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NEW YORK CITY. 



The lumbering industry showed a value of 

 $199,101, compared with $75,853 in 1899. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. (See under UNITED 

 .STATES.) 



NEW JERSEY. (See under UNITED STATES.) 

 NEW MEXICO. (See under UNITED STATES.) 

 NEW YORK. (See under UNITED STATES.) 

 NEW YORK CITY. Government. The 

 city officers during the year were: Mayor, Robert 

 A. Van Wyck; President of the Council, Ran- 

 dolph Guggenheimer; Borough Presidents Man- 

 hattan, James J. Coogan; Brooklyn, lid ward M. 

 Grout; Bronx, Louis F. Haffen; Queens, Freder- 

 ick Bowley; and Richmond, George Cromwell all 

 of whom are Tammany Democrats except Mr. 

 Cromwell, who is a Republican, and took office 

 on Jan. 1, 1898, except Mr. Coogan, who took 

 office on Jan. 5, 1899. Also there are the follow- 

 ing county officers: County Clerk, William 

 Sohmer; Sheriff, William F. Grell; and Register, 

 Isaac Fromme all of whom are Tammany 

 Democrats and took office on Jan. 1, 1898, except 

 the Sheriff, who took office on Jan. 1, 1900. 



Taxes and Assessments. These are in 

 charge of a department, of which Thomas L. 

 Feitner is president. The other members are 

 Edward C. Sheehy, Arthur C. Salmon, Thomas J. 

 Patterson, and Ferdinand Levy (salaries, $7,000 

 each). Office, 280 Broadway. They report the 

 total valuation of real and personal property as 

 assessed in 1901 to be $3,787,970,873, as against 

 $3,654,108,798 for 1900, an increase of $133,862,- 

 075. They were distributed as follow: Manhat- 

 tan, $2,713,468,664, as against $2,653,364,287 in 

 1900, an increase of $60,104,377; Bronx, $155,- 

 996,910, as against $146,508,490 in 1900, an in- 

 crease of $9,488,420; Brooklyn, $748,203,743, as 

 against $695,321,340 in 1900, an increase of $52,- 

 882,403; Queens, $118,006,430, as against $109,- 

 928,553 in 1900, an increase of $8,077,877; Rich- 

 mond, $52,295,126, as against $48,988,128 in 1900, 

 an increase of $3,306,998. The following are the 

 assessments levied on large corporations: Con- 

 solidated Gas Company, $18,903,378; Metropol- 

 itan Street Railway Company, $17,577,975; Third 

 Avenue Railroad Company, $10,525,605; Edison 

 Illuminating Company, $6,202,250; New York 

 Telephone Company, $5,084,151; Brooklyn Union 

 Gas Company, $5,000,000; Second Avenue Rail- 

 road Company, $4,053,480; Brooklyn City Rail- 

 road Company, $3,000,000; Delaware and Hudson 

 Canal Company, $2,711,000; New York Mutual 

 Gaslight Company, $1,685,000; Commercial Cable 

 Company, $1,000,000; Tiffany Manufacturing 

 Company, $990,400; Long Island Railroad Com- 

 pany, $500,000; and New Amsterdam Gas Com- 

 pany, $100,000. 



Public Improvements. The Board of Public 

 Improvements consists of the president of the 

 board, Maurice F. Holahan (salary, $8,000), and 

 the Commissioners of Water-Supply, of High- 

 ways, of Street Cleaning, of Public Buildings, 

 Lighting and Supplies, and Bridges, each of whom 

 receives a salary of $7,500. This board was legis- 

 lated out of existence with the end of the year. 

