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The special act chartering the B. & E. R. R. Company was passed April 14. 1832. The road was expected to umite the city of Buffalo, this state, and the borough of Erie. Penn- sylvania. The company was allowed four years to commence the work and ten in which to complete it. The charter extended fifty years. The capital stock was $650.000. 1 route was surveyed and located nearly the entire length in this state. sixty-eight miles. but nothing further was done. The stock was taken. but from disagreement in regard to route at certain points. the four years were allowed to
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expire, and the enterprise failed. The route through Port- land was south of the present road, at Brocton Station from twenty to thirty rods.
Fredonia & Van Buren Railroad .- During the specu- lation mania of 1836-37, when the city of VanBuren, situated partly in Portland and partly in the town of Pomfret, was rapidly coming into existence, it was proposed to construct a rail- road from Fredonia to that place; and a company was formed for that purpose, May 21, 1836, with a capital of $12,000. Before operations were commenced, the inevitable collapse consequent upon the excessive inflation of busi- ness and prices came on, the ephemeral city subsided and nothing further with reference to the road was done.
Dunkirk & State Line Railroad .- After the location of the B. && S. L. R. R. by way of Fredonia in 1849, a project was formed for building a railroad from Dunkirk to the state line of Pennsylvania, nearest the borough of Erie. This was to be virtually a continuation of the N. Y. & Erie Railroad. A company was organized April 15, 1850, with a capital of $500,000. Nothing further was done, the object for which the project was originated-the diversion of the B. & S. L. road from the route by way of Fredonia to one by way of Dunkirk, being accomplished. The gauge was designed to be the same as the N. Y & E., and the same as the E. & N. E. R. R., then in process of construction. [See B. & E. R. R.]
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad .- This great thoroughfare passes through the town of Portland nearly par- allel with the shore of Lake Erie, and at an average dis- tance from it of one and a half miles, and across lots 7, 6, 15, 14, 21, 27. 26, 32, 31, 35, 34, 39, 38, 41, T. 5, R. 13; a distance of seven miles and sixty-two and one one-hundredth rods. The average cost of construction through town was $33,000 per mile. The road from Buffalo to the Pennsylvania state line was constructed by a company formed June 6th, 1849, under the name of the B. & S. L. R. R. company. The
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THE TOWN OF PORTLAND.
route was first located by way of Fredonia, and passed through Portland from fifteen to twenty rods south of the present line at Brocton Station. By a subsequent act of the company the route was changed to one passing through Dunkirk. The road was constructed on this route in 1850 and '51, the first train passing over it from Dunkirk to near the state line January 1st, 1852, 'and from Buffalo to Dunkirk on the 25th of February following. The Erie & North East R. R. was purchased by this company under the act of April 13th, 1857, and the road oper- ated under the name of the B. & E. R. R. The three rail- road companies between Erie and Chicago were consolid- ated under the name of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad company, the last act taking effect in May 1869. In August following the B. & E. R. R. was consolidated with the last and under its name, making a continuous line of railway five hundred and forty miles in length. An addi- tional track was laid during the fall of 1872.
Portland Station at Portland Center was located on west part of lot 26, T. 5. Buildings were erected in 1852. Brocton Station was located on the west part of lot 14, T. 5. To secure this the citizens conveyed water in wooden pipes a distance of one mile nearly, for the use of the company, at a cost of about $600. Of this sum $500 was afterward refunded by the company. Brocton Station was discontinued in the fall of 1867, and the one at Port- land a few months later. The present station is named Brocton, and was located on part of lot 21, T. 5, in 1867, and the buildings erected in the fall of that year. The real estate owned by the company in town is one hundred and ten acres. The assessors' valuation of railroad property for the year 1871 was as follows: Real estate $3,500 ; Super- structure of road $75,000: embankments and culverts, $45,000: buildings at Brocton $5,000, and at Portland $1.000. Tax paid on this valuation aside from school district taxes, in 1871 was $1,887.02.
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At a meeting of the assessors of towns along the line of the road in the county, held on the 28th of June 1873. it was resolved that all property of the road except land and buildings be assessed at a uniform rate throughout the county and that the superstructure be assessed at $40,000 per mile for double track. For the town of Portland this is double the amount heretofore assessed. Brocton Station is at the terminus of the B. C. & P. R. R. Nearly 36,000 passengers were carried from this station by the L. S. R. R. during the year 1872: over 33,000 going eastward. The fare col- lected for this traffic was about $38,500. Freight received. forwarded or delivered during the same period was in round numbers 190,000,000 pounds: and the revenue for this service was nearly $35,000.
Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburgh Railroad .- This road was chartered under the name of the Buffalo && Oil Creek Cross Cut Railroad. The articles of association were filed July 19, 1865. At a later date the name was changed to the B .. C. & P. R. R. It is 43.20 miles in length and connects the city of Corry. Pennsylvania. with Brocton, in the town of Portland, where it forms a junction with the L. S. & M. S. R. R. That portion of the road in the state of New York is 37.20 miles in length and terminates at the state line in the town of Clymer. on lot 49. The company building from this point to Corry was chartered by the legislature of Pennsylvania and the two were consolidated April 24. 1867. A route was surveyed and located in 1865 passing from Brocton station across lots 21. 20. 26. 25, 19, 13. 12. 18, 24, 23, 28. T. 5. and 40, 48. 47. 54. 53. 61. 52. T. 4. R. 13. The capital stock of the company was $1,000,000, to which the citizens of Brocton and vicinity subscribed $25.000 on condition that the road terminate in Portland. The average cost of the road through town was $33,000 per mile. To facilitate the building of the road those interested within the county procured the enactment of a law April 7, 1866, authorizing the bonding of towns along the route under certain restrictions. and directing the supervisor
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to dispose of such bonds or any part of them, when obtained, on such terms as he shall deem most advantageous to the town but not less than par, and invest the proceeds in stock of the B. & O. C. C. C. R. R. Co. for the construction of the road and for necessary outfit, and receive a certificate of stock for the same. Under the provisions of the statute a vote of the town of Portland was obtained authorizing the bonding of the town for $20,000. Bonds were issued for the amount by the supervisor, J. B. Fay, bearing date July 24, 1866, with a tenure of 30 years at 7 per cent. They were at once sold to the following parties :- T. S. Moss and Moss & Haight, $10,000 ; U. S. Ladne, $5,000; E. Elmore, $5,000, and the proceeds invested as directed by the statute. This transaction was one wherein the town loaned its credit to the company for a specified object, receiving stock as security. By agreement the interest on the bonds was paid by the company for three years, but on the fourth year was refunded by the town. [ See Session Laws 1866, Chap. 430, P. 957.] The right of way through the town was guaranteed by 44 citizens of Brocton and vicinity, but on the issuing of the town bonds that guaranty was relinquished, the company assuming the responsibility, which gradually rose from $4,000 to $11,000. A respectable portion of the citizens were opposed to bonding the town for the purpose named, raised the question of legality and threatened an appeal to the courts. The legislature was again appealed to and an act was passed April 2, 1867, declaring the bonds legal and binding upon the towns issuing them. The road was placed in running order in 1866 and the feasibility of the enterprise at once made manifest by the amount of business transacted. The number of passengers passing over the road in 1871, which year is a fair average, was 89.344. The revenue for this service was $82,754.52. The amount of freight for the same term was 96 659 tons, and the amount of revenue for this service was $159,635.68. The receipts for mail and express service were $6,577.23. and for miscellaneous service $474.78. making a total of $249,442.21 for the year. Prospect Station
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is the only one located on this road in town. It is situated on lot 53, T. 4, at a point familiarly known as " Fish & Barnes'." A postoffice was established here soon after the road was opened with Alpha Barnes as postmaster. For various reasons, and especially the large debt incurred in building the road which they were compelled to carry, some time in 1872 the company failed to meet their obligations to the bondholders and the employes, and on application of some of the former it was placed in bankruptcy. After due course of law the road was sold to the bondholders and by them to the Allegheny Valley R. R. Co., by whom it is now owned and run.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Slavery-Political Status of the Town-Tables of Valuation, Taxes, Productions, Population, &c.
Slavery .- It is probably known to but few. comparatively, that the state of New York was formerly a slave state. Such. however, was the fact. but the evil existed in but a mild form. Before the Revolution there was a slave market in Wall street, New York city, where the "bulls" and "bears" now congregate to speculate in gold and stocks instead of human flesh and blood. It was forty years after the Revolution before the last slave was free. The soil of the present town of Portland was never cursed by the toil of the bondman, but like other portions of the state it was no asylum for the slave. The law of March 31, 1817, passed by the legislature of the state, declared a gradual abolition of slavery and its, final extinction by limita- tion. At the time of the enactment of that law there were eight slaves within the county of Chautauqua. belonging to masters who resided here. But this stain has long since been obliterated and not a vestige remains within the state. The following is on record in the town book of the old town of Chautauqua, the only word the writer has found wherein property seems to have been recognized in human beings : Certificate of Slave Born in Chautauque County :--
I, Matthew Prendergast, one of the judges in and for the county of Chantauqne, do certify that on the sixteenth day of February last past was born unto me a black boy slave by the name of Jonas.
