New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-03

J. Helntz-who was appointed M tha hner Louic
ni M y. been and are being energetcay
engineer: Il. r. Rise There are now wv ais us chief
thousand men employed in carrying Out tSs sf tvo
present In force, and the expenditure /, "uus Z.
ment work Is upon the basis Of $500 O.a n asseas-
num- To this should be added. in comvu, PEI a.
total outlay for this service the exnenyS,.ns the
maintenance and departmental Salaries rsiane To-
year amounted to $4,000 That covers S Sa'cn ast
keeping roads and avenues in repair and cost VI
mer sprinkling OF macadamized roads TS .s sum
now in these two wards tyenty-elght and iets are
miles Of HANDSOME and sodly constructed .,,I naR
is worthy Of mention that much of The wa ana L
vowed IN making them has been Of an unu.,.nlir
heavy character including the construction Of ma!
sive retaining walls twenty feet high and ellim mas
to grade In some Places. while in Others dsans "
through solid rock have been necessitated c TxsI
progress achieved since responsibility was :, me
away from the Park Department and 1kea
entirely upon a single head has effectively dsa
strated both the wisdom Of making that cssns..
and the merit OF the wel,-considered and "a ss
pans In conformity TO which the Improvement Ss
been prosecuted. nave
The present incumbent Of the comm,ss,or...,,-
j.. f. Haffen (who was chosen last year 10 an ~
vacancy left by the death OF Commissioner unime
was born and reared in the Twenty third Ws..p
of the Columbia College School OF Mines nras, any
successfully as civil engineer in Melrose and 20
ten years had been connected with the PART na 10y
ment and thoroughly conversant with the rsoua
ments or this section. the official blunders .n.
long were the rule In providing for them ana 1 -!
stona.
HeIntz. much OF which he deserved credit for Tt
last Legislature authorized the Sinking Fund c aas
mssioners 10 expend $4,000 in the erectlon ~
suitable building for the accommodation ~ ~. VI :
partment. and the Park Commissioners have ~ -,
iof croo Hsr PARK an1 S at the
tyseventh-s;., fremont Work upon It's erec,on wen;
be begun soon as possible get relief from ~
miserable conditions Of the present Contracted ~
convenient quarters In A patched-up. ramshaetI.
tenement at Observation-Disclosures -hrst-s. az
Water is supplied to all the prominent av.,r..
and streets and. indeed very generally throushos,
the Twenty-thIrd Ward from the Bronx Rvs,..
three companies furnish as good gas ana al low az,
a. In any other part Of the city, and all the maj
thoroughfares and avenues are lighted with eIeca
trcity. WV
1t IS the proud boast OF the people Of the North
Side district that they have the best schools IN ~
city There are no less than twenty grammar sss
primary, and the value Of the school property tsrs
Is estimated 10000 Intelligent car, H. IL.
been exercised 20 have each school building "a
placed and surrounded by ground that no msis,
how closely the district may be built up in u.
future, the. children shall always have abundsnt
space for Fairgrounds. peniy Of pure air and lgh,
models for the use to which they are dssIgrsS
supplied with every modern appliance for con-
the Banner School" 10 90 OF which ' Eysnss.
Chllds IL principal, AZ Eagle-ave. and OnehundrM
ndsixty dst.-has sufficient capacity 10 accom-
modate 1900 scholars. rs average Attendance du,rs
the present season only lG79. there will proh
bly, be plenty OF room there for some time 10 come
though some apprehension would be justified By M
sot had there not been other cornmodious 'is ssoJ
buildings lately lied TO keep pace with the groT.
ing demands Of the population.
The most pretentlous school buildings in ire
Twenty-third Ward arc the great edfices OF 81,
Johns College. at Fordham. OF the Oldest and
most important Catholic educational institutions N
the country. Archbishop Hughes acquired here ii
acres OF land for It in 1870. and II was opened 10
students on June q. 1871 Or. McCloskey, who sub
sequenty became Cardinal. was its first president
and the present incumbent Is the. Rev. Thomas J.
D
tural beauty, and the grounds surrounding then
are magnificent. 4 prominent ornament on the
college lawn Is fine bronze statue OF Archbishop
John Hughes the work Of the Sculptor William
o Donovan. Directly opposite the college are Ford.
cottage in which Edgar Allan Poe lived is short
distance away. and the romantic and beautiful
Another educational institution this side Of
the town worthy OF special mention Is the olt-ts-
tablished Ursuline Academy day. and boarding.
school for young ladies'. a new building for which
is now being erected at a cost OF $4,000 at the
Southern Boulevard and 3a'nbridge-ave. There ar:
also numbers % parochiaL private "a and special
cipally through the Twenty-third.
The various denomnatons are now represented
BY about seventy church edlfces-there were only
thirtv-nine IN lN4-some OF them costly and mag
nhcent structures. and others rich In historic as
sOcations. In the van among the latter Is tns
picturesque old Episcopal Church OF 81 Anns-oa
St Ann's-ave. between Onc-hunfrsd-and thirty
ninth and cumberland forty first SIS. In Us
vaults repose the remains Of the Hon. Lewis Morris
Colonial Governor OF New-Jersey; Judge Robert
Hunter Morris three times Mayor OF the ely Of
New-York. General Lewis Morris. a signer OF lne
Declaration Of Independence; Gouverneur motifs
patriot and statesman. who was the honored inena
OF Washington and Lafayette; Anne ass SAs y,
doIph his Wife daughter OF Thomas Randopa, ~
Virginia a Inca. descendant OF Pocahon'as;; sna
General william Walton Morris who won disuAc'
ton in the Civil War.
The Church Of The Immaculate Conception. %
-hundred-and-nfty-hr near AelIoieh.s,si-
cost 500 90. and Is very commodlous anu nant
some edlfce ST Pauls (EpiscopaD and 81 James, .
SEnIsconan the former on Thira-aye. and the later
in Fordham are also handsome buildings a srsm,
invidous however. 70 make selections rom dmyns
So many deserving OF commerdation Praeueaassi
anybody who chooses TO believe AWNING S Ss . .St
m here the sort OF church which fosters Ms s0ss
81 belief and what more than that wouid a.! v ,s.
sonable and tolerant man expect Ana Il !, ne 90 =,
fers TO take stock In none OF tnen' ~, os,sS hs
and flock all by himself. here, TOO are 1880
most superb facilities imagnaor I.I ,o M. acres
~ that independence In nearly FOUR tnousaIu =,
OF beautiful natural parks unler .ne on sowsr.
laden meads and where there are 70 ssns "s ,hsrs
him 10 keep OF the grass TO De pieo'se' "''
IS all this Park property
- u.s. Acres