The Comptroller presented a resolution of the Armory Board recommending the renewal of the leases of certain armories, and a report and resolutions to authorize the same: ARMORY BOARD, NEW YORK, January 29, 1889. To Hon. THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller: SIR-At a meeting of the Armory Board, held at the office of his Honor the Mayor, in the City Hall, at 2.45 P. M., January 24, the following business was enacted: Commissioner Coleman offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Comptroller be recommended, with the concurrence of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, to renew for one year [leases of] the several premises now occupied by the following organizations of the National Guard, viz.: Armory, Fourteenth street, west of Sixth avenue, occupied by the Twenty-second Regiment; armory, Twenty-sixth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, occupied by the Ninth Regiment; armory, Nos. 334 to 340 West Forty-fourth street, occupied by the First Battery; on the same terms and at the same prices as heretofore, and that the owners be notified of such renewal in accordance with the conditions of the present leases. It was unanimously adopted. Respectfully, M. COLEMAN, Secretary. CITY OF NEW YORK-FINANCE DEPARTMENT, To the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund: GENTLEMEN-Herewith I present a resolution of the Armory Board recommending the renewals, with the concurrence of this Board, of the present leases of the premises occupied as armories by the Twenty-second and Ninth Regiments; and the First Battery, for the term of one year, on the terms and conditions of the old leases, and I submit resolutions to authorize such renewals. Respectfully, THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller. Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation be and is hereby requested to prepare leases of the premises now occupied as armories and drili-rooms by the Ninth Regiment and the First Battery, for the term of one year from May 1, 1889, at the same rentals respectively, and upon the conditions of the present leases, to wit: 1. The premises in Twenty-sixth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, occupied by the Ninth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y. 2. The premises Nos. 334. 336, 338 and 340 West Forty-fourth street, occupied by the First Battery, N. G. S. N. Y. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund deeming the rents fair and reasonable and that it would be for the interest of the City that such leases should be made; and the Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to execute such leases when prepared and approved by the Counsel to the Corporation, as provided by sections 123 and 181 of the New York City Consolidation Act of 1882. Which was unanimously adopted. Resolved, That the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to renew a certain lease to the City from John L. Tonnele, trustee, and others, of premises in the Sixteenth Ward of the City of New York, now occupied as an armory by the Twenty-second Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., for the term of one year from May 1, 1889, at the same rental, by endorsement on said lease, to be executed by the lessors, and also by the Comptroller. Which was unanimously adopted. The Comptroller presented a communication received from George W. Ely, Esq., Treasurer Church of the Redeemer, submitting a proposal by the Vestry of the Church of the Redeemer to buy the eight lots of land occupied by that church on the corner of Eighty-second street and Park avenue, on modified terms and conditions from those fixed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, with a preamble and resolution accepting the proposal, as follows: Hon. THEO. W. MYERS, Comptroller: NEW YORK, January 22, 1889. DEAR SIR-I am instructed by the Vestry of the Church of the Redeemer to say that if the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund will sell to said church the eight lots at corner of Eighty-second street and Park avenue, now occupied by said church, upon the following terms, they will buy the said property: The price of said property to be, as stated by the Commissioners, $67,500. Of said amount $2,500 to be paid in cash, and $65,000 to remain upon bond and mortgage, at four per cent. interest per annum, for ten years, with privilege of paying it off in whole or in part at any time or times prior thereto. The church to obtain absolute fee of the property without any restricting clause in deed of sale. The church to relinquish possession to the City of the remaining four lots at corner of Eighty-first street and Park avenue, upon which the present wooden church building stands, on August 1, 1890, or sooner if the new church is sufficiently finished to occupy. Will you kindly inform me on what day action can be had upon the foregoing, and oblige, Yours, etc., PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION. Whereas, The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund adopted a resolution on December 19, 1888, authorizing a sale to the corporation of the Church of the Redeemer of eight lots of land belonging to the City, situated at the corner of Eighty-second street and Park avenue, upon certain terms and conditions of sale; and Whereas, The vestry of said church has made a proposition to buy said property at the price of sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($67,500), as fixed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, if the terms and conditions of sale are somewhat modified, to wit: By reducing the cash payment from six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars to two thousand five hundred dollars, and allowing the balance of sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) to remain on bond and mortgage for the term of ten instead of five years, at the same rate of interest per annum, the fee of the property to be conveyed without any restricting clause in the deed, and an immaterial change in the term of the proposed lease to the church of four lots of land now occupied by it at the corner of Eighty-first street and Park avenue; and Whereas, The interests of the City in the property will be amply secured by the proposed purchase mortgage thereon; and