History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people, Volume I, Part 51

Author: Downs, John Phillips, 1853- ed. [from old catalog]; Hedley, Fenwick, Y., joint ed. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Boston, New York [etc.] American historical society, inc.
Number of Pages: 649


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As the chief occupation of the town of West- field is farming and grape growing, the popula- tion has not increased rapidly since the town became fairly well settled. In 1860 the num- ber of inhabitants was 3,640 and did not vary more than 100 from that figure until 1880, when it had fallen to 3,323. In 1900 it had risen to 3,715, and according to the State cen- sus of 1915 it was 4,707, of whom 343 were aliens. Westfield village reported for the same census a population of 3,319.


The principal manufacturing interests of the village are : Armour & Co., grape juice; D. N.' Morse, grape baskets; Welch Grape Juice Co., grape juice; Westfield Lumber Co., also six small factories. These industries employ 158 men and 25 women, 53 being office employees.


The supervisors of Westfield since the erec- tion of the town are as follows: 1829, Amos Atwater; 1830, John McWhorter; 1831-33, Amos Atwater; 1834-35, Robert Cochran; 1836-37, George Hall; 1838, William Sexton; 1839-40-41, Elijah Waters; 1842, Thomas B. Campbell; 1843, James Pratt ; 1844, Thomas B. Campbell; 1845-47, John G. Hinckley; 1848, Alvin Plumb; 1849-50, Austin Smith; 1851, George Hall; 1852, Alvin Plumb; 1853-54, Joshua R. Babcock; 1855, John G. Hinckley; 1856-57, William Vorce; 1858-60, George W. Patterson; 1861-66, Sextus H. Hungerford; 1867, George W. Patterson; 1868-69, Francis B. Brewer ; 1870-71, Henry C. Kingsbury ; 1872- 79, Francis B. Brewer; 1880-82, Edward A


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Skinner ; 1883-85, E. H. Dickerman ; 1886-1905, S. Fred Nixon : 1906-15, William H. Thomp- son ; 1916-17, Gerald D). Gibbs ; 1918-20, Robert Donglass.


Westfield is third among the towns of the county in the value of its real estate, Pomfret


being first, Hanover second, Westfield third. The full value of real estate as reported by the equalization committee of the Board of Super- visors in 1918 was $5,169,032; the assessed value, $4,031,845; equalized assessed value, $4,055,473.


CHAPTER XXIII Chautauqua County To-Day.


The Chautauqua county of to-day, through the Chautauqua Institution and its study courses, is known wherever the English lan- guage prevails and each summer is visited by people from literally "all over the world." An area of 1,099 square miles is included within county borders, divided into twenty-six towns, Harmony having recently been divided. There tre two important cities in the county, James- own with a population of 37.780, and Dunkirk, 7,870 (census of 1915). There are fourteen ncorporated villages and towns reported in the ame census-Bemus Point, Brocton, Celoron, Cherry Creek, Falconer, Forestville, Fredonia, Lakewood, Mayville, Panama, Sherman, Silver Creek, Sinclairville and Westfield, with a com- ined population of 21,737. The population of he county in 1890, according to the United tates census, was 75,202; in 1900, 88,314; in 910, 105,126, and by the State census of 1915, 06,861.


The surface of Chautauqua county is hilly, olling upland principally, well adapted for razing purposes and fruit culture. The aver- ge acre value of farm land in the county in )18 (State report) was $58.38, while the Na- onal census of 1910 reported the aggregate aluation of all farm property to be $43.738,499, n increase of 41.8 per cent. in ten years.


Chautauqua is the greatest grape producing ounty in the United States; ranks second in je quantity of currants produced ; and is fourth mong the poultry raising counties. The last ensus (1910) shows 35,000 acres of vineyards, om which in that year 3,582 carloads of rapes, 1,225,000 gallons of grape juice, and 50,000 gallons of wine were produced. The ame year the 7,500 farms of the county also "oduced 104,995 bushels of shelled corn ; 918,- 26, oats; 291,844, potatoes; 110,719, buck- heat ; 26,992, barley ; 25,523, wheat, and 163,- 39 tons of hay and forage. The dairy products { the county included 23.384,208 gallons of ilk, and the value of all dairy products sold >taled $2,034,455. Farm stock was thus classi- ed for the same year (1910): Dairy cows,


41,526; horses, 14,939; swine, 14,459; sheep, 5,626 ; poultry, 387,683.


