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Real Estate .-
Personal.
-Total
1895.
1894.
1895.
1894.
1895.
1894.
Annsville
$359,080
370,330
$14,330
$16,330
$373,410
$386,660
Augusta
651,670
657,125
47,525
52,590
699,195
709,715
Ava
188,350
199,765
1,200
1,050
189,550
200,815
Boonville
881,280
876,980
74,360
69,310
955,640
946,290
Bridgewater
507,750
509,250
51,900
52,100
559,650
561,350
Camden
908,353
859,940
32,150
62,550
940,503
922,290
Deerfield
688,415
690,018
17,400
17,400
705,815
707,418
Florence
199,055
201,000
2,300
2,300
201 355
203,300
Floyd
370,770
392,466
13,906
6,880
384,676
399,346
Forestport
163,516
162,839
120
120
163,636
162,959
Kirkland
1,632,635
1,684,745
166,000
184,650
1,798,635
1,869,395
Lee
463,940
475,040
9,050
9,750
472,990
484,790
Marcy
667,605
677,045
6,600
9,200
684,205
686,245
Marshall
873,950
883,950
26,200
27,700
900,150
911,650
New Hartford
1,683,005
1,681,695
129,100
130,900
1,812,105
1,812,595
Paris
1,062,200
1,072,000
103,250
122,600
1,165,450
1,194,600
Remsen
361,636
366,414
42,080
47,980
403,716
414,394
Rome, 1st ward
965,811
963,036
14,600
14,600
980,411
976,636
2d ward
854,939
857,854
160,583 110,210
165,772
1,498,766
1,552,897
4th ward
662,405
660,115
11,000
9,000
673,405
669,115
5th ward
1,365,800
1,367,650
81,632
102,247
1,447,432
1,469,897
Sangerfield
1,121,415
1,333,765
123,000
123,000
1,244,415
1,256,765
Steuben
424,647
438,480
12,330
12,500
436,977
450,980
Trenton
888,970
882,420
39,83€
40,390
928,800
922,810
Utica, 1st ward
1,775,000
1,791,500
824,785
817,000
2,579,785
2,608,500
2d ward
1,954,530
1,974,450
291,447
293,095
2,295,977
2,267,545
3d ward
2,332,180
2,352,380
493,441
494,941
2,825,621
2,847,321
4th ward
2,459,856
2,487,056
456,000
256,000
2,915,856
2,943,056
5th ward
349,420
362,720
2,000
2,000
351,420
364,720
6th ward
412,115
417,515
21,000
21,000
1,650,525
1,644,150
8th ward
1,325,765
1,332,800
313,500
209,950
1,639,265
1,512,750
9th ward
1,208,575
1,211,725
117,875
117,875
1,326.450
1,329,600
10th ward
778,990
790,540
778,990
790,540
11th ward
1,417,730
1,429,150
117,000
109.000
1,534,730 900,710
881,785
Vernon
962,250
981,725
94,100
97,000
1,056,350
1,079,125
Verona
1,709,309
1,712,084
32,900
35,800
1,742,209
1,747,884
Vienna
403,939
404,619
1,050
1,280
404,989
405,899
Western
583,350
590,490
46,700
48,950
630,050
639,440
Westmoreland
990,850
991,700
32,200
33,400
1,023,050
1,025,100
Whitestown
2,481,640
2,535,240
207,500
206,500
2,689,140
2,741,740
Total
$43,021,487 843, 320, 476 84, 342, 154 84, 380, 943 847, 363.641 847, 701,419
412,115
417,515
7th ward
1,629,525
1,623,150
1,538,150
12th ward
900,710
881,785
155,833
1,015,522
101,687
3d ward.
1,388,556
1,387,125
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RATIO AND APPORTIONMENT.
Total Tax-
- Ratio --
1895.
1894.
1895. | 1894.
Annsville
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$5,246.63
$4,696.43 .1405
1214
Augusta
6,682.78
6,042.56 .0955 .0851
Ava .
