The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-24

York will only receive $4,000 a year.
In fact, the total salary list of the
consolidated city officials will be $780,
900 annually.
For the sake of better administering
1.-The local functions Of government,
Greater New York is divided into five
boroughs. Thus the stranger who Is
within our gates may hereafter visit
the borough of Manhattan, the borough
OF the Bronx, the borough of Brooklyn,
the borough Of Queens, and the borough
of Richmond. Think Of this, intend
ing visitor This circus, though under
one great tent, will boast Of five rings,
not to speak Of the menagerie, and all
for one price Of admission. The man
who wants to see the elephant may
wander over territory thirty-two miles
long and sixteen miles wide, in which
he can discover vast numbers Of the
huge beasts, painted in any color his
pocketbook may enable him to secure.
The borough of Manhattan const1-
tutes what to the majority of people
has always been New York city. 1t is
that curious shaped island that the
old Dutch burghers named Manhat-
tan. It includes all the territory be-
tween the East and North rivers the
! Harlem river and the ocean, together
with the islands of the East river.
! such as Blackwells, Randalrs and
Wards, where are located respectively
1.-THE local penal institutions and insane
] asylums Next comes the borough Of
the Bronx, through which the visitor
passes who comes into to New York
via the New York Central railroad.
Fit is that territory north of the Har-
{lem river and between the Hudson
river and Long Island Sound. which
has of recent years borne the name OF
-'the annexed district" There are no
signs Of metropolitan life to speak Of
I'm the borough of the Bronx. It may
bic that the visitor who comes from
ahnother section would almost have to
bsle told that he was within the confines
OFF the greatest metropolis, not even
~ xcepting Chicago, of which the United
l,tates can boast.
! If the visitor should. speak Of
esire to visit the borough of Brook
iyn, he would be directed toward the
zig bridge which spans the East river.
There was some difference Of opinion
among the charter makers as to
whether this should be called the
borough of Brooklyn or the borough
of Rest, because every one who goes
Ito Brooklyn does so to rest. No one
Thinks Of doing business there. This
thorough includes all the territory ex-
blending from the borders Of Long Is
Hand City to the Atlantic ocean. includ-
ling Ridgewood, which contains that
Lwonder Of Brooklyn which no visitor
Eshould miss, the tallest steel chimney
On the world. It is one Of the sorrows
fof the Brooklynite that hereafter that
lhteeI chimney will be credited to Great
Ter New York.
After escaping the Brooklyn trolley
car, the visitor Of Greater New York
ay take look through the borough
Cof Queens. This includes Gleasontown,
sometimes known as Long Island City,
HFIushing, Jamaica and all of Long
Island included in Greater New York,
that is not within the present limits
I Of the old-time city of Brooklyn. There
Is not a great deal to see in the boz
cough Of Queens, except Mayor Gleason
and landscape. Mayor Gleason is the
N,nan who used to be elected mayor
ftof Long Island City because no one
could be found who had nerve enough
Tito run against him.
"a When the visitor has completed his
sasurvey of the borough of Queens, he
1hust again cross the East river into
Ilown to the battery. Thence, through
IN Ts,fxindness OF the Staten Island Rap
II Transit company, and after paying
\ ss<cents for the privilege of enjoying
\ Ghe same, he takes one of the most
Charming sails in the vicinity Of New
york. This occupies thirty minutes
Iof his time, but eventually lands him
In the borough Of Richmond, made
Ea nous by Fenimore Cooper. which
old Peter Stuyvesant and his confreres
reIled "Staaten Island" and which has
been officially known as the county Of
Richmond.
N The visitor can take the railroad train
81 fer a ride Of an hour or two through
Es rms and hamlets until he reaches
q Tho Arthur XIII, which separates the
southern end Of the borough of Rich
,snond from New Jersey. During this
. trin the visitor has seen Fort Wads-
worth. for Greater New York and the
borough of Richmond boasts Of full
hedged government post garrisoned by
stor IF he wishes to come back, and
he will never care to go to New Jersey.