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2 was organized, taking the old " machine " of No. 1, which was called "Rough and Ready," aud which was stored in barns or sheds, as places could be found. These com- panies exist under nearly the same names to- day, and are doing excellent service, as the fire record proves. On the 10th of April, 1850, the fire department was chartered by act of Legislature, and the status of the active branch of the department, January 1, 1894, was as follows:
Name of Company.
Organized.
Member- ship.
Neptune Hose and Steamer ) No. 1 ..
April, 1835
29
Central Hose and Steamer ) Company No. 2 ...
July, 1848 24
Jefferson Hose Company
1845 23
No. 3.
John Hancock Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 .... Star Hose Company No. 4 ..
1817 32
Jan. 1890 25
There were also five companies of "exempt firemen," with a total membership of 270.
Neptune Company occupies a substantial brick building on Factory street, and Central Company a similar building on Goodale street. Jefferson Hose and John Hancock Hook and Ladder Companies occupy Fire- men's Hall on Stone street, built by the vil- lage in 1854. Star Hose Company is located on the north side of the river. The other buildings are owned by the department. The city pays the regular expenses of the organi- zation, including rent, etc. January 11, 1851, the department was in debt 27 cents. It has now an ample fund on hand, received chiefly from taxes on insurance companies outside the State, doing business here, for the support of disabled firemen. It has also erected two engine houses, and February 8, 1875, by reso- lution of its directors, decided to purchase a first-class steam engine for special use along the river, at important manufacturing points not easily reached by fire hydrants. A Silsby rotary engine, one of the best, was purchased for $4,000. It has also done effective service, and demonstrated its superiority.
The city, the same summer, placed in the Court House tower a fire alarm bell weighing 4,000 pounds. No further facts are needed to demonstrate that Watertown is well protected against large fires, especially when it is re- membered that the reservoirs furnish at all times a plentiful supply of water by means of 100 fire-hydrants placed at convenient points.
Following is a list of Chief Engineers of the department since its formation : 1832 to '37, Dyer Huntington; 1838, Asher N. Corss; 1839, W. H. Robinson; 1839 48, 9 (records destroyed); 1848 to '51, N. M. Woodruff; 1852-3, N. Farnham; 1854 to '65, Fred Emerson; 1866-7, S. B. Hart; 1868-69, T. C. Chittenden ; 1870-71, G. L. Davis; 1872-3, J. M. Carpenter ; 1874-5, W. S. Carlisle; 1876, R. L. Utley; 1877, Henry A. Smith; 1878, Henry A. Smith and John E. Bergevin in place of Henry A. Smith, resigned; 1879, John E. Bergevin; 1880-1, Eugene C. Van Namee; 1882-2, Egbert W. Knapp; 1884, William H. Cole; 1885-6. Silas L. George; 1887-8, John L. McCarty; 1889, William
Clarke; 1890-1, Charles E. McClare; 1892-3, Fred Morrison; 1>94, John W. Phippin.
During the year 1884, for the better protec- tion of the large manufacturing interests, located at and near Factory Square, the de- partment joined with the city in the purchase of a new steamer from Silsby Manufacturing Company at a cost of $4,100, one half of pur- chase price being paid by the department, and the city being joint owner of said steamer. Said steamer was named "R. P. Flower," thereby recognizing an old member of the department, now Governor of the State, whose interest in the good name and success of the fire department of the city of Watertown is as lively as when years ago he ran with the boys of Jefferson Hose Company No. 3.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1894.
Chief Eng., John W. Phippin.
1st Asst. Eng., Robert E. Cahill. 2d Asst. Eng., Henry C. Bundy. Co. No. 1, Ross C. Scott, Secretary of depart- ment since Sept. 1865.
Co. No. 1, Adam W. Munk.
2, John J. Hartigan.
2, Fred Budlong.
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3, Michael Moony.
66 3, Edgar C. Emerson, Treasurer of department since 1878.
4, George Morrison.
4, John Barry.
Hook & Ladder, John Donelly. Thomas W. Killeen.
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66 A. Exempts, Fred B. Devendorf. Foster M. Ferrin.
66 B William G. Rogers. 66
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66 Gustavus Hardy.
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66 John F. Wakefield.
