. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . GROUP OVER GATE OF GREAT RESERVOIR. 0 Il! F 1 \l K M FN. CII A PT E R XXI. IMPROVEMENT A NI > GROWTH OF THE CITY. eition of a Street Commissioners Department. -Active Measures of Improvement of Wells and Pumps. The City South of Grand Street Lighted with Gas AncientBurial Grounds Obliterated.—Public Schools. Wharves, Slips and Buildings Croton Cisterns City Debt. Water Pipes. OPPORTUNITY has boon taken at variou
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . GROUP OVER GATE OF GREAT RESERVOIR. 0 Il! F 1 \l K M FN. CII A PT E R XXI. IMPROVEMENT A NI > GROWTH OF THE CITY. eition of a Street Commissioners Department. -Active Measures of Improvement of Wells and Pumps. The City South of Grand Street Lighted with Gas AncientBurial Grounds Obliterated.—Public Schools. Wharves, Slips and Buildings Croton Cisterns City Debt. Water Pipes. OPPORTUNITY has boon taken at various parts of preceding chapters topoint out many of the leading improvements of former years. It willnow suit our purpose best to take up these improvements at the yearIs30, when the records are more delinite on the subject, and within the eoui->ass of a couple of chapters to mark thenceforth to the present time the rapid. VIEW OF NEW YORK, 1673 >rogress made, and to record the material growth and prosperity of the city. A new street was opened in 1830 from Sixth Avenue to Christopher Street,vhere it united with Asylum Street, coming in from Eighth Avenue on theiorth, and at Sixth Avenue its opening was immediately opposite Fourth;i reet, of winch, in fact, it was a continuation. The new street received theame of Asylum Street, and was so known up to December 9, 1833, at whichate it was determined to change the name to Fourth Street. The change wasnade in January, 1834. A Street Commissioners Department was created by a law passed andpproved October 5, 1831. The duty of the street commissioner required himo advertise for estimates and to contract for wells ami pumps, canals andewers, paving or repairing streets, constructing roads, building wharves andtiers; to report such estimates to the Common Council previous to furnishingontracts; to inquire into the subject matter of all applications to the Com
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