7-22 Chambers St. 8-165 E. 51st St. 9-55 E. Broadway. 10-8 Stone St. 11-437 E. Houston St. 12-261 William St. 22-159 E. 85th St. 33-42 Great Jones St. 34-440 W. 33d St. HOOK AND LADDER 17-91 Ludlow St. 135-223 E. 119th St. 39-159 E. 67th St. 150-E. 166th St., n. 3d Ave. 52-Riverdale Ave. 40-W.68th, n. Boulevard. 55-319 Broome St. 41-3d Aveopp. E. 147th. 56-120 W. 83d St. 42-Fulton Ave., n.167th. 57-Castle Garden (Boat). 45-Tremont Av., n. Daly. 60-606 E. 137th St. 46-E. 176th, n. Park Ave. 61-Westchester. 48-2504 Webster Ave. 63-Wakefield. 149-Blackwell's Island. 65-33 W. 43d St. COMPANIES: 1-26 Chambers, 2-126 E. 50th. 3-108 E. 13th. 4-788 8th Ave. 5-96 Charles. 6-77 Canal. 7-217 E. 28th. 8-7 North Moore. 9-20 Elizabeth. 10-191 Fulton. 11-742 5th St. 12-243 W. 20th. 13-159 E. 87th. 14-120 E 125th. 15-Old Slip, near Water. 16-157 E. 67th. 17-E. 143d St., near 3d Ave. 18-84 Attorney. 19-1183 Ogden Ave., near Birch. 20-157 Mercer. 21-432 W. 36th. 22-766 Amsterdam Ave. Height of Prominent Buildings in Manhattan Borough. Manhattan Life Ins. Co., 17 To roof top, 246 ft.; 67x125 ft. Mutual Life Insurance Co., 15 To roof top, 210 ft.; 100x125 ft. to roof garden, 230 ft. Mutual Reserve Life Ins. Co., 14 To roof top, 184 ft. 75x125 ft. 109 ft. 6 in. cor. B'way and Duane St. 162 ft. x 201 N. Y. Life Ins. Co., 346 12 188 ft. front; to 60x196 ft. ft. 348 Broadway. tower, 270 ft. 30 ft. 11 1-2 New York Realty Co., 9-13 15 203 ft. 6 in. in, x 39 ft. 293 ft. 153 ft.11 in 86 ft. 8 in. x 110 ft.7 in. To roof top, 179 ft.; Maiden Lane. O. B. Potter Trust, Broad- 20 Postal Telegraph Co., cor. 13 Pulitzer Building,Park Row 22 Queens Ins. Co.,cor.William 15 Sherry's (Brokaw), Fifth 11 161 ft. 3 in. Singer Mfg. Co. 85-89 14 197 ft. St. James, Broadway, cor. 16 204 ft. St. Paul Building, Ann St. 26 308 ft. Standard Oil Building 24-30 15 263 ft. Townsend, cor. Broadway 12 165 ft. 88 ft. 1-2 in. Vincent Building, Broad- 14 205 ft. Waldorf Hotel, 13-19 W. 16 214 ft. Washington Life Ins. Co., 19273 ft. 56 ft. 6 in. x 78 ft. 5 in. 78 ft.x223 ft. 10 in. 70 ft. front, 100ft. rear, 155 ft. deep height, 115 ft. 4 in.x 136 ft.8 in. 41ft.11 1-2in, x68 ft. 11 1-4 in. 93 ft. 10 in. x 225 ft. 74 ft. 101-9 in. x 93 ft. 8 in. 94 ft. 81-2 in.x148 ft. 11 1-8 in. 39.4x27x104. 2x54.3x83. 114 ft. 1 in. x 89 ft.7 3-4 in. 9 in. Clubs in Manhattan Borough. PRINCIPAL CLUBS AND CLUB-HOUSES. SEE ALSO "SOCIETIES IN MANHATTAN BOROUGH."' Lincoln....... Lotos... Manhattan. Manhattan Chess.... Merchants Metropolitan N. Y. Athletic. None. 1875 70 W. 36th St.. None. None. 1872 56 Clinton Place. None. None. N. Y. Caledoniant... N. Y. Presst... 1856 846 Seventh Ave...... None. None. 500 None. .... 1878 12 W. 81st St... None. None. 200 50.00 60.00 .... .... N. Y. Railroad.. N. Y. Scottish N. Y. Turn Verein... N. Y. Yacht. Racquet and Tennis... Seawanhaka - Corin- Transportation Underwriters. 1886 241 Fifth Ave..... 1850 85th St. & Lex. Ave... None. None. 1879 450 Fifth Ave... 1898 945 Broadway.. 187119 E. 22d St. and 1896 Madison Ave. & 42d St. Uptown Association.. 1895 Cor. 5th Ave. & 18th St. 1889 Amsterd'mAv. &81stSt. None. None. 900 None. 300 150 250 1980 2.00 100 50.00 40.00 .... 100 50.00 75.00 75 50 180 30 30.00 Chester S. Lord. 25.00 David B. Gilbert. 8.00 Gustave Simonson. 75.00 Frederick S. Wells. 50.00 W. W. Sherman. 37.50 Howell H. Barnes. 25.00 John C. Gulick. L. D. Robertson, Jr. 10.00 E. J. Tinsdall. 2.00 W. W.Wheatley. John Duncan. 6.00 Henry C. Preu. J. V. S. Oddie. 20.00 Charles E. Carryl.. 50.00 Chas. M. Eisig. 40.00 H. C. Mortimer. 10.00 Edwin Baldwin. 12.50 A.V.Campbell, R.Sec. Samuel Murtland. 87.50 C. S. Van Rensselaer. 