*Includes $300,000 mortgage by S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co. to Land Title & Trust Co., covering prop erty at Prince's Bay and at Philadelphia. + Includes $150,000 mortgage by N. Y. Real Estate Improvement Co. to Bruce Magaw, covering property at Clifton; also one for $500,000 by Richmond Co. Power Co. to Bowling Green Trust Co. as trustee for its bondholders; also one for $6,000,000 by Am. Linseed Co. to Morton Trust Co. Includes $150,000 mortgage by Southfield Beach R. R. Co. to Bowling Green Trust Co. as trustee for its bondholders. § Includes $1,500,000 mortgage by N. Y. & Richmond Gas Co. to Central Trust Co. of N. Y., as trust es for its bondholders, covering real estate, franchises, etc. Includes $100,000 mortgage by Ocean View Cemetery to Colonial Trust Co. of N. Y., covering its cemetery property. *Washington, D. C., 3,596.27 acres owned by United States Government. +Not given. Forest Areas. Forty-six per cent, of the upland in the State o New Jersey is in forest, the total area of woodland being 2,069,819 acres, or nearly equal to the 2,424,731 acres of cleared upland. This is more than the average of forest area. Massachusetts has 51 per cent. of forest. New York 34, Connecticut 39. Pennsylvania 45, Delaware 32 and Maryland 39. The chimney of the Royal Saxon Smelting Works at Halsbrucke, Freiberg, Saxony, is the highest chimney in the world, rising 429 feet and 6 inches above the valley. A flue thence connecting it with a second chimney upon an adjoining hill top gives an efficient draft height of over 656 feet. The smokestack of the Oxford Copper Company, Bayonne, N. J., is 360 feet high. 1,553.26 4,564,340 (t) 4,564,340 99,450 543.68 1,146,439 48,933 1,195,372 47,885 1,100.00 451,000 20,000 471,000 21.504 8,720.04 2,463.75 149 July. VITAL STATISTICS OF NEW YORK CITY. BROOKLYN-DEATHS. 4th 1st 2d 3d Quar-Quar-Quar-Quar Total. 4,986 6,106 5,392 6,695 1,033 1,005 985 2,257 816 1,141 804 Oct., 1900.. Total. Males. males. 3,536 8,316 2,837 1,559 1,278 1,343 5,746 4,344 23,179 December.. 443 August.. 769 September. Typhoid 127 52 3,223 1,804 1,419 6,550 8,600 3,024 1,664 1,360 Total deaths, 38,037; under 1 year, 8,541; under 5 years, 13,116; 5 to 65 years, 20,079; 65 years and up2,407 wards, 4,842. Measles, 140; scarlet fever, 523; diph2.501 theria and croup, 1,067; typhoid fever, 386; bronchitis, 2,501 828; pneumonia, 5,038; phthisis, 4.154; diarrhoeal 2,186 diseases, 1,532; small-pox, 29; deaths in institutions, 10,894; still births, 3,355. Births, 50,227; marriages, 3,224 22,571. 8 8,959 kn'wn' 34 March Dec.. 1,760 April May 34 June April. 1,907 1,002 905 51 September. 872 Total deaths, 4,670; under 1 year, 868; under 5 49 years, 1,390; 5 to 65 years, 2,623: 65 years and upwards, 657. Measles, 17; scarlet fever, 75; diphtheria, and croup, 133; typhoid fever, 29; bronchitis, 61; pneumonia,445; phthisis, 1098; diarrhoeal diseases, 255; diarrhoeal diseases, under 2 years, 221; smallpox, 348; Coroners' cases, 421; deaths in institutions, 1,714; still-births, 299. Births, 3,895; marriages, 988. RICHMOND-DEATHS. Sept..... 1,909 1,007 902 Total deaths, 2,800; under 1 year, 647; under 5 years, 922; 5 to 65 years, 1,408; 65 years and upwards, 470. Measles, 5; scarlet fever. 24; diphtheria and croup, 69; typhoid fever, 22; bronchitis, 74; pneumonia, 250; phthisis, 320; diarrhoeal diseases, 302: diarrheal diseases, under 5 years, 278: smallpox, 2. Coroners' cases, 469; deaths in institutions, 282; still-births, 212. Births, 3,042; marriages, 775. U. S. Vital Statistics. Comparison of death rates in the United States between 1890 and 1900 in cities of 8,000 inhabitants and more. issued by the U. S. Census Bureau, shows the average death age of Americans to be 35.2 years in 1900, as against 31.1 in 1890, a gain in longevity of 13 per cent. The death rate from consumption was 245.4 for every 10,000 persons in 1890 and only 190.5 in 1900. From pneumonia there were 191.9 deaths among every 10,000 people in 1900 and only 186.9 in 1890. The difference puts this disease slightly ahead of consumption as a destroyer of human life. Boroughs. Death