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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 236

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[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] the sembly district. 590 HISTORY OP WESTCIIKSTHR COUNTY nually from 80,000,000 to 90,000,000|bricks. 3. Croton (formerly called Collaberg Land-ing); population, 400; a station on the Hudson River Railroad; contained four churches, a rolling mill, wire mill, and several brickyards. 4. Crugers J (Boscobel p. o. ); a landing and railroad station. 5. Annsville; a small village, containing a church and wire mill. 6. Cort-landtville; contained a church, planing mill, and about twenty houses. 7. Oregon, on the line of Putnam County; contained a rolling mill and wire mill. 8. Croton Point; devoted chiefly to vineyards. 9. Montrose's Point. Eastchester. — Population, 5,582. Local particulars: — 1. Eastchester; population, 551: con-tained two churches. 2. Mount Vernon; an incorporated village; contained " four churches and several private schools." 3. West Mount Vernon (630 inhabitants), 4. East Mount Vernon (275 inhabitants), 5. Waverly, and 6. Washington ville, are described as " suburban villages, inhabited principally by mechanics and men doing business in New York." 7. Bronxville; a railroad station; contained a manufactory of carriage axles. 8. Tuckahoe; a railroad station near the marble quarries. 9. Fleetwood, and 10. Jacksonville, places projected by building associations. Greenburgh. — Population, 8,929. Local particulars: — 1. Hastings; population, 1,135; a