New-York tribune., 1874-01-01

Nv next Summer. and the masonry will be removed and
the land occupied by sold for tho benefit OF the Sink
Ing Fund The hgn service reservoir and tho tower at
OF mains connected herewith IL s being extended.
With the aid the at Bovds Cor
enabled 10 furnish fun supply Of water daily during
the long drouth OF tho early part OF ast Summer Tho
aggregate amount OF water drawn from this reservoir
during that drouth was ABOUT O0oO0Oo gallons Bat
Tor the completion Of this reservoir early last Snmmcr
water famine would have been inevitabe The con
srucon OF another reservoir ~ the town OF Kent Put
nam County. will bo begun during the prcsent year
In the Bureau OF Street improvements, which mas
charge OF the regulating grading. curbing guterIng,
Tagging of streets. large amount OF wor6 mas Doen
graded ana 1851 miles under contract. Tho most
important OF works a. the regulating aud grading
of Eghthave. rom Fifty ninthst TO De-hundred aud
twenteth-st. This portion from Fifty ninIhst to One
hundredth-st. is already completed and the WORK
ON the upper section will soon be commenecd'
This of the greatest improvements in the city,
aud what was formerly succession OF mus ana valleys
is now made on lova with tho regular streets Dorner
ing Central Park the separation being handsome
wall. Tho Egnth-aye. Railroad cars occupy tho middle
OF the street. and "A ride those In Summer time
win give VISITOR delightful view of Contra Park, the
North River. and the new Riverside PARK.
In tie Bureau OF Lamps and Gas saving or 100000
has been effected compared with the expense OF lol
OF the 1861 extra lamps which were ghteu az the pup
lac expease whon the present TOOK cnrRe
OF the Department, winch wero sltua,oj III front OF
banks churches hote.s schools, libraries anu piya,o
institutions, 626 have been removed and discontinued
The cost Of lighting the lamps has been
reduced from al ay,rage OF sSi per t,u.,lmnPP lamp
OF the Appropriation largo number OF ordinances aud
resolutions ordering the erection OF new Lamps in the
upper of tho city, were not executed there beng no
money TO pay for the work. and as the charter makes u
misdemeanor for department. TO incur expense BE-
yond the appropriation made, tho Commissioner wac
bound decide between leaving tho ordinances unexe
cuted or to be guilty OF misdemeanor aud he decided
the fOrmor; and probably the lamps VIII De erected
large amount OF work has done on the improve
ment OF the Boulev4rd' and avenues north oi Fly
ninihst The following roads ana avenues have been
completed aud opened TO the pdDic travel dniing h ne
year: TIE Boulevard from Fiiy -nnth-s 10 One-huu-
redand fifty tifth-St Avenue ot NchOiaS from oLe-
hundred and dtenth-st 10 One-hundredand nitl -lhs
seyenth-ave. from One-hundred-and-tentn-st 10 the
Harlem River seventy -SeoOnd-St ir0m EiShthaVe. 10
the Riverside Drive; ana Tenthave. from Olelnndei-
and-tfty-ffthst. TO -elSn,s
In connection thiS work 10000 square yars OF Tel
ford Mcida roadway nave been constructed ana u miles
Of sewers built Tle total length OF macadamzcI ioLu"y
in the upper part of the city 10 now IA miles Is ro'
is considered the best IN the CITY, IL being in,ae
similar TO the drives IN the Oehlral iaih; M9Ih gu
Eastern Boulevard has been commenced on one-nund
ST.. near Avenue A. The work will be pushed forward
rapidly the present year The residents OF the
east side have long wished for these iDpr0y ana
now, the work on the grand 1oulevarus Is n,nu
they may expect that the Work Will De soon c0mpeteu
Extensive surveys have Dteh mauo ~ .no Duaoau ~ ~
Sewers TO ascertain IL any of the old sewers nave pc
come defective and has been shown that at least V)
miles Of sewers do not fully answer the purposes O
which they were constructed Ine3 were auo rao ,0o
large aud fiat b0ttOmcd, ana the Voume OI seWcIaS9
matter is not sufficient to cause Sucn now as womb
carry of the solid particles The consequence Is that
they become filed with mud ana urt lhey gehcIdto
noxous gases and many OF the ou Outctshave SUNK
below the level of high water, the rising tides drive
these gases through the sewers 10 te houses anu
being plshed rapidly the means set aside 1or
thai purpose will permir. During last year 10 mics OF
sewers and u miles of underground drains, !nlle OF
cuyers and 81 receiving basins have been constructed
Toe length OF sewerage now III he cit Is j2os miles
the cost of repairing during the year was s665O
being a reduction OF siO, as compared with the year
ISL The expenditures during the year on account OF
the annual Appropriation TO be PAID by taxation was
81 500 9l2 In 1871 expenditures under the same head
were S4232 The expenditures for 1873 Include SooOoO
for the maintenance of the bonlevards ana avenues
which were not under charge OF the department. III ISL
The reduction Of the expenses as compared with the
wear 1871 is therefore $y67,4OO For permanent I'M
provemeuts, such regulating, grading pay
ing and sewering streets and avenues. and for
the Improvement of the Croton water main system,
alterations on the aqueduct au1 the construction OF
reservoirs there was spent SG,2339S7. This money Is
raised by bonds. The Department OF Parks spent on
the works Fifty yulntf-st, in 1871, sl69SO6O For
other streets the aqueduct aud improvements the De
partment of Public Works spent S623l $685. making q
Total OF 81 $685. showing dminutlOn III It's fayOr III
1873 OF 81 l,695,9ll
THE ISSUES OF LIFE AND DEATH.
Over 10000 persons have died during the
past year, of 36i9 from the mortality oi the
II The following is list OF the deaths
from the most important Diseases