New York city directory 1915, Part 7

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CITY COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 32 Chambers, Mhtn.

JUDGES .- Edward E. O'Dwyer, C. J. ; John V. McAvoy, Alexander Finelite. Peter Schmuck, Richard T. Lynch, Ed- ward B. LaFetra, Richard H. Smith, Lor- enz Zeller, Wm. L. Ransom, J. A. Allen. CLERK .- Thomas F. Smith ; Edward H. Piepenbring, Deputy.

Trial Terms .- Each and every Trial Term appointed shall commence on the

1st Monday of the month for which it is assigned, excepting the month of Septem- ber, when shall begin on 2d Monday, and may be continued until and including the Friday preceding the first day of the en- suing term.

Special Terms, Chambers .- Held every day in the year except Sundays and the usual Holidays.

Clerk's Office, 32 Chambers.

MUNICIPAL COURTS.

Borough of Manhattan.

First District .- Embraces the territory bounded on the south and west by the southerly and westerly boundaries of the said borough, on the north by the centre line of W & E 14th to 4th av, & the centre line of 5th from the Bowery to 2d av ; on the east by the centre lines of 4th av from E 14th to 5th, 2d av, Chrys- tie, Division & Cath. Court room, 70 Lafayette. Parts 1, 2, 3 and special cal-

endar part 4, Jeff. mkt. Wauhope Lynn, William F. Moore, John J. Hoyer, Jus-

Clerk. Pat-

tices. Thomas O'Connell, rick J. Whelan, Dep. Clerk.

Second District .- Embraces the terri- tory bounded on the south by the centre line of 5th from the Bowery to 2d av, and on the south and east by the souther- ly and easterly boundaries of the said borough, on the north by the centre line of E 14th, on the west of the centre line of 4th av from E 14th to 5th, 2d av, Chrystie. Division & Cath. Court room, 264 Madison, Benjamin Hoffman, Aaron J. Levy, Gustav Hartman, Leonard A. Snit- kin, Justices. James J. Devlin, Clerk. Michael H. Looney, Dep. Clerk.

Third District .- Embraces the territory bounded on the south by the centre line of W 14th, on the east by the centre line of 7th av from W 14th to W 59th and by the centre line of Central Park W from W 59th to W 65th ; on the north by the centre line of W 65th and the cen- tre line of W 59th from 7th to 8th avs ; on the west by the westerly boundary of the said borough. Court room, 314 W 54th. Thomas E. Murray, Thomas F. Noonan, Justices. Michael Skelly, Clerk. Patrick H. Bird, Dep. Clerk.

Fourth District .- Embraces the terri- tory bounded on the south by the centre line of E 14th, on the west by the centre line of Lexington av, and by the centre line of Irving pl, including its projection through Gramercy Park : on the north by the centre line of E 59th : on the east by the easterly line of said borough ; exclud- ing, however, any portion of Blackwell's Island. Court room, 207 E 32d. Michael F. Blake, William J. Boyhan, Justices. Abram Bernard, Clerk. James Foley,

Fifth District .- Embraces the territory bounded on the south by the centre line of W 65th ; on the east by the centre line of Central Park W ; on the north by the centre line of W 110th ; on the west by the westerly boundary of said borough. Court room, Bway & W 96th. Charles W. Coleman, William Young, Frederick Spiegelberg, Justices. John H. Servis, Clerk. Harry W. Baldwin, Dep. Clerk. Sixth District .- Embraces the territory bounded on the south by the centre line of E 59th and by the centre line of E 96th from Lexington av to 5th av; on the west by the centre line of Lexington av from E 59th to E 96th and the centre line of 5th av from E 96th to E 110th : on the north by the centre line of E 110th ; on the east by the easterly boun- dary of said borough, including, however, all of Blackwell's Island and excluding any portion of Ward's Island. Court room, 155 E 88th. Jacob Marks, Solomon Oppenheimer, Justices. John J. Dietz, Clerk. Charles J. Dunn, Dep. Clerk.

