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year. Manufacturing, or hazardous risks, are from 75 cents to $1.25 per year, except where equipped with automatic sprinklers, in which case a reduction of from 40 to 50 cents is granted. These are the standard rates of the best American and English companies. Of course. if buildings are supplied with fire apparatus that is taken into account in making the rate.
CHEAP COAL.
As has been said, Newburgh is a depot and shipping point for coal. It is the nearest tide-water point to the coal mines of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Coal Company has its distributing works here, whence coal is shipped in vessels to points along the coast, river and canal. Newburgh is also the door for the great coal traffic by rail between the mines and New England. Owing to the nearness to the mines, and the competing routes by which it may be hauled, but little is added to the original cost for freight charges. Coal is as cheap here as at any other place in the country-actually cheaper than at many towns between here and the mines. It has been sold here at retail as low as $2.80 per ton. At the present writing it is $3.60 per ton for chestnut and $3.80 for stove, retail. Manufacturers who use large quantities can obtain it much cheaper.
Without describing the various processes in mining coal, it may be said that throughout the mining region the collieries may be in- cluded in one grand estimate, and the average will demonstrate that coal can not be profitably mined at a figure less than $1.65 per ton,
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THE TOWNSEND BUILDING-77 and 79 Water Street.
while in many instances the figures will draw very close to $2.00. Now comes the question of tolls for transportation, and the town that can have its coal laid down for the least money will have the cheapest coal. In this connection a few of the retail prices that have recently prevailed in various centers would not be uninteresting. They are as below:
New York, $5.25; Springfield, $6.00; Philadelphia, $5.00; Pough- keepsie, $5.25; Baltimore, $5.50; Hartford, $5.50; Washington, $5.25; Boston, $5.50; Richmond, $5.25; Salem, $6.00: Buffalo, $5.00; Port- land, $5.75; St. Louis, $7.25; Newark, N. J., $5.00; Providence, $5.50; Albany, $5.25; Cleveland, $5.25; Chicago, $6.50.
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
An Organization for the Public Good-Men of Brains and Business-The Work They Have Achieved for the Advancement of Newburgh.
HE Board of Trade of the City of Newburgh was organ- ized February 22, 1882, at a meeting held in the Sav- ings Bank building, Mayor A. S. Cassedy presiding, Daniel S. Waring, secretary. The others present were Charles H. Harcourt, James T. Van Dalfsen, Joseph Van Cleft, E. S. Turner, James G. Graham, Edgar C. Barnes, Charles J. Lawson, John J. Campbell, Wil- liam B. Brokaw, William H. Hilton and Samuel C. Mills. The ob- jects, as defined in the constitution adopted at the time, were, " To acquire and disseminate useful information concerning the trade, manufactures and interests of the City of Newburgh; to encourage intercourse between business men; to co-operate with similar associa- tions in other cities in matters af- fecting the welfare of cities, and generally to aid in the promotion and development of the commercial, industrial and other interests of this city." The first officers were: Daniel S. Waring, President; William B. Brokaw, First Vice-President; John Schoonmaker, Second Vice-Presi- dent; John A. Mason, Secretary; Jon- athan N. Weed, Treasurer. The ex- ecutive body was a Board of Trus- tees, composed of Abram S. Cas- sedy, William B. Brokaw, Isaac C. Chapman, Charles J. Lawson, Theo- dore Merritt, James G. Graham, E. S. Turner, Daniel S. Waring, John Schoonmaker, James J. Logan, Rob- ert Whitehill, Edgar C. Barnes, Ed- ward Haigh, Joseph Van Cleft, Will- iam O. Mailler and Jonathan N. Weed.
That Newburgh had great need for such a representative body be- came at once apparent. Communi- cations from manufacturers desiring to locate here were brought to the Board for consideration; and how- ever narrow its sphere, and imper- fect its plan of operations, its great possibilities were demonstrated, and the citizens recognized in it the representative business body of the city, which could encour- age and foster its interests, and widen the knowledge of its industrial facilities. On May 2, 1884, a new era was commenced by re-organiz- ing the Board on a more substantial and tangible basis. The consti- tution and by-laws were revised, the Board of Trustees was abolished; and it was resolved to establish permanent headquarters and secure
RESIDENCE OF CHARLES E. WILLIAMS-162 Montgomery St.
the services of a secretary paid to devote sufficient time to the collec- tion of trade statistics, and matters of interest to manufacturers and tradesmen. The annual dues were increased to. $10, and almost without exception those invited to join the Board gladly accepted the invitation, and it entered upon a work that will be of lasting benefit to Newburgh with a membership of sixty-three representative citi- zens. The officers elected were Daniel S. Waring, President; E. S. Turner, First Vice President; William B. Brokaw, Second Vice- President; Jonathan N. Weed, Treasurer. A committee was ap- pointed to secure that prime requisite-a competent Secretary, and to rent an office. Major E. C. Boynton consented to act in that ca- pacity. The following committees were appointed:
Finance-David Carson, W. O. Mailler, Arthur A. McLean, Edgar C. Barnes, M. C. Belknap.