66 Almon Parker.
66 D
60 Edwin Scholes.
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66 George A. Lance.
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Egbert W. Knapp.
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66 William Haley.
WATERTOWN WATER-WORKS.
As early as May 22, 1821, a plan for supply- ing the village with water was discussed, and action was taken towards the erection of reser- voirs, but the measures were not carried out. June 14, 1828, the sum of $40 was appropri- ated for the purpose of boring for water on Factory Square. At the annual meeting in 1829, the proceeds of licenses in the First Ward were applied towards procuring water for the village. May 21, 1829, the sum of $200 was voted for the purpose of boring for water, and in pursuance of this object an artesian well was commenced on the Public Square. After it had been sunk many feet a steel drill was maliciously dropped into it, thereby stop- ping the work.
April 10, 1826, the Watertown Water Com- pany was incorporated, but nothing definite resulted, and a similar result followed the in- corporation of the Watertown Water-works, April 11, 1845. But in 1853 (March 22), L. Paddock, G. C. Sherman. I. H. Fisk, and H. Cooper were incorporated as the Water Com- missioners of the village of Watertown.
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These citizens gave a joint bond of $60,000, and were empowered to borrow on the credit of the village $50,000 for a term of thirty years. Soon after their appointment, the commissioners contracted with J. C. Wells for the construction of a pump-house and reservoir, the latter to be 150 by 250 feet at the water line, and twelve feet deep, properly made, with two centre walls for filtering. The reservoir was located about a mile south- east of the village, on a lot of six acres, upon the brow of the limestone ridge, 180 feet above the village, and was given a capacity of two million gallons: This reservoir was con- structed by Gen. W. H. Angel.
On the 23d of November, 1853, the water- works were completed, and the water for the first time was pumped into the reservoir and let into pipes communicating with residences and fire-hydrants. No serious fires have devas- tated the city since the completion of the reser- voir, but the growth of the city and the increasing demands of its people led the water commissioners, in 1871, to construct still another reservoir. This was located by the side of the former, and was completed in 1873. Its dimensions are 250 by 200 feet, and its capacity four and a half million gallons. The water is distributed to resi- dences and one hundred fire-hydrants throughout the city by sixteen miles of water mains and pipes.
WATERTOWN GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.
Early in 1852, measures were taken for sup- plying the village with gas-light, and F. T. Story organized a company for that purpose, securing the exclusive privilege of supplying the village with rosin-gas for ten years; and February 27, 1852, an association, styled the Watertown Gas-Light Company, was organ- ized, with a capital of $20,000. In the same year the principal buildings in the business portion of the village were supplied, and dur- ing the summer of 1853 pipes were laid through many of the principal streets and to private houses, and a proportionate addition was made to the manufactory. Other parties having succeeded to the ownership of the capital stock of the company, on July 1, 1874, the company was reorganized, and the capital stock increased to $100,000. The company has, at the present time, about nine miles of mains laid down in the city, and supplies from 20,000 to 25,000 cubic feet of coal-gas on an average, daily, throughout the year. There are an hundred street-burners in the city, and many principal business blocks and dwellings are also supplied by the company.
F. T. Story was the originator and organ- izer, and has been the principal man in the company from 1852 to the present time (1894.)
THE WATERTOWN ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.,
Incorporated in August, 1885, with their elec- tric station at the corner of Mill and Moulton streets, supply power and light to all parts of the city. Their contract covers all the main street-lighting of the city, and they supply the principal hotels and business places.
They are now in successful operation, and are regarded as a decided benefit to the town. The officers of the company are: D. C. Mid- dleton, President; F. L. Baker, Treasurer; John C. Fagan is the superintendent.
THE PUBLIC SQUARE
is a feature of the city at once useful and at- tractive. It consists of an open mall, com- prising nearly ten acres, the gift to the village, in 1805, by the owners of adjacent lands. The present has adorned it, but the past made it possible to have it for adornment. It is laid out into two large oval parks, shaded with forest-trees, and sodded as lawns, with a smaller one between the two, containing an elegant fountain rising from the centre of a circular limestone basin. This valuable por- tion of the city's property was a free gift from Jonathan Cowan, Henry Coffeen and Hart Massey.
