The annals of Albany, Vol. IV, Part 30

Author: Munsell, Joel, 1808-1880
Publication date: 1850
Publisher: Albany : J. Munsell
Number of Pages: 420


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Costs on Assessment sales,


₹100.00


Rents, .....


1,981.97


Commutation of Rents,


612.00


Real Estate,


766.10


Bonds and Mortgages,


50.00


Interest, .


7,409.07


Dividends,


279.50


Markets,.


1,951.50


Police Office,.


366.04


Justices' Court,


2,300-48


City Poor, .


6,197.30


Alms House,


6,473.53


Contingents,


2,391.32


Redemption, ..


1,674.70


Surveyor's Office,


241.00


District Schools,.


12,336.48


City Taxes,


136,900.00


County of Albany,.


11,000.00


Temporary Loan, .


20,000.00


Total Receipts,. $530,901.31


Cash on hand Nov. 1. 1851,. 63,704.44


Total,.


$594,605.75


Disbursements during the same period :


City Water Works,


$216,969.25


City Water debt, interest account,


41,733.43


Water Rents,


1,225.22


Trustees of Sinking Fund,.


52,426.03


Interest, .


35,503 61


Basin assessment, .


64.99


Grading and paving streets,


65,876.24


Constructing drains, .


3,774 70


Costs on assessment sales,


158.50


Alms House,. .


25,847:82


City Poor, ..


10,779.81


Police Department, .


27,565.28


Police Office,


1,872.25


City Lamps, ..


10,036 03


Fire Department,


16,178.92


Ferry,


468.37


Markets,.


1,564-99


District Schools,


13,415.14


Surveyor's Office,


1,200.00


Salaries, .


4,700.00


City Hall,


1,146.21


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Elections,


534.50


Printing and advertising,


1,074.25


Justices Courts, . ..


3,403.74


Court of Special Sessions,


60-50


Redemption, .


1,576.76


Repairing, &c., streets, drains and wells, ..


10,260.56


Contingencies, .


9,257.72


Total disbursements,


$558,674.82


Cash on hand Nov. 1, 1852,. 35,930.93


Total,.


$594,605-75


TRUSTEES OF SINKING FUND. Receipts.


Sales Real Estate,. $5,272.10


From City Treasury, 35,000.00


Tax, ...


10,000.00


Assessments, . .


5,950.89


Loan from City,.


8,015 93


Total Receipts,. Expenditures.


$64,238.92


Redemption City Bonds, 7 per cent.,


$50,626-03


do. 6 do. 4,800.00


Payment to Chamberlain, ...


3,812.89


Deposited to apply on Water Debt,


5,000.00


Total,. $64,238.92 WESTERN RAIL ROAD CORPORATION SINKING FUND. The investments made by the Trustees are as follows, viz: Bonds and Mortgages, $221,042


City Bonds (canceled). 55,000


City Water Stock,


60,000


Total, $336,042


The amount thus invested has been derived from the following sources :


Contribution by Western Railroad Co. $193,111.10


Interest on investments,. 137,417.04


Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank (overdrawn) .. 5,513.86


Total, $336,042.00


9. The City Volunteers, a new military company, Capt. John Arts, made their first appearance, in an unique uni- form.


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10. John Taylor's malt house partially destroyed by fire; loss about $15,000, .. ... John Mitchell died, aged 41. Eliza Kennedy died, aged 65.


11. Gilbert Millen committed suicide by poison, at the Merchant's Hotel.


12. John B. Gibbons, late of Albany, died in New York, aged 31. Ellen, wife of Henry Pierce, late of Albany, died in California.


13. Garrit Lansing Van Heusen, formerly of Albany, died at Newark, N. J., aged 37.


14. Miss Rebecca Eights died, aged 76. James Scher- merhorn died, aged 19 ...... Grace Church dedicated by Bishop Wainwright, assisted by thirty clergymen .... Mrs. Sarah Shaw died at Amsterdam, widow of Isaiah Shaw, formerly of Albany.


15. The canal closed; boats had almost entirely ceased to run, the season being so far advanced ...... The sales of barley in the market amounted to 1,620,300 bushels; the prices ranging from 64 to 84 cts ..... . John Kinney died, aged 65. Mary, wife of Levi C. Tuck, died. Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Litterby, died, aged 103.


