NATIONAL BANKS-MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX-Continued, President. Cashie Capital. Surplus. Deposits. $3,000,000 $4,460,000 $24,000,000 F, B. Schenck.. Jas. V. Lett. 600,000 326,000 6,200,000 P. C. Lounsbury..A. 8. Apar 2,000,000 1,410,000 25,000,000 R. M. Gallaway., W. B. T. Keyst. 25,000,000 10,315,000 82,500,000 J. C. Hendrix.... W. C. Duvall 2,000,000 2,000,000 19,400,000 E. L. Edwards... A, H. Curtis. 300,000 75,000 2,855.000 D. H. Rowland.. W. H. Chase. 1,550,000 650,0001 9,800,000 E. S. Schenck.. 25.000.000 15,825,000 135,000,000 Jas. Stillman. 3,000,000 6,900,000 72,000,000 Richard Delafield. 8,300,000 W. L. Moyer.. 8,800,000 R. R. Moore.. 5,000,000 F. L. Leland. 6,700,000 Jas. Rowland. of Exchange pl. & William st. 683 Broadway. 407 Broadway. 52 Wall st.. 214 Broadway. & Broadway & Chambers st.. 1,000,000 500,000 200,000 1,000,000 Western Nat. of 79 8th ave... 90 West Broadway. 692 Broadway. William and Wall sts. 18 Broadway; 5th ave, and 23d st. 21 West 34th st. Broadway and 42d st. 365,000 550,000 640,000 900,000 300,000 200,000 1,000,000 320,0 500,000 1,350,000 300,000 1,225,000 200,000 200,000 1,000,000 200,000 10,000,000 3,270,000 Organized in 1903. † Has branches in different parts of the city. Name. Bank of America.. 46 Wall st. Bowery.. STATE BANKS-MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX. Location. Amst'rd'm av. & 155th st 100,000 250,000 Century. West End av. & 106th st 100,000 President. Capital. Surplus. Deposits. 50.000 700,000 250,000 200,000 500,000 1,000,000 50,000 185,000 250,000 400,000 200.000 175,000 175 Broadway. 750,000 1,000,000 470 Broadway. 422,700 205.0001 395 Canal st. 200,000 350,000 5th ave, and 58th st. 100,000 100.000 100,000 100.000 95 Nassau st. 378 Grand st. Oriental.. Pacific. People's. Plaza. Royal. 85th st. and 3d ave... 100,000 150,000 West Side.. Yorkville. 815,000 J. F. Sproull. 2,295,000 H. S. King. 3,875,000 C. F. Teitjen. 1,900,000 R. Van der Emde. * Organized 1903. Has branches in different parts of the city. Capital and surplus. Crust Companies in Greater New York. THE POWERS OF TRUST COMPANIES. Under section 156 of the Ranking laws of this State, the following powers are, in effect, given to Trust Companies: Cashier, F. B. French. Geo. E. Edwards. H. B. Parsons. nicipality or corporation; to act as executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, and as committee of the estate of persons of unsound mind; to accept and execute any and all trusts with regard to the holding, management and disposition of any estate or property that may be granted or confided to it; to supply investment securities; to act as registrar for corporate securities; to act as legal depository for court and estate funds, and to furnish foreign drafts or bills of exchange to its clients. TRUST COMPANIES IN MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX, Compiled from Report of Superintendent of Banks, 1903. To transact a general banking business; to receive deposits of money on active account, subject to check at sight, and to allow interest thereon; to receive eposits in trust; to loan money on bond and mortgage, personal security, business paper or approved collaterals; to act as fiscal or transfer agent, or as trustee under any mortgage or bond issued by any mu Trust Co. of Republic. U. S. Mortgage and Trust. United States. Deposits in trust only. Name of Company. 54 Wall st. 36 Wall st.. 115 Broadway. 323 Grand st. 30 Nassau st. 59 Cedar st. 751 5th ave. 280 Broadway. 575 5th ave.... TRUST COMPANIES IN BROOKLYN. President. 7,516,338 47,461,446 3,548,517 12:206,192 12,271,907 55,223,227 Theodore F. Miller. 