10.00 J. A. Thompson. Initiation fee, $50; members under thirty years of age, $25. Report of January 1, 1898. Initiation fee for professionals, $52.50; dues, $25. (a) Rendezvous at Bay Ridge, L. I. (b) No initiation fee when applicant is under thirty years of age. The returns in this table are of January 1, 1899, approximately. Public Buildings in Manhattan Borough. Army Building, Whitehall and Pearl Streets. Assay Office, 30 Wall Street. Barge Office, foot of Whitehall Street. County Court-House, Chambers St., near B'way. Jefferson Market Court, 6th Ave. and 10th St. State Arsenal, 7th Avenue and 35th Street. Hack and Cab Fares in Manhattan Borough. RATES REGULATED BY LAW.-The city ordinance regulating the rates which may be charged customers by cabmen is as follows; distance is computed at twenty blocks to a mile north and south. and seven blocks to a mile east and west: SEC. 434. The price or rates of fare to be asked or demanded by the owners or drivers of hackney coaches or cabs shall be as follows: Cabs. 1. For conveying one or more persons any distance, sums not exceeding the following amount: Fifty cents for the first mile or part thereof; and each additional half mile or part thereof, twentyfive cents. By distance, forstops" of over five minutes and not exceeding fifteen minutes, twenty-five cents. For longer stops, the rate will be twenty-five cents for every fifteen minutes or fraction thereof, if more than five minutes. For a brief stop, not exceeding five minutes in a single trip, there will be no charge. 2. For the use of a cab, by the hour, with the privilege of going from place to place and stopping as often and as long as may be required, one dollar for the first hour or part thereof; and for each succeeding half-hour or part thereof, fifty cents, if agreed upon in advance, otherwise mileage rate will apply. Coaches. 3. For conveying one or more persons any distance, sums not exceeding the following amounts: One dollar for the first mile or part thereof; and each additional half-mile or part thereof, forty cents. By distance, for "stops" of over five minutes and not exceeding fifteen minutes, thirtyeight cents. For longer stops, the rate will be thirtyeight cents for every fifteen minutes. For a brief stop, not exceeding five minutes in a single trip, there will be no charge. 4. For the use of a coach, by the hour, with the privilege of going from place to place and stopping as often and long as may be required, one dollar and fifty cents for the first hour or part thereof; and for each succeeding half-hour or part thereof, seventy-five cents, if agreed upon in advance. 5. No cab or coach shall be driven by the time rate at a pace less than five miles an hour. 6. Line balls, two passengers, two dollars for first mile or part thereof; one dollar for each additional mile; fifty cents for each additional passenger. 7. Every owner or driver of any hackney coach or cab shall carry on his coach or cab one piece of baggage, not to exceed fifty pounds in weight, without extra charge; but for any additional baggage he may carry he shall be entitled to extra compensation at the rate of twenty-five cents per piece. SEC. 436. All disputes as to prices or distance shall be settled by the Mayor's Marshal or the police. SEC. 437. In all cases where the hiring of a hackney coach or a cab is not at the time thereof specified to be by the hour, it shall be deemed to be by the mile; and for any detention, exceeding fifteen minutes, when so working by the mile, the owner or driver may demand at the rate of one dollar per hour. SEC. 444. There shall be fixed in each hackney coach or cab, in such a manner as can be conveniently read by any person riding in the same, a card containing the name of the owner of said carriage, the number of his license, and the legal rates as specified in section 434 of this article printed in plain, legible characters, under a penalty of arrest, said section to be provided by the License Bureau in pamphlet or card form, and to be furnished free to the owner of such hackney coach or cab, and such card shall be fastened to the back of each cab or coach, on the inside thereof, at least two feet above