16. The river navigation had so far ceased, that but one vessel under canvas was seen within a range of forty miles, and that was bound for winter quarters below. Some of the lesser steam boats still made their trips, slightly obstructed by floating ice.


17. Mrs. Sarah Hubbard died.


19. Annual meeting of the Albany Tract Society. Re- ceipts of the past year $1345; expenditures, $1148. Num- ber of distributors, 100. Rev. David Dyer had been em- ployed as agent of the society, since July last.


We gathered from the report that there are at present 100 dis- tributors, who visit 120 districts; number of visits of Superin- tendent (Rev. Mr. Dyer) and his Assistant (Mr. Cone) during last six months, 4069; that during the year, 656,466 pages of tracts have been distributed; 143 bibles and 69 testaments given away ; 127 sermons preached; 166 sick persons visited; 17 funerals attended; 121 persons relieved; 100 induced to attend public worship; 133 children brought into Sunday schools; $200 dis- tributed among the poor, &c. There are four mission stations under the general supervision of the Society, whose meetings


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are generally well attended, and to each of which a Sabbath school is attached. Besides these, three sewing schools have been established, and from these instrumentalities the managers hope for much good. The report also referred to the facilities which the Society afforded for the judicious distribution of aid to the poor, and particularly pressed this point upon the attention of the benevolent. Rev. Drs. Kennedy and Campbell, and Rev. Mr. Post, delivered addresses. A collection was taken up, and, after a benediction, the audience dispersed .- Express.


20. The Green Street Theatre, which had been a long time undergoing improvements and decorations, opened this evening, under the management of Madame de Mar- guerittes ...... Horace Meech, formerly of this city, died at Freeport, Ill., aged 63.


22. The river was entirely frozen over, so that the boats could no longer move through the ice. The Hen- drik Hudson was frozen in, on her way down the river, about ten miles below the city.


23. Mary Lindsay died of apoplexy. John Cayhe died, aged 31 ...... The supervisors fixed upon the rate of assessment of the city and county. For assessed valuation of real estate in the city, see table, page 385.


24. Nathaniel Rogers, formerly keeper of the Delavan House, in this city, died at Buffalo, aged 50. ..... The water rose in the river so as to carry the newly formed ice entirely out, except a barrier at Coeymans, which ob- structed navigation.


26. A fire corner of Church and Vine streets destroyed the morocco factory of Anable & Smith, and the stock therein ...... The pews in the Cathedral, to the number of 180, were rented; the first twenty in the middle aisle at $40 each. .. The new church edifice of the First Baptist Society, corners of Hudson, Philip and Plain sts., was opened for service.


27. Waterman's dry goods store, in Washington street, robbed by the clerk .... .. Alarm of fire, caused by the burning of a chimney ... . The pews in the Baptist Church, on Philip street, were rented at prices varying from $16 to $36.


28. Michael Maher died, aged 59. Isaac Denniston died, aged 86.


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29. The police were attacked, and four of them seri- ously wounded, by a party of Irishmen, in the northern part of the city. . ... The Isaac Newton, having been pre- pared by a sheathing of iron, forced her way through the barrier of ice at Coeymans, and arrived at the dock, fol- lowed by the Hendrik Hudson ...... Mrs. Ann Randall died, aged 53.


30. Alarm of fire from a millinery shop, which was extinguished before much damage was done. . . ... Another fire in Blunt's Building, which was also soon extinguished.


31. The Mechanic's and Farmer's Bank closed its business, on the expiration of its charter, which was granted in 1811. (See Annals Albany, vol. i, p. 32 )


Of the original Directors of the Bank, the following gentlemen survive :- WILLIAM FOWLER, GILES W. PORTER and WALTER WEED. Of the first Officers of the Bank, all but the President, the late SOLOMON SOUTHWICK, survive, viz :- The then Cashier, G. A. WORTH, is now President of the Union Bank of New York. The first Clerks were ISAAC Q. LEAKE, PHILO L. MILLS and THOMAS W. OLCOTT. Mr. OLCOTT, the Junior Clerk, at a salary of $250 a year, was appointed Cashier in 1817, and be- came President in 18?6, upon the death of the late EZRA AMES. The Presidents of the Bank were, successively, SOLOMON SOUTH- WICK, ISAAC HUTTON, BENJAMIN KNOWER, EZRA AMES and THOMAS W. OLCOTT. Its Cashiers were G. A. WORTH, T. W. OLCOTT, E. E. KENDRICK and THOMAS OLCOTT.


