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Canneogahakalononitàde-the Mohock river.
Skenectadèa-the city of Albany.
Ohnowalagantle-the town of Schenectady.
Cahohàtatea-the North or Hudson river.
Skenectadèa, Cahohàtatèa-the North river, spoken of in relation to Albany or Albany river.
Tioghsahronde-the place or places at which streams empty themselves.
Tioghsàhronde, Cahohâtatea-the North river spoken of in relation to the Mohock, the Watervleit kill, the Norman's kill, and the other streams which discharge into it.
The name for our North river, in the tongue of the Iroquois, strikes my ear very agreeably ; Cahohutatea.
You may contrast this with the Mohegan name for the same river, given me this day by John Taylor, Esq., a gentleman long conversant in the Indian affairs of New York ; Mahakaneghtuc.
What their etymologies are, I have not been able to as- certain, except as to Skenectadèa, Albany; which signifies the place the natives of the Iroquois arrived at, by travel- ing through the pine-trees .- Dr. Mitchell, ibid, i, 43.
The information that Shatemuck was one of the Mahic- can names of the River Hudson, was received from the Hon. Egbert Bensen,
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ALBANY ACADEMY MEDALS.
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THE CALDWELL MATHEMATICAL MEDAL.
The institution of the Caldwell Medal took place in 1831. In that year WILLIAM CALDWELL, a retired mer- chant of the city of Albany, presented one hundred dollars to the trustees of the Academy, to be invested in stock, the income of which should be devoted to the purchase of a gold medal, to be given at each annual examination to the student who shall have made the greatest proficiency in mathematics and natural philosophy ; the student to be of at least three years standing in the academy, and the medal to be given but once to the same individual. The donation was invested, and the interest is annually ap- propriated to the purchase of a medal, which is awarded to the successful competitor. These medals have no device, but simply the words "Caldwell Premium, Mathe- matics," upon the obverse, and the name of the recipient and the date upon the reverse side, as seen in the fac simile of one of them which is here given. The names of the students who have obtained this medal, are as follows :
1831, William 'Austin. 1841, John J. Olcott.
1832, no examination, on account of cholera. 1842, Philip Phelps.
1833, Henry Waldron.
1843, William Wrightson.
1834, Aurelian Conkling.
1844, Andrew McElroy.
1835, John Newland.
1845, John R. Croswell.
1836, Henry K. Viele.
1846, Francis B. Hall.
1837, George B. Hoyt.
1838, Charles N. Waldron.
1839, Joseph B. Brown.
1840, William J. Gibson.
1847, Frank Jones.
1848, Jacob C. Koonz.
1849, George Wrightson.
1850, William Alvord.
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THE VAN RENSSELAER CLASSICAL MEDAL.
In 1837, General STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER presented one hundred dollars in trust, to be appropriated in the same manner as the preceding, as a reward for the greatest proficiency in the Latin and Greek languages ; subject to the same reservations, except that the student must be of at least four years standing in the Academy. This medal, it will be seen, is in the same style as the Caldwell medal. The names of those who have received it are as follows :
1837, Isaac L. K. Miller. 1844, Samuel G. Courtney.
1838, Henry F. Greene. 1845, Wm. T. Wrightson.
1839, Charles K. McHarg.
1846, John K. Croswell.
1840, Gilbert L. Wilson.
1847, Jacob L. Pearse.
1841, Philip Phelps.
1848, Henry L. Bullions.
1842, John C. Bullions.
1849, William A. Gott.
1843, Oliver Bronson. 1850, Ernest I. Miller.
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Dutch Names for the Fish in our River.
DUTCH NAMES FOR THE FISH IN OUR RIVER.
