Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 26

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084


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Judge Thomas says:


The first hotel was kept on the northwest corner of Main and Canal streets, by Churchill. The next hotel, called the Albion Hotel, was built by Philetus Bum- pus, about twenty rods south of the canal, on the west side of Main street, and kept several years by Bumpus & Howard, succeeded by Hiram Sickels. Mr. Bumpus then built the Mansion House, a hotel standing on the north side of the canal, on Main street, which he kept several years. Philetus Bumpus and his father, Jesse Bumpus built the first frame dwelling house in Albion, on the west side of Main street, between Bank and State streets.


The Mansion House was subsequently kept by Calvin Church. The old Eagle tavern was erected on what is now the site of the County Clerk and Surrogate's office, and afterward moved further south by H. S. Goff and changed into a dwelling. Among the earliest mer- chants were Goodrich & Standart, O. H. Gardner, John Tucker, and Roswell S. & Lorenzo Burrows. The first saw-mill was built by Wil- liam Bradner in 1819. He also erected the first grist-mill, the " mill- stones for which he cut in person from a rock in Palmyra." These


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mills were taken down after a few years. The first tan- yard was estab- lished by Jacob Ingersoll about 1825, and was located on the lot now occupied by the gas works, which superseded it in 1858. In September, 1825, John Henderson started the first carriage and wagon shop; in 1834 he opened the first livery stable, and in 1837 he brought out the first horse and cart for public accommodation. Besides these, being a mechanic, he erected a dozen or more dwellings, barns, business shops, etc. The first blacksmiths were John Moe, Phineas Phillips and Rodney A. Torrey. Theophilus Capen was the first lawyer and Dr. Orson Nicho- son the first physician in Albion. The latter came to the township in 1819, but removed to the village in 1822. About two years later Dr. William White, who had been in practice at Oak Orchard in Ridgeway, came here and opened a drug store and went into a professional and business partnership with Dr. Nichoson. The first school was taught by Mrs. Silas Benton, who is said to have " kept boarders, kept house, and kept school in the same building." In 1824 Franklin Cowdry com- menced the publication of the Newport Patriot, which in February, 1825, passed into the possession of Timothy C. Strong, who changed its name to the Orleans Advocate. In February, 1828. he again changed it to the Orleans Advocate and Anti- Masonic Telegraph.


The village of Albion was first incorporated by the Legislature April 21, 1828, and the boundaries designated in that act were : " Beginning three-fourths of a mile west of the Batavia road on the south line of the town of Gaines, running thence south to and including a road run- ning east and west to the southwest corner of Horace Bishop's lot of land; thence east, including said road, one and a half miles ; thence north to the south line of Gaines ; thence west on said line to the place of beginning." The first officers elected were: Franklin Fenton, Free- man Clark, William Bradner, Orson Nichoson and Alexis Ward, trustees ; Hugh McCurdy, Lewis P. Buckley and Sheldon Hopkins, assessors ; Philetus Bumpus, Benjamin Henshaw and John Henderson, fire war- dens ; Isaac F. Benedict, treasurer ; Abraham B. Mills, clerk ; Alvin T. Crossman, collector ; Borden Wilcox, Jr., constable ; William G. Sickels, pound keeper; Truxton Burrell, overseer of the highway. Alexis Ward was chosen president of the board of trustees for 1829.


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In 1827 the first court house was built, of brick, on the site of the present structure, and on land donated for the purpose by Nehemiah Ingersoll. The building committee consisted of Gilbert Howell, Elihu Mather and Calvin Smith. This building was superseded by the pres- ent court house in 1856, which cost $20,000, the building committee being Lyman Bates, Charles Baker and Henry A. King. The archi- tect was W. V. N. Barlow. The first county clerk's office was built in 1836 and the jail in 1838. The first fire company was organized in 1831. In 1833 Ward & Clark erected a flouring mill on the canal. About the same time the old Orleans House was built on the corner of Canal and Main streets, and for those days it was regarded as an im- posing structure.


