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G. L. STUEBNER, 168-170 Third street, Hunter's Point, has a large plant for the manufacture of iron dock and hook blocks, hoisting tubs, chute wagons, etc. His goods are shipped everywhere.
Prominent CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS are Peter Beckel & Sons, 62-64 Greenpoint avenue, Bliss- ville, and Schwarz & Son, 200 Flushing avenue, Astoria.
The manufacture of COTTON YARN is carried on by David Ingram, Broadway and Van Alst avenue, Astoria.
The CREOSOTING WORKS of Eppinger & Russel are at First street and East avenue, Hunter's Point.
The firm of W. J. MATHESON & Co. (limited), 559-571 Vernon avenue, Ravenswood, represents a large and well-capitalized industry for the manufacture of dye- stuffs. The site is extensive, the buildings capacious, and the economic value of the firm is advantageous to the city.
W-a-Smith
HADWIN HOUGHTON.
The EAST RIVER GAS COMPANY is situated at the foot of Webster avenue, Ravenswood. This company is noted for its gigantic "holder," the second largest in the world and the largest in the United States. When full it rises two hundred and forty fect in the air, holds 5,000,000 feet of gas, and weighs 255,000 pounds. The gas produced by this company, averag- ing thirty candles, has the highest illumi- nating power of any made in this country. The company has eighty-six miles of mains at present, a large portion of which is in New York. To communicate with that city a remarkable engineering feat, else- where particularly described, was requisite. A vertical shaft was sunk one hundred and thirty feet deep, from the bottom of which the only tunnel under the East River was bored to the New York side, at the expend- iture of large capital, and the exercise of great perseverance. A remarkable feature of the company's works is the almost total absence of odor, the result only of strictest cleanliness.
The FRON FOUNDRY line is represented by Joseph McGee, 51 to 67 Sixth street; and the United States Foundry Company, Division street, near Vernon avenue, Hunter's Point.
The ANCHOR FENCE POST COMPANY, West avenue corner Sixth street, manufactures architectural fencing.
WARD & COMPANY, Tenth street near Vernon avenue, are lard oil manufacturers.
The leading machinists of the city are the LONG ISLAND MACHINE AND MARINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Newtown Creek, foot of East avenue; and SWEENY & GRAY, 29 Sixth street, Hunter's Point.
The DAIMLER MOTOR COMPANY is mentioned in our article upon the village of Steinway.
PAINT AND COLOR MANUFACTURERS are the Long Island Paint and Color Works, 22-24 Tenth street, Hunter's Point; and Edward Smith & Co., elsewhere mentioned.
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PATENT MEDICINES are made on a large scale by Hiscox & Co., 390 Webster avenue, Dutch Kills; and Dr. S. T. W. Sanford's Sons, 891 Vernon avenue, Ravenswood.
The PIANO MANUFACTURE of the city, other than that of Steinway & Sons, is conducted by Sohmer & Co., Boulevard and Jamaica avenue, Astoria.
WOTHERSPOON & SON own plaster mills at 725 Vernon avenue, Ravenswood.
The PRINTING INK INDUSTRY is carried on by the J. Harper Bonnell Co., Vernon avenue, near Eleventh street, Hunter's Point, and by George Mathers' Sons Co., West avenue, corner of Ninth street, Hunter's Point.
The WARREN CHEMICAL AND MANUFACTURING Co., foot of Sixth street, Hunter's Point, produce roofing materials.
Extensive SEWER AND DRAIN PIPE works are located at 79 to 89 Ninth street, Hunter's Point, and are owned by William Nelson.
The SHIPBUILDING line is con- ducted by Ward & Co., 40 to 52 Fulton avenue, Astoria.
The MANUFACTURE OF SILK is successfully established in the city. The Astoria Silk Works are on Steinway, near Potter avenue, in . the village of Steinway, while the East River Silk Co. is located on Van Alst, corner of Woolsey avenue, Astoria.
For SOAP MANUFACTURERS, We mention the East River Chemical Works, Vernon avenue, corner of First street, Hunter's Point.