The financial history of the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank has been one alike satisfactory to stockholders and useful to the business interests of our community. It has furnished, except in two emergencies when a suspension of specie payments was authorized by law, a uniformly sound and desirable currency. Beside its regular semi-annual dividends, this Bank made, in 1830, a surplus dividend of 50 per cent. Its stock sold, a few days since, 100 per cent. above par, an advance which probably indicates about the amount of its surplus dividend upon the final close of its affairs. The same stockholders, taking the same name, will organize a new institution, with the same capable and experienced officers, under the General Banking Law, simultaneously with the expiration of their charter. Con- nected with the new institution will be a Savings Bank Depart- ment, where the earnings of the industrious and frugal may be deposited with the assurance of safety under all and every con- tingency. With the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank, to which


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we have had frequent occasion to apply for favors, both for our friends and ourself, and were never refused, we should part with regret, if, Phoenix like, another institution, under the same kind- ly auspices, were not to spring, full-grown, from its ashes. Though Banks are artificial creations, and therefore " soulless," we have found among those who manage moneyed institutions men with both souls and hearts. Some years ago, when the Canal Bank failed, its notes, having entered largely into general circulation, were held by journeymen, laborers, seamstresses, &c., &c. The brokers, in a season of panic, were purchasing those bills at 30, 40, and even 50 per cent. discount. Those least able to lose were necessarily the largest sufferers. To save this class of citizens from such hard sacrifices, Messrs. Olcott, Townsend, Corning, King, Taylor, Sherman, Plumb and Kendrick, the Presidents and Cashiers of the Mechanics' and Farmers', State, Commercial and City Banks, authorized us to seek out all the laboring and poor classes who held Canal Bank bills, and redeem them at par. This authority was un- limited, except as to brokers and rich persons. Acting with the late James Maher and the late Duncan Campbell (two of the best and truest-hearted men we ever knew), thousands of dollars were thu's saved to the mechanics and laborers. Each of the Banks named furnished its proportion of the Redemption Fund .- Journal.


The mean temperature of December was 24°, being 2° higher than December of the year 1851.


ALBANY MARKET .- Rye from 80 to 85 cts. per bu. of 60 lbs .; Corn, 75 cts .; Barley, from 68 to 72 cts .; Oats, from 50 to 53 cts .; Beans, from 10s. to 13s .; Flaxseed, from 9s. to 10s .; Buck- wheat Flour, about $2 per cwt .; Pork, from $7.75 to $8 per cwt .; Poultry, from 10 to 12 cts. per lb .; Butter, from $22 to $25 per cwt .; Cheese, 9} cts .; Dried Apples, $1 per bush .; Apples, from 12s. to $2 per bbl .; Hay, $25 per ton; Straw, $18 per ton.


CRIMINAL STATISTICS .- Statement of the arrests of persons charged with criminal offences, and brought before the Police Magistrates, during the month of December, 1852 :-


Whole number of arrests,


Arrested by the Policemen, District No. 1,


246


30


66 66 66


66 66 2, 59


66 66 3, 38


66 66


66 66 66 4, 40


by Bernardus B. Whalen, 24


66


66 Elisha Mack, Jr.,.


12


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Arrested by Franklin Smith,. 23


66 George B. Johnson,.


9


66 George Brainard, 5


66


Myers Henderer,. 4


66 Others,


3


OFFENCES.


Felonies-False pretences, 6


Perjury, ..


1


Forgery, ....


1


Grand Larceny, 4


Attempt to commit burglary,. 1


Making thirteen cases of felony, 13


50


Riot and affray,


6


Breach of the peace,


39


Drunk in the street, ..


31


Keeping disorderly house,


1


Petit larceny,


35


Vagrancy, ..


26


Miscellaneous, 40


Total,


246


Assault and battery, 6 on officers,.


5


STATEMENT


OF THE


REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY AS ASSESSED &c., 1852.


Assessed Value.


Equalized.


Wards & Towns.


Acres. įpr ac.


Real.