The following description of Albion village was given in 1836 :


It contains one Presbyterian and one Methodist Church, a high school, a seminary for females, a court house of brick, a neat edifice, in which are the county offices, erected upon the public square ; a prison of hewn logs, a bank, incorporated in 1834, with a capital of $300,000 ; four forwarding and commission houses, thirteen dry goods stores, one wholesale hardware store, two druggists stores, two shoe and leather stores, one book store, two tanneries, one ashery, two grist mills, three saw mills, one carding and cloth dressing mill, one furnace for casting iron, four taverns, one wholesale and sei - eral retail groceries, various mechanics, nine lawyers, and five physicians, two printing offices, two hundred and twenty-one dwellings of brick and wood, many of which are large, neat and commodious.


The population then was about 1, 100.


Among the more important items recorded in the proceedings of the Boards of Trustees, as published in the Orleans Republican from year to year, the following are gleaned : 1842-Clerk, S. G. Barr ; $130 contingent expenses ; $70 appropriated for engine house bell ; $100 to improve and beautify academy grounds. 1843-John B. Lee, clerk ; land for original Mt. Albion Cemetery purchased and $125 voted to improve same. 1845-$90 voted to pay old village debt ; $60 appro- priated for reservoir ; $100 contingent fund ; clerk, Jehiel Clark. 1846 -West end of State street opened ; $150 contingent fund ; $1,000 voted to buy lot and premises of H. W. Lee on State street for fire de- partment. 1847 -- West Academy street opened. 1848 -- New bridge built over canal; resolution passed authorizing an application to the Legislature for permission to raise $1,000 to buy an engine and equip a second fire company. 1849 -- W. G. Swan, clerk.


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1850 -- W. G. Swan, clerk; $500 contingent fund to pay debts ; Board of Health organized. Among the industries recorded in the Orleans Republican, J. O. Willsea editor and proprietor, were G. H. Sickels & Co., merchants ; Munger & Dorrance, jewelers; Nichoson & Paine, drugs ; Boston City Store ; C. S. Potter, 10 Burrows Block ; W. Emerson, pine lumber ; C. R. Berry, dry goods ; William Haywood, wool carding and cloth dressing at Eagle Harbor; Agricultural Soci - ety, P. Dyer secretary ; Beebe & Remington, books (sold out in 185 1 to G. M. Harvey) ; Ezra T. Coann & Co, merchants ; Dr. H. Gumold, botanical medicines for the blood; A. Gilmore, Orleans book and drug store ; Dr. J. Randall, " attended four courses of lectures," Prentice Block ; Platt House, corner Canal and Market streets, Harry Gould, proprietor ; M. L. Warner, boots and shoes; Mrs. L. Hall, milliner, Main street ; A. D. Armstrong, paint shop ; Millville Academy, Mat- thew Gregory secretary ; Dr. S. Gates, at home after absence ; G. M. Harvey, daguerreotypes ; Yates Academy, G. Daniels president ; Royce & Morehouse, hardware in vessel (and other goods),


With haste and speed, o'er dale and mead, Come quick to Albion. When you draw near there will appear A sign with " Hardware " on;


Swan & Cornell, paints, etc. ; M. A. & S. A. Harrington, lumber ; Be- noni Bennett, jr., harness, saddles, etc., over Joslyn's dry goods store ; J. H. Hollenbake had recently associated with him Ambrose Wood, hardware and groceries; C. H. Smith & Co., clothing ; C. A. Har- rington & Co., dry goods and groceries ; George Sipes, general stock and real estate ; A. R. Torry, Torry Hall, hats ; B. E. Van Buren, bookbinder, successor to A. C. Beebe; Phelps & Harvey, books and paper ; H. P. Cooley, watchmaker; G. W. Bedell & Co., hats and caps, removed from " Goodrich Block to Hopkins' attractive block " (became Miller & Bedell and sold in 1851 to G. H. Sickels) ; E. R. Benson, sash and blind manufacturer ; Peak Family Concert ; E. Platt & Co., stages to Rochester ; Alexis Ward, money to loan ; M. L. Fuller, Fairless saloon ; markets-wheat, 94 cents; corn, 40; barley, 56; oats, 34; potatoes, 25 ; butter, 15 ; cheese, 6; lard, 8 ; eggs, 12; wool, 24 to 34 ; notice in December of meeting at court house to consider method of


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enlarging canal in village ; " we have now two fire companies -- Cham pion and Albion-and a hook and ladder company. The engines are of the best manufacture, and the men are of the best kind to manage them. No 2's men, we may say, are a gallant set of fellows, while at the same time we think No. I can compete with the rest ;" town audits. $241 71.