3.077.42
2,792.45 .1623 .1390
Boonville
4,297.17
9,955.58
.1496 .1052
Bridgewater
5,711.70
4,030.65 .1020 .0718
Camden
12,402.07
9,916.29
.1318 .1075
Deerfield
9,592.85
7,524.19 .1357 .1063
Florence
3,347.22
3.013.71
1662 .1482
Floyd
3,980.18
3,661.81
.1034 .0916
Forestport
3,100.44
3,608.09 .1894 .2214
Kirkland
14,620.89
11,578.03 .0729 .0619
Lee
6,326.30
5,864.28
.1337 .1209
Marcy
7,571.18
5,979.00 .1106 .0872
Marshall
8,285.79
8,294.08
.0920.0909
New Hartford
16,856.25
13,443.03.0930.0741
Paris
9,770.75
8,750.11
.0838.0732
Remsen
5,412.97
3,577.12
.1340 .0863
Rome
68,276.22
58,655.67
.1215 .1032
Sangerfield
14,518.02
10,178.03 .1166.0809
Steuben
4,271.40
4,047.33 .0977.0897
Trenton
10,344.98
7,596.89 .1113 .0823
Utica
202,965.81
166,847.32
.1058 .0870
Vernon
11,585.36
9,814.87 .1096 .0909
Verona
92,368.80
20.147.81 .12831.1152
Vienna
9,727.01
10.191.12 .2401 .2510
Western
8,644.04
6,764.14 .1310 .1057
Westmoreland
10,457.99
7,896.23 .1022 .0770
Whitestown
27,628.16
22,152.99.1027.0807
$525,070.38
8437,019.81
CIVIL OFFICERS FROM ONEIDA COUNTY.
Governor .- Horatio Seymour, elected in 1862. John F. Seymour, appointed pri- vate secretary to the governor. James McQuade aid-de-camp.
State Engineers .- John T. Clark, November 8, 1853; William B. Taylor, Novem- ber 5, 1861; J. Platt Goodsell, November 7, 1865; William B. Taylor, November 7, 1871; Horatio Seymour, jr., November, 1877, engineer and surveyor; Campbell W. Adams, November, 1893.
Canal Commissioners .- Henry Seymour, appointed from Onondaga county, March 24, 1819; removed to Oneida county the same year; Ephraim Hart, 1818; S. N. Dexter, 1840; Christopher A. Walrath, November, 1875.
Canal Appraiser .- Chester Hayden, April 18, 1843.
Bank Commissioner .- Hiram Denio, April 10, 1838.
Inspector of State Prisons .- Wesley Bailey, November 4, 1856.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction .- Abram B. Weaver, April 7, 1868.
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Regents of the University .- Frederick William, Baron de Steuben, April 13, 1787; Nathan Williams, January 28, 1817; George R. Perkins, January 30, 1862; Francis Kernan, February 10, 1870; Wm. H. Watson, February 2, 1881.
Principal of State Normal School .- George R. Perkins, January 12, 1848. Commissioner of Public Charities .- John C. Devereux, February 11, 1874.
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .- 1801, James Dean, Bezaleel Fisk, Henry Huntington ; 1821, Ezekiel Bacon, Samuel Sidney Breese, Henry Huntington, Jonas Platt, Nathan Williams; 1846, Hervey Brayton, Julius Candee, Edward Huntington, Charles P. Kirkland; 1867, Benjamin N. Huntington, Francis Kernan, Richard U. Sherman; 1872, Commission for amending the Constitution, Francis Kernan.
United States Senators .- Henry A. Foster, Rome, November 30, 1844; ap- pointed in place of Silas Wright by the governor during legislative recess and vacated by the meeting of the Legislature. Roscoe Conkling, Utica, elected January 15, 1867, and served until 1882. Francis Kernan, Utica, January, 1875, served until 1881.
Representatives in Congress .- Following are the Congressional districts, with their numbers, which have included Oneida county: Act of March 23, 1797, district number 9, Chenango, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida. Act of March 30, 1802, dis- trict number 15, Herkimer, Oneida, St. Lawrence. Act of March 20, 1804, district number 15, Herkimer, Jefferson, (1805) Lewis, (1805) Oneida, St. Lawrence. Act of March 8, 1808, district number 11, Madison, Oneida. Act of June 10, 1812, district number 16, Oneida, part of Oswego, 1816. Act of April 17, 1822, district number 14, Oneida county. Act of June 29, 1832, district number 17, Oneida and Oswego, two members. Act of September 6, 1812, district number 20, Oneida county. Act of July 19, 1851, the same. Act of April 23, 1862 number changed to 21. Act of June 18, 1873, number changed to 23. Act of May 16, 1883, district number 23, Oneida, Lewis.
