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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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ridicule and oflittle other expression. Perhaps the prevailing sickness induced Dr. •This street has been encroached upon on the west side between Onondaga and A.lam-- s1in a manner that has called forth the condemnation of many good citizens M. C. Hand, whoowned property on the east side of the street, was one of the most determined opponents ( thisencroachment, and made the most thorough investigation t.> prove that tin- street was originallylaid out six rods wide. The restmlt of these investigations lie lias printed in detail in his volume,From a Forest to a City, page 95, etc. It is sufficient for our present purpose to state that, inspite of all opposition, embodying applications to the Common Council and other legitimateefforts to accomplish the object, the owners of the lots on the \\ ■ the street in that locality crowded their sidewalks, trees and buildings eastward, cutting down the widthstreet several feet and forever destroying its beauty and much of its usefulness,
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IS/O-LIVAA THE VILLAGE AND THE CITY OF SYRACUSE. 405 Ziba Swan to locate herein 1807, and in 1808 Jonathan Day settled nearthe site of the old court house (corner of Division and North Sastreets). In 1811 Rufus Stanton opened a tavern on the east side of NorthSalina street, just south of the site of the bridge over the-Oswego Canal,while in 1814 two men, Sidney Dole and Milan C. Taylor, who werethen operating the Walton mills, opened the first store in the place abouton the site of the Wieting block. The prospects of the place now began to brighten. The obstacles tosettlement gave birth to and stimulated the growth of their own rem-edy. Men were coming forward who were not wont to abandon a de-sired object because its attainment was difficult. And still there wasan element of accident among the forces which produced the early Syr-acuse, entirely dissociated from the fact that it was so near the saltsprings and must necessarily share in their rapidly increasing prosper-ity. The Erie Ca

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