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Pay Day on the DL&W Train of 1880s
On July 15 1880 at the DL&W station in Syracuse officers Niver and Dickson oversee a pay car delivering 15000 in greenbacks gold and silver to section gangs along a rapid 30 stop route from Jamesville to Homer The routine is precise with each man touching a pen to sign and the boss counting money to expedite payments praised as clockwork efficient by railroad leadership.
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Richard Palmer
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
South Clinton Street
Marathon
Syracuse
Binghamton
Dl&w
Jamesville
Apulia
Tully
Preble
Lisle
Chenango Forks
Dickson
Niver
Lackawanna Railroad
Homer
Sam Sloan