Brooklyn City Directory for the year ending May 1, 1867, Part 138

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Publication date: 1867
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Phenix Insurance Company, Brooklyn, D. V. 1


OFFICES, No. 1 COURT STREET, Corner of Montague Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. No. 139 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.


CASH CAPITAL,


$1,000,000.00


SURPLUS, 1


693,192.72


ASSETS,


$1,693,192.72


INSURANCE AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE, MARINE, LAKE, CANAL AND INLAND TRANSPORTATION. STEPHEN CROWELL, President. EDGAR W. CROWELL, Vice President. PHILANDER SHAW, Secretary.


Che Nassau Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.


No. 10 COURT STREET, Cor. Remsen, BROOKLYN No. 65 WALL STREET, NEW YORK.


DIRECTORS.


Wm. M. Harris,


Abiel A. Low,


John T. Martin,


John Halsey, Sam'l L. Mitchell, Wm. C. Fowler, John W. Hunter, John A. Lott, H. B. Claflin,


- Samuel Smith, Wm. Hunter, Jr. D. Van Voorbis, Silas Ludlam, Alex. Underhill, Jas. Weaver, John French, -


Thomas Stratton, S. L. Husted, Theo. Rogers,


B. F. Wardwell, J. W. Harper,


B. Valentine,


Geo. D. Morgan,


H. K. Corning,


Gos. C. Johnson,


L. M. Sheldon,


H. C. Murphy,


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Cyrus P. Smith,


Chas. H. Baxter,


James A. H. Bell,


John J. Vanderbilt.


THOMAS B. JONES, Secreary.


WM. M. HARRIS, President.


THOMAS M. HARRIS, A&s't Sec'y.


Horth River Insurance Company,


Office, 202 GREENWICH ST., in the City of New York.


CAPITAL, $350,000.


Continues to Insure against Loss or Damage by Fire and the casualties incident to inland navigation, upon favorable terms.


DIRECTORS.


W. C. Rhinelander, [ Jeremiah Lambert, | John C. Tucker, Chr. Zabriskie, Jr. | Michael Allison, Peter Martin, Edward Slosson, Esek H. Williams, W.C. Brinckerhoff, John J. Lagrave, John Slosson, Jay L. Adams, Waldo Hutchins, Edward Jones, Wm. H. Braman, Joshua Jones, Ed. H. Van Winkle Gul'n C. Verplanck /


John B. Hall, John Van Nest, ; Wm. Darrow, James Wiggins. Matt. Armstrong.


Sam'l V. Hoffman,


Geo. P. Rogers, , Eli White, Peter R. Warner, Howel Hoppock, Ebenez. Cauldwell; Stephen Conover, -


John A. Cross,


Conklin Brash,


Geo. A. Thorne, A. J. Beekman,


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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.


Ningara fire Insurance Company, Office, 12 Wall Street, New York.


Capital Stock paid in, - - -


$1,000,000.00


Gross Surplus January 1, 1866, Liabilities, - -


- 296,030.30 21,326.50


DIRECTORS.


David Stewart, John Mortimer, Jr. J. Taylor Johnston Edward Elsworth, Ezra Wheeler,


Peter Naylor, Joseph W. Meeks, Wm. H. Wisner, Wm. D. Thompson O. H. Gordon,


Geo. F. Thomae,


Lloyd Aspinwall,


Henry Rowland, H. D. Walbridge, James Stokes, Isaac A. Crane, Edw'd L. Hedden, E. Reed Mclivaine, James R. Taylor,


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B. G. Arnold, - Fred. Schuchardt, Coe Adams, R. Burkhalter, W. W. Parkin, H. H. Warden, H. H. Swift, David Wagstaff, Henderson Moore, Daniel S. Schanck, Robert H. Ober, P. Notman.


P. NOTMAN, Secretary. JONATHAN D. STEELE, President.


HENRY KIP, Superintendent of Agencies. JULIUS DAVENPORT, Agent, Cor. Oxford St. and Fulton Av.


ew York Equitable Insurance Company.


No. 58 WALL STREET, opposite HANOVER STREET.


CASH CAPITAL, $210,000,


WITH A LARGE SURPLUS.


