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| Middle Atlantic States | New York | Green Island |
Green Island was incorporated as a village in 1853 and as a town in 1896.
The first water service to the village of Green Island was provided by the West Troy Water-works Company in 1878. The company raised the cost of service in 1883 which the village was unwilling to pay. It is unclear if water service was cut off to the village, or if the village was simply forbidden to use water for fire protection.
The Green Island Water Company was incorporated on June 1, 1887 and bought the West Troy Water-works Company the following year. The company built a new plant to supply water to West Troy and Green Island. The company was foreclosed in 1900 and the Green Island system was bought by M.J. Drummond
The Green Island Water Supply Company was incorporated August 23, 1900.
Water is provided by the Town of Green Island.
References
1873 Journal
of the New York Legislative Assembly
Page 330: Monday, February 24, 1873. Mr. Mosher introduced a bill
entitled "An act to incorporate the Watervliet, West Troy, and Green
Island Water-works Company," which was read the first time, and by
unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the
committee on the judiciary.
1877 An act authorizing the board of trustees of the village of Green Island to contract for a supply of water for public purposes. May 3, 1877
1881 Buffalo
Evening News, May 24, 1881, Page 7.
Green Island has contracted with the West Troy water works for twenty
hydrants, at $2,000 per year.
1883 "Refusing
to pay their water rent," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 1,
1883, Page 8.
The trustees of Green Island have refused to pay rent for the use of the
West Troy Water Company's works and the company will shut off the water
this afternoon or Monday and the village will be left without a supply.
1884 Buffalo
Morning Express, February 1, 1884, Page 2.
The West Troy Water-works Company has served an injunction on the
President of Green Island Village restraining the village from using the
water furnished by the company. The latter wants $2,500 for the
supply, and the village is willing to pay only $2,000.
1888 The
Saratogian, March 29, 1888, Page 9.
The West Troy water works plant has been sold to the Green Island water
company, who will operate the same. The establishment of electric
light works in connection with the pumping station at Green Island is now
under consideration.
1888 "Green Island," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1889 The
Daily Leader (Gloversville, New York), May 4, 1889, Page 4.
The board of trustees of the village of West Troy met Wednesday
evening. The contract for furnishing the village with water was
awarded to the Green Island water works for $8,000.
1890 The People of the State of New York ex rel. Michael McGrath, Appellant, v. The Green Island Water Company, Respondent, 56 Hun. 76, February 24, 1890, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department
1890 "Green Island," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.
1891 "Green Island," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.
1897 "Green Island," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.
1900 Fire
and Water 28:80 (September 1, 1900)
By a foreclosure sale Green Island, N.Y. Water company has passed into the
hand of M.J. Drummond. The concern has been incorporated as the
Green Island Water Supply company, with a capital of $60,000. Its
directors are M.J. Drummond, John Craig, John M. Fraser, B.J. McDermott,
P.J. Harrigan, W.J. Huxley, and Lester E. Wood, all of New York.
l916 "Death
of M.J. Drummond," Fire and Water Engineering 59(4):60
(January 26, 1916) | also here
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The death of Michael J. Drummond, in this city on Saturday, the 22nd
instant, will be received with much regret by his large circle of friends
and patrons. He died from heart trouble, brought on by an attack of
pneumonia, from which he was slowly recovering. For many years Mr.
Drummond carried on an extensive business in cast iron pipe and
waterworks’ supplies, in which he was for some time associated with the
late John Fox under the name of Fox & Drummond. He was head of the
firm of M. J. Drummond & Co., which was lately managed by his son,
Walter J. Drummond. He was the resident and treasurer of the Beaver
Engineering and Contracting Company, secretary and a member of the board
of the Jamaica Water Supply Company and a director of the Nassau Water
Company, of Glen Cove, N. Y, For many years also he had been chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank and of the
Broadway Trust Company, chairman of the Committee on Education and
Industries of the New York Catholic Protectory, a trustee of the St.
Vincent de Paul Society, a director in the Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry
Company and the Shavvmut Clay Manufacturing Company. In 1910 he became
Commissioner of Charities under Mayor Gaynor and had been for many years a
leader in directing and promoting the work of the charitable institutions
of New York. He married a second time shortly after acceping the Charities
Commissionership, and then practically gave up active work in iiis
business. Mr. Drummond was born in New Jersey 65 years ago, but spent his
life in New York. He was a sincere friend to those deserving charity and
had a most affable and kindly disposition which surrounded him with a
large circle of friends. He is survived by his sons. Walter 1. Drummond.
Eeo S. Drummond. John C. Drummond, and his daughters, Miss Rose M.
Drummond and Mrs. James P. Travers. The funeral services, which were held
at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday forenoon, were attended by a large
gathering of men in public life and members of the Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick, the American-Irish Historical Society and the Catholic Society of
New York, of which Mr. Drummond was a member.
1917 Annual
Report of the State Department of Health of New York for the Year
Ending December 31, 1917
Page 348-350: Green Island
1935 Annual
Report of the Public Service Commission, Volume 1
Page 353: Green Island Water Supply Company
1949 "Wants to Buy Water
Plant," The
Greenwich Journal and Fort Edward Advertiser, August 10, 1949,
Page 1.
A joint application has been filed with the state public service
commission by the village of Green Island and the Green Island water
supply company, requesting approval of the village's proposed purpose of
the company's water system. The village has agreed to pay $135,00
for the physical assets of the company.
1950 Annual
Report of the Public Service Commission, Volume 2.
Page 332: The Green Island Water Supply Company November 29, 1949,
Case 14470, consent of the Commission granted to The Green Island Water
Supply Company to transfer to the Village of Green Island its works and
system located in the Towns
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