New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
MORE ROOM FOR THE COURTS
LAYING THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW
CRIMINAL BUILDING.
THE MAYOR PERFORMS THE CEREMONY AND
RECORDER sMYTH MAKES AN ADDREss-ihh
BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED IN 1892

THE MAYOR PERFOEMS ItE CHN1S
RECORDER sMYTH MAKES AN ADDREss-THE
BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED IN 1892
The cornerstone Of the new Criminal Courts Build
tnp which is to be erected on the block boundeu OS
Centre Franklin Elm and White sts was la'd !sS'o:
AAy The ceremonies were conducted NJ INC "'''''''
corner Of the ground where platform haa oee p'a.
b accommodate the officials who parucipa'eu ~ ,,0
exercises BESIDES Mayor Grant ana hecoue' ''' VIZ
vbo took the principal parts. there were present. OK
Chief Justice Charles p DAILY, eN''uaee n.",. a.
cildersIccyc Judges Randolph j. MARITIME anu 'I'Fs
FITZGERALD General Daniel f. scKlcs' WV SuS
MITCHELL Kiltrcth and GOldfogle ChaupcFiu'" ino""
C. r. Grain District Attorney Fellows ana hNs'''''
District Attorney John ". Gof, Commissioner Iho"as
= (,r,v undcr whose official charge the structure Is
buiIding Coroner Levy, Charles Steckier' cx-soha"r
Iames DAILY and $50 Others. Controller Myers, WHO
ras unable to be present, was represented by Deputy
controller Richard A. Storrs. Police Captain John
McCuash had charge OF the police arrangements.
The Rev. Dr.. James NJ. King, OF 81 AhoIe"
Methodist Episcopal Church. ohered prayer Inc Wv
mony of laying the cornerstone devolved upon mayor
Grant and was extremely simple Taking silver
trove in his hand he struck the stone declared that
the cornerstone Of tho new Criminal Court buui's
of the CITY of NcwIork was laid, and after hahoihs
The trowel to Commissioner Gilroy, sad IN par.
Gentlemen: In laying this cornerstone feel ,na'
re are laying tine cornerstone OF an Important cu o0
Its Site has been the subject Of careful @
ne Ria srspined We may not improperly entertain
the hope that while these walls snail pe aree honed
and while the court rooms here to be more %
than those which the criminal c hefOr T them viii be
diminished through tle>sprcad Of educauoh anu '"'
growth OF morality Cd, u,no
The Mayor then introduced Recorder onis W.
smoke for about thirty minutes. giving an lhteesu"e
ond highly instructive history of criminal ]urlspru
sence in this country from colonial times do"h W ''
present day. In conclusion he SAID: ,
puh,c attention was frequently called to tle NAM ~
sev VorE and among Others to the building at present
occupied by tho Court OF General of tho Cont OF
enerri Sessions deemed It necessary to address .o
Grand Jury and invite their Afternoon highest char
scter and reputation in this city. made an inves,S O
ton which resulted IN psm, nt Of the public
ssutbor,, Of tits city the condition OF 1e pu Dno
Suiidnc. In Narch. 1883 the presen. c,Hrtcd and
Gh, at t Gd down to the the work r Of
erecting this important building has Oee" ''''
eNm an only saw in conclusion that believe o,e r
echo tic sentiment OF C!eEy rd growinc city when
hone and trust that this building may % resncc and
and yc it, courts 8, maj Ss have set ' c Fe' and that
iUntCe pure and undecided knowing no .r r' he admins
poor, p1n ;,l but 1a treating hp a5 ns' ~
Tho conner box placed in the cornerstone
Inscribed thus This box contains pupi'o -
and other articles. and Is dePosit'u III hv rho
,,oro NJ the Criminal Court bulIulnS' c'ON'0" -
cmr,,. soncrs OF the Sinking Fund OF 'he wy cn
Ssw.yor,x. under the supervision OF IhomaS VII
~ commissioner Of Public Works. boau Va O
issioncrs NJ the sinking Fund Hugh j. Grant N"so'
rraderIck smvth. Recorder: Theodore W. Myers, Son
,,,er. Thomas c. T. Crain Cha!nperilh
stnrn, chairman Finance Committee Board oi A'ue.
NON Richard A. storrs, Secretary CONVERSIONS , ,c,'
hy his Honor, the Mavor. ocI. - low
son 4 Schaarschmidt. architects. A.. pi,,e the nro
lis contents nclUded copy OF tle o,nnnc Emnd in
oa,;rrS nj the Commissioners OF the Sinkhs T
relation to the erection OF ' Ho,ivcrod in
! W. Mayors inaugural address den'er,tu tho
January. 1Seo; the animal A., reports tM newSnapers
Isl of the Recorders and Judges OF wv, tnrnev and
concrI sessions and Of the ui,d With
other officers the court set OF pOnCE in
y cord of The Commissioners, @ Doror ~
specors captains end officers of the rG Ho st Of
t"nt. sol of Irited states coins OF IooO, - ~
hostage stamps aid the last annual ,,n S;avernor
~ T,ns,d"n OF The UItcd states ana VI. Suns
20 I'VE state The box placed in tle cnsIesv IN
und"r thc supervision of Oeputy Controller eOor'' ~
"' rbe hniIioc i, to b. completed accorllhG 70 ene
,~,: ~ Inc contract I'm March, 1907 Us COZ Is eS ~
r,atad AT about II 100000. Besides ue e ouI.o ~
tcncr,l and special Sessions ana lesser Cour'' bn
riminal iuriedction. the building VIII Con'Ii r
sicni ~ 10 p.lrCt- Attorney. the lieailh pcp"i 20
,nnnt tha street Cleaning Department, the DoaEu Va
Excise and the Civil service Board.