A few only will be noticed-some denoted by numbers as their names-the TWAALF, the twelve, the Streaked Bass, and the ELF, the Shad-the name of the Shad in Dutch is ELFT, in German ALOFT, and in French ALOSE, all perhaps from the same root ; but being pronounced here ELF, the number eleven, the number itself possibly came to be considered as its name, and so led to denote others in the same manner-the Drum is said to have been the DERTIEN, the thirteen. Van Der Donck, speak- ing of the North river, expresses himself, it is " SEER VIS- RYCK," literally very fish-rich-here the Dutch language would seem to have the advantage over the English, its capability of composition-HET GELT-ZUCHT, the money- lust ; HET MERSCH-ZUCHT, the sway-lust ; for a word for the first the English are indebted to the French, covet- ousness ; for a word for the other to the Latin, ambition ; MYN EER-NAAM, my honor-name, the name, or rather ap- pellation, by which it is peculiarly my honor to be called -no word for it in either of the three languages-an in- stance illustrating it-" The disciples were called CHRIST- IANS." Speaking of the fish in New Netherland at large, and consequently comprehending the Connecticut, he ex- presses himself, " there is also in some places salmon." Extract from the voyage of Hudson, as found in Purchas : "They saw many salmons, and mullets, and rays, very great"-the third of September, not the salmon season. De Laet, expresses himself, "Hudson also testifies, that with their seines they took every kind of river fish in the river, also young salmon and sturgeon." The Dutch, whatever may be the true name of the fish in their lan- guage, always, at least in this country, call the trout, SALMTIES, little salmon ; and they were doubtless in abun- dance at the mouths of the large streams issuing into the river. Belknap, and as a fact appertaining to the life of Hudson, mentions, "that, in sailing up the river, he found it abounding with fish, and among which were great store of salmon."-Judge Bensen, N. Y. Hist. Soc, Coll, ii, 2d Series, p. 130,
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ANNALS OF THE YEAR 1849-50.
1849.
DECEMBER.
1. Business gradually diminishing, and the sales of flour very limited ...... Heavy gale ; a canal boat loaded with flour was driven ashore, and another boat loaded with provisions went to the bottom. ..... Albany and Mohawk Plank Road company organized; Wm. McElroy president ; Jacob Henry vice president; Henry A. Allen secretary ; John M. Newton treasurer. Six thousand dollars were subscribed on the occasion. The capital stock of the road is $25,000.
2. Twentieth anniversary of the commencement of the Orphan Asylum ...... Thomas Turner, U. S. Consul for Brazil, died at Bahai, aged 30; formerly of Albany.
3. Snow commenced falling at an early hour, but turn- ed to sleet and rain during the day ...... Thermometer at 7 A. M. 29° ; 12 M. 34°; 3 P. M. 35°; 6 P M. 37°.
4. Thermometer, 7 A. M. 34°; 12 M. 382° ; 3 P. M. 39°; 6 P. M. 40°. . . Elisabeth, widow of John Luther died, aged 89. David A. Leighton, died, aged 53.
5. Last day of canal navigation; the locks being closed by order of the Canal board, instead of Jack Frost, to whom the business had always been left by common con- sent ...... Mrs. Phoebe Hilton died, aged 78.
6. Thermometer, 7 A. M. 411º ; 12 M. 451º ; 3 P. M. 44°; 6 P. M. 35°. ..... John Millington Jr, died, aged 26. Wm. H. Chapman died, aged 22. John Roach died, aged 52.
7. Meeting of citizens at the Mansion House, to take into consideration the prices charged by the company for gas. A committee was appointed to confer with the company and report to a future meeting, ...... Thermo- meter, 7 A. M. 29°; 12 M. 30°; 3 P. M. 29° 6 P. M. 30°.
8. The river so low that the morning boats grounded on the bars, and the Boston ferry boat also grounded in
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her slip on the East Albany side ....... Daniel Poinier died, aged 50. . .... Richard Starr, type founder, formerly of Albany, died at Brooklyn ...... Catharine M., wife of David Seaman, died, aged 29.
9. Much floating ice in the river, and hail and rain fell . during the day. ..... Hendrick Hudson reached her dock before 2 o'clock in the morning. ..... Ann Visscher, relict of Levinus L. Winne, formerly of Albany, died, aged 67 . Cornelia Ann, wife of Chas. Richardson, died . .. ... A man fell from the gang plank of the tow boat Oswego, and was drowned.
10. Cloudy and thawing ...... Mr. Archibald Campbell removed from the office of deputy secretary of state, which he had filled with great industry and capacity since 1812. . . . A force organized and sent down to Coeymans to make further efforts to obtain coal, at a locality which had been previously examined, about six miles west of the river.
. . Catharine, wife of Owen McManus, died.
