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| Wheelmen at Dexter House, Main Street, Cortland, N. Y. |
The Cortland Democrat, Friday, May 31,
1895.
WHEELMEN'S RACES.
A VERY
SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
Cortland
Full of Bicycle Sports—Good Day and Good Track—The List of Winners.
Last Saturday the Cortland Athletic
Association held its second annual tournament on the fair grounds in this
village. The town was full of visiting wheelmen all day and many people from
the surrounding towns, who do not ride a bike themselves, came to see the fast
riders. The parade took place at 11 o'clock A. M.
The fifteen mile road race took place at 1
o'clock, the start being made from the Cortland House to Little York and
return, finishing on the fair ground track. There were thirty-seven starters.
The race was won by A. B. McDonell of Rochester in 46 minutes and 20 seconds;
R. G. Pellett of Norwich, second in 48 minutes, 5 seconds, and G. Chamberlain,
Cortland, third. The prizes were an Emperor bicycle donated by the Hitchcock
Mfg. Co., valued at $125, a gold watch valued at $30, and a Winchester rifle
valued at $ 18. F. Lampman of Cortland won the prize, a lunch box, given to the
last man in.
The one mile novice race was won by A. B.
McDonnell of Rochester, in 2:46 1/4. Prize, $25 gold watch. J. D. Bloxham of
Binghamton, second; G. Ross French of Syracuse, third.
One mile open. The first heat was won by W.
M. Randall, Rochester, in 2:30 1-5. Harold Stone, Syracuse, second; A. B.
Weinig, Buffalo, third; L. H. Tucker, fourth.
One mile open, second heat, was won by A. J.
Pendergast of Syracuse in 2:55 4-5. G. W. McTaggart, Rochester, second; Wm.
Birdsall, Syracuse, third; Tony Johnson, Syracuse, fourth.
One mile open, third heat, was won by W. M.
Randall, Rochester, in 2:53 3-5. Wm. Birdsall, second; A. E. Weinig, third;
Harold Stone, fourth. The referee put a time limit on this race of 2:40 and as
this time was not made he declared this no race and the association refused to
pay the prizes at which the contestants made strong objections The race was a
loaf from start to finish and the spectators were with the referee.
Half mile boys race (under 16) was won by
Kenyon McDowell, Syracuse, in 1:20 2-5. L. R. Palmer, Sidney, second; Ross
Haviland, Fulton, third; A. Liverton, Binghamton, fourth.
Half mile open. A time limit of 1:20 was placed
on this race, the first heat in which was won by C. S. Hyde of Syracuse in 1:20
1-5. Wm. Birdsall, Syracuse, second; Tony Johnson, Syracuse, third; A. E. Weinig, Buffalo, fourth.
W. M. Randall won the second heat in 1:26
2-5, which the referee held no heat. The referee appointed a pace maker for the
final heat which was made in 1:15 by A. E. Weinig. Wm. Birdsall, second, Tony
Johnson, third; C. S. Hyde, fourth. Prizes, diamond stud $35, gold watch $25,
sweater $4, box cigars $2.
The one mile C. A. A. championship was won
by F. W. Stoker, Cortland, in 2:51 1-5.
F. H. Monroe, second; John Reagan, third; John Morgan, fourth; G. E. Hitchcock,
fifth.
There were twenty-six starters in the two mile handicap. It was won by C. S. Hyde, Syracuse, in 5:14. W. M. Randall,
Rochester, second. H. Stone, Syracuse, third; J. D. Bloxham, Binghamton,
fourth; L. H. Tucker. Syracuse, fifth; L. A. Stoner, Troy, sixth. Prizes,
diamond ring $50, gold watch $30, sweater, $4.50, bicycle shoes $3; cyclometer
$2, cigars $2.
One mile county championship was won by
Grove Stevens in 2:54 2-5. R. E. Reiley, second; John Reagan, third. Prizes,
gold watch $25; trousers $6, cuff buttons $3.
One-fourth mile open. The first heat was won
by W. M. Randall in 35 seconds. G. W. McTaggart, Rochester, second; Jas.
Dickinson, Syracuse, third. The second heat was won by A. J. Pendergast, Syracuse.
Wm. Birdsall, second, Ross Haviland, Fulton, third. Randall won the third heat
in 36 seconds. McTaggart, second and Pendergast, third. Prizes, gold watch $25,
smoking set $8, perfumery case $4.
Master Harry Hitchcock gave a fine
exhibition of trick riding and was heartily applauded.
Mr. John S. Johnson, the world renowned
rider, rode an exhibition half mile in 1:08 1-5. Chief Counsel Isaac B. Potter
of New York served as referee.
The
tournament was a very successful one in every respect, and the C. A. A. will
place a handsome sum in their treasury.
