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(1816 To 1860) By Chas. H. Haswell Originally published 1896 |
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Hester Street, from Centre to Broadway, was changed to Howard Street ; the Merchants' Exchange building was begun ; a new building for the Savings Bank lately known as the Bleecker Street was erected n Chambers Street. An extensive fire occurred in Spring, Sullivan, and Thompson streets. The city was divided into twelve wards. Illuminating gas was coming more and more into general use, and the wooden lamp-posts were being
replaced by those of iron. Gas-pipes were now first laid in Broadway from the Battery to Canal Street. As the gasoliers, burners, etc., were made in England, and no invoice for them was received with the first shipment of these articles, a delay of several weeks ensued before their cost could be known, and the price be computed for which they should be sold.
March 1. First appeared the Courrier des Etats Unis, published at 55 Wall Street, and on March 25 the first Sunday newspaper known in New York, the Sunday Courier, edited and published by James C. Melcher.
The steamboats United States, Captain Beeches, and
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