the seat, or it shall be hung to or from a suitable fastening fixed in the back of each cab or coach and be plainly visible. It shall be the duty of the driver of every such hackney coach or cab, at the commencement of his employment, to present the passenger employing him with a printed card or slip, containing, in case of cabs, subdivisions 1 and 2, and in cases of coaches, subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 434 of this article. SEC. 449. Any person or persons who shall violate any or either of the provisions of above sections of this article shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars. Complaints for violations of the above ordinances may be made at the office of the Mayor's Marshal, Room 1, City Hall. The following table of distances is published by the Mayor's Marshal: FROM SOUTH FERRY to Wall Street, one-half mile; to City Hall, one mile; to Canal Street, one and one-half miles; to Houston Street, two miles; to 4th Street, two and one-quarter miles; to 14th Street, two and three-quarter miles; to 24th Street, three and one-quarter miles; to 37th Street, four miles; to 42d Street, four and one-quarter miles; to 62d Street, five and one-quarter miles; to 82d Street, six and one-quarter miles; to 102d Street, seven and one-quarter miles; to 122d Street, eight miles. EAST AND WEST, FROM BROADWAY to East River, across 14th Street, one mile; to East River, across 23d Street, one mile; to East River, across 34th Street, seven-eighths of a mile; to East River, across 42d Street, one mile; to East River, across 59th Street, one and one-quarter miles; to North River, across 14th Street, one and one-quarter miles; to North River, across 23d Street, one and one-eighth miles; to North River, across 34th Street, one and one-quarter miles; to North River, across 42d Street, one mile; to North River, across 59th Street, seven-eighths of a mile. Public Porters. EVERY Public Porter must wear, in a conspicuous position, a badge bearing the number of his license, and is not entitled to receive any pay for services unless such a badge is worn, and if he shall demand a greater sum for his services than accords with the rates below, he shall not be entitled to any pay for the service. Any Public Porter may decline to carry any article, if the distance he shall be required to go shall be more than two miles. Public Porters shall be entitled to charge and receive for the carrying or conveyance of any article, any distance within half a mile, twenty-five cents if carried by hand, and fifty cents if carried on a wheelbarrow or hand-cart; if the distance exceeds half a mile and is within a mile, onehalf of the above rates in addition thereto, and in the same proportion for any greater distance. Height of Prominent Points in Manhattan and Bronz Boroughs. Feet Above Feet Above Fifth Avenue Hotel. 38 Boulevard and 118th Street.. 135 Central Park Plaza, 59th St. and 5th Ave.. 47.5 Kingsbridge Road and 175th Street. 200 Mount Morris.. 100 Washington Bridge Road and 184th St... 250 Central Park Circle. 76.5 Libraries in Manhattan and Bronx Boroughs. Aguilar Free Library, 113 E. 59th St., 176 E. 110th St., 197 E. B'way, 616 5th St.-Except Sat., 9 to 9. American Institute, 111 W. 38th St.-Open 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.; $10 initiation fee and $5 per annum. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park W., cor. W. 77th St. American Numismatic and Archæological Society, 17 W. 43d St. Astor, 40 Lafayette Pl., free.-Open, except Sundays and holidays, in Summer, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Winter, 9 A. M. to 4 P.M. Broome St., 395 Broome St., free.-Open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 4 to 9 P.M. Brotherhood of Andrew & Philip, 1156 Ogden Av. Bryson, W. 120th St., nr. Boulevard.-Open 8.30 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Saturday 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. Cathedral, 123 E. 50th St.