CHARTERED, 1823.


This Company continues to Insure against Loss or Damage by Fire on the most favorable terms.


JOHN MILLER, Secretary.


RICHARD J. THORNE, Presideut


THE LONG ISLAND SAVINGS BANK OF BROOKLYN Cor. of Fulton & Adams Sts., opposite New Court House. OPEN DAILY from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M., and every Monday & Saturday from 5 to 8 P. M. OFFICERS.


JAMES M. SEABURY,


PHILIP S. CROOKE,


Vice Presidents.


JOHN S. MACKAY, Treasurer and Secretary. JOHN C. PERRY, Attorney and Counsel.


Philip S. Crooke,


John H. Seebeck,


James M. Seabury,


A. F. Campbell,


Alfred M. Wood,


Edward B. Fowler,


Charles Jones,


George W. Johnson, Alexander Agar, John C. Middendorf,


John S. Mackay, Samuel Booth,


Samuel B. Stewart, John L. Ryder,


W'm. J. Cropsey, H. P. Whitney, Franklin Bell, John C. Perry.


A TABLE showing the sum that a deposit in the Bank of ONE DOLLAR a duy will amount to cach 13 year for the period of YEARS, interest being added to the principal semi-annually at the rate of six per cent. per annum. A deposit of One Dollor a day for % year is $182 50, 2 74.


Interest on


do. from average date -


Amount at end of ist 12 year


$185 24


Amount at the end of 4 years $1647 22


Amount at the end of 7 years $3165 08


=


376 04


7%


3445 27


=


1% "


572 56


5


2123 58


8


3733 87


44


:2


774 98


5%


2372 53


"


9


4337 30


=


3


1198 21


.


2893 95


"


10 4977 48


Economy is wealth, and a dorlar saved is a dollar made. Every dollar deposited in the LONG ISLAND SAVINGS BANK OF BROOKLYN, will prove "in time of need a friend indeed."


91%


4652 66


13% "


1419 40


6


2628 94


4031 13


..


983 47


Benjamin F. Delano.


Elizur G. Webster,


President.


SAMUEL B.STEWART,


TRUSTEES.


1881 88


P. E. Norton,


Thos. C. Doremus,


T. B. Coddington,


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APPENDIX -LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.


LITERARY INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES.


BROOKLYN ART ASSOCIATION.


Office, P. O. Bldg. Montague President, R. Gignoux. Vice-President, Ethelbert S. Mills. Treasurer, Gordon L. Ford. Secretary, John Williamson.


BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE AND POLY- TECHNIC INSTITUTE. - Livingston st., bet. Court and Boerum.


President, Isaac H. Frothingham Secretary, Josiah O. Low. Treasurer, Alexander M. White. Registrar and Clerk, Robert Foster.


TRUSTEES.


J. S. T. Stranahan, Luther B. Wyman, S. B. Chittenden, Josiah O. Low, John T. Martin, George A. Jarvis, Charles S. Bay- lis, James How, D. S. Landon, I. H. Froth- ingham, Charles R. Marvin, Albert S. Barnes, Alexander M. White, E. T. H. Gibson, Walter T. Hatch, John L. Pope, John D. Mckenzie.


FACULTY.


D. H. Cochran, Ph. D., Pres., George W. Collord, A. M., J. J. Lewis, A. M., Jean Gustave Keetels, A.M., Robert Foster, A. M., Rufus Sheldon, A. M., George W. Plympton, A. M., E. C. Seymour, A. M., Constantine Hertzberg.


BROOKLYN HEIGHTS SEMINARY .- 886, 8, and 90 Montague Place. BOARD OF INSTRUCTION.


Charles E. West, LL. D., Principal, Pro- prietor and Lecturer on the Natural Sci- ences and the Fine Arts. Rev. R. S. Storrs, Jr., D. D., Lecturer on the Evidences of Christianity. Rev. John Lord, Lecturer on History. A. N. Bell, M. D., Lecturer on Physiology. And twelve teachers in other departments of instruction.


BOARD OF VISITORS.


