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have been provided to connect fire-alarm stations 

 and company houses through main subways with 

 the central ofliee, aggregating 4(5,") miles of con- 

 ductor in 45 miles of cables, connecting 213 

 alarm boxes. 37 apparatus houses, 8 school- 

 houses, the repair shops, and the Central Park 

 gate-house. 



Police Department The present force in- 

 cludes 3.546 men and officers. The total num- 

 ber of arrests made was 84,931, of which 18.!H>3 

 were females and 65,968 males. This is a de- 

 crease of over 1,000 females and an increase of 

 nearly 4,000 males, compared with isssi. 



The detective bureau is credited with a total 

 of 1,359 arrests for various crimes, and 200 of 

 these cases are still before the courts. The con- 

 victions from over 1,100 cases tried amounted to 

 about 860 years of imprisonment, besides fines of 

 $1,160 imposed and collected. During the year 

 over $800,000 worth of stolen property was re- 

 covered by this bureau. 



The station houses afforded lodgings for 147,- 

 677 homeless or destitute persons during the 

 year, and the lost children's department at Po- 

 lice Headquarters shows a record of 8,278 cases, 

 of which 2,107 were boys and 1,171 girls. Be- 

 sides these there were brought to headquarters 

 and turned over to the matron 175 foundlings 

 73 girls and 102 l>oys. 



the property clerk received $89,908.98 worth 

 of property, all of which, except about $5,000, 

 wa- turned over to the owners. There was re- 

 covered and turned over to the rightful owners 

 by the various precinct commanders in the city 

 $841,676.81 worth of property, the largest amount 

 in one year on record. 



The Special Department of the Superintend- 

 ent issued permits for 1,142 parades, 245 funer- 

 als, 281 masked and other balls, and 1521 for 

 carrying pistols, the latter bringing in a revenue 

 of $1,553 for the Pension Fund. 



The Telegraph Department handled 358,740 

 messages during the year, including 57-1 general 

 orders. 1,227 alarms for missing persons, 1,760 

 lire messages, 33,729 for dead animals, and 202,- 

 .eneral alarms. This work does not include 

 nearly 20,000 messages by telephones. 



Because of assertions and arguments that New 

 York city had not been fairly treated by the 

 United States officials in the taking of its cen- 

 sus, and especially when the returns showed a 

 population of only 1,513,501, a recount was made 

 under the supervision of the Police Depart- 

 ment. Enumeration books were placed in the 

 hands of the captains of the police precincts, and 

 certain men on the force were detailed to collect 

 the information. As soon as the books were 

 filled they were sent to Police Headquarters and 

 tran>mitted unopened to the Mayor's office. 

 The returns obtained showed the population to 

 be 1,710,715, which amount agrees fairly with the 

 estimated population as calculated by the Health 

 Department from information at their disposal. 



Electrical Control. The work of removing 

 the poles and overhead wires has been continued 

 during the year, and whenever the companies 

 have contested the right of the municipal gov- 

 ernment to compel the removal of these obstruc- 



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tions the city has been successful. The Board of 

 Electrical Control constructed during the year 



for the reception of telegraph and telephone con- 



ductors 178 miles of single duct in miles of 

 street trench, making a total const ruction of tele- 

 phone ami telegraph subways of (1D7 miles of 

 duet in 38 miles of street trench. There have 

 been constructed 132 miles of duet in 35) miles of 

 street trench for electric-light conductors, mak- 

 ing for electric-light service (547 miles of duct in 

 8,"> miles of street trench. There ha\e been placed 

 in the subways 10.150 miles ot telephone and 

 telegraph wire and 340 miles of wire for elect rie- 

 light service. There are in the subways tele- 

 phone, telegraph, and electric-light v\ires about 

 2;{.7t7 miles. There have been' removed diirini; 

 the year, 1,361 poles and IS.'.i 151.6 i:> fid of over- 

 head wire. 



Meteorological. During 1S!0 the reconl.sof 

 the Signal Sen ice show that the temperature and 

 rainfall have both been great 1\ in excess of tin- 

 normal. The average precipitation fora \ear. 

 reckoned on the records of the past i \\enl \ \ears, 

 is 44 inches. During 1SJ)0 the precipitation \\as 

 53 inches, or 9 inches in excess. The average 

 temperature for a year is about. -IS , and during 

 185)0 it was a trille over 50 for I he year, or ail 

 excess of over 2 over the normal, July S was 

 the warmest day of the year, with a maximum 

 temperature of 95. March 7 was the coldest, 

 with a maximum temperature of 6 above /ero. 



The highest velocity alt. 'lined by the wind was 

 on Jan. 22, when it blew at, the rate of ;V> miles 

 an hour. The greatest range of temperature oc- 

 curred between March 6 and 1L*. when the tem- 

 perature rose from 6 to 71" in live da\s. Sep- 

 tember furnished the greatest, rainfall, with u 

 record of over 8 inches. 



lid neat ion. During the year. I. Kdward Sim- 

 mons, President of the Hoard of Kducal ion, re- 

 signed from his office, and John L. N. Until was 

 chosen his successor. Additional accommodations 

 have been provided during 185)0 for more than 

 1 "),()()() children. There are now building school- 

 houses that will accommodate 24,000 additional 

 children. On Dec. 1, 1890, there were 228 .schools, 

 with 153,357 pupils and ::.. r >0!t l.-adiers. Tim 

 average daily attendance increased 4,000 in the 

 jast year. 'The manual training schools liavo 

 been fostered until they number 37, with 430 

 teachers and 20,000 pupils, of whom 1)00 are tak- 

 ing special courses in cooking and 5,700 in sow- 

 ing, -An additional evening school was organ- 

 ized, and there are now in the evening schools 

 21,975 pupils, of whom H,Hf>:! do not, speak the 

 English language. A course of nine !<( lures on 

 popular-, scientific, and historical subjects has 

 been delivered at each of six schools, with a total 

 attendance in November and December of 23,91)5. 



Dock Department. In accordance with tin- 

 system adopted by this department for increas- 

 ing the wharfage facilities in Now York, 22 new 

 piers are being extended and the wharfage f'' l(< ''i- 

 ties of New York" will -shortly be so iucn-a <d 

 that all thv, large Atlantic steamers can have 

 ample accommodation. The revenue from ihis 

 department during the year was $1,518,269, 

 enough to pay for the construction of II new 

 pi ers 8 on the North river and 3 on MM- K;r-t 

 river besides extensive sections of sea-wall and 

 twice as much bulkhead as has ever been built in 

 any one year. The income in several cases from 

 these improvements exceeds a quarter of their 

 cost, and the average is more than 10 per cent. 



