Bi-centennial history of Albany. History of the county of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886. With portraits, biographies and illustrations, Part 28

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452

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Referred to Finance Committee.

A communication was received from Mr. Mc- Dermott, the removed Clerk of the Board, stating that by his removal he had sustained pecuniary loss, and he asked the Board for an appropriation to indemnify him in some degree for the injury sustained by such removal. This elicited a spirited debate. The friends of Mr. McDermott insisted that his removal was the result of personal and political hatred. The communication was referred to the Committee on Grievances.

Buildings for the Insane.

At a meeting of the Board, November 20, Mr. Staats offered the following :

Resolved, That a committee be appointed from this Board to confer with a committee of the Common Council of the City of Albany, for the purpose of erecting suitable accomo- dations for the insane of the county, and to apply for such Legislative aid as may be necessary to accomplish the above object.

Mr. Staats, in support of said resolution, said :

That " not only humanity, but the best interests of the county require that suitable buildings be erected for the insane; that our State institutions are entirely inadequate to contain half the applicants for admission, and that the price of admission was exorbitant. We are paying six thousand dollars a year to the Utica Asylum, besides having over one hundred in our Alms House, without the means of proper care and treatment. That a building properly con- structed, and a law permitting the taking of boarders from other counties, would be a self-sustaining institution."

The resolution was adopted.

The City Budget was presented November 21, which amounted in all to $496,832.

Excise. - James A. Mckown, in 1858, was ap- pointed, upon the recommendation of a committee of the Board of Supervisors and his Honor the Mayor of the City of Albany, a Special Police Con- stable, for the purpose of reporting violations of the Excise law, and was also reappointed for the same duty in the years 1859, 1860, '61, '62, '63 and '64; and that from 1859 to 1864, inclusive, he received the following amount : $1,820.50. And he also received from the county for licenses granted, for the same time, the amount of $137,c28.63.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY.

At a meeting of the Board, November 28, the account of Henry Fitch, Sheriff, was presented, in which he claimed $17, 131.72, which account was allowed at $15,131.72.

County Budget .- On December 7, 1866, the County Budget was presented, which amounted to $876,053.28.

Anti-Rent Difficulties .- During the year 1866, the anti-rent difficulties in the county had increas- ed to such proportions that the Sheriff was obliged to call on the military to aid in serving and en- forcing processes. This was attended with con- siderable expense to the county, and we give the following claims as an interesting item in the his- tory of the anti-rent difficulties :

Claimed.

Allowed.

Leonard & Bradt

$1,295 72

$1,268 59

Edward Scannell.

1,053 00

576 00

Tenth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y. ..

992 25 992 25

Company F, 25th Regiment "

762 24 762 24

Company C, 66

626 40 626 40

Company G,

256 92 256 92

Lord & Thornton

500 02

498 02

Albany & Susquehanna R. R. Co ..

228 80

John Cutler ..

157 00 150 00

Augustus Brewster

122 00 80 00

Walter S. Church

115 00 Disallowed.

At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, held December 14, 1866, the Treasurer's Annual State- ment of Receipts of money for the year 1866 was presented, which amounted in all to $1,355, 794.62. He disbursed the sum of $1, 355, 794.62. He also reported a balance on hand December 1, 1866, of $14, 658. 20.

Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Albany at the annual meeting, held at the City Hall, in the City of Albany, May 14, 1867.

The following were the members present :

First Ward, Robert J. McCormick; Second Ward, Michael Delehanty; Third Ward, Jonathan R. Herrick; Fourth Ward, William Orr; Fifth Ward, Barent P. Staats; Sixth Ward, Alexander A. Edmeston; Seventh Ward, Michael Lyman; Eighth Ward, Michael D. McGue; Ninth Ward, M. Joseph Severance; Tenth Ward, Christopher W. Bender; Bethlehem, George C. Adams; Berne, Adams J. Warner; Coeymans, John B. Shear; Guilderland, Hiram Griggs; Knox, Peter Schoonmaker; New Scotland, Nicholas Delong; Rensse- laerville, George H. Laraway; Westerlo, Charles Bentley; Watervliet, Wm. J. Wheeler.

Chairman, Wm. J. Wheeler.