-Open 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. City, 12 City Hall, free.-Open 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. College Settlement Ass'n, 95 Rivington St.-Open on Wednesday from 3.30 to 5P.M. and 7.30 to 9 P.M.; on Saturday 10 A.M. to 12 noon. Columbia University, W. 116th & Amsterdam Ave. Cooper Union, 8th St. & 4th Ave.-8 A. M. to 10 P.M. De Witt Memorial, 286 Rivington St.-Open daily (except Sunda y) from 3 to 8 P. M. Harlem, 32 W. 123d St.-Open 9 A. M. to 9 P.M. Harlem Law, 109 W. 125th St.-Open 8 A.M. Historical Society, 170 2d Ave.-Open 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., except during August and on holidays. Huntington Free Library, Westchester Ave., Westchester.-Open daily, except Sunday, 9 A.M. to 10 P.M.; on Sundays from 2 to 9 P.M. Law Institute, 116 P-O. B'ld'g.-9 A.M to 10 P.M. Law Library of Equitable Life Assurance Society, 120 Broadway.-Open 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. Lenox, 895 5th Ave.-Open 9 A.M. to 6 P. M. Loan Libraries for Ships, 76 Wall St. Masonic, 75 W. 23d St.-Open 7 to 10.30 PM. Maimonides, 723 Lexington Ave.-Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.; Sat., 7 to 10 P.M.; Sun., 9 A. M. to 4 P.M. Mechanical Engineers, 12 W.31st St.-Open daily, except Sundays, 10 A. M. to 10 P.M. Mercantile, Astor Place, 426 5th Ave., 120 B'way.-Open 8.30 A.M. to 6 P.M. Rates: Clérks, $4 per annum; others, $5. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Pk. & E. 82d Mott Memorial Free Medical, 64 Madison Ave.Open 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. New York Free Circulating, 49 Bond St., 135 2d Ave., 251 W. 13th St., 215 E. 34th St., 226 W. 42d St., 816 Amsterdam Ave., 18 E. 125th St., 1523 2d Ave., 130 W. 23d St., 261 W. 69th St. W. 100th St. near Boulevard. -Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.; Sundays 4 to 9 P.M. New York Hospital, 6 W. 16th St.-Open 10 A.M. to 5 P.M., except Sundays and holidays. New York Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.-40 Lafayette Pl., 895 5th Ave. N. Y. Port Soc., 46 Catharine St.-9 A. M. to 10 P.M. New York Society, 107 University Place.-Open 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Reading Room open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Olivet Memorial, 59 2d St.-Open 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. Produce Exchange.-Open 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Protestant Epis. Ch. Mission Society for Seamen, 21 Coenties Slip. Riverdale, Riverdale.-Open Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat., 8 to 10 P. M.; Wed. and Fri., 2 to 4 P.M. Riverside Free, 259 W. 69th St. St. Agnes' Free, 121 W. 91st St.-10 A.M. to 12 M. and 4 to 6 P. M.; on Tues. and Sat., 8 to 9 P. M. St. Aloysius', 208 E. 4th St.-Open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.30 to 9 P. M. St. Barnabas', 38 Bleecker St.-Open 7 to 10 P.M. Seamen's, 34 Pike St., free.-Open 10A.M. to 10P.M. University Law and Pedagogy, University Bldg., Washington Sq. E.-Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Washington Heights, Amsterdam Ave., near 156th St., free.-Open 9 A. M. to 12 M. and 1.30 to 9 P.M., except Sundays and holidays. Webster, ft. E. 76th St.-Open 2 to 10 P. M. Woman's Library, 59 Clinton Place.-Open 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.; $1.50 per annum. Young Men's Christian Ass'n, 52 E. 23d St., 153 Bowery, 112 W. 21st St., 140 2d Ave., 129 Lexington Ave., 5 W. 125th St., 361 Madison Ave., 531 W. 155th St. n. Boulevard, 318 W. 57th St., 158 E. 87th St.Open 8.30 A.M. to 10 P.M.; Sundays 2 to 10 P.M.; $5 per annum. Young Women's Christian Ass'n, 7 E. 15th St.