Word: staten
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Smith first worked as a clerk in some iron works and was later educated as a mechanical engineer. He constructed the government sea-wall around Governor's Island and another at Tompkinsville, Staten Island. He also laid the foundation for the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Mr. Smith is also well known as an artist and as an author. He has done much landscape work in water colors and has lectured on art subjects. In 1900, he was made Commander of the Order of the Osmauyeh by the Sultan of Turkey. In the following year, he was awarded...
Porter, J I, Staten Island...
...Staten Island, at Staten Island...
...showed that in the street railway business success is impossible unless the management has continuity and efficiency, and he pointed out the fact that in New York City with its frequent upheavals and constant political uncertainty, these qualities could not be preserved. He cited the failure of the Staten Island Ferries, recently taken over by the city, as an example of the inability of city officials to cope with undertakings of this nature...
...Association football team lost to the Boys' Club of New York three goals to one. Against Staten Island, in one of the best games seen since the English players were here, the University team played a tie game, neither side scoring...