New-York tribune., 1872-07-16

peuse Is ust about three times the oIner oe au ."o
bids for the service varied from t'V'oV' 'o 'oo '" "
weok TO 81 10000 for daily service
DOCKS
One NJ the most important and necessary works ever
undertaken i'm this city is the building OF wharves ana
~ in accordance with the plans OF the Department OF
nj, Tho Commissioners OF Docks express the opinion
that e new bukhead wall of concrete and granite can
he constructed making river street OF $50 feet WIDE on
the North River and 900 feet wide the East River
and commodiOus permanent piers OF preserved Woou
or of concrete and granite be erected 500 feet long
and VARYING from 30 TO 100 feet in width, without any
nmae cost TO the city. They represent that prominent
commercial interests stand ready lease the piers TO De
constructed the new system on such terms as VIII pap
the interest the outlay provide fund for the Keep
Fund 10 pay the principal OF the bonds issued Ior @
Improvement of the water front they shall malue ~
This is most promising prospect, ana consIelng ' 40
business experience and capacity OF the gentlemen d T
the head OF the Department our people r NAY" "s"rrennd
reason to feel confidence in this regard 10 i
city with bulkead wall and river street s anu wc
commOdous piers having all the modern c9nh hI s are
the cheap rapid and easy handling OF tIeiSn'i 40 az
set forth in the plans Of the Department Oh trest
work in which all our citizens have the uespTt And
and in which they should feel the greatest piluv. t
If this work can be accompshed win wito1tu II in c6arSe
ultimate cost to the city, the officials nay s,,it ~ ~
Will receive the appreciation of the whole coinni''
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
The expenses of the Department OF Fuphc i"Suu1
ton for the year 1871 cannot be accurately stated in'
Department in common with others, suffered from con
fusion IN the Financial Department OF the city Inc
Board estimated its expenses for the year 1871 aV
S279sbOO But the amount received was but S26o9o -
for general expenses, which Win speelaI i'"u -
100000 for new schools. was the amount expehue" W
this Board for schools directly under lis eonoi' anu
heno those called the corporate schools There were'
however several claims referred to the Board OF AuV
m nronerIv claims arising of the proceedings OF iol
which have not yet been fully settled Inc otaI anos %
% aenSi above stated This is however aside from
the fund TO be raised by bon0s Tor me DuInS = 4I
nishing OF the Normal College and the Model iflmaif
School For the present year the Board liked the es
mate for general purposes at s3Olzoo' 20 them
S2s7OO For College of the City OF New oTh & tTS
asked $4,000, and the appropriation Is sI-o w. ,asc
crease in the asked Is accounted 1Of Dy lhc
in the teachers salaries, nearly 20 per cent, anu an h
crease of the number OF schools some elasS % ~
ers were certainly undeTpaId before anu 'He i'i0"
% average attendance in all the schools entitled to
receive aid the city in 1871 lO5245-a iaig on
from the attendance OF 1910 9 5tg lnc ,tj
was 2 6S6a falling of Of over 5000 from the previous
year. A., - -, A., on4ro, % the BOARD
OF Public Instruction. the average attendance 1ell Io m
9G6s3 1892. and the total number taught IRON
TO 2l2gs7. Excluding from these the Normal schoois
ana evening schools, the average number
lO ss and the average attendance 81 COS. For te ac
commOdatiOn Of these there IS CLASS Oom % dor oS
chldren-nOta a when 1t considered nov
widely the attendance al times varies from lhe
and how largely the classes differ in numbers. with all
these drawbacks the attendance in our own Guy y hG
az the population is reported attending public schools
and possibly this arises from diherent i0de oI sHs
there are laws making schooling compulsory on an
children employed at work; Al attempt msae 10 d cnh.
HIGHER GRADES OF SCHOOLS.