Jonas Platt, Whitesboro, 1799-1801; Benjamin Walker, Utica, 1801-3; Nathan Williams, Utica, 1805-7; Thomas R. Gold, Whitestown, 1809-11, and 1811-13, and 1815-17; Morris S. Miller, Utica, 1813-15; Henry R. Storrs, Whitesboro, 1817-19, 1819-21, 1823-25, 1825-27, 1827-29, 1829-31; Joseph Kirkland, Utica, 1821-23; Sam- uel Beardsley, Utica, 1831-33, 1833-35, 1835-37, 1843-44; Henry A. Foster, Rome, 1837-39; John G. Floyd, Utica, 1839-41, 1841-43; Timothy Jenkins, Oneida Castle, 1845-47, 1847-49, 1851-53; Orsamus B. Matteson, Utica, 1849-51, 1853-55, 1855-57, 1857-59; Roscoe Conkling, Utica, 1859-61, 1861-63, 1865-67, 1867-69; Francis Ker- nan, Utica, 1863-65; Alexander H. Bailey, Rome, 1867-69, 1869-71; Ellis H Rob- erts, Utica, 1871-73, 1873-75; Scott Lord, Utica, 1875-77; William J. Bacon, Utica, 1877-79; Cyrus D. Prescott, 1879-81, 1881-83; J. Thomas Spriggs, Utica, 1883-85, 1885-87; James S. Sherman, Utica, 1887-89, 1889-91; and to present time by re- election.
Presidental Electors .- (Appointed by the Legislature from 1792 to 1825.) 1804, William Floyd; 1808, Henry Huntington; 1812, Henry Huntington, James S. Kipp; 1816, Montgomery Hunt; 1820, William Floyd, Henry Wager; 1824, Samuel Hicks. (Elected by districts), 1828, Ebenezer B. Shearman. (Elected on general ticket), 1832, David Moulton ; 1836, Parker Halleck; 1840, John J. Knox; 1844, Thomas H. Hubbard ; 1848, William B. Welles; 1852, Thomas H. Hubbard ; 1856, James S. Lynch ;
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1860, Benjamin N. Huntington; 1864, John J. Knox, 1868, James McQuade (did not accept and Morven M Jones appointed to the vacancy); 1872, Samuel Camp. bell; 1876, James McQuade; 1880, Patrick H. Costello; 1884, Frederick S. Easton ; 1888. John S. Koster.
State Senators-Under the first State Constitution Oneida county was a part of the Western district; under the second Constitution, it was placed in the Fifth district, and under the Constitution of 1846 it was made the Nineteenth district.
1797-1802, Thomas R. Gold, Whitesboro; 1797-1804, Jedediah Sanger, New Hart- ford; 1805-7, Henry Huntington, Rome; 1808, William Floyd, Western; 1809-16, Francis A. Bloodgood, Utica; 1810-13, Jonas Platt, Whitesboro; 1817-22, Ephraim Hart, Utica; 1823, Samuel Beardsley, Utica; 1825-26, George Brayton, Western, 1827-30, Truman Enos, Westmoreland; 1829-32, William H. Maynard, Utica; 1831- 34, 1841-44, Henry A. Foster, Rome; 1836-40, David Wager, Rome: 1846-47, Joshua A. Spencer, Utica; 1848-49, Thomas E. Clark, Utica; 1850-51, Charles A. Mann, Utica; 1851-53, Benjamin N. Huntington, Rome; 1854-55, Daniel G. Dorrance, Florence; 1856-57, Eaton J. Richardson, Utica; 1858-59, Alrick Hubbell, Utica; 1860-61, William H. Ferry, Utica; 1862-65, Alexander H. Bailey, Rome; 1866-69, Samuel Campbell, New York Mills; 1870-71, George H. Sanford, Rome; 1872-74, Samuel S. Lowery, Utica; 1875-76, Theodore S Sayre, Utica; 1877-78, Alexander T. Goodwin. Utica; 1879-80, William W. Rockwell; 1881-82, 1883 to 1896, Henry J. Coggeshall.