1851 .- Applied to Legislature to raise additional $1,000 to make reservoir and improve fire department; large reservoir placed in front of the Episcopal Church ; contingent fund indebtedness, $669 49 ; con- tingent and cemetery expenses, $353.38; gross receipts, $1,258.47. January 8, "Our village presents indeed a businesslike aspect. The streets are literally choked with sleighs, of which at least 100 can be counted from our office window. Smiling faces, prancing horses, and noisy urchins pass in rapid and continuous procession before us. Everything bears the appearance of prosperity, and we may safely challenge any county of nine towns in the State to show a more thriv- ing village than Albion. Vive la petite Orleans !" February 3, books for subscribers to plank road opened (to be built under act of 1847 from Batavia to brick school house in Barre), signed by R. E. Mix ; October, Beebe & Hooker purchased the American ; November, “ Ed- itor visited furnace and plow factory of Hiram Curtiss ;" three furnaces were in operation-King & Root's on Canal street, making chiefly stoves, over 4,000 yearly, car wheels, etc., employing thirty-three men ; Bedell & Berry's on Canal street, making twelve stoves daily, employ- ing twenty men ; and the Curtis foundry on Batavia street, Albion, making plows. employing fourteen men; three school districts, each having a substantial school house of two departments, average attend- ance 400 ; poplation of village about 3,000.


1852 .- W. G. Swan, clerk ; June 30, first train on the Rochester and Niagara Falls Railroad.


1853 .- W. G. Swan, clerk ; $875 contingent fund ; Hook and Ladder Company reorganized and made a permanent feature of the fire depart- ment ; H. J. Sickels, postmaster,


1854 .- Hard times commenced and extended to 1857 ; wheat, $2.25 ; W. G. Swan, clerk ; $150 for fire department ; $250 contingent fund ; $25 for charge of clock ; $15 to fire wardens; $150 to pay indebted-


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ness ; $230 for additional hose ; street signs put up by Mr. Fell ; Alexis Ward died.


1855-W. G. Swan, clerk; Peter F. Sickels died January 10 ; Hon. Henry R. Curtis died September 20.


1856-H. S. Goff, clerk ; sewer in State street, cost $176; resolved to purchase lot north of engine house for not more than $1,000, and to apply to the Legislature to raise money to build engine house and hall ; lighting village by gas proposed by Henry Fuller, of Chicago; Gas Company formed ; new court house finished in Septemper.


1857 .- H. S. Goff, clerk ; $1,000 contingent fund and to pay officers ; ordinance enacted to prevent cattle running in the streets ; reservoir forty feet long, eight feet wide, six feet deep, built in front of Mr. Pull- man's ; prospects of a run on bank and doors closed September II and 12 as a precaution ; thousands of bills offered for redemption. A few days later it suspended. "Since the suspension of the Bank of Or- leans there has been a perfect stagnation in business; nobody is buying goods ; nobody paying debts ; nobody has work."


1858 .- S. A. Andrews, clerk; first horse show August 27 ; first gas distributed November 25.


1859 .- A R. Patterson, clerk; $1,000 to be raised by taxation ; A. R. Harrington bought Platt house ; first flagman at railroad crossing in May ; Packet Company to Rochester organized and first boat, City of Buffalo, ready in August ; boat launched September 2, captain, William Waters, of Eagle Harbor; dividend of 35 per cent. from Bank of Or- leans declared in March, and banking house sold to J. M. Cornell in November; O. Bennett, formerly proprietor of the Mansion House, took the Kingsland House, near depot, in October ; bridge over canal on Main street fell September 28, killing fifteen people ; new bridge erected ; Pierpont Dyer killed in his grocery December 24.