Deaths. Marri- Births. *21.25 38,037 22,571 50,277 4,670 988 3,895 20.09 23,179 17.95 2,800 775 8,042 Manhattan WATER SUPPLY OF NEW YORK CITY. BROOKLYN, Brooklyn's water supply is obtained from streams that drain the portion of the southern slope of Long Island lying west of Amityville, supplemented by wells driven at different points in same territory. The water is delivered into iron pipes or brick conduits, which conduct it to the main pumping station at Ridgewood. Here it is raised to the Ridgewood reservoirs, having a capacity of about 300,000,000 gallons, and from them is passed into distribution mains supplying the greater part of the borough. A portion of Brooklyn, near Prospect Park, gets its water from Mount Prospect reservoir and tower, near the park, the water being raised from Ridgewood by an additional pumping. The supply system includes 71⁄2 miles of brick conduit from Massapequa pond to Millburn engine house, 4% miles of cast iron pipe from Millburn Engine house to Smith's pond, and 121⁄2 miles each of cast iron pipe and brick conduit from Smith's pond to Ridgewood pumping station. From Ridgewood engine house 6 force mains lead to the reservoir. Along the conduit lines are 14 driven well stations, one pond pumping station and a station at Millburn that raises the water delivered there from the east to a higher level. The gravity supply is obtained from 12 ponds, having an aggregate storage capacity of about 1,060,000,000 gallons. On Jan. 1, 1901, the Ridgewood, New Utrecht and Gravesend distribution systems consisted of about 607 miles of distribution mains, with 5,109 stopcocks and 6.480 fire hydrants. The Ridgewood pumping station has 10 engines, with a pumping capacity of about 140,000,000 gallons daily. There are four other plants within Brooklyn, deriving their supply from driven wells-the Flatbush Water Works, owned by a private company, and supplying the 29th Ward; the New Lots, Gravesend, and New Utrecht plants, now owned by Brooklyn, supplying the 26th, 30th and 31st Wards. The New Lots plant is located on New Lots av.. at the head of Fresh Creek; it has 2 engines, one of 3,000,000 gallons and one of 3,500,000 gallons daily capacity; about 45 miles of distributing mains and a reservoir of about 5,000,000 gallons capacity; the average daily consumption is about 3,700.000 gallons. The Flatbush Water Works are located at the head of Paerdegat Creek; there are 1 5,000,000gallon and 2 3,000,000-gallon engines, a standpipe at Franklin and Washington avs., and about 50 miles of distributing mains; the average daily consumption is about 2.200,000 gallons. The New Utrecht plant is located at E. 14th st. and Avenue U; there are 1 1,500,000 and 2 2,000,000-gallon engines; the The consumption is about 2,000,000 gallons daily. Gravesend plant is at E. 17th st. and Av. R; it has 2 engines, the average daily consumption being about 2,900,000 gallons. The average daily consumption from the Ridgewood, Gravesend, New Utrecht and New Lots systems in 1901 was about 96,000,000 gallons. reservoirs MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX. The water supply of Manhattan is received from the Croton watershed, thirty miles north of the borough. The capacity of the aqueducts and reservoirs is 380,000,000 gallons per day. In Bronx the territory west of the Bronx River is supplied from the Bronx and Byram River watersheds, through a pipe conduit 15 miles in length from the storage reservoir at Kensico to the receiving and distributing Williamsbridge, at from which the maximum capacity is 200,000,000 gallons per day. The Williamsbridge reservoir has a capacity of 140,000,000 gallons. The territory east of the Bronx River is supplied by the New York and Westchester Water Company. The work of constructing the reservoirs and mains was begun in 1835 by an act of the Legislature. The system was completed in 1842 and the water was turned on on the 4th of July of that year. The conduit from the Croton Dam to 135th st. gate house is 30 miles. The new Croton Aqueduct was opened July 29, 1890, and has a capacity of 300,000,000 gallons. High Bridge