The soldiers' and sailors' monument, erected by Mr. and Mrs. Cook, is a noble structure, and adorns the westerly elypsis. For a picture of this noble structure and also for the eloquent address delivered at the time of its dedica- tion, see page 103.
OLD LANDMARKS.
The following notices of two venerable in- stitutions we clip from the correspondence of Solon Massey :
THE OLD "COFFEEN HOUSE."
The fire of Saturday night (October 4, 1856), which burned the old Coffeen House, has removed from our midst another of those time-honored land- marks which for half a century has served to designate its particular locality in the western portion of our village.
The old white house that for so many long years stood conspicuously in the very centre of the wide street called Madison street, and which was the pioneer house in all that portion of the village, serving as a point to reckon from in calculating the latitude and longitude for nearly two generations of men, has disappeared forever from the map of our village. In its day it was the pride of the village, displaying more of architectural and mechanical beauty in its propor- tions and workmanship than was usual in the very best class of pioneer houses, and was certainly the admiration of all the youths of the village and its vicinity.
Its site was one of rare beauty,-in the immediate neighborhood of the place selected for the court- house and jail, and overlooking a large extent of country, as well as the course of the river.
Judge Coffeen had succeeded in getting the county- seat at Watertown, and the place for the court-house and jail on the site formerly occupied by them; and he flattered himself with the hope and expectation that he could draw off a fair portion of the future population of the village to the high and command- ing ground surrounding the court-house. He might have succeeded, possible, had it not been for the hold which the old spring in the mall had on the choice and affections of the people.
No expense was spared, however, in the erection and embellishment of his own mansion. and in the plans which he devised for beautifying that part of the village.
His house was to be the common centre around which, he confidently believed, would cluster a fair porportion of the business-stores, shops, and offices -as well as the private residences of a future city, and it was therefore adapted to meet the necessities of such a population as well as of the traveling public, as a first-class hotel.
For many years it was used for such purposes, and rented to various individuals, who tried their skill in an effort to divide the patronage of the people with the two public-houses on the mall or square. But it
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was all in vain. Mr. Coffeen became embarrassed in his pecuniary matters, and other things combined to chill his ardor and disappoint his expectations, and in 1819 he abandoned this field of his early ambition for a residence in the new and promising State of Illinois, where he died within the first year.
The old mansion was for many years the prop- erty of Jasan Fairbanks, and been occupied by an average of five or six families most of the time for the last twenty years, and though it may have been a pecuniary loss to its proprietor, yet it has become one of those old houses which could be well spared but for its early associations.
THE OLD "FAILING HOTEL."
When an old and venerable building, which for nearly sixty years has been a landmark, and which has been known to the public at large as a travelers' home, is for any cause either taken down to make room for progress, or is destroyed by the elements, it seems fitting and appropriate that a passing notice should be made, and its long history passed in re- view.
So it seems peculiarly appropriate at this juncture that a brief farewell notice should be taken of the Failing House, which, for very many years has stood out in bold relief, occupying its place on the hill, but which in an evil hour has succumbed to the de- vouring elements, having been burned to the ground on the night of the 7th of February, 1865.
Soon after the organization of our county of Jeffer- son, and the sticking of the stakes for the site of the court-house and jail on Court-house hill, the people on the north side of the river began in earnest to build up the little village of Pamelia, with the view of rivaling Watertown in those business facilities which are supposed to promote the prosperity of the community, as well as to induce accessions to the population.
With this view a dam was thrown across the river, and mills and clothing and carding-works were erected and put into successful operation. Some- what prominent among the inhabitants on the Pa- melia or Brownville side of the river was a man of the name of Samuel Mack, a skillful mechanic, who thought he saw an eligible site for a public-house, just on the hill at the north end of the bridge, in that town, and he set about erecting a building of large proportions and of somewhat imposing architecture, which he designed to make a kind of headquarters for court people, and the nucleus about which a village might grow up to be a formidable rival to Watertown.
The house was of two stories, with a piazza pro- jecting at each of the two stories, from either of which the view of the river and of the court-house grounds opposite was good.
It was kept but a short time by Colonel Mack, and then was leased, and passed through the hands of John W. Collins, who was also a prominent pioneer of the town of Brownville, and who died in that house, to David Haven, who occupied it at the time of the commencement of the war of 1812; then of a Mr. Asa Harris, though the latter part of that brief war and for some years afterwards, during which it was military headquarters for any troops who happened to be stationed in this immediate vicinity.
