WPA Sewer Works Health Aid Here
A major WPA project in Onondaga County completes Ley Creek and three additional sanitary sewer systems in Lyncourt Eastwood Park Hill DeWitt and Syracuse, protecting public health. The Ley Creek system costs 2.5 million from federal funds plus 0.5 million locally, with total county sanitary efforts exceeding 2.5 million and overall WPA spending around 16 million to date.
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Onondage Couny
WPA
Ley Creek
Lyrncourt
Eastwood
Park Hill
DeWitt
James St.Thompson Rd
Syracuse
Atta
Wiram P. Lind
Onondaga County
United States
North St
Onondaga Pottery Company
Lyncourt
Park Hit
James Street
Thompson Road
Fark Hills
Asneourt
Camillus
Minoa
Baldwinaville
Algne
WEA
Jatt
New York State Fair Grounds
Clothing Bureau
Qaondarn Indian Reservation
Villages Opposed Creek Bridge Construction
In Onondaga Creek area now part of West Genesee Street, salt boilers of Syracuse and Geddes opposed a bridge claiming it would mainly aid Geddes shipping east. Syracuse Salina leaders refused cooperation yet the engineer went ahead and built the bridge on the west bank, launching it much to the chagrin of Syracuse and Salina.
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Onondaga Creek
W. Geneseest
Syracuse
Galinal
Geddes
Salina
Reppexition
Comfort Tyler
Onondaga
Tyler
Mutual Insurance
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
America
Johnson Buys Onondaga Lake Lands in 1751 Sale
The Onondaga Tribe sold the site of Syracuse Onondaga Lake and land within two miles to Col. Sir William Johnson in 1751 for 350 pounds sterling. Present-day value noted as about 182 pounds per the source.
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Syracuse
Onondaga Lake
Sir William Johnson
Anti-War Cannon Damages Church Prompt Prayer Meeting
An antiwar meeting in Syracuse triggered settled tensions at the Second Presbyterian Church. Trustees delayed their December 3, 1827, board session due to damage from cannon near the church and local unrest, with a prayer meeting held as residents weighed consequences.
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Syracuse
Sota
Second Presbyterian Church
Famed of Nation Trad Stages of Wieting in Syracuse
The Wieting block on Water and Clinton streets, once rebuilt after fires, hosted major era performances from Adelina Patti to Edwin Booth. Built 1850, enlarged 1870, renamed Wieting Opera House, it burned in 1879 and again in 1881 before finally stabilizing as a cultural landmark with political and artistic events featuring Thurlow Weed, Horace Greeley, Dickens, and Cushman.
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People's Savings Bank
Wieting
Salina and
Water Sts
Merchants National Bank
Lincoln
Clinton Sq
Water St
Jhall
Syracuse
Water and
Salina
Frnr
Charles A
Horace Wheaton
Mercury
Thurlow Weed
Dean Richmond
Bone Kelly
Charles Dickens
Horace Greeley
Phost
Adelina Pati
Christine Nylsson
Parépa Rosa
Nena Papermen
Prevs Club
Wkiing
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Ewin Booth
Edwin Forrest
Joseph K. Emmett
Charlotte Cushman
Marrigan and Hart
Madjesha
Elfen Terry
Lithay Russell
Sarah Bernehardt
Witting Opera House
Bernhardt
Maren
Dr. Witting
Feis
Ian Russell
Wieting Opera House
Utica Mutual Insurance Company
Utica
Feared Danger of Fire Warns Syracuse Villagers of 1829
In 1829 Syracuse neighbors kept fires going by borrowing coals, a practice villagers restricted as risky. By early December an ordinance required portable fire pans with covers to move fire between buildings or streets, offense punished by five dollars.
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Syracuse
Warren St Trees Ordered Down Works Endorsed
The commissioner of public works recommended removing shade trees on Warren street between Jefferson and Onondaga for safety. An ordinance directed the work and charged the city’s share of local improvements. The Journal reports the action with the date February 16.
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Warren St
Jefferson
Onondaga
Journal
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Creek
Johnson
Syracuse Trust Company
Citizens of
Syracuse Journal
Warren Street
Salina Street
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
New York
Warren ST. Trees
Rome
First National Bank Building
Utica, N.Y
K. T. Cobb
Tereacocom
Syracue
Fee
Utica Mutual Insurance CO
Syracuse, XY
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