Membership-Charles J. Lawson, Eli Hasbrouck, James A. P. Rams- dell, William F. Cameron, James J. Logan.
Statistics-John A. Mason, E. S. Turner, D. W. Esmond, Joseph Van Cleft, Isaac C. Chapman.
Trades and Manufactures - John C. Adams, E. K. Shaw, Wil- liam B. Brokaw, Robert Whitehill, John Schoonmaker.
As soon as the reorganization was effected the membership began to increase, and the stronger in- fluence and wider scope of the Board began to be seen and felt. An office was rented and furnished in the Erie building, where the secretary may be found daily, and usually some members of the Board. Boards of trade, as a rule, were once formed solely for the mutual protection of the members, and rarely assumed any work of a pub- lic character, or apart from purely commercial interests. The members of the Board of Trade of the City of Newburgh are men of wider comprehensions than that. They look to every department of our industrial life, and think nothing which concerns the advancement of the city and its vicinity alien to them, or outside the scope of the as- sociation. A broad construction is given to that clause of the consti- tution which defines the aims of the Board, and from the first it has been energetic in advertising the city abroad, promoting immigration,
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encouraging the investment of capital, soliciting the establishment of new industries, encouraging the undertaking of important works, and, indeed, originating, fostering and aiding every enterprise which promises to advance the general good.
The work of the Board thus far has been purely of a public char- acter. It has not sought, like some others, to protect its individual
RESIDENCE OF CHARLES F. ALLAN, D. D. S .- 195 Montgomery Street.
members, to secure the payment of debts justly due, or to arbitrate disputes in commercial matters; none of its work is of a private char- acter to be hidden from the public. It is not concerned with the thought as to how much the members shall be individually benefitted by their association together, for they believe whatever tends to ad- vance the interests of the whole is not done without benefitting individual members of the community.
Its work has been too diverse in its nature to be dealt with in detail. One class of work has been ad- vertising the city abroad. In 1884 Major Boynton compiled a pamphlet, entitled " Newburgh, its Ad- vantages, Business, and Transportation Facilities," setting forth its attractions for a permanent residence, together with the present and future prospects of the Queen City of the Hudson. This pamphlet was widely circulated where it would do the most good. As a result many letters of inquiry have been receiv- ed and answered in regard to prospects and business advantages in detail. One of the first good deeds of the Board was in securing the abolition of discrim- inating freight and express rates. Formerly a car load of merchandise shipped from New York to Chicago, or beyond, went at a low rate, but the same quantity from Newburgh was forwarded under greatly in- creased freight charges. The same was true of freight receipts. The Board obtained New York rates for Newburgh, and there was not a manufac- turer or business firm in the city that was not made to realize substantially the benefit of this action. The same year the Board secured the location of the Orange County Agricultural Society at Newburgh for a term of years. The following year it aided in
accomplishing the removal to this city of the large establishment of the Kilmer Manufacturing Company, then rated by Bradstreet as worth $250,000, and now one of the largest and most prosperous con- cerns in the city. The Board raised a loan of $100,000 for the com- any, and invested a surplus of $1,000 in a bond of the company. Mr. Waring, then President of the Board, is now one of the officers of the company. The Board also secured an appropriation from Congress of $100,000 for a public building, and lately it has been instrumental in securing the im- provement of the system of water works.
Since the Board was formed we have had a great building boom, we have seen the extension of the water supply, the introduction of electric lights, the erection of the new Academy and School No. 6, the establishment of an industrial school, the adoption of free school books, the establishment of a number of new manufactories, the erection of the Academy of Music, the street railway, the purchase of Down- ing Park, and other industrial acquisitions or public improvements, and the enhanced value of real estate. Nearly all of these have been in some degree inspired by or received encouragement from the representa- tions put forth by the Board of Trade, or from its individual members, while some of the projects origi- nated in or are controlled by members of the Board itself.
But this by no means is the sum total of its work. All of its plans and deliberations were not followed by tangible results, nor can you find it all in black and white in the secretary's minutes. It has consider- ed and worked for many objects that came to naught, yet withal had the effect of stimulating enterprise and public spirit among the people.