 In 1901 it inaugurated work on the largest plan 

 of street openings and street extensions, in the 

 district lying northerly of \Vest 155th Street, and 

 bounded by the Hudson river, Spuyten Duyvil 

 creek, and the Harlem river, ever proposed at 

 one time during any administration. The map of 

 the entire region will be altered. It was pro- 

 posed that 62 new streets or extensions of exist- 

 ing streets shall be laid out. It was also pro- 

 posed to provide 5 new public parks and widen 3 

 important streets. It was estimated that the cost 

 of all these improvements will amount to more 



than $20,000,000. The following are some of the 

 other proposed improvements: New avenue, fr-om 

 extreme northerly point of Boulevard Lafayette 

 by viaduct across Dyckman Street, along por- 

 tions of Bolton Road, east of Episcopal House 

 of Mercy, by bridge across Harlem River Ship 

 Canal to intersection of Kappock Street and 

 Spuyten Duyvil Parkway. New street west of 

 Episcopal House of Mercy, connecting with Bol- 

 ton Road. New bridge across Harlem River Ship 

 Canal, from Fort George, at Sedgwick Avenue, 

 between Burnside Avenue and East 177th Street, 

 with approaches to Tenth Avenue, Fort George 

 Avenue, Harlem River Speedway, and intersec- 

 tion of Dyckman Street, Eleventh Avenue, and 

 Nagle Avenue. Plaza, 150 feet radius at intersec- 

 tion of West 181st Street and Broadway. Plaza, 

 150 feet radius at intersection of Dyckman Street, 

 Broadway, Boulevard Lafayette, and Seaman 

 Avenue. It is also proposed to establish a new 

 park, bounded on the east by the present 

 line of High Bridge Park, on the north by 

 Dyckman Street, on the west by Eleventh Ave- 

 nue, and on the south by the proposed West 

 192d Street. A new park is proposed with a 40- 

 foot canal running through it, extending from 

 the Harlem River Ship Canal to King's Bridge 

 Avenue. There is also a new park to be laid out 

 on Jumel Terrace, and a new Fort Charles Park, 

 and also a westerly extension of Fort Washing- 

 ton Park from the present shore-line to the east- 

 erly line of new avenue along bulkhead lines. 



Health. The collection of vital statistics is 

 under the care of a board, consisting of three 

 commissioners, one of whom must have been for 

 five years a practising physician, the health offi- 

 cer of the port, and the president of the Police 

 Board. The officials for 1901 were: Michael C. 

 Murphy, president (salary, $7,500), until Feb. 21, 

 1901, when he was succeeded by John B. Sexton 

 (salary, $7,500), Dr. William T. Jenkins, Dr. 

 John B. Cosby, Health-Officer Dr. Alvah H. Doty, 

 and President Bernard J. York of the Police 

 Board, until Feb. 21, 1901, when he was suc- 

 ceeded by Police-Commissioner Michael C. Mur- 

 phy. The secretary of the board is Emmons 

 Clark, and the office is on the corner of Sixth 

 Avenue and 55th Street. The vital statistics 

 were as follow: The number of deaths in 1901 

 was 70,717, against 70,872 in 1900. There were 

 24,269 deaths of children under five years, 15,475 

 under one year, 9,951 sixty-five years and over, 

 17,427 deaths in institutions, and 39,118 deaths in 

 tenements. There were 80,735 births and 33,485 

 marriages reported. The number of deaths from 

 pneumonia was 9,117, against 10,482 for 1900 

 more than from any other disease. There were 

 716 suicides, against 761 for 1900-, and 111 homi- 

 cides, against 140 for 1900. The death-rates for 

 the 5 boroughs are as follow: Manhattan, 20.55; 

 Bronx, 21.60; Brooklyn, 19.25; Queens, 17.20; 

 and Richmond, 19.42. The rate for the 5 bor- 

 oughs together is 20. The statistics give the 

 estimated population of the city for 1900 as 

 3,444,675, and for 1901, 3,536,517. 



Police. This department at the beginning of 

 the year was managed by a board of 4 commis- 

 sioners, appointed by the Mayor for a term of 

 six years, who were as follow: Bernard J. York, 

 president; John B. Sexton, Jacob Hess, and 

 Henry E. Abell, with William S. Devery as chief 

 of police. The inaction of this board and the 

 persistent disregard of criticism continued until 

 (according to Lewis F. Nixon) " under the rule 

 of Chief Devery the condition of affairs in the 

 Police Department became the worst in the his- 

 tory of the city of New York. The police officials 



