Page:From canoe to tunnel.djvu/9 decidedly high. For example an
ordinary foot passenger was charged 9 pence; a coach or covered
wagon 8 shillings; a horse 1 shilling 9 pence. Almost everything
that can be thought of is specified; thus a feather bed is rated
at 6 pence; a common chair 1 penny; a mahogany chair 2 pence; a
chest of tea two shillings. Until 1804 the ferry and the
adjoining land was owned by Cornelius Van Vorst. In 1804 the
"Associates of the Jersey Company" were incorporated and the
ferry conveyed to them. In the same year Joseph Lyon of
Elizabethport leased the ferry, and the landing place was moved
to a point lying between York and Grand streets. Up to this time
the ferry accommodations consisted of a few rowboats with two
oarsmen to each and a few extra oars which the passengers were
expected to use if they were in a hurry to cross. There were
also two periaugers which were used when the wind was good, or
when it was necessary to take a horse and carriage. With a
favorable wind the passage cou