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C.
CABLE-CARS, 805.
Cady -, work of, 794.
Café Savarin, 847.
Caledon, Lord, 856.
Calumet Club, the, 850.
Calvary Baptist Church, 842.
Calvary Church, 841.
Calvé, Emma, 855.
" Campagnia," the, 826.
Campanini, Italo, 854.
Capen, Elmer H., sale of paintings of, 859.
Capoul, Victor, 854.
Caravels, Spanish, the, 802.
Carnegie, Andrew, 855, 863.
Carnegie Laboratory, the, 863.
Carnegie Music Hall, the, designed by Tuthill, 794, 839, 854, 855.
Carrére & Hastings, work of, 793.
Carter, James C., 801.
Cassatt, Mary, 858.
Castle William, 816.
Cathedrals, St. Patrick's, 791 ; St. John the Divine, 809. Catholic Club, the, opening of, 843.
Centennial Ball, the, 800 ; quadrille of honor at, 800.
Central Park, improvements and additions to, 809 ; original cost of, 811.
Century Club, the, designed by Wells, 793, 850.
Chamber of Commerce, the, banquet given by, 802.
Chapin, Edwin S., sale of paintings of, 859.
Chapman, Henry T., Jr., sale of paintings of, 859.
Charity Organization Society, 847.
Chase, William M., 858 : sale of studio effects of, 860. Chelsea, 837.
Chew, Beverley, library of, 862.
Children's Aid Society, 848.
Choate, Joseph H., 801.
Choate, Mrs. Joseph H., 835.
Christ Church, 841 ; designed by C. C. Haight, 841. Christian Aid to Employment Society, the, 849.
Church, E. D., library of, 862.
Churches, new, 839.
Church Missions House, the, 844.
Church of the Ascension, 841 ; improvements in, 841. Church of the Messiah, 842.
Church Temperance Society, 844.
Claremont Park, 808.
Clark, Alfred Corning, collection of paintings, 857. Clark, Colonel Emmons, 829.
"Cleopatra's Needle," 810; history of, 810; medals struck to signalize presentation of, 810 ; official pres- entation of, 810.
Clergy Club, the, 844.
Cleveland, President Grover, reviews Naval Parade, 802; 811; formally accepts Statue of Liberty, 818. Clinton, C. W., 793.
Clubs, 850. Coale, S. A., Jr., 859. Coenties Slip, 806.
College of Physicians and Surgeons, the, 836, 863.
College of the City of New York, the, 837; new build- ings of, 837; students of, 837; highest stage of common-school system, 837 ; appropriation for, 837; aim of, 837.
College Settlement, the, 848; important work of, 848. Collegiate Reformed Dutch Protestant Church, the, 841 ; designed by R. W. Gibson, 841.
Collyer, Rev. Robert, 842.
Colonial Club, the, building designed by Kilburn, 794; 850.
Colonial Dames of America, the, 853.
Colonial Dames of New York, given care of the Van Cortlandt House, 808, 853.
"Colossus, The New," 819.
Colossus of Rhodes, 818; compared with Statue of Liberty, 818.
Columbia College, present buildings designed by Haight, 793; location of new buildings, 809; loss sustained by death of Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, 834 ; | Duse, 854.
Seth Low elected president of, 834; large contribu- tions of President Low to, 834; brilliant prospects of, 834 ; organizes Law School and establishes School of Philosophy, 835; adds School for Pure Science, 836 ; growth of medical department, 836; new build- ings of the future, 836.
Columbian Celebration, the, 801.
Columbia University, department of architecture in, 792; new quarters designed by McKim, Mcad, & White, 792.
Columbia Yacht Club, the, 852.
Commerce, prosperity of New York depends on for- eign, 820.
Common-school system, a feature of, 838.
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, the, 826.
Conkling, Roscoe, death of, 799.
Cook & Willard, 793.
Cooper, Miss Julia, collection of paintings, 857.
Cooper, Peter, death of, 861.
Cooper Union Schools, the, 860.
Coquelin, 854.
Corlear's Hook, 807.
Corn Exchange Bank, the, designed by Robertson, 793.
Corrigan, Most Rev. M. A., 842.