Rev. R. S. Storrs, Jr., D. D., President, Rev. Frederick A. Farley, D. D. Hon. John Greenwood, Rev. William J. Budington, D. D., Hon. James Humphrey, Rev. J. S. Holme, Rev. J. E. Rockwell, D. D., Rev. Charles Robinson, J. Carson Brevoort, Esq., Rev. James Eells, D. D., Rev. A. Littlejohn, D. D., Luther B. Wyman, Esq., Isaac H. Frothingham, Esq., Rev. J. B. Waterbury, D. D., Rev. E. L. Taylor, D. D., Hon. Jesse O. Smith, C. L. Mitchell, M. D., W. K. Brown, M. D., Rev. Edward Taylor.


BRYANT, STRATTON & CLARK'S BROOKLYN COMMERCIAL & BUSI- NESS COLLEGE, Hamilton Building, 13, 14, 15, 16 Court st. (Opposite the City Hall.)


H. B. Bryant, H. D. Stratton, W.H. Clark, Proprietors.


H. D. Stratton, General Superintendent of the chain of Colleges.


H. B. Bryant, General Superintendent of the Course of Instruction.


W. H. Clark, Resident Principal


FACULTY.


W. H. Clark, H. B. Bryant, H. D. Strat- ton C. C. Curtis, H. S. Parks, E.B. Husted, Instructors in the Science of Accounts, Com- mercial Law, and Mathematics, and Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Business. O. C. Curtis, W. H. Clark, Instructors of Spencerian Penmanship and Commercial Correspondence.


BROOKLYN INSTITUTE AND YOUTHS' FREE LIBRARY-184 Washington st.


ESTABLISHED 1823. CHARTERED 1824.


President, Peter G. Taylor. Vice President, Jesse O. Smith. Treasurer, Thomas Rowe. Secretary, Alfred R. Young.


TRUSTEES.


Isaac H. Frothingham, Crawford. C.Smith, James Howe, S. W. Sneden. Peter G. Tay- lor, Thomas Rowe, Hosea Webster.


DIRECTORS.


Thomas Woodward, William Everdell, Jr., Jesse C. Smith, Alfred M. Wood, Duncan Littlejohn, Charles H. Baxter, Alfred Young, E. L. Mollineux, J. D. Fish, T. K. Horton, Isaac Badeau.


Librarian, J. McGeorge.


BROOKLYN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. (E. D.) 90 S. 8th.


President, Sylvester Wood. Vice President, Wm. J. Combs. Recording Secretary, Henry S. Germond. Corresponding Sec., Richard H. Huntley. Treasurer, T. F. Jackson.


DIRECTORS.


Ambrose Snow, W. J. Coombs, R. H. Huntley, W. R. Scofield, Thomas Field, T. F. Jackson, Henry Germond, Samuel Trus- low, George M. Klots, Oren M. Beach, James Gridley, James Hall.


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APPENDIX-LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.


CAPITOLINE ASSOCIATION-Rooms, Fui- ton avenue, corner Gallatin place.


President, John W. Carrington. Vice-President, Charles Holt. Recording Sec., Martin E. Elmendorf. Corresponding Sec., H. P. Johnson. Treasurer, T. Edward Fleet.


TRUSTEES.


D. Austin Taylor, Merritt W. Griswold, James H. Hart, George S. Moulton, Samuel T. Dauchy, Edward F. Cronyn.


CATHOLIC [LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, Court, near Joralemon.


President, John Duane. Vice-President, Charles Doherty. Corresponding Secretary, O. J. Kelly. Recording Secretary, John J. Smith. Treasurer, Thomas Cassin.


DIRECTORS.


S. C. Leach, Thomas Carroll, John Courtney, James M. Lennon, Martin Dee- gan, Michael Maher, John F. Hennessy, Jr., John McHugh.


Librarian, John A. Mackay.


HAMILTON LITERARY ASSOCIA- TION OF BROOKLYN.


Founded 1832. Chartered 1842. Rooms, Court c. Joralemon.


Treasurer, John F. Baker.


LAW LIBRARY OF BROOKLYN, No. 4 Court House.


President, Philip S. Crooke. Secretary, Henry Hagner. Treasurer, John P. Rolfe.


TRUSTEES.


