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Title: Valentine's manual of old New York
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961
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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Valentine's Manual Inc.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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the age that built it. Myold friend McComb would have been deeply touched bythis gracious compliment to his genius, for truly he la-bored with exceeding great patience and desire, to theend that this goodly city should possess a public buildingworthy of its importance. But I must not wander away from these excellent gen-tlemen who are to occupy the seats of the mighty and tohold up the hands, if I may quote holy writ, of his Honorin the exceeding difficult tasks of his office. There is thecomptroller Mr. Chas. L. Craig into whose hands the af-fluent stream of public moneys flows, verily a stream tomake my dim old eyes scintillate as they never before did,and I am told that mighty sums—hundreds of millions—pass through his hands to pay for the needs of the city.Truly miracles will never cease, and certes, the carefuland saving inhabitants of old New York could never havecomprehended such wonderful large sums. Tis evidenthis Honor has a strong support in this man of finance. ( 122 )
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^ bi f_mi -+^» OF OLD NEW YORK The office of President of the Board of Aldermen whichis a new office since the days when I intermingled with thecity fathers is occupied by a worthy gentleman, Mr. Al-fred E. Smith, whose frank manner and prudent conver-sation well befit him for this high office, and must give thecitizens exceeding great confidence in his ability. Andhere I became much confused, for I met other estimablegentlemen who were addressed as president of this hon-orable body or of that, and I was greatly put to it to dis-tinguish these gentlemen in their proper relation, and tohonor them with the titles which duly pertain to theirrespective offices. Albeit I inquired diligently, as onegreatly anxious to know the true scope and meaning ofthis marvellous expansion of the city government, forverily it caused me much wonderment. Betimes it wasborne in upon me that the little old New York of my dayhad grown to be an exceeding great city, so great indeedthat it behooved the people

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