Clerk, George V. Thacher.

County Physician, Dr. Barent P. Staats.

Doorkeeper, Edward Dooley.

On May 15 the Board met according to ad- journment, and in the usual order of business the Chairman announced the standing committees for the ensuing year.

After some immaterial business, the Board ad- journed.

At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at the City Hall, in the City of Albany, pursuant to ad- journment.

NOVEMBER 12, 1867, all the members being present. After discharging their duties as County Canvassers, the Board adjourned.

On November 19 the Board met according to

adjournment, at which meeting the CITY BUDGET was presented, which amounted to $493, 202.

GRAND JURORS .- The apportionment of Grand Jurors according to the census of 1860 was as follows :

First Ward, 24; Second Ward, 13; Third Ward, 15; Fourth Ward, 10; Fifth Ward, 6; Sixth Ward, 9; Seventh Ward, 17; Eighth Ward, 21; Ninth Ward, 22; Tenth Ward, 28; Bethle- hem, 19; Berne, 8; Cocymans, 8; Cohoes, 23; Green Island, 4; Guilderland, 9; Knox, 5; New Scotland, 9; Rensselaerville, 9; Westerlo, 9; West Troy, 23; Watervliet, 16; total, 300.

REGISTRY LAW.

At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors held Dec. 5, 1867, Mr. Staats made an attack upon the registry law, asserting in an address on the subject that the law was very onerous and expensive, and did not answer any good or useful purpose.

On December 6 the County Budget was pre- sented, amounting in all to $776,990.21, to which was added audited accounts of $1, 334. 15.

COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT.

Stephen Frederick also submitted his annual statement of money received and disbursed from the first day of January, 1867, to Dec. 1, 1867, which showed that he had received from all sources $886,414.58 ; that he had paid out during that time the sum of $886, 414. 58.

The equalization of the value of real estate in the County of Albany was fixed by the commitlee of equalization as follows :

Berne, per acre, $17.50; Bethlehem, per acre, $57.50; Coeymans, per acre, $35.50; Guilderland, per acre, $37.50; Knox, per acre, $18; New Scotland, per acre, $38; Rens- selaer, per acre, $18.50; Westerlo, per acre, $19.50; Water- vliet, per acre, $60.

It was also adopted that in the city of Albany the assessed valuation be the equalized valuation.

After a spirited debate it was resolved that the County Treasurer be authorized to borrow $100,000 upon the credit of the county to pay bonds due March 1, 1868.

PERCENTAGE OF TAXATION .- The following was reported as the percentage of taxation in the city and several towns, which was agreed to :

City, 3.56; city west of Partridge street, 3.09; city west of Allen street, 3.00; Berne, 3.60; Bethlehem, 1.86; Coey- mans, 1.84; Guilderland, 2.96; Knox, 3.08; New Scotland, 2.30; Rensselaerville, 2.18; Westerlo, 2.48; Watervliet, 1.72; West Troy, 2.04; Cohoes and Green Island, 2.04.

Adopted.

ANNUAL SESSION OF 1868 -- MAY 12, 1868.

Supervisors present :

First Ward, William J. Weaver; Second Ward, Lawrence Carey; Third Ward, John Kelly; Fourth Ward, John C. Feltman; Fifth Ward, Barent P. Staats; Sixth Ward, Alexander A. Edmeston; Seventh Ward, Bernard Kavan- augh; Eighth Ward, Henry T. O'Connor; Ninth Ward, Edward Whitty; Tenth Ward, Christopher Bender; Berne, James A. Reamer; Bethlehem, George C. Adams; Coey- mans, John B. Shear; Guilderland, Iliram Griggs; Knox, l'eter Schoonmaker; New Scotland, Samuel Patton; Rens- selaerville, William Magivny; Watervliet, William J. Wheeler. William J. Wheeler was elected chairman; George V. Thacher, clerk; Dr. Barent P. Staats, county physician ; William Doody, doorkeeper.

HISTORY OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

On Wednesday, May 13, the Chairman an- nounced the standing committees.

BAD CONDITION OF THE COUNTY JAIL.