STONE YARDS are numerous, among the principal firms are George Call & Co., Vernon avenue and Eleventh street, Hunter's Point; James Gillies & Son, Vernon avenue, foot of Fourteenth street, Ravenswood; J. & D. Morrison, 373 Vernon avenue, Ravenswood; MeWhorter & Son, Astoria; Estate of Wm. Gauld, Fourteenth street, Ravenswood.
W. M. ANDREWS.
LETTERS, SIGNS, ete., in enamel, in the hands of Caesar Bros. has developed into a large business. The factory occupies several lots at the corner of West avenue and Eighth street, Hunter's Point.
The MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS is a leading industry of the city at Ridge and Court streets, Astoria. The firm is Joseph Wild & Co.
W. D. WILSON PRINTING INK COMPANY .- This firm was originally Palmer & Co., who were succeeded, in 1860, by W. D. Wilson & Co. Upon the death of Mr. Wilson in 1886 other changes occurred and F. J. Schleicher became chemist and superintendent, and D. F. Barry general manager. These young men, both under thirty years of age, have advanced the business, even to foreign markets. The concern has facilities for the manufacture of printing ink of every known variety and in any quantity. All its goods are guaranteed and the house is char- acterized in all its dealings by honor and fairness. Its New York office is to Spruce street. On
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Monday, October 12, 1896, the company passed into the hands of Messrs. J. D. Lynch, F. J. Schleicher and D. F. Barry, who will represent the company as president, secretary and treasurer.
THE YELLOW PINE COMPANY conducts an extensive industry at the corner of Front and First streets, Hunter's Point. It is one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country.
SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.
Advance Lodge, No. 635, F. and A. M., was organized February 22, 1867. It meets in Masonic llall, Fulton avenue, Astoria, every Tuesday evening.
Island City Lodge, No. 586, dates its organization from August 22, 1865. Meets in Smithsonian Hall, Vernon avenue and Third street, seeond and fourth Mondays.
Banner Chapter, No. 214, meets first and third Mondays, in Smithsonian Hall, Vernon avenne and Third street.
PRAT'T &I AMBER
VARNISHES
.VARNISH COMPANY
PIL
VARNISH WORKS OF PRATT & LAMBERT.
ODD FELLOWS. ?
Anchor Lodge, No. 324, instituted June 11, 1872, meets at Smithsonian Hall, every Thursday. Astoria Lodge, No. 155, instituted October 10, 1850, meets at 432 Steinway avenue, every Thursday. Florence Rebecca Degree Lodge, No. 97, meets at Flushing, L. I., first Monday each month.
Long Island City Lodge, No. 395, instituted June 11, 1874, meets at 432 Steinway avenue, first and third Wednesdays.
Long Island City Rebecca Degrec Lodge, No. 80, meets at 432 Steinway avenue, first and third Mondays.
MILITARY.
Deutscher Kegel Bund, 142 Steinway avenue; Deutscher Krieger Bund, Sixteenth Company, 684 Steinway avenue; Deutscher Krieger Bund, Nineteenth Company, 452 Broadway; Hibernian Rifles, Company A, Star Athletic Hall.
SONS OF ST. GEORGE.
White Rose Lodge, No. 315, 756 Boulevard.
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SCOTTISH CLANS.
Clan Stewart, 227 Vernon avenue.
AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR.
Franklin Council, No. 871, 756 Boulevard.
ANCIENT ORDER OF IHIBERNIANS.
A. O. H., 432 Steinway avenue; A. O. H., I Skillman avenue; County Central Board, A. O. H., meets Friday and third Sunday, Vernon avenue and Ninth street.
UNITED WORKMEN.
John Allen Lodge, No. 330, 75 Main street.
John J. Mitchell Lodge, No. 333, meets 97 Borden avenue.
Herman Lodge, No. 341, 432 Steinway avenue.
FORESTERS.
Long Island City Court, No. 7892, 97 Borden avenue.
Astoria Court, No. 3216, 75 Main street.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Sunswiek Council, No. 1374, 756 Boulevard.
RED MEN.
Peconic Tribe, 1 Skillman avenue.
Pocahontas Stamm, Vernon avenue and Third street.
GRAND ARMY.