It was afterwards owned and occupied by Jacob Cramer, who sold it to Warner Failing in 1831. Mr. Failing, as is well known. was for many years a popu- lar landlord, familiar with all that class of persons who hailed from Mohawk river, and who spoke the Dutch as their vernacular. He it was who in 1849 re- novated and greatly improved the buildings, adding a complete basement story to them, and painting them brown. Since Mr. Failing became superannu- ated it had been purchased by Mr. Alfred Lock, who in his turn made some valuable improvements, partic- ularly in the rear attachments,-kitchen, family rooms, sheds, etc.,-by which the premises appeared very much rejuvenated, enlarged, and improved.
He has made arrangements to rent the premises to Orrin Pearce, and to vacate them for a while, and had made up a farewell dance on that night. They were in the midst of the hop, and the table was all set preparatory to the supper, when at about ten o'clock a fire was discovered in the peak of the roof, supposed to have originated from a stove-pipe in one of the chambers. The fire companies were on hand in good time, but as there was but one stream of water available the fire was not subdued until the main upright part of the house was demolished.
OFFICERS OF THE CITY FOR 1894.
Mayor. H. F. Inglehart ; Chamberlain, Charles R. Murray ; City attorney, Edmund R. Wilcox ; Recor- der, George H. Cobb ; City Surveyor, Fred E. Avery ; Supt. Board of Public Works, W. H. Allen ; Overseer of the Poor, Patrick Redmond ; Sealer of Weights and Measures, Chas. Jensen ; Pound Master, Walter D. Tyler.
Aldermen-1st ward-L. H. Babcock, H. S. Arthur. 2d ward -- G. R. Hanford, Wm. R. Clark. 3d ward -- H. W. Steele, A. Montgomery. 4th ward-L. Law- ver, DeEstang Moore.
Police Commission-H. F. Inglehart, chairman : C. R. Murray, clerk ; J. M. Carpenter, James A. Ward, Richard Marcy, Robert Lansing.
Police Department-Chas. G. Champlin, chief ; Wm. McCutchin, assistant chief ; policemen : Miles Guest, J. W. Lucas, Chas. G. Witt, E. J. Singleton, G. L Baxter, W. Moore.
Assessors .- Geo. Castle, H. Horton, J. W. Moak. Justices of the Peace .- A. Goodale, B. A. Field.
Board of Excise .- C. M. Paris, A. R. Gleason, H. W. Boyer.
Board of Education -- C. M. Rexford, President ; Henry Purcell, L. C. Greenleaf, G. A. Lance, R. G. Keyes, Geo. S. Hooker, S. T. Woolworth. Geo. Adams, H. D. Goodale, Jno. Lansing, C. E. Holbrook; Wm. G. Williams. Supt. and Clerk.
Board of Health .- Fred B. Smith. Health Officer ; C. S. Adams, Clerk ; Dr. M. M. Adams, Foster P. Khines, B. A. Field, W. D. Hanchette, J. E. Bergevin, George Castle.
Supervisors .- R. Holden Jr., 1st ward ; J. Atwell, 2d ward ; A. D. Seaver, 3d ward ; W. H. Tallett, 4th ward.
Water Commissioners .- J. C. Knowlton. President; F. H. Hinds, Vice-President ; E. B. Sterling. B. B. Taggart, Levi H. Brown ; A. Salisbury, Superintend- ent; N. P. Wardwell, Clerk.
Board of Public Works .- H. F. Inglehart, Chair- man ; C. R. Murray, Clerk ; W. H. Allen. Superin- tendent; C. H. Tubbs, J. J Lamon, Everett B. Irvin, W. H. Mould.
Civil Service Commission .- J. R. Stebbins, Chair- man ; R. J Buck, C. E. Holbrook; G M. Jones, Clerk.
HOTELS OF WATERTOWN.
The Woodruff .-- No. 11 and 12 Public Square. C. A. Hungerford, Proprietor.
The Otis .-- 12 and 14 Arsenal street. A. D. Wil- liams, Proprietor.
