The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-25


HOUSE on RrYu0R
Main $50 458 ~
Uut oodinss.. 70 80 u
Architect, inspector wstchmen, cleaning Siss 90
Heating and ventiiatine appsrs.
tus and furniture for chapels
Crotch Sster, plumbing, tanks,
baths, reservoir, sewers, and
Grading, sea vail regulating
Line fence docks, boats, ie...... asa % 7o7so 90
Total Observation-Disclosures. $50 Al Is
OF the above the following sums have been
expended for the female department.
Yard wall and wooden fence. 49,. IS, $50 30
Grading and sea waH............ $500 90 1870 80
Total for the male department. ..... .sa96, al rs
1t may be permitted for the managers and friends Of
the institution this OCCASION to mingle their
pleted and that 1t has at length it's commo-
dious home This Is no longer house, 1t Ia city Of
refuge The managers have fully realized the magnitude
of the undertaking The insufciency of the accommo
dations in the premises Twenty third street. the
changed character Of the location the advance Of the
delinquency, and the advantages TO be derived in the
work Of reform from distinct separation Of grades,
cessity Of removal 1t is years since the pro.
ject started and 1t has taken all that time TO
mount the various obstacles that to be
The honor of initiating the movement belongs to
whose Is not recorded the tablet in the vesti
bule, but is we trust recorded the impershabe ta
blet Of eternal mansion, David c. Golden Foremost
the roll of the FIRST Board of Managers of the Society
for the Reformation Of Juvenile Delnqucnts stands the
name Of the father, Cadwaader .. Golden; foremost
let the name OF the be placed in connection
with the foundation of the latter house. Next in
order, but second to none, In the value Of his
revolence in his talents and unrelaxng energy ranks
another, whose name has also disappeared from
o na ss 9, % nsse
burden of the enterprise would rest both removed
by death in the year 1850 It devolved upon their asso
ciaes to do justice to their memory by concentrating
the work which they had commenced and in connection
wit the enthusiasm that had been awakened this con-
sideration influential motive with some Of those
who have devoted their energies TO the object or the
present managers will content myself with giving you
the names, OF the Building Committee under whose
Linus W. Stevens, Elias G. Drake Joshua 8. Underhin
W. C. Leverage. must allude particularly to the
that his colleagues will be dissatisfied with me if fail TO
do So Randails Island bears twofoid testimony to
the abors of Linus W. Stevens in the service Of benevo
cnce That gentleman served upon the successive
mittees OF the Common Council under whose charge the
Nursery Buildings at the north end erected and
his is honorably associated with the temple Of
charity that adorns the southern end 1t proper
me also to award the praise whchis due to the achtec
M. r. G. Hatfield who has prepared all the plans; to
the yigant ant intelligent guardian of interests
Mr. David Stage, who has superintended their
ton; and to Mr.. W. Price, mason and Messrs Meeker,
Angevine Co., carpenters for the faithful performance
Of their respective contracts We often called upon
to look Ut the statistics OF restitution crime and misery
and II II necessary occasionally to order
to ascertain the of duty Tho moral DESC
ations that abound in large city faithfully portrayed
make fearful picture The condition Of vast numbers
abandoned to all evil appeals in an especial manner to
our sympathies Let US turn for few moments to
oysons that are made for the education and care Of
the young. is advantageous for to look at the
degradation and corruption TO which muttudes
posed, that may them and preserve society
from the effects Of their depravity it may equally
nccia for to survey the good Influences that at
work. to gather encouragement in efforts and take
bright and hopeful view Of the future For this purpose
will glance hastily such statistics and
81 70 c "a q
gather to FORM and win class the various agencies
under the three heads Of education charity and reform
EDUCATION.
]. Public Schools-The registered number as having
attended the public during the year 1862 Is
about 49, The average attendance through the
tire year is put down at 10000 This number is
less than tie actual average nasmuch number of
hool sessions is assumed or rather has been esab
lshed by law, the basis of calculation, than
there sessions during the The number Of chill
who considered to have received substantial
benefit from their attendance Is estimated by judcions
persons at There at this moment nearly that
number or ever 20 000 on register belonging to the
higher estimate, but viii take that Of 5000.
2. Erening Free Schools.-The registered number for
the year is about e000 actual average. 5000; from
which, II deduct 10oo the whole number TWEEN.
tyone years Of age, may fairly put down the
Der of youth who have received important advantages
from this beautiful provision Of public system of
education, 5000.
8, Prirae Schools ond Academies Parochiat and De-
nopndti0ndl SchooIs.-I am indebted for the Of
presenting estimate on this subject to DR. McKeen,
City Superintendent Of Common Schools. He has
fully collected the statistics Of theater class Of schools
the attendance in which amounts to O00 The attend
ance on private schools and academies calculated at
5000, the number shown in the Of 1S45 nd al
owance being made for increase since that period The
estimate for the whole is "a. 900.
The entire total under the head OF education is 10 900
"A truly magnificent amount Of instruction, public and
private actually embraced And when bear in mind
that the largest proportion of children attending the
public schools leave before they fourteen years Of
age to be employed in some industrial pursuit we have
every to feel erated with the Of the
tcn and to indulge cheerful antcpaons with respect
tohe influence Of such and much education upon the
rising generation. have not included in this enumera
ton the Sunday schools of New York Their valuable
operations, being mainly of religious character do
seem 70 prope .ie same e IN w
sidered in estimating the provisions made for the good
OF the young The number taught in the various Sunday
schools is estimated in the last annual report Of the
New York Sunday School tniou at 45, oOo
H.-CHARrY.
class together under this head public and private,
charitable and benevolent institutions.
!. Nursery is the interesting institution at the
north end Of Randalps Isanp where the city provides
for the children that thrown directly upon its
Tho children in the various establishments under the
charge Of the Governors Ct the Aims House, number
2.sC,phan Asyluns
Lesse Watts Orphan Asylum .................. 200
Protestant HalfOrphan Asylum. acknowledgements. IT'S
Three Roman Catholic Orphan and Half-Orphan Asy-
Coored Orphan Asylum. 22l
Total in orphan asylums 14s7
or say 800 The numbers in these asyiums arc taken
chiefly from the annual reports OF 1853 They may not
be accurately stated but sufficiently for pur
pose
8. Blind Asylum take the number of children only,
residing in the house, and not those living elsewhere,
who End employment in the institution. i4o.
4. Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 273-The entire total in
the charitable and benevolent institutions designated 4,
5000. There are many benevolent societies, whose
charity merely and not institutions for the training of
children, and therefore not included ] have
omitted, also, the children under the Of the Com