Benjamin Ringold Post, No. 283, 432 Steinway avenue.
Benjamin Ringold Women's Relief Corps, 432 Steinway avenue.
Garfield Post, No. 27, S.O. V., 508 Broadway.
Sheridan Post, No. 628, 422 Jackson avenue.
EAST RIVER GAS CO.'S GASOMETER.
KNIGHTS OF PYTIHAS.
Astoria Lodge, No. 186, 432 Steinway avenue.
Enterprise Lodge, No. 228, 432 Steinway avenue.
CHOSEN FRIENDS.
Eintracht Council, No. 12, 432 Steinway avenue.
TURN VEREIN.
Astoria Turn Verein, 21 Flushing avenue.
Long Island City Turn Verein, Broadway and Steinway avenue.
BENEFICIAL. LODGES AND SOCIETIES.
Algemeine Arbeiter Kranken und Sterbe Kasse, 452 Broadway. American Independent Lodge, No. 110, I Skillman avenue. Apollo Lodge, No. 1361, 432 Steinway avenue.
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Astoria Gegenseitige Lebens Versicherung, 22 Flushing avenue.
Germania Sterbe Kasse, No. 31, 11 Jackson avenue. Long Island City Council, No. 379, 1 Skillman avenue.
Besides, there are also several musical and singing societies embracing the local musical talent, and miscellaneous organizations whose names and titles have not been conveniently accessible.
MIREMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS.
Exempt Firemen's Association, Lockwood street, near Webster avenue.
Veteran Firemen's Association, 165 Fulton avenue.
Volunteer Firemen's Association, 301 Jackson avenue.
HENRY MENCKEN.
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT OF HENRY MENCKEN, FOOT OF MAIN STREET. -
TRADES UNIONS.
Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen, No. 517, 97 Borden avenue.
Bartholdi Lodge, No. 309, of Locomotive Firemen, 97 Borden avenue.
Bricklayers' Union, No. 41, 22 Flushing avenue.
Bricklayers' Union, No. 40, 97 Borden avenue.
Cartmen's Union, No. 3292, 97 Borden avenue.
Iron Moulders' Union, No. 271, Long Island Division, No. 269.
Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers, Smithsonian Hall, Vernon avenue and Third street, second Sunday and third Saturday.
National Association of Stationary Engineers, No. 42, 237 Vernon avenue, Saturday.
Long Island Railroad Mutual Relief Association, West avenne near Flushing street.
HISTORICAL INCIDENTS.
Upon March 12, 1888, snow fell to a depth of about two and a half feet upon the level (the great "blizzard "). This was probably the heaviest snow fall since March 5, 1772, when a storm of equal severity is said to have prevailed.
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The greatest calamity in the history of the city occurred December 28, 1892. The New York and Long Island Railroad Company had sunk a shaft one hundred feet deep in the triangle bounded by Jackson and Vernon avenues and Fourth street, from which a projected tunnel was being bored under the East River to East Forty-second street New York. A large quantity of dynamite stored at the mouth of the shaft exploded with terrifie violence at eight o'clock in the morning of the day mentioned. Houses rocked on their foundations throughout the near vicinity. Doors and windows were blown out injuring many passersby on their way to their day's work. Five persons were killed, more than a score severely wounded, while a large amount of property was destroyed.
O.DEMAREST & CO.
O.DEMAREST &CO.
Dry. Goods Clothing Hats.Shoes. Carpets Furniture & House Furnishings.
Mercant.
DRY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT OF O. DEMAREST & CO.
Several large fires have visited the city. One occurred on the night of July 21, 1893, in which St. Mary's Church and the adjoining parish building, together with the greater part of the block, were entirely destroyed. Most of the block on the north side of Fifth street, opposite, was also reduced to ruins. As the surging flames rolled heavenward from the church spire, many miles of the surrounding country were illuminated.
A spell of hot weather beginning August 4, 1896, prevailed for eleven days, during which time the average maximum temperature daily was ninety-five degrees. In New York there were reported six hundred and fifty sunstrokes and 1800 deaths from the effects of the heat.
