NEW YORK CITY. 



level. On the east-side line from 14th Street to 

 the Harlem River shall be four parallel tracks 

 on the same level, and thence to the city limits 

 shall be two parallel tracks on the same level. 

 The tunnels shall be not less than 11 feet 6 

 inches in height in the clear, and 11 feet in 

 width for each track. Whenever necessary for 

 the proper support of the surface of the street, 

 the roof of the tunnel shall be of iron girders 

 with solid plate-iron covering, supported by 

 suitable iron columns between each of ~the 

 tracks and supporting walls on the outside. 

 The roof of the tunnel shall be as near the sur- 

 face of the street as the pipes and underground 

 structures now laid therein and the street grades 

 will permit. Viaducts shall be of masonry or . 

 iron, or both combined. The Government ship 

 canal and the Harlem river shall be crossed by 

 double-track drawbridges not less than 50 feet 

 in the clear above mean high-water mark, with 

 clear spans of not less than 125 feet between the 

 center piers and bulkhead line. North of the 

 Harlem river the construction shall be by via- 

 duct, depressed structure, and tunnel, as the 

 grades of the land upon the proposed routes 

 shall require. The junction of the tracks near 

 14th Street shall be effected by dividing them 

 around Union Square, raising one pair and de- 

 pressing the other, so that trains- going in 

 opposite directions shall not cross on the same 

 level. All station approaches shall be as far as 

 possible through private property to be acquired 

 for that purpose. Except that on the Boule- 

 vard, station approaches may be in the center of 

 the street. A footway shall be provided the 

 whole length of the line between the center 

 tracks, and refuge niches shall be built in the 

 side walls at proper intervals for the convenience 

 and protection of employes. The motive power 

 shall be electricity, or some other power not re-- 

 quiring combustion within the tunnel ; and the 

 motor or motors shall be capable of a uniform 

 speed for long distances of not less than 40 

 miles per hour, exclusive of stops. 



The mannerof construction from South Ferry to 

 about 34th Street shall be by underground tunnel- 

 ing without disturbing the surface of the street. 

 In case of necessity the excavations below Beaver 

 Street and in the neighborhood of Canal Street, 

 and at such other special points as this commis- 

 sion may during the progress of the work deter- 

 mine, may be made by excavation from the 

 street surface, and all excavations in Fourth 

 Avenue above 14th Street and in all other streets 

 and avenues above 34th Street may be made in 

 the same manner. 



The loop at Battery Park is adopted as furnish- 

 ing the best and most convenient method for the 

 terminal handling of the trains, both way and 

 express. The 3 tracks between Bowling Green 

 Junction and Vesey Street provide amply for the 

 volume of traffic below the City Hall, and avoid 

 encroachment beyond the curb line in Broadway 

 at its narrowest points. The introduction of a 

 loop at City Hall Park by which trains may be 

 stopped, turned, and dispatched up town continu- 

 ously, and without switching, and without grade 

 crossings, for trains in opposite directions, fur- 

 nishes the best means of a second down-town 

 terminus at the most important point, and the 

 best means of connecting with Brooklyn Bridge. 



At Union Square, a system of tracks has been 

 devised by which all trains on the Broadway and 

 Madison Avenue line are accommodated at a sin- 

 gle station, and all grade crossings between 

 trains in opposite directions are avoided. At 96th 

 Street the contour of the ground necessitates the 

 termination of the tunnel. It therefore became 

 necessary to deflect the line from Madison Ave- 

 nue and occupy private property, thence to the 

 Harlem river, on account of the prohibition in 

 the Rapid-transit act against the use of Madison 

 Avenue for an elevated structure. 



County Clerk's Office (County Clerk, Leon- 

 ard Geigerich, who held office 'until Dec. 11, 

 when he was succeeded by William J. McKcnna). 

 The following is a report of the work done in 

 the County Clerk's office during the year : 



In the law department there were: Judg- 

 ments filed, final, 4,970 ; introductory, 36 ; total, 

 5,006 ; fee received, $2,485. Notes "of issue re- 

 ceived, new cases Circuit Term, 2,148 ; Special, 

 1,266; total, 3,414; fee received, $10,242. 



In the equity department there were issued 

 1,560 judgments, 1,273 reports, 14,000 special 

 proceedings, 1,715 complaints, 2,200 orders, 260 

 accounts and inventories, 160 oaths, and 240 no- 

 tices of claims. 



In the docket department notices of 216 gen- 

 eral assignments, 20 sheriff's sales, and 3 insolv- 

 encies were posted. 



There passed through the hands of the record 

 department for indexing 2,860 bonds and 6.290 

 executions, 460 mandamus and habeas corpus 

 110 inventories and accounts, 215 remittances, 

 130 commissions, 300 cases and exceptions, and 

 160 street-opening maps. 



Electrical Control. This board consists of 

 the Mayor, Jacob Hess, and Theodore Moss. 

 The office of the bureau is at 1266 Broadway. 

 During the year 5,224 poles and 7,152$: miles of 

 wire were removed and 114 miles of subways 

 constructed. The capacity of this subway work 

 is as follows : 47 miles for electric-light, 721 

 miles for telephone and telegraph, and 121 miles 

 for Edison-light. 



There are now in use in the city 1,420 miles of 

 subways, divided as follow : Electric-light sub- 

 ways,578 miles; telephone and telegraph subways, 

 721 miles ; and Edison subways, 121 miles. There 

 are at present 59 alternating, and 84 arc circuits, 

 making a total of 143 high-tension circuits in 

 use in the subways, with 528 miles of electric- 

 light conductors. There are 29,666 miles of tele- 

 graph and telephone wires and 383 miles of Edi- 

 son conductors. The reports are conclusive that, 

 from an electrical standpoint, the operation of 

 the subways is a success. 



The establishment of a municipal telegraph 

 exchange, to connect the departments and other 

 points between -which communication is necessary 

 and desirable, is recommended by the Mayor. 



Immigration. The care of immigrants ar- 

 riving in the United States is a Federal charge, 

 and is under the supervision of Superintendent 

 John B. Weber. During the year the office was 

 at the Barge Office, in Battery Park. 



In 1891 430,884 immigrants were landed at 

 the Barge Office. Of all the countries, Germany 

 furnished the greatest number, 79,496, and Ara- 

 bia the smallest, 1. The other nations sent the 

 following number of people : Ireland, 35,951 ; 