The Chairman presented a communication from Hon. Henry Smith, District Attorney, showing the lamentable condition of the County Jail. He says :

"In the main apartment you will find sixty male pris- oners, including some children, confined in one common room, where those youthful in years, and those who have committed their first criminal error, perhaps those who are entirely innocent, are exposed to the influences, and often to the physical tortures, of the most depraved of men.

" In another room, of about fifteen by eighteen, you will find some twenty-two females of various ages, even to ex. treme old age; some reasonably tidy and others repulsively filthy; some apparently well and others suffering from loath- some diseases, crowded together in a space where there is scarcely room for all to lie down at once. In short, you will find a state of things that would shame a semi-civilized community, and would not be tolerated by the people of this county for one hour if they could for a moment look in upon the appalling horrors of that fearful den, kept under their authority, for the detention of persons accused of crime. This state of affirs," Mr. Smith continues, "is no fault of the Sheriff or Jailer, but results from want of suitable rooms."

Mr. Smith's report of the condition of the jail produced the most profound sensation throughout the city and county, resulting, as we shall see, in an entire change in the management of the jail. A special committee was appointed with power to expend at least $4,000.

The following was adopted :

Resolved, That the Superintendent of the Capital Police be and is hereby instructed to notify the several captains and sergeants of the Police of the Town of Watervliet to convey prisoners under sentence to the Penitentiary, in place of leaving them at the County Jail.

A SPECIAL MEETING was held June 16, 1868. The principal business under consideration was the improvement of the County Jail. The follow- ing resolution was adopted :

Resolved, That the Special Committee, to whom was re- ferred the necessity of altering the County Jail, be author- ized to receive proposals in accordance with the plans sub- mitted to the Board, with the additional story with a wing on the east side, as presented by Mr. Edmeston, at an ex- pense not exceeding $2,500.

NOVEMBER SESSION.

The Board convened as County Canvassers, November 10, 1868, all the Supervisors present. After concluding the canvass, the Board adjourned until Wednesday, November II.

Mr. Edmeston offered the following :

Resolved, That the County Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to pay to the contractors upon jail improvement the sum of $4,000, upon the said contractors presenting certificates, signed by the architect and Chairman of the Committee on Jail Improvement, stating that such sum is actually due them.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Reamer offered the following :

Whereas, The enlargement of the County Jail during the summer has been a source of great inconvenience to the Jailer, and attended with considerable extra expense, he having been obliged to send his family into the country for several months ; therefore

Resolved, That the County Treasurer be authorized to pay Albert Gallup extra compensation as Jailer of the County of Albany.

Which was adopted.

GRAND JURORS .- On December 8 Mr. Shear pre- sented the following apportionment of Grand Jurors in and for the County of Albany:

City-First Ward, 21; Second Ward, II; Third Ward, II; Fourth Ward, ro; Fifth Ward, 6; Sixth Ward, 9; Seventh Ward, 14; Eighth Ward, 21; Ninth Ward, 21; Tenth Ward, 30. Towns-Berne, 7; Bethlehem, 16; Coeymans, 10; Guilderland, II; Knox, 6; New Scotland, 9; Rensselaer- ville, 9; Westerlo, 8; Cohoes, 15; Green Island, 5; West Troy, 24; Watervliet, 16.

CITY BUDGET .- Mr. Bender presented the City Budget. This amounted, in gross, to the sum of $616,611.37, of which the sum of $82, 766. 87 was the proportionate part of Police expenses appor- tioned to the City of Albany for the fiscal year end- ing October 1, 1869, pursuant to section 45, chapter 544, laws of 1865.

IMPROVEMENTS ON JAIL .- Mr. Edmeston, from the Special Committee on the improvements of the Jail, presented a report showing, among other things, that the total cost of the entire improvements on the Jail amounted to $8, 142.18.

OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPERS .- The Argus and Ex- press were, on ballot, designated as the official county papers.

COUNTY BUDGET .- On December II the County Budget was presented, which amounted to $585,- 168.29. On motion of Mr. Gregg it was

Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the County the sum of $660,000, being the amount mentioned in the County Budget presented this day to the Board, and including the audited accounts of this Board.

The resolution was adopted.

