The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-07-15
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THE WATERWAYS HOTEL.
Mn. EDITOR The old Red House building
known for many years as the Waterman S
Hotel iIlrthe city of Lambertville, tho oldest
building in the place, has Eeei taken down by
the present owner and removed to make room
for the increased business of that locality and
the extension of the city. Situated between
the canal, railroad and river, and fronting
on Lambert street, it was built for the trade
of the river Delaware and store-house for
goods, merchandise and country produce
The old land marks OF a past generation and
the relies of olden times are disappearing from
our marts of trade and business. | will give
some notice Of it and of the first settlement
and early improvement of the town by its
founder, Emanuel Coryell, Esq. The following
may be new and interesting TO many of the
readers of your valuable paperand the present
owners of real estate in this city. Like many
others who resided III the monarchical gov
ernments of the old world he turned his at
tension to the ancient colonies and with tho
principles Of liberty and equality instilled in.
to his feelings, like the great Gen. Lafayette,
he with a few friends left his native land and
embarked for the American shores, and landed
at Perth Amboy, in New Jersey, and took uI
his abode on the cast bank of the Delaware
river. He at once purchased a tract of tel
hundred and twenty-five acres of land, many
years before the Revolutionary War, extend
ing from Goat Hill for some two miles to the
Aiecksauken creek, including the Ferry rights
and some Improvements which had begun TO
be made, and started Coryelfs Ferry, about
the year 1852. Having always resisted OPP
preston and tyranny in his own iand he and
his family took strong grounds against the
Crown In the war Of Independence aid in
every way assisted to establish the liberty and
independence Of the nation and the Just rights
OF the people, IN the early days before the
Colonies were free from British tyranny. The
establishment ofthe Ferry proved great sue
cess to his plans--the improvement OF his ex-
teneiye grounds, as his lands were uncuitivat-
ed and iaid waste Tor many years, Tor
miles around the adjacent country, and not in
a situation Tor farming. his frst OBJECT was
to increase the value OF property along the
river on both sides OF the Delaware in cooper
alton with friends IN Bucks Co., Pa. and Sc
cure the trade OF the river by making pub
lie improvements and connecting the river
traue to the cities by boats ana drawing the
upper trade OF the Delaware to this place, in
which by his extreme popularity and enter
prise he eminently succeeded and at once gave
an impulse to Dnsiness and Improvement, and
started his Ferry and built the old red Store
House on an elevated site on the bank of the
Delaware, and soon started q number of Dur
ham boats which Piled regularly from the
Store House up and down the river, to Phila-
delphia with 2 back loading Of goods and mer-
chandize for the country dealers and store
keepers. He supcrintended the plan and struc-
ture and acted with the best of mechan-
les to make 1t convenient for loading and un-
loading his boats and receiving country pro-
duced and storage Of all kinds for transporta-
ton to the cities through the river--and con-
nected the trade with the Easton millers, an
old manufacturing town thirty-five miles up
the river and received their flour and grain on
storage. About the time of the Revolution
airy War very large freighting business was