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| Engine No. 3, Skaneateles Railroad, John Stewart Collection. |
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| Steamer Glen Haven. |
THE
SKANEATELES RAILROAD MAY BE SOLD.
New York
Men After It—They will Build a Road From That Place to Cortland.
(From
the Syracuse Courier May 29.)
Negotiations are now pending for the
purchase of the Skaneateles railroad by a syndicate of New York capitalists.
The deal will probably be completed this week.
The plan of the purchasers is to extend the
road on the south along Skaneateles lake to Cortland, where it would join the
Lackawanna. The road may also be extended northward to Jordan to join the New
York Central.
A party of New York men were in Skaneateles
yesterday in consultation with John E. Waller, president of the road, and
majority stockholder. A proposition was made which he has not accepted.
Syracuse men may also be interested.
The town of Skaneateles owns $20,000 of the
stock in the road. The town board has been called to meet Saturday. Offers for
the town's share will then be considered.
Luzern Williams, railroad contractor, who
lives at the Jervis house in this city has been in Skaneateles for some time
making a general survey of the road in the interest of the prospective
purchasers. He has also had a hand in the negotiations.
The New York men who have been in
negotiation with Mr. Waller in Skaneateles and Syracuse for several days have
not made their identity public. They were at the Packwood house, Skaneateles,
yesterday but did not register. They are five in number. They have given proof
that they have the money to do all they propose
It is rumored that the prospective
purchasers represent the stockholders of the New York Central, and that their
intention is to run through trains from Syracuse to Skaneateles to boom that
town as a summer resort. This is, however, simply rumor.
A survey was made several years ago for an
extension of the road to Cortland. The land south of Skaneateles is hilly and
such a road would be difficult of construction. The engineers succeeded after a
rough survey in getting a route along which the road might be built. The first
improvement which the new company would be expected to make would be this
extension. It would be
about thirty miles.
A road from Jordan would be four miles long,
passing through Elbridge from Skaneateles Junction.
The Skaneateles railroad is capitalized at $80,000.
It is five miles long, running from Skaneateles Junction, or Hart Lot postoffice,
along the Skaneateles outlet to Skaneateles. Along its route are the various paper
mills and woolen mills on the Skaneateles outlet, which have caused the city of
Syracuse so much trouble. Chief among these is the Glenside woolen mill, four
miles from Skaneateles. Others are the paper mills of John E. Waller and F. G. Weeks.
The shipment from these mills, to all of which run switches from the Skaneateles
road, is large.
The road does a good passenger business, especially
in the Summer season, when several hundred Syracusans spend their leisure time
on the lake. Thirty Syracusans own cottages there, and more board at the Glen
Haven sanitarium and the Packwood house at Skaneateles.
The rolling stock of the company consists of
two locomotives, two passenger cars and a baggage car. Two trains are kept
running during the Summer, connecting with all trains on the Auburn road. At
present there are five passenger trains each way a day.
The stockholders of the company are
Skaneateles people. Mr. Waller holds the bulk of it and the town of Skaneateles
a quarter. The stockholders have got reasonable dividends on their stock as the
road has done a fair business.
The Skaneateles Lake Transportation company,
operating the steamer Glen Haven,
which makes round trips of the lake during the summer season, connecting with
the trains, is made up of the same stockholders as the railroad. When the transfer
is made the steamer is likely to go too, and the new company secure control of
both land and water lines.
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FOUR—EDITORIALS.
A 50 per cent increase of State appropriations
and expenditures is one of the unpalatable fruits of the Republican party's great
New York victory last November. There are
others.—World.
A democratic legislature with a democratic governor
produced a tax rate of 1.37. A republican legislature with a republican governor
makes it 3.24. No comment is necessary.—Binghamton Leader.
The Legislative session has
been productive of enough scandal to bring disrepute on the State for years to
come. The legislature of 1895 will long be remembered for the mischief it has
done, for the good it has failed to do and for the disgraceful character of a
large part of its membership.—Syracuse Post, Republican.
Ex-President Harrison of
Indiana and Gov. McKinley of Ohio are in New York this week looking after their
political prospects. Both these gentlemen are anxious to secure the republican nomination for President in 1896 and they are
swinging around the circle, each in his own interest. Our own Chauncey [Depew]
invited them to meet Mr. Platt and several other prominent republicans at
dinner on Wednesday evening. Whether a liberal supply of Chauncey's best
beverages will succeed in making these statesmen place themselves on record on
the silver question or not remains to be seen. Their respective friends have
never been able to secure a word from either of them on the subject. It would
be interesting to know just what their opinions on this interesting subject
are, if they have any.
Irish Revolutionist.
It is reported from
Philadelphia that a strong organization of the progressive Irish revolutionists has been formed in that city, and that the policy
of force in securing home rule for Ireland is to be inaugurated. A permanent
organization has been formed under the name of "The United Irishmen."