The work grows with time, and every succeeding season brings new problems to deal with. No sooner is one work completed than another is undertaken. The Board is a factor in the business life of the city, and stands ready to represent the citizens in all proper matters, to answer all communications, and give every encouragement to people impressed with Newburgh's attractions to make their abid- ing place among us.
RESIDENCE OF E. A. WALSH-288 Grand Street.
NEWBURGH.
OFFICERS IN 1891.
President
Charles E. Williams.
First Vice-President David Carson.
Second Vice-President.
. William Foster. .
Secretary Major Edward C. Boynton.
Treasurer . Jonathan N. Weed.
COMMITTEES.
Trade and Manufactures-Daniel S. Waring, Robert Whitehill, Clayton E. Sweet, Joseph Chadwick and Charles J. Lawson.
Membership-George H. Ross, Charles B. Shaw, John L. Schultz, Simon A. Scharps and Charles L. Brown.
Finance-Arthur A. McLean, Joseph M. Dickey, William H. Hilton, Daniel G. Cameron and Charles T. Goodrich.
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RESIDENCE OF S. C. MILLS-272 Liberty Street.
Statistics-Samuel E. Shipp, Benjamin B. Odell, jr., Albert N. Chambers, Wilbur H. Weston and David C. Miller.
Executive Committee-Charles E. Williams, David Carson, William Foster, Jonathan N. Weed, Edward C. Boynton, Daniel S. Waring, Arthur A. McLean, Samuel E. Shipp and George H. Ross.
MEMBERS.
Adams, John C., Prest. Consumers' Gas Co.
Belknap & McCann, mfrs. soap. Brokaw, W. B., mfr. outing garments. Bedell & Seymour, gents' furnishings Beveridge Brewing Co., mfr. ales. Bazzoni, L. J., infr. carriages & sleighs. Barnes, E. C., provisions. Boynton, Major E. C., late U. S. A. Brown Lime Co., mfrs. lime. Bigler, James, mfr. buoys. Bull, Stephen M., wholesale grocer. Carson, David, mfr. bricks. Carter, Henry, florist. Cameron, Daniel G., lumber.
Chadwick, James, { Newburgh
Chadwick, Joseph, ' Bleachery. Chadborn & Coldwell Mfg. Co., lawn mowers.
Cleveland, O. M., mfr. overalls, etc.
Crawshaw, Mark, mfr. ingrain carpets and Smyrna rugs.
Cochrane, James, Prest. Common Council.
Crosby, S. L., Supt. Penn. Coal Co.
Crawford, C. E., furniture, etc.
Cook, A. M., boarding & sales stables. Dales, John & Co., real estate and in- surance.
Delany, P. & Co., mfrs. boilers.
Dickey, Joseph M., books & stationery. Doughty, Wm. B., stoves and tinware Doyle, Michael, Mayor.
Duncan, Henry C., baker and restan- rateur.
Goodrich, Charles T., real estate and insurance.
Harrison, James, mfr. woolen goods. Hilton, William H., architect, carpen- ter and builder.
Smith, William H., Supt. Laflin & Rand powder works.
Smith, A. C., plumbing and steam heating.
Sneed & Mathews, provisions.
Shaw's, Thos. Sons, architects, car- penters, builders and builders' supplies.
Skidmore, Thos. H., Prest. Skidmore Mercantile Co.
Taylor, James S. Estate, mfrs. plush goods and carpets.
Taylor, Grant B., lawyer.
Turner, Shipp & Osborn, real estate and insurance.
Weed, Jonathan N., bank cashier.
Ward & Logan, paints and oils, sash, blinds and doors.
Weygant, Charles H., real estate.
Ward & Esmond, lawyers, real estate. Willard, Francis A., publisher.
Wright, William, mfr. engines.
Waring, Daniel S., coal and ice.
Wilkinson, J. G., saddlery hardware.
Whitehill, Robert, mfr. engines and ice machines.
Wilson, T. & J., masons and builders. Wood, F. G., cement pipe.
Weston, Wilbur H., transportation.
MAJOR EDWARD CARLISLE BOYNTON, A. M., is a des- cendant of John Boynton, who emigrated from England in 1638, and settled at Salem, Mass. His father, Thomas, was born at Lunen- burgh, Mass., and in 1812 was an officer in the 31st U. S. Infantry,
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MAJOR EDWARD C. BOYNTON, A. M.
stationed in northern Vermont. His mother (Sophia Cabot) was a granddaughter of Mary Dwight Cabot, a descendant of Francis Cabot, who came to America in 1700. Edward Carlisle was born in Vermont, February 1, 1824. He was appointed a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1841. He was graduated in 1846, assigned to the 2d Artillery (Colonel Duncan's battery) as brevet second lieu- tenant, and ordered to join the army in Mexico. He was with Gen- eral Taylor at the front of the invading force. He served at Mont- erey and at the seizure and occupation of Saltillo in 1846. He par- ticipated in the siege of Vera Cruz, the battles of Cerro Gordo, Con- treras, Churubusco, in the seizure and occupation of Puebla, and in
Kilmer Mfg. Company, mfrs. wire, wire rods, fencing, etc.