Member of Assembly .- 1798-99, Abel French, Henry McNeil, David Ostrom; 1800, John Hall, David Ostrom, Nathan Smith; 1800-1, Jesse Curtiss, Abel French, David Ostrom; 1802, Joel Bristol, Abel French, David Ostrom ; 1803, James Dean, sr., Abel French, John Lay, Aaron Morse; 1804, David Coffeen, Joseph Kirkland, David Ostrom, Abraham Van Epps; 1804-5, Geo. Brayton, Jos. Jennings, Jos. Kirkland, Benj. Wright; 1806, George Brayton, Thomas Hart, Joseph Jennings; 1807, George Brayton, Uri Doolittle, Charles Z. Pratt; 1808, Thomas R. Gold, Henry MeNeil, Benjamin Wright; 1809, Joel Bristol, James Dean, sr., David Ostrom, John Storrs, Benjamin Wright; 1810, Levi Carpenter, jr., Samuel Chandler, John Humaston, David Ostrom, John Storrs; 1811, Isaac Brayton, George Doolittle, George Hunting- ton, Henry McNeil, John Storrs; 1812, Isaac Brayton, Joel Bristol, Erastus Clark, George Huntington, John Storrs; 1813, Josiah Bacon, Erastus Clark, George Hunt- ington, John Lay, Nathan Townsend; 1814, Isaac Brayton, Laurens Hull, James Lynch, Henry McNeil, Theodore Sill; 1815, Theodore Sil', John Lay, James Lynch, Rufus Pettibone, John Storrs; 1816, Isaac Brayton, Jesse Curtiss, James Lynch, Roderick Morrison, Richard Sanger; 1817, David 1. Ambler, Wheeler Barnes, Abram Camp, Martin Hawley, Henry Huntington, Newton Marsh; 1818, George Brayton, Henry Huntington, Joseph Kirkland, Nathan Williams, Theodore Woodruffe; 1819, (Oneida and Oswego) Ezekiel Bacon, Luther Guiteau, David P. Hoyt, George Hunt- ington, Theodore Woodruffe; 1820, (Oneida and Oswego) James Dean, jr., George Huntington, Henry McNeil, Theophilus S. Morgan, John Storrs; 1821, (Oneida and Oswego) Josiah Bacon, Allen Fraser, George Huntington, Joseph Kirkland, William
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Root; 1822, (Oneida and Oswego) Greene C. Bronson, Samuel Chandler, George Huntington, Peter Pratt, Israel Stoddard; 1823, (Oneida) Uri Doolittle, Thomas H. Hamilton, Jesse Lynch, Henry Wager. Saml. Wetmore; 1824, Joseph Allen, Apollos Cooper, Joseph Grant, John Ruger, Henry Wager; 1825, Joseph Kirkland, David Pierson, Israel Stoddard, Broughton White, Samuel Woodworth; 1826, Aaron Barnes, Russell Clark, Laurens Hull, Theodore Sill, Israel Stoddard; 1827, John Billings, W. H. Chandler, Benj. P. Johnson, John Parker, Theodore Sill; 1828, Gardiner Avery, S. Sidney Breese, Thomas E. Clark, Benj. P. Johnson, Eli Savage; 1829, Reuben Bacon, Benj. P. Johnson, Eli Savage, Reuben Tower, Fortune C. White; 1830, Arnon Comstock, Linus Parker, Elisha Pettibone, Eli Savage, Ithal Thompson; 1831, Reuben Bettis, Arnon Comstock, David Moulton, Riley Shepard, John F. Trowbridge; 1832, Nathaniel Fitch, Lemuel Hough, Rutger B. Miller,
David Moulton, Daniel Twitchell; 1833, Ichabod C. Baker, Levi Buckingham, John Dewey, Squire Utley, David Wager; 1834, Pomroy Jones, Israel S. Parker, Hiram Shays, Aaron Stafford, Ithal Thompson ; 1835, Merit Brooks, Dan P. Cadwell, Riley Shepard, David Wager, Amos Woodworth; 1836, Henry Graves, John W. Hale, William Knight, Jared C. Pettibone, John Stryker; 1837, Levi Buckingham, John I. Cook, Lester N. Fowler, Andrew S. Pond; 1838, Russell Fuller, Henry Hear- sey, Fortune C. White, James S. T. Stranahan; 1839, Jesse Armstrong, Ward Hunt, Amasa S. Newberry, Israel Stoddard; 1840, Nelson Dawley, Anson Knibloe, Charles A. Mann, John F. Trowbridge; 1841, Calvin Dawley, Joseph Halleck, Luke Hitchcock, Nathaniel Odell; 1842, Ichabod C. Baker, Ebenezer Robbins, Horatio