(Personal


Total.


Acre:


pr acr.


Real.


Personal


Total.


County tax.


City tax.


Total.


Rate of tax'n


First Ward, .....


778.235


22,000


800,285


700,412


22.000


722,412


2,467.52


6,141.17


74.50


8,683.19


1.09


Second do


921,588


55,000 · 976,588


829,429


55,000


884,429


3,020.92


7,494.56


76.00


10,591.48 1.08


Third do


....


...


1,501.138


139,000] 1,640,138


1,351,024


139,000


1,490,024


5,089.42


12,586.81


117.411


17,793.64 1.08


Fourth do


......


...


3,034,132


918,580


3,952,712


2,730,719


918,580


3,649,299


12,464-79


81.15


42,879-88 1.09


Fifth


do


.....


.....


1,701.190


$ 255,450


1,956,640


1,531,071


255,450


1,786,521


6,102.15|


15,015.66


64.50


21,182-31 1.08


Sev'th do


......


. .


.. ...


820,160


20,000


840,160


738,144


20.000


758,144


2,589.56


6,447.59


109.50


9,146 65 1.10


Eighth do Ninth do


1,398,400


198,200


1.596,600


1,258,560


198,200


1,456,760


4,975.80


12,166.55


93.75


17,236.10|1.08


Tenth do


1,637,295


77,900


1,715,195


1,473,565


77,900


1,551,465


5,299.28


13,090-89


112.36


18,502-53 1.08


Amount, Towns.


15,831,630


4,073,671 19,905,301


14,248,467


4,073,671 18,322,138


62,582.27


152,600.00


873 67


216,055.94


Bern, ..


39385


9.85


388,275


108,320


496,595 39385 16.50


649,852


108,320


758,172


2.589.65


1,313.66


3,903.31


0.80


Bethlehem,


33156 53.16


1,762,850


189,650


1,952,500 33156| 53.00


1,757,268|


189,650


1,946,918


6.650.00


1,364.69


8,014.69 | 0.41


Coeymans,


31518 31.77


1,001,450


147,607 87,25


1,149,057 31518 36.00


1,134,648


147,607


1,282,255


4,379.75


980.39


5.360.14


0.47


Guilderland, ...


32857


21.63


710.950


798,200 32857


39.00


1,281,423


87,250


1,368,673


4,674.92


1.852.61


6,527.53


0.814


Knox,


26330


9.19


241,880


86,855


328,735 26330


16.62₺


437,736


86,855


524.591


1,791.83


540.51


2,332-34 0.71


New Scotland, ...


36030


24.17


870,943


112,255


983,198 36030


39.00


1,405,170


112,255


1,517,425


5,183.02


1,019.83


6,202-85


0.64


Rensselaerville,


37080 21.51


797,654


189,167


986,821 370801


19.00


704,520


189,167


893,687


3,052-51


1,093.15


4,145.66 0.42


Watervliet,


37145 52.24


1,940,595


527,450


2,468,045 37145


54.00


2,005,830


527,450


2,533,280


13,943.44


10,016.19


23,959.63


09.0


Watervliet Vil's.


1,548,925


1,548,925


1,548,925


1,548,925


Westerlo


35472 24 19


858;062


142,602


1,000,664 35472 22.00


780,384


142,602


922,986


3,152.62


1,842.30


4,994.92


0.50


Totalam't town, do do city.


10,121,584 1,591,156 11,712,740


[11,705,756


1,591,15( 13,296.912


45,417-73


20,023.33


65.441.06


15,831,630 4,073,671 |19,905,301


14,248,467


4,073,671 18,322,138


62,582-27 152,600.00


873.67 216,055.94


Grand total, .. 1308973


125,953,114 5,664,872/31,618,041


125,954,223 5,664,827 31,619,050 108,000.00|152,600.00/20,897.00 281,497.00


* $29.97 collectable out of the Military Fund of Bethlehem.


385


..


..


..


...


......


1,114,125


85,200


1,199,325


.....


1,002,713


85,200


1,087,913


8,715.94


9,203.96


60.50


12,980.40 1.09


..


...


...


..


.....


...


...


5.227,708


...


2,632,830 2,302,341


4,935,171


30,333.94 16,856.89 40,118.87


84.00


57,059.76 1.09


Sixth do


......