Seventh District .- Embraces the terri- tory bounded on the south by the centre line of W 110th, on the east by the cen- tre line of 5th av to the northerly ter- minus thereof, and north of the northerly terminus of' 5th av, following in a nor- therly direction the course of the Har lem river on a line counterminous with the easterly boundary of said borough, on the north and west by the northerly and west- erly boundaries of said borough. Court room. 70 Mhtn. Philip J. Sinnott, David L. Weil, John R. Davies, Justices. John P. Burns, Clerk. Bernard F. Plunkett, Dep. Clerk.

Eighth District .- Embraces the terri- tory bounded on the south by the centre line of E 110th, on the west by the cen- tre line of 5th av ; on the north and east by the northerly and easterly boundaries of said borough, including Randall's Is- land and the whole of Ward's Island. Court room, 170 E 121st. Joseph P. Fal- lon, Leopold Prince, Justices. Hugh A. Moore, Clerk. Patrick J. Ryan, Dep. Clerk.

Ninth District .- Embraces the territory bounded on the south by the centre line of E and W 14th and by the centre line of W 59th from the centre line of 7th av to the centre line of Central Park W, on the east by the centre line of Lexington av and by the centre line of Irving pl, in- cluding its projection through Gramercy Park, and by the centre line of 5th av from the centre line of E 96th to the cen- tre line of W 110th, on the north by the centre line of E 96th, from the centre line of Lexington av to the centre line of 5th av and by W 110th from 5th av to Central Park W, on the west by the cen- tre line of 7th av and Central Park W. Court room, 622 Madison av. Edgar J. Lauer, Frederick DeWitt Wells, Frank D. Sturges. William C. Frank Bulkley, Clerk. Elijah T. Keehn, Wilson, Justices. Dep. Clerk.

181, 7th av 552 W 24th W 38th c 11th av ft W 57th

245 South E 14th c Av D E 20th c Av B 610, 1st av

443 F 77th ft E 82d

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Municipal Courts

McMahon, Sec.

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New York Post Office

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

Municipal Courts

Borough of the Bronx.

First District .- All that part of the 24th Ward which was lately annexed to the City and County of New York by chap- ter 934 of the Laws of 1895, comprising all of the late town of Westchester and part of the towns of Eastchester and Pel- ham, including the villages of Wakefield and Williamsbridge. Court room, 1400 Williamsbridge rd. Peter A. Sheil, Jus- tice. Stephen Collins, Clerk. Philip A. Ryan, Dep. Clerk.

Second District .- 23d and 24th Wards, except the territory described in chapter 934 of the Laws of 1895. Court room, Washn av c E 162d. John M. Tierney, William Morris, Justices. Martin J. Burke, Clerk. John Monaghan, Dep. Clerk.

CRIMINAL COURTS.

FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK. Criminal Court bldg. Supreme Court, Part I.

Is held by a Justice of the Supreme Court. Terms .- 1st Monday in January, Feb- ruary, March, April, May, June, October, November and December.

General Sessions.

(Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5.)

Is held by a Judge of the Court of General Sessions.

Terms .- 1st Monday in each month.

Otto A. Rosalsky, Thomas C. T. Crain, Edward Swann, Joseph F. Mulqueen, James T. Malone, Charles C. Nott, jr., Wm. H. Wadhams, Judges. Chambers, Criminal Court bldg.

CLERK .- Edward R.

Carroll, Office, Criminal Court bldg. George F. Spinney, William N. Penney, John J. Ryan, Ed- ward K. Cowing, Michael D. Gallagher, William Hannah, William R. Boenke, Ed- ward Chambers, John J. Smith, James F. Court, Thomas Goggin, Richard Tone Pet- tit, Samuel Spellman, Alexander Rosalsky, Deputy Clerks.

Special Sessions.

Isaac Franklin Russell, Chief Justice. Moses Herrman, Frederick Kernochan, John Fleming, John B. Mayo, Franklin C. Hoyt, Joseph F. Moss, Howard J. Forker, Robert J. Wilkin, George J. O'Keefe, Mor- gan M. L. Ryan, James J. McInerney, Ar- thur C. Salmon, Cornelius F. Collins, Jus- tices. Frank W. Smith, Chief Clerk. John P. Hilly, Clerk.

CITY MAGISTRATES. FIRST DIVISION. Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. 300 Mulberry, Mhtn.

