New-York tribune., 1896-05-31

stages "for Jamaica etc." from the 10, brooniyn %yy u
Ferry and there were boats for South AmDoy' New
Brunswick and New-I1aven o.o, hire IN
There is also table Of charges for coach hre rem IN
New-York City After all these years the eAne. az.
prices perhaps do not so much matter but tne us,
serves to show some OF the favorlte excursion IN
the ha hi Of riding TO the twomle stone and round
by Cummings" This could be done, at reason.
able rate while Horns tour and Leakes tour COS.
more Then one might 20 to Haerlem for day or
for half day. to Kingsbridge or the twcVe-niie
Fort for day each.
INSTITUTIONS OF THE CITY.
Richard varick Mayor. There were wards
then, instead Of Assembly districts. and they had
rames instead Of numbers They were the South
Ward. the Dock Ward. the East Ward. the West
Ward the North Ward. the Montgomery Ward and
the Ont Ward The Out Ward must have been
rather extensive to territory, for 1t Included the
Bowery and Haerlem.
Here are some of the rigid rules OF the Chamber
of Commerce: 1.-The fee of admission is Spanish
med dollars. the quarterly payment dollar, fine
for non attendance at usual meetings, one shilling
for not attending special meetings. two shillings,
and at quarterly meetings four shllings. unless
sufficient reason be produced Any member leaving
the chamber during the time Of transacting business
without leave, to forfeit one shilling
THE members Of this chamber have agreed 1t Is
set forth, ito receive and pass god ana SILVER CON
These rates of the Bank of New-York appear in
their proper place and they are not without interest
in these days Of debate as 10 money more or less
sound. They were these:
Gold at 50 ents per dwt.
A French Crown III cents
A Spanish Dollar. 100 90.
A pisareen. ~ 90.
An English Sfiing, ~ 90.
The Marine Society of the city of New-York seems
to have been in the lourlshing condition that would
be expected from the maritime importance OF the
city 1t had been in existence for twenty years.
had 946 members and was paying about t4Oo year
in pensions The table of rates OF the Mutual As
surance Company gives little clew TO how the city
was built The buildings are diVced INTO seven
classes, from the most approved structures OF pricK
or stone to those entirely Of wood But note SAYS
that the fifth class "comprehendS the greatest pro-
portion of houses in this city. and this class Is
FRAMED buildings with brick. or stone fronts and
the sides filled in with brick"
The list Of ministers Of the Gospel Is surprisingly
small There were only sixteen OF them altogether
and they divided as TO denominations thus:
Episcopal. 3: United Lutheran. !; Methodist, ]; 81
8; German Church, /; Scotch Presbyterian. /; Sc
ceders Church. /; Baptist, /; Jewish l. There was
"a Society for the Relief OF Distressed Prisoners, a
Society for Promoting the Manumission OF slaves
Of which Alexander Hamilton was president and A
New-York Medical Society. and the rest OF the book
Is torn away.
II NAV he that much of this Information seems dry
and statistical but II the reader cannot read some
thing through II, cannot form from II In his mind
some picture of the old city when II was only a
big growing town. Of its busy wharves little way
from the Battery along the North and East Rivers
its streets OF houses and shops around the tip end
Of the island, the gradual changing OF these for
suburban homes and then for gardens and farms
till the real country began, UP where the Cooper
Union is. perhaps. or not so very far from there.
or antiquarian taste or that the poor writer has
failed TO convey all the visions OF century ago
that ne has himself In reading these little yell
low pages