has a reservoir with 10,000,000 gallons. The reservoir in Central Park will hold 1,000,000 gallons, and the receiving reservoir below it 150,000,000 gallons more. The system of water mains in Manhattan and Bronx now includes 867 miles of water mains, with 11.822 fire hydrants. The combined storage capacity of the reservoirs in the Croton, Bronx and Byram River sheds is 44,000,000,000 gallons. The main wall of the Croton dam is 200 ft. thick at the bottom, 1,000 ft. long, with a spillway of 1,000 ft., making an extended masonry of 2,000 ft.; is embedded 150 ft. under ground, is 150 ft. high above ground, 216 ft. above tide water and The 100 ft. above the reservoir in Central Park. dam was commenced in 1892, and is to be completed The estimated cost was $4,150,573. The in 1905. It will actual cost will be upward of $5,000,000. have a storage capacity of 30 billions of gallons, and the lake, when the water rises to the spillway, will be between 19 and 20 miles long. RICHMOND," The There are 4 water plants in the borough, one of which is owned by the city. This plant is located at Tottenville. It has a capacity of 864,000 gallons per day; capacity of stand pipe, 140,000 gallons, and the daily consumption is about 110,000 gallons. The water is drawn from 4 driven wells. The system has 5 miles of mains and 61 fire hydrants. other 3 plants are private enterprises and comprise the following: Crystal Water Co. at Stapleton, supplying village of Edgewater and towns of Southfield, Northfield and Middletown, outside of incorporated villages; the South Shore Water Co. at New Dorp, and Staten Island Water Supply Co. at New Brighton, supplying villages of New Brighton and Port Richmond and town of Northfield. The Crystal Water Co. has capacity of 5,000,000 and daily consumption of 2.500.000 gallons. The South Shore Water Supply Co. has a pumping capacity of 90,000 and consumption of 36.000 gallons per day. The Staten Island Water Supply Co. has a pumping capacity of 8,000,000 gallons and consumption of 4,000,000 gallons per day; has 70 miles of mains. The water comes from artesian wells. There are in the borough 132 miles of water mains, 991 fire hydrants and 75 draw hydrants. The city pays $25 per year each for 570 fire hydrants, $30 per year each for 339 fire hydrants, $40 per year each for 21 fire hydrants and $30 per year each for 65 draw hydrants. QUEENS. A There are 7 water plants owned by the city, 3 in the 1st Ward (Long Island City), 4 in the 3d Ward (Flushing, College Point and Whitestone). The total pumping capacity is 16,000,000 gallons per day, and the capacity of the wells but 5,000,000 gallons per day. The public water system includes 84 miles of mains, 606 fire hydrants, 454 stop cocks. and 7,200 houses are supplied from this system. considerable portion of the borough, however, is supplied by private water companies. Three million gallons are furnished to the 1st Ward by Citizens' Water Supply Co. The city pays to these companies at the rate of $20 to $25 per year each for following hydrants: Queens County Water Co., 251 hydrants; Woodhaven Water Co., 484 hydrants; Citizens' Water Supply Co., 393 hydrants; Jamaica Water Supply Co., 640 hydrants. The water supply of Jamaica has its source in driven wells located near the village. The daily pumping capacity is 3,500,000 gallons; daily conSumption is 2,000,000 gallons and annual consumption is 750,000,000. There are 60 miles of mains. The water supply of Flushing is derived from 26 driven wells at Bay Side. The capacity is 2.000.000 gallons daily and the daily consumption is about 1,100,000. This is a city plant. The water supply of the town of Newtown is derived from 177 driven wells. The Citizens' Water Supply Co. has 5 pumping stations, with a total pumping capacity of 16,000,000 gallons per day. The stations are situated as follows: No. 1, at Clermont av., Elmhurst, the capacity of which is 3.750.000 gallons, from 28 driven wells; No. 2 is at Trains Meadow, Woodside, with a capacity of 5.000,000 gallons, from 90 driven wells; No. 3 is at Willow Glen, near Jamaica, with a capacity of 4,000,000 