A WONDERFUL
SUCCESS.
THE TEST
OF THE MOTOR CYCLE SATURDAY.
It
Demonstrates all that has been Previously Stated in its Favor—Quite a Large
Crowd Witness the Test.
The test of the motor cycle Saturday
afternoon proved all that has been previously stated in its favor. As the roads
were very slushy the test was made in the fifth story of one of the Hitchcock
company’s factories, where there was a 450 feet straight away course with room
to turn at either end.
Among the townspeople who tried the machine
was Dr. Ellis M. Santee, whose opinion on such subjects is always
unquestionably accepted. Immediately after his test a STANDARD reporter asked
Dr. Santee his opinion. He replied, “You can say anything you wish about the
machine for me in praise of its merits. I will order one immediately for myself.
Considering the power developed I have no doubt but that it will go up the
steepest hills around here at full speed. I expect within a day or so to give
the machine a thorough test on the hills, but considering the power developed
in the factory I have no doubt as to the result.
Dr. Santee was not more enthusiastic over
his test than every one who has ridden the wheel.
The remarkable power shown by these engines
is most wonderful. One horse power is produced for six pounds of actual [engine] weight.
One of our leading mechanics here stated that he was surprised to see how
simple the device, and wonders that it was not thought of years ago.
A number of interesting tests of the
phenomenal power of the engines which propel the wheel, were made Monday
morning in the presence of a STANDARD reporter. One of the simplest was an
effort made with a lever, seven feet in length, to stop the machine by force.
Two men were unable with their combined strength to stop even one of the
engines after endeavoring to do so for four minutes,
The patent will undoubtedly not only
revolutionize the mode of travel on cycles but in carriages as well. This will
give Cortland the biggest boom she has ever had. The company have already
commenced the work of putting in additional new machinery, They are now at work on 10,000 machines
and are running over time at their factories. They have the sole right of manufacturing,
and if necessary will convert all their factories into the bicycle business.
They have the capacity to run 2,000 hands, which will make a bicycle factory
three times as large as any in the world. Mr. C. B. Hitchcock in an interview
said that he would employ all of the idle hands in Cortland, who wanted work
before he sent out of town for labor.
Mr. E. J. Pennington, the patentee of the
machine and president of the Motor Cycle Co. of Cleveland, O., is now in town
and will remain in Cortland to superintend the construction of the first lot of
wheels.
Hard at
Work.
Work on the electric railway has been
greatly interfered with by the frozen condition of the ground. On Saturday evening
and also on Sunday evening an attempt was made to thaw out the surface by
building fires of coke along the uncompleted portion of the track so that the
work of digging might be more easily carried forward.
The work of making the connection at the Homer-ave.
corner was pushed forward yesterday with a small force of men.
While the efforts of the company to complete
the work as rapidly as possible are to be commended it is to be regretted that
they found it necessary to continue the work on Sunday.
A Sudden
Death.
D. R.
Hawley Drops Dead While Hauling Wood.
At
about 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon, as Mr. D. R. Hawley, who resides about
three miles south of Cortland was unloading wood Mr. Hawley said that he was
faint. Mrs. Hawley started for the house to procure some water, but had only
walked a few steps when Mr. Hawley dropped dead. Coroner G. W. Bradford of
Homer was called and pronounced the death due to heart failure and decided that
an inquest was not necessary.
The deceased was about 38 years of age. The
funeral will be held from his late residence at 10 a. m. to-morrow. Burial at
South Cortland.
Thanksgiving
at Sing Sing.
Sing Sing, Nov. 30.—The
1,300 convicts in Sing Sing prison had a holiday yesterday. The prison shops
were closed. Warden Sage treated the convicts to an extra dinner which consisted
of boiled ham, potatoes and mince pie. Each convict received two cigars. The
state does not allow turkey dinners until Christmas. No visitors were admitted
to the prison. It took 15 boxes of cigars, 7 barrels of
apples and 700 mince pies to go around.
Chadwick’s
New Shaving Parlors.
Mr. D. J. Chadwick who has been with Mr. A .
Stevens for the past year has decided to make Cortland his home permanently and
is fitting up rooms for an elegant new shaving parlor over A. S. Burgess’
clothing store. He will be assisted by his brother, Mr. Coley Chadwick. These
gentlemen are both well known in Cortland as first class workmen and will be
pleased to have their friends call upon them in their new quarters. The parlors
will be open for business yesterday morning.
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| Lehigh Valley (former E. C. & N.) R. R. depot, Cazenovia, N. Y. |
The Cazenovia Republican describes as
follows the changes now being made in the E., C. & N. station at that
village: “People who have had no occasion to visit the E., C. & N. depot
for the past few days, will be surprised the next time they take a train there,
and will wonder if they are in Cazenovia or at some station of the New York
Central. The old depot is being so completely remodeled, that when finished it
will present no traces of its former self. The old train shed has been torn
down, and the station proper has been raised, and a new slate roof with the
characteristic wide depot cornice, built over it. The ticket office and
telegraph instruments are to be moved to the east side of the building, where a
bay window will give the operator a good view of the track in either direction,
The baggage room will continue to be in the north end, and ladies’ and
gentlemen’s waiting rooms will be thrown into one, making a large, well lighted
and pleasant room. Windows with colored marginal lights will be used, and the
structure will be one of the handsomest and convenient stations on the road.”