This 22d September, 1816.
JOHN DEXTER, Town Clerk.
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Certificate of Freedom :-
CHAUTAUQUE, April 14, 1814.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :- This may certify that Willian Harris, of the county and town above mentioned, aged forty- seven years, about five feet seven inches high, of black complexion, born in the State of Rhode Island, town of Scituate, of free parents, hath made before me such proof of his freedom as to the pretence of any person to the contrary notwithstanding. Given under my hand,
MATTHEW PRENDERGAST,
One of the judges of the court of common pleas in said county. JOHN DEXTER, Town Clerk.
Political Status of the town of Portland .- The political complexion of the town has been pretty uniformly Clintonian, whig and republican respectively, since 1816. Circumstances have occasionally changed this, but the following statement of the vote for governor of the state and president of the United States will indicate the sentiment of the town since that date. The old town of Portland was erected in 1813. but did not vote for governor before the erection of Ripley. The reader is referred to these statements as furnishing all that is practicable.
Vote of the Town of Portland for Governor-1816 to 1872.
The * indicates Clintonian, whig and republican; t, bucktail and democrat : $. abolitionist ; §, freesoil ; Il, knownothing; U .. Union ; A. M., Anti-Mason.
1816 .- Daniel D. Tompkins, 46 ; Rufus King, 32.
1817 .- De Witt Clinton,* 29 : scattering, 1. 1820 .- De Witt Clinton,* 26; Daniel D. Tompkins, t 20.
1822 .- Joseph C. Yates, ¡ 195 ; scattering, 3.
1824 .- De Witt Clinton,* 162; Samuel Young, f 68.
1826 .- DeWitt Clinton,* 185; Wm. B, Rochester,t 112. 1828 .- Martin Van Buren, f 108: Smith Thompson, 65 : Solo- mon Southwick, a. m., 174.
1830 .- Francis Granger,* 178; Enos T. Throop,t 85. 1832 .- Francis Granger,* 214: Wm. L. Marcy, f 84. 1834 .- Wm. H. Seward,* 226; Wm. L. Marcy, f 109. 1836 .- Jesse Buell, f 189; Wm. L. Marcy,+ 124. 1838 .- Wm. H. Seward,* 263: Wm, L. Mar cy, f 107.
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THE TOWN OF PORTLAND.
1840 .- Wm. HI. Seward,* 296; Wm. C. Bouck,t 98; Gerritt Smith.į 1.
1842 .- Luther Bradish,* 248: Wm. C. Bouck,f 84; Alvan Stewart,į 7.
1844 .- Millard Fillmore,* 260; Silas Wright,t 101 ; Alvan Stewart,# 51.
1846 .- John Young .* 195; Silas Wright,f 79: Henry Brad ley,¿ 50.
1848 .- Hamilton Fish,* 219; Reuben H. Walworth, t 88 : John A. Dix,§ 47.
1850 .- Washington Hunt,* 228; Horatio Seymour.f 101.
1852 .- Washington Hunt,* 275: Horatio Seymour.f 106 : Minthorn Tompkins, f 22.
1854 .- Daniel Ullman,| 299; Myron H. Clark,* 29; Horatio Seymour, t 5 ; Greene C. Bronson, t 4; Wm Goodell,; -. 1856 .- John A. King,# 162. Erastus Brooks, | 180 ; Amasa J. Parker,f 41.
1858 .- Edwin D. Morgan,* 149; Amasa J. Parker,+ 86; Lorenzo Burroughs, t 60 : Gerritt Smith,į 5.
1860 .- Edwin D. Morgan,* 216 ; Wm. Kelley, t 178 ; James T. Bradley. -.
1862 .- James S. Wadsworth,* 190 ; Horatio Seymour,f 167. 1864 .- Reuben E. Fenton .* 264 : Horatio Seymour,f 168. 1866 .- Reuben E. Fenton,* 255; John T. Hoffman, f 165. 1868 .- John A. Griswold,* 292; John T. Hoffman, f 165. 1870 .- John T. Hoffman, t 134: Stewart L. Woodford,* 231. 1872 .- John A. Dix,* 252 ; Francis Kernan, t 177.