DEATH OF SUPERVISOR REAMER .- On the as- sembling of the Board in the afternoon of Decem- ber II, Supervisor Schoonmaker arose and, in touching language, announced the death of Super- visor Reamer, of Berne. The tribute he paid to his memory was as just as it was eloquent and impres- sive. He closed by saying:

" I feel a bereavement which will cast a deep gloom over all who are numbered as his acquaintances. A political antagonist and a neighbor, never has an event occurred to mar the harmony of our intercourse, and no man could have been taken from us whose loss all would more deeply deplore."

He then submitted an impressive preamble, fol- lowed by equally impressive resolutions, touching the exemplary life and useful career of the deceased Supervisor. Among the resolutions was one to the effect that the Chairman's and Clerk's desks and the vacant chair of the deceased be draped in mourning. It was also resolved that the Board at- tend the funeral in a body, and to adjourn until Tuesday next at 3:30 P. M.

Mr. Feltman, in seconding the resolutions, which were adopted, paid a well-deserved tribute to the memory of the deceased.

TREASURER'S ANNUAL STATEMENT .- On Decem- ber 15, 1868, the Board met pursuant to adjourn-

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ment, and Stephen V. Frederick presented his an- nual statement of moneys received and disbursed from the Ist day of December, 1867, to the Ist day of December, 1868, which amounted in all to $857,492.54; disbursements amounted to $857,- 492.54. His report showed a balance in his hands of $1,537.70.

COUNTY BOUNTY FUND. -

Receipts:

Balance on hand.

$3,313 00

Proceeds of sale of County Bonds.

150,000 00

Premiums.

3,618 76

Transferred from General Fund.

213,000 00

$370,031 76

Disbursements:

Cash paid bonds due March 1, 1868 $248,100 00

Cash paid bonds due March 1, 1867.

2,200 00

Six per cent. interest on $29,000 870 00

Coupons due March 1, 1868. 58,329 25

Coupons due September 1, 1868. 53,744 00

Coupons due March 1, 1867 .. 267 75

Coupons due September 1, 1867

1,603 00

Coupons due March 1, 1865

105 00

Coupons due September 1, 1865

299 25

Certificate of bond to Ira Heaphy 552 50

Certificate of bond to Nelson Van Patten to S. Tuttle.

587 50

Interest on $30,000 to Loan Committee. 2,100 00 Balance

1,273 26

$370,031 76

EXCISE .- The whole number of licenses granted in the County for the year 1868 was 640.

The County was divided this year into three licensed districts, each placed in charge of one excise commissioner. Mr. S. F. Powell was one; Mr. E. Newcomb was the second; Mr. Gonsalus was the third

The whole number of licenses granted in Mr. Powell's district was 161, at $30 cach, making $4,830.

The whole number issued in Mr. Newcomb's dis- trict was 159 ; 157 of which were at $30 cach, one at $150, and one at $75.

The whole number in Mr. Gonsalus' district, was 140, as follows :

West Troy, 55; Cohoes, 33 ; Green Island 6;

Watervliet, 16; Seventh Ward, 30 ; total, 140, at $30 each, amounting to. $4,200 00

Paid county treasurer 3,550 00

Balance on hand $650 00

Sum total of Mr. Powell's district. $4,830 00

Newcomb's district 4,935 00

66 Gonsalus' district. 4,200 00

Total. $13,965 00

Total amount paid to county treas- urer by Mr. Powell.

$3,500 00

Total amount paid to county treas- urer by Mr. Newcomb. 4,105 00

Total amount paid to county treas-

urer by Mr. Gonsalus 3,550 00

$11,155 00

Total.

$2,810 00

The excise question this year, and for several years previous, was a matter of great embarrass- ment and expense to the county. A large number of suits for the violation of excise laws had been commenced. Numerous judgments had been obtained without any return to the county, and at a very heavy expense to the taxpayers. This sub- ject occupied much of the time of this session. Finally on Jan. 6, 1869, on motion of Mr. Weaver, the Board resolved to settle all judgments now on file for violation of the then present excise law for the sum of twenty-five cents on the dollar upon all sums represented by such judgment and costs, pro- vided the amount was paid to Geo. V. Thacher, the present Clerk of the Board, on or before the first day of April, 1869.

