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May ~0, The question of lights in the Union Fire Company's House. We report that this matter belongs to the Light Committee. (Signed~. L. PrivetS, On motion, the report of the Committee was adopted, to the Finance Committee. Fire-- Hon. Board of Aldermen. · Gentlemen:~-- Your Fire Chairman B. of A. the recommended appropriations being refer- Committee respectfully reports herein con- corning the following matters'referred to the Joint Fire Committee April 8-15 and March ll, i91~: Referred by Common Council April 8th. A request of the Fire Board for an appropriation of $4E5.00 ~o pay for uniforming paid men of the Fir~ Department. It is recommended that the request of the Fire Board for an appropriation of $4B5.00 be granted for the purpose. A petition of R. A. Alexander and other paid men of th~ Fire Department for am increase of pay. trois recommended thatan increase of $5~00 per month be made for all paid men of the Fire Department. Advisability of pu~ting paid men of the Fire Department on the same basis as the Police Depart- ment, that is to say that they continue in office during good behavior. It is recommended that paid men of the Fire Department continue in office during their terms of Eeod behavior. Referred by Board of Aldermen April 15th. Recommitted.~ Recommendation to place fire-alarm boxes at the corners of Green & Columbia, Jef- ferson & Fifth, and Cooke & North streets; and ~o consider also other devices for protection from fire. We report tha~ we do not consider that this matter belongs to 'the Fire Committee. Re fer~ed by Common Council March ltth. Authorized to advertise for bide to supply material for new work on the fire-alarm telegraph System. of New TorkWeGity,have SOforadVertised$l~ES?.OO.and have received one bid from The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co. The Committee recommends that this bid be accepted, and that the amount allowed in the Bud- get for said work be made available. Authorized to advertise for bids to supply the Annex Fire Company with a bell. Progress as to same. It is further recommended that an appropriation of $?5.00 be made fcr purchase of land in the rear of the Union House, out of the $i00.00 allowed in the Budget for same, in accordance with the plans submitted for said land. It is further recommended that the Committee be authorized to advertise for bids to sell a horse at~ached to the Chambers hose wagon and also a horse attached to the Park View engine. (Signed). C.N. Markham~ Chairman B. of A. The report 9f the Com~mit~ee having been read, ~ ' ~ ' $om~ dmscuss~on ensued between Mr. Markham and Williams concerning the request of the Fire Board for an appropriation of $4~.00 for uniforming the paid men°of the Fire. Department. Mr. Williams contended that it should go back to the Fire Committee, and he moved that the mat- te~ be referred back to the Committee for further consideration. The motion was adopted. u-- Then the report, as amended, was adopted, and by the fol~owing~vote: Williams, Langhorne, Ballentine~ Sewerage-~ Hon. Board of Aldermen. Adams, Privett, Ayes--W~lker, Moore, M°ntague, Markham~ Nutty, Pile, 11. Genttemen:-- Your Sewerage Committee respectfully reports herein concerning the following matter referred to the Joint Sewerage.Committee April 8, 1~I$: Referred by Common Council April 8th. A communication from Winston Parrish and Bascom Sykes calling attention to the unsanitary con- dition of certain colored tenement houses in Eastwood's Lane. We report that improvement to the condition complained of would be beet made by adopting the recommendation of the Sewerage Committee November 1~-19~ 191~ that Hunter's and Eastwood's La~es be sewered~ at a cost of $811.50 and $404.50~ respectively, and we now repeat said recommendation. We report further that we have ma~e the usual annual advertisement to supply the Sewer Power House with coal, and have received one bid for same, from the Portsmouth Goal & Ice Co. to sup- ply 700 tons of Pocahon~ae steam coal, S,O00 lbs. to the ton, ~stowed in bin, at $3.05 per ton. It is recommended that said bid'be accepted. (Signed). S. ~. Montagu% Chairman B. of A.