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NEW YORK CITY. 



e a* thot of the former v illap- of Johns- 

 ..... the north line being coincident with DM 

 mlh linr of the adjoining city of (, 



mm incorporated in Imntown is 



m * of Albany ami 30 miles ea 



$5,806,688.64. Th.- mums as given L, \.. ; ,.i , 

 the wealth ..f tin- city resulted, in 

 the announcement of a tax rate of $ i 

 *KK>of assessment as compared with $1 



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Dtka. It to on the Cayadutu creek 4 mil. - 

 art* of Fonda, a station on the New York 

 CtBtral lUilroed. with whu -h it is connected by 

 a *r*m and *n electric railway. has a 



llBtlTT of 10.000, and is divided into 4 wards. 

 WiBlaf industry is the making of doves ami 

 there hdnf 68 factories with an ag- 

 ramtal of fl.565,000. The 3 knitting 



*r.p,tl of $156,000. and 

 rthrr milU and factories have a capital of $63.,- 

 OOa In all over $3.000.000 is invested in manu- 

 factare*. The numU-r of churches is 10; of 

 sjfcnnll. 9: and of newspaper*. ity is 



in the center of a fine agricultural and graz- 

 ing country. Among the mineral products of 

 the vicinity are oil and gold, but neither has 

 hern found in paying quantities. The settle- 

 ment of Johnstown began in 1 762 under the aus- 

 pices of Sir William Johnson. In that year, 

 after residing for thirty years near the old fort 

 OB the Mohawk, be began the erection of what 

 b BOW known at -the Hall," which the bound 

 #ely approaches. At the same 

 date the lands wore thrown open for settlers. 

 The Hall, sometimes known as the Manor 

 House, is still in a good state of preservation. 

 Within its walls Sir William Johnson became 

 famous for his baronial hospitality. He was in 

 command of a body of regular and provincial 

 troop* during the French and Indian War, and 

 on the banks of Lake George, in the battle of 

 that name, be defeated the French under Dis- 

 keaa and shattered their hope of invading the 

 Mohawk and Cherry valleys. The Rnglish 

 Government gave htm a grant of what was 

 then Tryon County, from which Montgomery, 

 Fulton. Hamilton, and a part of Saratoga Coun- 

 ties have been formed. lie located th. <o,,ntv 

 seat at Johnstown, and in 177? he built the 

 courthouse, and a church and a jail which an 

 till in un. When trouble occurred between t he 

 colonies and Great Britain most of his follower 

 joined the colonial tide. Johnson was in th, 

 ssBBloj of the English Government. He died 

 ' .-, .- part oftbc RavolnttaiArj War 

 had begun, but his descendants and relatives 

 foaght on the British side. His son. Sir .b.hn 

 Johnson, was the leader in the maanacre at 

 Cherry vallev, and his estates were confiscated 

 by the act of attainder. 



lOltR ( ITT. Government. The 

 cfcjr officials who hold office during the year 

 were: Mayor. William L. Strong: President of 

 the Board of AMstBisu. Jo) 

 tor. Ferdinand Uvy ; and Sheriff. Kdward .Ml. 



Board of Estimate and Apportion UK 

 Tln> body, consisting df tin- Mavor, th< 

 drnt of tin- Board of Aldermen, the Comi 



I. \s|,l,,.l 1'. l-'Hrhl. the riVMdrlit ..f th.- [) 



in. 'tit of Taxes and 

 Marker), and the Counsfl to 



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. 



ii: layoralty, $26,(Kx ' 



il. *- nance Department, 



L M. Scott), allowrd 



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1 Horn were elected on the ant i- 

 J tteket and took office on Jan. 1, 1895, 

 Register, who to a Tammany Demo- 



, to shown in the table on pat- 

 the year the CD- ' .- . 



?1."..127.2ir,.7. ami 

 . The expenses 



- and 



of the dty was increased by 



itersst on 



f principal" of cit \ 

 State tales and common .s.-h<.. 

 PHI-. $168,078.77; armories rents, $1 

 judgments. $125,000 ; 

 050; Bureau of Public Admin 

 I >-|>artmcnt of Public Works, $- 

 I 'ark Department, $1.'JI'..-J.V, ; I >. : 

 Street Improvements, Twenty-third and 

 ty-fourth Wards, *' Depart m- 



Charities, *l.:.i:;.-H7: Department ol 



199.88; Health Department, $519,50>- 



'epartment, $5,925,410.30 : 

 t ions. $515,294 ; Department of 

 $3,020.7<M); Kin- Department, *: 

 ing Department, $265,000; Depart!:. 

 .- and Assessments, $162,520; Hoard of 1 

 tion, $5.679,302.59; College of the < 

 York. $150,000; Normal College. 

 printing and stationery, $277,200; Civil 

 Koard, $27,500; coroners, $56.200 ; commission- 

 ers of accounts, $65,000 ; sheriff, $137.232 ; Kejp 

 i-i'-r. $115,250; armories, wages, etc., $ v 

 jurors' fees, $85,000; preservation of r 

 $40,280; street and park openings, $2.V 

 libraries, $63,500; safari.- > .:>. 



000 ; salaries judiciary, $ 1 ,42 , arita- 



ble institutions, $l.r,i:;.:.oi.;- . m , 



; 12.85; total, $46,496,57 !.:<! : 

 eral fund, $2.500,000; grand totaj, $4 



This statement show- that tin* amount a 

 for 1896 is $46,496,57 1.:',!, which is ml.,- 

 deducting from the general fund : 

 receipts from various sources during th- ^-nr. 

 including the unexpended balance 

 years, amounting to $2,500,000. 

 amount to be raised by taxation i 

 81, which represents an im -n -ase .f s- 

 of this in,-rea 



K\< hiding the H and other 



items t here is to be charged a net increa- 

 running expenses of $1,984.341. Hfl 

 principally distributed as folio-.- 

 $i:r>.050.66; street imj U1 H^l 



third and Twenty-fourth Wards, $; 

 Health Department. $58,828: po 

 elections. $10',' set cleaning, $6 



building. $., 



health of the City. -Thi< d.-par" 



county charge, and i^ i-areii f. . 



tax commissioners, M follow: Kdward I' 



(president), John Whalen. who was s ; ; 



The<,dore Sutro on .lune 7. and .1 



men thai, who was succeeded by Ja 



each of whom receives a salary of $7,000 sod 