William McAdoo, Chief City Magistrate. Robert C. Cornell, Norman J.

Marsh, Peter T. Barlow, Matthew P Breen, Charles W. Appleton, Paul Krotel, Fred- erick B. House, Charles N. Harris, Joseph M. Deuel, John A. L. Campbell, Robert C. TenEyck, Charles E. Simms, Joseph E. Corrigan, Samuel D. Levy, Henry W. Herbert, Daniel F. Murphy, Francis X. McQuade, Thomas J. Nolan, City Magis- trates. Adolphus Ragan, Chief Clerk, 300 Mulberry.

First District .- 125 Centre. Edward D. Tyrell, Clerk.

Second District .- 125, 6th av. Henry P. Lewis, Clerk. Third District .- 2d av c 1st. Isaac Rice, Clerk. Fourth District .- 151 E 57th. Eben Demarest. Clerk.

Thomas Fifth District .- 170 E 121st.

A. Clark, Albert Creelman, Clerks. Sixth District .- Brook av c E 162đ. John H. Hanan, Clerk. Seventh District .- 314 W 54th. Jay

Finn, Clerk.

Eighth District-1014 E 181st. James

McCabe, Clerk. Ninth District (Night Court for Fe- males) .- 125, 6th av. Charles Anthes, Clerk.

Tenth District (Night Court for Males). -151 E 57th. Albert G. Wilson, Clerk. Eleventh District, Domestic Relations Court .- 1014 E 181st. Albert Volgenau, Clerk.

CHILDREN'S COURT.

FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK. 66, 3d av, Mhtn.

Under the jurisdiction of the Justices of the Court of Special Sessions.

Dennis A. Lambert, Clerk.

STATE GOVERNMENT IN NEW YORK CITY

Attorney-General, State of N. Y.

N Y Office, 299 Bway, Room 1612.

Egburt E. Woodbury, Atty. General. Leonard J. Obermeier. 1st Deputy ; Rob- ert S. Conklin, Fiorella La Guardia, Ed- gar Bromberger, Charles J. Mason, Israel L. Learner, Morris S. Schector, Robert P. Beyer, Deputies.

Conservation Department Bureau.

A. Frank Jenks, Deputy : Benjamin McClung. Wm. T. Moore, T. Paul McGan- non, Blaine S. Sturgis, Asst. Deputies.

Banking Department, State of N. Y. Branch Office, 61 Bway, Mhtn.

Eugene L. Richards, Supt. ; Guernsey L. Jewett, 3d Dep. ; Augustus K. Moore. Special Dep. Supt. : A. T. Campbell, Chief Examiner.

Bronx Parkway Commission. 100 Bway, Room 801.

Madison Grant, Pres ; William White Niles, V. Pres. ; James G. Cannon, Treas. ; Jay Downer, Sec.

Bureau of Deportation. Office, 1 Madison av, Room 145a. Michael Osnato, Medical Examiner in charge.

Commissioners of the Palisades, Interstate Park. Office, 346 Bway, Mhtn.

N. Y. Commission-George W. Perkins, Pres. : Franklin W. Hopkins, V. Pres. ; J. Du Pratt White, Sec. ; Edward L. Part- ridge, Treas. ; Edwin A. Stevens, Wm. H. Porter, Nathan F. Barrett, Richard V. Lindabury, Frederick C. Sutro, Charles W. Baker, Commissioners.

N. J. Commission-Edwin A. Stevens, Pres. : Edward L. Partridge, V. Pres. ; J. Du Pratt White, Sec. ; Frederick C. Sutro, Treas. ; George W. Perkins, Rich- ard V. Lindabury, Charles W. Baker, Mor- nay Williams, Wm. H. Porter, Nathan F. Barrett, Commissioners.

Department of Agriculture, State of N. Y. Office, 17 Battery pl, Mhtn. C. A. Phelan, Deputy Commissioner.

Department of Excise, N. Y. County. Office, 1451 Bway, Mhtn.

Thomas F. McAvoy, Special Deputy Commissioner.