P. S. Crooke, H. Hagner, John P. Rolfe, H. C. Murphy, N. B. Morse, J. N. Taylor, John Greenwood.


LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


H. Hagner, J. P. Rolfe, J. N. Taylor. Librarian, S. C. Betts.


LIBRARY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, and 23.


S. 3d c. 5th, E. D.


Free to all inhabitants within the limits of said districts.


Open to the public on Tuesdays and Fridays from 4 to 6, and from 7 to 9 P. M .; open to children on Wednesdays and Satur- days from 4 to 6 P. M.


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TRUSTEES.


J. S. Burr, D. L. Northrup, T. W. Field, D. D. Winans, J. Hall, J. Murphy, D. Manjer, C. H. Schapps, H. G. Burnham, J. R. Jurgens, S. M. Meeker, R. C. Brainerd. Librarian, S. S. Martin.


Long Island Historical Society.


Rooms, No. 14 Court street, Hamilton Building.


PRESIDENT, J. CARSON BREVOORT.


FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. JOHN GREENWOOD.


SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, CHARLES E. WEST.


FOREIGN CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, JOHN WINSLOW.


RECORDING SECRETARY, A. COOKE HULL.


TREASURER,


CHARLES CONGDON.


LIBRARIAN, GEORGE HANNAH.


DIRECTORS.


Charles Congdon. Roswell Graves, Thomas W. Field, A. Cooke Hull, M.D., J. M. Van Cott, Ethelbert S. Mills, R. S. Storrs, Jr., D.D., Henry R. Stiles, M.D., A. N. Little- john, D.D., Charles E. West, LL.D., J. Car- son Brevoort, W. I. Buddington, D.D,, A. A. Low, George W. Parsons, A. J. Spooner, John Winslow, George S. Stephen- son, Hon. John Greenwoo 1, S. B. Chitten- den, Hon. Henry C. Murphy, William Poole, Henry Sheldon, Elias Lewis, Jr., Theo. L. Mason, M.D., Henry E. Pierrepont, George Hannah.


MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIA- TION OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. Athenaum, Atlantic street, cor. Clinton.


DIRECTORS.


President, Franklin Woodruff; Vice-Pre- sident, John R. Kennaday ; Corresponding Secretary, Adrian Van Sinderen ; Record- ing Secretary, Raymond Jenkins; Trea- surer, Coe Adams. Josiah B. Blossom, Camden C. Dike, William A. Fowler, James H. Frothingham, Benjamin P. Lunt, Fran- cis D. Moulton, George S. Nichols, Dudley W. Van Ingen, G. H. Van Wagenen, Isaac B. Wellington.


Librarian, Frank H. Norton.


APPENDIX-MILITARY.


PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Joralemon street, between Court and Clinton. President, A. A. Low. Treasurer, John H. Prentice. Secretary, Jos. W. Harper.


TRUSTEES.


Richard P. Buck, A. B. Baylis, C. P. Smith, J. S. Thorne, P. O. Cornell, J. W. Harper, J. H. Prentice, A. W. Benson, A. A. Low, Fisher Howe, Loomis Ballard,


John Haslett. J. M. Van Cott, S. R. Chit- tenden, David Coope, and his Honor, the Mayor. Principal, A. Chittenden, A. M.


WORKINGMEN'S LIBRARY ASSO- CIATION.


Fulton av. c. Carlton av. President, Myron S. Tanner. Secretary, Samuel Teather. Treasurer, W. H. Thomas. Librarian, William Denike. 1


MILITARY.


SECOND DIVISION N. Y. S. N. G., comprising the counties of Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan. H. B. Duryea, Major-General.


Staff.


Inspector,


Col. William J. Steele.


Engineer,


Julius W. Adams.


Judge Advocate, Harmanus B. Hubbard


Surgeon, George Cochran. Quartermaster, Lt. Col. William H. Hasted.


Paymaster, Maj. William H. Bergen.


Aid-de-Camp, Maj. D. M. Tallmage.


S. B. Duryea.


FIFTH BRIGADE. Located in Kings County. Philip S. Crooke, Brigadier-General.


Staff.


Inspector,


David T. Dean.


Surgeon,


Thomas McAllister, M. D.


