NEW YORK CITY. 



Thurston, of Cornell University. The site is next 

 to that of Alexander Hamilton's memorial, on 

 the Rector Street side of the yard. The monu- 

 ment stands 12 feet high and is of plain granite, 

 bearing a bronze relief of the features and bust 

 of Fulton. On the foot of the granite block is 

 the inscription : " To the memory of Robert Ful- 

 ton. Born, 1765. Died, 1815. Erected by the 

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1901." 



Excise. The operation of the State liquor-tax 

 law in New York city during the excise year end- 

 ing April 30, 1901, was as iollows: "Net amounts 

 received from the issue of certificates, transfers, 

 and fines, $7,902,555.25; State's one-third share, 

 $2,054,185.09; New York city's two-thirds' share, 

 $5,308,370.10; total, $7,902,555,25. On the basis 

 of the equalization table of 1900, prepared by the 

 State Board of Assessors, the city has benefited 

 by reduction in State taxes due to the State ex- 

 cise revenue of $2,594,788.10, making a total bene- 

 fit to New York city's revenue of $7,903,158.26. 

 The total number of certificates in force in New 

 York city April 30, 1901, was 12,571. New York 

 paid for excise taxes for the year expiring April 

 30, 1901, $7,902,555.25, and there is paid back to it 

 or credited to its account by the special deputy 

 commissioners for the various boroughs and by 

 the State of New York the sum of $7,903,158.20. 

 The boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx paid 

 for excise taxes for the year expiring April 30, 

 1901, $5,293,750.97, and there is paid back to them 

 and credited to their account by the special depu- 

 ty commissioner for the boroughs of Manhattan 

 and the Bronx and by the State of New York 

 the sum of $5,521,192.26. 



Fortifications. In the annual report of the 

 chief of engineers concerning the defenses of New 

 York, the following statements appear: Eastern 

 entrance electric-lighting plants have been built 

 for all the batteries, range-finder stations have 

 been built, and an electric tide indicator has been 

 installed. Under recent allotment work has been 

 started upon two emplacements for G-inch rapid- 

 fire guns. Thirteen hundred and forty-three linear 

 feet of sea-wall have been built, and further con- 

 struction is in progress. All materials needed for 

 the torpedo defense of the eastern entrance are 

 on hand and in good condition. Southern en- 

 trance 2 12-inch gun emplacements begun and 

 about half completed; 2 6-inch emplacements 

 nearly completed; 6 emplacements for 6-inch 

 rapid-fire guns on pedestal mounts just begun. 

 One range-finder tower has been built and a sec- 

 ond nearly completed. Permanent magazines and 

 parapet have been built for the pneumatic dyna- 

 mite-gun battery. Two central electric-power sta- 

 tions have been begun. Under recent allotments 

 extensions of 2 sea-walls have been begun. A 

 project for enlargement of Governors Island, New 

 York, has been adopted and work is about to 

 begin. The report further shows that the ex- 

 penditure during the fiscal year was for removal 

 of rocks and boulders from the channel between 

 Blackwells Island and the Battery. At Man-o'- 

 War Rock 8,481 cubic yards of rock were removed, 

 or about three-sevenths of the amount required 

 to afford a depth of 26 feet. Little progress was 

 made on the reef off 26th Street, less than one- 

 tenth of the proposed rock having been taken 

 out to give a depth of 26 feet. From Battery 

 and Shell reefs 19,743 tons of material were re- 

 moved, thereby widening the channel off the Bat- 

 tery and South Ferry slip. The water. front be- 

 tween East 7th and East 18th Streets was deep- 

 ened several feet in order to facilitate the dockage 

 of vessels. Shoals on either side of the main ship 

 channel have been removed, widening the channel 



out to nearly its full width of I.OMO 

 large shoal on the north side .>] \',-. t \ - 

 just beyond the S\vush cli;uincl, 

 The result has been to restore i he j,i , 

 at these points, which is ncee>-ui v 

 meet and pass. Dredging was aUo'do 

 and straighten the channel Unoui 

 Island channel, and to deepen the a, 



the Government piers* at Fort Hamilt >\\ ami l-'ort. 

 Hancock, New York harbor. Up to the close .,j 

 the fiscal year 423,209 cubic yards of sand had 

 been removed from the outer side of the bar at 

 the entrance to Ambrose channel. 



Historical. The plan to purchase the prop- 

 erty known as the Jumel Mansion and grounds 

 was favorably considered by the Board of Public- 

 Improvements on March 6. The grounds occupy 

 a space of 67,391 square feet, bounded by 160th 

 and 162d Streets, Edgecombe Road, and Jumel 

 Terrace, the property being on a bluff 100 feet 

 above the Harlem river. The mansion, which is 

 in the colonial style of architecture, was built in 

 the year 1750 by Roger Morris, a colonel in the 

 British army, who married Mary Phillipse, whom 

 Washington wooed and lost. Gen! Washington 

 used the mansion as a headquarters from June to 

 the middle of October, 1776. Stephen Jumel bought 

 the property in 1800, and his widow, Mme. Jumel, 

 occupied the property at the time of her death, 

 in 1865, and it was here that she married Aaron 

 Burr. The house is in a fair state of preservation, 

 and the grounds include about 27 city lots. The 

 cost of the property to the city will be about 

 $200,000. The Society for the Preservation of 

 Scenic and Historic Places of Interest also pre- 

 sented a petition before the Board of Public Im- 

 provements, asking that the city acquire half the 

 block bounded by Coenties Slip, Broad, Water, 

 and Pearl Streets, this plot to be used as a public 

 park. The first two stories of the old building 

 long known as Fraunce's Tavern still remain, and 

 the society proposes to tear down the two stories 

 built on top of these and to restore the ancient 

 Dutch roof, the lattices over the windows, and 

 other features of the historic place as it was a 

 hundred years ago. The society also proposes to 

 take charge of and maintain the park and tavern, 

 as has been done in the case of Stony Point. In 

 what is known as the " Long Room " of this old 

 tavern George Washington delivered his farewell 

 address to his generals. 



Immigration. The reception of immigrants 

 in New York is under national supervision. The 

 commissioner, who is appointed by the President, 

 is Thomas Fitchie. Ellis Island, in New York 

 Bay, is the landing-place for the immigrant. Ac- 

 cording to the report for the year ending June 30, 

 1901, the number of cabin and steerage passen- 

 gers who arrived in the years 1899-1900 and 

 1900-1901 was 586,552, of whom 453,496 came in 

 the steerage. The number of immigrants from al- 

 most every foreign country showed increases in 

 1900-1901. The total increase was 47,219. Irish 

 and Bohemians have brought over the greatest 

 number of women, with the Hebrews, Germans, 

 and Scandinavians next. There has been an in- 

 crease in the immigration from southern Italy, 

 and a still greater increase in the number of 

 Ruthenians, Armenians, Syrians, Greeks. Croa- 

 tians, and Dalmatians. During 1899-1900 the 

 number of male immigrants was 228,414, and fe- 

 males 113.298, while last year the respective fig- 

 ures were 265,818 and 123,113. In 1900-1901 the 

 total amount of money brought over by immi- 

 grants was $5,490,080, or $14.12 a head, as against 

 $4,610,649 in the preceding year, or $13.49 a head. 

 Last year those classed as illiterate of fourteen 



