Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . ring water out of a jar, probably in-tended to be symbolic of the blessings so generouslybestowed by the company upon the thirsty the Croton project was being agitated RecorderRiker opposed the enterprise, contending that the waterfurnished by the Manhattan Company wa,s good enoughfor anyone and in proof of the assertion adduced thefact that he drank a tumbler of it every morning. Therest of those present, while applauding the reckless cour-age of Mr. Riker, decided to protect
Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . ring water out of a jar, probably in-tended to be symbolic of the blessings so generouslybestowed by the company upon the thirsty the Croton project was being agitated RecorderRiker opposed the enterprise, contending that the waterfurnished by the Manhattan Company wa,s good enoughfor anyone and in proof of the assertion adduced thefact that he drank a tumbler of it every morning. Therest of those present, while applauding the reckless cour-age of Mr. Riker, decided to protect the good manfrom himself and unanimously voted to build the CrotonAqueduct. Going along the street to the corner of William Street,we pass four century old banks in a row. No. 46, on thecorner of William Street, was leased by the Bank ofNew York about 1798 as the residence of its cashier,whose son, Charles Wilkes, junior, as Commander Wilkesof the U. S. Navy, became famous in the Civil War forthe seizure of Mason and Slidell, Confederate Commis-sioners to Great Britain. The same site, some years 94. previous, was the residence of Major Nathaniel Pendle-ton of the Continental Army, who was one of GeneralHamiltons seconds at the fatal duel with Burr. On the northeast corner of William and Wall, nearwhere once stood a marble statue of William Pitt, now inthe Historical Societys custody, is the oldest one of themall, the Bank of New York. The second oldest is theBank of Manhattan. The third is the Merchants Bank,and the fourth the Bank of America. The first wasorganized by Alexander Hamilton and the second byAaron Burr, and recalls the rivalry between the twomen. At 48 Wall Street is a tablet to mark the siteof one of the bastions that stood in the wall at this point. Down Wall Street as far as Pearl Street, the financialand banking houses continue in evidence, one havinga tablet to mark the first office devoted to the businessof life insurance in this country. This business wasin
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