. .


..


..


..


..


Ward & Town Audit.


2,925,367 2,302,341


......


STATISTICS OF THE Academies in Albany in 1852 ; Compiled from the 66th Annual Report of the Regents of the University to the Legislature.


Albany Female Female Academy Academy Seminary


Whole number of students during the quarter or term ending at the date of report, .. Whole number of students during the year ending at the date of report, ...


222


314


95


348


483


195


Number of students claimed by the trustees to have pursued classical studies, or the higher branches of English education, or both, for four months of said year, .... Males, so claimed, . ·


128


291


98


Females, .. .


Number of students allowed by the regents to have pursued said studies for four months of said year, ...


128


291


98


Average age of students so allowed,.


15


142


16


Amount of money appropriated from income of Literary Fund, .


$244 50


$555 87


$187 20


Value of academy lot and building,


90.000


33,347


7,000


Value of library, .


1,500


978


900


Value of apparatus, .


2,018


1,965


914


93,518


36,290


8,814


Total value of lot, building, library, and apparatus, . Other academic property, ..


5,500


2,500


500


Total value of the whole, .


99,018


38,790


9,314


Debts due by academy, .. .


none


none


2,079


Tuition money for year ending on date of report, .


5,203


7,770


1,957


525


108


none


Interest on income of academic property accrued during said year, ... · Amount received during said year from regents, on their annual apportionment, .. . .


298


509


170


.


.


.


·


·


128


291


98


386


Total annual revenue, . ... Salaries or compensation of teachers, .


6,026 4,968 none


8,387 5,890 none


2,127 1,810


Interest accrued during said year on debts due by academy, ..


118


75


20


Repairs of buildings or other academic property,.


661


1,047


150


Fuel and other incidental expenses, .


5,747


7,012


2,125


Number of departments, . .


7


8


4


Number of teachers, ..


9


14


5


Number of teachers who intend to make teaching a profession, .


9


6


5


Number of academic terms during the year,.


4


4


3


Number of weeks vacation in each year, ...


8


9


8


Number of students instructed gratuitously, ..


·


9


1


4


Common English studies per term or quarter, ...


$5 00


$4 00


$7 00


Mathematical and higher English studies, per term or quarter, ..


8 00


8 00


9 00


Classical studies, including all the preceding, per term or quarter, .


10 00


10 00


12 05


Average price of board per week, . ....


2 75


3 50


2 00


Number of volumes in the academic library,.


....


·


826|


1,072


709


·


Total annual expenditure, .


.


.


·


·


387


145


388


RAIN TABLES,


Showing the quantity of Rain that fell during a part of the years 1850 and 1851, at Albany; communicated to the Regents of the Uni- versity by Hon. Wm. J. McAlpine, State Engineer and Surveyor.


I have made some extensive experiments to determine the amount of water which can be collected for the supply of the city of Albany.


PATROON'S CREEK, AT RAIL ROAD JUNCTION.


Months.


Rain Guage


Falling water on an area of 2,600 acres.


Amount of water passing yearly sluice from sarne source.


ratio. per cent.


Yearly ratio. per cent.


1850, May (10 days) ...


1.21


11,419,980


6,681,321


June


5.72


53,985,360


15,880,320


July


8.57


80.883,660


24,155.732


August,


2.50


23,595,000


20,338,500


September


6.56


61,913,280


21,805,494


October


4.31


40,677,780


24,432,192


Totals, .


28.87


272,475,060


113,293,619


41.50


1850, November


2.20


20,763,600


19,641,312


December


4.41


41,621,550


18,438,624


1851, January


0.78


7,361,640


16,722,720


February .


4.38


41,338,440


15,774, 848


March .


0.94


8,871,720


23,748,768


April .


4.41


41,621,580


21,076,416


Totals of half years, ...


17.12


161,578,560 125,402,688 77.60


28.87 272,475,060


113,293,619


From May, 1850, tol April, 1851, . . . . .


45.99


434,053,620 238,696,307


55.00


1851, May


2.61


24,633,180


18,583,776


June


4.57


43,131,660


22,476,096


July .


3.28


30,956,640


21.033,216


August


2.17


20,480,460


24,845,184


66


September


1.27


11,986,260


23,016,096


October


2.93


27,653,340


21,353,760


Total, .