The annual precipitation was 39.09 inches ; the annual mean temperature, 50.03 degrees.


Traversing the county are 36 miles of State roads of modern construction, and 1,896 miles of improved highways. There are 277 district schools in the county, besides graded and high schools in the cities and villages. There are 40 agricultural organizations, and the county is the home of the Chautauqua Institution, with its extensive assembly grounds : hundreds of summer cottages, schools, halls for meetings, and a great amphitheatre seating thousands, where students and visitors congregate for profit and pleasure.


Situated along the Lake Erie coast are Dun- kirk and Silver Creek, the former a modern city with a good harbor, good transportation facili- ties and great industries, the latter an impor- tant incorporated village. Westfield is the cen- ter of the grape industry ; Fredonia the home of the State Normal College; Jamestown the cen- ter of manufacturing and the metropolis of the county ; Mayville the capital or county seat. Two railroads follow the lake shore, while the Pennsylvania and Erie railroads, with main line and branches, traverse the interior, con- necting all parts with Buffalo and the east, west and south. An excellent electric system en- circles Chautauqua Lake. Jamestown is con- nected with Westfield and Dunkirk by these roads, and in the matter of transportation the county is well served. Steamers ply Chau- tauqua Lake during the summer season, leav- ing Jamestown at frequent intervals for the lake resorts.


The leading natural feature of the county is Chautauqua Lake, a long narrow body of water extending in a general southeastern direction from Mayville, abont eight miles from Lake Erie, its width varying from one to two and one-half miles. The lake is 1,291 feet above sea level, and 726 feet above Lake Erie. Its waters issue through its southeastern end at James- town through the Outlet enter Corewango


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married Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, and others married colonial governors.


Joshua La Due, an early resident of the county, who came from Auburn, was in 1846 appointed keeper of the lightouse at Barcelona, which position he held several years. General Joseph Farnsworth, who settled in Barcelona in 1816 and engaged in the mercantile trade, was born in Groton, Mass., in 1765. He built the houses and shops on the "Abbott Place," and manufactured plows, axes and edge tools for many years. David L. Cochran, a native of Pennsylvania, settled between Barcelona and Westfield, where he operated a sawmill and in- dulged in scientific studies. Mr. Cochran lived to the great age of ninety-four years, his death occurring in 1890.


The trade of Barcelona held up well for quite a number of years. The country was rich in natural resources and there were no competing harbors near enough to cause concern. The "William Peacock" steamboat was built in 1831, by a company principally of Westfield people, to transport passengers between Buf- falo and Erie, and the Barcelona Company was formed to develop the place. Among those in- terested were Smith and Macy, of Buffalo, Charles M. Reed, of Erie, Nathaniel A. Lowry, Elial T. Foote and Samuel Barrett, of James- town, Augustus U. Baldwin, Calvin Rumsey and Thomas B. Campbell, of Westfield. The building of the great railroad lines along the shore of Lake Erie, destroyed the importance of this port. The trade gravitated to Westfield naturally and that community grew so rapidly that in 1833 it was incorporated a village, this giving added impetus to that already prosper- ous center of trade. Business concerns multi- plied, new industries came in and Westfield in common with the entire "grape belt" has passed through three-quarters of a century of gratify- ing prosperity.


Sextus H. Hungerford organized a State bank in 1848, which was succeeded by the First National Bank of Westfield, the latter institu- tion organized in July, 1864, beginning busi- ness October I of that year, F. W. Brewer, president. Westfield Academy was chartered by the Legislature May 5, 1837. The "West- field Republican," founded by M. C. Rice claims the honor of being the first Republican news- paper in the State.


Presbyterian (1808), Methodist Episcopal (1831), Baptist (1825), Episcopal (1830), Uni- versalist (1833), German Evangelical (1861) and Roman Catholic churches flourish in the village, with the Academy Union School and


graded schools furnishing educational advan- tages of the best character. The village post- office was established June 15, 1818, on the east side of the creek, Fern Deming, postmas- ter. The first postoffice (Chautauqua) in the county, established on the west side of the creek, May 6, 1806, James McMahan, postmas- ter, was discontinued when the Westfield office was opened. The locality first occupied along Main and Portage streets has remained the business section, while the residence district has spread over a wide area of beautiful homes, lawns and well shaded streets. The churches and school buildings are handsome and in keeping with the general beauty of the village, gas, electric and water systems have been in- stalled and the Patterson Memorial Library, gift from Miss Hannah Patterson, testifies to the public spirit which distinguishes West- field's citizens. The fraternal orders are well represented and since 1883 William Sackett Post, Grand Army of the Republic, has been an institution of the village.


