New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-20
IN THE ANNEXED DISTRICT

,vcpr,erD ATTENDANCE AN THE PUBAO
scuoors-FoR A NEW STREET RAILWAY.
h ,ncreose in attendance ut the public schools OF
,hn Annexed District on Monday was as IN FORMER
wears great enough to indicate that many 1amlnc'
are constantly moving 10 the upper Warus h'eu O"
orca4 Facleave school, the largest IN the coun~!
will al the present rate Of increase soon be 100 Sinai
TO accommodate the children Of the neehborhood III
The urinary department nearly 900 pupils are no"
nroIlcd and nearly 700 are In the grammar depart
mont Grammar School No. s5 had over go ad-
ditOnal pupils and the assemhly'room OF the sc"o'
-,1 no nsod as a classroom. In several schools the
number of pupils considerably exceeds the hu'noe
Of desks so that Of the children are sea'ou III
chairs placed outside the rows of desks some OF
40 ,dnr scbools are In a Door sanitary condition, and
in spite Of the large sums Of money expehdcu III .e
northern wards in the last few years. the need OF III
creased accommodations Is as great rs ever
Politics in the upper wards begins to be nVey'
Fire Commissioner Purroy, It is said, Is demanding
from his political dependents In pubic once "r''top
nromses Of fidelity. lie is apparently Suspicious i0'
tber NAV be some of them who will not support any
candidate whom he may choose to name ior ClsI
Justice. Senator, Assemblyman or Alderman Inc
Civil Iustlce contest being confined to the two nort
ern wards will be interesting, as showing whether
the Purrov party Is stronger than II was last year.
u,ban It's candidate for Street Improvement C"hihiS
soner was defeated. The Purroy candidate ior
Civil Justice has not yet Deen "hnou"' 'u
hnt q &c probabIe that Judge Rogers viii
he renominated lie has not always been suoSerVcht
70 the ruling influence in the party, but he has I'M
nortant amendments to after election ana can
NOT well be ignored The peculiar newspaper contest
for the most popular candidate" for ClVl justice
brings ont some and unexpected candidates "I"sc
friends seem willing to spend some money 10 Keep O"e
candidates names before the public Edward "A. Acker'
samuel f. Duffey Judge Rogers and Caleb A. burgess
ana 81.
The position to be assumed by the Local Improvement
Association. organized by Commissioner Hemns
friends last year. will have important bearing on the
hopes Of candidates.
The Elmo Tennis Gibbs open tournament ufSgseo
slowly toward the end, but was on the whole success
f1l and interesting The final sets OF the douDes Welo
PLAYED In tho early morning hours, after sunrise Inc
victory Of J. 5. Rogers, OF the AorIsdi'' ''H' III WV
singles was an easy one.
The New York and Northern Railroad has made prep
arotions 10 accommodate a large number OF visitors
10 Van Courtandt Park on October g. when the review
of the National Guard will take place on the partially
finished parade ground. Large platforms have been
but for the troops and the spectators hgh hls
bound the parade grounds two sides, and there VIII
be many points from which good view OF the troops
can be had The number of spectators VIII DC eA
trcmely large If the weather is fine.
A new street railway is projected which VIII DC oil
great value TO the Twenty-thrd Ward residents
II II is completed within reasonable ulho'
II will run between the New-fork ana new.
Haven station at the Harlem River cast Oh
rhirdavo and the Central or McCombs Dam
prdoe ot West One-hundrcd- and-ffty nthst Guh1'cF
K Alderman IS one Of the leading movers IN the ne"
company and the stock all subscribed forprnclpany
among property owners along the route IL VIII loo"
the line of Willis-ave up to One-hundred-
ninthst.. west to Gerard-ave., alOgg GerauiNe' 10
One hundred andsxty -irstst, and thence 10 jerome
ave. Tho projectors say that the consent OF ''' pop
o+ Owners Is already ssured, and that the road VIII
be built within a year or two.