Vote of the present Town of Portland for Presidents of the U. S. 1832 .- Henry Clay,* 205 : Andrew Jackson, + 84. 1836 .- Henry Clay,# 187; Martin VanBuren, + 126. 1840 .- Wm. H. Harrison,* 309; Martin VanBuren, + 92 ; James G. Birney.į 1.
1844 .- Henry Clay .* 264; James K. Polk,t 102; James G. Birney,# 46.
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1848 .- Zachary Taylor,* 209; Lewis Cass,1 87; Martin Van Buren. § 52.
1852 .- Winfield Scott,* 273; Franklin Pierce,; 104; John P. Hale,# 28.
1856 .- John C. Fremont,* 165: James Buchanan, t 145 : Millard Fillmore, U 40.
1860 .- Abraham Lincoln,* 226; Stephen A. Douglass.t -: John C. Breckenridge, t 170 ; John Bell, U --.
1864 .- Abraham Lincoln,* 259 ; Geo. B. Mcclellan,t 172.
1868 .- Ulysses S. Grant,* 290; Horatio Seymour, ; 167.
1872 .- Ulysses S. Grant,* 243 ; Horace Greeley, f 181.
Table showing the assessed valuation, the equalized valuation and the equalized valuation per acre in town each year from 1829 to 1871 inclusive. The number of assessed acres in town is 20,510.
Year.
Assessed
Valuation.
Equalized.
Valuation
Equalized
per Acre.
Year.
Assessed
Valuation,
Equalized
Valuation
Equalized
per Acre.
1829
$ 99,485
$
..
$ 4.85
1851
$ 464,909 $
627,126
30.58
1830
97,022
97,023
4.73
1852
584,026
672,126
32.77
1831
I853
527,122
684,053
33.34
1832
139,601
104,934
5.12
1854
554,046
679,053
33.10
1833
126,387
123,859
6.04
1855
507,318
669,228
32.62
1834
130,509
150,390
7.33
1856
510,951
526,439
25.66
1835
139,400
157.903
7.70
1857
490.627
530,515
25.87
1836
172,422
272,423
13.28
1858
507,222
498,157
24.29
1837
207,460
195,911
9.55
1859
503,301
497,252
24.24
1838
239,124
214,211
10.44
1860
506,338
492,955
24.04
1839
267,422
216,767
10.57
1861
505,361
483,262
23.56
1840
259.701
220,746
10.76
1862
518,316
479,899
$3.40
1841
259,691
225,344
10.99
1863
527,136
478,679
23.34
1842
240,340
244,265
11.91
1864
525,197
490,165
23.90
1843
269,970
223,479
10.90
1865
549,583
501,429
24.45
1844
263,849
220,516
10.75
1866
575,195
497,164
24.24
1845
255,930
224.221
10.93
1867
674,539
576,445
28.11
1846
227,578
224,221
10.93
1868
691,011
576,445
28.11
1847
229,709
226,881
11.06
1869
682,603
612.816
29.88
1848
229,960
227.881
11.11
1870
703,794
597,329
29.12
1749
230,777
241,113
11.76
1871
703,815
602,248
29.36
1850
233,948
268,430
13.09
-
It is not possible to carry the table back of 1829, as previous to that date the town included a part of the present town of
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THE TOWN OF PORTLAND.
Westfield, and previous to 1816 the whole of the present towns of Portland, Westfield and Ripley after the organization as a town in 1813. In earlier years, however, the board of supervisors fixed the price per acre to be assessed on farm property. In 1816 the town was assessed as per resolution of the board, for unimproved road lots, $2.75 per acre ; back lots, $2.00 per acre: improved road lots, $8.00 per acre; back improved lots, $5.75 per acre. This valuation was gradually increased from year to year until it reached the sum of $99,485 in the aggregate for the year 1829. In 1821 the board raised the assessment 2 per cent .; in 1822, 1 per cent .; in 1824. $5,000; in 1826, 15 per cent .; in 1827, 3 per cent.
The personal property returned for taxation in town gradu ally increased from $1,800 in 1829 to $70,927 in 1869. This sum, however, fell off to $34,626 in 1871.
The following statement will be of interest as showing the difference between the assessed valuation on substantially the same property in 1817 and 1871, with tax upon the same :
Owner in 1817.
Lot.
Town.
Acres.
Valuation
in 1817.
Tax in
1817. Owners in 1871.
Valuation
In 1871.