16.83 17.12


158,841,540 161,578,560


131,309,128 S2.60 125,402,68S


From Nov., 1850, tol Oct., 1851, . .


33.95 320,420,100 256,711, 816


80.00


Semi.


Inches.


Cubic feet.


Cubic feet.


389


Rain Tables.


PATROON'S CREEK, AT TIVOLI FALLS.


Months.


Rain Guage


Falling water on an area of 8,000 acres.


Amount of water passing sluice from same source.


Semi- yearly atio.


Yeariy ratio.


Inches.


Cubic feet.


Cubic feet.


1850, July (16 days) . .


4.49


130,389,600


25,489,728


66


August


2.50


72,600,000


38,954,736


66


September


6.56


190,502,400


38,593,288


October


4.31


125,162,400


46,391,616


November


2.20


63,888,000


41,018,400


'December


4.41


128,066,400


48,521,488


24.47


710,608,800 238,969,256 33.60


1851, January


0.78


22,651,200


46,929,024


February


4.38


127,195,200


50,599,146


March ..


0.94


27,297,600


46,744,128


66


April


4.41


128,066,400


46,263,140


May.


2 61


75,794,400


43,714.688


68 June


4.57


132,712,800


41,384,983


17.69 24.47


513,717,600 710,608,800


275,635,109 53.60 238,969,256


From July, 1850, toł June, 1851, . .. .S


42.16 1,224,326,400 514,604, 365


42.03


1851, July


3.28


95.251,200


40,127,987


August


2.17


63,016,800


37,916,985


September


1.27


36,880,800


33,815,474


October


2.93


85.087,200


39,155,099


66 November


5.00


145,200,000


33,905,960


14.65


425,436,000


17 69


513,717,600


124,921,505 275,635,109


43.42


From Jan., 1850, tol Nov., 1851, ..... 5


32.34


939.153,600 460,556,614


49.04


The guaging of the Patroon's Creek has been continued at two places, from May' 1850, to December, 1851. The above tables show the amount of water which passed through each of the sluices on this stream for each month during the above period, and also the fall of water at the Albany Academy, as furnished by Prof. Cook. The area of the water-shed above the sluice, at the junction, is 2,600 acres, and that above the sluice, at Tivoli Falls, is 8,000 acres.


The rain-guage at the academy was about five miles from the centre of the water- shed, and upon ground about 100 feet lower. The quantity of water which fell on the drainage above mentioned was not ascertained; but the guage at the academy furnished a close approximation to the true quantity, and has been used in preparing the following tablss.


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390


Rain Tables.


TABLE OF THE QUANTITY OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW


Which fell in each month of the years named, at the Albany Academy. The observations were kept by Dr. T. Romeyn. Beck until August, 1848, since that time by Professor George H. Cook.


[The figures indicate the depth in inches, and decimals of an inch.]


Years.


Jan.


Feb.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Ann'l fall


1826. ..


2.43


1.36


3.81


1.77


0.76


6.22


5.53


2.46


3.53


2.37


1.56


1.27


33.12


1827. .


5.40


3.07


2.38


4.66


3.43


3.75


5.43


4.69


5.67


4.65


2.76


3.91


49.80


1823. .


2.25


2.53


1.94


2.52


4.48


2.87


5.40


0.88


8.08


1.56


4.91


0.24


37.66


1829.


4.56


3.26


2.78


4.77


2.68


3.90


3.22


1.46


2.73


2.41


3.86


2.44


38.07


1830.


1.76


1.41


4.86


2.37


4.63


7.58


2.37


1.55


0.93


3.15


7.29


3.95


41.85


1831.


1.88


4.17


2.38


4.59


2.83


4.04


4.32


3.25


3.93


4.82


1.71


1.57


39.54


1832.


4.21


~3.12


2.59


2 90


2.69


3.57


4.28


7.51


2 76


4.20


3.28


3.34


44.45


1833. .


2.63


2.56


1.62


1.33


S.47


2.36


4.48


3.36


3.14


7.50


2.43


1.86


41.74


1934 ..


1.35


2.04


1.60


2.35


3.70


2.32


5.25


2.77


2.34


3.77


1.37


3.59


32.45


1835.


