



which UT. -van l.st t 



now i taut item mi tin- j f the 



ledge mate, based on -ne weeks 



nt the 1 s 



the tales of IMUMT fm- the year as 2.937,800 p 

 and the income $6.815. 



.1* 546 miles, 

 i, , . managed 



BtodMooen, appointed i 

 a term of -i\ vrnrx The board during the year 



' 



eeeded liv Frank Mow on April J1. nn.l made presi- 

 dent on May 5: Awry I). Andre* ok K 



:. succeeded by George M. Smith mi .In. 

 ami Andrvw i>. Pnrkcr. Tin- Superintendent of 

 til in. who resigned, and was 

 ueeeeded by John McCullagh. .dquurters 



are at MO Molben March i:. M.i\,.r 



Strong removed Commissioner Andrew h. i' 



voiiml f neglect ,,f duty. The 

 : were sent to Qpv. H; 



ed against tin- iviu..val. The 



ousted nf a nperintendent, 



K) cap- 



: sergeants, 50 MMMUlfeP, 



."I patrolmen, ami H4 !<. rn 

 total' m increase of 1, I*" 1 .. In 



uliers of the force died. ; . 



tired, 89 were dismissed, and 28 n-i^n.-i. 'rim. 

 were 108,033 arrests, against 112.9JJ? in 180(. 



number 91.234 were males and 16,799 were 

 female*. Tin- principal crimes and misdemeanors 

 for which the arrests were made iluw: 



Intoxication. 11I.7W : disorderly con, In, 

 vi-.la 1 pm-jiiimi Ordinance*, 12.1W9; fclmii- 



ous assault. l.nTl: -uspi-ious persoi. . iola- 



tion of excise law, 2,889; petit larceny. 

 ragrn d grand larceny, l.IWSl. The 



\ed 3,059 lots of stolen <r un- 

 claimed property, and delivered 1.131 lots, aggre- 

 gating in value $17,048.88. There was deli 

 ilucd at $842,034.26. 



lire I - 'i.partnient is under the control of a 

 board of three commissioners, appointed l>y the 

 Mayor for a term of six years. The board during 

 1897 "f James" K. Sheflield. president. 



Oscar H. Ijagrangr. and Thomas SturirK The 



f the department i'-mnrr. and the 



headquarters are at r.Tth Street. The 



force, Jan. 1. 1898. included 1.137 ofliccrs and men, 

 64 engine compani. . linclinlini; 3 fire boats), 22 

 hook-and-ladder companies. (Hi steam fire engines 

 in service. 8 water towers in - nook-and- 



laddtT trucks in service, and 450 horses. In tin- 

 year there were 4.046 ares, of which 

 fined to tho building and 41 extended to other 

 build in ir*. Of the total number. !:'> were not in 

 buil.s estimated loss by these fires was 



$8305.678. The average loss was* $812.08. Th< -re 



11 bofldiogs destroyed by fire, and 1,691 fires 

 result i in nominal damage. 



rvnmm* efTort was made to hav, the present 

 high rat.- of insurance reduced, and a rc|K,rt was 

 made on t hnt > , r . average loss per fire was 



i^l" 1742 :.' in 1892. 



The total low for the first -i\ months of the thiM 

 years ending in \W4 wan $: om pared 



with a total of $4..Vi::.n; f,, r the first six n 



!>'" ^ tt is under the 



thiM Bin . ,;.!_' 



1897 were: Edward C. O'Brien, president, Kdwin 



in. and John 'IT;.',., pier A. North 



The iuii flnring tho rear included 



work on the const rnotkNi of five ne'w jiiers. from 



.. with slif 250 feet wi>: 

 ginning at or near the foot of Charles - 



;. niakini: a (otal of 

 I 7 mile, of wha rf, Plans 



were adoitted for the i-onst ruction laix r e 



piers, each HM> f.-.-t 1 , n r.l....mficld - 



and West : for two other pier-, each SOD 



ntf. Hank .\ ri i:ith 



Street, and one pier, also MH feet I..MI; and .")< feet 

 wide, on the northerly side of Illnmnticld Sir. 

