BOARD OF
ASSISTANT ALDE^RMEN,

SEPTEMBER 5,  1831.

The Jollowing Report from the Committee on
Charity and Aims-House, having been read,
on inotiiin, was laid on the table and ordered
to be printed.

B. CRANE, Clerk.
 

The Committee to whom was referred the resolution of
ihe Board of Aldermen, on the petition of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company, to supply the city with one
thousand tons of Lackawanna Coal, at $5 25 per ton, for
the use of the poor,

RESPECTFUliLT REPORT^

That the subject of supplying the poor of this city with fuel,
is one full of interest, and requires great consideration,
before any specific plan can be adopted. The Committee
have therefore made many enquiries among those who are
competent to judge, and consulted such authorities that
Would assist them by their practical knowledge.

The different kinds of fuel, which are used in this city;
are, Pine Wood, Nut Wood, Oak Wood, Bituminous and
AnthraciteCoal, each of which, from their various character,
and consequently different manner of burning, require
different furnaces. The economy of fuel attracted at an
early period, the notice of our countryman. Count Rumfordj