As the chief occupation of the town of West- field is farming and grape growing, the popula- tion has not increased rapidly since the town became fairly well settled. In 1860 the num- ber of inhabitants was 3,640 and did not vary more than 100 from that figure until 1880, when it had fallen to 3,323. In 1900 it had risen to 3.715, and according to the State cen- sus of 1915 it was 4,707, of whom 343 were aliens. Westfield village reported for the same census a population of 3,319.


The principal manufacturing interests of the village are : Armour & Co., grape juice ; D. N. Morse, grape baskets ; Welch Grape Juice Co., grape juice; Westfield Lumber Co., also six small factories. These industries employ 158 men and 25 women, 53 being office employees.


The supervisors of Westfield since the erec- tion of the town are as follows: 1829, Amos Atwater ; 1830, John McWhorter; 1831-33, Amos Atwater; 1834-35, Robert Cochran; 1836-37, George Hall; 1838, William Sexton ; 1839-40-41, Elijah Waters; 1842, Thomas B. Campbell; 1843, James Pratt ; 1844, Thomas B. Campbell; 1845-47, John G. Hinckley; 1848, Alvin Plumb; 1849-50, Austin Smith; 1851, George Hall; 1852, Alvin Plumb; 1853-54, Joshua R. Babcock; 1855, John G. Hinckley ; 1856-57, William Vorce; 1858-60, George W. Patterson; 1861-66, Sextus H. Hungerford ; 1867, George W. Patterson; 1868-69, Francis B. Brewer ; 1870-71, Henry C. Kingsbury ; 1872- 79, Francis B. Brewer; 1880-82, Edward A.


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Skinner ; 1883-85, E. H. Dickerman ; 1886-1905, S. Fred Nixon ; 1906-15, William H. Thomp- son ; 1916-17, Gerald D. Gibbs ; 1918-20, Robert Douglass.


Westfield is third among the towns of the county in the value of its real estate, Pomfret


being first, Hanover second, Westfield third. The full value of real estate as reported by the equalization committee of the Board of Super- visors in 1918 was $5,169,032; the assessed value, $4,031,845; equalized assessed value, $4,055,473.


CHAPTER XXIII Chautauqua County To-Day.


The Chautauqua county of to-day, through the Chautauqua Institution and its study courses, is known wherever the English lan- guage prevails and each summer is visited by people from literally "all over the world." An area of 1,099 square miles is included within county borders, divided into twenty-six towns, Harmony having recently been divided. There are two important cities in the county, James- town with a population of 37,780, and Dunkirk, 17,870 (census of 1915). There are fourteen incorporated villages and towns reported in the same census-Bemus Point, Brocton, Celoron, Cherry Creek, Falconer, Forestville, Fredonia, Lakewood, Mayville, Panama, Sherman, Silver Creek, Sinclairville and Westfield, with a com- bined population of 21,737. The population of the county in 1890, according to the United States census, was 75,202; in 1900, 88,314; in 1910, 105,126, and by the State census of 1915, 106,861.


The surface of Chautauqua county is hilly, rolling upland principally, well adapted for grazing purposes and fruit culture. The aver- age acre value of farm land in the county in 1918 (State report) was $58.38, while the Na- tional census of 1910 reported the aggregate valuation of all farm property to be $43.738,499, an increase of 41.8 per cent. in ten years.


Chautauqua is the greatest grape producing county in the United States; ranks second in the quantity of currants produced ; and is fourth among the poultry raising counties. The last census (1910) shows 35,000 acres of vineyards, from which in that year 3,582 carloads of grapes, 1,225,000 gallons of grape juice, and 750,000 gallons of wine were produced. The same year the 7,500 farms of the county also produced 104,995 bushels of shelled corn ; 918,- 706, oats; 291,844, potatoes; 110,719, buck- wheat ; 26,992, barley ; 25,523, wheat, and 163,- 289 tons of hay and forage. The dairy products of the county included 23.384,208 gallons of milk, and the value of all dairy products sold totaled $2,034,455. Farm stock was thus classi- fied for the same year (1910): Dairy cows,


41,526; horses, 14,939; swine, 14,459; sheep, 5,626; poultry, 387,683.


