But per week before his dying each stick of furnishings he had–save his actual deathbed–was auctioned off for the benefit of his creditors. After his conviction, even the Staten Island Rapid Transit modified the name of its ferryboat from Erastus Wiman to Castleton, after one of Staten Island’s cities. To improve his investment’s worth, he improved local transportation. In 1884, with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s monetary support, Wiman merged the ferries with the railroad to form one company, the Staten Island Rapid Transit.

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