Seymour, De Witt C. Stevens; 1843, Dan P. Cadwell, Amos S. Fassett, David Murray, John H. Tower; 1844, Justus Childs, James Douglass, Richard Empey, Horatio Seymour; 1845, Andrew Billings, Merit Brooks, Calvert Comstock, Horatio Seymour; 1846, Chauncey C. Cook, Benj. F. Cooper, Daniel G. Dorrance, Russell Fuller; 1847, Nathan Burchard, Abel E. Chandler, Isaac Curry, John Dean. Under constitution of 1846: 1848, Luke Smith, Warren Converse, B. S. Beach, Henry Wager; 1849, Oliver Prescott, N. N. Pierce, J. M. Elwood, C. Stevens; 1850, Wm. J. Bacon, Ralph McIntosh, R. Frazier, Luther Leland; 1851, Joseph Benedict, Lawrence Rouse, Lewis Rider, Geo. Brayton; 1852, G. D. Williams, C. S. Butler, Henry Sandford, John J. Castle; 1853, D. Gilmore, Amos O. Osborne, Julius C. Thorne, Amos C. Hall; 1854, Jos. Benedict, A. P. Case, D. L. Boardman, James Mitchell; 1855, G. D. Williams, Levi Blakeslee, H. H. Beecher, Daniel Walker; 1856, G. F. Fowler, J. J. Hanchett, T. D. Penfield, Caleb Goodrich; 1857, R. U. Sherman, P. B. Babcock, John Halstead, I. Townsend; 1858, Henry R. Hart, Wm. J. Mckown, Thomas G. Hailey, Reuben Knight; 1859, C. M. Scholefield, Edward Loomis, P. C. Costello, Didymus Thomas; 1860, J. McQuade, Benjamin Allen, Thomas Evans, George Williams; 1861, F. Kernan, L. T. Marshall, M. L. Kenyon, William Lewis; 1862, C. M. Scholefield, Eli Avery, T. D. Penfield, Jeremiah Sweet ; 1863, A. B. Weaver, D. M. Prescott, Asa S. Sherman, Isaac McDougall; 1864, A. B. Weaver, Levi Blakeslee, C. Brodock, J. W. Douglass; 1865, A. B. Weaver, Lorenzo Rouse, T. D. Penfield, Geo. W. Cole; 1866, Geo. Graham, Alva Penny, B. N. Hunt- ington, Silas L. Snyder ; 1867, L. Blakeslee, Ellis H. Roberts, Geo. H. Sandford, L. W. Fisk; 1868, W. H. Chapman, Alanson B. Cady, James Stevens, A. Nicholson ; 1869, Eli Avery, A. B. Tuttle, James Stevens, Erastus Ely; 1870, S. S. Lowery,
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David M. Miner, St. Pierre Jerred, James Roberts; 1871, G. W. Chadwick, Sidney A. Bunce, Thos. Mulhall, Isaac McDougall; 1872, M. L. Hungerford, E. Beckwith, Geo. K. Carroll, Albert L. Hayes; 1873, N. A. White, H. J. Coggeshall, P. H. Costello, Daniel Walker; 1874, G. W. Chadwick, Arthur F. Brown, John J. Parry, G. O. Jones; 1875, R. U. Sherman, Silas T. Ives, Edward Lewis, H. Lillybridge; 1876, R. U. Sherman, S. Gridley, J. H. Flanagan, Walter Ballon; 1877, Jas. Corbett, Everett Case, Benj. D. Stone, J. Robert Moore ; 1878, Wm. Jones, A. De V. Townsley, Cyrus D. Prescott, Robt. H. Roberts ; 1879, Benjamin Allen, Frank Sang, Thomas D. Penfield, H. D. Grant; 1880, Henry J. Cookinham, James A. Douglass, David Gray; 1881, James Armstrong, David G. Evans, Thomas D. Roberts; 1882, Patrick Griffin, Morris R. Jones, Frank A. Edgerton; 1883, William Townsend, Clarence E. Williams, Thomas B. Allanson; 1884, Joseph Joyce, Joseph Ackroyd, T. James Owen : 1885, Henry A. Steber, Lewis B. Sherman, T. James Owen ; 1866, Benjamin Hall, Robert W. Evans, Israel J. White; 1887, Benjamin Hall. Robert W. Evans, John C. Davies; 1888. J. Harry Kent, George G. McAdam, George Beatty, jr. ; 1889, Joseph J. Kent, George G. McAdam, Abisha B. Baker; 1890, James K. O'Connor, James L. Dempsey, Russell S. Johnson ; 1891, Cornelius Haley, James L. Dempsey, Russell S. Johnson; 1892, Cornelius Haley, Harry S. Patten, Chester W. Porter; 1893, Cornelius Haley, Chester W. Porter; 1894, Henry P. Hoefler, Joseph Porter; 1895, Henry P. Hoefler, Wm. Cary Sanger.