1860 .- George Bullard, clerk ; bell for clock and fire alarm at $360 ; new Baptist Church dedicated in January; sewer in Clinton street and reservoir north of canal constructed ; another dividend of 35 per cent. from the Bank of Orleans declared January 26; Orleans County Bank opened in February ; " not three vacant houses inside corporation ; " everything is prospering ; theater at Kingsland Hall ; Gen. John B. Lee died September 10 ; apple crop enormous.


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1861 .- A.F. R. Braley, clerk ; $1,000 raised by tax ; sewer con- structed in south side of Water street ; in July resolved to raise $1,600 for roads.


1862 .- A. G. Bessac, clerk ; charter amended ; Fire Company No. 2 reorganized ; June 7 fire started in Platt House stables, burned Platt House and barn, went south on Market street, thence on Canal street, also west from hotel, burning J. Bordwell's large house, a wagon shop and paint shop ; engines came from Medina, Gaines and Brockport ; loss over $20,000 ; insurance about $10,000.


1863 .- A. G. Bessac, clerk ; Bordwell block erected ; public meeting June 12 to provide for police protection, and resolution passed asking trustees to organize night police, which was done, and Aaron L. Van- dekar was made the first chief ; O Tousley died June 5 ; fall of Vicks- burg celebrated July 7; 87,462 barrels of apples were shipped from Albion this year ; First National Bank organized in December 23, as the successor of the old Bank of Albion, which passed safely through the crisis of 1857.


1864 .- S. C. Bessac, clerk ; sewer on south side of park constructed ; public meeting to consider a revision of the charter February 2 ; Man- sion House burned March 29 ; post-office made a money order office ; Albion Petroleum Company organized December 27.


1865 .- Jerome Porter, clerk ; last remains removed to new cemetery ; William Gere died July 22 ; meeting and celebration on close of Civil War ; owners of "Albion Peat Bed " began operations ; Masonic Hall dedicated, June 1, by P. P. Murphy ; apples high ; J. A. Lattin sold his orchard of 100 acres for $12,000 ; Linus J. Peck sold apples for $5 25 per barrel.


1866 -Jerome E. Porter, clerk ; $1,200 contingent expenses ; $3,000 for roads; act of Legislature enlarged village limits by taking in the Rogers farm ; Mechanics' Fire Company No 3 organized in May with Thomas Beebe foreman ; June 3 fire broke out in rear of Field's block ; burned twenty stores ; loss nearly $75,000.


1867 .- Jeronie E. Porter, clerk, at $50 per year.


1868 .- J. E. Porter, clerk ; Albion House bought in January by D. A. Wilkinson, of Batavia ; about $2,000 collected for Monument Asso- ciation ; Nehemiah Ingersoll, founder of village, died February 21 ; Har-


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rington House being kept by R. Pattin ; fire on corner of Canal and Main streets burned several stores and shops, including American of- fice; loss about $35,000 ; Sawyer & Gould's planing mill on Canal street burned December 31 ; loss $8,000; rebuilt.


1869 .- Charles A. King, clerk ; attempt to bore for oil three and one- half miles from South Barre in August developed mineral spring ; en- gine house built ; $2,300 turned over in June to the Monument Asso- ciation. of which H. A. King was made president ; E. K. Hart, secre- tary, and J. M. Cornell, treasurer, and plans for monument secured.