11. Janet Andrew, wife of Robert Dunlop died, aged 65. .J. E. Dudley, formerly of Albany, was drowned during the passage from Buffalo to Detroit, on the steam- boat Atlantic.
12. Such was the severity of the weather, that the steamer Santa Claus left at 1 p. M. and the Hendrick Hudson and Columbia at 3; and the Rip Van Winkle went into winter quarters in the Basin. The weather moderated in the evening ...... Horace Knowles died aged 50. Wm. F. Gombell died ....... A convention of Iron masters met at the City Hall, to take into consideration the tariff on iron, and organized an association. under the following officers: Erastus Corning, president ; Alex. S. Coffin, of Dutchess county ; Gouverneur Kemble, Rock- land; Jas. R. Sterling, Jefferson; James S. Whalen, Essex; E. B. Judson, Onondaga ; Henry Burden, Rensselaer; vice presidents ; H. C. Seymour, Rockland; A. J. Rosseau, Rensselaer ; F. H. Jackson, Essex, secretaries.
13. The First Presbyterian Church, the oldest church edifice in the city, corner of South Pearl and Beaver sts., was sold by auction, and purchased by James Kidd for $17,550. It was built in 1792, and when completed was
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the best church in the city . . . .. Andrew Fitzpatrick died, aged 60. . ... . Meeting of gas consumers to hear report of committee; the directors of the company declined to re- duce the price.
14. The board of managers of the Albany City Tract Society for the ensuing year, were chosen and consist of the following: president, Friend Humphrey; vice presi- dents, Hugh Humphrey, Robert Boyd, Lemuel Jenkins, Richard V. Dewitt, Wm. McElroy, Wm. C. Miller, Alden March; secretary, Erastus H. Pease; treasurer, Philip Phelps ; directors, Rufus K. Viele, James B. Sanders, James Taylor, James A. Wilson. Walter R. Bush, S. T. Bowen, Wm. H. Ross, G. W. Benjamin, N. A. Fish, Eli Perry, Thos. McMullen, Silas B. Howe, A. H. Wells, James Edwards, John Vosburgh, Robt. Coburn, T. R. Rawson, William Gibson, together with the pastors of the church- es represented in the board. . . Mrs. Margaret Gray died, aged 62.
15. A large pulley wheel, weighing about five thousand pounds, thirteen feet six inches diameter, with twenty- eight inches face, was cast at F. S. Low's Machine Works on Saturday night, for the Nail Works.
16. Trinity Church having been repaired, after the late fire, was again opened for service. . .... Annual meeting of the Albany City Tract Society, at the Pearl Street Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Kennedy presiding. From the report of the superintendent, Solomon Cone, it appeared that the Society had been in existence fourteen years; that there were 100 visitors, who called at 500 houses once a month, distributing 7000 tracts, or an aggregate of 28,000 pages. They had distributed a number of Bibles and Testaments, and other religious books, gathered during the year 150 children into sabbath schools, clothed most of them, nursed and counseled the sick, aided and comforted the poor, and obtained fifty names to the temperance pledge. The treas- urer (Ph. Phelps) reported the receipt of $588.66 into the treasury during the past year, and an expenditure of $877. 41 cts. There is, nevertheless, $130.25 still in the treas- ury. It was proposed to expend $1,000 during the ensuing
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year, to accomplish which it would be necessary to raise about $900.
17. John Peebles died aged 59.
18. The steam tow boats Commerce and Belle left with the last run of barges for the season. . Isaac Winne, formerly of Albany, died at Singsing.
20. Jonas Wickes died, aged 63. He had been employed eighteen years as deputy clerk of the county of Albany, and previously in the county clerk's office of Rensselaer. He was one of our most philanthrophic citizens, and ever prominent in all benevolent and religious movements.