Quartermaster, James Mooney.


Aid. . George Chappell.


Engineer, William H. McNary.


Paymaster, Thomas O. Dakin.


Judge Advocate, Cornelius H. Murphy.


13th REGIMENT-INFANTRY.


Colonel, John B. Woodward. Lieutenant-Colonel, William A, McKee.


Major, Joseph B. Leggett.


Adjutant, James B. Beach.


14th REGIMENT-INFANTRY.


Colonel, Edward B. Fowler.


Lieutenant-Colonel, Robert B. Jordan.


Major, Henry T. Head.


Adjutant, John V. Cit.


28th REGIMENT-INFANTRY.


Colonel, Caspar Urban.


Lieutenant-Colonel, Adam Schipper.


Major,


Joseph Burger.


John Hess.


Adjutant,


70th REGIMENT-CAVALRY.


Colonel, William J. Cropsey. Lieutenant-Colonel, Francis C. Gruning. Major, Robert Smith. John McLeer.


Ist BATTERY HEAVY ARTILLERY.


Major,


Horace A. Sprague.


John T. Roberts.


Adjutant,


ELEVENTH BRIGADE.


Brigadier General, Jesse C. Smith.


Staff.


Major, (A.A.G.)


Major Benjamin Haskell.


Engineer,


" Edwin O. Hotchkiss.


Judge Advocate,


" Roswell C.Brainard.


Surgeon,


" Fowler Prentice.


Quartermaster,


Capt. Lebbeus Chapman.


Com. of Subsistence.


Robt. C. Ogden.


Paymaster,


Henry J. Cipperly.


Aide-de-Camp,


Jno. Berry.


23d REGIMENT-INFANTRY.


Colonel,


Calvin E. Pratt.


Lieutenant-Colonel, Rodney C. Ward,


Major,


Henry T. Chapman.


Act. Adjutant,


Charles H. Hunter.


47th REGIMENT-INFANTRY,


Colonel,


Jeremiah V. Meserole.


Lieutenant-Colonel,


Henry W. Banks.


Major,


Daniel E. Austin.


Adjutant,


Isaac J. Geery.


52d REGIMENT-INFANTRY.


Colonel,


M. W. Cole.


Lieutenant-Colonel,


Major,


Adjutant,


56th REGIMENT-INFANTRY.


Colorel,


John Q. Adams.


Lieutenant-Colonel,


Major,


John H. Stiles.


Adjutant,


Edwin Ludlam.


HOWITZER BATTERY-LIGHT AR- TILLERY.


Captain,


Joseph A. Amour.


Adjutant,


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APPENDIX-MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES.


MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.


ARMY AND NAVY ASSOCIATION. 345 Fulton. President, Gen. James Jourdan. Vice-Presidents, Col. E. B. Fowler, Col. Thomas Mulcahy, Lieut. James McLeer. Treasurer, Gen. Philip S. Crooke. Secretary, Capt. A. W. H. Gill.


Brooklyn Academy of Design. 853 Fulton.


President, William Hart. Vice-Presi- dents, A. H. Ritche, Alonzo Chappel. Re- cording Secretary, J. B. Whittaker. Corre- sponding Secretary, Rufus Wright. Treas- urer, E. D. Plympton.


Brooklyn Academy of Music. Montague n. Court.


Incorporated pursuant to a special act of the Legislature, March 19, 1859. CAPITAL $200,000.


President, Henry E. Pierrepont.


Vice President,


Alexander M. White,


Treasurer, Isaac H. Frothingham. A. Cooke Hull.


Secretary,


DIRECTORS.


Edward Whitehouse, Robert R. Raymond, Alexander McQue, W. M. Richards,


Edward Lambert, John Greenwood,


Gordon L. Ford, William H. Sanger,


E. S. Mills, Willard M. Newell, Alexander M. White, A. W. Benson, Edwin D. Plympton, John W. Degrauw, A. Cooke Hull,


Seymour L. Husted,


J. O. Low, Henry E. Pierrepont,


G. S. Stephenson, Luther B. Wyman,


John Bullard, Charles A. Townsend,


Henry R. Sheldon, Isaac H. Frothingham, Marcellus Massey.


Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.


Office Joralemon c. Court.


Pres. R. W, Ropes. Vice-President, S. B. Chittenden, J. O. Low, Horace B. Claflin, George S. Stephenson, J. E. Southworth. Treasurer Henry Rowland. Recording Sec- retary, Joseph E. Paine. Corresponding Secretary and General Agent, Rev. Samuel Bayliss. Executive Committee, James H. Storrs, William H. Mellen, Hugh Allen, Elias Lewis, Henry Messenger,J. B. Hutch- inson, Dwight Johnson, Richard P. Buck.


Brooklyn Benevolent Society. Office, 66 Amity.


Rt. Rev. J. McLoughlin, President Charles Kelsey, Secretary. T. J. Glover, Treasurer. Michael Burke, Agent.


Brooklyn Children's Aid Society.


FOUNDED JANUARY 13, 1866.


Lodging-House : Poplar, corner Poplar lane. Cash Fund, $25,430. Real Estate, house and lot on State street.


President, S. B. Chittenden. Secretary, Edward Cary. Treasurer, C. D. Wood. Superintendent, - Lawrence.


Brooklyn R. C. Asylum.


Female Asylum, Congress n. Clinton. Male Asylum, Jay c. Chapel.


President, Rt. Rev. J. McLoughlin, First Vice-President, Thomas Carroll; Second Vice-President, Thomas Kelly ; Secretary, Cornelius Kelly ; Assistant Secretary, John D. Mahoney ; Treasurer, P. O. Leach


Brooklyn Society for the Relief of Respect- able Aged Indigent Females.


Washington avenue, near De Kalb avenue.


OFFICIAL BOARD .- First Directress, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan ; Second Directress, Mrs. Hosea Webster; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. J. R. St. John; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Nathan Burchard; Treasurer, Mrs. David M. Stone.


Church Charity Foundation.


President, Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, D.D .; Vice-President, Rev. Jacob W. Diller, D. D .; Secretary, Charles Congdon; Treasurer, Mr. John C. Smith.


Female Employment Society.


65 Court. Established in 1854.


President, Mrs. A.A. Low ; Vice-President, Mrs. H. Starr; Secretary, Mrs. William Brooks; Treasurer, Mrs. A. A. Bedell.


Industrial School and Home for Destitute Children.


Butler, corner Seventh avenue.


First Directress, Mrs. Fisher Howe; Sec- ond Directress, Mrs. Jesse C. Smith ; Trea- urer, Miss Ellen Thurston; Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Mills; Corresponding Secretary, Miss M. Jarvis.


Juvenile House of Industry-Flatbush.


Supt. and Teacher, Truant officers,


Charles Demarest, John Murray, Francis A. Gallagher, Owen Dennin.


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APPENDIX-POLICE DEPARTMENT.


Mt. Prospect Industrial School Society. Atlantic av. c. Grand av.


First Directress, Mrs. S. B. Jenkins. Se- cond Directress, Mrs. H. P. Messenger. Re- cording Secretary, Mrs. M. C. Robinson. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. R. J. Man- gan. Treasurer, Mrs. M. A. Welch.


Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn. Protestant.


Cumberland n. Myrtle av.


First Directress, Mrs. John B. Hutchinson. Second Directress, Mrs. A. H. Dana. Treas- urer, Mrs. D. M. Delamater. Corresponding Secretary, Miss Insley. Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. P. Weld. Matron, Celia Matern.


Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn.


President, L. B. Wyman. First Vice- President, John Greenwood. Second Vice- President, Charles Congdon. Treasurer, A. Cooke Hull. Secretary, A. V. B. Van Dyck. Executive Committee.


William Pool, C. A. Townsend, H. K. Sheldon, A. V. Blake, G. W. Warren.


TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT ARMORY ASSOCIATION.


FULTON O. ORANGE.


CAPITAL STOCK $250,000, Divided into 10,000 shares, par value, $25. (Officers not elected.)


Williamsburgh Industrial School. 5th c. S. 3d (E. D.)


First Directress, Mrs. Lyons. Second Di- rectress, Mrs. Davies. Secretary, Mrs. N. W. Wheeler. Treasurer, Mrs. P. Price.