This is the name of an organization that formerly included such men as
O'Donovan Rossa and Featherstone, the latter now undergoing penal servitude for
manufacturing explosives, the information against him having been given by the
notorious informer Jim McDermott.
The principles of the new
society are said to be summarized in the belief that Ireland can only be made
free by physical force. The promoters in explaining the meeting explained that
some few friends who had always been in favor of striking a blow for Irish
independence wherever it would do the most good, and who had become
dissatisfied with the quiet policy pursued by the "physical force" societies
already in existence, communicated with friends all over the country, and from
the replies received they came to the decision to revive the "United
Irishmen" for the purpose of using the "resources of civilization to
let England know that the proposed abandonment of home rule is not looked on
with favor, and that the prospective coalition with the liberal unionists and
the treacherous abandonment of Gladstone's policy, would be resented with more
potent weapons than speeches to empty benches in the house of commons."
The society will be organized as far as possible throughout the country. John
O'Driscoll is said to have organized a branch in Boston, while Washington,
Pittsburg, Chicago and Camden will organize soon.
LITTLE YORK.
Miss Mary Daniels visited her
parents in Homer Sunday.
Our station agent, Mr. John
Sullivan, is an expert fisherman.
Mr. Burdette Salisbury, who
has been sick, is able to be out again.
Mrs. Wm. Young of Cortland
visited Mrs. J. R. Hathway last week.
Mrs. Dewitt Messenger spent
last week Thursday and Friday in Cortland.
Joe Palmer and wife spent
Sunday with Mr. Palmer's parents near Tully.
Our postmaster has placed a new
awning over the entrance to the post office.
Miss Nettie Craig of Spafford,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Pratt.
Grant Selover and Joe Palmer
recently plowed five acres in ten hours on the J. R. Hathway farm.
We are pleased to see our
popular fellow townsman, Melvin Pratt, around once more after quite a severe
illness.
E. J. Bockes, president of the
village of Homer, and Wm. Bell of Cortland, took dinner with J. R. Hathway
Sunday.
The bicycle riders in the
fifteen mile road race went through here with a rush Saturday. The last one was
at least three miles behind the leader.
Among the many who were
enjoying the pleasant weather and beautiful drives around Little York last
Sunday we noticed a number of Cortland people, among whom were Hon. O. U.
Kellogg, Hon. L. J. Fitzgerald and wife, Postmaster B. B. Jones, wife and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Chadbourne, Charles F. Brown and wife, E. F.
Squires and son.
McGRAWVILLE.
County clerk E. C. Palmer and
family of Cortland were in town calling upon friends Sunday.
J. B. Moore and Clyde Beers
opened a first class grocery store in the Warren block last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mathews of
Pompey, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Fred Parker.
The remains of John Rooks of
Marathon, for many years a resident of this place, were brought here last week for burial.
W. J. Buchanan and F. B.
Graves made a business trip to Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday in the interest of
the McGraw Corset Company.
The Peoples' Cash Trading
Store which opened here a short time since with F. A. Parker as manager, is
doing a flourishing business and trade is on the increase.
Bert Dibble of Binghamton is
spending a weeks vacation with his parents in this place. He made the trip on
his bicycle from Binghamton to McGrawville in four and one-half hours.
Through the courtesy of
Secretary of War, D. S. Lamont, Post Wm. H. Tarble G. A. R. has received four
cannon and eight balls which are placed in position on the plot of ground in
the cemetery occupied by the soldiers' monument.
The W. J. Buchanan Hose
Company received their new uniforms on Tuesday and will make their first
appearance on Decoration Day. The uniforms are very tasty and were manufactured
by the clothing firm of Bingham & Miller of Cortland.
MARATHON.
Levi Terwilleger of the climax
force [Climax Road Machinery Co.] of agents spent the Sabbath with his family.
Misses C. H. and E. C. Tripp
of Harford visited their brother, D. B. last week.
Miss Lottie Brown of Cortland
was the guest of Mrs. Corwin Burgess on Memorial Day.
David L. Whitmore of New York
city has been spending a few days with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Livingston
spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pease of Lapeer.
Hon. A. A. Carley and wife of
Cortland spent Saturday and Sunday with Marathon friends.
Mrs. Maxon of Cortland with
her twin sons was the guest of Mrs. W. Earl Seamans last week.
Lemuel McAlpine who has been
at Easton, Penn., for the past two weeks, returned Saturday night.
A. Carley Adams is on a
business trip in the West in the interest of the Adams Manufacturing company.
A number of wheelmen from this
place attended the bicycle races at Cortland last Saturday and report a
pleasant time.
Thomas Dodd who has been
dangerously ill with inflammatory rheumatism for the past week is reported a
little better.
