Market and Ferry (which see) passed, a succession of ferries are encountered, and north of them an extensive system of dry docks, maintained by private enterprise. These are crazy-looking structures devoid of special interest. Above them are found a number of iron foundries and lumber yards, and near the foot of E. 10th st. a collection of old steamships, laid up in ordinary. This will bring you about to your journey's end. Along the whole of this distance on the land-side of the street may be found huge warehouses interspersed with junk shops, sail lofts, riggers, outfitters, drinking places galore, and the other industries and vampires incident to every seaport. The plan referred to as adopted for the improvement of the water front below 61st st. is as follows: A wall of béton and masonry is to be built so far outside of the present bulkhead as to afford room for a river street 250 ft. wide along the Hudson, and for the most part 200 ft. wide along the East River below 31st st., above which the contemplated width is 175 ft. From this wall piers 500 or 600 ft. long are to be projected into the rivers. This plan will give on the Hudson River between the NORTH Battery and 61st st. a river-wall line of 25,743 ft. and a pier length of 37,529 ft., with a pier area of 3,325,600 sq. ft.; and on the East River between the Battery and 51st st. a river-wall line of 27,995 ft. and a pier length of 28,000 ft., with a pier area of 1,780,000 sq. ft. The total wharf line (piers and river-walls) between W. 61st and E. 51st sts. would be about 37 miles. This plan will hardly be carried out to any great extent during the present generation, at the present rate of progress, and the visitor of to-day will find more of interest in the irregular piers, and the varieties of style and size to be observed in the sheds along the water front. Piers, Location of.-The following is a list of the piers which are numbered on the North and East Rivers. In some cases the new numbers of the piers are already in use, and in such cases both the old and new numbers are given. In order to obviate any confusion which might arise as to whether the new or old number is meant, the names of the lessees or occupants of the piers are given, as well as the street at or near the foot of which the pier is placed : RIVER. Occupant. Stephens & Condit Transportation Line to Newark Wholesale Fish-Market. Wholesale Fish-Market. New York Central & Hudson River R. R. Charleston Steamship Line. Fall River Steamboats to Boston. Erie Railway Freight Lines. Boats to Rondout, Catskill, Peekskill, Newburg Barges; Poughkeepsie Propellers; Hudson, Saugerties, Red Bank, etc., Boats. Morgan's Line to New Orleans. Star, Union, and Empire Freight Lines. Norwich and Worcester Line to Boston. Albany Night Line of Steamers. Pacific Mail Steamship Company; State Line to Glasgow; Fort Lee Boats. Savannah Steamers. Dover and Roosevelt sts Roosevelt st.. Catharine st. Catharine and Market sts. Catharine and Market sts. Market and Pike sts. Pike and Rutgers sts. Rutgers st.. Rutgers st. Rutgers and Jefferson sts. Jefferson and Clinton sts. Clinton and Montgomery sts. Ferry to Broadway, Brooklyn, E. D. Ferry to Long Island City. Clyde's Line to Philadelphia. Long Island R. R. Freight Depot. Norwalk Boats and Propeller to Portchester. New Bedford and Bridgeport Steamers. Screw Dock and Mediterranean Steamers. Alexandria, Stamford, Portchester,__New Rochelle, City Is., and Greenwich Boats. M. & M. line S. F. Co. Pilots wishing to act as such in and around New York harbor must be licensed by the Board of Commissioners of Pilots, office 40 Burling sl. The fees charged for piloting vessels are as follows: For Inward Pilotage. For every vessel drawing less than 14 ft. of water, per foot $3.70; for 14 ft. and less than 18 ft., $4.50; 18 ft. and less than 21 ft., $5.50; 21 ft. and upward, $6.50 per foot. If boarded outside of Sandy Hook lightship of the above rates is added. From Nov. 1st to April 1st $4 are added to the full pilotage of every vessel. For Outward Pilotage.