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S. Second
*73
S. First
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Grand
N. Second
Noble
N. Seventh]
Milton
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Greenpoint av.
Java
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*114
Green
[Withers
Freeman
N. Tenth]:
Fagle
Dupont
S. Eleventh]
S. Tenth
[Richardson
S. Ninth
S. Eighth (1 Irving pl.) S. Seventh
S. Sixth
*92
S. Fifth
*106
Madison
Jefferson
Adams
Prospect
Forrest
Monroe
Debevoise
N. Second
N. Third N. Fourth
N. Fifth
Java
N. Sixth
India
S. First
Taylor
N. Eighth
Green
N. Ninth
Freeman
N. Tenth
N. Eleventh
Dupont
Clay
Box
Commercial]
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Thornton St. from Broadway, bet. Whipple | [ Ash
st. and Flushing av. S.W.| Van Cott St. from Leo- , Montrose av. to Throop and Flushing nard (G. P.) E. to Meeker Leonard av. avs. Broadway Throop av. [Ewen Eckford] Flushing av.
Oakland]
[Graham av. Newel
Diamond] Smith
Van Pelt St. from Fifth E. to Meeker av.
Fifth
Lorimer
Leonard
Ewen
Whipple
Thornton]
Flushing av.
Smith
White St. from Cook, bet, Bushwick av. and Bogart, N. to Johnson
Cook Varet
Moore .
Marshal
McKibbin [Ingraham Boerum] Johnson
Wilson St. from Broad way, bet. Lee av. and Marcy av. S. W. to Wal- labout canal
Broadway Lee av.
Bedford av.
Wythe av. Kent av.
Williamsburgh Rd. from Flushing av. bet. U. S. Hospital grounds and Classon av. N. and N. E. to Kent av.
Flushing av. [River
Classon av.
Kent av.
Withers St. from Union av. bet. Frost and Jack- son, E. to Kingsland
Calyer
Oak
Union av. Lorimer
N. First Ainslie Union av.
N. Eighth [Skillman 202
India
N. Ninth]
Huron
Kingsland
Wyckoff St. from Union av. bet. Remsen and Stagg, E. to Metropolitan av. Union av.
Lorimer *56
Leonard
Ewen *117
Graham av.
*131
S. Fourth S. Third
141
S. Second
S. First Grand
*167 186
Union av. (G. P.) from Greenpoint av. bet. Frank- lin and Oakland, N. to city line (Newtown Creek ) Greenpoint] Kent
Water St. from First, bet. S. First and S. Second, N. and N. E. to N. Third First
Broadway Rush Morton
Clymer
N. Seventh
Huron
Grand
Wilson
N. First
Ross
N. Second
N. Third
Rodney Keap
Hooper
Waterbury St. from Johnson st. bet Bushwick | Hewes av. and Bogart, N. to Grand Johnson
Penn Rutledge River
Meserole Schols Stagg [Meadow Wyckoff Remsen Grand
Wesley PI. S. Second st. bet. Fifth and Sixth
Middleton Broadway
Gwinnett
Walton
River Gerry Bartlett
Twelfth St. from Broadway, bet Eleventh and Johnson, N. to Union av.
Varet St. from Broad- way, bet. Leonard and Ewen, E. to Prospect
Broadway Ewen
Broadway
Graham av. Smith Morrell
*136
S. Third
Union av.
Bushwick av. Waterbury
Taylor St. from Broad- way, bet. Clymer and Wilson, S. W. to Wall- about canal
Broadway Lee av.
. Fourth]
Wythe av. Kent av.
[Scho s S. Third] Twelfth]
Washington Pl. S. Sixth st. bet. Fourth and Fifth
Washington St. (G. P.) from F. Fourteenth, N. to Dupont
N. Fourteenth
S. Third
[Devoe Tenth]
Leonard
Ewen
Graham av.
Third St. from Broad- way, bet. Second and Fourth, N. and N. E. to N. Fourteenth Broadway
[ Frost v. Eleventh]
Washington St. from
Bushwick av. bet. Myrtle av. plank road and Madi- son, N. to Debevoise
Bushwick av.
N. Thirteenth]
Smith
Morrell
Bushwick av.
Waterbury.
Wythe av. from Broad- way, bet. Kent av. and Rush st. S. E. to River.