For the fourteen years, between 1882 and 1895 inclusive, there were 14,097 deaths in this city. Of this number 4613 were under five years of age.
On August 8, 1880, an explosion occurred at Greenpoint, on board the Nova Scotia bark Nietanx.
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There were 3300 barrels of naphtha and refined oil upon the vessel, which at onee ignited. Other vessels were also burned. The losses were:
Bark Nictaux, $40,000 Bark Cyclone, 36,000 Bark Antonetta, 23, 000 Barge Nameless, 2,500 Seow B, 1,500
Pratt & Co.'s sheds, 1,000
Manhattan Beach Railroad dock, 500
$104,500
The explosion occurred on the Sabbath. The fire continued on the river the day and night of Monday following. On Tuesday at 6.30 A. M. thirty barrels of flaming naphtha floated up Newtown Creek and fired the dock of the Export Lumber Company of this city. Quickly the numerous lumber piles, four canal boats, a sloop and a schooner were ablaze. The vessels were destroyed. The yards of the company contained ten to fifteen millions of feet of lumber valued at $500, 000, half of which was a total loss.
The New York Architectural Terra cotta Works at Ravenswood were almost wholly destroyed by fire on the night of July 17, 1886. The loss was $100,000. The firm was entering upon an era of prosperity, and were about to double their force of workmen.
On July 30, 1872, occurred a great fire at the Standard Oil Works. It originated on the canal boat Dadem, on board of which were 1, 200 barrels of oil. The flames quickly reached the pier, then a shed where were stored 15,000 barrels of oil, and soon another containing 10, 000 barrels. Five acres were covered by the conflagration. The total loss reached $500,000, including several vessels.
The triangle formed by the junetion of Jackson and Vernon avenues, at Borden avenue, by some process not known to mathematics, is called " Monitor Square." The name of " Monitor " origi- nated in the circumstance that a little frame building, standing on the present site of the fountain, was begun about Mareh 9, 1862, the day of the great victory of the Monitor over the Merrimac, at Hampton Roads. In honor of that event the name of Monitor was given first to the new structure, and afterward to the whole area thereabout. The building was used by Nelson Weeks, Sr., as a restaurant, and afterward by W. J. Lynam, until it was removed by the surrender of the ground to the city by Union College.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
Mayor, PATRICK J. GLEASON.
City Clerk, T. P. McGRAW.
Corporation Counsel, THOMAS P. BURKE.
Common Council, WILLIAM SMITH, President.
Edward Dowling, Fred. Bowley,
George A. MeNulty, Richard E. Kane, Peter A. Flanagan, Joseph Geiser.
JOSEPH CARLIN, Clerk to Committees. WILLIAM MASKIELL, Sergeant-at-Arms.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. LUCIEN KNAPP, City Treasurer and Receiver. JOSEPH FIESEL, Deputy Treasurer and Receiver.
CLERKS.
John Boyce, Richard Gosman,
William Boyle, Ebenezer Richards,
Albert Boyd, Mason Smedley.
Water Department.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
JOHN W. MOORE, ABRAM LEVEE, PATRICK J. GLEASON.
FREDERICK L. GREEN, WHATHAM SMITH,
Joseph C. McKenna, chief clerk,
Roe. S. Johnson, clerk,
Paul Alexander, inspector of water meters,
Peter M. Coco, draughtsman,
Peter Cass, meter inspector,
Joseph A. Fischer, city tapper, Thomas Lang, general repairer.
. Frank T. Cannon, clerk, Ferdinand Kruger, clerk, Joseph Buchanan, inspector of plumbing, Adolph Fischer, meter inspector, Michael English, hydrant inspector, Morgan Murphy stableman,
Engineers : Denis Casey,
Firemen : James Larsen,
Engineers : John J. Farrell,
Firemen : Thomas J. Welch,
STATION I.
Owen MeElearney, Manley B. Payntar.
Owen McElearney, Jr., Joseph Curran.
STATION 2.
Andrew Rocks, Patrick J. Solan.
Peter Fox, Thomas Lawlor.
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STATION 3.
Engineers :
Saffarine O. Allen, · Terance O'Neil,
Patrick Evers.