 w-ll as a short pier and in:', feet of available l.iilk- 

 head line al i Street. furnishins,' !',. J'.Milmear 



feet, or ::-rj mil<-. of wharfaL' KOlnsiTe of 



1.960 feet used for ferries. The aggre^ 

 age room covered by th* - in 



.. -. to which i to be added the 

 oci-upied i pc. The recreation pii 



the f -t. was fonnalh 



to the cit \ Thi> |.ier is the MCond 



kitid to be opened to the public, and contra, 

 three more arc to be let. Ti t pier was 



opened .luiie % ,M;. and its success surnaxs,. 

 liojio ,,f t : i -. The 'J It h i* 



pier:- on::, and it i- estimated that it will 



accomiiKKlatc 1 ions, ll- OOfl wlu-n 



pletcil was more than $1(N).(NN). It i* the intention 

 of the Dock Cmnm; ' lie pier in 



glass and have it properly heated, so that it can be 



all the year round. 



Education.- The U.ard h:mni: control of this 

 subject consists of '-.' 1 commissioners, who a: 

 pointed by the .Mayor and receive no salary. 



president 'of the boWd Is Charles P,. Hllbbefl. The 



city sujiei-intendent is John Jasper, and the , 



<|ii. ; ir; ' ' .nd Street. The la 



adequate accommodations for pupils led to 



U'etie efforts o|| the part of tile Hoard of I'Mllca- 



t ion to secure new sites and build;: , --K 



<n .May 12 the Commit t, 



the purchase of twelve sitrv. ha\ini:a total valua- 

 tion of $942,000, also of III additional t.ie, 

 property adjacent to school buildiiiLT- ntul con>id- 



necessary to improve the condition of these 

 schools, having a valuation of $567.'J7". Ti. 

 port was accepted. aii<l maps and plai 

 demnatioii were ordered filed in the 



At thh meeting .lohn T. Kuchanan. of 

 Kan>as City. M<... and .b-hn .1. Wright, of I'hila- 

 dolnhia. Pa,, were chosen principal for th- 

 hiu'li schools. A report was received at i' 

 held ( )ct. 'JO. recommending the naming of the boys 

 hi^'h s-hiHil Clinton HiL'li Sch-.ol. the L'irh' hi-rh 

 school Irving School, i lie mixed s<-hool Moni- Iliu'li 



i.and the manual training hi^li school Stu\ \e- 

 -ant Ili:h Scho<,l. The contract for the Hoard of 

 Kducation Hall, to be erect. -d at the corner of Park 

 Avenue and -V.Mh Street, was awarded to Ti 

 . and bond-> to the amount of | 



900 were crden-il to lie issued. The sd 1 c 



required by the State su|.erintcndent wai com- 

 pleted toward the cloM- of tho year, and sh 

 that there wen ,il<lrcn of sch< 



tween four and eigl ' this 



cen-u< was nearly $27,000. The report (.f the 



: of Estimate and Apportionment wllowrd an 

 increase of $l,030,!K.-,.<i:{ o?er the budtret for 

 most of which was required for the 

 teacher^ in th<- new schools The sum of ; 

 was allowed f ( ,r the vacation schools to be 

 lishcd during the coming summer. 



Th. anrl Apportionment au- 



thori/ed. on AUL'. IT. the trustee- of the C.i; 

 the City of New York to fiiirchiisc land on 

 I::N!I and lioth Streets, overlooking the II 

 and Harlem rivers, as a site for the colic- 



''X>. SnbM-f|iiently the land was pure; 

 and plan- for the new 'buildings were a'-ccptcd by 



the collide trustees. The pn-ent -iteof the col- 

 lege, 23d Street and Lexington Avenue, ha* 