The
Fiske Jubilee Singers.
The only original Fisk Jubilee Singers will
again make their appearance at the Cortland Opera House on Wednesday evening,
Dec. 5, This company of famous singers is not unknown to Cortland audiences who
have listened to their sweet melodies in other years, and who are always ready
to hear them again.
The Albany Evening Post says of them: “The best singing we ever heard. Such
voices can be found in no other company. The harmony is perfect. The company
has greatly improved since they were last in this city. Their voices are at
once brilliant and musical, round as a flute’s, and as flexible as a bird’s.” Admission,
25, 35 and 50 cents.
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| Tom Platt. |
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FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Mr.
Platt and The Tribune.
The Republican factionists in New York City
seem to have found a new ally in the New York Tribune. Only a few months ago that newspaper was ardent in its praises
of Senator Platt and was roundly denouncing other newspapers for questioning
the wisdom of Senator Platt’s leadership. The Tribune asked whether these other newspapers could not find better
use for their space than in making war on individual Republicans. What can be
the motive of The Tribune’s change of
tune? Why does it not take its own advice? Senator Platt is just the same man
to-day that he was six months ago. He has done nothing since then except to
advocate the nomination of a Republican candidate for governor who carried the
state by 150,000 majority
and a Republican candidate for mayor in New York City who has carried that town
by nearly 50,000 majority. What ails The
Tribune? It is true that Mr. Platt did not permit Whitelaw Reid’s young
protege, Mr. Milholland, to disrupt the Republican party by creating a faction
in opposition to the reorganization of the committee of thirty, and it is
equally true that in this part of the state Republicans think that Mr. Platt
treated Mr. Milholland with a good deal more consideration and courtesy than he
was entitled to. It is true that The
Tribune has ceased to be public printer and that the $25,000 of public
patronage which it has hitherto received has now gone to The Press? But these facts don’t constitute a reason why it should play into the hands of the Democratic party, nor are they good ground for doing these things for which it rebuked other newspapers six months ago.
The Republican factionalists in New York
City must not be permitted to injure the Republican party in making use of its
present opportunity. They must be taught that the Republicans of the state have
no sympathy with them. Senator Platt’s record is sufficient guaranty that he
doesn’t ask anybody to fight his battles. He has frankly declared that he is
not a candidate for public office now or in prospective. He can, doubtless,
take care of himself. His declared policies are entirely in line with the
interests of the Republican party and to make war on him just at this time when
every force in the party should be at work to secure a wise and harmonious
result to the advantage of the state and the party is to do what is unfair and
generally injurious. He is not going to evaporate at the bidding of jealous
factionists nor is there any reason why he should. His friends throughout the
state are numerous and strong and their human nature is like other people’s. When
they are attacked they resent it. They are earnest, aggressive Republicans.
They are working, heart and soul, for the benefit of the party and through the
party for the benefit of the public. There is no reason for factional
controversies among Republicans in this state and those who attempt to create
such controversies should be hushed and condemned.
BREVITIES.
—An outdoor trial of the motor cycle was made
on Church-st. Monday afternoon.
—A hundred dollars promises to be the price of
high grade bicycles during 1895.
Wheels will be thicker in Cortland than ever.
— Mr. T. L. Corwin has sold his fifteen head
of cattle on his farm for $500 and has restocked with a herd of Devonshire
cattle, making him one of the finest dairies in this section.
—Mr. Chauncey Stevens of New York city, a
former resident of Truxton, died last Wednesday evening of heart disease. The
funeral will take place Sunday at 2 o’clock P. M. at the Baptist church in
Truxton.
—The work of laying the sewer pipe was stopped
Friday and no more will be laid till next spring. The men will be busy for some
time yet getting the streets that have been dug up in proper condition.
—A new game called Chevey-Chase, the gift of
Mr. J. W. Hamilton, has been added to the list of games in the Y. M. C. A.
rooms. A new easy chair has also been presented by a friend of the association
for use in the rooms.
—Cornell university furnishes many mysteries
for the press. The latest is that of young Rew whose father declares he has
been murdered and detectives say they have found his grave but did not secure
the body. It looks as if the detectives were “working” the old man. The college authorities believe the boy is
alive and has simply run away. That is probably the truth of the matter. Or
perhaps, as the Watertown Times
suggests, he has engaged in a game of football somewhere and is among the
missing after the battle.
—Residents and passersby on several of our
streets were amused at the performances of two young men yesterday afternoon.
One had the other’s best girl in his buggy, but the unlucky swain had the
better horse and persisted in driving ahead and across the street in front of
the rural Paris, who had gobbled his Helen, much to the latter’s dismay and
embarrassment. Both appeared to be somewhat under the influence of liquor. The
aggressor was finally arrested and appeared in police court this morning. The
other fellow and the girl got away.
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