562 



NK\V V.I|;K CITY. 



bonds during 1*1*7 is the greatest in th- 



in addition tot hr f--r.-_ 



to the amoonl of $M4.t" 



of Westchester County. annexed in 185, were as- 

 sumed by -'7. I he net urns, as given 



below, result*!. t, in tin- announcement of 



a tax rate of $2.10 for each $100 of assessment, com- 



- 



Boar* of Entimat? and A|ip..rii.mim'nt.- 

 i ... ....-... v ..-. .. |*resid< nt 



liord .-f Ai-l. rmeii.the Comptroller (Aehbel 



'resident of the Department of Taxes 



ftfv' A II I Mllll II I (, I ilmirl I*. Marker). and theCor- 



::..>. . M. Scot I -allowed thi 



,, .. , >..- : -.; tas - an'! '"in- 



moii school* for Stnte. > 81; interest on 



s ... 901,1 i ; red mptfon of oft) 



debt, fWS.139X>: n,,. Mavoralty. fl'J.l.V.: the 



il. $!H>.000; Finance hr|.artim-i,t. 



$860.988.21: Law Department. *> r.>..V>O : Uunau 



Administrator. $17,890; Department ..f 



16; Department of I'ublic 



Parks $1.: ' part ment ..f Street I mi 



ilnrd ami Tw,-tity-f..urth \\ 



$i.oiQj873; Department of Public Charitie,|l, 

 006; Department of Correction, $4>-.l<": Health 

 Department. $658,770; Police Department, $7.o:,i.- 

 680.12; Department "f - aning, $2,999,- 



re Department, $-J.oos.7.->:t : Department 

 of Buildings. $340,785; Board of Education, $6, 



legcof the City of New York. 



the Normal College, $150,000; Department of Taxes 

 and Assessments, $17o.7'Jo: the Judiciary, $1. 



printing, stationery. and blank i. 

 000; asylums, reformatories, and charitable institu- 

 muniei|ial service examining 

 boards, $30.000: Bureau of K!c,t ,,,-. x::u 

 commissioners of accounts, $60,000; judgment -. 

 $250,000; fund for street and park opei. 

 $~t4.5686; coroners' salaries and exp* 

 700; the sheriff, $130,982; Register's < Hli- , . -alari. * 

 and expenses,*: ..aneous. *l.->.lo:u i : 



total, $51.41 ::.; I : .'it : deduct general fund, $5,040,- 

 900.48; grand total, $46,4 



This statement shows that the amount allowed 

 for 1896 is $51,443,04:'. ;4, whirl, is reduced t,y d,.- 

 duetin^ from the general fund made up by receipts 

 fp>m various sources during the year, the unex- 

 pended balance of previous years amounting to 

 $5.040,900.48. The total amoiint to be raised by 

 taxation is $46,402,748.16, which represents an in- 

 crease of $l.li : V,T that of 1897, and of 



$8^25,788.12 over that ise is 



. to the greater amounts required for the 

 administration ..f the larger territory, and notable 

 among the increased amounts is that* of $1,030,906 

 for education, $202,518 for public works, $172,824 

 for the Fire Department, and $69,691 for p<>; 



Wealth of the City. This department is a 

 county charge, and is cared for by a board of three 

 tax commissioners, as follows: Kdward 1'. I'.. 

 president. Theodore Sutro, and Jam.- L. N 



'.fflce is at 280 Broadway. The? report the 



total valuations of real and personal propertv as 



. :-:;. *< $2,168,685356, 



again* $2.100.484,905 for 189. >h..win- a net in- 

 crease of $62,150,951. whi h is diMrii.utwl as fol- 

 nease in real estate, $55.677,648 : p. r-, na i, 

 $6.4r.J.:>:{: total, $62.150.951. The total Ux 

 on personal estates was dMri.m>d is follows: In- 

 surance companies, $8,201,461: tr.^t .o,,,, 

 $5^41.508: railroad companies, $28.42fi.r, 1 1 : mi<- 

 cellaneous, resident corporations. $47 J : 



ceUaneoos, 



resident, personal. $*7.- dent. I-T- 



sonal, $27,580388; estates, $79.86.J s?81.- 



936,386 total, $881,448,065. The real-estate taxa- 



re-ult .'f real- 



D l'\ the |M.,.ks 



,!'.. rosi in- 

 a of nal^etate Taloationi B,ai -h.i\\n 



l.y the ln..k- \N ' liOD in .lanuary. 



this am. .tint, s: ;:,.(..,. M MM. WM 



. inen-aM-d 



estate vak .tid notice. $17.- 



855; tola;. total personal and ival 



<;. The Ai|uarium. formerly 

 Castle Garden, is rated at $l,(Mo.oiio. inelu.lii. 

