Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 1, 1896.
LAST NIGHT'S BLAZE.
Old Novelty Works
Nearly Went up in Smoke.
Shortly before 10 o'clock last
evening some one came running up South Main-st. shouting "fire."
LaBre Ingraham at once turned in an alarm at box 432 at the Messenger House
corner.
The department soon arrived at
the scene of the fire which proved to be in the two-story wooden building at
the rear of 134 Main-st. The lower floor was occupied by A. D. LeRoy,
manufacturer of the Climax Welding compound. The second floor was occupied for
storage by L. L. Gillett, the owner of the building. The entire building was
formerly occupied by Gillett's Novelty works.
The fire was in the front of the
south wing occupied by Mr. LeRoy. Orris and Water Witch turned two streams in
at this side, while the Emeralds attached to a hydrant on Tompkins-st. and
directed their stream into the burning building from the rear. The Hitchcock Co.
was promptly on hand but it was unnecessary for them to lay any hose. The flames had not secured such headway but that they were soon subdued
by the large volume of water. The flames broke through the roof in several
places, but by prompt action were checked.
The building and machinery were
owned by L. L. Gillett who carried an insurance of $1,800 in the New York Central
Lloyds, placed with Pierce, Cone & Bates. This will cover his loss. Mr. LeRoy
had no insurance, but $100 will probably cover his loss. Mr. E. A. McGraw had
several carriage tops and cutters stored in the second story which were damaged
not to exceed $25, mostly by water.
The fire is thought to have
originated from a spark from a small portable forge which had been in use just
previous to stopping work for the day. The fire started near this forge.
To-day Mr. LeRoy is moving his
goods to his residence, 54 Clinton-ave., where he will soon begin the erection
of a building in which to continue the manufacture of the compound.
To Picnic at Glenwood.
Mr. P. S. Millspaugh, traveling passenger, agent of the Lehigh Valley
railroad, was in Cortland last night and completed arrangements with a
committee from the Presbyterian Sunday school for a picnic at Glenwood [located 3 miles north of Ithaca on the west side of Lake Cayuga--ed.] on
Cayuga lake on Friday, August 7. A special train for Ithaca will leave the
Lehigh Valley station at 9 o'clock. At Ithaca the electric cars will transfer
the party to Renwick landing where a special steamboat will take all on board
and will then take a trip down the lake. The boat will go as far as may be
desired, but the plan is to get back to Glenwood, which is one of the most
delightful resorts and picnic grounds on the lake, at about 1 o'clock. Dinner
will then be served and a stop will be made here until some time after 4 o'clock.
The train will leave Ithaca at such a time on the return as to bring every one back
to the station at Cortland at 6 o'clock.
The fare for the round trip,
including train, street cars at Ithaca and steamboat on the lake will be 60
cents for adults and 40 cents for children. This will be one of the finest
excursions out of Cortland this year. There is variety enough in the trip so
that no part of it will get tiresome and it is just long enough.
Cortland
Evening Standard, Saturday, August 8,
1896.
THE GLENWOOD EXCURSION.
Presbyterian
Sunday-school Spend a Day on Cayuga Lake.
The
Presbyterian Sunday-school excursion to Glenwood on Cayuga lake yesterday proved
to be one of the most enjoyable outings of the season. Certainly no one could
complain of a lack of variety on the trip. There was the railroad ride to
Ithaca, the trip across the city by streetcar and a delightful boat ride down
the lake to Glenwood. There were a little over two hundred tickets sold and the
entire trip was made without the slightest accident.
A
large majority of the excursionists took their dinner with them, and those who
did not secured dinner at Hotel Evans, the new summer hotel at Glenwood. A
delay in the dinner arrangements, caused by a failure to properly deliver a
telegram sent from Freeville after the train started notifying the hotel people
of the number expecting to get their dinners only sharpened the appetites of
the excursionists and caused them to enjoy the excellent dinner even more when
it was served.
A number
came back to Ithaca early in the afternoon and spent the remainder of the day on the campus, others took a short trip down the lake, while the remainder
enjoyed themselves in various ways at Glenwood until 4 o'clock when the last boat left for Renwick. The return train
arrived at Cortland at 6:30, enabling all to reach home before dark.
Reference:
Crooked Lake Review, Steamboating on Cayuga Lake: http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/136_167/148may2008/148palmer2.html
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