Whereas, The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund are authorized and empowered by chapter 101 of the Laws of 1888, to sell at private sale to the corporation of the Church of the Redeemer the said property, or any part or portion thereof, for such sum and on such terms as to the said Commissioners of the Sinking Fund may seem reasonable; therefore Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on December 19, 1888, authorizing and directing a private sale of said property to be made to the corporation of said church, upon certain terms and conditions, and also a resolution adopted on January 16, 1889, extending the time for completing the purchase of said property, be and the same are hereby rescinded, and that the following resolution be adopted as a substitute for said resolution of December 19, 1888: Resolved, That, in pursuance of the authority conferred by chapter 101 of the Laws of 1888, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund do hereby authorize and direct a private sale to be made to the corporation of the Church of the Redeemer, of Yorkville, in the City of New York, of eight lots of land bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the southwesterly corner of Fourth or Park avenue and Eighty-second street, and running westerly along the southerly line of Eightysecond street two hundred feet; thence southerly parallel with Park avenue one hundred feet; thence easterly parallel to Eighty-second street two hundred feet to the westerly line of said Park avenue; thence northerly along the westerly line of Park avenue one hundred feet to the point or place of beginning; and do hereby fix the sum of sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($67,500) as the price to be paid therefor, upon the terms and conditions of sale, as follows, viz.: The sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to be paid in cash on the delivery of the deed, and the balance of sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) to be secured by bond and mortgage for ten years, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, with privilege of earlier payment in whole or in part; and provided, also, that the said corporation of the Church of the Redeemer shall execute and deliver to the Corpora tion of the City of New York a good and sufficient deed releasing all right, title and interest of said church corporation in and to the four adjacent lots of land situate on the northwesterly corner of Eighty-first street and Park, formerly Fourth avenue, now occupied by said church corporation; for which four lots a lease shall be made to said four lots to the City, and lease thereof to said church corporation, shall be by the Comptroller at what said lots should pay for taxes thereon, with the right to remove the present church edifice now standing upon said lots; and also provided. that the said deed to said church corporation, the bond and mortgage and deed of said four lots to the City, and lease thereof to said church corporation, shall be exccuted and delivered simultaneously; and the Counsel to the Corporation is requested to prepare the said deeds and all other papers necessary to carry out this resolution; and the Mayor and the Clerk of the Common Council are hereby authorized and directed to execute such deed under the Common Seal of the City, when prepared and approved by the Counsel to the Corporation; and the Comptroller is hereby authorized to execute the lease herein provided for when prepared and approved by the Counsel to the Corporation; and it is further provided that if the said church corporation do not accept and consummate the purchase of said premises on the terms and conditions herein mentioned within ten days after notice from the Comptroller that the said deeds and lease are ready for execution and delivery, the Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to take such action as may be necessary to obtain possession of the whole of said premises. Which was laid over. Whereupon the Chamberlain offered the following resolution extending the time for completing the purchase: Resolved, That the time for the completion of the purchase of the eight lots of land corner of Eighty-second street and Park avenue by the corporation of the Church of the Redeemer, as fixed by resolutions adopted on December 19, 1888, and January 16, 1889, be and is hereby further extended for thirty days from this date, and the Comptroller is requested to notify the vestry of said church. Which was adopted unanimously. The Comptroller presented the following statement of Croton water rents paid in error, with a resolution to refund the amount: Applications have been made, as per stateinent herewith, for the refund of Croton water rents paid in error. The applications are severally approved by the Commissioner of Public Works, the Receiver of Taxes and the Clerk of Arrears, and the amount so paid, four hundred and forty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents ($444.59) has been deposited in the City Treasury to the credit of the "Sinking Fund for the Payment of Interest on the City Debt.” I. S. BARRETT, General Bookkeeper. Manhattan Railway Company, E. F. J. Gaynor, auditor.. 15 40 Resolved, That a warrant, payable from the "Sinking Fund for the Payment of Interest on the City Debt, be drawn in favor of the Chamberlain for the sum of four hundred and forty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents ($444.59) for deposit in the City Treasury to the credit of "Croton Water Rent-Refunding Account," for refunding erroneous payments of Croton water rents, as per statement herewith. Which resolution was unanimously adopted. The Comptroller presented the following statement and resolution for refunding fee for a street vault: From the certificate of the Water Purveyor, approved by the Commissioner of Public Works, it appears that Louis Losi paid on January 8, 1889, twelve dollars and thirty-four cents in excess of the legal charge for a vault under sidewalk in front of premises No. 359 West Fifty-ninth street, which sum Mr. Losi respectfully asks to have refunded. The amount so paid was deposited in the City Treasury to credit of the Sinking Fund for the Redemption of the City Debt. The receipt for aomunt paid, with Surveyor's certificate., etc., exhibited herewith. I. S. BARRETT, General Bookkeeper. |