The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
The averages Of the team up to and including
Q Motifs match are as follows.
Tc as IOuOWH.
Most -
COURT HOUSE Es.
Courts with Modern improvements 20 ne IN,
Rule In New York.

courts With MODERN improvements 20 he the
Rule In New York.
With the increase in territory and population
OF the city OF Now York the need of more courts
and more courtrooms has become urgent, and
the requirement for moro elaborate and ornate
furniture Is noticeable also. On.Aug. l, 1t is ex-
pected, the new Seventh District Police Court
on West Fifty-fourth street will be opened for
regular sessions. The expenses Of its construo-
ton and establishment for court and Jail pur-
poses, In compliance with the law of 1892 author
king tho establishment Of this court to relieve
the pressure upon tho Yorkville Police Court.
have been $4,000 derived from tho sale of
bonds. Heretofore the Yorkville Police Court
on East Fifty-seventh street has had general
cognixanoe Of criminal cases within the terri.
tory south Of Eighty sixth street and north of
Fourteenth street on the east side and of For
tieth street on the west. After Aug. 1 tho terri.
tory is to be divided by the establishment of
the new Fifty-fourth street court. It is Ger.
tainly desirable that the new tribunal when
opened should have all proper accessories for
the orderly and impressive administration OF
for furniture, $500 for carpets and rugs, 300
for typewriting, machines and stands, $lO0 for
e~Tessiyo %janitOr, 800 for law Books for the the
Perusal Of the Judges and t~urists assembled
to be occupied by the Judges When in session
and 5000 for painting the courtroom in ornate
style. fOr IA TINS sum bonds or the city at tho
rate OF 3 per cent. are to be issued, and persons
appearing at this tribunal on and after Aug. l
probably cannot fail TO be impressed with tho
dignity of the court as shown by its furniture
and decorations.
The care OF the courts. of courtrooms, and ;of
buildings In which courts are held devolyes by
law upon the Department of Public Works, and
the Bureau of Repairs and Supplies Of this de,
~partnent makes on. reputation the alterations
asked for and furnishes the supplies required.
During 1896 the demands for courtroonls In
the County Court, House included a supply OF
law books, the rebinding of 1000 volumes In
the:Court House library, an ivory gavel for one
OF the Judges, 367 yards of best Brussels carpet
Tor the Supreme Court. General Term, linoleum
for the Naturalization Bureau. ten steplad-
ders, seventeen German silver plates on the
doors leading TO tho Judges rooms, and $1,000
feet OF lumber for repairs. In the rooms of the
CITY Court held In The City Hall, repairs were
made on the ,nsure, scales, and lightning rods
on the cupola and on four American flags,
seventeen window awnings, and n number OF
electric belis. For the District Courts clocks
and directories were purchased, and in the
Criminal Court House on Centre street the olsan,
by private contract and the insurance OF The
glass was dispensed with. Whether it was
thought prudent to do this because the clean
Ing was no longer done by the employees of the
Department of Public Works, Is not stated.