Hi all,

First 240 quarts of fresh Orange County milk delivered to New York City from
Chester, NY by one Mr. Thaddus Selleck, Station Agent for the Erie Railroad
via Piermont, then by boat to waiting customers who paid 4 cents a quart on
1842

I have not been able to determine the precise date, but apparently it was
early in the spring of 1842.  According to the New York Times, February 13,
1873, Mr. Selleck was threaten with Excommunication for shipping milk on
Sundays for meet the growing New York City demand for fresh milk.


Clifton Patrick
Chester Historical Society
47 Main Street
Chester, NY 10918

voice and fax 845-469-7645

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> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 01:30:49 EDT
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> Subject: New York Firsts
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> My NYC resouces promise much but deliver little on New York City firsts.  I
> know there are many "firsts" in the history of the city.  I read about many
> of them, but I didn't write them down!  I just bought a cute book, It
> Happened In New York by Capo and Borzellieri which has on page 148 NYC's
> World Records and Firsts.
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> The books mentions;
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> Largest scale model -5 boros - Queens Museum
> Largest clock - Williamsburg Savings Bank
> Broadway - longerst street in world
> Verranzano Bridge - longest suspension bridge in country
> First crossword Puzzel - NY World
> First full length talking picture - 7-6-1928 - strand theater
> World first flea circus - (what is a flea circus anyway?)
> first radio sponson - WEAL 1922 - Realty corporation
> first hotel with an elevator
> first free adult evening school
> nyc is home to the original pooh and friends, stuffed animals, Donnel Library
> largest cathedral - st. john the divine
> first turkish bath in us - 1863 brooklyn
> largest second hand bookstore - strand
> plus some other miscellaneous stuff.
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> To this list I can add (from memory)
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> First Worlds Fair in US - Crystal Palace - Bryant Park
> First safety elevator demonstrated by Otis at that same Worlds Fair
> First passenger safty elevator installed - ?name of building escapes me? -
> Soho
> First zoo in the US - Central Park Zoo
> First fatal auto accident - 1898 Central Park West
> First newsparper to use color inks-  The World - for comic strip "The Yellow
> Kid."
> Largest chandeliers - Radio City Music Hall - still holds record
>
> New York City is the greatest city in the world.  I'm sure there is much more
> then just this.  Does anyone know a good source that lists the records and
> firsts on NYC?
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> There is a book New York Firsts, I think it's called, that offers very
> little.  It's offers things like, who was the first mayor?   That's not what
> I had in mind.  New York's history has changed the world and these NYC
> "firsts" did a lot of that.
>
> Can anyone add to or correct my small list?  Was the hotdog invented in NYC?
>
> Jim Maguire
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