Kirby House .- 41-47 Court street. T. Colon, Mgr. Crowner House .- 72-78 Court street. Wilder Bros., Proprietors.
City Hotel .- 82-84 Court Street. Romang & Myers, Proprietors.
Romang House .-- Corner Coffeen and Court streets. Joseph Thebault, Proprietor.
Oakland House .- 107 and 109 Court street. Van- Wormer Bros. Proprietors.
Mack's Hotel .- 114 Court street. M. Mack, Pro- prietor.
American Hotel .-- Arsenal street, corner Arcade. Jos. Marrian, Proprietor.
Harris House .- 49-52 Public Square. Erwin Har- ris, Proprietor.
Earl House -Ryan Block, Public Square. Mrs. Earl, Proprietress.
The Union House .-- Factory Square and High street. Savall & Caswell, Proprietors.
Dillon House .- Factory Square and High street. T. Dillon, Proprietor.
Garland City House .- 60 Factory street. Joseph Haley, Proprietor.
McCarthy House .- 58 Coffeen street. Charles J. McCarthy, Proprietor.
Engineers' Hotel .- 59 Coffeen street. James Cuff. Proprietor.
Exchange Hotel .- 94 and 96 Stone street. James Simons, Proprietor.
Central House .- 200 Main street. A. J. Kassing, Proprietor.
FRATERNAL, LABOR, SOCIAL AND CHARITY INSTITUTIONS OF THE CITY.
Young Men's Christian Association .- Corner Wash- ington street and Public Square. Free reading rooms open from 9.00 a. m. to 9.30 p. m. [See more extended notice.]
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City Hospital .- No. 35 TenEyck street. Mrs. C. Fitch, matron. Free for those unable to pay.
Henry Keep Home for Aged and Infirm .- 100 Washington street. T. M. Kenyon, overseer.
Jefferson County Orphans' Asylum .-- No. 66 Frank- lin street. O. A. Freeman, Overseer.
Jefferson County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children .-- Mrs. U. C. Walker, Secretary and Agent.
Jefferson County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals .- Warren A. White, Agent.
Jeffersonian Club .- Club room 2% Court street. Michael J. Morkin, Secretary.
Lincoln League .-- Club rooms in Taggart Block. N. Snell, Secretary.
Union Club .-- Club house 21 Washington street. J. C. Ayers. Secretary
The Workingmen's Club .- Meets 2d and 4th Fridays every month at Trinity House. E. J. Hankin, Secretary.
Watertown Cyclers' Club .- Rooms in Flatiron Bl ck, corner Court and Arsenal street. Will C. Greene, Corresponding Secretary, 10 Paddock Ar- cade
39th Separate Company, N. G. S. N. Y .- Drill every Tuesday evening at Armory. on Arsenal street. Begular monthly meeting last Tuesday evening each month. J. S. Boyer. Captain.
Joe Spratt Post, No. 323, G. A. R .-- Meet 2d and 4th Mondays each month, at 18% Court street. L. C. Greenleaf, Commander.
Joe Hooker Camp No. 165 (Sons of Veterans) .-- Meets 2d and 4th Thursdays each month, at 18% Court street. Bert Morrison, Captain.
Woman's Relief Corps, G. A. R .-- Meet 1st and 3d Fridays each month, at 1812 Court street
Jefferson County Historical Society .- Meet 2d Tues- day each month. L. Ingalls, Recording Secretary.
Jefferson County Agricultural Society .- Annual meeting 3d Wednesday in December. Philo Ham- mond, Superintendent.