21. First sleighing of the season.
22. Mary, wife of Daniel Betts, died aged 75.
23. Ralph H. Meech dicd.
24. John N. Cutler died, aged 71.
25. The board of supervisors visited the Penitentiary. . David A. Bedell dicd, aged 29.
26. The first mail from New York by land left New York at 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon by the Hudson River Rail Road, took the stage at 10 miles below Pough- keepsie, and arrived at Albany about 5 o'clock this morn- ing ...... No boat arrived from New York to day, owing to the sale of the boats composing the People's Line, in New York. Three quarters of the Hendrick Hudson, bought by Daniel Drew, for $48,000. The Columbia was bought by D. Drew for $16,000. The Oregon was bought by D. Drew for $36,000. One-half of the steamboats Empire, Troy and John Mason of the Troy and New York line, was bought by him for $40,000. The South America was bought by Capt. Dodge for $29,000. The North America was bought by A. Van Santvoord for $15,000. The Rochester was bought by Capt. Dodge for $11,500. . A small wooden building in Lodge street was burnt.
. Robert Southey died, aged 38. Robert Hewson died, aged 38.
27. Persons crossed the river on the ice near Bath for the first time this season, and the river was fairly closed to navigation ...... A fire discovered in Blunt's Buildings, was soon extinguished.
29. The Governors of the Albany Hospital, appointed
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by the last legislature, consisting of Marcus T. Reynolds, Greene C. Bronson, William James, Ezra P. Prentice, Barent P. Staats, Dyer Lathrop, Friend Humphrey, Sam- uel Pruyn, James Goold, James D. Wasson, James P. Boyd, T. Romeyn Beck, Ralph Pratt, John C. Spencer, and Clark Durant, met and adopted regulations for the government of the institution, and entered upon the busi- ness of procuring a subscription of $20,000, the sum re- quisite to secure the aid of the state.
31. Dr. Fay, the Alms House physician, reported that during the month of December there were 132 persons in that institution requiring medical attendance, of which 79 were cured, 20 died, and 33 remained under treatment. . The trustees of the Western Railroad Sinking Fund, Thomas W. Olcott and C. W. Bender, submitted the fol- lowing report: Bonds and Mortgages on hand 1st Jan. last, $209,617; since paid of said mortgages, $8,200; Al- bany City Bonds on hand Ist Jan. 1849, $20,000; since Ist Jan. 1849, $35,000; cash on hand deposited in bank, $887.46; total, $157,304.46; contributions by Western Rail Road Sinking Fund, $173,111.10; interest on invest- ment, $84,193.36; total, $257,304.46. Of the above $55,- 000 Albany City Bonds, $41,000 have been cancelled, $14,000 are on hand. Interest accrued and due, but not paid, $5,002-38; do., but not due, $3,209.78 ...... The following is an abstract of the Annual Report of the Al- bany and Schenectady Rail Road Company, showing a handsome increase over last year : Capital stock paid in, $1,000,000; amount paid for construction to Jan. 1, 1849. $1,605,196.70 ; amount paid in 1849 for relaying nine miles with heavy rail, building locomotive, two freight houses at Albany and ticket office at Schenectady, $93,- 088:08; total cost of construction Jan. 1, 1850, $1,698,- 284. 78; length of road 16 5145 miles. Total amount of indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1850, $552,000; amount received from passengers, $115,717.59; do., freight, $62,550; do., rents, $3,111.44; do., mail contract, $2,650. Total in- come for the ycar 1849, $184,029.05. Amount paid for repairs, running the road, &c., $66,493.55 ; do., tolls on freight, $8,335.60; do., interest, $35,909.98 ; do., dividends
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in Jan. and July, $70,000. Number of miles run by passen- ger trains, 50,871; do., by freight trains, 31,835; total, 82,006. The company own 2 engine houses, 3 machine shops, 6 locomotives, 33 passenger cars, 27 emigrant cars, 27 mail and baggage cars, 50 freight cars and 5 horses. Average number of men employed, 130.
1850.
JANUARY.
1. Weather mild and sleighing good ....... Meeting of the legislature. Mr. Elderkin, democrat, elected Speaker, by three majority, over Robert H. Pruyn, whig. James R. Rose, of Albany, elected clerk ....... Rensselaer Van Rensselaer, formerly of Albany, and commander-in-chief of the forces stationed on Navy Island in the late Cana- dian rebellion, died at Syracuse, from inhaling the fumes of charcoal.
2. The Commercial Bank paid a dividend of five per cent on the capital stock. The State Bank had long been accustomed to make a semi-annual dividend of five per cent, and the Mechanics' and Farmers' began to do the same last year. . . Fire at one o'clock in the morning, consumed the interior of the brick building in James st., belonging to Wm. J. Warner, and occupied by Dr. Herrick, as a medicine store ; by C. Kilmer as a printing office in 2d story (where the fire took), and a piano forte manufac- tory in the third story .. .. James Muir Jr. died, aged 31.