Firemen : Jeremiah O'Connor,
Mortimer Gleason,
John J. McMahon.
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
John T. Grady, President, William F. Fitzgibbons, Patrick Delahanty. Robert J. McMahon, Stenographer, John Kelly, Examining Engineer and Boiler Inspector, Dr. Neil O. Fitch, Surgeon, Charles Blasius, Electrician, Anthony S. Woods, Captain.
FIRST PRECINCT.
John Carroll, Acting Sergeant, Patrick Ward, Roundsman,
Henry Buschman, Acting Sergeant, James Higgins, Roundsman.
Patrolmen:
Bernard Keegan,
William Carlin,
Hugh Gallagher,
John J. Sheridan,
Julius Schroeder,
James O'Connor,
Patrick Doherty,
Thomas J. Hunt,
Andrew Younger,
Stephen Sullivan,
Walter J. Roach,
Fred. Bliss,
John A. Bauman,
John Orpheus,
Henry Miller,
Edward Burden,
Joseph Olivia,
John McGill,
Thomas Conroy,
Henry J. Cassidy,.
Thomas Ryan,
Christopher White,
Thomas Balbert, John J. Nolan,
Patrick Downey,
Edward Slattery,
John J. Shea,
Thomas Crogan,
James J. Maher, Anthony F. Woods.
William Weissenstein,
JANITRESS, Rosina Moran.
SECOND PRECINCT.
Thomas F. Darcy, Acting Captain,
Charles A. Flanagan, Acting Sergeant.
Roundsmen.
Peter Farrell,
George Fitzgerald.
Patrolmen ..
James Fantry,
Terrance Cosgrove, Amos Gustin,
William P. Parks, Sr.,
Herbert Graham, Michael Flaherty,
Richard Walsh,
Timothy White, Peter J. Hunt,
Peter Reidy,
Patrick Sullivan,
John Porn,
Joseph Brown,
John Flaherty,
Funk M. Frelingsdorf,
Peter Kelly,
Ambrose Clancy,
John Cassidy,
George S. Wheeler,
William Duncan,
William P. Parks, Jr.,
William Dunn,
Joseph Kane,
Thomas Larkin,
Samuel Copeland,
Owen Rudden,
Fred Rouch,
Charles Cameron,
William S. Burke,
John J. Bergen,
Daniel Bonjour, Jr.,
William H. Irving,
John Coonan.
JANITRESS, Eliza MeManus.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
F. L. Green, President; Mayor, P. J. Gleason; President of Common Council, William Smith; Commissioners of Public Works, J. W. Moore and A. Levee.
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Teachers :
Belle A. Gauk,
Rose A. Crawson,
Rose A. Maguire,
Annie M. Tarpey,
Clara L. Shelsky,
Julia F. Henry,
May I. Molloy,
Viola B. Brown,
Theresa L. Heany,
Margaret L. Duhig,
Agnes Clift,
Maud G. Lewis,
Elizabeth Sandy,
Kate M. Carroll,
Ella R. Simpson,
Margaret L. Burns,
Anna E. Locke,
Katharine A. Marinan,
Catharine E. Hayden,
Katie A. Locke,
Catharine 1. Shelsky,
Monica Ryan,
Margaret Scott,
Loretta Brooks,
Clara M. MeKenna,
Mary E. Dobbins,
Margaret Monahan,
Catharine Lenahan,
Anna Dobbins,
Mary E. Dougherty,
Emma L. Kells,
Susie Dobbins,
Anna L. Carabine,
Emma C. King,
Mary C. Hughes,
Margaret T. Griffiths,
Martha E. Hahn,
Mary A. Flynn,
Amelia Limberg,
Alice Robinson,
Rose A. Lynch,
Minnie Campbell,
Mary A. Comisky,
Marion II. Gartlan,
Catharine A. Wieling,
Susan A. Coughlin,
Fannie L. Simpson,
Adah Parsells,
Loretta McKenna,
Cecilia Solon,
Isabel Ryan,
Mary E. Durney,
Catharine T. Coughlin,
Mary McGowan,
Anna L. Schreiner,
Sarah MeLean,
Nellie E. Simon,
Henrietta E. Kron,
Carrie T. Chadsey,