gallons, from 29 driven wells; No. 4 is located on the Backus Farm, at Whitepot, and has a capacity of 1,500,000 gallons, derived from 16 driven Hoffman wells: No. 5 is on the Backus Farm, boulevard, with a capacity of 1,750,000 gallons, derived from 14 driven wells. The system has about 70 miles of mains, with 400 hydrants and 2.600 private consumers, beside supplying the 1st Ward, Borough of Queens, with 3.700,000 gallons daily. The average daily output is 7,000,000 gallons, but the pumping capacity is 16,000,000 gallons. GUIDE TO THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. The Brooklyn Navy Yard was established Feb. 23, 1801, when the first land, consisting of 30 acres, It now was bought from John Jackson for $40,000. comprises 144 acres, situated on Wallabout Channel of the East River, and has a water front of nearly 3 miles. The main entrance is at Sands and Navy sts., and was opened in 1896. The water front of the Navy Yard is protected by a sea wall of granite about 3 miles in length. The ship of the line "Ohio" was the first vessel built in this Yard, and the "Maine,' which was blown up in Havana harbor, was the last vessel constructed here. In 1815 the "Fulton," the first steam war vessel, was built at the Yard after plans prepared by Robert Fulton. The Navy Yard is open daily, except Sundays and holidays, from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M., when any one may enter and inspect the place. Passes to visit the Yard must be obtained by letters addressed to the "Captain of the Yard." Permission to visit ships must be obtained from their commanding officers. A "Special" pass is necessary on Sundays and on holidays. Main st. extends from the main gate to the water front. Passing the guard house, the first building at the left is the Commandant's residence. The Lyceum, or Commandant's office, is a three story structure. It contains the offices of the Captain of the Yard, the Commandant and Aides, examination and courts-martial room, where the records of the Yard are preserved. Trophy Park, adjoining the Commandant's office, is filled with relics. In front of the Commandant's office are a number of relics of the Spanish-American War, taken in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. The small octagonal building near the Sands st. entrance is the office of the chemist. The building for provisions and clothing is just below the old octagon-shaped office building of the Surgeon of the Yard. In this building is cut out by machinery all the clothing used in the Navy, except that worn by officers. In this building and adIt is joining it are stored clothing and supplies. in one of these buildings that all the coffee used by the Navy is roasted, ground, put up in tins. and all canned goods, hard tack, and condensed goods are received here from the wholesale houses. The work-shops, machine-shops and foundries are on Chauncey, Warrington and Morris avs. Building No. 7 contains the flag loft, where all flags and bunting used by the United States Navy, as well as flags of other nations, are made. Other buildings on this avenue are the blacksmiths' shop, paint shop, yard and docks, construction departThe ment and steam engineering department. machine shop for the steam engineering department is near the Flushing av. entrance. On Morris av. are a joiners' shop, offices, boat house, and plating shops. The Cob Dock is an artificial island, separated from the main Navy Yard by Wallabout Channel, contains 19 acres, and used for storage purposes. On the Cob Dock, just beyond the receiving ship "Columbia,' is the meteorite, brought from the The ordArctic regions by Lieut. Peary in 1897. nance dock is also here. Moored to the Cob Dock is the cruiser "Columbia." used as a receiving ship. All enlistments are made on board. The old receiving ship "Vermont,' condemned and out of commission, is moored to the dock. There are three dry docks along the Wallabout Channel, known as Stone Dry Docks Nos. 1 and 2, and Timber Dry Dock No. 3. Around these dry docks are 18-foot railway tracks on which 2 40-ton lifting cranes travel. The marine