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| Messenger House was located on the S. E. corner of South Main and Port Watson Streets, Cortland, N. Y. |
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Cortland
Evening Standard, Thursday,
March 5, 1896.
COMPLIMENTARY BANQUET
GIVEN BY BUSINESS MEN OF CORTLAND
In Honor of Albert Allen and
Robert E. Dunston, Two Retiring Superintendents.
A
complimentary banquet was last night given at the Messenger House by the
business men of Cortland in honor of Mr. Albert Allen, who has just retired
from the superintendency of the E., C. & N. R. R. and of Mr. Robert E.
Dunston, who has just retired from the superintendency of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. It
was a representative gathering of Cortland's citizens and was one of the most
enjoyable affairs of its kind which has ever occurred in the place. The one
thing which detracted from the highest pleasure of the occasion was the fact
that it was a kind of farewell to two gentlemen in their official capacity who
are valued citizens of the place and have hosts of warm personal friends here.
While they may not immediately remove from Cortland it is well known that
business ties no longer bind them here and they are likely to depart at any time.
The
gentlemen arrived at about 9 o'clock and spent a pleasant hour socially in the
hotel parlors, where they were warmly welcomed by the reception committee: Hon.
L. J. Fitzgerald, Judge J. E. Eggleston, Judge A. P. Smith, Mr. T. H. Wickwire
and Dr. H. T. Dana.
Mr.
Laurence Mills had been appointed by the business men as a special committee of
arrangements and he had devoted the larger part of three days to the
undertaking. The great success which it was from every point of view was in
large measure due to his efforts. It was 9:50 o'clock when Mr. Mills announced that
Landlord Ingraham pronounced the diningroom ready and arranged the company in
order to proceed to the lower rooms. Seventy-one people were seated at the
tables, which were arranged upon three sides of a rectangle. At the center of
the head table sat Hon. O. U. Kellogg, who was the chairman and toastmaster. At
his right in this order sat Mr. Dunston, Hon. L. J. Fitzgerald, Mr. H. L.
Bronson, Judge A. P. Smith, Judge Walter Lloyd Smith. At his left were Mr.
Albert Allen, Judge J. E. Eggleston, and Mr. D. W. Van Hoesen. Others in the
order in which they sat around each of the side tables were Messrs. C. F. Wickwire.
R. Bruce Smith, Dr. H. T. Dana, Judge S. S. Knox, D. W. Andrews, John C. Barry,
T. H. Wickwire, Dr. F. W. Higgins, B. A. Benedict, J. S. Bull, B. T. Wright, C.
F. Brown, F. D. Smith, Ernest M. Hulbert, F. Daehler, F. B. Nourse, A. M.
Schermerhorn, Herbert Longendyke, E. D. Blodgett, G. H. Ames, E. C. Rindge, H.
S. Bliss, E. E. Mellon, W. E. Wood, W. T. Bushby, A. M. Jewett, E. C. Alger, C.
P. Walrad, G. J. Mager, R. G. Lewis, J. O. Reid, A. D. Wallace, F. E. Price, H.
Wells, F. J. Doubleday, B. L. Webb, W. A. Cornish, L. D. Garrison, Dr. C. E.
Ingalls, S. K. Jones, E. S. Burrows, Dr. M. B. Ingalls, E. L. Pierce, B. W.
Rood, F. L. McDowell, G. H. Garrison, G. C. Hubbard, C. L. Kinney, G. E.
Ingraham, Sheriff A. Hilsinger, A. Mahan, W. W. Hout, J. H. Kelley, Dorr C.
Smith, E. D. Barker, J. C. Seager, C. B. Warren, F. N. Harrington, Train
Dispatcher W. H. Clark, O. K. George, Delos Bauder and Laurence Mills.
The spread
was one of the finest ever prepared on a similar occasion in Cortland, and the
serving was excellent. The entire menu was as follows:
NEW YORK,
March 3, 1896.