Tax in
John R. Coney,
19
5
100 $ 943 $3.71 T. L. Harris,
4,500
65.32
David Eaton, ..... 37
5
117 1,161 4.57 Alfred Eaton,
1,830
26.13
Elijah Fay.
20
5 169 1,583 6.22 The Family,
8,695
126.20
Nathaniel Fay, .. 12
5 2001,280 5.03 Franklin Fay.
...
5,300 76.93
Moses Joy,
19
5 137
974 3.83 H. A.S.Thompson
7,500 94.35
J. L. Hatch and Chester Skinner,
Peter Kane, 38
5 100
799 5.11 Mrs. M.D. Leaclı,
4,200 60.97
A. Klumph,
37
5 56
362 2.32 Chester Munson .. 1,950
28.30
Zadoc Martin, ... 3
5 65 385 4.51 H. W. Thompson, 1,600
23.22
Moses Sage, ...... 13 5 1551,217 7.79 T. L. Harris, H.C. 6,900 Taylor and others
94.64
James Wilder, .. 19
5
90
625 2.46 N. pt. Judson Fa. 1,400
20.32
Ahira Hall. 4 5
66
260 1.66'Santord Martin,
1,300
18.87
1871.
The above is not strictly correet owing to small pieces of land being bought or sold, but it approximates the facts sufficiently to show what was intended by it.
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The following table will exhibit the amount of tax assessed and paid by the town from 1829 to 1871, inclusive. It includes all town expenses except collectors' fees :
Year.
Town
School
Roads and
County
State Tax.
Bounty
Total
1×29
$ 213.58
84.76
$
26.37
$ 267.78
$ 592.49
1830
194.27
84.76
95.79
375.35
750.17
1831
265.61
169.51
21.05
526.88
983.05
1832
175.40|
193.77
84,71
553.82
1 007.70
1833
330 04
194.25
33.21
525.03
1,082.53
1834
148.86
194.25
197.37
697 06
1,237.54
1835
219.04
190.25
61.85
769.88
1,241.02
1836
213.39
190.25
128.86
729.79
1,262.29
1-87
126.94
231.98
26.32
835.17
1,220.41
1838
174.10
290.47
110,52
735.32
1,310.41
1839
271.9%
290.47
91.9%
06.3
1,360.74
1840
299.88
301.00
66.31
783.27
1.400.46
1841
204.09
2. 4.55
52.63
715.73
1,227 00
1842
177.98
254.55
83.15
714.11
1,259.12
1.488.91
1843
109.40
249 45
46.93
809.65
254.31
1,522.20
1845
186.96
241.83
26.31
758.18
136.99
1,349 47
1846
186 59
207.53
49.40
676.40
1.119.92
184.
168 27
207.53
89.20
670 18
234 16
1,369.34
1848
368.91
222.73
103.97
617 34
117.28
1.430.23
1849
155.17
215.13
51.00
989.57
120.25
1,531.12
1850
168.25
215.13
123.51
892.89
13 .. 12
1.536.90
1×51
202.34
342.41
126.99
879.90
326.32
1,877.96
1852
207.05
442.93
80.00
1,007.79
172 74
1.910.51
1853
210.81
453.52
150.00
975.91
713.85
2.501.09
1854
218 96
471.26
40.00
967.20
529.36
2,226.78
1855
212.13
447 71
1,249,67
876.46
2,785.97
1856
228.54
418.95
840 13
558 60
2,046.22
1857
229.15
439.12
901 521
1,293.36
2,855.15
185-
705.94
407.74
50.00
1,071.74
951.38
3 186.80
1859
496.27
390.71
70.00
1,026,87
911.16
2,895.51
1860
287.98
360.99
150.00
895.44
1.607.39
3,331.80
1861
496.22
3-5.46
110.00
970.40
1.606.10
3.568.1×
1862
244.42
390.05
220.00
940.58
2,080.24
4,200.00
8,075.29
1863
214.67
395.22|
100.60
990.08
2,239.60
3,939.57
1864
328.25
384.60|
200.00
1,152.81
2,307.51
29,218.08
33,591.36
1865
417.66
396.56
200.00
1.676.13
2,068.74
4.759,09
1866
315,24
399.80
200,00
1,705.70
2.565.38
5.146,12
1867
380,71
748.21
259.00
2,894.09
3,920.66
8,193.67
1868
1×69
*6,433.96
847.66
250 00
3.132.96
2,966.80
13,631.38
1870
*2,016.20
782.19
900.00
2.757.92
3,762.53
10,218.65
1871
*2,084.24
>51.42|
2.050.00
2,692.46|
3,002 69
Includes
State Bo -:
unty Tax. :
10.680.81
.. .