1870 .- Charles A. King, clerk ; contingent fund, $2,000 ; $1,500 for roads ; sewers placed in King, West and Park streets ; business interests advertised or mentioned in village papers at this time were buildings erecting or just finished-M. J. English, two story block ; Royce's block, with hall ; Sickels's " Hemlock store " soon to give place to new building, and W. D. Perry, Charles Baker, G. H. Sickels, J. Harris ; J. D. Cook and Sawyer & Gould all building residences ; C. F. Curtiss, successor to Barnett & Curtiss, dry goods, 47 Main ; N. E. Gilbert, con- fectionery and toys, two doors from post-office ; Landauer & Brother, dry goods, Main and Canal; C. T. Foster, third store from Main, on canal ; O. Royce & Sons, agricultural tools, hardware, etc., 67 Main ; H. A. King, insurance, II Canal; George P. Hopkins, photos, Sickels block ; E. Bradshaw, hats and caps, 57 Main ; Batles & Millard, liquors, two doors north of Bank of Albion ; Franklin S. Wood, nurseries ; Mrs. W. W. Huff, sewing machines, over G. H. Sickels's new store ; George A. Porter, money to loan; L. W. Bingham, dry goods, 71 Main ; D. Hardie, books, P. O. newsroom ; Mrs. M. F. Kelsey, Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines, one door west of Sickels; J. T. Brown, watches and jewelry, 66 Main ; Mason, Barnard & Co. (A. J. Mason, manager), closing out clothing, I Canal ; Rivenburg & Hopkins, dry goods, 15 Canal ; A. Turner's band; Wilber lumber yard ; George S. Hutchinson & J. Bidleman, grocers ; Thomas Bell, insurance ; N. Z. Sheldon, hats, 62 Main ; H. W. Preston, watches ; G. W. Ough, furniture and crockery, "new brick block east side of Main "; P. J. Mathewson, photos, successor to J. R. Porter, 71 1/2 Granite block ; G. E. Lockwood, clothing, 5312 Main ; A. H. Goodman, successor to Goodman & Farn- ham, clothing and tailor, Burrows block; A. B. Bailey, paints, fruit


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jars, etc., 61 Main ; Sickels & Co , "for past twenty years at Main street. have removed to Bank street till new štore can be erected "; C. C. Tan- ner, Orleans Insurance agency ; J. L. Northrup, dentist, 54 Main ; Doolittle & Straight, dentists, over Orleans County National Bank ; Beckwith & Miller, stoves and hard ware, 72 Main ; Darrow & Foster, Densmore's block, Canal ; S. D. Shrouds, coal yard, opposite Harring- ton House ; J. W. Randall, A. B. Botsford, (A. L. L. Potter homeo.), physicians ; H D. & H. C. Tucker, Leroy R. Sanford, S. S. Spencer, Henry Armstrong, lawyers; Charles D. Ross, insurance ; M. Duffy, barber ; Warren's flour store, Sickels block ; B. June, shoes, 64 Main ; Bingham Brothers, carpets, wall paper and dry goods, 71 Granite block ; Glidden & Waterman, hardware, 50 Main ; Littlefield & Fravel, tools, 64 Main. " The village of Albion wants its 6,000 inhabitants. Ever since it was built it has grown steadily in size and importance, and let any one now come within its limits on any day, and he cannot fail to perceive the signs of commercial and social prosperity on every hand. It is a Democratic stronghold. Main street is a miniature Broadway on Saturdays." Philetus Bumpus, son of Jesse Bumpus, the pioneer, died February 13 ; bill for swing bridge passed Legislature; Dr. Orson Nichoson died May 7 ; Hiram Curtis, proprietor agricultural works, died May 17 ; Elizur Hart, banker, died August 16


1871 .- John V. Lewis, clerk ; Main street improved ; arrangements made to build new engine house on corner of Platt and Canal streets, two stories high, with basement and tower, and town hall in second story ; steps taken to establish public library.


1872 .- Isaac S. Signor, clerk; Norman Bedell died in October ; levied by tax $6,500.


1873-D. N. Frye, clerk ; first cry for a water system ; Lemuel C. Paine, druggist, died January 2 ; Hiram E. Sickels died at Albany Oc- tober 31 ; ground broken for new engine house in September, and corner stone laid October 18 ; Albion Library Association organized March 24.


1874 .- John Cunneen, clerk ; soldiers' inonument commenced ; vil- lage hall subject discussed, and hall opened November 14 ; extension of village limits agitated ; Presbyterian church building ; steps taken to macadamize West State street from Clinton street to fair grounds, and East State street from Mckinstry street to Hall's Corners ; fire depart-


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ment reorganized ; effort made to divide town of Barre ; Hon. Charles H. Holmes died October 1 ; apples $1.95 per barrel.


1875 .- F. G. Beach, clerk; scenery put into village hall, and build- ing dedicated by Rochester Opera Company March 21 ; new depot erected ; $8,000 voted for contingent fund ; resolved to raise $800 for hook and ladder truck; meetings in December at Two Bridges and Fairhaven to organize railroad from Batavia to Oak Orchard Harbor.