The Mayor may add here that during the past few
years. and especially during the past year. there has
been quite a change policy in the action OF the Board
of Public Instruction. originally defended on the SIM
ple ground of giving TO each individual OF our COM
munty sufficient education 10 enable him to follow OF
not as he peases further training at his own expense
caiiou-fbere is a strong feeling evident to give
every the public expense such education as ne O
the Normal school, the Evening High School ana te
College of New York, and the extensive % ehsnges o
in the course OF studies during the present year AS
Chief Executive officer without being called ON for IN
SviduaI Judgment the Mayor simply invites attention
70 me discussion so that every constituent may for
himself express his wish upon lncurrns expense lor
! benefit which he may desire to reJect.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
No change OF system in any department of the City
Government has been so complete that for the poec-
top of its citizens fire. At the time of the change
Of system On June 1863 the Volunteer Department con-
sisted of 10 engineers 100 members OF engine companies
o75 members of hose companies and 55s members OF
hook and ladder companes-a total Of 1854 fremen,
divided into 50 engine companies 81 hose companies and
II hook and ladder cOmpanesa total OF 1913 companies
The department now consists Of one chief one assist
| ant chief, and II engineers, 1888 members OF engine
cOmpanies 147 of hook and Ladder companies, ana Ou
hose and ladder men attached to suburban cOmpanes
tot GO3, divided into 81 engine companies anu 10
| added in each the watchmen i'll beli-tOWers,
| telegraph operators and line men, ana % %othef
emDIoyes OF the department With so large reduc-
tmPo3 tip 3f force The duties OF the fremen have
essentially changed, and discipline and constant aten
zion TO duty supplies what is lost in numbers IL is IN
dspensabe that everything connected win the service
| should be the best Obtalnable, and that apparatus
horses and machinery should all be in constant redd
ness for action when time often the main element u
ssfety To insure this each manis selected for appoint
9"eDt after physical examination by the surgeon Of the
Department and must be 35 years or age or under o
avoid his becoming at an early day superannnated ON
tbe hands of the Department He must be able TO read
and write TO enable him TO perform the duties OF an
officer 10 which he becomes lgble That he mas per
formed duty in the old Fire Department is an element O
ftness but absolute requisite No man is admit
ted to the rolls Of the Department however recon-
mended who is not qualified for the position, nor al
| lowed to remain after he has developed want OF
| when in uniform on duty Is strictly
prohibited and drunkenness attended % H. M
and drilled his duties so that when aggregated into
The fhief Engineer, District Engineers and company
officers are tried and experienced remen The engineers
on certicaes of qualification from reliable sources, and
the officers are promoted, after competitive exam
only in daily official report with the headquarters but
can be communicated with at any moment py Telegraph
| or bv the "talkng circuit :" and when tue alarm II
at the instant Doth IN hhu u
company quaTteIs every man ~ 'e t Withont CON
fusion or delay Even the horses, which are careiull
selected and kept, from necessity. under the closes
scrutiny and in the highest condition beDg fed, shod
! and exercised with perfect regularity, learD
know by instinct the time for action, and back from
their stalls when the alarm signal is sounded ready
take their places at the pole or shafts when the hate
are Oosened, without assistance. AT hres all persons
are excluded by Gordon Of police, excepting members
OF the Department and the Insurance Patrol and by
this the loss by punder which was estimated BY
the Underwriters very large percentage over thai
by fire, has entirely ceased. AT fire the discipline
| beginning with the individual and extending TO th'
| company, is found where several companies act to
geher, all with concerted action, free from confusion
or DELAY In this way the Department Is entirely IL
hand and can be used by the chief and his assistants
where several fires occur at once, without weaken
ing its efficiency at either, each company knows by
carefully prepared codes and Charts where Its services
due To preserve this system and TO retain the men II
such subordnation requisite the rules
ry strictly enforced Ii Of their violation the de
lnqueut appears before the Board its weekly ttia
| day the testimony is taken oath, and the hndinl
printed in order and placed on the records OF every