N. First
Sixth] [Sandford N. Twelfth]
[Newton
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[Jane
Fifth
Eagle
N. Twelfth
N. Thirteenth
Throop av. from Broad- way and Middleton st. S. E. and S. to Fulton av. (W. Dist.)
Whipple St. from Bro'd- way, between Bartlett and Thornton, S. W. to Flushing av. Broadway Throop av.
Flushing av.
Graham av.
[Newton
Union Av. from Broad- way, bet. Johnson and Boerum, N. to Fifth.
Walton St. from Broad- way, bet. Gwinnett and River, S. W. to River
Broadway
Tenth St. from Broad- way, bet. Ninth and Eleventh, N. to Union av. Broadway S. Sixth
[S. First
APPENDIX.
BROOKLYN CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 1856.
MAYOR,
GEORGE HALL.
Office, City Hall. Mayor's Clerk, JAMES H. SMITH; Messenger, J. WHITNEY.
City Clerk and Clerk of the Common Council. WILLIAM G. BISHOP, Office, City Hall.
Attorney and Counsellor. NATHANIEL F. WARING, Office, City Hall.
ALDERMEN. EDWARD T. BACKHOUSE, President.
Ist Ward George L. Bennett,
John Cashow,
3d
Benjamin F. Wardwell,
Edward J. Lowber,
5th
Robert M. Whiting,
John Doherty,
6th
= Albert B. Capwell,
Abraham B. Clark,
7th Cornelius R. Atwater,
Thomas D. Hudson,
8th John V. Bergen,
James A. Van Brunt,
9th William H. Campbell,
William T. Mills,
10th Smith Fancher,
Ephraim B. Shaw,
11th Edward T. Backhouse,
William W. Walsh.
12th Thomas Mulcahey,
Timothy Bannon,
13th Richard H. Huntley,
Cornelius Woglom,
14th John Linsky,
Joseph Smith,
15th Thomas Eames,
John Snyder,
16th John Maerz, 66
Edwin S. Ralphs,
17th Job Davis,
18th George M. Troutman,
Neziah Bliss, Martin Kalbfleisch.
First-named Aldermen to serve one year from Jan. Ist, 1856. Second do. do. to serve two years.
2d Edward Pell,
Patrick O'Neil,
4th John K. Oakley,
Charles C. Fowler,
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APPENDIX-CITY GOVERNMENT.
STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1856.
On Laws and Applications to the Legislature, Aldermen ATWATER, HUNTLEY, FOWLER, CAPWELL and PELL; meet Friday, 7 P. M. On Opening Streets, Avenues and Parks, Aldermen FANCHER, ATWATER, BLISS, PELL, and CLARK ; Wednesday, 7 P.M. On Grading and Paving Streets and Avenues, Aldermen OAKLEY, VAN BRUNT, CASHOW, BANNON and KALBFLEISCH ; Wednesday, 7 P.M. On Finance, Aldermen HUNTLEY, PELL, FOWLER, TROUTMAN and BACKHOUSE; Wednesday, 7 P. M. On Assessments,
Aldermen LOWBER, FOWLER, BANNON, BACKHOUSE and RALPHS ; Friday, 7 P. M. On Public Sewers, Culverts and Grades. Aldermen VAN BRUNT, SNYDER, MULCAHEY, DAVIS and OAKLEY ; Wednesday, 7 P. M.
On Railroads. Aldermen RALPHS, VAN BRUNT, WOGLOM, LINSKY and WALSH ; on special call. On Public Lands and Buildings, Aldermen WHITING, BENNETT, WOGLOM, HUDSON and CAMPBELL; on special call. On the Fire Department of the Western District, Aldermen FOWLER, WHITING, BERGEN, BACKHOUSE and FANCHER ; Thursday, 7 P. M. On the Fire Department of the Eastern District, Aldermen DAVIS, EAMES, LINSKY, KALBFLEISCH and SNYDER ; Wednesday, 7 P. M. On Stages, Aldermen SNYDER, WARDWELL, SMITH, FANCHER and MULCAHEY ; Wednesday, 7 P. M. On Police, Aldermen WARDWELL, WALSH, HUDSON, WOGLOM and MILLS; on special call.
On Water,
Aldermen BENNETT, LOWBER, TROUTMAN, HUNTLEY and BERGEN ; on special call. On Printing, Aldermen WARDWELL, BENNETT, SHAW, OAKLEY and RALPHS ; on special call. On Wells and Pumps, Aldermen CAMPBELL, CASHOW, O'NEIL, SNYDER and MAERZ ; on special call.