-Open 9 A.M. to 9.15 P.M., Sundays excepted. Mayors of the City of New York. BEFORE the Revolution, the Mayor was appointed by the Governor of the Province of New York; and from 1784 to 1820 he was appointed by the Appointing Board of the State of New York, of which the Governor was the chief member. From 1820 to the amendment of the Charter, in 1830, the Mayor was appointed by the Common Council. MAYORS. 1.Thomas Willett. 2 Thomas Delavall 3 Thomas Willett.. 4 Cornelis Steenwyck 5 Thomas Delavall 6 Matthias Nicolls. 7 John Lawrence.. 8 William Dervall... 9 Nicholas de Meyer 10 S. van Cortlandt. 11 Thomas Delavall. MAYORS. Terms. 1677 14 Cornelis Steenwyck... 1682-1683 45 Edward Livingston. 12 Francis Rombouts. 13 William Dyre.. 15 Gabriel Minville. 1684 46 De Witt Clinton... 1719-1720 63 Robert H. Morris.. 1841-1844 1844-1845 1846-1847 1847-1848 1739-1744 68 Wm. F. Havemeyer... 1848-1849 1685 47 Marinus Willett.......1807-1808 78 T. Coman (act'g Mayor) 1691 50 De Witt Clinton.. 1853-1855 1855-1858 Markets in Manhattan Borough. Catharine, foot of Catharine Street, East River. Centre, Centre Street, bet. Grand and Broome Streets. Clinton, bounded by Spring, Canal, West, and Washington Streets. Farmers', Gansevoort and West Streets. Fulton, bounded by Beekman, Fulton, South, and Front Streets. Fulton Fish, South Street, opp. Fulton Market. Jefferson, Greenwich Avenue and 5th Avenue. Tompkins, 3d Avenue, bet. 6th and 7th Streets. Union, East Houston and Columbia Streets. Washington, bounded by Washington. West, Vesey, and Fulton Streets. West Washington, bounded by West, Washington, and Gansevoort Streets. Monuments and Statues in Manhattan Borough. BARTHOLDI STATUE, see "Liberty," below. BURNS, bronze statue, Central Park, on the Mall; CERVANTES, bust of Cervantes, author of "Don COLUMBUS, marble statue, in Central Park; un- COMMERCE, bronze figure, Central Park, near the COOPER, PETER, statue in park opposite Cooper Cox, bronze statue of the statesman S. S. Cox, DE PEYSTER, Abraham, statue in Bowling Green DODGE, bronze statue of William E. Dodge, at FRANKLIN, bronze statue, Printing House Square; GARIBALDI, bronze statue, Washington Square; GREELEY, bronze statue, at the front entrance of HALLECK, bronze statue, Central Park, on the HAMILTON, granite statue of Alexander Hamilton, HANCOCK, in Hancock Square, St. Nicholas Ave. and W. 124th St. HOLLEY, bronze bust of Alexander Holley, Washington Square; unveiled 1890. HUMBOLDT, bronze bust, Central Park, near the HUNT, RICHARD M., Memorial, 5th Ave., opposite INDIAN HUNTER, bronze figure, Central Park, IRVING, bronze bust, Bryant Park, on W. 40th St.; unveiled 1866. LAFAYETTE, bronze statue, Union Square, lower end of Park; unveiled 1876. LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD, on Lib- MAZZINI, bronze bust; Central Park, on the West MOORE, bronze bust of Thomas Moore, the poet, MORSE, bronze statue of the inventor of the telegraph, Central Park, near 5th Ave. and 72d St. entrance; unveiled 1871. OBELISK, Central Park, near the Metropolitan Museum of Art; brought from Egypt, and erected 1877; it is of granite, 70 feet long, and weighs 200 tons. SCHILLER, bronze bust, Central Park, in the Ram- SCOTT, bronze statue of Sir Walter Scott, Central SEVENTH REGIMENT, bronze figure of a soldier of SEWARD, bronze statue, southwest corner of Madi- SHAKESPEARE, bronze statue, Central Park, at STUYVESANT, marble effigy of Governor Peter THE PILGRIM, bronze statue, Central Park, near WASHINGTON, bronze equestrian statue, Union WASHINGTON, bronze statue, at the entrance to the WEBSTER, bronze statue, Central Park, on the WORTH, granite shaft, in honor of Major-General Population of Greater New York. THE following is a statement in detail of the population of the various towns now included in the city of New York, as returned by the State census of 1892. For present population of New York City, see page 386. Cities. New York City Brooklyn.... Part Hempstead.. * Estimated. Popula tion. Cities. Popula- Popula tion. 14,441 East Chester, West Chester, and 35,000 17,549 |