. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York . ornbury for further ferry privileges, and suc-ceeded in procuring the charter of 1708, in which, in addition to their formerfranchises, they were granted the land between high and low water, along theEast river, on the Long Island side, from Wallabout to Eed Hook, a grant whichprotected the Corporation from competition on the part of ferrymen at differentpoints along that shore. The Corporation were also allowed to establish addi-tional ferries within those limits. The result of the efforts of the city authoritiesto bring their incomes up t
. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York . ornbury for further ferry privileges, and suc-ceeded in procuring the charter of 1708, in which, in addition to their formerfranchises, they were granted the land between high and low water, along theEast river, on the Long Island side, from Wallabout to Eed Hook, a grant whichprotected the Corporation from competition on the part of ferrymen at differentpoints along that shore. The Corporation were also allowed to establish addi-tional ferries within those limits. The result of the efforts of the city authoritiesto bring their incomes up to the amount of expenditures soon became apparent,and we find the following account of income and expenditure in 1710: Annual Income, 1710. £. s. d. Kent of the Ferry 180 00 00 Dock 30 00 00 Swamp (present Ferry street) 1 00 00 Land leased to Codringtou 1 10 00 Received from 68 licenses 51 19 06 15 freedoms, 8 to merchants and 7 to handicrafts 10 02 00 the pound 2 00 00 Fines and forfeitures 5 00 00 4 gangers, packers, and cullers, each ISs 3 12 00. ■.NTRAL Park. 5*^Avenue ^ 64h St
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