MISC.ELL "A n X.
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REMIN,soENcE OF New YoRIg CrrY.-ln
looking over The History of New Netherlands
and Valentines New York Manuel, we have
cleaned fe W items, says the Commercial, that
may be interesting 10 the present generation.
In l646 New Netherlands, now The city Of
New:York, had only population OF one hun.
dred male persons In 1896 the extr eme
boundary of the city was " Single" Wall
street il was then walled town, with bat
teries at several ponts. The first was al
Whitehall, fifteen guns; the second the S,tadt
or State house battery, five guns; the third at
the foot of Wall street, block-house and
half-moon battery; fourth the great fort at the
Battery fifth and sixth were the North West
batteries on the Hudson, between our pre- sent
= Battery" and Rector street. Between these
points was stockade with bank of earth on
each side. There were three city gates on the
North side of Wall street. between the East
and North Rivers. In 1857 this city was dl-
vided into wards. They were named w est
Ward. East Ward, North Ward, Dock Ward,
South Ward, and Out Ward. In 1871 sew
enth ward was added and called Montgo' nerle
Ward. The city was divided into seven wards
until 1903, when the eighth and ninth wards,
were formed. In 1909 the tenth ward we IS ad-
ded. In 1929 the eleventh and twelfth wards
were formed. 10 1927 the thirteenth and four
,eenth. In 1922 the fifteenth. In 1886 the
sixteenth In 1887 the seventeenth. and in
1916 the eighteenth. We have now in New
York city 255 omnibusses, of which FIVE ire
drawn bv four horses each, and $50 by two.
The population of the city Of New York is
now nearly 100000.