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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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on in the City of New York and Westchester County had achance of fruition ; and the result was that the vote for an-nexation in the city proper was 55,319 ; against annexation8,380 ; in the towns of Morrisania, Kingsbridge and WestFarms, the vote for annexation was 4,230 ; against, 109; inthe balance of Westchester County the vote for annexationwas 9,023 ; against 2,643. There was considerable delay ingetting actual results of the vote on annexation in the city,for the police authorities had been negligent in providing forthe reception of the additional separate ballot, and blanks forthe return of the vote had not been furnished. This condi-tion of affairs kept the advocates of annexation on the quivive, tfcat the will of the people should not be ignored. Between the time >f the declaration of the result of thevote on annexation, and midnight of December 31,1873, therewas much to be done by the officials of the towns interested dd^FffZCJA/CT police: station3*°/lvenue&J59r-*Sr.
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The Great North Side. 27 to get all matters in readiness for the transfer of authority.In Morrisania, where much of public improvements were inprogress, this work was laborious, and especially so the lasttwo weeks of the year; for nothing could be finally done tow-ards the auditing aud adjusting of claims and the division ofindebtedness without the confirmatory action of the Boardof Supervisors of Westchester County. I well remember thaton that, to me, memorable 31st day of December I had beenbusy at White Plains as a member of the Board of Supervi-sors, and had finally at about three oclock gotten through thelast motion necessary to make provision for the three to-be-annexed towns to pay all their indebtedness to the county,the State, and to all parties having claims against the towns,and adjusting the bonded indebtedness of the towns to thecounty. Then the Supervisors of Morrisania, West Farms,and Kingsbridge each in turn rose to take leave of old asso-ciates, which drew forth remar

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