Mrs. Anolia Husted and
daughter Lura of Cortland spent Memorial Day at Waterbury & Talmage's as is
their custom each year.
Postmaster Wilson has begun
the work of excavating the cellar for his new house which will be built by
contractor Aldrich of Norwich.
Miss Blanche Carley, who has
been staying with her grandmother, Mrs. Root Carley, returned to her home in
Syracuse last Saturday.
Work on Earl W. Seamans' new
house is progressing finely. The frame is up and enclosed and it is expected
the slaters will begin roofing next week.
Leonard Barned of the firm of
Barned Bros., photographers of this place, has gone to Skaneateles to carry on
a gallery for Wescott of Cortland.
Mrs. Ann Heffron died at the
home of her daughter Mrs. E. P. Johnson, last Friday and her funeral was held in the Baptist Church on Sunday
afternoon.
A. C. Robacher and G. W. Smith
have been having their buildings on West Main-st., adjoining each other nicely
painted, thereby improving their appearance very much.
Interesting Memorial services
were held in Library hall on Sunday evening and were well attended, nearly
every seat being filled. The sermon was preached by Rev. B. B. Knapp.
The funeral of Stephen the
three-year-old son of Howard and Ella Wood, who died Saturday night after a
brief illness of pneumonia, was held at the house Tuesday afternoon, Rev. B. B.
Knapp officiating.
Last week seemed to be an
unlucky week for Marathon people. Harry Burghardt cut his thumb badly in the
shaper at the road machine factory, another man on the same day had his hand so
badly jammed that he fainted. Orrie Ingraham had his foot cut and Joseph Buch
had the end of one finger cut off and another injured at the steam hay press.
HERE AND THERE.
Of the 36 post offices
in this county five are in charge of ladies.
The names of those who will
board festival people should be handed in at Mahan's soon.
Remember that the sale of
tickets to the Festival will open on Monday morning next at Mahan's.
The Wirepullers and the
Normals will play a game of ball on the fair grounds tomorrow at 3 P. M.
The firm of Holden & Seager,
dealers in coal, has been dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Seager retiring.
Mr. Jared Chaddock of this
place has been appointed to a place in the department of public buildings at
Albany.
Mahan's 21st Music Festival
will begin on Monday evening next at 7:30 and there is every indication of a
very large attendance.
E. H. Brewer is soon to
commence the erection of a large building on the site of the one recently
burned on Port Watson-st. Mr. C. B. Peck will occupy the same for a livery
stable.
The Franklin Hatch Library
association has been presented with the History of the Catholic Church in the
United States by John G. Shea. It is a valuable and comprehensive work.
At a meeting of the board of
engineers of the fire department held last Monday evening, Chas. H. V. Elliot
was elected second assistant chief in place of O. D. Raymond, who has moved to
Rochester.
Chief of Police Linderman
arrested R. Burns Linderman last Monday on a criminal charge of selling liquor
without license. Justice Bull fixed his bail at $200 which was furnished and
the case was set down for trial June 12.
Last Saturday morning the
horse driven by Andrew Steele on a milk wagon became frightened by a motor
tandem that passed him, and ran down No. [North] Main-st. turning down Clinton-ave.,
where the wagon upset causing a wholesale delivery of milk. The horse ran into
the watering trough on the corner and turning a complete somersault, landed on
his neck and head on the opposite side of the trough. He was caught and strange
to say neither the horse or wagon was seriously injured, although the horse was
entirely clear of the vehicle when he landed.
Mr. E. D. Blodgett of the Standard,
who has been confined to the house for two weeks, caused by stepping on a
nail, was able to get to the office on crutches on Tuesday.
Dr. Lloyd S. Ingalls. who
recently graduated from the Buffalo Dental College with high honors, has formed
a co-partnership with his father, Dr. C. E. Ingalls, for the practice of
dentistry.
The King' Daughters are in
want of clothing for distribution among the needy. All articles left at No. 16
Charles St., will be gratefully received by the organization and find way into
homes where they will do much good.
A cat belonging to C. C.
Adams, has developed an unusual predilection for the water. It has never been
known to catch a rat or a mouse, but is a famous fisher, frequently bringing up
from the river a fish 10 or 12 inches in length, which it has caught. It also
catches frogs.—Marathon Independent.
There are a good many people
residing near the Tioughnioga river, who are either unacquainted with the
provisions of the present game law, or are wilfully and knowingly violating it.
Almost every evening for some weeks past parties have been seen with lights,
spearing on both branches north of this village and as far south as Marathon.
The law expressly forbids spearing in any waters inhabited by trout. The
Tioughnioga river is full of trout and consequently these parties will be
prosecuted for any further infractions of the law. A word to the wise ought to be
sufficient.
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