The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
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POLITICAL NOTES.
BY section S47 Of Title II. Of Chapter XVI. OF ths
charter OF the enlarged New York tho onnces Of Cap
tain of tho Port and Harbor Nasten are abolished.
Another provision OF the new charter prescribes as the
penalty for my Dockmaster receiving or accepting
any fee or emoiument other than his salary q nne on
conviction OF $500 and, In addition. In the discretion
OF the Court, imprisonment in the county jail for Q
torn not exceeding thirty dayn
The terms OF two City Court Judges expire this
ycnr-Johu Henry Mccarthy. elected in 1891 for q
sx yoarS' term Chis majority was in excess Of so. oo0),
and Edward +. O'Dwyer. who wal elected to MI the
term made vacant by tho death of Judge Simon N.
Ehrlich, elected in 1891. Judge Mccarthy ia Q candi.
date to succeed himself and expects the Tammany
nomination. Abraham Levy is u candidate for the
Tammany nomination to succeed Judge o,Dwyer.
A Bourbon county, Kentucky. Republican has died
At Hoopstown In Illinois. 10 was Lyfred Mandon,
one OF three Bourbon county citizens who voted In
1850 for Lincoln. Though Abraham Lincoln was q
native Of Kentucky. he received only 1900 votes In
that State when q candidate for President in 1900,
and 900 OF these were cast in the two counties Of
Campbell and Kenton. including the towns OF CovinE.
ton and Newport. on the Ohio River opposite Clncin.
natl. In Bourbon county Mr.. Lincoln received three
votes only against l.7oo Democratic, and in the coun-
ty OF which he was a native, Larue. he received three
votes only. In Fayetts county, including the town Of
Lexington. hve votes only were cast for MI. Lincoln.
but It is q somewhat peculiar fact. as showing the
changes incident to politics. that when q candidate for
reelection as President Mr.. Lincoln received from
Kentucky Union soldiers In the neld almost 90 many
votes as four years previously he had obtained from
all the citizens OF Kentucky collectively.
Ferdinand Levy Is one OF the Commissioner of tia
Third Avenue improvement, appointed to superin
tend the widening OF the avenue on the easteriy dda.
north of lelst street in the Twenty third ward.
Now that the city Of New York has embarked IN the
project for the expenditure OF Oil. 900. 900 for dock
Improvements on the west side OF town. the Hoboken
Common Council. deeming the commercial I'M
portance OF that important civic diviaion of the
rial Greater New York to Be menaced. has adopted
plans for keeping so much of the stsamship business
as possible on the Jersey side OF the Hudson River.
Mayor Pagan OF Hobokcn in his recent message to tho
common Council said: III we would keep our ship
ping interests. we nrst deal literally with them.
Tao trolley railroad conn citing our water front with
the Erie and West shore Railroads win NOT,
however. materially benent the North German Lloyd
and Hamburg lines. which only carry high cIaas
freight as a rule" Mayor Pagan favos a vtaduct CON
Meeting Hoboken with jersey City Heighta.
There arc eighty eight clerks and fourteen menan-
gers in the Bureau Of the Naval once in the Custom
House. The Custom House pay roll aggregates about
es.Ooo.oo0 a year In all departments. or about one
ee'onusth u inc Ordinary receipt In . year.
u s'a'es pr"pecuSe revenues from Indirect tax
e''oh 'p's seAi hc'uo sSo.ooo from the Tees OF no
taries, 500. 900 from the fees paid to the Electrical
Subway Commission. $4,000 from salt dutiea.
$50, 900 from racing taxes, s25. 900 from the sale of
material manufactured in the stateb prisons, 90. 900
from the sale OF public lands, and o7b 900 from mia
cellaneous sources, The total receipts and expenses
OF the State this year will foot M ale 600 GOO and
nearly one-thiri Of the total revenue will h. draw,
from the excise taxes. The burden of direct t.x.ton
for tho State gets less each year.
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