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NEW YORK. 



Topography. The United States Geological 

 Survey completed the mapping of nearly half of 

 the area of the State during the year. Seven 

 topographic parties were sent to New York early 

 in the spring, and have been actively at work 

 ever since. The surveying was under the joint 

 supervision of the State' and Federal authorities 

 the New Y'ork Legislature appropriated $20,000 

 and the director of the Geological Survey an equal 

 sum. During the summer the topographers 

 mapped enough ground to make up 15 atlases, 

 covering the counties of Wayne, Oswego, Ontario, 

 Seneca, Yates, Tioga. Madison, Albany, Dutchess, 

 and Orange. The neighborhood of the Fulton 

 chain of lakes, the Racquet te and Blue moun- 

 tain lakes in the Adirondacks, and the regions 

 about Northville, Saratoga, and Lucerne were 

 also surveyed. This work will all be reproduced 

 on maps at the scale of one mile to an inch. 

 When they shall have been completed the Geolog- 

 ical Survey will have maps of the main highways, 

 of the Hudson river, the territory along the 

 routes of the New York Central Railroad and 

 the Krie Railroad, the watershed for the supply 

 of the Krie (.'anal, including nearly all of the big 

 lakes in central New Y^ork, embracing a large 

 part of the Mohawk river branches in the Adiron- 

 dacks. The survey has also completed nearly all 

 the international border lakes Ontario and Erie 

 leaving only a portion of the St. Lawrence to 

 be filled out/ These maps are executed in won- 

 derful detail, and are the most complete and 

 finest made in this country. In the country dis- 

 tricts every house is indicated, as well as all pub- 

 lic and private roads, town and county bounda- 

 ries, all streams, lakes, and ponds, railways (elec- 

 tric and steam), streets, and other highways. In 

 the mountains the various trails and paths are 

 shown, and every block in each of the larger cities 

 is clearly reproduced. 



Political. The usual election was held in No- 

 vember, on which occasion candidates for 7 vacan- 

 cies in the 4 judicial districts were voted for. The 

 nominees were as follow: Democratic First Dis- 

 trict, George C. Barrett, James A. O'Gorman; 

 Fifth District, Howard C. Wiggins; Sixth Dis- 

 trict, Albert H. Sewell; Eighth District, John 

 Cunneen, Charles F. Tabor, and Louis Braunlein. 

 Republican First District, George C. Barrett and 

 .Joseph F. Daly; Fifth District, William S. An- 

 drews; Sixth District, Albert H. Sewell; Eighth 

 District, Daniel J. Kenefick, Truman C. White, 

 and Warren B. Hooker. Prohibition First Dis- 

 trict, Charles E. Manierre and Thomas Drew Stet- 

 son ; Sixth District, Steven M. Wing ; Eighth Dis- 

 trict, Dexter D. Dorn and Walter T. Bliss. So- 

 cialist Labor First District, John J. Kinneally 

 and Thomas Wright; Fifth District, Frank W. 

 Roberts: Sixth District, Edward C. Elston; 

 Eighth District, Max Forker, James A. McKenzie, 

 and James W. Sharpe. The election resulted in 

 the choice of the following candidates: First Dis- 

 trict, George C. Barrett and James A. O'Gorman ; 

 Fifth District, William S. Andrews; Sixth Dis- 

 trict, Albert H. Sewell: Eighth District, Truman 

 O. White, Daniel J. Kenefick, and Warren B. 

 Hooker. There was also an election in the Thirty- 

 fourth Congressional District to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the resignation of Warren B. Hooker, 

 Mho had been nominated as a Supreme Court 

 justice. Edward B. Vreeland, Republican, and 

 Stillman E. Lewis, Democrat, were the opposing 

 candidates, and the former was elected by a vote 

 of 21,733 against 12,406 for Lewis. The following 

 four amendments were also voted for, all of which 

 were carried by large majorities: 1. Giving to the 

 New York Municipal Assembly the powers of a 



NEW YORK CITY. 