Mr. Staats introduced a resolution denouncing the excise law, and moved that the committee on application to the Legislature be requested to pre- pare a law which will invest the whole power of excise in the Police Commissioners so far as the police districts exist in this county, and that where they do not exist the supervisors of the several towns shall grant licenses for the sale of malt and alcoholic liquors. This resolution was adopted.

Mr. Weaver moved that the following be added to the resolution relative to judgments obtained by the Excise Commissioners :

Resolved, That if it be found that any of the parties against whom these judgments are held are in such cir- cumstances that they are utterly unable to pay the same, that such non payments be, upon the recommendation of the supervisor of the ward or town in which such parties reside, canceled for the sum of one dollar.

Adopted.

When it is known that each of the defendants in those judgments could, on executions issued upon them, have been arrested and imprisoned for non-payment, the lenity of the Board in regard to them will be fully appreciated. After some other business the board adjourned sine die.

Proceedings of the Annual Spring Session of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Albany, held in the City Hall, in the City of Albany, May II, 1869.

Members present :

First Ward, Wm. J. Weaver; Second Ward, Lawrence Carey; Third Ward. Aaron B. Pratt; Fourth Ward, John C. Feltman; Fifth Ward, Wm. Haskell; Sixth Ward, Alexander A. Edmeston; Seventh Ward, John Fitzgerald; Eighth Ward, James D. Walsh; Ninth Ward, Christian Schurr; Tenth Ward, Dr. Gallez; Berne, Alfred Hungerford; Bethlehem, George C. Adams; Coeymans, John B. Shear; Guilderland, Hiram Griggs; Knox, Peter Schoonmaker; New Scotland, Nicholas B. Houck; Rensselaerville, William Magivny; Watervliet, Wm. J. Wheeler; Westerlo, Julius Thayer.

Chairman, Wm. J. Wheeler.

Clerk, Charles J. Pease.

County Physician, Milton M. Lamb.

Doorkeeper, Anthony Daug.

The Board met according to adjournment on May 13, 1869. The minutes of the last meeting read and approved.

The Chairman then announced the STANDING COMMITTEES for the ensuing year.

After conducting some business, the Board ad- journed till the

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NOVEMBER SESSION.

On November 9, 1869, the Board convened ac- cording to adjournment; all the Supervisors present. In the absence of Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Shear was chosen Chairman pro tem.

After discharging the duties of County Canvass- ers, the Board adjourned.

At the meeting held November 10, an interesting statement in regard to taxes in the County was pre- sented.

Mr. Weaver presented this statement to the Board, in the following manner :

ALBANY CITY.

We here find that the assessed value of real and personal estate for the City of Albany has increased from 1860 to 1868 $1, 118,426, being an increase of four and one-half per cent .; while the equalized value in the same period has in- creased $3, 158,461, being an increase of thirteen and one- sixteenth per cent.

Now, while the assessed value of the City of Albany has increased four and one-quarter per cent., the assessed value of all the towns combined has increased eighteen and one- sixth per cent., and while the equalized value for the City of Albany has increased thirteen and one-sixteenth per cent., the increase in all the other towns combined is but nine and one-half per cent.

EQUALIZED VALUE.

Decrease.

$114,844

89,368

91,948

46,724

86,337

118,267

113,623

$661, III

Increase.

$38,613

50,035

117,859

89,479

$313,865

313,865

$2,412,741

1, 118,426

$3,531,167

Bernc.

Bethlehem .

Coeymans .

Guilderland ..

Knox.

New Scotland ..

Rensselaerville.

Westerlo. ..

Watervliet .

Increase in towns.

Decrease in towns.

Total increase. .

Albany City ..

Total in County.

In the above table nearly $1,000,000 of the in- creased assessed valne in the town of Watervliet is credited to the year 1868.

CITY BUDGET-For the year 1869 amounted in all to $601, 188.29.

The salary of the County Physician was fixed by resolution at the sum of $500 per annum.

COUNTY BUDGET. - The county budget for the year 1869 amounted in all to $583, 517.98.

COUNTY TREASURER. - Mr. Theyer presented the bond of County Treasurer-elect Alexander Kennedy, Esq. It was signed by Jonathan R. Henrick, Jas. A. McDonald and Philip O'Brien. It was in the penalty of $100,000.

