. Leslie's history of the greater New York . he organized it in1881, is President of the Chat<au-gay IJailidad, tlie first raili-oadroute into the .Vdirondacks, organ-ized and constructed through hiseftVirts; is First Vice-President ofthe Jose])]! Ladm Gold Aliningand Develo])ment Company, of Yu-kon; is a member of the AdvisoryCommittee of the Soutli AmericanExploration Coiiijiany, and is adirector of the Mutual AutomaticTelephoiu Company, the Auto-matic Telephone and Electric Comiiany, and the Associated was a Democratic Member of the New York Assembly in 1865,1866,and 1867. be
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . he organized it in1881, is President of the Chat<au-gay IJailidad, tlie first raili-oadroute into the .Vdirondacks, organ-ized and constructed through hiseftVirts; is First Vice-President ofthe Jose])]! Ladm Gold Aliningand Develo])ment Company, of Yu-kon; is a member of the AdvisoryCommittee of the Soutli AmericanExploration Coiiijiany, and is adirector of the Mutual AutomaticTelephoiu Company, the Auto-matic Telephone and Electric Comiiany, and the Associated was a Democratic Member of the New York Assembly in 1865,1866,and 1867. becoming Democratic candi8 the State Senate enqiloyed him as SeniorCounsel in the impeachment of Canal Commissioner Dorn. Againelected to the Assembly in 1871, he opposed the Tammany Hall ring,and was assaulted in the Assembly Chamber by Assemblyman JamesIrving, of New rk, the hitter being expelled from the Assembly. SMITH MEAD WEED. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YORK BIOGRAPHY. 249 iu cousfqiieuce. He also served iu the Assembly iu 187::? and ISTi,in the latter year again being candidate of the Democratic minorityfor Hpeaker. In 1872 he organized the New York and Canada Rail-road Company, and arranging with the Delaware and Hudson (analCompany, of Xew York City, to complete the road, in 1875 he saw theopening of a line connecting the British Provinces with New YorkCity and the Pennsylvania coal fields. Becoming (ieneral Counselof the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1873. he establishedan ottice in New York City. He has been active in connection withthe Nicaragua Canal project. He has also been active in the com-mercial development of the island of .San Domingo, and iu the con-struction of a railroad on that island. He was successful in secur-ing the establishment of a United States Army post at Y., and was largely instrumental in securing the erection cd thewell-known Plotel (.hamplain,
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