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".
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B06E6DB1F31EE3ABC4153DFB266838B699FDE
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.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C02E0DE103BE033A25754C1A9679D94629FD7CF
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.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E05E6D7153FE533A25752C1A9669D94649FD7CF
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.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F07E0D61738E533A2575AC0A9609C94679FD7CF

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