The supervisor of the town of Coeymans was authorized to borrow on the credit of the town the sum of $2,000 to pay damages and expenses in rebuilding and repairing bridges and roads damaged by a flood in the said town.

EXCISE .- The Commissioners of Excise, Messrs. E. Newcomb, J. Reynolds and G. W. Gonsalus, reported the following as the whole number of licenses and amounts of money received for the same for the year 1869 :

Whole number granted at $30. 419

IO. 27

75.

150

Total number in the county 448

As follows: 419 at $30.

27 “

IO.

270 00

75.

75 00

150.

150 00

Total receipts. $13,065 00

Paid county treasurer 11,163 00

COUNTY TREASURER'S STATEMENT. -- The County Treasurer transmitted his annual statement of money received and disbursed from the first day of December, 1868, to the first day of December, 1869, showing a balance on hand :

Receipts from all sources $818,158 54

DISBURSEMENTS.

Resolution.

$305 89

Audit accounts.

130,640 II

Total with remainder of

disbursements. .

$818,158 54

Stephen V. Frederick, County Treasurer, in ac- count with County of Albany :

1868. Dr.

Dec. I, to balance on hand.

$1,273 26

March I, to net proceeds from sale of Albany County bonds. 253,761 55

Transferred from general account 205,000 00

$460,034 81

1869.

December, to balance

$1,130 56

1869. Cr.

Paid bonds dne March, 1869

$348,000 00

66 " 1868

700 00

" interest on $29,000 (6 per cent.) 870 00

" coupons of 1867, 1868, 1869.

109,334 25

By balance

1,130 56

$460,034 81

Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Albany city and county at the annual meeting held

ASSESSED VALUE.

Decrease.

$54,957

1,454

1,915

2,563,427

$2,726,606

661, III

$1,258,509

3, 158,461

$4,416,970

Increase.

$161,264

1,881,007

$1,919,620

$12,570 00

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at the City Hall in the City of Albany, May 10, 1870.

The members present were :

First Ward, Wolfgang Meyer ; Second Ward, Frederick Schifferdecker ; Third Ward, Wm. J. Weaver ; Fourth Ward, George P. Lynd ; Fifth Ward, Thomas H. Craven ; Sixth Ward, John C. Feltman; Seventh Ward, Abraham B. Garfield ; Eighth Ward, Henry R. Haskins; Ninth Ward, James Bartley ; Tenth Ward, Thomas Kanary; Eleventh Ward, John R. Stewart; Twelfth Ward, John McKenna; Thirteenth Ward, Philip Frederick; Fourteenth Ward, M. H. Kenneally; Fifteenth Ward, David W. Seeley; Sixteenth Ward, George B. Hoyt.

COHOES.

First Ward, Joseph Coleman ; Second Ward, W. Taylor Dodge; Third Ward, John Seully; Fourth Ward, Solomon Dotter.

TOWNS.

Berne, Alfred Hungerford ; Bethlehem, George C. Adams ; Coeymans, John B. Shear ; Guilderland, Hiram Griggs; Knox, Peter Schoonmaker ; New Scotland, Alonzo B. Voorhees; Rensselaerville, Wm. Magivny; Watervliet, Wm. J. Wheeler; Westerlo, Orson L. Hannay. Chairman, Wm. J. Weaver; Clerk, Charles J. Pease; County Physician, Milton M. Lamb; Doorkeeper, Daniel MeClary.

After the transaction of some unimportant busi- ness the Board adjourned.

A special meeting of the Board took place in the Common Council Chamber, at which all the mem- bers were present. This meeting was called for the purpose of hearing a report from the special committee appointed to take charge of the altera- tion of the Supervisors' room. A somewhat heated discussion arose, after which the report was read, showing that the work had been let to Messrs. Norman and Treadwell, architects, of Albany, who made plans and specifications for the work which had been adopted.

They advertised in the county papers for pro- posals for the work as follows :

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Bi-centennial history of Albany. History of the county of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886. With portraits, biographies and illustrations, Part 28

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888 Publication date: 1886 Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co. Number of Pages: 1452

Author: Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899; Tenney, Jonathan, 1817-1888
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452