1876 .- J. J. Larwood, clerk ; hook and ladder truck purchased in March ; George A. Porter died May 9 ; Union School building erected ; $6,000 voted to improve streets ; $2,000 contingent fund.


1877 .- J. J. Larwood, clerk; $6,000 road fund ; $500 divided be- tween fire companies ; $2,500 contingent fund.


1878 .- J. J. Larwood, clerk; Central steam flouring mill erected on Main street by John H. Denio and the Messrs. Collins ; Dr. William Noble died April 18; Waldo Joslyn, merchant, and Nelson W Butts, teacher, died February 1 ; new high school building finished and dedicated No- vember 9; John N. Proctor, president Board of Education; Charles A. Danolds & Son built new flouring mill at Eagle Harbor.


1879 .- New village charter passed in March; H. C. Tucker, police justice; Sylvester King, chief of police, two officers and two night watchmen; March 26, voted to raise $3,000 for steamer and $2,000 for hose, and same bought and tested August 23 ; Albion Steam Fire com . pany No. 2 organized; Dr. William McKennan died August 21 ; total village receipts, $19,253 91 ; road fund paid out, $4,011.71; contin- gent expenses, $2,470.73; school fund, $11,094 40; fire, $340.28; R. S. Burrows, banker, died March 30. By the act of incorporation passed this year the corporate limits were made to include


All that district of country in the towns of Albion and Gaines in the county of Orleans, and being lot number 35 and parts of lots numbered 26, 27. 28, 34 and 36 in township 15 and range 1, and lot numbered 3 and parts of lots numbered 2 and 4 in township number 15 and range 2 of the Holland company's land. Also that part of the town of Albion aforesaid, being part of lot number 18, township number 15 and first range of the Holland Land company's land and now owned by the village of Albion and used by said village for the burial of the dead and known as Mount Albion cemetery. The act also provided that "whenever any additional land shall be purchased by the village of Albion contiguous to said cemetery for the uses and purposes of a cemetery, the land so purchased shall thereupon become and form a portion of the corporate limits of the village of Albion."


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1884 .- S. C. Bessac, clerk: Stone sewer in Albion street con- structed, cost $1,600; one night policeman; contingent fund, $9,000; $7,000 for schools.


1885 .- Reservoir built for $800; contingent and road fund, $9,000.


1886 .- Resolved to enter into contract with some company for the construction of water works; April 22 resolved to entertain application from Bassett Brothers and others to organize a water works company, pursuant to law and to agreement between said proposed company and the village of Albion ; company must give bond for $15,000; accepted and agreement executed July 25 ; later the Lattin spring was approved.


1887 .- Appropriations, gas for streets, $1,275 ; police, $800; streets, $500; salaries, $825; contingent fund, $3,000 ; schools, general, $2,500 ; building, $2,000.


1888 .- Electric light company organized; October 11, resolution adopted accepting the water works, first contract dated August I ; ac- cepted for fire protection at $3,000 annually, beginning October I ; company required to maintain signal bell between fire department and pump house ; October 29, George B. Bassett complimented by resolu- tion; Charles Diem died in November ; annual estimates : making and improving streets, $2,000; water rents, $3,000; police justice, $600; contingent, $3,000.


1889-East Bank street extended; November 1I, Edwin L. Wage appointed sewer commissioner for five years, J. E. Barrett for four years, J. H. White for three years, Peter Gallarnau for two years and Franklin Clarke for one year; Wage and White did not qualify and W. G. Swan and George W. Barrett were appointed in their places.


1890 .- George L. Baker, clerk; Clark D. Knapp, village attorney ; estimated tax to be raised, gross, $18,625 ; Edwin Van Stone ap- pointed chief of police and poundmaster ; Sandstone Hose Company admitted a member of fire department; water mains extended ; Park street sewer laid.


1891-Estimated budget, $19950; schools, $7,200; May 4 com mittee wanted permission to extend water mains ; pound lot sold ; elec- tric fire alarm instituted ; Hart Protectives housed in Maloney building in January ; W. C. Ramsdale, village clerk. 1892-Estimated budget, $19.500; steamer advertised for sale in April. 1893-Bailey street




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