War Fund Committee of the City of Brook- lyn and County of Kings.


16 Court.


Chairman, Hon. J. S. T. Stranahan. Se- cretary, Walter S. Griffith.


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


Inspector-JOHN S. FOLK, )


Office, Washington c. Johnson.


Clerk-CHARLES VIDETO, GEORGE COCHRAN,


Surgeons of Police, NELSON L. NORTH. Patrolmen detailed to the Inspector's Office. Henry W. Van Wagner, Israel Denton, Charles S. Frost, David M. Corwin, William H. Folk.


Forty-first Precinct-Joel Smith, Captain, Station, Washington n. Johnson. Forty-second Precinct-Enoch Jacobs, Captain, York c. Jay.


Forty-third Precinct-George Rhodes, Captain, Court n. Butler. Forty-fourth Precinct-George Waddy, Captain, Myrtle av. c. Vanderbilt av. Forty-fifth Precinct-Cornelius Woglom, Captain, N. 5th, h 5th, E. D. Forty-sixth Precinct-James Mullin, Captain, Wyckoff n. Ewen, E. D. Forty-seventh Precinct-Albert Stearns, Acting Captain, Franklin c. Union av. Forty-eighth Precinct-William H. Brown, Captain, 4th av. c. 19th. Forty-ninth Precinct-Oliver B. Leach, Captain, Fulton av. c. Bedford av. Fiftieth Precinct-James Powers, Captain, Flatbush av. n. Bergen.


SANITARY POLICE.


Henry Boice, Acting Sergeant, Charles H. Lott, James R. Morrell, Horace Strang,


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George Bell, Thomas Harold, James Waldron, John Van Saun.


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APPENDIX-POST-OFFICES. AND RAILROAD COMPANIES.


BROOKLYN POST-OFFICE.


Montague n. Court.


Office open, from April 1 to October 1, 7 A. M. to 8 P. M; October 1 to April 1 74 A. M. to 7} P. M. Sundays from 8} to 94 A. M.


Mails for Jamaica, Hempstead, Huntington, and Babylon, close daily (Sundays excepted) at 12} M.


The carriers will leave the office at 8 A. M. and 3 P. M.


1 Foreign and California mails close one-half hour before the time of closing in New York. Long Island mail eloses at 73 P. M. from October 1 to April 1, ; at 8 P. M., from April 1 to October 1.


. New York mail closes at 9:30 A. M., 1 P. M., 2, 5, and 73 P. M., from October 1 to April 1; at 8 P. M., from April 1 to October 1.


The mail for Williamsburgh arrives at 9:30 A. M. and 3:30 P. M. The mail for Flatbush, Flatlands, closes daily (Sundays excepted) at 8 A. M. Arrives daily (Sundays excepted) at 8 A. M. The mail for Crescoe and Gravesend closes daily (Sundays excepted) at 8 A. M. Arrives daily (Sundays excepted) at 8 A. M. Fort Hamilton mail closes at 2 P. M. and 8 P. M. Arrives at 9:30 A. M. and 3:30 P. M. New Utrecht mail closes at 2 P. M. and arrives at 8 P. M.


Canarsie mail arrives and departs at 3 P. M., on Tuesdays and Fridays.


Postage to England, Ireland and Scotland, 24 cents each half an ounce; to France, 15 cents, every quarter of an ounce; Germany - Bremen mail, 15 cents; Prussian closed mail 30 cents.


GEORGE B. LINCOLN, P. M. JOSEPH M. SIMONSON, Assistant.


Williamsburgh Post-Office. 78 4th, E. D.


Office open from 7 A.M.to 73 P.M .; Sundays from 8.30 A. M., to 9 A. M .; and from 6 to 6.30, P. M.


The Carriers will leave the Office at 8.15, A. M., and 2.30, P. M.


New York mails close at 12, M., 3} and 7, P. M.


Mails arrive at 7, A. M. 2 and 5 P. M. Extra Mail on Saturdays at 9, A. M.


JOHN S. ALLEN, P. M.


Greenpoint Post-Office.


Franklin n. Greenpoint av.