1,000,000 500,000 1,000,000 1,581,632 7,932,521 3,455,679 S. B. Dutcher. Beggars in the City. Like all great cities, New York is Infested with beggars. Efforts have been made, but without much success, to suppress them, and charitably disposed people have tried to arrange so that no one should suffer for want of food. If accosted by one of them, he should be referred to any of the following addresses, where the case will be investigated, and if found needy, his wants will be relieved with as little delay as possible. The Charity Organization Society, Fourth avenue and Twenty-second street, 9 Chambers street, 297 Broome street, 208 East Fiftieth street, 169 East Sixty-third street, 594 Seventh avenue, 527 Amsterdam avenue, 15 East One Hundred and Twen ty-fifth street. At night they should be referred to the Wayfarers' Lodge, 516 West Twenty-eighth street. Courts in Greater New York. Appellate Division, Supreme Court, First Judicial Department-Court house, Madison Ave, and 25th St. Charles H. Van Brunt, Presiding Justice; Edward Patterson. Morgan J. O'Brien, George L. Ingraham, Chester B. McLaughlin, Edward W. Hatch, Frank C. Laughlin, Justices. Supreme Court, First Department-County court house, Chambers St. Justices, Charles H. Truax, George C. Barrett, Charles F. McLean, Leonard A. Glegerich, James A. O'Gorman, Henry Bischoff, Jr., John J. Freedman, P. Henry Dugro, John Proctor Clarke, Henry A. Gildersleeve, Francis M. Scott, Samuel M. Greenbaum, James Fitzgerald, David Leaventritt, James A. Blanchard, Edward E. McCall, Vernon M. Davis, Edward B. Amend. Garretson, Samuel J. Maddox, Josiah T. Marean Court of General Sessions. Criminal Courts Ball ing. Elm, White and Franklin Sts.-Rufus B. Cow ing, City Judge; John W. Goff, Recorder; Joseph E Newburger, Martin T. McMahon, Warren W. Foster Judges of the Court of General Sessions Court of Special Sessions, Criminal Courts Bu ing, Elm, White and Franklin Sts.-First DivisionJustices, Elizar B. Hinsdale, William E. Wran John B. McKean, William C. Holbrook, Julius & Mayer, Willard H. Olmstead. Second Division-Justices, John Courtney, Howard J. Forker, Patrick Keady, John Fleming, Thom W. Fitzgerald, Joseph L. Kerrigan. City Court of the City of New York, No. 3 Chambers St.-James M. Fitzsimmons, Chief Justi John H. McCarthy, Lewis J. Conlan, Edward F O'Dwyer, Theodore F. Hascall, Francis B. Der hanty, Samuel Seabury. Supreme Court, Second Department - Justices, A Prisoner's Rights in the State of New York. (From information furnished at the office of the District-Attorney.) In felony cases a prisoner may be admitted to bail in the discretion of the court, with the exception of prisoners charged with murder in the first degree. If the prisoner is charged with a misdemeanor a police sergeant on duty at the station house must take bail, the amount of which must not exceed $500. If a prisoner desires to furnish his own bail he must deposit the amount in cash with the City Chamberlain, who issues a certificate of deposit. This certificate is then turned over to the sergeant or magistrate and the prisoner is released. If after his release the prisoner desires to substitute a bondsman for his cash bail he may do so. If the prisoner does not want to furnish cash bail he has the right t Under no circumstances will the New York Countr District-Attorney's office accept the bail of a surety not a resident of the county. The bondsman mist be worth the amount specified in the bond, exclusive of property exempt from execution. If the prisoner fails to appear in court as stip lated in the bond his bond is forfeited and he is subject to rearrest and prosecution. Altitudes of Greater New York. The following table gives the surface elevations in feet above high water mark at the points indicated: Highest Richmond-Near Toad Hi'l. Feet. Lowest. Richmond-South Beach.. Feet. 10 Manhattan-Houston street, corner Mangin street.. 3 05 5 1.15 Brooklyn-Ocean Parkway, corner of Canal avenue. 3 Excise in Greater New York. Table showing the number of licenses issued and net receipts under excise boards for the year ending April 30. 1896 (old law), together with the number of tax certificates in force and net receipts for the year ending April 30, 1903 (new law), in Greater New York. EXCISE STATISTICS OF NEW YORK STATE. Table showing the number of licenses issued and net receipts under excise boards for the year ending April 30, 1896 (old law), toge her with the number of tax certificates in force and net receipts for the year ending April 30, 1903 (new law), for every county in the State: No. of sued, Laws Force Aprit (Old Law). (New Law) Cayuga.. Chautauqua. 