King, Stephen & Co., coal.
Kernochan, John A., flour and feed.
Leicht, Charles, mfr. lager.
Lawson, Charles J., hardware.
Mailler, William O. & Co., wholesale grocers, coal.
McLean, Arthur A., fancy groceries. Matthews, John W. & Co., wholesale grocers.
Miller, D. C., stone yard.
Moore, John T., mfr. bricks.
Murtfeldt & Krom, furniture.
Muchattoes Lake Ice Company, ice.
Peck & Van Dalfsen, furniture.
Perkins, F. W., coal.
Post, E. R., drugs and medicines.
Peters, George W., Supt. of Streets.
Ritchie & Hull, publishers, printers and book-binders.
Ross, George H. & E. C., millers.
Ramsdell, H. S., transportation.
Schultz & Crum, dry goods & carpets.
Stewart & Sayre, lumber.
Sweet, Orr & Co., mfrs. overalls, etc.
Schaefer, F. J. A., florist.
Stevens, E. Gerry, lumber.
Scbarps, Simon A., real estate
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the skirmish at Amazoque, and also at Oka Laka in 1847. He was severely wounded in the action of Churubusco. He was promoted second lieutenant February 16, 1847. and first lieutenant August 20, 1847, and brevet captain at the same time for "gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexi- co." In 1848 Captain Boynton was assigned to the military academy at West Point as acting assistant quartermaster. From Aug- ust, 1848, to September, 1855, he was assis- tant professor of chemistry, mineralogy and geology. In 1855-56 he accompanied the ex- pedition against the Seminole Indians in Florida. He resigned February 16, 1856, and accepted the professorship of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology in the University of Mississippi, which he held till dismissed in 1861 for "evincing a want of attachment to the government of the Confederate States."
He declined the colonelcy of a volunteer regiment, and was reappointed to the U. S. army as captain in the 11th Infantry Sep- tember 23, 1861. He was at once assigned to duty at the military academy, first as ad- jutant and then quartermaster, remaining at that post throughout the war, and receiving at its close the brevet of major for faithful services. He was transferred to the 29th Infantry September 21, 1866, and to the 3d Artillery December, 1870. He resigned from the army in 1872.
The degree of A. M. was conferred on him by Brown University in 1856. Major Boynton is the author of the " History of West Point and the Origin and Progress of
the U. S. Military Academy " (1863), the standard work on the sub- ject. He is the author of the military and naval terms in Webster's Army and Navy Dictionary (1864), "Guide to West Point and the
RESIDENCE OF ALFRED BRIDGEMAN-Grand Avenue.
RESIDENCE OF FRANCIS GOULDY-169 Montgomery Street.
U. S. Academy," and the following other publica- tions: "Greek Fire and other Inflammables," " Ex- plosive Substitutes for Gunpowder," "Photogra- phy as Applied to Military Purposes," " Quantita- tive and Qualitative Chemical Analysis of Hydraulic Limestone," "Manual on Blowpipe Analysis." He is an honorary member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, and was president (1883-88) of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands.
Major Boynton was superintendent of the New- burgh water works from July 5, 1873, to March 4, 1881. Since May, 1874, he has been a member of the board of trustees of Washington's Headquar- ters, and has become learned in the Revolutionary history of the place. He discovered, compiled and published the most complete collection of Wash- ington's orders at Newburgh, and has delivered historical addresses before the Historical Society. He married Mary J. Hubbard, of Windsor, Vt., whose father was a prominent citizen of Windsor, and who is descendant from George Hubbard, who came to America in 1630. They have one son and three daughters. For the foregoing facts we are mainly indebted to Appleton's Cyclopædia and the Biographical Register of West Point Graduates.
SOME OF OUR TOWNSMEN.
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ON. JOEL T. HEADLEY was born December 30, 1813, at Walton, Delaware County, New York, where his father was settled for many years as the Presbyterian clergyman. Mr. Headley early determined to make his father's vocation his own, and after graduating from Union College in 1839, he took a course in theol- ogy at the Auburn Theological Seminary.