On Supplies and Expenses of Departments, Aldermen WALSH, CASHOW, VAN BRUNT, TROUTMAN and LINSKY ; Wednesday, 7 P. M. On Lamps and Gas,
Aldermen WOGLOM, DAVIS, SHAW, BACKHOUSE and FOWLER ; Wednesday, 7 P. M.
On Ferry and Water Rights, Aldermen BLISS, FOWLER, FANCHER, BERGEN and CLARK ; on special call.
On Schools, Arts, and Sciences, Aldermen CAPWELL, HUNTLEY, RALPHS, WHITING and WARDWELL ; on special call.
On Public Health, Aldermen OAKLEY, WALSH, CLARK, HUNTLEY and SHAW ; on special call. On Public Cisterns, Aldermen EAMES, ATWATER, MILLS, DOHERTY and SMITH ; on special call. On Markets, Aldermen CASHOW, EAMES, WHITING, MAERZ and O'NEIL; Ist Wednesday in each month.
. APPENDIX-CITY GOVERNMENT.
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OFFICERS OF DEPARTMENTS.
Deputies, Assistants, and Clerks.
Those marked thus * are continued in office by provision of City Charter, Title xi., Sec. 15.
City Clerk, Deputy Clerk, Assistant Clerk, 66
*WM. G. BISHOP. Samuel J. Burr. Peter R. Hegeman. Oliver Faurot. D. B. Hasbrouck. Attorney and Counsellor to ) "NATHANIEL F. the Corporation,
Clerk to do.,
Assistant Corporation Attor ney, (W. D.,)
Abr'm. W. Birkbeck. John Winslow.
WILLIAM B. LEWIS.
Comptroller, Deputy do., Clerk,
Auditor,
Clerk to do., Street Commissioner, Deputy do.,
Assistant Clerk, Collector,
Ordinance Clerk, Treasurer,
Commissioner of Repairs \ and Supplies,
. JOHN M. PERRY.
Jotham E. Perry. Deputy Commissioner of Re- pairs and Supplies, Foreman, A. H. Chichester.
Collector of Taxes and As- sessments, (W. D.,) Assistant do.,
Isaac Badeau. Ethan Estabrook.
Assessment Clerk,
Return Clerk, A. W. H. Gill.
Redemption Clerk, William N. Clem.
Arrears Clerk, Albert H. Osborn.
Abstract Clerk, Edgar H. Rogers. Arthur Bassett.
General Clerk,
Deputy Collectors of Assess- ments,
J. Angus. Wm. Henry Powell, 9th Ward. Gerret Voorhees, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th Wards. John Marschalk, 10th, 12th, 8th Wards. George Hall, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Wards. M. WENDELL, M.D.
Health Officer,
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Keeper of City Hall and Mes- senger of Board, Assist. do., Keeper of City Parks, Sealers of Weights and Mea- 1 sures, ( W. D.,) Sealers of Weights and Mea- sures, (E. D.,)
Inspectors of Meat, ( W. D.,)
Inspectors of Meat, (E. D.,) Clerk of the Markets, Inspectors of Pavements, (W. D.,) Inspector of Pavements, (E. D.,)
MOSES ABBOTT. Alex. McMullen. Edward Wallace. John Cunningham. James Tiner. Michael McMahon. Wm. Helmes. Valentine Carman. James Titus. Robert Reynolds. Stephen Garrison. Peter J. Van Dine. Henry Oswald. Hicks Post. John Bolton.
Pound Master, W. D.,) Pound Master, (E. D.) Pound Master, 8th Ward,
Louis Nichols. Charles Stevens. Michael Hughes. Inspector of Hacks, Stages, &c., Horace Strang. Wm. S. Wright. Stephen H. Mann. Fire Wardens, (W. D.,) A. F. Campbell. Stephen Roof. --- Fire Wardens, (E. D.,) Robert Barr. [ Wm. V. Hanson. Cornelius Woglom. James Dillon. Bell Ringers, ( W. D.,) Joseph Montross. Smith U. Cox, [ James Lee, Bell Ringers, (E. D.,) Edward Wade. Charles H. Wilde. Obadiah Stevenson.