Alice E. Cranfield,
Helen E. Gusterson,
Anna Ransky,
Fannie S. Gillis,
Helen M. White,
Anna M. Waring,
Emma Chown,
Ella I. Barry,
Kate Milne,
Edith White,
Mary McGee,
Margaret Bly,
Virgie E. Bartlett,
Margaret Bolton,
Ella M. Dowd,
Sarah Christie,
Mary C. Mahon,
Adah L. Clift,
Nellie Delahanty,
Angeline E. Rebonl,
Florence M. Harmer,
Pauline E. Flanagan,
Catharine C. Longhlin,
Catharine E. Cassazza
Ella R. Bragaw,
Charlotte Schulte,
Sarah E. Bracken,
Marion Farrell,
Loretta F. Clark,
Lilian Gibson,
Lilian C. Lowell,
Anna Leahy,
Catherine I. Kieley,
Mary A. Chambers,
Mary A. Walker,
Lilian Jackson,
Lottie E. Smith,
Margaret V. MeCarron,
Helen G. Comisky,
Rebecca H. Stafford,
Sophia L. Wieling,
Margaret E. Knause,
Mary C. Flyun,
Mary C. Coleman,
Adeline H. Brown,
Mary Gallagher,
Theresa A. Kelly,
Kate Rooney,
Edna M. Ellsworth,
Sarah T. Driscoll,
Catharine M. Hopkins,
Mary K. Rooney,
Raphael Shaughnessey,
Ida Hahn,
Ella L. Keyes,
Augusta Carlstrom,
Jennie C. Cook,
Agnes T. Lunny Irene M. Gibbs,
Julia Gerrity,
Margaret Duggar,
Agnes B. Murphy
Julia A. Green,
Rose M. Hopkins,
Annie S. O'Geran,
May Cleary,
Cecilia M. Murphy,
Jean C. Huston,
Sarah Crawson,
Elizabeth T. Brady,
Lilian H. Nichols.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
PRESIDENT-Patrick J. Gleason, ex officio.
COMMISSIONERS-James Comiskey, Joseph Cassidy, William W. Wright, Martin Fleischer, Jacob Martling, Otto L. Mulot, M.D.
HEALTH OFFICER-William J. Burnett, M. D.
COUNSEL-Thomas C. Kadien, Esq.
Maud A. Newcombe, Margaret K. Knorr, Angelina Heany,
Alice Bird,
Anna L. Bubenik,
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Chief of Department. W. H. Delahanty.
Engine Company No. 1, situated at No. 105 Jackson avenue.
M. J. Nagle, Acting Foreman and Engineer. T. F. Murphy, Driver.
P. MeLarney, Driver.
J. F. Ryan, Foreman
Engine Co. No. 2; Gale street. T. F. Hopkins, Engineer. HI. McGinness, Driver. Engine Co. No. 3; Radde street.
P. J. Hughes, Driver.
R. McPhail, Acting Foreman.
M. Emmett, Driver. T. MeKeon, Driver.
J. Romain, Engineer. R. L. Dempsey, Driver.
George Brown, Foreman.
J. HI. Flynn, Driver.
Engine Co. No. 5; Flushing avenue.
B. Z. Boyd, Foreman.
F. Mulligan, Driver. M. J. Kendrick, Driver.
J. E. Fry, Engineer. J. Stanton, Driver.
Engine Co. No. 6; Webster and Vernon avenues
J. R. Smith, Acting Foreman and Engineer.
J. White, Driver. J. J. Creighton, Driver. Emil Kopeizna, Driver.
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1; 7th street.
M. Cannon, Acting Foreman. J. Welsh, Driver. J. Flynn, Tillerman. Hook and Ladder Co. No. 2; Flushing avenue.
J. Slattery, Acting Foreman. J. MeKeon, Driver. Jacob Wright, Tillerman. Hook and Ladder Co. No 5; out of commission.
J. Rider, Jr., G. H. Smyth, Wm. J. Furman, L. Lackner, F. McBennett, P. Mulligan, R. Lee, C. Dorsey, J. Schehr, J. Sheridan, J. Lynch, J. O'Brien, M. Haggerty, J. Weiland, E. Mason, C. Law, J. M. Rage, C. Horan and N. Minderman; dismissed without trial, sucing to be reinstated.