After being ordained he was settled over a church at Stockbridge, Mass., and immediately entered with enthusiasm upon the discharge of the numerous duties inseparably connected with the sacred office. He soon found, however, that his constitution, already undermined by many years of unceasing application and incessant study, was un- able to stand the further strain imposed upon it, and he was reluct- antly compelled to relinquish his chosen profession, and in 1842 went to Enrope, hoping that the change would restore his shattered health.
While abroad he occasionally contributed articles to the press and periodicals, and the favorable manner in which they were received encouraged him to offer to the public his "Letters from Italy." The gratifying re- ception at once accorded to this work first turned his mind seriously toward literary pursuits, and soon after his return from Europe he yielded to the solicitations of his friend Horace Greeley, and became the associate editor of the New York Tribune. The confining duties necessarily connected with the life of an editor soon became irk- some to him, and at the end of a year he severed his connection with that paper, and henceforth pursued the path of authorship. In 1846 " Napoleon and His Marshals " ap- peared, and was followed at various periods by " Washington and His Generals," " His- tory of the War of 1812," " Life of Crom- well," " Life of Havelock," "Life of Scott and Jackson," "Sacred Mountains," " Sa- cred Scenes and Characters," "Sacred Heroes and Martyrs," "Headley's Miscel- lanys," "The Imperial Guard," "Chaplains and Clergy of the Revolution," " The Great Rebellion," "Grant and Sherman," "Life of Farragut, and Our Naval Commanders," and " History of the Great Riots," besides other works of lesser note.
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HON. JOEL T. HEADLEY.
Mr. Headley's literary work suffered a few years' interruption when, in 1854, he was elected to the New York Assembly from the First District of Orange County, and the year following was chosen Secretary of the State of New York. Mr. Headley did not lay down his busy pen until late in life, and the popular favor which was ac- corded him at the outset of his career never entirely left him, and all his books were remunerative. During the last two years such a revi- val of public interest has been awakened in some of his works, espec- ially in his "Sacred Mountains," that the publishers felt warranted in getting out new editions, which have had a steady sale.
Mr. Headley's passionate love for nature in all her various moods led him nearly forty years ago to seek those great solitudes and lovely scenes which the Adirondacks had at that time kept concealed from all men save the trapper or woodman. He was so enamored of that
Switzerland of America that for over thirty years he made yearly pil- grimages for health and pleasure to that beautiful region. He was probably the first tourist to visit that section, and his descriptions of its charms and health-giving powers soon induced large numbers to visit it, and thus led to its becoming the great fashionable resort it is to-day.
For over thirty years Mr. Headley has resided in Newburgh and vicinity, and has always taken an active interest in the historic scenes and acts with which our locality abounds. The patriotic attempts of several of our citizens to secure the preservation of that venerated building, Washington's Headquarters, received his hearty support, and for many years he has been the President of the Trustees of the Headquarters.
Believing in the importance of fixing in the minds of the people all those events which are vitally connected with the fate of our Repub- lic, he early conceived the idea of celebrating in some public manner those historic events which have made Newburgh famous in Amer- ican history. To him more than any other individual is dne, not only the inception, but also the successful carrying out of our Centennial Celebration in 1883.
Mr. Headley has now passed the allotted span of life, but age has dealt kindly with him, and both health and vigor in mind and body still abide with him. Time, which has taken somewhat from the elasticity of his step, has not been able to diminish in any degree his lively interest in public affairs. nor rob his heart of its active sympathy for his fellow-men.
HENRY KIRKE BROWN was born in Leyden, Mass., February 24, 1814, and died in Newburgh, July 10, 1886. At an early age he evinced a talent for art, and in this was encouraged by his mother, who had some ability and training in the use of the pencil. At the age of twenty he went to study with Chester Harding, a famous por- trait painter of those days, in Boston, and remained with that master several years. He began the practice of his profession of portrait painter in Woodstock, Vt., where he made the acquaintance of Dr. Willard
Parker, with whom he studied anatomy.
Soon after Dr. Parker moved to Pittsfield, Mass., and thither Mr. Brown followed him to continue his studies. He became so proficient that he was offered the position of demon- strator of anatomy in the college. Dr. Parker was called to the Cin- cinnati Medical College, and nrged Mr. Brown to accompany him. He soon followed, in 1836, and devoted his time to painting, besides assisting Dr. Parker in his important operations by making drawings of them. In the Summer of 1837 he was offered a position on the survey of the Illinois Central Railroad, and during that and the fol- lowing Summer was in the field with level and transit. In the Winter, however, he was in Cincinnati, painting in his studio, and there occurred an incident which changed the whole course of his life. A young man named Whetstone, studying in the college,
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