4.64


1,79


2.60


4.64


2.71


6.48


5.39


5.34


1.23


2.22


2.26


1.19


40.44


7.30


4.39


1.70


2.30


3.86


. 5.67


2.43


2.25


3.49


3.99


3.31


3.91


44.60


1837.


2.25


2.77


3.47


1.63


7.35


5.06


4.38


3.96


1.95


3.59


2.14


2.63


41.17


1838. ..


2.25


2.20


2.09


1.53


7.45


7.60


1.72


4.91


4.46


3.32


3.55


0.95


42.03


2.17


1.57


1.52


1.75


3.83


5.12


5.77


1.24


2.75


1.35


2.95


5.09


38.11


2.16


2.44


3.99


5.23


2.28


3.47


3.40


4.77


5.76


4.81


3.13


2.95


44.39


4.19


2.12


3.15


3.75


2.24


2.10


1.56


4.27


5.65


1.34


3.34


4.14


37.85


1.15


3.21


2.69


4.90


1.44


4.44


3.42


4.15


6.40


4,22


4.76


5.21


45.29


2.13


3.21


7.37


4.25


2.07


5.54


4.42


6.05


2.19


5.72


3.04


2.36


48.35


1.35


2.04


1.60


2.35


3.70


2.32


5.25


2.77


2.34


3.77


1.37


3.59


32.45


4.64


1.79


2.60


4.54


2.71


6.48


5.39


5.34


1.28


2.22


2.20


1.19


40.44


3.03


3.72


3.34


0.74


3.45


3.84


5.58


2.07


2.22


3.53


5.37


2.96


39.55


1847.


2.54


3.80


4.39


2.79


2.25


5.06


5.47


1.94


3.56


3 08


2.19


4.31


41.39


1848. .


2.07


2.37


2.78


1.08


8.11


4.72


7.92


3.79


3.22


4.31


2.61


5.24


48.22


1849. .. .


0.76


1.25


2.86


0.75


5.40


4.45


0.70


4.83


1.06


8.04


4.51


2.11


36.72


1850. .


2.81


2.16


1.96


3.76


6.01


5.72


8.57


2.50


6.56


4.31


2.20


4.41


50.97


1851. ..


0.78


4.33


0.94


4.14


2.61


3.42


2.17


1.27


2.93


5.10


2.29


34.61


1852 ..


2.16


1.46


3.13


3.85


2.64


1.71


3.36


2.60


1.50


2.33


4.20


2.80


31.79


Average.


2.77


2.62


2.82


3.12


3.85


4.49


4.39


3.44


3.31


3.69


3.21


2.91


40.64


.


..


..


in any one year, was in 1850, which amounted to 50.97, Least fall in any one year, fall in any one month, was in December, 1828, which amounted to 0.24. Greatest fall


Greatest fall in any one month, was in July, 1850, which amounted to 8.57. Least


.


..


1942.


. .


1843.


..


1844 ...


1845. .


..


1846.


.


...


4.57


.


Was in 1852, which amounted to 31.79.


.


1836.


1830. ..


1940.


1841.


(391)


OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE RIVER.


Table of the periods when the Hudson river opened and closed at Albany, so far as the same can be now as- certained.


River Closed.


River Open.


Days Closed


February


3, 1790


December


8, 1790


December


8, 1791


December 12. 1792


December


26, 1793


*March


17,


1794


81


January 12, 1795


January


21,


1796


November


23.


1796


November 26,


1797


November 23,


1798


January


6,


1800


January


3,


1801


Feb.


28


1801


56


February


3,


1802


1802


December January


12


1804


*April


6,


1804


84


December


13, 1804


January


9,


1806


*February


20,


1806


42


December


11, 4,


1808


*March


10,


1808


65


December


9,


1809


January


19.


1810


December


14,


1810


December


20,


1811


December


21,


1812


*March


12,


1813


83


December


22,


1813


December


10,


1814


December


2, 1815


December


16,


1816


December


7,


1817


March


25,


1818


108


December


14,


1818


April


3,


1819


110


December


13,


1819


March


25,


1820


102


November


13,


1820


March


15,


1821


123


December


13.


1821


March


15,


1822


92


34


*March


23,


1786


*March


27,


1790


52


*March


17,


1791


99


*March


6,


1793


81


*April


8,




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