CITY SURVEYORS,
Willard Day, George H. Day, Roswell Graves, Richard Butt, Silas Ludlam,
Tunis G. Bergen, John S. Stoddard, George Stoddard, Leander N. Vibbard, Alfred Rolfe,
John Rolfe, Sidney A. Beers, Jarvis Whitman, Thomas W. Field, L. L. Bartlett,
J. V. Meserole, J. G. Morgan, J. P. Morgan, P. G. Van Alst, Josiah M. Grumman.
" ALFRED M. WOOD.
WARING.
. Horatio A. Carter. James V. Kearny. DANL. L. NORTHUP. Thomas Cotrel. "A. T. Lawrence. Wm. P. Lawrence. Daniel S. Briant. George W. Prince. John C. Spinola. CRAWFORDC.SMITH.
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APPENDIX-CITY GOVERNMENT.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
'SUPERVISORS.
1st Ward, William Hinman.
7th Ward, Samuel Graham.
13th Ward, William Wall.
2d R. C. Brainerd.
8th 66 Peter Wyckoff.
14th
F. C. Batterman.
3d John J. Studwell.
9th
John S. Bogart. 15th
4th
B. F. Thomas.
10th 66 Samuel Smith.
16th
David Lindsay.
5th
Foster Pettit.
11th James Miller. 17th
Vacant.
6th
Thomas Mulligen.
12th
Jno.F.Heisenbuttel. 18th
Henry D. Woodruff.
ASSESSORS.
1st Ward, George N. Mead.
7th Ward, Caspar Urban.
13th Ward, John Tenney.
2d
William Mullen.
8th
Zebulon R. Combs.
14th
Philip Brady.
3d
Robert J. Luckey.
9th
Bernard O'Neil. 15th
Joseph T. Miller.
4th
Ezra Baldwin.
10th Chas. L. Franklin. 16th John A. Saal.
5th
Charles Kerrigan.
11th Reuben Isdell.
17th = Amos W. Silkworth.
6th
John P. Allison.
12th
Thomas Courtney.
18th
Jacob Bennett.
President-JOHN P. ALLISON.
Secretary-GEORGE L. THATCHER.
CONSTABLES.
1st Ward, Henry Oakcy.
7th Ward, James McCleany.
13th Ward, James T. Marsh.
2d
James A. Birdsall.
8th
Wm. P. Williams.
14th 66 Owen Dennin.
3d John Pearsall.
9th Charles Ludley. 15th 66 Alfred H. Mills.
4th = John L. White.
10th ChristopherC.Ryder. 16th
John Kleinlein.
5th
John Adair.
11th ¥ Alfred Horton. 17th
Hiram Davis.
6th
Wm. W. Randolph. 12th
John R. Corr. 18th
Jacob Morris.
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION.
1st Ward, Ist Dist .- Henry Spear, C.H. Thomson. 10th Ward, Ist Dist .- C. L. Franklin, W. Disbrow.
2d Jno. Phillips, Geo. E. Archer.
2d
¥ S. Van Wyck, N. Gladding.
2d
1st « James Terill, Wm. A. Wise.
3d
¥ Geo. Molloy, Joseph Regan. F.C.Kirby, J.L.Mccutcheon
3d
1st
E. H. Burnet, Walter Barre.
2d E. Langstaff, Thos. Murry.
4th
2d
3d ¥ ¥
Thos. Farrell, John Pearne. Aaron Morley, Jas. Mackey. A. Wellwood, P. Carberry.
[14th
2d
66 M. P. Betts, Josiah Holmes.
6th ¥
2d
7th 66 Ist « Henry Dobson, Jno. Connor. 16th
1st
66 Jno. Galvin, E. D. Stevens. Jos. Wilkeyson, J. H. Ross. John Bolton, Christo. Butt.
8th 9th
2d 66 J.Fitzsimmons, P.Gallagher. S. L. Caverly, Geo. E. Hoyt. 17th Wm. Taber, Jno. L. Spader. 18th Ludwig Miller, Thos. Irvin.
2d
$6
Daniel Feeks, John Wills. C.V. Rivenberg, W.H. Lisk. W. R. Preston, H. Helmns.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. BOARD OF EDUCATION Meet 1st Tuesday of every month, at 4 P. M.
OFFICE-Red Hook Lane, between Fulton and Livingston streets. Office open from 8 A. M. to 5 P.M.