The annual precipitation was 39.09 inches; the annual mean temperature, 50.03 degrees.


Traversing the county are 36 miles of State roads of modern construction, and 1,896 miles of improved highways. There are 277 district schools in the county, besides graded and high schools in the cities and villages. There are 40 agricultural organizations, and the county is the home of the Chautauqua Institution, with its extensive assembly grounds; hundreds of summer cottages, schools, halls for meetings, and a great amphitheatre seating thousands, where students and visitors congregate for profit and pleasure.


Situated along the Lake Erie coast are Dun- kirk and Silver Creek, the former a modern city with a good harbor, good transportation facili- ties and great industries, the latter an impor- tant incorporated village. Westfield is the cen- ter of the grape industry ; Fredonia the home of the State Normal College; Jamestown the cen- ter of manufacturing and the metropolis of the county ; Mayville the capital or county seat. Two railroads follow the lake shore, while the Pennsylvania and Erie railroads, with main line and branches, traverse the interior, con- necting all parts with Buffalo and the east, west and south. An excellent electric system en- circles Chautauqua Lake. Jamestown is con- nected with Westfield and Dunkirk by these roads, and in the matter of transportation the county is well served. Steamers ply Chau- tauqua Lake during the summer season, leav- ing Jamestown at frequent intervals for the lake resorts.


The leading natural feature of the county is Chautauqua Lake, a long narrow body of water extending in a general southeastern direction from Mayville, about eight miles from Lake Erie, its width varying from one to two and one-half miles. The lake is 1,201 feet above sea level, and 726 feet above Lake Erie. Its waters issue through its southeastern end at James- town through the Outlet enter Corewango


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creek, passing thence to the Allegheny, the Ohio, the Mississippi, to the Gulf. It is a beau- tiful sheet of water, with its settings and loca- tion, and furnishes delightful recreation to vis- itors from every clime, and perpetual pleasure to the thousands whose homes are on its shores or near by. Volumes innumerable have been written upon Chautauqua, its lake, its assem- bly, and its beauty ; but its charm remains, and every Chautauquan, native or adopted, has a real affection for this most favored section of New York State.


Chautauqua county industrial statistics for the year 1913 are enlightening. Number of fac- tories, 381 ; employes, 16,722 ; office employes, 1,052; shop employes, 15,670. Of these em- ployes, 12,567 were men, with 130 boys between ages 14 and 16. There were 2,887 women, 86 of them girls between 14 and 16.


Jamestown leads in manufacturing, with 169 factories, large and small, employing 9,103 hands, of whom there are 6,616 men, 1,785 women, 141 children, 561 office hands. The largest employing concern, September 30, 1913, was the Art Metal Construction Company, with two plants, one employing 875, the other 255 hands, 1,130 in all. The Salisbury Wheel and Manufacturing Company came next with 335- Two concerns, a brewery and a bottling works, employing 26 men, gave up the ghost with the demise of John Barleycorn in 1920. The furni- ture factories employ by far the greater num- ber of men working in Jamestown industries.


Dunkirk is second in manufacturing impor- tance, with 60 factories, large and small, which with the Lake Shore railroad repair shops em- ploy an average monthly force of 3.643 men, 380 women, 29 children, 298 being office work- ers. Two breweries, employing 25 men, were closed by the Eighteenth Amendment. The American Locomotive Company employs 3,009 men in their Dunkirk plant, the next most im- portant concern being the American Glove Company, with 261 hands.


Falconer is the home of the Chautauqua Worsted Mills Company, and the Cleveland Worsted Mills Company and Simpson Jones & Company, manufacturers of wool yarn. Her other special manufacturing interests are furni- ture, house trim, mirrors, veneer, lumber and wood advertising novelties, the 16 factories of the village employing an average monthly force of 716 men, 443 women, 14 children and 41 office workers.


Fredonia's industries include the manufac-


ture of proprietary medicines, grape juice, maca- roni, furniture and canned goods, 149 men, 49 women, 5 children and 16 office workers being employed.


Silver Creek manufactures in her nine princi- pal factories, canceling machines, canned and preserved goods, grain cleaning and canning factory machinery, furniture, upholstery and underwear.