Cotton Exchange, the, designed by Post, 792.
Cotton, Mrs. Leslie, 858.
Coudert, Frederic R., 843.
Country Club, house and grounds of, 808, 850.
Cremorne Mission, the, 848.
Crescent Athletic Club, the, 851.
Crosby, Rev. Dr. Howard, 810, 842.
Croton Aqueduct, the, 814.
Crotona Park, 808.
Crnger, Mrs., 800.
Cunard Line, the, 826.
Cuthbert, Alexander, 851.
Cutler, Arthur H., private school of, 838.
D.
DAKOTA, the, 845.
Daly, Augustin, library of, 862.
Daly's Theatre, 853.
Damrosch, Leopold, 855.
Damrosch, Walter, 854, 855.
Dana, Charles A., collections of paintings and curios, 857.
Daughters and Sons of 1812, the, 853.
Daughters of the Revolution, the, 853.
Deakin, Henry, sale of art objects of, 859.
"Defender," the, 851.
Delemos & Cordes, work of, 794.
Delmonico's, 847.
Del Puente, Giuseppe, 854.
Department of Public Charities, 864.
Depew Chauncey M., delivers oration at Washington Centennial Celebration, 800; delivers Commemora- tive Address at unveiling of Statue of Liberty, 818.
De Peyster, Mrs., 800.
Dewing, -, 858.
Diamond Reef, last remains removed, 816.
Diana, of St. Gandens, 855.
Dick, William, library of, 862.
Digby, Admiral Sir Robert, 808.
Diocesan House, the, 844.
Diocese of New York, the, 844.
Dix, Rev. Dr. Morgan, 840; library of, 862.
Docks, 819; new system of, 820; department of, 820.
Dodge, Grace, sagacious labors of, 839.
"Dolphin," U. S. S., 802.
Domestic life, methods of, 844.
Down Town Club, the, 850.
Down-Town Relief Bureau, 848.
Doyle, General, 803.
Draper, Dr. Henry, 835; valuable astronomical re- search of, 835.
Draper, Mrs. Henry, 835; carried on valuable astros nomical research of her husband, 835.
Drawbridges, 815.
Drexel, Mrs., library of, 862.
Driving Club, the, 850.
Dunraven, Lord, 851.
Dunwoodie, new seminary at, 843.
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915
E.
EAMES, Emma, 855.
East River, the, piers and docks on, 819.
East River Park, 807. Edgehill Chapel, 842.
Edison Building, the, designed by Carrere & Hastings, 794.
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, 828; descrip- tion of plant, 828.
Edson, Mayor, 811,
Education of women, 834 ; board of, 838.
Eidlitz, Cyrus, work of, 794.
Eighth Regiment, the, 829; armory of, 829.
Electric lighting, system of, 827 ; growth of, 828. Ellis Island, 821.
Ely, the Misses, private school of, 838.
Emmet, Lydia, 858.
Emmet, T. A., library of, 862.
Empire Theatre, the, 853.
Episcopalian Church, the, 839.
Evangelical Aid Society for the Spanish work of New York and Brooklyn, the, 849.
Evans, W. T., sale of paintings of, 859.
Evarts, Senator Wm. M., 801, 810 ; formally presents Statue of Liberty, 818.
Excise, Board of Commissioners of, 832 ; statistics concerning work of, 832.
F.
"FAMILY " hotels, 845.
" Favrile " glass, 860.
Fifth Avenue Theatre, the, 853.
Fire Alarm Telegraph System, 830.
Fire Department, the, 830 ; changes wrought in, 830 ; relief fund of, 830 ; area covered by, 830 ; personnel of, 830 ; appropriation for, 830.
Fire Department Relief Fund, 832.
First Brigade, National Guard, 804. Fischer, Emil, 855.
Fish, Hamilton, makes speech at Washington Centen- nial Celebration, 800.
Fitzgerald, General, 804. Five Points, 807.
Flagg, Ernest, work of, 794 ; 848.
" Flat " houses, 844.
Fletcher, J. D., collection of paintings, 857.
Flood Rock, removal of, 816.
Florence Crittenton Mission for Fallen Women, the, 848,
Flowers, money expended for, 846.