Office open daily(Sundays excepted), from 6, A. M. to 9. P. M., on Sunday from 8 to 11, A.M. Mail arrives at 8 A.M. and 7.30, P. M. Mail closes at 11.30, A.M. and 6.30, P. M. CHARLES MOCARTIE, P.M


RAILROAD COMPANIES.


BROADWAY RAILROAD COMPANY.


Office, 12 S. 7th E. D.


President, John A. Cross. Vice-President, Seymour L. Huested. Treasurer, George Fields. Secretary, Robert Seely. J


BROOKLYN AND JAMAICA RAIL- WAY COMPANY.


Office, 33 Atlantic.


President and Treasurer, A. H. Lowerre. Secretary, N. O. Suydam. Superintendent, D. J. Molloy.


BROOKLYN CITY AND NEWTOWN RAILROAD COMPANY.


Office, Front c. Dock.


President, John M. Phelps: Vice-President, Edward Pell. Secretary and Acting Treasurer, W. V. Le Count. Superintendent, William Frazier.


BROOKLYN CITY RAILROAD COM- PANY. Office 10 Fulton.


President, H. R. Pierson.


Vice-President, O. P. Smith. Treasurer, Fisher Howe. Cashier and Secretary, William B. Lewis. Paymaster, Francis De Pfhul.


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APPENDIX-RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.


BROOKLYN, FAST NEW YORK AND | LONG ISLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. ROCKAWAY RAILROAD.


Office, 345 Fulton. President, Joseph G. Ward. Vice-President, Earl K. Cooley. Treasurer, John L. Spader. Secretary, Frederick A. Goodal.


CONEY ISLAND & BROOKLYN RAIL- ROAD COMPANY.


Office, 15th c. 11th av. Capital, $500,000-Shares, $100. President, John D. Murdock. Secretary, Edward Drayton. Superintendent, F. D. Quevedo.


GRAND STREET & NEWTOWN RAIL- ROAD COMPANY. Office, 1st c. S. 7th. President, John T. Runcie. Treasurer, P. C. Harmon. Secretary, Alex. G. Harmon.


Office, Hunter's Point. President, Oliver Charlick.


VAN BRUNT STREET & ERIE BASIN RAILROAD COMPANY.


Office, Van Brunt n. Richards.


President, A. Foster. Treasurer, H. R. Pierson. Superintendent, John Cunningham.


RIDGEWOOD RAILROAD COMPANY. Office, 363 Fulton. President, E. R. Phelps. Secretary, W. H. Leaycraft.


SACKETT, HOYT & BERGEN STREET RAILROAD COMPANY. Office, foot of Hamilton av.


RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.


Brooklyn City Bible Society.


Depository, 33 Court.


President, R. P. Buck. Vice-Presidents, Dwight Johnson, Abram B. Baylis. Corres- ponding Secretary, Rev. J. Eells. Treasurer, B. W. De Lamater. Recording Secretary, C. C. Mudge.


Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society. Depository, 48 Court.


President, R. S. Storrs, Jr. D. D. Vice- President, Theodore Hinsdale. Correspond- ing Secretary, Rev. E. H. Canfield, D. D. Recording Secretary, Henry Rowland. Treas- urer, George A. Bell.


Brooklyn Female Bible Mission Society.


Auxiliary to the Brooklyn City Bible Soci- ety. Established 1850.


First Directress, Mrs. M. L. Thalheimer. Second Directress, Mrs. G. C. White. Cor- responding Secretary, Mrs. Dr. L. S. Hodge. Recording Secretary, Mrs. William Brooks. Treasurer, Mrs. R. L. Wyckoff.


Brooklyn Sabbath School Union. Organized, 1837-Registered, 1855.


President, Andrew A. Smith. Vice-Presi- dent, Samuel L. Parsons. Corresponding Sec- retary, A. B. Capwell. Recording Secretary, Israel A. Barker. Treasurer. C. C. Mudge. Assistant Secretary, John R. Morris,


Monthly concerts second Monday eve- ning of each month at the different churches.


North Brooklyn Bible Society. Depository, 169 Grand.


Committee of Managers-J. L. Bennet, S. Tuttle, A. L. Van Blarcom, Joseph Wilde, Edwin A. Clark.




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