Insurance Department, State of N. Y. Office, 165 Bway, Room 2803, Mhtn. Frank Hasbrouck, Supt. ; James J. Hoey, Dep. Supt.

N. Y. & N. J. Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commissions.

Office, 115 Bway, Room 803. Mhtn.

N. Y. Commission-McDougall Hawkes, George R. Ryer, Chairmen ; E. W. Bloom- ingdale, Alex J. Shamberg, Arthur J. O'Keefe, Morris M. Frohlich, Sec.

N. J. Commission-W. H. Noyes, Chair- man ; George Limouze, DeWitt VanBus- kirk, J. Hollis Wells, John J. O'Leary. Thomas McMahon, Sec.

Secretary of State-Automobile Bureau.

227 W74th, Mhtn. James A. Mackey, Chief.

State Board of Charities. Office, 287, 4th av, R 502, Mhtn.

Wm. R. Stewart, Pres. : Simon W. Rosendale, V. Pres. ; Robert W. Hebberd, Sec. Eastern Inspection Dist., John B.

Prest, Supt.

State Board of Commissioners for Licensing Sailors' Hotels and Boarding Houses in the Port of N. Y.

Office, 51 Wall R 1708, Mhtn.

H. Prescott Beach, Pres. : James W. Carty, Sec. : Marcus H. Tracy, Treas. ; George W. Brown, Augustus N. Hand, J. Wheeler Hardley, Philip J. Magrath, Ed- ward Patterson, Arthur B. Connor, Com- missioners ; Edmund L. Baylies, Counsel.

State Commissioner for the Blind. 105 W 40th, R 606, Mhtn.

John M. Finley, Chairman ; Clarence M. Abbott, Sec.

State Commission in Lunacy. Office, 1 Madison av, R 144, Mhtn. Andrew D. Morgan, Chairman : James V. May, Frederick H. Parker, Commis- sioners.

State Corporation Tax Department, N. Y. City Branch.

Office, 233 Bway, Mhtn.

John J. Elliott, Commissioner.

Private Banking Bureau. Office, 165 Bway, Mhtn.

I. R. Cole, H. A. Friedman, Examiners ; J. G. Hines, Clerk.

State Department of Labor.

Sub-Office, 381, 4th av, Mhtn.

Frank J. Prial, 1st Dep. Commissioner ; Wm. C. Rogers, 2d Dep. Commissioner ; Fred H. Cunningham, Counsel.

Bureau of Inspection.

Division of Factory Inspection-J. J. Flood. Chief.

Division of Mercantile Inspection-Jas.

L. Germon, Chief. Division of Home Work Inspection- Daniel O'Leary, Chief. Division of Appeals-Edw. E. J. Pierce, Chief.

Division of Industrial Hygiene-Dr. C. T. Graham Rogers, Director. Division of Engineering - Peter Spence, Chief. C.

Bureau of Statistics and Information. Geo. A. Stevens, Statistician.

Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration. M. J. Reagan, Mediator.

Bureau of Employment.

Chas. B. Barnes, Director. Bkn Branch, 262 Fulton, Bkn.

Richard A. Flinn, Supt.

Industrial Board.

John Williams, Sec.

Bureau of Industries and Immigration. 95 Madison av, Mhtn. Marian K. Clark, Chief Investigator. State Racing Commission.

Office, 32 Nassau, R 724, Mhtn. James W. Wadsworth, Chairman ; H. K. Knapp, John Sanford, Commissioners. Welton C. Percy, Sec.

State Superintendents of Election. Office, 47 W 42d, R 501, Mhtn.

John R. Voorhis, Wm. J. Hillery, John Pallace, Supts. ; William Dalton, Chief Deputy.

Transfer Tax Appraisers.

N. Y. County Office, 233 Bway, Mhtn. Wm. Bordeman, Deputy Comptroller ; Jobn J. Lyons, Joseph W. Spencer, Albert J. Berwin, Charles Sweeney, Harry Kopp, George B. Compton, Wm. J. Campbell, Anthony J. Ludden, Appraisers ; Edward R. Rayher, Chief Clerk.

PILOT COMMISSIONERS, PILOTAGE, ETC. Board of Commissioners of Pilots.