barracks and drill yard are located along Flushing av. The only department outside the enclosure is the Naval Hospital on Flushing av., consisting of 15 acres, and contains the Naval Cemetery. painted on the boat, which was brought to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but beyond a preliminary test nothing was ever done with it by the government OFFICERS AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS. Office of Commandant, Bldg. No. 1-Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker, Commandant; Capt. Clifford H. West, Senior Aid. Captain of the Yard's Office, Bldg. No. 1-Capt. J. B. Coghlan, Captain of the Yard; Commander C. A. Adams, Boatswain Patrick Deery, Boatswain P. H. Burns (retired). Equipment Office, Bldg. No. 7-Comdr. R. P Rodgers, Equipment Officer; Comdr. L. C. Heilner, Licuts. F. R. Payne, W. V. Powelson, Boatswains John J. Rochfort, E. H. Eycke. B. Ordnance Office, Bldg. No. 24-Comdr. J. Briggs, Insp. of Ordnance; Comdr. Aaron Ward. Lieut. D. M. Wood, Chief Gunners, F.. H. Whitney, Iona Island, N. Y.; M. W. Gilmartin, Powder Depot, Dover, N. J.; Gunners L. J. G.,Kuhlwein. Fort Lafayette; G. L. Mallery, Myles Joyce. Inspection Board, Bldg. No. 2-Comdr. J. M. Mil ler, Lieut. Comdr. W. N. Little. Surg. of Yard, Bldg. 122-Surg. J. C. Byrnes, Ass. Surg. E. J. Grow, Pharmacist, J. H. McGuigan. Naval Hospital-Medical Director H. J. Babin. Surgeon Geo. Rothganger, Passed Assist. Surgeon C. Pryor, Assist. Surgeons J. B. Dennis, E. 0. Huntington, Pharmacist Samuel Englander. Naval Laboratory and Dept. of Instruction, Hospital Grounds-Medical Insp. T. H. Streets, Assist Surgeon G. L. Angeny, Pharmacist G. H. Klock. Medical Examining Board-Meets at Naval Laboratory. Medical Director C. U. Gravatt, geons L. G. Heneberger, N. H. Drake. Sur General Storekeeper's Office, Bldg. No. 2-Pay Dir. Edwin Putnam, Gen. Storekeeper; Paymasters J. J. Cheatham, B. P. Du Bois, Passed Assist. Paymasters Samuel Bryan, R. H. Orr, G. C. Schafer. Yard Pay Office, Bldg. No. 121-Pay Inspector L G. Boggs, Chief Carpenter P. T. Ward, Paymaster's Clerk Thos. Costelloe. U. S. Navy Clothing Factory, Bldg. No. $1Paymaster E. B. Rogers. Chief Engineer's Office, Bldg. No. 27-Comdr. J. A. B. Smith, Lieut. Comdrs. R. T. Hall, R. I. Reid, Lieut. C. H. Mathews. Naval Constructor's Office, Bldg. No. 6-Naval Receiving ship "Columbia"-Capt. A. S. Snow. Commandants. 1. Lieut. Jonathan Thorne.. 2. Capt. Isaac Chauncey 3. Capt. Samuel Evans 4. Commander George W. Rodgers. 5. Capt. Isaac Chauncey. 6. Capt. Charles G. Ridgeley. June 1, 1806 July 13, 1807 .May 16, 1813 June 1, 1824 .Dec. 21. 1824 .June 10. 1833 Nov. 19. 1833 .June 12, 1841 .July 15, 1843 .Oct. 1, 1846 .Oct. 14, 1832 .Dec. 31. 1884 17. Commodore Charles H. Bell.. 18. Rear-Admiral Sylvanus W. Gordon.. May 1, 1868 19. Rear-Admiral Melancton Smith.....Oct. 15, 1870 20. Vice-Admiral Stephen C. Rowan....June 1, 1872 21. Commodore Jas. W. A. Nicholson..Sept. 1. 1876 22. Commodore George H. Cooper. .May 1, 1880 ..April 1, 1882 One of the most curious attractions is the first 23. Commodore John H. Upshur.. submarine boat built in the United States, which 24. Commodore Thos. S. Fillebrown..March 31, 1884 lies on the Cob Dock. It was constructed under 25. Commodore Ralph Chandler... an agreement with Cornelius S. Bushnell, Augus-26. Commodore Bancroft Gherardi. tus Rice and others living in New Jersey. The 27. Capt. Francis M. Ramsey first contract was signed for its construction Nov. 28. Rear-Admiral Daniel L. Braine.. 2, 1863. The Government spent $30,000 on the boat. 29. Commodore Henry Erben.. which cost over $60,000. A man named Halstead, 30. Rear-Admiral Bancroft Gherardi....June 1, 1893 of Newark, N. J., completed the boat. Secretary 31. Commodore Montgomery Sicard....Nov. 22, 1894 of the Navy George M. Robeson appointed a Naval 32. Rear-Admiral Francis M. Bunce..... May 1, 1897 .......Jan. 14, 1899 Board and ordered a test made of the submarine 33. Commodore John W. Philip... boat. The name "Intelligent Whale" was then 34. Rear-Admiral Albert S. Barker.....July 17, 1900 .Feb. 15. 1889 .Nov. 14. 1889 |