Officers and Members, 1856.
PRESIDENT, CYRUS P. SMITH. VICE PRESIDENT, EDWARD W. DUNHAM. CITY SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY, J. W. BULKLEY.
CLERK, S. P. KING. KEEPER OF DEPOT, HENDY DEAN. MESSENGER, ROBT. D. WINTER.
2d
Wm. M. Harris, Jno.Shearon. 11th
66 1st
3d H. Aber, Jas. K. Raymond. P. Fitzgerald, J. O'Donnell.
1st
2d
P. E. Dillon, Thos. Kenny.
5th ¥ Ist 2d
1st M. Van Buren, A.Campbell. 12th
Davis Afflick, Elias Nexsen. H. K. Cushing, W.H. Welch. 13th
1st
= W.M.Ironsides,C.C.Contrell
2d A.H. Henry, Jas.M. Ayres.
1st P. McCulloch, Jas. Mudge.
3d Ist D. Haggerty, Jesse Hinds. E.Chapman, Isaac Skidmore.
15th ¥ 1st
2d
3d
2d J.B. Stratton, W.W.Drinker.
William Marshall.
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APPENDIX-CITY GOVERNMENT.
Edward Anthony. Abraham B. Baylis. John Bellingham. Dehart Bergen. John G. Bergen. Peter G. Bergen.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
James Hall.
Stephen Crowell.
W. S. Dillingham.
Edward W. Dunham.
Grahams Polley.
William Poole.
Thomas H. Rodman.
Cyrus P. Smith.
Samuel Booth. Isaac Brinkerhoff. John X. Brown. G. E. Burnham.
John Halsey. William M. Harris. Henry Harteau.
J. Stewart Thomas Sullivan.
Fitch Taylor.
Peter G. Tavlor.
John W. Hunter.
John S. Thorne.
C. A. Lay.
Robert G. Thursby.
F. R. Morris.
Charles F. Tuttle.
William H. Peer.
Standing Committees.
ON SCHOOL HOUSES-Sullivan, Harris, Cocks, Brinkerhoff, Hall, D. Bergen, Lay. ON FINANCE-P. G. Bergen, Dunham, Anthony, Hunter, P. G. Taylor, Burr, Tuttle. ON SCHOOL BOOKS-Dillingham, Brown, Crane, Copeland, J. G. Bergen, Thursby, How. ON TEACHERS- Field, Thorne, Rodman, Booth, Pool.
ON LIBRARIES-Thorne, Halsey, C. P. Smith, Bergen, Phelps.
ON LAW-Greenwood, Parsons, Caldwell.
ON MUSIC -- Brinkerhoff, Tuttle, C. P. Smith, Fitch, Taylor, Stewart.
ON SUPPLIES-Harris, Peer, Bellingham.
ON EXAMINATION-Morris, Burnham, Cocks.
ON EVENING SCHOOLS-Baylis, Pierson, Tuttle, P. G. Taylor, Burnham, Polley, Haynes. ON NORMAL SCHOOL-Copeland, Anthony, Greenwood, Thorne, Tuttle.
School Committees.
No. 1. P. G. Taylor, Rodman, Whiting, jr. No. 13. Dunham, Sullivan, Poole.
" 2. D. Bergen, J. G. Bergen, P. G. Bergen. " 14. Harris, Sullivan, Halsey.
" 3. Brinkerhoff, Crowell, Hunter. " 15. Vacant.
4. F. Taylor, Phelps, Brinkerhoff.
16. Tuttle, Burr, Caldwell.
" 6. Cocks, Pierson, Baylis.
" 7. Thorne, How, Bellingham.
" 8. Anthony, Greenwood, Dillingham.
" 9. Murdock, Booth, Crane.
" 10. P. G. Bergen, J. G. Bergen, D. Bergen.
" 11. Hunter, Harteau, Crane.
" 12. Copland, Halsey, Smith.
" 24. Stewart, Tuttle, Brown.
On Colored Schools.
No. 1. Whiting, jr., Harteau, Parsons.
No. 3. Polley, Caldwell, Brown.
Visiting Committees.
APRIL-Dunham, Brinkerhoff, Brown, and NOVEMBER-Field, Cocks, Peer, Bergen. Murdock.
MAY-Thorne, Poole, How, Lay.
JUNE-Crane, P. G. Taylor, Tuttle, Halsey.
