History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
Bogart, Adjutant; Geo. W. Brown, Officer of the Day ; David P. Barnes, Sergeant; Burlin H. Palmer, Quartermaster; Henry J. Williams, Officer of the Guard ; James S. Snedeker, CJhaplain ; Richard Roach, Inside Sentinel ; Charles B. \\'histon. Outside Sentinel.
This post was organized under the name of Weitzel Post, but it soon after ai)pearing that there was another post bearing the same name, it was afterwards changed to its present one of James Cromwell.
The Central Bank of Westchester County was incorporated on the 16th of Oct., 1828, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. Its officers are: President, Wra. H. Albro ; Cashier, Howard E. Foster.
Lafayette Hall. -- In 1865 Eugene T. Preudhomme built Lafayette Hall, on Railroad Avenue, near Broadway. It will seat about four hundred and fifty persons and is used for public gatherings of various descriptions.
Moran's Hall was erected by James H. Moran in 1873, on the corner of Railroad Avenue and Spring Street, and will seat about four hundred persons.
White Plains Gas Company. -- The manufacture of gas was begun in White Plains in 1860 on a small scale, by parties from New York City. In April, 18()3, the i)ropcrty and works were ])urchased by Eugene T. Preudliomme, Esq., and in 1872 passed into the possession of a stock company, the capital being twenty-five thousand dollars.
The officers of the company are Eugene T. Preudliomme, president ; Charles Horton, treasurer; and William II. Huestis, secretary. /Ihe amount of gas annually consumed is between three and four million feet. hotels.