Folger, Secretary, 811.
Foote, C. B., library of, 862.
Forbes, J. Malcolm, 851.
Ford, Paul Leicester, 862.
Forest, George B. de, library of, 862.
Fort Columbus, 816. Fort Hamilton, 816. Fort La Fayette, 816. Fort Schuyler, 816. Fort Tompkins, 816.
Fort Wadsworth, 816.
Fort Washington Park, 809. Fort Wood, 818.
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 842.
France, influence of, 791 ; only country with school of architecture, 791 ; presents Statue of Liberty to United States, 818. Frederickson, C. W., library of, 862.
Free Circulating Library, the, 861.
Free Ice Funds, the, 849.
Free Library for Mechanics and Tradesmen, the, 861. Frelinghuysen, Secretary, 811. Fresh Air Funds, the, 849.
" Fuerst Bismarck, " the, 826. Fuller, Chief Justice Melville W., 801. Fuller, William H., 857.
G.
"GALATEA," the, 851. Gambrill, -, pupil of Hunt, 791. Garden Theatre, the, 854.
Garland, James A., collections of paintings and por- celains, 857.
Garrick Theatre, the, 853.
Genealogical research, 853.
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, 837.
General Fund, the, 832.
General Theological Seminary, 837 ; buildings of, 837. " Genesta," the, 851.
George, Henry, 843.
German Hebrew Synagogue, 843.
German Singing Societies, 800.
Gerry, Elbridge T., chairman Washington Centennial Committee, 800.
Gerry, Mrs. Elbridge T., 800.
Gerry house, the, designed by Hunt, 791.
Gerster, Etelka, 854.
Gherardi, Rear Admiral, 801.
Gibson, R. W., work of, 794; designs St. Michael's Church, 841 ; designs the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Protestant Church, 841.
Gilder, Richard Watson, 810.
Gilroy, Mayor, 811.
Giralda Tower at Seville, 855.
Girls Friendly Society, the, 844.
Gorringe, Lieut. Commander, 810; removes "Cleo- patra's Needle " to New York, 810; medal presented to, 810.
Gothic, pure American, introduced by James Ren- wick, 793.
Governor's Island, 816.
Grace Chantry, 840.
Grace Episcopal Church, 793, 840 ; designed by James Renwick, 793, 840; additions to, 840.
Grace House, 840.
Grace, Mayor, 810.
Grace Memorial House, 840.
Grant Birthday Dinner, the, 802.
Grant, Frederick D., 832.
Grant, Rev. Dr. Percy, 841.
Grant Tomb, the, 795.
Grant, Ulysses S., 802.
Graves, Robert, sale of paintings of, 859.
Gray, Associate Justice, 801.
Greater New York, probable events of, 790.
Greek Benevolent Society, the, 848.
Greene, George S., Jr., 820.
Greenwich Savings Bank, the, designed by Gibson, 794. Greer, Rev. Dr., 841.
Greenoble, the, 846.
Grolier Club, the, 850.
H.
HADING, Jane, 854. Haight, C. C. work of, 792; designs Christ Church, 841.
Hall, Rev. Dr. John, 842.
Hall of Languages, 836.
Halstead, Richard H., sale of collection of, 860.
Hamburg American Line, the, 825.
Hamilton, Alexander, historic home of, 841.
Hansoms, 806.
Harbor, New York, 816 ; description of, 816.
Hardenburg, H. J., work of, 793.
Harding & Gooch, work of, 794.
Hare, John, 854.
Harlan, Associate Justice, 801.
Harlem River, 804.
Harlem River Driveway, 809.
Harlem Ship Canal, the, 815.
Harrison, Benjamin, makes speech at Washington Cen- tennial Celebration, 800; dinner given by Washing- ton Centennial Committee to, 800; attends special religious service in old St. Paul's Church, 840.
Harvard Observatory, the, 835.
Hassam, Childe, sale of collection of, 860.
Hastings, Thomas, an able exponent of architectural art, 793. Hauk, Minnie, 854.
.
Havemeyer, Henry O., 857.
Hawkins, R. C., library of, 862. Hazard, William A., 861.
Healey, A. A., collection of paintings, 857.