JULY-P. G. Bergen, Anthony, Hall, Belling- JANUARY-Parsons, Sullivan, Rodman, Polley. ham.
SEPTEMBER-Pierson, Dillingham, Burnham, Crowell.
OCTOBER-Parsons, Copland, Burr, F. Taylor.
DECEMBER-Hunter, J. G. Bergen, Phelps, Booth.
1857
FEBRUARY-Harteau, Haynes, Thursby, Cald- well. MARCH-Greenwood, Harris, Baylis, Stewart.
Principals of Public Schools and location of School Houses.
1. Adams street, cor. Concord.
2. Forty-seventh street, bet. 3rd and 4th avs.
3. Bedford av. cor. Jefferson st.
4. Walworth st., Myrtle av.
5. Myrtle av., cor. Gold.
6. Baltic street, n. Court.
7. York street, n. Bridge.
Lyman E. White. Jacob Sand. F. D. Clarke.
Samuel C. Barnes. Charles B. Goodsell. David Syme, A. M. F. C. Buck.
" 5. Anthony, Parsons, Haynes.
17. Lay, Polley, Field.
18. Thursby, Burnham, Brown. =
19. Field, Caldwell, Tuttle.
20. Vacant.
" 21. Vacant.
22. Lay, Peer, Hall.
¥ 23. Thursby, Stewart, Hall.
2. Brinkerhoff, Crowell, Crane.
John M. Phelps.
Henry R. Pierson. ".
Robert M. Whiting, Jr.
Thomas W. Field.
John Greenwood.
Stephen Haynes. James How.
Jonathan S. Burr. Wallace E. Caldwell. William W. Crane. John D. Cocks. Edward Copland.
James J. Murdock.
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APPENDIX-POLICE DEPARTMENT.
8. Middagh street, n. Henry.
9. Prospect Hill.
10. Eighteenth street, n. 3rd av.
11. Washington av. n. Green av.
12. Adelphi street, n. Myrtle av.
13. Degraw street, n. Hicks.
14. Concord street, cor. Navy.
15. (late No. 1) South Third street, cor. Fifth.
16. (late No. 2) North Fifth street, cor. Fifth. Henry D. Woodworth. William A. Fitch.
17. (late No. 8) Remsen street, n. Leonard.
18. (late No. 4) South Second street, cor. Tenth.
19. South Fourth street, n. Eighth.
20. Mckibbin street, n. Ewen.
21. Union av. n. Java street.
22. Bushwick av. n. North Second street.
24. Washington street, cor. Prospect.
Josiah Reeve. E. Spafard.
1 Peter Rouget. B. F. Libbey. E. S. Adams. A. B. Clarke. C. H. Kimball. Thomas S. Weeks.
Thomas W. Valentine.
Mrs. Charlotte D. Kelly.
Kate E. Williams.
Joshua B. Griffing. J. M. Witherspoon. William M. Kerr.
Primary Schools.
1. Corner South Second and Tenth streets.
2. South Fourth st., bet. Seventh and Eighth streets.
3. McKibbin street, bet. Ewen and Graham avs.
4. North First, bet. Second and Third streets.
5. North Third, bet. Second and Third streets.
5. Ninth, bet. North First and Ainslie streets.
Mrs. Mary Cooper.
Mrs. Ellen McMahon. Mrs. Susannah Brown.
Colored Schools.
1. Willoughby street, n. Raymond. 2. Carsville.
3. Tenth street, n. North Second.
William J. Wilson. Junius C. Morel. Samuel S. Rankins.
Music Teachers --- L. Wilder, H. Wells.
POLICE DEPARTMENT - OFFICERS.
CHIEF, JOHN S. FOLK. Office-6, Basement City Hall.
Clerk to Chief, Benjamin S. Morehouse.
Attache's to Chief's office.
Aury Snediker. Samuel Hubbs. William M. Raynor. Henry W. Van Wagner.
Captains and Assistants.
FIRST DISTRICT. comprising 1st, 3d, and 4th Wards .- Force, 55 men. Police Station, 257 Washington street. Captain, Joel Smith.
Assistant-Captains, [ James Brown. ( George Latham.
Sergeants, [ Charles Hartshorn. ¿ Conklin Smith.
SECOND DISTRICT, comprising 2d and 5th Wards .- Force, 37 men. Police Station, York street, cor. Jay. Captain, Thomas King.