Office, 17 State, R 808, Mhtn, where application can be made for New York Sandy Hook Pilots.

Commissioners. - W. Irving H. Pres. ; George L. Norton, Marcus Tracy, Henry M. Randall, Jacob W. Mil- ler ; H. O. Appleby, Sec.

Fees for Inward Pilotage .- For every vessel drawing less than 14 feet of water, per foot, $2.78; 14 feet and less than 18 feet, $3.38; 18 feet and less than 21 feet, $4.13; 21 feet and upwards, $4.88 per foot; if boarded out of sight of Sandy Hook lighthouse, one-fourth of the above rates are added. From November 1st to April 1st, $4 are added to the full pilot- age of every vessel.

For Outward Pilotage .- For every ves. sel drawing less than 14 feet of water, per foot, $2.02; 14 feet and less than 18 feet, $2.33; 18 feet and less than 21 feet, $3.08; 21 feet and upwards, $3.56 per foot ; for every day's detention, $3.

For Transportation from North to East River, and vice versa .- All vessels, mer- chant or war, $5.

From Quarantine to N Y, quarter pilot- age. Hauling into the river from the wharf, $3.

Pilotage for taking vessels from upper to lower quarantine, etc .- For vessels having had death or sickness on board, double Outward Pilotage.

For vessels from sickly ports, but hav- ing had no sickness on board, single Out- ward Pilotage.

Pilotage from New York to Perth Am- boy, and vice versa, $1.50 per foot. Pilotage from sea to Perth Amboy, two- thirds to the Bar Pilot and one-third to the Perth Amboy pilot.

Pilotage of vessels from the North River or the East River to Bayonne or Yonkers, or vice versa, $10 each way.

Pilotage from dock to anchorage in Up- per Bay or vice versa. $5 each way.

For remaining on board to dock the vessel (unless prevented by the weather) $3 per day. excluding the day of arrival. For moving any vessel from the North River, the East River, Atlantic Dock, Erie Basin, Kill von Kull, or any pier or dock in the upper bay of New York Har- bor (excepting such places as have a dif- ferent rate established for them) to an anchorage in the said upper bay, or vice versa, $5 each way, unless such moving is done on the same calendar day as the vessel enters or leaves the port.

New Jersey Pilots. Office, 17 State, Mhtn.

The Rates of Pilotage are the same as those under Board of Pilot Commis- sioners above.

Hellgate Pilots. Office, 5 Coenties sl.

Fees .- From or to Sands' Point, for schooners or sloops, per foot, $1.50: for square-rigged vessels, $1.75. From or to Riker's Island, for schooners or sloops, $1 : square-rigged vessels, steamers, barks and ships, $1.25. From 1st of November to 1st of April, in addition to the above, for every ship, bark or brig, $2; for every schooner or sloop, $1.

PORT WARDENS. Office, 1 Bway, Mhtn.

Thomas M. Tobin, Pres. ; Richard O'Keeffe. V. Pres. : David Lazarus, George M. Janvrin, John J. Driscoll, John C. Hackett, J. Irving Hanshe, Charles W. Jannicky. Stephen A. Fallon, Wardens. Albert W. Dodge, Sec. John Regan, Chief Clerk. Port

Horace F. Buel, Special Warden for Richmond County. Warden's charges are : For each survey Port on board of any vessel, on Hatches or Cargo, $2: for each survey on damaged goods, on the wharf or in store. $2: for each survey on any vessel deemed unfit to proceed to sea, $5. Office open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Valuation and measure- ment survey, $10.

UNITED STATES COURTS. Eastern District of New York.

Kings,

Comprising the counties of Queens, Suffolk, Richmond and Nassau. and the waters of the City and County of New York.

U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

124 Post Office bldg, Mhtn.

Charles F. Hughes, Justice of the Cir- cuit : E. Henry Lacombe, Alfred C. Coxe.

Henry G. Ward and HI. W. Rogers. Circuit Judges. William Parkin. Clerk. Stated Sessions .- First Monday of each month, October to May.

