This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...in the State. Upon the basis of Colonel Adams's plans a bill was prepared providing for the construction of a bridge across the East River. Copies of the original drawings were taken to Albany and exhibited in the Senate and Assembly Chamber. The project received Senator Murphy's unflagging support, and through his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...in the State. Upon the basis of Colonel Adams's plans a bill was prepared providing for the construction of a bridge across the East River. Copies of the original drawings were taken to Albany and exhibited in the Senate and Assembly Chamber. The project received Senator Murphy's unflagging support, and through his endeavors and the energetic and untiring aid of its projectors, it became a law. 1 Manuscript history. ' 1 Brooklyn Eagle, May 24, 1884. The act incorporating the New York Bridge Company was passed by the Legislature on April 16, 1867. It named as incorporators the following citizens of New York and Brooklyn: --John T. Hoffman Simeon B. Chittenden Edward Ruggles Smith Ely, Jr. Samuel Booth Grenville T. Jenks Alexander McCue Henry E. Pierrepont Martin Kalbfleisch John Roach Charles A. Townsend Henry G. Stebbins Charles E. Bill C. L. Mitchell T. Bailey Myers Seymour L. Husted William A. Fowler William W. W. Wood Andrew H. Green Edmund W. Corlies William C. Rushmore Ethelbert S. Mills Alfred W. Craven Arthur W. Benson T. B. Cornell John W. Hay ward Isaac Van Anden P. P. Dickinson Alfred M. Wood J. Carson Brevoort William Marshall Samuel McLean John W. Coombs William Hunter, Jr. John H. Prentice Edmund Driggs John P. Atkinson John Morton By this act power was given these incorporators and their associates to acquire real estate for the site of the bridge and approaches; to borrow money up to the limit of the capital, and to establish laws and ordinances for the government of the structure upon its completion. The capital stock was fixed at $5,000,000, in shares of $100 each, and the directors were given power to increase the capital with the consent of the stockholders. It was further provided that the incorporators already named should constitute the...
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