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INDEX.
Hearn, George A., collection of paintings, 857. Hebrew Sheltering Home, the, 849.
Hegner, Anton, 856.
Heins & La Farge design cathedral of St. John the Divine, 840. Hell Gate, 817. Henn, Lieutenant, 851.
Herald Square Theatre, the, 853.
Hewitt, A. S., collection of paintings, 857.
Hewitt, Mrs. A. S., collection of curios, 858. High Bridge, 814.
Hill, David B., 811.
Hirsch, Baron de, Fund, 823 ; colony of, 823. Historical Society Library, the, 862.
Hoagland, I. C., collection of paintings, 857. Hobart Hall, 837, 844.
Hoe, Robert, collections of paintings and curios, 857 ; sale of paintings of, 859 ; library of, 862. Hoey, John, sale of paintings of, 859. Hoffman, Josef, 856. Holland House, the, 846.
Holland Society, the, 853.
Holy Trinity Church, 841 ; designed by William Potter, 841.
Home Life Insurance Building, the, designed by N. Le Brun & Sons, 794.
Homer, Winslow, 858.
Hoppin, F. L. V., work of, 794.
Horse-cars, 805.
Hospital, floating, 816.
Hospitals, 863.
Hotels, 846.
House of the Holy Comforter, the, 848. Hudson River, 795.
Huguenot Society, the, library of, 862.
Hungarian Association, the, 848.
Hunt, Richard M., real modern advance in architec- ture owed to, 791; instances of work of, 791; pupils of, 791 ; designs pedestal for Statue of Lib- erty, 817.
Hunter, Dr. Thomas D., 838.
Huntington, C. P., collection of paintings, 857. Huntington, Daniel, 858.
Huntington, Rev. Dr. Wm. R., 801, 840.
Hutton, Laurence, library of, 862.
I.
IMMIGRANTS, total number of, 821 ; leading national- ities of, 822.
Immigration, United States Bureau of, 821.
Imperial, the, 846. Inness, George, 858.
Inspection of Buildings, Department of, 830. International Navigation Company, 826.
International Telegraph Christian Association, the, 849.
Irving, Henry, 854. Iselin, C. Oliver, 851.
Island Mission for Cheering the Lives of the Poor and Sick, the, 849.
Ismail Pacha, presents " Cleopatra's Needle " to New York City, 810. Italian Home, the, 849.
Ives, Brayton, sale of books, etc., of, 859.
J.
JAMES, Admiral, 818.
Jeannette Park, 806; location, 806.
Jesup, Morris K., collection of paintings, 857. Jewish Immigrant's Protection Society, the, 848. Johnson, Eastman, 858.
Johnston, John Taylor, 810. Joseffy, -, 856.
Jourdan, General, 812.
Judson Memorial Church, 842 ; designed by McKim, Mead, & White, 842 ; description of, 842.
K.
KEITH, Dora Wheeler, 858. Kellogg, Clara Louise, 854. Kemeys, -, 858.
Kendal, Mr. & Mrs., 854.
Kennedy, John S., 848, 860.
Kilburn, Henry, work of, 794.
Kimball & Thompson, work of, 794.
King, David H., 818.
King, D. H., Jr., sale of collection of, 860.
King, Mrs. Gracie, 800.
Kingsley, Acting President, 812.
Kinnicutt, Mrs. Francis P., important work accom- plished by, 835.
Knickerbocker Club, the, 850.
Knights of Labor, the, strikes instituted by, 802. Knoedler & Co., sale of paintings, 859.
Knowlton, Colonel, death of, 836.
Koven, Reginald de, 856.
L.
LAMAR, Associate Justice, 801.
La Farge, John, picture of the Ascension, 841.
Lamb, Mrs. Mary J., 789; editorship of the " Maga- zine of American History," 853.
Larchmont Yacht Club, the, 852.
Laura Franklin Free Hospital, the, 865.
Lawyer's Club, the, 850.
Lazarus, Emma, 818, 819.
Lebanon Hospital, 864.
Le Brun & Sons, N., work of, 794.
Lefferts, Marshall C., library of, 862.
Lehmann, Lili, 855.
Lenox, James, 864.
