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NEW YORK CITY. 



expended for free-delivery service), giving a 

 net revenue of $3,896,472.25. There were sold 

 during the year 228,258,242 postage stamps, 43,- 

 943,615 Government stamped envelopes, and 51,- 

 908,875 postal cards. The total weight of mails 

 received and dispatched daily during 1890 was 

 332 tons. 



Wealth of the City. According to law, the 

 first Monday in July is fixed for the aldermen to 

 receive the tax roils. This year it was found 

 that the assessed value of the city's real estate is 

 $1,398,290,007, an increase of $66,711,716 over 

 last year. The total personal estate is placed at 

 $298,688,383, an increase of $26,427,561. The 

 total of the real and personal estate of the city is 

 $1,696,978,390, an increase for one year of $93,- 

 139.277. 



In detail the rolls are as follow : 



A S ,e 8B ed valuation, 1890. 



WARDSl Real estate. 



First $84,844,538 



Second 35,680,850 



Third 89,695,570 



Fourth 14,076,503 



Fifth 47,620,220 



Sixth 25,312,300 



Seventh 20,175,357 



Eighth 40,153,088 



Ninth 32,521,090 



Tenth 20,791,132 



Eleventh 20,400,587 



Twelfth 208,335,125 



Thirteenth 13,263,229 



Fourteenth 25,796,092 



Fifteenth 59.174,880 



Sixteenth 40,603,435 



Seventeenth 41,022,803 



Eighteenth 82,139.600 



Nineteenth 225,647,570 



Twentieth 49,587,900 



Twenty-first 93,539,300 



Twenty-second 183,512,299 



Twenty-third...; 28,559,831 



Twenty-fourth 15,836,703 



Total $1,398,290,007 



PERSONAL ESTATE. 



Resident $217,439,160 



Non-resident 11,740,041 



Shareholders and banks 69,509,182 



Total personal estate $298,688,383 



Total real and personal property for 



1890 $1,696,978.390 



Increase over 1889 '93,139,277 



PERSONAL ESTATE OF RESIDENT CORPORATIONS. 



189O. 



Insurance companies $2,892,220 



Trust companies 9,218,941 



Uailroad companies 33.855,279 



Miscellaneous 58^429,700 



Total $104,396,140 



Castle Garden. At noon on Dec. 31 the 

 Comptroller of the City of New York, acting un- 

 der instructions from the Sinking Fund Commis- 

 sion, representing the City of New York, received 

 from the State Board of Emigration the keys of 

 Castle Garden, and that historic pile of masonry, 

 with its many annexes, became city property. 



In the year 1847 the Legislature of New York 

 established, on May 5, the State Board of Emi- 

 gration. In 1854 Castle Garden was secured as 

 a general landing-place for immigrants, the lease 

 being executed on May 1, and it was formally 

 opened on Aug. 1, 1855. From that date till 

 May 19, 1890, the Garden was used solely for im- 

 migrants. 



During this time the names of 9,720,G67 immi- 

 grants were recorded upon its books. These 

 books have all been preserved and are now safely 

 stored in the commissioners' buildings on Ward's 

 Island. Of these people 3,000,000 were Irish, 

 3,000,000 German, and the remainder divided 

 among all other nationalities. During the first 

 ten years nearly all immigrants were Irish, and 

 most of them remained in the city. 



Castle Garden was built for a fortress in 1807, 

 and was intended to guard the outlets of both 

 the North and East rivers. But it was never 

 equipped as a place of defense. It remained for 

 years a sort of curiosity, as it was built out in 

 the water quite a distance from the shore, with 

 which it was connected by a bridge. This bridge 

 was designed to be hoisted from the castle, thus 

 cutting the fort off from shore communication. 



About 1850 it was fitted up with seats and con- 

 verted into a concert hall. At this time the 

 American Institute held its annual fairs there. 

 In 1852, when P. T. Barnum brought Jenny 

 Lind, the famous singer, to this country, he se- 

 cured Castle Garden in which to introduce her to 

 the American public. It continued as a place of 

 amusement until 1854. 



Political. The election of 1890 was held on 

 Nov. 4, when the following local candidates were 

 voted for: 



Tammany. Mayor, Hugh J. Grant ; Comp- 

 troller, Theodore W. Myers ; Sheriff, John J. Gor- 

 man ; County Clerk, L. A. Giegerich ; District 

 Attorney, DeLancey Nicoll; Coroner, ]\f. J. B. 

 Messemer; Judges of Superior Court, David 

 McAdam, J. J. Freedman ; Judges of City Court, 

 James M. Fitzsimons, J. E. Newberger ; Presi- 

 dent Board of Aldermen, J. H. V. Arnold. 



People's Municipal League. Mayor, Francis 

 M. Scott; Comptroller, Theodore W. Myers; 

 Sheriff, William H. Corsa ; County Clerk, Will- 

 iam H. Bellamy; District Attorney, John W. 

 Goff ; Coroner, M. G. Raefie; Judges of Superior 

 Court, J. J. Freedman, James M.Varnum ; Judges 

 of City Court, Abner C. Thomas, Donald McLean ; 

 President Board of Aldermen, James W. Hawes. 



Prohibition. Mayor, William Jennings Demo- 

 rest ; Comptroller, William Wardwell ; Sheriff, 

 John McMullen; County Clerk, Jeremiah T. 

 Brooks ; District Attorney, Charles E. Manierre ; 

 Coroner, George G. Needham ; Judges of Superior 

 Court, Coleridge A. Hart, James H. Laird; 

 Judges of City Court, Herbert A. Lee, Henry 

 II. Iladley ; President Board of Aldermen, France 

 M. Hammond. 



Socialist Labor. Mayor, August Delabar; 

 Comptroller, August Waldinger ; Sheriff, Ernest 

 Bohm ; County Clerk, Charles F. Wilson ; Dis- 

 trict Attorney, Edward J. Thimme ; Coroner, 

 George C. Stiebeling ; Judges of Superior Court, 

 William N. Reed, Henry Foth ; Judges of City 

 Court, Robert J. Victor, Benjamin J. Gretsch; 

 President Board of Aldermen, James A. Bostwick. 



Commomvealth. Mayor, James Redpath ; 

 Comptroller, George K. Lloyd; Sheriff, Hugh 

 Greenan ; County Clerk, James Hurley ; District 

 Attorney, Augustus A. Levey ; Coroner, Edward 

 B. Foote ; Judges of Superior Court, Thaddeus 

 B. Wakeman, Thomas H. Ronayne; Judges of 

 City Court, Edward W. Chamberlain, Titus Mer- 

 rit.t; President Board of Aldermen, Robert 

 Hamilton. 