GRANGES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
5. C. M. Overton, Master, Belleville; J. J. Mather, Secretary, Bishop street.
7. W. C. Baken, Watertown; Mrs. F. E. Wilson.
9. A M. Marsh, Adams Center; L. L. Allen, East Hounsfield.
15. Frank D. Gurnee, Stone Mills; Mrs. George W. Henry, Lafargeville.
16. W. A. Schell, Pierrepont Manor; Mrs. H. S. Clark, Mannsville.
18. F. C. Carter, Champion; Mrs. I. B. Loomis.
19. E. S. Beaman, Antwerp; Miss Hattie Kitts.
53. Elon O. Andrews, Burrs Mills; Mrs. M. S. Gragg. 59. A. J. Balts, Depauville; P. D. Patch.
60. N. N. Griggs, Smithville; D. F. Stanley.
68. A. F. Sheffner, Pamelia Four Corners; E. E. Van- derwalker, Evans Mills.
69. P. H. Castles Carthage; C. P. McDonald.
114. Wm. Plato, Philadelphia; Geo. A. Fuller.
117. Adam Fralick, Northville; L. B. Bishop, Lor- raine.
126. George E. Herrick, Three Mile Bay; M. S. Wells.
145. W. C. Barrett, Henderson; Mrs. E. H. Wilde. 391. W. A. Cornwall, Adams; J. B. Barlett.
396. W. E. Walrath. St. Lawrence; J. H. Comins.
497. Frank Sanders, Natural Bridge; Libbie Blan- chard.
590. A. M. Sanford, Adams Center; V. Webster Heath, Rodman.
593. Elwin Patterson, Omar; Nathan Holloway, Clayton.
599. E. J. Vincent. Cape Vincent; W. S. Armstrong. 626. T. E. Calkins, Perch River; Clara R. Calkins. 629. Wm. J. Tilley, Plessis; Arthur Rowell.
642. H. M. Arthur, Carthage; M. L. Johnson, Felts Mills.
647. John Ferguson, Clayton; H. A. Lingenfelter. 660. Charles A. Kelsey, Theresa; Mrs. Frank Place. 684. M. J. Jewett, Redwood; W. H. Marshall.
691. Corbett Bacon, Oxbow; M. V. Brainard,
724. H. G. Gilmore, Dexter; Mrs, F, C. Maldoon.
MASONIC.
Media Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .- Meets at Masonic Hall. 9 Washington street, the 2d Monday each month. John S. Coon, Recorder.
Watertown Commandery No. 11, K. T .- Meets 1st
and 3d Fridays each month. J. S. Coon, Recorder. Watertown Lodge of Perfection, A. A. S. R .- Meets 2d and 4th Tuesdays each month. L. R. Washburn, G. Sec.
Watertown Chapter No. 59, R. A. M .- Meets at 9 Washington street, 2d and 4th Thursdays of each month. Leslie B. Cooke, Secretary.
THE MASONIC FRATERNITY.
Watertown Lodge, No. 49 .- Meets 1st and 3d Wed- nesday evenings of each month. Willis W. Rice, Master; Leslie B. Cooke, Secretary. No. of M. M. 332.
Brownville Lodge, No. 53 .- Meets Tuesday of every week of full moon, and two weeks thereafter. George W. Barbour, Master; Frank E. Ingalls Secretary. No. of M. M. 115.
Sackets Harbor Lodge, No. 135 .- Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays. Edward H. Chamberlain, Master; Geo. E. Butterfield, Secretary. No. of M. M. 137.
Carthage Lodge, No. 158 .- Meets 1st and 3d Fri- days. L. D. Thompson, Master; Sanford D. Hunt, Secretary. No. of M. M. 128.
Lafargeville Lodge, No. 171 .- Meets Monday week of full moon, and two weeks thereafter. Charles H Ford, Master; W. H. Walrath, Secretary. No. of M. M. 70.
Chaumont Lodge, No. 172 .- Meets 1st and 3d Mon- days of each month. Dyer C. Read, Master; W. G. Linnell. Secretary. No. of M. M. 69.
Theresa Lodge, No. 174 .- Meets 1st and 3d Fridays of each month. Ceylon Wakefield, Master; W. C. Porter. Secretary. No. of M. M. 96.
Antwerp Lodge. No. 326 .- Meets 2d and 4th Tues- days of each month. Elmer G. Burts, Master; Frank W. Somers, Secretary. No. of M. M. 139.
Rising Sun Lodge, Adams, No. 234 .- Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays in each month. DeElbert Taylor, Mas- ter; Wm. G. Rogers, Secretary No. of M. M. 119.
Cape Vincent Lodge, No. 293 .- Meets 1st and 3d Mondays in each month Lloyd O. Woodruff, Mas- ter; Charles Armstrong, Secretary. No. of M. M. 61.
Clayton Lodge, No. 286 .- Meets 1st and 3d Tuesdays in each month. Wm. H. Reed, Master; Hartley F. Dewey, Secretary. No of M. M. 104.
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