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March 5, 2009

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In 1894, three years after incorporation of the Village of Pelham Manor, the tiny Village arranged for a more reliable water supply. At the time, the Village was engaged in a major effort to modernize its streets by grading and paving them. A brief item on these developments appeared in the September 21, 1894 issue of the New-York Tribune. The text of the article appears below.

"PELHAM MANOR.

The village of Pelham Manor has contracted with the New-York City District Water Supply Company for permanent fire protection and watter supply. Its streets will at once be underlaid with mains, and fire hydrants erected. Notwithstanding the fact that one of the pump-houses of this company, at North Tarrytown, was recently destroyed by lightning and fire, other engines were immediately substituted and the water pressure and supply continued. The pressure along the line is 120 pounds to the square inch. Pelham Manor is grading and paving its streets, and is being built up in the most modern style."

Source: Pelham Manor, New-York Tribune, Sep. 21, 1894, p. 12, col. 1.

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