Laurence
Mills, Cortland, N. Y.:
I regret
exceedingly that my engagements will prevent me from being in Cortland
to-morrow night and especially because I would like to show Mr. Allen, who has
been a faithful manager of our road, that we appreciate it, and I should also
like very much indeed to meet the citizens of Cortland who are his friends, and
I assume are also mine. Will you kindly give them all my best regards and
thanks for the handsome manner in which they have all treated Mr. Allen and our
executive officers during our connection with the road.
Mr. Kellogg
referred also to regrets from others, but did not read them.
Among those were the following:
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1896.
Lawrence
Mills, Esq., Cortland, N. Y.
MY DEAR
SIR—Your message I found on my return to office this afternoon. Permit me to
thank you for your kindly remembrance, I regret, however, that it will be
impossible to participate in this banquet owing to the fact that I am obliged
to go some distance into the country to attend the funeral of a relative which
occurs to-morrow afternoon, therefore I shall be unable to return to the city
until late in the day. Trusting that the affair will be one of great pleasure
and profit to all participants, and again expressing my sincere appreciation
for the honor conferred, I am
Yours truly
GEORGE E.
GREEN.
SYRACUSE,
N. Y., March 4.
Laurence
Mills, Cortland, N. Y.:
I regret
very much that urgent and unexpected business will make it impossible for me to
be present at your meeting to-night. Thanking you for your kind invitation, I
am with best wishes for the success of both gentleman and the meeting,
Yours very
truly,
A. H.
SCHWARZ.
AUBURN, N. Y., March 4.
Laurence Mills, Cortland, N. Y.:
I regret a previous engagement will prevent
my attending citizens' banquet Wednesday night.
H. D. TITUS.
Regrets had
also been received from Mr. H. Bergholtz.
Mr. Kellogg
then asked Judge Eggleston to voice the feelings of the citizens. This the judge did in words earnest and eloquent,
paying a well merited tribute to both the guests of the evening, as officers,
as citizens of Cortland and as men.
H. L.
Bronson was asked to speak for the Traction company and spoke of the high
service of Mr. Dunston to that organization.
Dr. Dana
was called for but asked to be excused.
Judge A. P.
Smith was the next speaker. He was in his happiest mood and was greeted with
laughter and applause as he made a characteristic speech.
Mr. Allen
was then called for and expressed his gratification at the expression of
friendship heard on all sides and regret at his departure. He gave a little
outline of his thirty-two years' experience as a railroad man, beginning as a
helper to a fireman on a railroad down in New Jersey until he had reached the
position of general superintendent. Mr. Allen spoke of his fondness for
Cortland and the wish that he had cherished to continue his residence here. He
referred to the kindly feeling manifested toward him on all sides and his
pleasant relations with all the people with whom he had come in contact here in
Cortland.
Mr. Dunston
was the last speaker and his candid and earnest words were well received. He
spoke of the difference between steam roads and surface roads and paid a
tribute to Mr. Allen in that he had not conducted his steam road on the
principle once so forcibly and epigrammatically expressed by Mr. Vanderbilt. He
has agreeable words to say of Cortland and of the treatment accorded to him
during his residence here and said that one of the chief causes of regret at
leaving was the severing to many warm friendships. At the close of Mr. Dunston's
remarks the orchestra struck up "Auld Lang Syne" in which all the
company joined and the banquet was at an end at 1:15 A. M.
Not a
little of the enjoyment of the evening was contributed by the excellent music
of Daniels' orchestra which was stationed in the private diningroom, and many
of the selections were heartily encored.
Of Hibernians Held a Successful Meeting Last Night.
