New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-13


river street will be only hundred and Atty feet wide
From this bulkhead wall, at distances giving slip
Tor handling the largest ships piers will he extended
lehRto ABOUT hVe hundred feet and In width varying
rom sixty feet to one hundred fee, These piers wiA
dc Dult OF various materials, either preserved wood.
stone or ron In order b. test the question OF cost and
convenience; and whichever material should be found
most desirable taking all circumstances into consdera-
tion WILL Of course, be adopted All the piers VIII be 70
built 10 be capable OF sustaining two, three or four
story warehouses at the tine leaving clear pass
age for the flow and wash Of the tide Tie most modern
for the quick and easy handling OF freight
viii be adopted.
New-York city possesses anchorass area Of
hundred and fifteen aud one hal, square miles, Of which
twonty-seyen and one half square miles sa!o aud
available.
The whole Of the city that be used for
commercial purposes Is about twenty-five miles Tho
number Of piers at PRESENTS hundred and sxysx,
OF which sixtyone by private parties and Ons
hundred and Eve by the Corporation
The wharf facilities OF tho city, at present FOL
| lows:
North River, from the Battery s!ztynrst street.
bulkhead with aggregate length Of 2s} feet and an
aggregate length OF piers OF 1923 feet with pier area
| Of I,Go5,O2i square feet.
East River from the Battery to Fi'ty-nrst street. .
bulkhead with aggregate length 49i feet and IN
aggregate length OF piers OF 1879 feet, with pier area
| Of 1854 square feet
ty-eght and one half miles, with pier area Of 2s.Gs
square feet
The plan OF bubhead and piers rs adopted blythe Do
partment OF Docks gives from the Battery 20 KY
first street. North River line Of bulkhead Of 500 cot
and pier length OF $3.50 feet with pier Of 3
COO square feet and from the Battery TO Tf1rt street.
East River line OF bulkhead Of 1895 feet and pier
length OF about 1900 feet with pier OF about
17soO0O square feet thus giving altogether wharf lines
at which vessels can Tie, Of about tAiryseyen miles.
with pier alone Of about 5i05OOO square feet tbs
is Increase In wharf line OF about nine miles, and IN
pier OF about three million square feet VIII lie
increased facilities that will be adopted fox the handling
storing, and shipping Of goods the bu lead aud pier
area will easily accommodate whatever az cunt Of
merce shall seek port.
The plan adopted reflects great credit upn the Depart
ment of Docks. 1t Is simple and yet comb rehensiye
INSTRUCTION.
The Department OF Public Education WIS formerly
city department. Recent legislation has agan made
one Two years ago, every newspaper the city urged
that all officers having charge OF education ought no: TO
be exposed to the scrambes Of the baotbox Tie last
Legislature Needed such sronglyeIpressed wish Tbs
officers Commissioners Inspectors and Tsteosl IN thu
Department of Public Instruction will hereafter lie ap
pointed by the Mayor In the manner common 10 az Othei
city departments.
It's total expenditures for al purposes including pay
ments on account Of appropriations made In 1869 OF Si1
u.s. and to Corporate Schools Of S77s6, s2,733si
The whole number of pupils taught during tie year
in all the schools under the Jurisdiction OF the Board was
$50 76l, an increase over 1869 Of 4,7S2 pupils.
The total fund which by law was placed at the dspo
sition Of the Board for 1870 and 1871 s7,o59o2.
sslsosCO was the sum paid by the city in tie SANE
period the support Of the schools Of other portions %
the State addition to the large raised for is own
schools
By careful estimates OF the actual requirements OF tia
system for these years the Beard asked from tie
.1v the of
the amount Of the fund 2o which ia claimed as an
act Of economy apprecabe by those citizens who are
disposed to look the operations Of the Board without
prejudice
The policy was inaugurated for the future OF pur'
chasing sites and erecting buildings whet needed VIII
the authority Of the legislature by monys TO be raised
upon city bonds, thus relieving the present population
from the main cost OF these, and distributing it aons
the future generations who viii realize in much larger
degree the benefits to from them than the present
one
Another prominent improvement claimed Is the estab
sbment OF the Normal College for the higher edueaon
and training Of female graduates from the Grammar
Schools with the design OF providing female teachers
properly fitted for the services required It had an aver
age attendance in 1870 OF 95O ee annual report ia APP
pendlx 10 this reportD
A Model Primary School has been established in con-
with the Normal College, for training by actual
service the advanced pupils Of the College in the meth
DDS Of teaching.
The OF studies has been improved by the intro
duction OF efficient system Of instruction IN tho Ger
man language, by the abolition OF the supplementary
grades and by notifications in the s,uies Of some OF
the higher grades in the Grammar Schools 10 meet the
standard required for admission TO heNomal Colleges
also by the introduction OF slate writing and writing in
copy-books into the Primary Schools a. ID Departmental
Increased attention is also being gved 10 Obec'te19h'
ing Provision has also been made for Effective insruo
ton of the pupils OF the Grammar Departments In the
elements of natural science with view to the training
of the Observing faculties and to mpart taste for the
study Of those sciences which depends TO 80 eas
an extent our future progress in civilization
Corporal punishment has been abolished IN all ne
schools and substitute therefor is under consid
Grafton by a Committee Of the Board.
The City College IN charge OF this Board as trustees
ex ocio has received much attention and an improve
ment commercially rrangements.for erecting building
for the accommodation Of the Introductory classes
formed of the annual graduates from tho common
schools where students ay be prepared for the studies
Of the College p.oper.
The whole number OF schools within he jurisdiction Of
1.-THE Board, was
s. Normal school Tor Teachers.
Model or Training School.
Grammar Schools Bows and Cir s............... 20
Primary Schools and Dop9rtuenls............. "
Evening Schools, Male and kemao............. 70
81,
Colored schools Bows and G'rls................
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