Westfield specializes in grape juice and grape baskets, her factories, with the Westfield Lum- ber and Coal Company, employing 158 men, 25 women, I child and 53 office hands. Lum- ber manufacturing, cheese making and butter factories are found in different parts of the county.


The factories of Chautauqua county paid in salaries to the officials managing them (accord- ing to the United States census, 1910), $420,- 911 ; to clerks, $574,255; to factory hands, $3,- 305,245. These same factories converted raw materials worth $7,383,868 into manufactured products, valued at $14,720,240.


The following tables are taken from the Jour- nal of Proceedings of the county Board of Su- pervisors for the year 1918:


TOWNS


Acres


Full


Value


Equalized


Value of


Real Estate.


Arkwright


22,083|$


451,731 $


354,414


Busti


30,168


2,460,585


1,931,504


Carroll


20,658


1,022,784


802,446


Charlotte


22,964


696,284


546,283


Chautauqua


41,318


4,297,105


3,371,384


Cherry Creek


22,957


763,625


599,117


Clymer


21,985


970,726


761,603


Dunkirk


6,632


15,781,165


12,381,446


Ellery


30,098


1,763,987


1,383,973


Ellicott


19,065


3,866,117


3,033,243


Ellington


23,081


569,857


447,092


French Creek


21,832


472,810


370,952


Gerry


21,992


843,197


661,547


Hanover


30,402


5,694,070


4,467,403


Harmony


54,734


2,353,826


1,846,744


Jamestown


4,364


31,492,680


24,721,948


Kiantone


11,456


468,782


367,792


Mina


22,028


598,110


469,259


Poland


22,447


1,129,918


886,500


Pomfret


26,491


6,443,635


5,055,490


Portland


21,347


3,735,387


2,930,676


Ripley


30,761


2,415,309


1,890,879


Sheridan


22,675


3,497,238


2,743,832


Sherman


22,980


1,195,875


938,249


Stockton


29,037


1,243,810


975,857


Villenova


22,826


593,135


465,357


Westfield


29,34I


5,169,032


4,055,473


Totals


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TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, GAS AND WATER COMPANIES


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LOCAL TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, GAS AND WATER COMPANIES IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN 1918


TOWNS


Arkwright


So. Shore Nat. Gas & Fuel Co.


Harmony


Arkwright


Forestville Water Line


Arkwright


Dunkirk & Fredonia Tel. Co.


Busti


Ashville & Panama Tel. & Tel. Co.


Jamestown Jamestown Light & Power Co.


Busti


Home Telephone Co.


Jamestown


National District Telegraph Co.


Busti


Western N. Y. El. Lt. & Power Co.


Jamestown Pennsylvania Gas Co.


Busti


Jamestown Light & Power Co.


Kiantone Pennsylvania Gas Co.


Carroll


Carroll Elec. Lt. & Power Co.


Kiantone Carroll Elec. Light & Power Co.


Carroll


Home Telephone Co.


Kiantone


Home Telephone Co., Jamestown


Charlotte


Central-Chaut. Telephone Co.


Kiantone


Kiantone Co-Operative Tel. Co.


Charlotte


Stockton Telephone Co.


Mina


Mina Cors. Telephone Co.


Charlotte


Sinclairville Electric Light Co.


Mina


Findley Lake & So. Ripley Tel. Co.


Charlotte Sinclairville Independent Tele. Co.


Mina


Findley Lake & Clover Hill Tel. Co.


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Charlotte


Dunkirk & Fredonia Tel. Co.


Mina


|Findley L. & Sulphur Springs Tel. Co. .


Chautauqua Mayville Telephone Co.


Mina


Ashton Tel. Co. .


Chautauqua


Stedman Telephone Co.


Mina


Findley Lake & North East Toll Line. .


Chautauqua . .


Niagara & Erie Power Co.


Mina


Findley Lake & French Creek Tel. Co. .


Chautauqua . .


South Shore Nat. Gas & Fuel Co.


Mina


West Mina Farmers' Tel. Co.


Chautauqua


Sherman Telephone Co.


Mina


Holland Telephone Co.


Chautauqua


Stockton Telephone Co.


Mina


Greenfield Telephone Co.


Chautauqua . ..


Sinclairville Ind. Tel. Co.


Mina


Sherman Telephone Co. .


Chautauqua


Western N. Y. Electric Co.


Poland


Jamestown Light & Power Co.


Cherry Creek ..