Assistant-Captains, N. Bennet. I. Van Keuren.
Sergeants, Joseph Abrams. Samuel Soliday.
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APPENDIX-FIRE DEPARTMENT (W. DIST.)
THIRD DISTRICT, comprising 6th, 10th, and 12th Wards .- Force, 57 men. Police Station, Court street, n. Butler. Captain, William Vanderveer.
Assistant- Captains,
Jacob M. Stigers. Benjamin B. McLane.
Sergeants, Mellen Holbrook. Michael Keeler.
FOURTH DISTRICT, comprising 7th and 11th Wards .- Force, 47 men. Police Station, cor. Vanderbilt and Myrtle Avenues. Captain, Richard W. Call.
Assistant-Captains,
[ Christopher Wright.
William Stewart.
Sergeants,
Edward R. Crocker.
Henry Gerrodett.
FIFTH DISTRICT, comprising 13th and 14th Wards .- Force, 37 men. Police Station, North Fifth street, between Fifth and Sixth. Captain, Henry Guischard.
John D. Hunt. . Assistant-Captains, 3 Peter Bennett.
Sergeants, -
Edward Thinkham. John Sterrat.
SIXTH DISTRICT, comprising 15th, 16th, and 18th Wards .- Force, 46 men. Police Station, Wyckoff street, between Ewen and Graham Avenues. Captain, James Mullin.
Assistant-Captains,
Riley Eggleston, Thomas G. Griffen, Sergeants, James Mullin. Edwd. H. Thompson.
SEVENTH DISTRICT, comprising 17th Ward .- Force, 12 men. Police Station, Franklin street, corner Greenpoint Avenue. Captain, John Stillwell.
Assistant-Captains,
Charles W. Rudyard, George W. Bruce. Sergeant, George A. Saunders.
Ward Poliec, EIGHTH WARD .- Police Station, Fourth Avenue, cor. Nineteenth street .- Force, 12 men. Acting Captain, Thomas Combs. Sergeant, Joseph Morrell.
NINTH WARD .- Police Station, Fulton Avenue, near Bedford Avenue .- Force, 16 men. Acting Captain, Joel Miller, Junr.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. . Western District.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS, CHIEF ENGINEER, ISRAEL D. VELSOR, Office, Basement, City Hall. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS,
George Staley, George Atwater, John Taylor, Joseph Reeve, Evertt B. Riell.
BOARD OF OFFICERS.
Consisting of the Chief and 1 Assistant Engineer, and the Foreman of each Company. Meet at Firemen's Hall, 1st Thursday in March, June, September and December. CHAIRMAN, ISRAEL D. VELSOR, . | SEC. and TREASURER, PETER H. TAWS.
OFFICERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND, Meet at Firemen's Hall.
PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT,
TREASURER, SECRETARY,
COLLECTOR,
Anthony F. Campbell. William T. Partridge. William Burrell. George H. Hayward. Richard Smith.
TRUSTEES,
The Foreman of each Engine, Hose, Hook and Ladder and Bucket Company, and a mem- ber of the Board of Engi- neers.
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APPENDIX .- FIRE DEPARTMENT (W. DIST.)
FIRE WARDENS AND DISTRICTS.
A. F. Campbell, 1st District, (1st, 2d and 3d Wards.)
Stephen A. Mann, 2d
(4th, 5th, and 11th "
Wm. S. Wright, 3d (6th and 12th
Stephen Roof, 4th (8th and 10th
Robert Barr, 5th 66 (7th and 9th 66
The Mayor and Aldermen are Fire Wardens, ex-oficio. The City Clerk is ex-officio Clerk of the Board of Fire Wardens.
EXEMPT FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
Meet at City Hall, Room No. 2 Basement, 1st Thursday in each month.
PRESIDENT,
1ST VICE-PRESIDENT,
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George W. A. Everett.
COR. SECRETARY, William E. Sprague.
4TH
FIRE APPARATUS. Engine Companies.
No. Name.