Rejected and returned taxes, a small item, are not included in the above.
Includes interest or railroad bonds.
Tax.
Expenses,
Tax.
Bridges.
Tax.
Tax.
1.441.18
1844
162.01
249 30
849.02
1.23 3.31
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THE TOWN OF PORTLAND.
The Population of the town at different periods since the organization of the present town has been: In 1830, 1,771 : 1835, 2,181; 1840, 2,136: 1845, 1,966 . 1850, 1,905; 1855. 1,936; 1860, 1,984; 1865, 1,816; 1870, 1,887.
Population of Centerville in 1872 was 233; of Brocton, 308. Sex, Civil Condition, dec., of the population are shown by the census of 1865 as follows :
Population, 1.887 (census 1870). Males, 896; females. 991. Single, 946 ; married, 783; widowers, 23; widows, 64; others not known. Voters, 462; natives, 424; naturalized, 38. Foreign population, 182. No. of families, 409 (census 1870). Owners of land, 305. Over 21 years of age and not able to read and write, 41 (census 1870).
Age and Sex of population by census of 1865 is shown as follows :
Under 10-males, 184; females, 195. 10 and under 20- males, 212 ; females, 201. 20 and under 30-males, 117 : females, 143. 30 and under 40-males, 112 ; females, 116. 40 and under 50-males. 106 ; females, 108. 50 and under 60 -males, 78 ; females, 76. 60 and under 70-males, 56 ; females. 49. 70 and under 80-males, 24: females, 20. 80 and under 90-males, 10 ; females. 9 Balance of population, ages not known.
Places of Birth of the population of Portland according to census of 1865 :
Chautauqua county, 948 ; other counties of this state, 436 : Connecticut, 36; Illinois, 3 ; Indiana, 3; Massachusetts, 44 : Michigan, 5; Minnesota, 3; Maine, 1; New Hampshire, 19: New Jersey, 2 ; Ohio, 15 ; Pennsylvania, 74 ; Rhode Island, 8; Vermont, 50 ; Virginia, 2: Wisconsin, 15; Canada, 19; Eng- land, 45: France, I; German states, 5: Ireland, 49; Scot- land, 3; Sweden, 24: balance unknown.
Dwellings in Town .- Census of 1865 shows that there were 4 stone dwellings, valued at $3,500 : 5 brick dwellings, valned at $4,300; 362 frame dwellings. valued at $234,315: 2 log houses, valued at $175 : 9 other dwellings valued at $660.
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HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF
Total number given, 382 ; total value given, $242,950. There are 32 dwellings the value of which is not given.
Agricultural and other Products- of the town for the year ending June 1, 1870, were valued and estimated as follows : Assessed value of real estate, $703,798 ; cash, or real value of real estate in town, $2.111,394 ; personal property assessed, $34,345; No. of horses, 460: No. of cows. 1,270: working oxen, 44; young cattle, 689; No. of sheep, 1,789; No. of swine, 467; value of all live stock in town, $157,325. Bushels of wheat raised, 9,703: bushels of corn raised, 13,020; bushels of oats raised, 25,323 : bushels of barley raised, 4,196 ; bushels of buckwheat raised, 130: bushels of peas raised, 15 : bushels of potatoes raised, 14,051 : pounds of wool clipped, 12,215. Orchard products, in dollars, $23,695; wine made in gallons, 25,270 ; products of market garden, in dollars, $4,695 ; pounds of butter made, 142,630: pounds of cheese made in families, 6,370 ; pounds of factory-made cheese, 22,000; gallons of milk used in cheese factory, 27,500; capital invested in cheese factory in dollars, $2,000 : value of cheese made in fac- tory, $3,300. Tons of hay raised, 5,289 ; clover and hay seed raised, in bushels, 58; pounds of maple sugar made, 2,500; value of animals slaughtered or sold to be slaughtered, in dollars, $27,227 ; total value of all farm products, including betterments and additions to stock, in dollars, $234,545.
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THE TOWN OF PORTLAND.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Town Meetings and Special Elections.
Town Meetings of the Town of Chautauqua were held. in
1805. At the house of widow MeHenry, at the ancient crossroads, now one mile west of the center of the present village of Westfield.
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