Randolph Light & Power Co.


Poland


Chautauqua Telephone & Tel. Co.


Cherry Creek ..


J. M. Ackley Telephone Co.


Poland


Home Tel. Co.


Cherry Creek ..


|Chautauqua Tel. & Tel. Co.


Pomfret


Frost Gas Co.


Clymer


Ashville & Panama Tel. Co.


Pomfret


Dunkirk & Fredonia Telephone Co.


Clymer


Clymer Telephone Co.


Pomfret


Portland Telephone Co.


Clymer


Sherman Telephone Co.


Pomfret


Stockton Telephone Co.


Clymer


Clymer Water Co.


Pomfret


Niagara & Erie Power Co.


Clymer


Clymer Power Co.


Portland


South Shore Gas Co.


Dunkirk


Frost Gas Co. .


Portland


Portland Telephone Co. .


Dunkirk


Niagara & Erie Power Co.


Portland


Dunkirk & Fredonia Tel. Co.


Dunkirk


Dunkirk & Fredonia Tel. Co.


Portland


Westfield Telephone Co.


Dunkirk


National District Telegraph Co.


Ripley


Ripley Water Supply Co.


Dunkirk W. E. Carroll Gas Co.


Ripley


Ripley Telephone Co.


Ellery


Home Telephone Co., Jamestown


Ripley


Sherman Telephone Co.


Ellery


Western N. Y. Electric Co.


Ripley


Westfield Telephone Co.


Ellery


Ellery Subway Telephone Co.


Ripley


Ripley Electric Light Co.


Ellery


| Sinclairville Independent Tel. Co.


Ripley


Willow Brook Gas Co.


Ellicott


Pennsylvania Gas Co.


Sheridan


Frost Gas Company


Ellicott


Jamestown Water Supply Co.


Sheridan


South Shore Nat. Gas & Fuel Co.


Ellicott


Home Telephone Co.


Sheridan


Dunkirk & Fredonia Telephone Co.


Ellicott


Western N. Y. Electric Co.


Sheridan


Niagara & Erie Power Co.


Ellicott


Jamestown Light & Power Co.


Sheridan


Silver Creek Gas & Impr. Co.


Sherman Telephone Co.


Ellington


I Chautauqua Teleg. & Tel. Co.


Sherman


Stockton


Sinclairville Ind. Tel. Co.


Ellington


IJohn M. Ackley Telephone Co.


Stockton


Stockton


Dunkirk & Fredonia Tel. Co.


French Creek. . |Clymer Telephone Co.


Stockton


Frost Gas Company


French Creek ..


| Sherman Telephone Co.


French Creek. . |West Mina Farmers' Telephone Co ..


Villenova


Hamlet Telephone Co.


Gerry


Home Telephone Co.


Villenova


Randolph Electric Lt. & Power Co.


Gerry


Sinclairville Ind. Tel. Co.


Westfield


Westfield Telephone Co.


Gerry


Central Chaut. Tel. Company


Westfield


Sherman Telephone Co.


Gerry


| Sinclairville Electric Light Co.


Westfield


[Frost Gas Co ..


Hanover Silver Creek Gas & Impr. Co.


Hanover |Silver Creek Elec. Co. ..


Hanover Forestville Water Works


Harmony


Ashville & Panama Tel. Co.


Harmony


Western N. Y. Electric Co.


Harmony


Niobe Telephone Co.


Harmony


Sherman Telephone Co.


Stedman Tel. Co.


Harmony


Panama Power Co.


Jamestown Home Telephone Co.


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Ellington


Randolph Light & Power Co.


Sherman


Ashville & Panama Tel. Co.


Ellington


Central Chautauqua Tel. Co.


Stockton Telephone Co. .


French Creek. . |Findley Lake & French Creek Tel. Co ..


Stockton


Niagara & Erie Power Co.


Dunkirk


South Shore Gas & Fuel Co.


Portland


Brocton Gas & Fuel Co.


South Shore Gas Co.


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RAILROADS IN 1918


Pennsylvania R. R.


Erie R. R.


N. Y. Central R. R. Co. N. Y. C. & St. L. R. R.


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Value


Special


Franchise


Tax


Value


Special


Tax


Value


Special


Franchise


Tax


Value


Special


Franchise


Tax


Arkwright


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Busti


231,260


8,052 2,321.54


Carroll


85,000|


867.51


Charlotte .




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