The regular meeting of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians at their rooms last evening proved to be one of the most interesting
ever held by the local branch. The fact that several candidates were to be
initiated under a new ceremonial originated by the committee having in hand the
arrangements for the initiation had attracted a large attendance and as a result
over one hundred of the members were present. The committee had succeeded
admirably and the initiation was one of the most entertaining events of the
evening's program. At the conclusion of the business meeting, the president
introduced Rev. J. J. McLoghlin, who delivered a most eloquent and instructive
address on "Robert Emmett." Short speeches were also made by Rev.
John McLoghlin of Tully, Edwin Duffy and Thos. H. Dowd of Cortland.
The musical program was of unusual
excellence and consisted of quartettes and solos by T. O'Connell, Frank Lanigan,
John Lanigan and Thos. Allen. Mr. Fred Hardy presided at the piano. M. V. Lane
spoke of the good and welfare of the association. Refreshments were served.
THE
HOMER ACADEMY.
Report
of Committee of Ten on the Condition of the Building.
To
the President of the Board of Education:
The committee which you asked to examine
into the condition of our school building, with especial reference to its
safety and stability, also as to the general management, discipline and
efficiency of the several departments, take pleasure in submitting the
following report:
That a thorough and careful examination made
by the full committee revealed not the slightest settling of any part of the
foundation of the building; that the walls remain in precisely the same
position as when built; that in no case is there more than one-fourth inch
deviation from the perpendicular, that being the work of the mason alone; that
the slight trembling of a single floor was without an element of weakness,
being due only to the great length of the joints and was remedied by stays
underneath.
That the suggestions made by your committee concerning
certain additional supports to the roof having been carried out by your board,
we consider the present condition of the structure safe; that the checks and
seams, noticeable in several of the rooms, are in the finishing coat of plaster,
independent entirely of the mortar used in the structure of the walls, which
was found to be good.
Your committee believe no reason exists why
the building is not as a whole safe.
Every department has been visited by one or
more members of the committee while school was in session, and in no case was
the least disorder or lack of discipline discovered. Especial inquiry was made
as to certain rumors, charging personal encounters between the principal and
pupils, also between certain female teachers and pupils; such rumors were found
to be unqualifiedly without foundation in fact.
In conclusion, your committee wish to
express much satisfaction in finding such superior work and excellent
discipline throughout the entire school, and take this occasion to congratulate
the patrons on having an institution of learning of which they may be justly
proud.
Your committee would suggest that frequent
visits on the part of patrons and members of the board of education, give great
encouragement to teachers and pupils and it is desirable that more frequent
visiting may become the custom.
CHAS. O. NEWTON,
W. H. CRANE,
GEORGE A. BROCKWAY,
A. W. KINGSBURY,
H. C. PIERCE,
C. C. HEALEY,
H. D. HAZARD,
J. C. ATWATER,
A. H. BENNETT,
E. J. BOCKES.
Homer, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1896.
UNIVERSITY
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REGENTS OFFICE, ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1896.
To the President of the Board of Education,
Homer, N. Y.:
DEAR SIR—Replying to your letter of Feb. 8,
I will say that I visited your school on the 6th inst, and spent nearly the
entire day in the school building. In my report I have designated your building
as being of the very best, and I may say the same regarding the general
condition of the school as to discipline and as to instruction. I saw but
little of the lower grades, my work being principally with the high school
department, but all that I saw impressed me most favorably. The high school is
specially strong; it ranks among the very best.
On the occasion of my visit the terrific
wind storm of last week was at it height, and during the time when it was
blowing the very worst, I was in the attic of the school building. I did not
perceive the slightest trembling even of the roof. It is my impression that
there are very few buildings in the state that would stand against that storm
with so little vibration as was shown there. During the time when I was in the
attic the chimney on the church adjoining was blown down. Any fears regarding
the entire safety of the building, it seems to me, are wholly groundless. As a
civil engineer, I should pass upon it as entirely safe. Everything considered—grounds,
buildings, teachers, school, are in such a condition that I feel you are to be
congratulated on your success as a board of trustees.
Very truly yours,
CHAS F. WHEELOCK,
Head Inspector.