1. WASHINGTON,
2. NEPTUNE,
3. FRANKLIN,
4. EAGLE,
High street, near Fulton,
Canton street, near Myrtle avenue,
Pearl street, near Concord,
6. PROTECTOR,
7. CONSTITUTION,
8. NIAGARA,
9. CONTINENTAL,
10. COLUMBIA,
11. JACKSON,
12. PHOENIX,
13. ATLANTIC,
14. PACIFIC,
15. Disbanded.
16. MOUNT PROSPECT,
17. BROOKLYN, 18.
19. EMPIRE, 20. CLINTON, ,
Bergen street, near Court, Vanderbilt avenue, near Fulton avenue,
· 3d avenue, near 25th street, Degraw, near Court street,
. Hose Companies.
1. ATLANTIC,
2. MECHANIC,
3. ALERT,
4.
5. FRONTIER,
6. WASHINGTON, 7. AMERICUS,
1. LAFAYETTE,
2. CLINTON,
3. EMPIRE,
4. EXCELSIOR,
Henry street, near Cranberry, Pearl street, near Concord, Bedford avenue, near Myrtle avenue, Bergen street, near Court,
Bucket Company. Love lane, near Henry street,
1. CRYSTAL,
City Hall, City Armory, St. Michael's Church,
Fire Alarm Bells. Christ Church, Calvary Church, Engine House, No. 15, 4th District Station House.
Bell Ringers, City Hall.
1
Joseph Montross, ! Smith U. Cox.
Foreman. William Fitch.
Joseph Appleyard. F. B. Spinola. Thomas Giddings. Richard Cole.
John Cunningham. John H. Rhodes. Joseph Whiting. Francis Seinsoth. Charles Beck. Frederick Schols.
George Thompson. James K. Legget.
Thomas Garrett. Wm. Burrell.
James Morrison. David S. Simpson. John J. Green. David C. Healy.
Henry C. Frankliln. Peter H. Taws. Joseph St. John.
John A. Flanagan. James Kenmore. Charles McColgan.
Joseph Montross. - Morgan. John Seib. Ambrose Brown.
Edwin Underhill.
Engine House, No. 12, 2d Dist. Station House, 8d Dist. Station House,
James Dillon,
Daniel Van Voorhis.
5TH VICE-PRESIDENT, Jacob H. Striker.
George Hall.
REC. SECRETARY, Thomas R. Mercein.
3D
Henry Brant.
TREASURER, Henry Oakley.
Walter Barre.
Location.
Prospect street, near Main, Disbanded.
Henry street, near Cranberry,
5. UNION, .
Front street, near Bridge, Jay street, near Willoughby, Myrtle avenue, corner Vanderbilt avenue, Bedford avenue, near Myrtle avenue, Gold street, near Concord,
Graham street, near Flushing avenue, Court street, near Livingston,
Pierrepont street, near Fulton,
State street, near Nevin, Lawrence street, near Myrtle avenue,
21. PUTNAM, 22. MONTAUK,
Henry street, near Cranberry, Jay street, near Tillary, Hoyt street, near Livingston,
Hudson avenue, near York street, Adelphi street, near Myrtle avenue, High street, near Gold,
Hook and Ladder Companies.
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APPENDIX-(PUBLIC CISTERNS.)
FIRE DISTRICTS.
Boundaries.
FIRST DISTRICT .- Bounded by Montague street, Clinton street, Fulton street, Tillary street, Washington street, and East River to Montague. street.
SECOND DISTRICT .- Bounded by Montague street, Clinton street, Atlantic street, Court street, Gowanus Bay, New York Bay, and East River to Montague street.
THIRD DISTRICT .- Bounded by Court street, Atlantic street, Smith street, Fulton avenue, Bed- ford avenue, Atlantic avenue, Atlantic street, Flatbush avenue, Fifth avenue, Thirty-sixth street and Gowanus Bay to Court street.
FOURTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Clinton avenue, Fulton avenue, Jay street to Johnson street, a straight line thence to intersection of Navy street and Flushing avenue, and Flushing avenue to Clinton avenue.
FIFTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Washington street, Tillary street, Jay street to Johnson street. a straight line thence to south-west corner of Navy Yard, thence along Navy Yard wall to East River, and East River to Washington street.
SIXTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Tillary street, Jay street, Smith street, Atlantic street, Clinton street, and Fulton street to Tillary street.
SEVENTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Clinton avenue, Fulton avenue, Bedford avenue, De Kalb avenue, Nostrand avenue and Flushing avenue to Clinton avenue.
PUBLIC CISTERNS.
1 Corner High street and Fulton.
2 Second Presbyterian Church, Clinton street.
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