Lenox Library, the, designed by Hunt, 791, 861.
Lenox Lyceum, the, banquet of centennial celebration of the Supreme Court of the United States held in, 801.
Leo House for German Catholic Immigrants, the, 849. Leo XIII., 843.
Lesseps, Count Ferdinand de, 818; makes speech at unveiling of Statue of Liberty, 818.
Liberty Enlightening the World, 817; pedestal de- signed by Richard M. Hunt, 817; presented by France to the United States, 818; unveiling of, 818 ; description of, 818; compared with Colossus of Rhodes, 818 ; the " New Colossus," 819.
Libraries, public, 861 ; private, 862.
Licenses, number applied for, 832; revenue from, 832 ; appropriations from revenue, 832.
Little Mother's Aid Society, the, 848.
Livingston, Miss, 800.
London, New York likely to surpass in numbers, 790. Lotos Club, the, 850.
Low, President Seth, 801, 812; election to presidency of Columbia College, 834; large contributions to Columbia College, 834.
Lower Quarantine Station, 816.
" Lucania," the, 826.
Lucca, Pauline, 854.
Lutheran Pilgrim House, the, 849.
Lyceum Theatre, the, 853.
Lyell, Mrs. D. C., collection of paintings, 857.
M.
MACARTHUR, Rev. Dr., 842. McCloskey, Cardinal, celebration of fiftieth year of priesthood of, 842; death of, 842.
McCombs Dam Bridge, 814.
McCracken, Chancellor Henry W., 837.
McGlynn, Rev. Dr., suspended and excommunicated, 843 ; restored to priestly functions, 843.
McKee, Thomas J., library of, 862.
McKim, Mead, & White, high order of work done by, 792; instances of work, 792, 842, 854.
McLean Operating Room, the, 864. MacMonnies, -, 858.
Madison Square Garden, the, designed by McKim, Mead, & White, 792, 854 ; Naval Ball given at, 802; magnificent tower of, 855.
Madison Square Presbyterian Church, 842.
Mail and Express Building, the, designed by Carrére & Hastings, 794.
Majestic, the, 846.
" Majestic," the, 826.
Manhattan Club, the, 791, 850.
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INDEX.
917
Manhattan Elevated Railway, S15.
Manhattan Hotel, the new, designed by Hardenburg, 794.
Manhattan Island, 839.
Manhattan Life Insurance Building, the, designed by Kimball & Thompson, 794.
Margaret Louisa Home, the, 839.
Margaret Strachan Home, the, 848.
Marié, Peter, collection of miniatures, 858.
Marine, mercantile, 825 ; passenger traffic of, 825.
Marlborough, Duke of, marriage with Miss Vander- bilt, 846.
Marquand, Henry G., collections of paintings and Ori- ental art, 857.
Martin, Homer, 858.
Martin, John T., collection of paintings, 857.
Mary Queen of Scots Library, the, 862.
Matthews, Brander, library of, 862.
Maurel, Victor, 855.
Maxwell, George F., library of, 862.
Maxwell, George T., library of, 862.
"Mayflower," the, 851.
" Mayflower " descendants, the, 853. Meadow Brook Hunt Club, the, 850.
Melba, Nellie, 855.
Mendelssohn Glee Club, 855.
Methodist Episcopal Church, the, 842.
Methodist Missionary Society, 844.
Methodist Mission House, 844.
Metropolitan Building, the, designed by N. Le Brun & Sons, 794.
Metropolitan Club, the, designed by McKim, Mead, & White, 792; grand interior of, 792, 850.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the, additions to, 810, 857. Metropolitan Opera House, the, designed by Cady,
794 ; dinner given President Harrison at, 800; Cen- tennial Ball given at, 800 ; Art Loan Exhibition at, 800; exercises of centennial celebration of the Su- preme Court of the United States held in, 801; partly burned, 855.
Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company, 826. Miller, Associate Justice, 801.
Millet, -, 858.
Mills Building, designed by Post, 792.
Mills, D. O., 848; collection of paintings, 857; builds training school for male nurses, 863.
Minturn, Mrs., 864.
"Mischief," the, 851.
Mission houses, 844.
Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, 843.
