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Title: Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908
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Publisher: (Boston) : The Boston History Company
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ing public spirit of the community. Land on Prospect Hill and fortyacres near the Lodi locks were sold in 1836 for $1,000 an acre, the lat-ter tract by the Syracuse Company, and according to a local newspaperof that year, the farm of Mr. Forman one and a half miles east of thevillage has been purchased by II. Baldwin, esq., for $40,000, being$200 the acre. The financial crisis of 1837-38 was felt in .Syracuse, of course, but thevillage suffered far less than many other places of similar size. Al-though business was somewhat crippled for a time, the solid finan- to dispose >i his paper in 1832, but In- continued in the book trade ten years longer, and laterwas interested ii iterprises. He was president of the village in 1834 and held the office of trustee and assessor. In 1872, at the a ity years, tie was honored by the Demo lential electoi He ni ;1 his early interest in the printing Ann Maria Tredwell, a wo ittainmi tits and charj ind died July 11, 1882. H - 3 9 ■x -o o c :3 z SO
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446 ONONDAGAS CENTENNIAL. cial foundation on which the industries of the village rested, its reputa-tion for business stability, and its great natural source of income andprofit were not vouchsafed to many localities, and carried the placethrough the panic that overwhelmed many villages and cities withcomparative safety. In 1838 the preliminary steps were taken for building a public market.The old canal basin, before described, had for years been an intolerablenuisance, and the project was actively discussed of filling it up anderecting a market on the site. It is difficult now for us to understandhow the people of the village could have seen a prospect of success andprofit in the enterprise; but, like the inhabitants of most other similarvillages, they determined to try it. The plan contemplated a buildingwith market stalls on the lower part and a public hall above. The dis-cussion over various proposed sites was protracted and warm, and thework was not finally accomplished until 184

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