Harlem Commons Syndicate of New York
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The New York Times
9 April 1880 edition, Charles Stoughton lobbying Congress for a $1, 050,000 contract to "open the Harlem River to deep sea navigation from Randall's island to the Hudson River".
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17 Nov 1883 edition, "Fortune Seekers in New York", the syndicate with $300,000 in capital filed papers of incorporation with Secretary of State, and seeks to build & operate inland wharves and basins.
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edition of 11 October 1885, dateline Pittsburgh Pa., "Rev. W. R. Coovert of this city returned from New York where he has been for some time...in the interest of the Harlem Syndicate" seeking to compel the government to pay for the right of way of the canal.
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9 June,1886 edition, "The Harlem Commons Heirs", story mentions Rev. W. R. Coovert, manager of syndicate, and Charles Stoughton to receive a contract "not exceeding $1,295,000" for building a ship canal.
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1 April 1890 edition Congressional subcommittee arrived from Washington to inspect the Harlem River Canal project, discussions being whether the project should contineu, and whether for large ships or smaller canal boats
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Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spuyten_Duyvil_Creek<vr>
Spuyten Duyvil Creek channel connects the Hudson River to the Harlem River Ship Canal and the Harlem River in New York City, separating Manhattan from the Bronx mainland. The Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood lies north of the creek.
The creek originally flowed north of Manhattan's Marble Hill. The 1895 construction of the ship chanel south of Marbel Hill turned that neighborhood into an island. In 1914 the original creek bed north of Marbel Hill was filled in, connecting Marble Hill physically to the Bronx and the mainland, though it remains part of the borough of Manhattan.
"Spuyten Duyvil" , originally "Spuitende Duivel" in Dutch, means "Devil's Spout" . The creek had strong and wild currents in that area.