County Treasurers .- Appointed by boards of supervisors until 1846, since which they have been elected for terms of three years. The records are not accessible for this office prior to 1830, 1830-41, Jay Hathaway; 1842-45, A. Bennett; 1846, W. Tracy ; 1847-48, E. B. Armstrong; 1849-51, Sanford Adams; 1852-54, E. H. Shelley; 1855-57, J. Thomas Spriggs; 1858-66, John J. Parry, jr. ; 1867-72, Charles Northrup; 1873-78, William McPherson; 1879-90, John R. Edwards; 1890-93, Charles F. Barnard; 1893-6, William E. Richards.
County Clerks .- Appointed up to 1846 and elected since for three years. 1798, Jonas Platt; 1802, Francis A. Bloodgood; 1813, Abraham Camp; 1815, Francis A. Bloodgood; 1821-22, Elisaph Dorchester; 1825, John II. Ostrom; 1831, George Brown; 1834, John D. Leland; 1837, James Dean; 1840, P. Sheldon Root; 1843, Delos De Wolf; 1846, Patrick Mahon; 1849, Alexander Rae; 1852, Richard Hulbert ; 1855, Zenas M. Howes; 1858, J. Earl Hulbert; 1861, Daniel P. Buckingham; 1864, Orson Carpenter; 1867, James C. Bronson; 1870, Linus R. Clark; 1873, James B. Paddon; 1876, Taliesin Evans; 1879, Henry J. Coggeshall; 1882, Arthur H. Ballou; 1885, M. Jesse Brayton ; 1888, Frederick D. Haak; 1891, Rouse B. Maxfield ; 1894-6, Garry A. Williard.
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CHAPTER XX.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The location of the State Hospital (better known as the Utica State Insane Asylum) makes it proper to give in these pages a brief sketch of its history. The act under which it was established was passed March 30, 1836, after discussion of the subject during the preceding five years. The site, embracing about 130 acres of land, was purchased in the sum- mer of 1837 at a cost of $16,300, of which sum the citizens of Utica contributed $6,300. The original plan contemplated four buildings, each 550 feet long, to be erected around four sides of a quadrangle and con- nected at the angles by verandas of lattice work. At the close of 1838 $46,881.79 had been expended and the foundations laid after the plans. In the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, appropriations of $75,000 in each year were made. On the 6th of January, 1842, the commissioners re- ported the institution ready for occupation, excepting furniture. In January, 1842, the trustees, Messrs. David Russell, W. H. Shearman, N. Devereux, Dr. C. B. Coventry, and T. S. Faxton, reported a system of government for the institution, which was in the main adopted. During that year furniture and apparatus were purchased to the amount of $25,000, and in the following year $16,000 were appropriated for con- structing a drain to the river, a water supply, and other improvements. The asylum was opened for patients on the 16th of January, 1843, and during that year 276 were received. The rapid influx of patients led to the abandonment of the original plans, and in 1844 the Legislature ap- propriated $60,000 for building two brick wings to extend 240 feet from the main building, and $4,000 for the purchase of additional land. In 1846 $17,000 were appropriated for finishing the wings, $15,000 for furniture and fixtures, $5,000 for the water supply, and $3,000 for other purposes. In 1860, 48 acres of land on the Mohawk flats were pur- chased at a cost of $10,880. Various improvements and additions have
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been made since that time. On July 14, 1857, the main building was burned, causing a loss of nearly $200,000 ; there were then 470 persons in the building and Dr. L. F. Rose was so badly burned that he died ; . a fireman was also killed.
In 1893 the care of the insane passed directly to the State and this institution took the name of the State Hospital.
