NEW YORK CITY. 



year. According to a school census completed 

 on iVc, 31 the total number of children was 



;. .. 



: 



ippofcsted (<> select a site for 

 Obttefe of the ( rk recom- 



ltr' the 4 my blocks, or HO lots altogether. 

 IliM between 138Ui Stn.-t Hii.l 140th Sin- 

 Uerlim Avenue and St. N;. |,..la* Avenue. 



tb the college baa been given by an act ,,f the 

 le* LeffUaUn $800,000 f 

 for the building*. The Legislature aut hoi ; 

 scft* 



f,.r Mhool houses. nn<l the 

 f $1.500.000 is avm table for the same pur- 

 pose, Tbe city has about $15,000.000 invested 

 bfohool property. On Jan. 1. 185, there were 

 Oder construction 15 school buildings and an- 

 nexe*. Since that date contracts for 2 school 

 (wildings bare been let 



I \. i<e NMTlMii nt. Thll I'ur.-.-ni i> under 

 UM control of 3 commissioners, each of whom 

 receives a salary of $5.000. At the beginning 

 of the year the f*rd . --f William I>al- 



tott. president, Michael C. Murphv, and Kugene 

 . who were removed and a new boanl 

 appointed on Feb. 90, consisting of Joseph M ur- 

 mr. i r-;.i. nt. Charles H. Woodman, and Julius 

 H * .:' 



During 1886 12,070 applications were received, 

 848 wars canceled, 281 were rejected, and 

 voked. The expenses of the board wen 

 feoeral administration, $40.204.66; insp 

 alarita, >88.0*>.91 ; contingencies, $2,064.70; 

 total, $t84J9097. There was received $1,790,- 

 00 for lljm licenses, distributed as follows: 

 Liquor saloons, 6JWO; transfers and assign- 

 meoU. 1JB89 ; storekeepers, 1,071 ; saloon, ale, 

 aad beer licenses, 448 ; restaurants, 871 ; hotels, 

 988; additional. 42 : and drug stores. ! Y 



Law Depart ment. The legal interests of the 

 city are intrusted to the counsel of the corpora- 

 Uoo, who receive* $12.000. and 8 assistants, with 

 from $4.000 to $10,000. nsel at 



the beginning of the year was William H.Clark. 

 who wee removed in February and Francis M. 



On Jan. 1. 1886. there were pending against 

 thectty 8386 actions and special proceedings. 

 Then wen been* 1.080 fochprooeedings and 

 888 wen closed ; 165 actions were tried, 62 ap- 

 peale at the General Term argued and J7 in the 

 f Amx-als; 850 written opinions were 

 WUWeiL Money was collected and turned into 

 the eily tnawy by the department as follows: 

 By the feaenl oflk*. $4<i.7i :.::,: bv the cor- 

 mUoo attorney. $16.488.68; by the attorney 

 the^ eotteotkm of arrears of personal 



*t, or nearly enough to pay for the 

 aneiiaiof nmning the depart.. 

 ^StJff ^^ "P" f w streets were ac- 



hy (he cHy in 44 different 



in which 



oo pneatdinge wen instituted for 

 simnlrtei, 





taJne*, 



, 



Jttstkeeof theCou 

 pniated. as 



each of whom receives a salary of $0,000 a year. 



lini: to the laws of 18915 thuv WH- 

 ferred l<> tli- i-.mrt thf untinislird luisiiuss 

 irt of Sprcial Srssiun-. 1, 



Al^> >n .liinrs the following city magistrates, 

 with a salary of $?,0<> 

 rimrlcK A. l-'lamnirr. 



.Mott. Ill'll! 



M. I'.'ii.-l. \Villiam .!. Kanning, ll-n 



hch. and Charles K. Simm>. .Ir. Tl.- 



b( ' of fc s liroughl tn'forc the cir:> f..r if., 



year ending Oct. :u \\:- 1U.7! -aseof 



1 1. <)!: ore? tln pn-r.-dinu' \i-ar. Of ill, 



niimlH-r of arrests ID 



posed of summarily. l.-a\ i: 



if In-Ill, rcquirrd trial rith. 



Sessions. 



Tin- old T"inl^ polirr rniirt. whirh f.-r 

 than i m had IMTM h-].| at t 



l-'raiiklin and i rets, closed fo, 



5 (.'d.x-k on No\ 



Tlii- Court of Common 1'h-as wa- 

 without date on Dec. 80. 

 Court of Over and 'IVrminrr andof .!. 

 established in 1665, one year aft.r i 

 vesant's capitulatioi 

 wise camr to an md 



Power of Urmoval. During' tin- lii 

 months of 1 *!.". undT tin- autliorit\ 

 tin- Lrgislatun-. sigm-d liv the < - 

 power was given to the Mayor to remove ; 

 the heads of depart n 



Moiniiiients. The Memorial 

 lower end of Fifth Avenue, in Wash 

 S. | u are, passed into the ni^tody of the 

 May 4. Earlv in the afternoon tin- OODI 

 men and invited guests gathered on th 

 around the arch. The Governor of tin 

 Levi I*. Morton, with his . staff, i 

 A and the l-'ir-t P>ri-jade. came down FM 

 Avenue from the Hot,.] Kenais- 

 >pf-ial exercises were begtin with a pr.v 

 lii<hop Henry ( '. 1'olter. and a; 

 Horace Porter followed. Mr. Ilenr. 

 made a brief address. 

 monument will now be handed to y< 

 Mayor, by the treasurer. Mr. William 

 whose la'bors and activity have been so con- 

 spicu 



Mr. William K. Stewart, tn-asiirer 

 mittee. addressing M 

 Ilonor: In behalf of the commiit. e on th 

 tioii <f the Washington Arch, formed in 1889, it 

 is my privilege to transfer to you. in 

 -ntativc < . the chief magistral 



i ity pf New V(.rk. the beaiitifu! 

 which Stanford White's genii. 

 the subscriptions of publio-epiritedfellow-o 



led us to build. The strueti. 



ha%-e enab 



though substantially complete, still lack* 



embellishment two" groups of -tat 

 pedestals for these stan '1 ready. Ti. 

 purjK.ses continuing its <ntil i 



shall have seen them filled." 



In his reply. Mayor Strong s 

 peculiar pleasure that I pjiss to-dav to th- 

 dent of the Park Hoard of the < 

 the key. knowing well that the 

 in creating this beautiful arch will ever r< 

 him of his duty, not only to guard carefully this 



