. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. ituted this year, and two new market-houses were erecteil. Of the latter, one was on the corner of Coentis Slipand the other at the foot of Broad Street. A powder-house was built bythe corporation, and in view of the recent Act of the Assembly in pro-viding for a poor-house, a small biiUding was hired where sick paupersmight go for care and medical attention. The Brookl>Ti ferry was in-spected and re-leased for seven years, and a ferry-house decided upon,which was subsequently erected. The rate of fare was established bylaw
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. ituted this year, and two new market-houses were erecteil. Of the latter, one was on the corner of Coentis Slipand the other at the foot of Broad Street. A powder-house was built bythe corporation, and in view of the recent Act of the Assembly in pro-viding for a poor-house, a small biiUding was hired where sick paupersmight go for care and medical attention. The Brookl>Ti ferry was in-spected and re-leased for seven years, and a ferry-house decided upon,which was subsequently erected. The rate of fare was established bylaw : it was eight .stuyvers in wampum, or a .silver twopence for a singleperson; half that sum each, when a number of persons traveled in com-pany ; one shilling for a horse ; twopence for a hog (same as for a man);one penny for a sheep; and after sunset double ferriage for all. Thedock was leased to Philip Fiench for £ 40 per annum. The Assembly met in the summer of 1700, but the business was un-important and the session a short one. One law was enacted, however,. 444 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. which will never be read but with alihorrence. It was to hang everyPopish priest who came volnutMrily into the province of New and unaccountable as it aj)23ears, we have but to review**? the situation and dwell for a moment upon the bloody wars to thenorth, and the supposed tampering of the Jesuit emissaries with theIndians, to find cause ior a measure rather of state policy than persecu-tion. In directing severe penalties against the priests, the legislatorsfancied they were warding off the blows of the tomahawk. The Board of Trade, consisting of a president and seven members, (thefirst in New York, and which had Ijeeu established about three yeare,)should have exercised an immediate supervision over the commerce ofthe colony. It made the attempt, but the persistent violation of therevenue and other laws drove it to stringent measures, and it conse-quently became as odi
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