-For every vessel drawing less than 14 ft. of water, per foot $2.70; 14 ft. and less than 18 ft., $3.10; 18 ft. and less than 21 ft., $4.10; 21 ft. and upward, $4.75 per foot. For every day's detention, $3.00. For Transportation from North to East River, and vice versa. -For all vessels, merchant or war, $5. From New Quarantine to New York, half pilotage; from Upper Quarantine to New York, quarter pilotage; from Upper to Lower Quarantine, quarter pilotage exclusive of the off-shore. Hauling into the river from the wharf, $3. Harlem Boats land. 10th st. Ferry to Greenpoint. From or to Sands's Point through Hell Gate: For schooners or sloops, per foot, $1.50; for square-rigged vessels, $1.75. From or to Hell Gate: For schooners or sloops, $1; square-rigged vessels, $1.25; steamers, barks, and ships, $1.25 to $2.50. From Nov. 1st to April 1st, in addition to the above, for every ship, bark, or brig, $2; for every schooner or sloop, $1. Plymouth Church. (See BROOKLYN.) Police. The police force of New York is governed by a board of four commissioners appointed by the mayor with the concurrence of the Board of Aldermen. They hold office for a term of six years unless removed "for cause" by the mayor with the concurrence of the Governor of the State. They receive an annual salary chosen President of the Board, who reof $6,000 excepting the one who may be ceives $8,000. The commissioners appoint all members of the force from the superintendent down, and they have also power of dismissal after giving the accused an opportunity to be heard. The superintendent is the chief executive officer, and immediately under him are four inspectors, one of whom is required to be at 66 police headquarters at any hour of the day and night. For patrol service the city is divided into 30 precincts, each of which has its own building containing quarters for the men, cells for prisoners, and lodgings for homeless persons. Each precinct is in command of a captain and under him are several sergeants, one of whom is, like the inspectors at headquarters, required to be on duty at all times. The force of a precinct, besides the captain and sergeants, consists of roundsmen and patrolmen, the latter doing the ordinary patrol duty and the former going the rounds" to see that every patrolman is on his post, which is always a definite section of the precinct. The police stations are all connected with the central office by special telegraphic wires, and the latter must be at once notified of every occurrence of any importance in the precinct. Besides the force employed in patrolling precincts, there is a detachment assigned to harbor duty which has its headquarters on a steam-tug belonging to the department. Other detachments guard the City Hall, the Grand Central Depot, and act as sanitary police exclusively, while special details have to be furnished to the various courts. The detective service is under command of a captain of its own, with headquarters at the central office. The entire force numbers nearly 3,000 men, including a number of mounted police employed in the upper or suburban precincts. The police force as a whole is of quite as good material as that of any city either here or abroad, but grave abuses, attributable mainly to the political character of the Board of Police Commissioners, exist in it. Both law and custom require that the commissionerships shall be equally divided between the two leading political parties; hence brutal and otherwise unworthy subordinates are kept in the department because they are sure to have some influence with either one party or the other. The detective force is as a whole the most inefficient part of the entire department, owing probably mainly to the fact that it consists only of members of the patrol force specially assigned but receiving no extra pay. A patrolman's salary is $1,000 per annum, a roundsman's $1,200, a sergeant's $1,500, and a captain's $2,000. The police board, besides controlling the police force, appoints the inspectors of elections, of whom there are about 1,100; selects the polling places, about 550; and counts the votes cast. 5.-19 Leonard st. 12.-126th st. bet. 3d and 4th avs. 15.-221 Mercer st. 19.-E. 51st, bet. 3d and Lexington avs. 27.-Cor. Liberty and Church sts. 30.-126th st. and 8th av. 81.-100th st. bet. 9th and 10th avs. Polo. (See WESTCHESTER POLO CLUB.) Port Monmouth, a minor summer resort on the mainland of New Jersey, adjoining Sandy Hook Bay. It is about 25 miles from New York, from which it is accessible by the New Jersey Central Railway (ferry foot of Liberty st.), or by boat from Pier 14, N. R. Fare in either case, $1. Port Morris, a locality on Long Island Sound, about a mile north of the Harlem River. It derives its name from the old Gouverneur Morris mansion still standing. It was annexed to New York in 1874. The 3d av. elevated railroad or the steam |