County Poor House and Asylum .- In the early years of the history of this State the various towns were required to care for their own poor. Subsequently the Legislature made laws providing for the erection of a county poor house. While the towns cared for their own poor, it was customary to let out their support to the highest bidder, a practice that was open to the most flagrant abuses. In Oneida provision was made for the support of the poor at large by the purchase of a farmi of about 100 acres about the year 1825. Subsequently additions were made until now the county owns nearly 200 acres. The first building erected for the purpose was a cheap two story stone structure, in which the paupers and the insane of the county were kept indiscriminately. In 1859 measures were adopted to provide a better building, in which facilities should be provided for separating the incurable insane from the other inmates. A plan for an asylum was made by Dr. John P. Gray, then at the head of the State Asylum, which was adopted by the supervisors, and in the following year (1860) a new structure was erected at a cost of $18,000, the funds being borrowed of the State for the pur- pose. About $1,200 was expended in furnishing the building. To pay this indebtedness the sum of $5,000 was authorized to be raised by the county annually. In 1862-63 a lunatic asylum was erected at a cost of $6,000. In 1869-70 a new asylum was built under supervision of a committee consisting of Harvey Head and E. B. Armstrong, at a total cost of a little more than $12,000, and in 1874 a further expenditure was made on the farm of about $7,000. In 1875 about $5,000 were expended on the farm buildings. In 1876-77 extensive additions and other improvements were made, including a new asylum, which cost about $30,000, a new barn, etc .; the total expenditure at this time was nearly $60,000. In 1893 the asylum part of the property passed to the State, for which the comptroller was required to pay to the county the sum of $104,621, the care of the insane being assumed by the State au-
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thorities. Steps were at once taken to erect what is now the County Home, a short distance out of Rome city, which cost over $100,000. Few counties, if any, in the State have now better accommodations for their poor.
Oneida County Historical Society .- This society was founded in 1876 by the following persons :
Horatio Seymour, president; Charles W. Hutchinson, Alexander Seward, and Edward Huntington, vice-presidents: S. N. Dexter North, recording secretary; Mor- ven M. Jones, corresponding secretary; Robert S. Williams, treasurer; and William J. Bacon, John F. Seymour, Daniel Batchelor, Richard U. Sherman, and Simon G. Visscher, managers, and Roscoe Conkling, Pomroy Jones, Luther Guiteau, Philo White, Daniel B. Goodwin, Charlemagne Tower, John Stryker, Ward Hunt, Ellis H. Roberts, De Witt C. Grove, Francis Kernan, John H. Edmonds, Michael Moore, Alexander S. Johnson, Edward North, Othniel S. Williams, William D. Walcott, Daniel E. Wager, John P. Gray, John G. Crocker, and Theodore S. Faxton, board of councillors.
Following is a list of the first members :
Horatio Seymour, Deerfield, N. Y. ; Alexander Seward, Utica, N. Y. ; Charles W. Hutchinson, Utica, N. Y. ; Pomroy Jones, Lairdsville, N. Y. ; Robert S. Williams, Utica, N. Y. ; Ellis H. Roberts, Utica, N. Y .; M. M. Bagg, Utica, N. Y .; John F. Seymour, Utica, N. Y. ; E. D. Buckingham, Utica, N. Y. ; S. N. Dexter North, Utica, N. Y. ; Andrew McMillan, Utica, N. Y. ; Harold Frederic, Utica, N. Y .; M. M. Jones, Utica, N. Y .; James Benton, Utica, N. Y .; Francis Kernan, Utica, N. V .; Samuel G. Wolcott, Utica, N. Y .; Joseph E. West, Utica, N. Y .; S. G. Visscher, Rome, N. Y .; Richard U. Sherman, New Hartford, N. V .; J. L. Earll, Utica, N. Y. ; Edgar O. Wagner, Utica, N. Y .; P. G. Webster, Fort Plain, N. Y .; W. H. Christian, Utica, N. Y .; George Graham, Oriskany, N. Y .; Matt D. Bagg, Utica, N. Y .; William J. Bacon, Utica, N. Y .; De Witt C. Grove, Utica, N. Y
The society has maintained an active existence since its formation and has accomplished a vast amount of good. Through its instrument- ality a monument on the Oriskany battle field has been erected, and steps taken towards providing another in honor of Gen. Herkimer. The society has accumulated a great quantity of historical books. docu- ments and relics. The late Mrs. James Watson Williams left a fund of $50,000 for the erection of a building for the society to be called the Munson Williams Memorial. Plans were procured from Robert M. Hunt, the eminent architect and one of the finest structures of the kind in the country has just been finished (1896). The first president of the society was Horatio Seymour, who was succeeded by Ellis H. Roberts, and he by the incumbent, Charles W. Hutchinson.
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