3. Mr. Pruyn offered in the house of assembly a petition from the board of supervisors, praying a law to change the bounds of the city of Albany.
4. A dense fog enveloped the city, after the fall of a few inches of snow, so that at sunrise, objects could not be discerned at a distance equal to the width of State street. The day was one of uncommon mildness and beauty . · Jane Frances, wife of John Cummings, died ....... Annual meeting of the Albany Republican Artillery when the fol- lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year : Civil ;
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President, James Turner, vice-president F. G. Peoble, se- cretary Charles R. Wooley, treasurer George Fredenrich. Military; Orderly Sergeant John Murdon, 2d do. George Fredenrich, 3d do. John Gardinier, 4th do. B. MeCotter, Ist Corporal B. O'Connell, 2d do. Robt. Horner, 3d do. Wm. Wooley, 4th do Geo. Boughton. Board of Direct- ors ; John Arts, Philip Gardinier, John Hillebrant, Ed- ward Riley.
5. A fire at the Glasshouse, corner of Broadway & Ferry street, soon after midnight, was extinguished.
7. The Housatonie train arrived from New York at a quarter before 5 P. M .. making the trip in 82 hours. The common council appointed C. L. Cutler to take charge of the clock of the Middle Dutch Church, as the town clock, which his father, recently deceased, had so long had the care of ...... Organization of the Society for the Relief of the Poor, and the following persons appointed officers for the ensuing year : Rev. Wm. James, president ; Greene C. Bronson, Robert E Temple, Thomas McElroy, vice-presidents ; Rev. Thomas R. Rawson, secretary ; Wil- liam McElroy, treasurer ; Marcus T. Reynolds, W. W. Frothingham, Thurlow Weed, Chauncey P. Williams, P. M. Lovett, Elihu Russell, Jefferson Mayell, John Tracy, Lemuel Jenkins, Anthony Gould, Wm. G. Deyermand, Nathaniel Davis, Geo. C. Treadwell, Azor Taber. . . The following gentlemen were elected Directors of the Albany Insurance Company for the ensuing year : Teunis Van Vechten, Gerrit Y. Lansing, Rufus H. King, Augustus James, Marcus T. Reynolds, Archibald MeIntyre, John Townsend, William C. Miller, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Her- man Pumpelly, John T. Cooper, Henry Bleecker, Peter McNaughton, Messrs. Robert Shepard, Lyman Chapin, and Christopher Y. Lansing, were chosen inspectors of the next election .. . . . . At the annual election of the Ti- voli Hose Company, the following named persons were elected as officers for the ensuing year ; John C. Feltman, jr. foreman ; Jacob C. Cuyler, Ist asst. ; Robert W. Har- vey, 2d asst. ; Samuel T. Thorburn, secretary ; Henry J. Wells, treasurer.
8, The Albany Exchange Bank paid a dividend of 33
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per cent on its capital stock ...... A fall of snow during the early morning, and another in the afternoon .. One hundred guns fired in honor of the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, in 1815. ... ... The Albany Emmet Guards gave their annual ball in the evening, at Van Vechten Hall, No. 119 State street, which was opened for the first time on this occasion since its evacuation by the Normal School ...... At a meeting of the Fire Depart- ment, the following persons were elected officers for the ensuing year : John B. Stonehouse, president ; John Mc Bride, vice president ; L. D. Holstein, secretary ; V. Ten Eyck, treasurer ; Archibald Young, collector ; John A. Sickles, George Cuyler, trustees. . Ephraim Howard died, aged 75.
9. From the long prevalence of southerly winds the ice in the river became so unsafe, that crossing with teams was discontinued ...... Lawrence Murray died, aged 48.
10. The wind having veered to the north, the sun shone out in the morning giving everything the appearance of early spring ...... Ralph Waldo Emerson lectured before the Young Men's Association at the North Methodist Church, and Frances Ann Kemble, rcad Shakespeare at the Female Academy "as no other woman could read it, and very few men."
