New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

at Old Slip. it's first appearance since 1905.
Twenty-three deaths occurred
The year 1920 was memorable to the citi-
zens for few things. The burning Of the old
Park Theatre occurred on May 25, and so rapid
was the confagration that not an article OF
wardrobe or scenery was saved The New-Yorlz
Infirmary. for curing diseases OF the eye. was
founded this year AT a meeting OF citizens
at the City Hotel 70 take measures to relieve
the sufferers by the late dreadful fire at Savan-
nah the Corporation was appealed 10. bur de-
clined making any appropriation from the city
treasury. for want OF power. A committee was
appointed and $4,000 was collected and sent
TO the Mayor Of Savannah. who. taking offence
az a part OF the resolution voted IN New-Yorx
10 be sent returned the whole amount IN dis
gust 1t refunded 10 the subscribers
The salaries Of the city officers We're reduced
this year Is per cent, the Mayors from 5000
70 $3.50. and the first balloon ascension ever
made in America took place from VauxhaIL
NJ Guile was the baIIoonist.
For the first time since 1870 the Hudson River
and the hsrbCr were entirely closed by ice in
January. 1S21- The citizens crossed in great
numbers on the ice 70 PowIes Hook and back.
and some TO Staten Island. Comparative meas
urements OF distance We're made upon the ice
across the 1,arrows and from Cortland1-st. to
the Jersey shore, ard If was ascertai1ed thar
each was ore mile and few feet wide The
thermometer registered Il degrees below zero 81
the coolest. and for three days not more than
10 degrees above zero Later i'm the year John
RanGeu jr reported 20 the Corporation that
he had furnished his surveys and maps Of the
island. ON which work he had been engaged
for ten years; that all the avenues and cross
streets north Of North-st- and Greenwich Lane
had been laid cut. the total expense 10 the city
being So 4S4 9S.
IN February the iron railing which three years
before had been put around that part OF the
park fronting Chambers-sJ- and Broadway was
ordered 20 be continued all around the park,
and in a pillar or the principal gateway ar the
southern extremity coins and articles OF inter
est for future generations were 70 be inserted.
Dr. Mitchell addressed the people when they
were deposited It would be OF interest 70 know
where they are now The Court OF Common
Pleas was established this year. and John T
Irwin was appointed First Judge. The Mayors
Court was abolished. or. rather he was not
required upon the bench, the Recorder after
ward presiding The formers salary was hxed
az $4,000 a year. and his duties were defined
and altered principally 70 those OF police ard
finance.
On May 2S a constitutional convention was
held at Albany, ar which the Council OF Ap-
pointnent was abolished and the appointment
OF most OF the officers was given TO the people
byterian churches in vandewater Brooms and
Christopher SITS. were built this year, and the
North River Bank chartered. a bonus OF 100000
being paid. on q compromise with the Swart-
wouts. 10 assist them in retaining the Jer-
sey meadows Beekman-st. was ordered opened
through Pearl. Water and Front SITS. TO the
river
While the year 1922 opened auspiciously for
the city, with an increase OF business over the
previous year and brighter outlook for the
future, a setback was given 10 IL IN the sum
mer by the appearance OF yellow fever IN Rec
tor-st-, near the river. The first case occurred
on June IL BY the middle OF July II had
spread with fearful rapidity. Business was
suspended for the next two months and the
only sounds to be heard were the rumbIinz OF
hearses and the footsteps OF nurses and phv-
sicians- High fences shut or each infected
street o. district below the City Hall. stores
and dwellings were closed and deserted. and
the Custom House. Postoffce and all the banks.
Insurance Offices and other public places ~
business were removed to the upper part OF
Broadway and TO Greenwich Village The dis
ease utterly desolated the lower portions o.
the city. and thousands sought protection in
flight. The dead numbered nearly four hun
bred and it was not until early in Noveal-
Der that the citizens returned 20 their homes
Charles Mathews, the noted English actor ar
rived from England while the peStilencs
at its height. He was greatly agitated. and in
sisted on finding shelter in some remote spot.
The managers of the Park Theatre. which was
rebuilt in 1871. took him TO a gardeners cot
tage on the road TO Hackensack where he re-
manned until assured OF the disappearance OF
the fever. BuriaIs in Trinity Church yard were
discontinued this year.
Many churcrhes and institutions were built or
founded in 1872. among the former being ST.
Matthew'S IN Walker-sJ-: the BOwery Presby-
terrain Church st. ThOmas's in Broadway cor
of Houston-st.. and the Universallst Church
in Prince-st- Among the Institutions were the
Apprentices Library and the Mercantile Library
and the United Domestic Missionary Society
On January 8. 1923. the Mayor, IN accord
ance with the constitution. was appointed
by the Common Council. Stephen Allen being
reelected The celebrated interment law was
passed in the same month. fOrbidding hurials