Report of Committee on Historical Tablet 19 



July 25, 1896" (Richmond County Advance). 



" First electric car was run to ferry at St. George, Thanksgiv- 

 ing day, 1896." 



From the above it would appear that the inscription on the 

 tablet should be corrected to read: 1892. First electric street 

 railroad on Staten Island. 



The sixteenth date and event inscribed on the tablet is : 



1898. Staten Island incorporated in New York City as Borough 



of Richmond. 



The committee of 1906 selected and approved the following: 

 " 1898. Staten Island incorporated in Greater New York," 



Staten Island was incorporated in New York City, as the 

 Borough of Richmond, by Chapter 378 of the Laws of 1897, 

 which became a law May 4, 1897, with the approval of the Gov- 

 ernor. The law provided that the new form of government 

 should take the place of the old on January i, 1898. 



The inscription is correct. 



The seventeenth date and event inscribed on the tablet is : 

 1906. Municipal Ferry established, Manhattan-Richmond. 



The committee of 1906 selected and approved the following: 

 " 1906. Municipal Ferry established." 



Mr. W. A. Ross, Secretary of the Commissioner of Docks & 

 Ferries of New York City, writes under date of March 17, 1914- 

 " that the date of the establishment of the municipal ferry service 

 to Staten Island was October 25, 1905." This letter is in the 

 files of the Association. 



The Staten Islander of October 25, 1905, also states that "the 

 New Ferry begins to-day. The new ferry boats begin running 

 this morning at ii A. M." 



We, therefore, find that the date should be changed from 1906 

 to 1905. 