U. S. DISTRICT COURT. Southern District of New York. Post Office bldg, Mhtn.

Comprising the counties of Bronx, Co- lumbia, Dutchess, Greene, New York, Or- ange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester. Charles M. Hough, Learned Hand and Julius M. Mayer, Judges of the District Court. Alexander Gilchrist jr, Clerk. Stated Terms .- First Tuesday in each month.

H. Snowden Marshall, U. S. District Attorney.

Thomas D. McCarthy, U S Marshal. U. S. Commissioners to take Affidavits, Depositions, Bails, Etc. - Clarence S. Houghton, S. R. Betts, H. W. Goodrich, E. L. Owen. Herbert Green, S. M. Hitch- cock, Commissioners.

CUSTOM HOUSE.

Bowling Green c Whitehall, Mhtn.

Open daily from 9 A. M. to 4.30 P. M. (Sundays excepted) -Public Stores, 641 Washn, Mhtn.

Collector-Dudley F. Malone.

Deputy Collectors-Henry C. Stuart, Jesse C. Grant, Charles A. King, H. L. Swords, John C. Williams, James H Johnson, John J. C. Barrett, Elbert J. Allendorf.

Cashier-William T. Black.

Solicitor to the Collector-M. P. An- drews.

Auditor-J. S. Knapp.

Disbursing Officer-George W. Brinck. Naval Officer-H. Otto Wittpen.

Comptroller and Special Deputy-Thom- as J. Skuse.

Deputy Naval Officers-H. E. Jones, Al- fred Eaton, Gerge N. See, John A. Bangs. Surveyor-T. E. Rush. J. Special Deputy Surveyor-George Smyth.

Acting Secretary-Benjamin S. Ashby. Deputy Surveyors-Alexander McKeon, John J. Raczkiewicz, Richard Parr, Wil- helm Lutz.

Sample Office-651 Washn, Mhtn.

U S Weigher (Custom House)-Thomas D. Hyatt.

. Acting U S Weighers-John R. White, Joseph Cox Jr. Henry Wille, John H. McGill, Cornelius F. Brady, Samuel Alexander, Maurice Fitzgerald, Cyril M. Laidman, Robert S. Levy. Barge Office-Battery pk, Mhtn.

U. S. Appraiser-J. K. Sague, 641 Washn, Mhtn. Henry M. Clapp, Special Deputy Appraiser. Charles W. Bunn, Deputy Appraiser.

General Appraisers-William B. How- ell, Henderson M. Soverville, Eugene G. Hay, Israel F. Fischer, George Stewart Brown, J. B. Sullivan, Charles P. Mc- Clelland, Byron S. Waite, S. B. Cooper, 641 Washn, Mhtn.

Dept. of Justice, Customs Division- Bert Hanson, Asst. Atty General.

Supervising Chief Engineer - Alfred Brooks Fry.

SUB-TREASURY. Wall c Nassau, Mhtn.

Martin Vogel, Asst. Treas. ; Edward W. Hale, Cashier.

ASSAY OFFICE. 21 Pine. Mhtn.

Verne M. Bovie, Supt. : George R. Com- ings. Assayer. Gold and Silver Bullion in amounts not less than $100 received on deposit, and returns made for gold in check or stamped bars, at the option of the owners : for silver. stamped bars only. Visitors are not admitted.

NATIONAL BANK EXAMINER.

Office, Custom h, R 714, Mhtn.

Charles Starek. Examiner : George H. Close, George A. and Wm. J. Bryson, Carl P. Biggerman, C. L. Graves, P. P. San- ford. Herbert Starek. John W. Beaton jr., Louis C. Kane, Assts.

U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICERS.

1st District-Comprising the Counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau, Richmond & Suf- folk. H. P. Keith, Collector ; Federal bldg. Bkn.

2d District-1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th. 8th. 9th, 15th and parts of the 14th and 16th Wards. John Z. Lowe, Collector, Custom h, Mhtn.

3d District-7th, 10th. 11th, 12th, 13th. 17th. 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st. 22d, parts of the 14th and 16th Wards. Blackwell's, Randall's and Ward's Islands. Mark

Eisner, Collector. 201 E 16th, Mhtn.

14th District. 7th Division-From Har- lem Kiver north to city line. Borough of the Bronx. Howard B. Davis, Dep. Col- lector, 391 E 149th, Bronx.

