entire block bounded by East One Hundred and Seventy-ninth street, Lafontaine avenue, East One Hundred and Seventy-eighth street and Monterey avenue, Borough of The Bronx, for storage purposes, I would respectfully recommend that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deny the application for the leasing of these premises. Respectfully submitted for approval. Approved: MORTIMER J. BROWN, EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller. Application denied. The Comptroller presented a further report in the matter of the application of the President of the Borough of The Bronx, for an extension of the lease of the yard on Tremont avenue, west of Anthony avenue, which the Commissioners declined to authorize on two previous occasions (see pages 303, 596 and 830). Laid over. The Comptroller presented the following report and offered the following resolution to authorize the payment of rent of premises formerly occupied by the President of the Borough of Queens, at No. 85 Borden avenue, Long Island City: Hon. EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller: NOVEMBER 18, 1904. SIR-The City of New York is the lessee of premises No. 85 Borden avenue, under a lease which expired on June 20, 1904. The President of the Borough of Queens in a communication under date of June 28, requested that other premises, known by the Nos. 250 and 252 Jackson avenue, in the Borough of Queens, be leased for the purposes of his Department, and the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at a meeting held on July 20, 1904, approved of the request and authorized a lease to be made for the said premises. The President of the Borough of Queens did not remove from the building No. 85 Borden avenue until on or about July 1, 1904, or eleven days after the expiration of the lease, and in a communication under date of November 10, addressed to you, he So states. Whether the City is a hold-over tenant, I cannot say, but the action of the President of the Borough of Queens prevented the owner, Conrad V. Dykeman, from obtaining another tenant for his property, and I would respectfully recommend that under the circumstances the premises No. 85 Borden avenue, formerly occupied by the Topographical Bureau under the jurisdiction of the President of the Borough of Queens, be turned over to the Collector of City Revenue for the purpose of collecting such rent as may be obtained until June 20, 1905. I would also respectfully recommend that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund adopt a resolution authorizing the Comptroller to pay the rent of the premises No. 85 Borden avenue for the term of one year from June 20, 1904, at a monthly rental of $30 without the necessity of entering into a lease. Respectfully submitted for approval. Approved: MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Acting Comptroller. Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Conrad V. Dykeman the sum of thirty dollars ($30) per month, for a period of one year from June 20, 1904, being the rent of premises No. 85 Borden avenue, Long Island City, formerly occupied by the Topographical Bureau of the President of the Borough of Queens. The report was accepted and the resolution unanimously adopted. The following communication was received from the Department of Taxes and Assessments relative to a renewal of the lease of rooms at No. 51 Chambers street, Borough of Manhattan: NOVEMBER 10, 1904. Mr. N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Secretary, Commissioners Sinking Fund, New York City: DEAR SIR-Replying to your communication of October 28 in relation to the lease of the rooms in No. 51 Chambers street occupied by this Department, I am directed to state that the continued occupation of these premises is necessary and a continuance of the lease is consequently requested. Yours respectfully, C. ROCKLAND TYNG, Secretary. Approved for renewal for a period of one year from May 1, 1904; otherwise, on the same terms and conditions as contained in the existing lease. Lessor, Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank. NOVEMBER 14, 1904. MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate in Charge of Bureau. 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 of Rooms Nos. 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, and the exclusive use of the hallway on the fourth floor as now inclosed, in the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank building, No. 51 Chambers street, Borough of Manhattan, for the use of the Department of Taxes and Assessments, for a term of one year from May 1, 1904, at an annual rental of three thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars ($3,435), 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 communication was received from the Public Administrator of the County of New York, relative to a renewal of the lease of rooms in the Temple Court Building, corner of Beekman and Nassau streets, Borough of Manhattan: NEW YORK, November 15, 1904. N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Esq., Secretary, Commissioners of Sinking Fund, etc., No. 280 Broadway, City: DEAR SIR-The lease of the premises occupied by me at No. 119 Nassau street, in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, being rooms Nos. 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029 and 1030, expires on the first day of May next. I am required by law to give creditors six months notice to file claims against estates in my care, so that I am compelled to ask the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to take action at an early day in regard to the renewal of the lease of my offices. The offices are satisfactory, and the landlord of the building responds promptly to any request for repairs, etc. I respectfully ask, therefore, that your Sinking Fund Board make a renewal of the lease. Yours very truly, WILLIAM M. HOES, Public Administrator of the County of New York. Approved for renewal upon the same terms and conditions as in existing lease. November 19, 1904. MORTIMER J. BROWN, Appraiser of Real Estate, in charge of Bureau. 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 estate of Eugene Kelly, of Rooms Nos. 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029 and 1030, in the building situated on the southwest corner of Beekman and Nassau streets, Borough of Manhattan, known as Temple Court, for the use of the Public Administrator of the County of New York, for a term of two years from May 1, 1905, at an annual rental of two thousand dollars ($2,000), 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 communication was received from the Fire Department relative to the rental of premises at No. 253 Spring street, Borough of Manhattan: BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, November 10, 1904. To the Honorable Commissioners of the Sinking Fund: GENTLEMEN-The new building in process of construction for Engine Company 30 will not, it is believed, be ready for occupancy before May 1, 1905. The lease of the quarters now occupied by this company at No. 253 Spring street, which was entered into for a term of one year at a rental of $540, will expire on December 31, 1904, and in order that the use of the present house may be continued until the new structure is ready for occupancy, it will be necessary for the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the Comptroller to pay to the owner, the Corporation of Trinity Church, the sum of $45 per month for a period of four months, commencing January 1, 1905. This arrangement has received the assent of the Corporation of Trinity Church, and is now submitted for the consideration and action of your Honorable Commission. Yours respectfully, NICHOLAS J. HAYES, Commissioner. |