CIVIL SERVICE. .
Walter Buchanan,
Stephen McClancy. 1
John W. Moore, Owen Clarke,
BOARD OF ASSESSORS. Charles MeNamara, Andrew Murray.
Louis Willing,
BOARD OF EDUCATION. John Hipple, Thomas ('Dea. Cornelius J. Jordan.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
John E. Shull.
PRINCIPALS OF CITY SCHOOLS.
High School -- Edward F. Fagan, First Ward-John F. Quigley, Second Ward-Kate MeWilliams, Third Ward-Edward H. Chase,
Astoria-Frederick H. Lane, German Settlement-George E. Atwood, Fifth Ward-P. E. Demarest, Steinway-John Melville.
IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION. Edward Dowling, Fred. Bowley, Owen Woods.
John N. Pohley, James McMahon,
Engine Co. No. 4; Main street. Wm. MeLean, Engineer. F. Rooney, Driver.
Wm. Gillis, Driver. Joseph Kelly, Driver.
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SECRETARY-Dr. F. H. Batterman.
CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR-John J. Colton.
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING-Thomas Freeman.
VETERINARY SURGEON-Dr. W. H. Wright. CONTRACTOR FOR REMOVING DEAD ANIMALS-John G. Woerner.
LOCAL JUDICIARY.
Charles T. Duffy, Justices of the Peace. James Ingram, John Hendrickson, Stenographer and Clerk. Conrad Diestel, City Constable. James Cameron, Court Officer.
RÉSUMÉ.
The political history of the city from the period of its creetion into a municipality in 1870 has been unduly characterized with bitter and aerimonious strife. There has been too much charter, too many offices, too numerous an army of hungry place-seekers, with the usual result of turmoil, contention and incaleulable damage to the material interests of the place. Administration followed administration, sometimes in the interest of progress, but often overturning what had already been accomplished, or blocking the way of future advancement. The nearness, however, of the new aspirant for urban honors to the great metropolis constantly stimulated and kept alive the spirit of enterprise and improvement, while the steady overflow of population and business interests that were rapidly gathered into the aceessible and inviting territory, well withstood the unfortunate drawbacks occasioned by the politicians, who, from time to time, were charged with the duty of direeting the local government. Relief from these prejudicial conditions has been long and anxiously sought. The city's admirable situation, together with its natural advantages, eminently fitted it for a populous and prosperous suburb of New York. But its government has been a failure. Its population is widely scattered and extremely heterogencous, thereby removing to an indefinite future the development of a higher social and municipal type. Finally these conditions vigorously appealed to property owners, business men and eitizens generally, leading them to recognize, in the absorption of the eity into Greater New York, the surest hope of a bright and prosperous future.
CHAPTER V.
THE LONG ISLAND CITY "STAR."
A SKETCH OF ITS ORIGIN AND FARLA STRUGGLES-THE FIRST ISSUE -- GROWTH OF THE PAPER -- RIMOVALS OF LOCATION FROM TIME TO TIME -- THE "DAILVY AND IT'S TUG OF WAR --- THE GREENPOINT EDITIONS-ERECTION OF THE PRESENT "STAR" BUILDING-ITS VARIOUS DEPARTMENT'S
-THE PRESS, JOB AND COMPOSITION ROOMS-BUSINESS AND EDITORIAL, OFFICES --- PRESENT IMPROVED CONDITION OF THE PAPER-ITS LARGE
CIRCULATION -IT'S NEW DRESS - THE FOUNDER AND HIS SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT -THE LONG ISLAND STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The STAR was born before Long Island City was incorporated, the first number being issued on the 20th of October, 1865, when the territory hereabouts was a part and parcel of the town of Newtown. The faith of its founder was so strong that a thriving city was destined to spring up along the river front from Newtown Creek to Astoria and Bowery Bay, that he christened the newspaper venture The Long Island City Star and Newtown . Advertiser.
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