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and Twenty-fourth Wards, $260,200; Depart- 

 ment of Public Charities and Correction, $2,166,- 

 287; Health Department, $419,400; Police De- 

 partment, $4,777,515.38; Department of Street 

 Cleaning, $1,584,250; Fire Department, $2,145,- 

 568; Department of Taxes and Assessments, 

 $117,320; Board of Education, $4,267,367; Col- 

 lege of the City of New York, $147,000; Normal 

 College, $125,000 ; advertising, printing, station- 

 ery, etc., $247,200 ; Municipal Service Examining 

 Boards, $25,000; coroners, $52,500; commis- 

 sioners of accounts, $27,500; sheriff, $122,232; 

 register, $135,500; Bureau of Elections, $439,- 

 300; preservation of public records, $45,930; 

 fund for street and park opening, $215,508.16; 

 salaries city courts, $303,700; salaries judi- 

 ciary, $1,083,406.91 ; miscellaneous, $183,816.10 ; 

 asylums, reformatories, and charitable institu- 

 tions, $1,246,225.87; total, $35.960,891.22. De- 

 duct general fund, $2,800,000. Grand total, 

 $33,160,891.22. 



The total amount of the new budget is $35,- 

 960,891.22, against $35,148,097.55 for 1890. Of 

 this amount, $2,800,000 will come from the 

 general fund, and the remainder, $33,160,891.22, 

 will be raised by taxation. Last year the general 

 fund provided $2,646,960.23, and $32,501,137.32, 

 was raised by taxation. 



Law. In the Corporation Counsel's office 

 about 2,000 cases were disposed of, against 

 1,003 in 1889. In the Corporation Attorney's 

 office about 19,050 actions were disposed of. The 

 number of estates closed in 1890 in the Public 

 Administrator's office was 184, and $235,419.26 

 was collected. In commissions $9,364.46 was 

 paid into the city treasury, and $316,565.68 was 

 disbursed in the settlement of estates. 



A synopsis of the work done in the Court of 

 Common Pleas in 1890 shows that the General 

 Term disposed of 366 appeals and wrote 232 

 opinions, while in the Trial Terms 536 cases were 

 tried, and in the Equity Terms 665. The court 

 naturalized 3,697 persons and granted 61 di- 

 vorces. Schedules in 143 assignments were filed, 

 the total liabilities amounting to $35,039,805.48 

 and the total actual assets to $15,361,814.09. 



The City Court disposed of 1,674 calendar 

 cases, 656 of the cases being tried by court and 

 jury, 16 by the court, 150 being discontinued, 

 and 103 dismissed, and 180 settled. In special 

 term the marriage ceremony was performed 107 

 times, and 35 motions for* changing names were 

 granted. 



There were 2,810 actions begun in the common- 

 law branch of the United States circuit court in 

 this city during 1890, and 987 of them were tried 

 and disposed of. In the equity branch 184 suits 

 were brought and 97 heard and disposed of. On 

 appeal from the United States district court 23 

 cases were brought and 32 heard and disposed 

 of ; 43 appeals were taken to the United States 

 Supreme Court. In the criminal branch 79 in- 

 dictments were found and 81 tried and disposed 

 of. There were 1,310 motions heard and dis- 

 posed of. Seventy-two appeals from the Board 

 of General Appraisers were taken under the new 

 Customs Administrative act that went into ef- 

 fect in 1890. 



Public Works. Commissioner Thomas F. 

 Gilroy reports that his expenditures were $6,- 

 004,189.58, divided as follow: 



Appropriation account, including liabilities $3,149,768 77 



Kepavc-ments under act of 18b9, including lia- 



, Wlitles 997,50018 



Local improvements (assessment work) . 1855 147 KM 



Other accounts '..... W,777 80 



Some 437 contracts were entered into, at a 

 total cost of $3,855,415.33, as follows : 



68 sewer contracts $491,721 85 



91 grading and flagging contracts .... 22L300 64 



128 paving contracts 2,1191,990 34 



150 miscellaneous contracts 1,047,402 50 



The contracts completed were 367 in number; 

 total cost, $3,130,768.22, divided thus : 



51 sewer contracts $247.87857 



92 grading and flagging contracts 265,481 77 



113 paving contracts 219573594 



111 miscellaneous contracts 422^171 94 



Concerning the water supply, there is now 

 received daily in the city : Through the old aque- 

 duct, 75.000,000 gallons ; through the new aque- 

 duct, 60,000,000 gallons; through the Bronx 

 river conduit, 10,000,000 gallons ; total, 145,000,- 

 000 gallons. 



A contract for the building of a viaduct at 

 155th Street, conneiing Eighth Avenue and 

 McComb's Dam bridge, was made on July 14, 

 and is to be completed in 500 working days. 



Concerning the streets, the following statistics 

 are given : 



GRANITE BLOCKS. Sq. yds. 



Payable by assessments 1S6,009 



Kepavements from appropriations 282,541 



Total granite blocks 418,550 



TRAP BLOCKS. gq. yds. 



Payable by assessments 4.190 



Eepavements from appropriations 889 



Total trap blocks. 



5,079 



ASPHALT. S q. yds. 



Payable by assessments 45.61 1 



Eepavements from appropriations 274,894 



Total asphalt 320,005 



The total area of pavements laid in 1890 was 

 743,634 square yards, covering 34-21 miles of 

 streets, which is nearly three times the average 

 quantity of pavement 'laid per year for the pre- 

 ceding six years. 



PRESENT LENGTH OF PAVED STREETS. Miles. 



Stone block, granite, and trap 821 '27 



Cobble 3-32 



Asphalt 1635 



Macadam 24-24 



Wood.... 0-03 



Total . . 



The extent to which the city's pavements are 

 torn up by private individuals and corporations 

 is shown by the fact that in 1890 they made 27,- 

 088 separate excavations for laying and repair- 

 ing structures, conduits, gas and steam mains, 

 and house connections ; and that 53'72 miles of 

 gas mains, 3'21 miles of car tracks, and over 1 

 mile of miscellaneous pipes were laid, and 49 

 miles of trench opened for electric subways. 



In the extension and improvement of the sew- 

 erage system 21,970 lineal feet of new sewers and 

 39 receiving basins were built. There are now 

 on Manhattan Island 437'89 miles of sewers, with 

 3,248 receiving basins. In the repairs and recon- 

 struction of old sewers 2,608 lineal feet of sew- 

 ers were rebuilt and 2,301 lineal feet repaired 

 with new tile bottoms, 64,652 lineal feet of sew- 



