Onondaga's centennialGleanings of a century . com-menced, with Jacob A. Nottingham, the settlement of that well known estate, towhich he has since largely given his attention. He is also interested in variousbusiness enterprises. He was one of the originators in 1892 of the CosmopolitanBuilding and Loan Association and has ever since been the treasurer and a directorof that successful concern. He was also one of the projectors of the ManufacturersLloyds (fire insurance) of New York. In 1895 he purchased of the George F. Com-stock estate the Comstock farm of 105 acres, lying just east of the Un
Onondaga's centennialGleanings of a century . com-menced, with Jacob A. Nottingham, the settlement of that well known estate, towhich he has since largely given his attention. He is also interested in variousbusiness enterprises. He was one of the originators in 1892 of the CosmopolitanBuilding and Loan Association and has ever since been the treasurer and a directorof that successful concern. He was also one of the projectors of the ManufacturersLloyds (fire insurance) of New York. In 1895 he purchased of the George F. Com-stock estate the Comstock farm of 105 acres, lying just east of the University, andlaid out a large part of it into building lots, a number of which are already tract is known as University Heights, and is one of the largest pieces of cityreal estate which one man alone ever attempted to develop. Here, on the most ele-vated point, Mr. Graves erected in 1895 a handsome dwelling, in which will bestored his valuable library of about 2,000 volumes, many of them very rare and ob-tained at great ^ed :
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