Mohawk Building, the, designed by Robertson, 793. Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids, the, 849.
Morgan, Mrs. Mary J., sale of paintings of, 859.
Morgan, J. Pierpont, 839; gives St. George's Memorial House, 840 ; fine collection of paintings, 857 ; library of, 862.
Morningside Park, 809.
Morningside Plateau, the, 836 ; history of, 836. Morris, Gouverneur, 805.
Morris, Mrs., 800.
Morrisania, 805.
Mortimer, Stanley, collection of paintings, 857.
Morton, Levi P., sale of gallery of pictures of, 859. Mosenthal, Joseph, 855.
Mosholu Parkway, 808.
Mott Haven, 805. Mounet-Sully, 854. Mount Morris Electric Light Company, 827.
Mt. Sinai Hospital, the, 864. Muhlenberg, Rev. Dr., 863.
Mulberry Bend, 807.
Museum of Natural History, the, designed by Cady, 794; additions to, 810.
Music, 855.
Musurgia Society, the, 855.
N.
NATIONAL Academy of Design, the, 858. National Guard, the, regiments of, 829. Naval Ball, the, 802. Naval Battalion, the, 829. Naval Parade, the, 801. Navarro flats, 845.
Needle Work Guild of America, the, 849.
New Amsterdam Eye and Ear Hospital, the, 865. New Brighton, 804.
New England Society, the, 853.
New Netherlands, the, 846. Newton, General John, 817.
New York, all institutions of civilization must pass through, 790; the capital city of America, 790; likely to surpass London in numbers, 790; consoli- dation of Brooklyn with, 791 ; possesses essentials of a dominant city, 791 ; now has rating in the domain of arts, 791 ; instances of recent work by best archi- tects, 791-795 ; street-paving and street-lighting com- pared with other cities, 795 ; total sum of asphalt laid in, 796; improvement in Department of Street Cleaning under Colonel Waring, 796; Washington Centennial Celebration, 799 ; centennial celebration of the Supreme Court of the United States, 801; Columbian Celebration, 801; naval parade, 801; strikes, 802; additional conveniences for transporta- tion, 804 ; department of public parks, 806 ; " Cleo- patra's Needle " presented to, 810 ; plans for Botan- ical Garden, 811 ; formal opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, 811 ; plans for the North River Bridge, 813 ; plans for new bridges, 814; drawbridges, 815 ; har- bor improvements, 816 ; the Statue of Liberty, 817 ; piers and docks, 819; prosperity depends on foreign commerce, 820 ; immigration, 821 ; passenger traffic of mercantile marine, 825; Atlantic liners, 826 ; telephone system, 826 ; system of electric lighting, 827 ; regiments of the National Guard, 829; naval battalion, 829; fire department, 830 ; police force, 831; work of Board of Commissions of Excise, 832 ; post office, 833; Columbia College, 834; education of women, 834 ; University of the City of New York, 836 ; theological seminaries, 837; College of the City of New York, 837 ; Normal College, 838 ; public schools, 838; private schools, 838; Kindergarten Association, 839; new churches, 839; the Roman Catholic Church, 842; methods of domestic life, 844; lavish expenditure for flowers, 846; great hotels, 846; the poorer classes, 847; charitable institutions, 848; clubs, 850 ; America's cup races, 851; yachting, 852; bicycling, 852; genealogical and historical research, 853; amusements, 853 ; spirit of acquisitiveness, 856; valuable collections, 857 ; artists and sculptors, 858 ; important art sales, 859 ; libraries, 861 ; hospitals, 863.
"New York," the, 826.
New York Academy of Science, the, library of, 862. New York Athletic Club, the, 851, 852.
New York Cancer Hospital, the, 865.
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Com- pany, gains control of West Shore Railway, 804 ; Connection with new North River Bridge, 813.
New York City Mission, the, 848.
New York Clearing House, the, designed by Gibson, 794.
New York Club, the, 850.
New York Coaching Club, the, 850.
"New Yorker," the, 830.
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, the, 865.
New York Herald, old newspaper offices of, 792.
New York Hospital, the, 863.
New York Kindergarten Association, work accom- plished by, 839.
