New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . Mr. Barnes is now the President and Chief Engineer ofthe Connecting Railroad Company. He is about to build arailway and viaduct line from a point on the Port Morrisbranch of the Harlem Railroad, in the 23d Ward of NewAork City, southwardly to the east side of Therailroad will cross the East River at Hell (kite on a canti-lever bridge of 800 feet span; the length of the new railroadwill be but seven miles and will connect the whole railroadsystem of the Lnited States with the 800,000 population ofBrooklyn. JAMES C.
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . Mr. Barnes is now the President and Chief Engineer ofthe Connecting Railroad Company. He is about to build arailway and viaduct line from a point on the Port Morrisbranch of the Harlem Railroad, in the 23d Ward of NewAork City, southwardly to the east side of Therailroad will cross the East River at Hell (kite on a canti-lever bridge of 800 feet span; the length of the new railroadwill be but seven miles and will connect the whole railroadsystem of the Lnited States with the 800,000 population ofBrooklyn. JAMES C. SPENCER. Hon. James C. Spencer, ex-Judge of the Silpreine Court,was born in Franklin County, of this State. Although con-nected with one of the best and oldest families in thecountry, he was, at an early age, through adverse circum-stances, thrown upon his own resources and acipiired hiseducation and legal training, altogether, through his personalexertions and inherent force of character. He was calledto the bar of his native county in 1850, but in 1854 removed. C. MKN( i;k. to Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, where, with JudgeWilliam C. Brown, he form d the firm of Brown & Ogdensburg, Mr. Spencer manifested so much abilitythat in 1857 he was ai)i)ointed lnited States District .At-torney for the Northern District of New York. But , conscious of his ability, was aml)itious of a widerfield for itsdis|)lay and came to New York, where his reputa-tion and talents placed him at once in the front rank of a|)r()fessi()n which at that particular time was full of brilliant NEW YORK, THE METROPOLIS. advocates, among them Charles OConor, James C. Carter,James T. Brady, Roscoe Conkling, and many others ofnational celebrity. In 1867 he entered into partnership withCharles A. Rapallo and other lawyers under the firm nameof Rapallo & Spencer. It was one of the most famous legalfirms in the city and handled famous cases, amongst othersthe Erie case, made familiar t
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