 Battery wall and en^mr boa Juatiofl !' 



$4.200.000 is given t.. the land oecupie.l l.y the 

 New York end Of UM l'.rookl\n Hri.1-.. Tin- prop- 

 erty includes |,,| s ,, i, William. 

 1 lilT. Pearl. Cli :. and 



l-'n'iit Streets. Washington Market i> value.) at 

 $600.000. and Fnll..n Market at $100.1MMi. \\ 

 ington I'.ridp- is valneil at $1.' i Smiyten 



|iii\vil I'.i'i'L'i-. which crosses Spnyti-n l>iiy\il 

 nlen-il at a valuation of "jf^on. lii-li 

 Bridge is valued at $400,000. Hellevne ll^piial 

 ^rounds have an ollieial valuation of $1 



000. Tile >eel j.. n- of ground oil \\||1<-|| the V. 



injjton euuestrian statue and the Lincoln statue 

 stand (at Union Scpiare) are each valued at .*1."iii. 

 The regimental armories appear on the n-ei.rds at 



:\ative valuation-, that of the Seventh 

 ment I.eini; *7<K).IKKI: the Kiu'hth liei:iment and 

 TriM.p A. at ^MiUMXi: the Seventy-] ment, 



$9(KMMo: the Ninth Regiment, $450,000: the 

 Twelfth Regiment, $800.000; and the Twenty-sec- 



ond l; .^350,000. Ti Id .list ri but ing res- 



rvoir in Fifth Avenue, between 40th and 



valued at $2,2T>0,000, the Jerome 

 Reservoir at $1,050,000, and the reservoir on dun 

 Hill Koadat $400.000. 



I'nhlic Works. -This department i- nmlrr tin- 

 charge of a commissioner appointed by the .M 

 lie holds oHice for four years. The incuml>ent dur- 

 ing the vear was Charles II. T Cnllis. Active \\ork 

 OH the Widening of Kim Street \va- carrieil on. The 

 coramis-ioner- ( .|,,el li. Krhanlt. ( 'liarlr- H. Truax, 

 succeeded by William (i. ha vie- and William (i. 

 Choate) appointed in ls>5 to ass.-s the value ..f 

 properly condemned reported in April that l.'iO 

 pan-els of property were a fleeted liv the ini) 

 ment . They reported $5,108,847 as the value of t In- 

 property condemned and $291,565 as the value of 

 benefits that will accrue to property formerly in 

 block centers, but which is now changed to corner 

 lots. The site selected for the new building for the 

 Hall of Records is th- ea-trrn part of the block 

 bounded by Chambers Street on the south. I'road- 

 way on the west. Center Street n the east, and 



Street on the north. The block > bounded 

 will be cut in two by the extension of Kim Street 

 from Keadc Street to Chambers Street. Th. 

 f the property to be taken for the new build 

 :n.OOO square feet. The appropriation , 

 for the new wititf of the American Mu-euni of 

 Natural History became available in May. and work 

 on the building was begun. The improvement will 

 make this museum the largest structure of its kind 

 in the world. More than $500,000 was expended in 

 < >f -r.-at importance was the 

 completion of the repairing of Fifth Avenue, from 

 Waanington Arch to the end of the street, together 

 with the laying "f 4*-inch water mains and new 

 sewers in that thoroughfare. This work was I 



3. 1896, and completed Dec. :{1. 1^17. having 

 <00. During Coinmi ioner Colli-'s ad- 

 ministration 00 miles of block pavements were COY- 



with asphalt, and about 4'2 per cent, of the 

 new pavement was laid in the t-nement-houe dis- 

 trict. The city has now 12S f a-phalt 

 pavement, against G. in 1890. There are 