NEW YORK POST OFFICE Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. Executive Offices. 8th av, 31st to 33d Streets.

Postmaster-Edward M. Morgan Assistant Postmaster-Thomas F. Mur- phy.

Auditor-Walter S. Mayer. Cashier-Edward P. Russell.

General Postoffice.

Bway corner Park Row.

Office Hours-This office is open con- tinuously.

Comes,

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New York Post Office

Mailing and Distributing Division.

Francis R. Roome, Supt. of Mails.

Office hours for delivery of mail, 8 A. M. to 8 P. M.

Office hours for receipt of mail, all

day and night.

Registry Division.

Henry Lippman, Supt.

Office hours from 8 A M. to 8 P. M. Night window open until 12, ground floor Broadway.

Money Order Division.

Joseph Elliott, Supt.

Office hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. ; night window open until 12. Money orders can be obtained at all Branch Offices.

City Delivery.

Edward S. Post, Supt. of Delivery. Railway Mail Service. Pa. Terminal P. O. Sta.

Elijah M. Norris, Supt. W. W. Barker, Asst. Supt.

P. O. Inspector (Depredations). W. E. Cochran, Insp. in charge.

Regulations for Carriers' Department, Stations and City Delivery.

There are seven and eight deliveries each day by carriers on the districts of Stations.

Collections are made from each and every street letter box each day. South of Harlem River from 12 to 28 times a day. North of Harlem River, from 2 to 11 times a day. There are 9 deliveries by carriers, and 27 collections are made from street letter boxes each day on General P O district.

On Sundays from 3 to 6 collections will be made. from 1.30 P. M. to 11 P. M.

Rates of Postage.

No letter will be sent from this office. to places within the United States or its Possessions, unless at least one rate of postage is prepaid by stamps.

Stamps and stamped envelopes can be procured at the offices of sale in General Post Office building (on the Bway and Park row sides), open at all times, and at all the stations.

The Domestic Postage rate for letters is 2 cents for each ounce, or fraction thereof. City letters same rate.

The Postage on foreign letters (first ounce or less) 5 cents; each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce 3 cents. Postal cards and post cards, 2 cents. Postal cards, double (with paid reply) 4 cents. Newspapers and other printed matter per 2 ounces (limit of weight 4 pounds 6 ounces), 1 cent; commercial papers (first 10 ounces or less), 5 cents ; each additional 2 ounces or fraction, 1 cent (limit of weight, 4 pounds 6 ounces). Samples of merchandise (4 ounces or less), 2 cents ; each additional 2 ounces or fraction, 1 cent. Limit of weight 12 ounces.

Postage rate on letters to Canada, Cuba. Mexico, Panama, Bahamas, New- foundland and Great Britain, 2 cents an ounce or fraction.

Advertised Letters are charged with 1 cent, in addition to the regular postage. Newspapers and periodicals, entered as second-class matter, 1 cent for each 4 ounces.

Books, seeds, plants, etc., 1 cent for each 2 ounces up to 8 ounces ; over 8 ounces at parcel post zone rates.

Circulars and similar printed matter. 1

cent for each 2 ounces. Limit of weight, 4 pounds.

Parcel Post.

Parcels weighing 4 ounces or less, ex- cept books, seeds, plants, etc., are mail- able at the rate of one cent for each ounce or fraction of an ounce, regardless of distance. Parcels, except books, seeds, plants, etc., weighing more than 4 ounces, are mailable at the pound or zone rates, a fraction of a pound being considered a full pound.

Parcels may be insured for value up to $25 for 5 cents, or for value up to $50 for 10 cents, in addition to postage. Parcels sent C. O. D. not exceeding $100 can be sent for an extra 10 cents, which also insures the parcel.

Insured and C. O. D. parcels must be brought to the post office for mailing. Parcels weighing over four ounces must be mailed at the General Post Office, or at a lettered or local named station or branch post office, or such numbered sta- tions as have been designated to receive parcel post matter.

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New York city directory 1915, Part 7

Author: Publication date: 1915 Publisher: New York Number of Pages: 2512

Author:
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: New York
Number of Pages: 2512