215 171 15,607.07 30,191.99 22.096.79 47,819.35 15,945.50 31,873.85 Chemung. 321 215 20,167.17 40 334.33 3,692.08 12,802.39 Clinton. 4,294.65 23,930.58 Columbia. 11,777.67 30,944.25 1 086.93 11,208.25 8 534.93 15,953.72 20,629.50 7,472.17 5,841.73 40.657.27 606,987.59 4,267.46 3,736.08 10,884.11 3,634.43 7,249.68 2,921,268.62 12,008,325.84 4,111,678.50 7,896.647.31 Nassau County erected January 1, 1899, from Queens County, and the above figures prior to that date were taken from Queens County. 2 State Commissioner of Excise collects from common carriers and bottlers of malt liquors who sell from a vehicle; he also collects fines and penalties. 3 For the year ending September 30, 1895; licenses issued by State Comptroller. Bridges and Cunnels in Greater New York. While none of the several great projects related to the rapid transit facilities required for New York City and its environs were brought to completion during the year 1903, there was substantial advance made in all of them, and the year 1904 opens with the certainty that the advantages which they are to afford will be at command of the public during its earlier months. A new bridge between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn will be in full operation, as will be that portion of the new local railway undertaking, specifically known as the Rapid Transit system, which traverses Manhattan Island, and which, by means of tunnels under the Harlem and East rivers, will be connected with extensions of the system in the Borough of the Bronx and in Brooklyn, that in the Bronx being, already near completion. The entire system, excepting the Brooklyn extension, was to be completed at a cost of $35,000,000, and the work done up to the close of the year represents $32,000,000, or nearly 91% per cent of the entire amount. Of the actual work of will probably require the whole of the coming year, and it can not be reasonably expected that even at the most rapid rate of construction possible, this work will contribute to the solution of Brook lyn's share in the rapid transit problem earlier than the year 1905. For this reason the opening of the new bridge known as the Williamsburg Bridge will be the more important to the residents of the Borough of Brooklyn. This bridge is practically completed, so fr as the work of actual construction is concerned, but there remains the laying of the tracks for bath the elevated railway and the trolley lines to be done. This will not be done until the Spring of 1904, but it is expected that in the meantime the roadways will be opened to vehicles and the prom enade to pedestrians. The cost of this bridge to the close of the year 1903 was approximate $20,000,000, of which sum $9,000,000 is the est mated cost of land taken. The bridge known as the Blackwell's Island construction the most important remaining incom- Bridge will not be completed until 1907. The pler upon Blackwell's Island and on the Manhattan and Queens sides of the East River are ready for the superstructure, for the construction of which the contract was awarded on November 6, 1903. to the Pennsylvania Steel Company. The contract price for the work is $5,132,985. There were only tw bidders, the competitors being the company just named and the firm of Milliken Brothers, New York whose bid was $5,188,850. There had been a previ ous call for bids which elicited only one proposal the figures of which were so high that the bid was rejected and new proposals called for, with the result here stated. The working population of New York City includes a vast number of people whose homes are in New Jersey and whose only means of crossing the Hudson River is afforded by the various ferries. A very large proportion of this ebb and flow of population reaches the lower or business section of Manhattan Island by way of Jersey City, and the ferries are not only inadequate to their accommodation bat afford a mode of transit which is not as speedy s |