11. A north east rain spread a crust of ice on the walks, which rendered pedestrianism difficult and danger- ous . . . . .. Mrs. Elizabeth Gansevoort, relict of Conradt Gansevoort, formerly of Albany, died at Holmdell, N. J., aged 82.
12. The weather quite cold and the ice strong. . . The rail road ferry boat discontinued her trips ; a bridge being made from the dock to the ice to accommodate the busi- ness of the road ...... Edward T. Winslow, of Wells & Co's Express, died in Geneva aged 41.
14. Thermometer 6° below 0 ...... News received of the death of J. K. Wing and Charles Thomas in Califor- nia, late of Albany. Thomas Scott died, aged 27.
15. The 41st anniversary ball of the Albany Republican Artillery, at Bleecker Hall .. . James Sammons died, aged 55.
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17. Damp day, with snow and rain ...... Mr. Ruel Clapp, of the firm of Clapp & Townsend, late proprietors of Townsend's Sarsaparilla, died between 2 and 3 o'clock. His death supposed to have been caused by an affection of the heart. Mr. C. was attending to his business as usual in the morning, and to all appearance, in good health.
18. Rain and snow ...... Southern mail did not arrive till noon ....... Daniel Bratt dicd.
19. A span of horses with a sleigh containing a farmer and three females broke through the ice ; one of the horses lost.
20. John Phillips died, aged 24. Cornelia Dunbar Ben- sen dicd, aged 18.
21. At a mecting of the common council, Alderman Satterlee offered a resolution that Lydius street be opened from Allen to Magazine strect. Ald. McCall offered a substitute to the effect that the committee on levels be requested to report whether, in their opinion a feasible grade could be made, and the cost of the work. Ald. Mc Naughton hoped that the substitute would not be adopted. When the subject was first agitated, the member from the 8th (Mr. McCall) was in favor of it ; but now he appeared to be anxious to stave the subject off by throwing obsta- cles in the way. All that the petitioncrs asked was a common country road. They did not expect to have it graded or paved, nor had they asked for it. He knew that the street passed through ravines and over hills, yet a good road could be made at a trifling expense. He wanted to get a direct vote, so that if the board would not remove the obstructions, they could move in another quarter, where individuals could not interfere. Ald. Mc Call could not see how members could vote to pull down houses; &c., when it would be of no public benefit. He could not see how persons could vote for such things when it was not asked for by the public but only by a few individuals. If a passable street could be worked, and a majority of the owners of property asked for it he would go for it. He thought this movement was made through private malice. An attempt was made some time since by persons to prosecute him, and a similar movement
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was made, but the board did not sanction it. If the pub- lic was not to be benefited by this contemplated improve- ment, individuals should not be made to suffer. Ald. Godard was in favor of opening this street, but he was not prompted by such motives as the member from the 8th (Mr. McCall) had attributed to the friends of the measure. Here was a large tract of land belonging to individuals, who paid city tax on this property and de- rived no benefit from it, because the street and the only direct avenue to it was occupied by individuals. He had understood that parties had leased the street adjoining their property knowing it to be such. He thought it would prove a public benefit and a good improvement ; and as such we are under obligations to open it. The board had no money to expend in lawsuits. If this street was not opened litigation would ensue. He had no hos- tility to those occupying the street, although they were trespassers. He would offer an amendment to the reso- lution that certain property be not removed. The street was now opened to within two or two and a half miles of the city, and if the street was opened these lands which were good, would become valuable ; if not, they would forever be a tax to those owning them. Ald. Satterlee thought that members were not fully acquainted with all the facts in regard to this street. In looking over the files of the Albany Gazette, he found that in 1817 these lands were sold by the common council. They were designated as being bounded on Washington and Lydius streets, and were four miles from the Capitol. On the 29th May, 1817, 4,284 acres were sold for 71,750, the interest on the same from that day up to the present time, about 28 years, is $140,630, making a total of $212,380. Henry Yates now owns 1127 acres of this property on both sides of Lydius st. On the entire line persons owning 3000 acres have petitioned for the opening of the street, and those owning 182 are against it. The petitioners do not wish to avoid the plank road; they ask that it be done out of justice to the owners of this property. A question was raised as to the legality of the city to open this street. Ald. Jenkins said the owners of property could
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