The New York herald., 1871-06-13

Normal School tor teachers i
Grammar schools, boys and girls 20
Urinary schools and departments
Colored schools, boys and girls
Colored evening schools, boys and girls.
Total established by Board Of Education
corporate SCHOOLS ID
Total schools .es7
The entre cost or the evening schools Tor the year
The entire cost of the colored schools for the year
dncluding alteration OF No. y was $55,57O.
The whole number OF teachers employed IN all the
schools OF all grades In December was 2,7s7.
public schoo purpoes IN as sie ~ by the
department, Is sss77, ,000 and the Mayor estimates
It's personal property TO be worth one million more
The management OF the schools receives popular
appreciation, and has been cordially commended in
all quarters, without regard to political opinions.
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.
The annual report of the Department OF Charities
and Correction IL always too Interesting and valuI-
bic to be abridged. None but the maliclousiy in-
clned ever deprecate the appropriation OF money
which these city charities expend from the public
treasury or charge the heads or this department
With extravaganza or derelctOn OF duty. The
PRISONS almsfOuSes warehouses;, various hospitals,
lunatc asylum, inebrate asylum bureau OF out
door poor, with all their various branches, combine
to give the Department OF Charities anG Correction
the management OF what may be well termed col
lection OF small towns Tue moneys received Ior
excise fees viii also be devoted 10 distribution for
charitable purposes, ana, To some extent, to the
educational assistance OF ragged schools Ihis as
sistlng private charitable enterprises with public
moneys Is u real economy. 1t saves much public
money TO foster by subsidies the private exertiols
and subscriptions, which relieves the public authOrt-
ties, In a great extent, from the expense OF pur-
chasing sites, erecting buildings and employing
force to manage the various institutions, which
prove so many protectors against the pauperism.
vagrancy, crime and vice OF the future. And the
erect OF ls system upon Ie p0ii'loa tS eaufa0n oI
charities Is assumed exclusively by government,
the people, finding themselves excluded irom direct
and sympathetic reauOns with Their management.
refrain from taking that interest which they would
II the matter were not governmental Paupers and
desire of reef, which they know the government Is
no more than obeyng It's laws to give but they who
offer themselves to the care of private Institutions
learn sentiments Of sympathy, gratitude and hu-
manity.
without jeaousies. The MGyor Is In constant COM
munIcatlon with each one, and under recent egis-
laton has been directed to act in the Police
more directly affecting the people. He becomes, to
great extent, the paiance wheel In the municipal
the na ns ess
been gained by the restoration of local governments
this fact would present cause for congraiulation 6y
the citizens who remember former conflicts between
the hybrid boards not only officially. put In execu-
tion OF work which required concert OF action. srAs
Recent legislation has created q Board OF Street
Openings, composed OF municipal officials, In which
men OF both parties are represented 1t viii soon
sti Gets and avenues; but as the primary cost OF
these improvements falls upon the city It would
PROBABLY not be expedient to commence the duty
Recent legislation has also legally strengthened
the Official functions of the superintendent OF Build
public safety by awarding the Fire Department tn
creased jurisdiction aud practical regulation over
the manufacture ana sale VI dangerous ana expo.
siye substances.
The Mayor earnestly begs the Common Council
not 10 give approval TO schemes Tor wooden pave.
streets should petition Tor them. The wear ana
tear upon those already laid present unmistakable
use in a city OF great traffc. Experience
shows that the stone pavements are not only
the taxpayers. Besides the use OF any patent pave
ment Is an injustice; and the Mayor legally becves
Is one against the charter; because the use Of y
patent pavement prevents competitor. The rcsolu-
Tons usually are for BIS or DIS wooden or spe-
e arer aa a. ah apG Ss
Tor work TO be done and awarus 10 the lowest
bidder. How can there be competition for
bidg Even when property owners
petition Tor wooden pavement the resolution should
eight or ten patentees of wooden pavements leach
one regarding his as the wooden payemeut) could
ha ps under compe.ition do The work betIer hai n
he mad been by favorltism selected
In the Mayors first message he referred to the fea-
sib;y OF an elevated railway on arches across
streets. This measure has been adopted by tho
Legislature, under the auspices OF various heads OF
to ihe pubic as Inc Nv Viaduct RAILWAY. % The Speedy
commencement of this enterprise VIII mark great
era IN the history OF New lork's prosperity. The
dlrectorshp OF the company Is composed not only
OF gentlemen favoraply known in this country ana
abroad as 1nanciers railway men and leading citi-
Zens engaged IN commercial enterprises of ma9ni-
tude, but also OF others who have studied to de-
veiOp all municipal Improvements, and have had ex-
pericnce and practical knowledge by which TO fur
ther the Impatient wishes oil our constituents re.
spectlng rapid transit.
An evening newspaper, whose politics are not in
accord with those OF the city government recently
surveyed Its operations and so well portrayed the
future relations 70 the city OF all expected improve:
ments that the Mayor viii undoubtedly be pardoned
for quoting from the editorlal:-
When this yadnen road supple, US Sh the means Of
granite encrcles island and is adorned
with row OF piers ana sd docks * n in The world when
city aud affords the noblest opportunities for imposing
when the River bridge anos New York IN closest
to her BROOKLYN and The bridge across tho
facilities given TO foreign commerce by the opening
the completion Of our ac,es for rsnshpment a, Harlem.
and witt, Al The Other incidental growth. the business
to Sc. limits sq the wealth or the population hs. WIN be CON
Then we shall Just begin to realize what an unequalled
1ork The ,nu development & Of tie beautiful w accompany
her beauty New vii the
by a as .ay S
not become invested with the peculiar charms Of historical
II there were not great political prep0nderancs
OF one party In this city over the OTHER that the
minority leaders could hopefully see their way to
would undoubtedly be less acrimonious critlcisr4
made upon the operations of the city
government. Those who are likely to obtain power
no not commonly forestall their own aci0n by I'm
prudent promises. And may II not also be said that
less hostility would be shown the various heads Of
the city government II they had not become acci-
dentay Identified with state ana national politics,
and that their political status as individuals really
motive for attacks upon their functions
rs public officalss
:, Throughout the past year numerous civic decga-
tons from cities and towns have visited New York
city In order TO examine its municipal institutions.
Men OF both parties were represented among the
delegations. Some OF them came, as they wero
frank enough TO flmi prejudically predtsposed.
But tand after making due allowance for the
courtesy OF the pleased guests) where prc)udlces
mad existed enc0miums took their places. indeed,
the general feeling seemed to be one Of peasurable
surprise that the city authorities were able TO ac-
Compllsh so much under the many disadvantages 10
which the Mayor has heretofore referred
In conclusion, the Mayor asks the citizens TO LOOK
around the city and observe for themselves IL In its
affairs there has not been marked inprovemcne
throughout the past year; III lts health