New York Maennerchor, the, 855.
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 805, 815.
New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hos- pital, the, 864.
New York Riding Club, the, 850, 852.
New York Skin and Cancer Hospital, the, 865.
New York Society for Parks and Playgrounds for Children, the, 849.
New York State Building, the, designed by Hoppin, 794.
New York Trade School, 839.
New York Water Color Society, the, S58.
New York World, the, largely responsible for pedestal of Statue of Liberty, 818.
New York Yacht Club, the, 851.
Nilsson, Christine, 854.
Ninth Regiment, the, 829 ; future quarters of, S29. Nordica, Lillian, 855.
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Normal College, the, 838; equipment of, 838. Norrie Pavilion, the, 863. North German Lloyd Line, the, 825. North River, the, 819.
North River Bridge, the, 813 ; plans for, 813; descrip- tion of, 813. Norwegian Relief Society, the, 848.
Numismatic and Archæological Society, the, 810.
0.
"OHIO FIELD," the, 836.
Ohio Society of New York, gift to University of the City of New York, 836. " Olympia," the, 854.
Omnibuses, 805.
Oratorio Society, the, 855.
Orphan Asylums, the, 843. Osborn, Charles J., sale of paintings of, 859. Osborne, Mrs. William H., 863.
P.
PACHMAN, Vladimir de, 856.
Paderewski, 856.
Paine, General C. J., 851.
Paintings, 857.
Palisades, the, 795, 808.
Palmer, A. M., 848.
Palmer's Theatre, 853.
Parepa-Rosa, 854.
" Paris," the, 826.
Paris School of Fine Arts, pupils of, 791.
Park Avenue Church, 842.
Parker, Andrew D., 832.
Parkhurst, Rev. Dr. Charles H., 842.
Park Presbyterian Church, 842.
Parks, Department of Public, 806 ; total area covered, 806; new, 807 ; cost of new 811.
Parochial Missions Society, 844.
Patti, Adelina, 854.
Payne, Oliver H., collection of paintings, 857.
Payse, N. Q., sale of collection of, 860.
Pedestal Fund, the, 818. Pelham Bay Park, 808.
Pelissier, General, 818.
Pelton, Laura, 861.
Penny Provident Fund of the Charity Organization Society, the, 849.
Pesli, J. J., sale of etchings, 860.
Philharmonic Society, the, 855.
Philipse, Frederick, 807.
Pickering, Professor E. C., S35.
Piers, 819.
Pinchot, J. W., collection of paintings, 857. Plançon, Pol, 855.
Player's Club, the, 850.
Plaza, the, 846.
Police Commissioners, Board of, 832.
Police Department Pension Fund, 832.
Police Force, the, 831 ; statistics, 831.
Polish Benevolent Society, the, 848.
Ponce de Leon Hotel, the, designed by Carrere & Hastings, 793.
Pope, Mrs. Norton, sale of library of, 862.
Population, increase in, 831. Porter, B. C., 858.
Porter, General Horace, 802. Port Morris, 805.
Post, George B., pupil of Hunt, 791; imprint on Fifth Avenue of hand of, 792; other instances of work of, 792 ; introduced steel-cage construction, 792.
Post Office, the, 833; operations of, 833; efficiency of service, 834.
Postal Telegraph Building, the, designed by Harding & Gooch, 794.
Potter, Bishop Henry C., 818, 840.
Potter, William, designs Holy Trinity Church, 841.
Presbyterian Building, the, 844. Presbyterian Church, General Assembly of, 837.
Presbyterian Hospital, the, 864.
President Barnard Library, the, 862. Price, Bruce, work of, 793.
Private schools, 838.
Probasco, Henry, sale of paintings of, 859.
Produce Exchange, the, designed by Post, 792. Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, 837. Protestant Episcopal Sisterhood, 865. Public baths, 847.
Public Charities, Department of, 864.
Public schools, 838; number of teachers and scholars, 838; appropriation for, 838.
Public Works, Department of, 815. "Puritan," the, 851.
Q.
QUARANTINE Station, 816.
R.
RACQUET Club, the, building designed by Eidlitz, 794; 852.
Rainsford, Rev. Dr., 840.
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