THE TOWN or YONKERS. 629

m-es US the present name of the \'iHage. During the occupancy of the I'hill'ps's, it was called FhilUpsboroiigh, after tlie Manor.

The Dutch termed the Saw Mill, the Saeg kil (stream.) After the Patroon's settlement, it -was named in compliment to him, the Jonkers or Yonkers kill and Colendoncks kill. " Several fme creeks enter into the North river, says Van der Donck, such as the Colendonck's kill or Saw kill""

Yonkers is now a large and flourishing city. On April 12th, 1855, i^ miles on the river front and \ a mile in width was incorporated, and this act was amended in '57, '60, '68 and '71. The officers consisted of a President, Wm. Radford ; Clerk, W. H. Post ; and si.x Trustees : Lemuel ■\V. Wells, Wm. C. Waring, Thos. A. Farrington, Reuben W. Van Pelt, Fulding S. Grant, Jacob Reed. By act of Legislature, June ist, 1S72 the Avhole township was erected into a city, by the name of the city of Yonkers and divided into four wards -- a Ivlayor, City Clerk, and one Legislative Board, consisting of eight Aldermen, and called the Common Council. The first officers were. Mayor, Jas. C. Courier ; clerk, Wm. H. Doty; President of Common Council, Ethan Flagg. For a time it was under the Metropolitan poHce ; but by an act of the Legislature, passed in 1S71, it was set off and formed a department of its own, consisting of four commissioners, appointed by the Mayor -- one each year for four years term ; one captain, two sergeants, two seniors, two roundsmen, and eighteen men. There are nine signal telegraph stations with head quarters, besides telephones. The first commissioners were Chas. R. Dusenberr)', R. W. Cobb, Joseph Reene, Dennis McGrath.