COUNTY
W. C. T. U.
Convention
Held at McGrawville on Tuesday.
The Cortland county W. C. T. U. semi-annual
convention met at the
Presbyterian
church in McGrawville, March 3. In spite of the very unpropitious weather a
large delegation was present going to prove that our organization is not made
up of fair weather women.
The address of welcome by Miss Elizabeth
Corey was one of special merit and beauty of expression. Usual routine of
business was followed by eight minute speeches from superintendents of
departments and five minute speeches from local presidents which met with much
favor. Enthusiasm was manifest in each speech.
"Responsibility of the Newspapers for Public
Moral Sentiment" was the subject of a paper by Mrs. S. S. Hammond, which,
while not exhaustive, was full of suggestions.
"The W. C. T. U.: Its Origin and
Development" by Mrs. T. P. Benjamin, was a showing of what we were, what we
are and where we are.
A recitation "It is Nothing to
Me," by Miss Clark; a reading by Miss Young of Genesee county were both
well received.
Four of the World's Wave Crests were presented
by as many different ladies and were very interesting.
The address of welcome in the evening by the
pastor, Rev. J. J. Cowles, made the white ribboners feel glad of heart that they
had so staunch a friend to welcome them.
The address of the evening given by Rev. W.
H. Pound was deeply interesting, instructive, logical and eloquent. The subject
was "Good Citizenship."
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That white ribboners go
home and act on the resolutions passed in September at the annual meeting, and
that extra effort be made to interest at least one, to represent their town in
a county L. T. L. convention to be held in the near future.
Resolved, That we as members of the Cortland
county W. C. T. U. denounce as vicious in principles and utterly pernicious in
practice the pending Raines bill. The thing which we have so earnestly combated,
the participation by the government in the proceeds of the infamous liquor
traffic, will by this bill become an established fact and we believe the state
should not share in the profits from vice and crime.
Revolved, That we tender to our dear
sister, Miss Libbie Robertson, who sits to-day in the shadow of a great
bereavement—the loss of her dear mother—our tenderest sympathy and love and commend
her to the consolation of Him whose grace never fails, and pray that she may be
upheld by the everlasting arms of His love and power.
Resolved, That the thanks of this
convention are hereby tendered the W. C. T. U. of McGrawville for their loving hospitality
and cordial welcome they have extended to us; to the trustees of the
Presbyterian church for the use of their beautiful church, to the sexton for
his kind thoughtfulness for our comfort; to the young ladies who waited upon us
so kindly and cordially at lunch; to Mr. Doolittle for his inspiring solo, and
to all others who have in any way contributed to the success of our very
excellent convention.
SARAH H. HARE,
Rec. Sec., pro tem.
BREVITIES.
—For several rods this morning along the foot
of the Greenwood hill the rails of the electric road were covered with ice a
number of inches thick, water from the hill having flowed over them and frozen.
This all had to be chopped away and the first car did not reach McGrawville
until nearly 9 o'clock.
—There will be a meeting of the Friendly
Sons of St, Patrick at the office of T. H. Dowd to-night.
—The Alpha C. L. S. C. will meet with Miss
Emma Brooks, 35 Madison-st., Monday
evening March 9, at 7:30 o'clock. Rollcall, Lowell.
—The southbound express on the D., L. &
W. R., due in Cortland at 10 o'clock was a half hour late this morning owing to
an accident on the Oswego division.
—A Norwich man yesterday advertised in The Sun
of that place for a dozen or two cats to kill rats and mice about the buildings
upon a farm upon which he had just moved. Guess Cortland people could
accommodate him if Norwich can't.
—The old bear which roused up from his
winter nap on Feb. 9 and saw the bright sunlight evidently showed a good head
in going back for six weeks. A man on the street here in Cortland was yesterday
heard complaining of the blizzard and he concluded his remarks with these
words, "I wish I had shot
that — bear when he was out on Candlemas day."
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