Board of Supervisors. 2. Relative to the increase 

 of the bonded indebtedness of municipalities (re- 

 lating solely to New York city). 3. Authorizing 

 the Governor to appoint additional justices of the 

 appellate division benches. 4. Authorizing the 

 Governor to designate additional justices of the 

 Court of Appeals. 



NEW YORK CITY. Government. The 

 city officials who held office during the year were: 

 Mayor, Robert A. Van \Vyck (salary, $15,000); 

 President of the Council, Randolph Guggenheimer 

 (salary $5,000) ; Borough Presidents, Manhattan, 

 James J. Coogan (salary, $5,000), who suc- 

 ceeded, on Jan. 5, to the place made vacant by 

 the death of Augustus W. Peters; Brooklyn, Ed- 

 ward M. Grout (salary, $5,000) ; Bronx, Louis F. 

 Haffen (salary, $5,000) ; Queens, Frederick Bowley 

 (salary, $3,000) ; and Richmond, George Cromwell 

 '(salary, $3,000), all of whom are Tammany Demo- 

 crats and took office on Jan. 1, 1898, except Mr. 

 Coogan. Also there are the following county 

 officers: County Clerk, William Sohmer (salary, 

 $15,000) ; Sheriff, William F. Grell (salary, $12,- 

 000 and half the fees) ; and Register, Isaac 

 Fromme (salary, $12,000), all of whom are Tam- 

 many Democrats and took office on Jan. 1, 1898, 

 except the sheriff, who took office on Jan. 1, 

 1900. 



Finances. The conditions of the debts of the 

 city of New York, including the boroughs of 

 Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and 

 Richmond, Jan. 1, 1900, is shown on the next 

 page. 



In the year bonds and corporate stock of the 

 city were 'issued as follow: For public buildings, 

 $10.108,974.28; for public parks, $1,880,715.08; 

 for bridges, $3,345,823.66 ; for repavement of roads 

 and drives, $567,740; for water supply, $3,749,343; 

 for docks, $3,000,000; for condemnation of rear 

 tenements, $11,241.16; for street openings, $1,923,- 

 726.77; for refunding matured loans, $1,683,- 

 800.73; for local improvements, $61,514.65; for 

 memorial arch, $5,000; for Wallabout basin, $100,- 

 000; for Street Cleaning Department, $400,000; 

 for Fire Department, $300,000; special revenue 

 bonds, $3,170,311.35; a total of $30,308,190.68. 

 The tax rate confirmed by the Municipal Assembly 

 on Aug. 2 was for Manhattan and Bronx, $2.48 

 for each $100 of assessment. The rate for 1898 

 was $2.01. For Brooklyn the rate was $2.36, 

 Queens, $3.27 ; and Richmond, $2.42. 



Bonds. On April 4 the Municipal Council 

 passed the resolution authorizing the issue of 

 $500,000 in bonds for tearing down the reservoir 

 at 42d Street and Fifth Avenue, and doing the 

 subsurface work on the foundations of the New 

 York Library Building. On Aug. 9 the Council 

 passed the resolution authorizing the issue of 

 $2,100.000 in bonds for the erection of a new 

 Hall of Records. The vote of President Guggen- 

 heimer was required to make the necessary ma- 

 jority, but as he was Acting Mayor his right to 

 vote was questioned. His action was sustained 

 by the Corporation Counsel, and the corporation 

 issued the bonds. 



Board of Estimate and Apportionment. 

 This body consists of the Mayor, the President 

 and Secretary of the Department of Taxes and 

 Assessments, the Comptroller, the President of the 

 Council, and the Corporation Counsel. This 

 board allowed the following-named amounts for 

 1900: The Mayoralty, $63,755; Municipal Assem- 

 bly and City Clerk, $200,052; Department of 

 Finance, $779,305; interest on city debt, $10,- 

 094,197.54; interest on bonds and stocks to be 

 issued after Oct. 10, 1899, and in 1900, $884,180.74; 

 interest on revenue bonds of 1900, $729,166.67; 



