PUSHING THE CAMPAIGN AND CORTLAND PARK LAND COMPANY

McKinley-Hobart campaign poster.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, July 28, 1896.

PUSHING THE CAMPAIGN.

REPUBLICANS AND SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS TO UNITE.

Will Work in Harmony Against a Common Enemy Even if a Third Ticket is Nominated

—Senator Palmer May Head the Third Ticket.

   NEW YORK. July 28, (Special).—New York City, as the headquarters of the Republican party in the East, will begin its campaign work this week, and the efforts of the national leaders who will be quartered here to direct the McKinley campaign will be ably assisted by the Republican state committee officers, who have arranged to make a hard fight for the national ticket during the month intervening before the state candidates are nominated. As soon as the Saratoga convention has been held, the latter committee will conduct its campaign work for the two tickets co-jointly.

   Mr. Hanna has completed his work of arranging the preliminary campaign in the West and he has come here to see that the campaign in the East is also started in accordance with the lines laid down by the national committee. The arrival of Mr. Hanna has settled one fact, New York City is not to play second fiddle as a campaign headquarters. It ranks equal in every respect with Chicago and will be expected to do the same amount of work. Mr. Hanna will see all of the political leaders of the East while he is here and with them will go carefully over the situation. He believes a great deal in a campaign of speeches, and men who can talk on the national questions will be sent to every quarter of the country and will be kept constantly at work from the start to the finish of the campaign. The leaders have agreed that an effort shall be made to reach every community by the stump that the people who have questions to ask may ask them and have them promptly answered. Literature will also play a prominent part in the campaign, but some people won't read campaign pamphlets, but will argue, and these are to be reached by almost house to house canvass. Mr. Hanna and other leaders want the financial question thoroughly argued, and they say that when this plan has been thoroughly carried out the people will be so thoroughly educated on the free silver question that McKinley must be elected. Every one expects hard work, but they are prepared for it and will begin work with a will at once.

   The possibility that there may be a third party in the field headed by a sound money Democrat has been discussed, but there is as yet no certainty that such a course will be followed and when such a ticket is put in the field, the leaders will alter their plans to meet the emergency. They have been assured by the leaders in the movement that such a ticket will be nominated for the purpose of assisting in defeating Bryan and Sewall, and that it will be nominated because the sound money Democratic leaders believe that such a ticket would take more votes from the Chicago ticket than could be persuaded to vote for the straight Republican ticket. Under these circumstances the Republican leaders say that there will be but little trouble in making plans so that the Republican and the third party men can work for a common cause.

   It is expected that the nomination of two tickets headed by Bryan but with different men on them for second place will bring about complications that will result to the benefit of the Republican candidates. The People's party voters in Texas and many other parts of the South will bolt Bryan and these can be counted on to vote for the Republican ticket. The men who nominated the Chicago ticket and drew the platform now know that they have exhausted every element that promised support for their ticket. In going into other parties they have made enemies and these will turn to Republicans as they have no tickets of their own that do not bear the name of Bryan.

   It is the opinion of Mr. Flower as well as other of the leaders of the sound-money movement, that President Cleveland will not be the nominee for president on the third party ticket. Senator Palmer of Illinois seems to be the favorite o the sound-money men for first place, though Senator Gordon of Georgia has a large following of sound-money friends. The purpose of the third ticket is to unite the sound-money Democrats and have them support this ticket rather than vote for Bryan and Sewall. The leaders say that enough Democrats will vote the third ticket who would not vote for McKinley, to defeat the election of the Chicago ticket. They also claim that the third party will serve them to rally round when the free silver Democratic party has been defeated. Turner of Georgia is being spoken of for second place on this ticket.

Desirable Building Lots Cheap.

   The Cortland Park Land company has laid out the land south of the park into very desirable building lots, and will place them on the market through their agent, Lewis Van Duyne of Boonton, N. J. These are some of the most desirable lots in or about Cortland, and the opportunity should be improved by every man or woman who can save $1 a week. No such opportunity as this has ever been offered to the people of Cortland. Read their advertisement, you will make money by it.

Electrical Apparatus.

   The contract for putting in the electric apparatus at the Central House [Kremlin], which is undergoing thorough repairs, has been let to S. J. Parmiter of Cortland, who began putting it in to-day. In the office will be a forty-gravity drop enunciator, the cabinet being of highly finished antique oak of the modern improved Holtzer pattern.

Railroad Street.

THE CONTRACT AWARDED.

RAILROAD-ST. TO BE PAVED WITH HORNELLSVILLE BRICK.

Jamestown Construction Company Made the Lowest Bid on This Kind of Brick and Will Begin the Work at Once.

   The board of village trustees held a very important meeting last night.

There were present President H. F. Benton, Trustees B. L. Webb, E. J. Warfield and J. J. Glann. Trustee J. H. Wallace is in Europe.

   The business of the session was the awarding of the contract for paving

Railroad-st. from Main-st. to the D., L. & W. R. R. tracks. City Engineer W. B. Landreth submitted his report of the tests made and samples of brick accompanying each bid. The result of the tests showed that the choice of brick lay between three kinds: Mack, Syracuse, and Hornellsville. The board proceeded to vote on the kind of brick to be used. The vote was unanimous for Hornellsville brick and the contract was awarded to the Jamestown Construction company, of Jamestown, N. Y., who had the lowest bid on that kind of brick. Their bid for the whole job amounted to $18,780. Only one bid was lower than this. It was the bid of G. D. Grannis of Syracuse on Corning wire-cut brick for $18,143. The bid of the Jamestown Construction company was itemized as follows:

   For each cubic yard of excavation, $20

   " " square " " paving, 1.75

   " " lineal foot of stone curbing, .52

   " " headers, .48

   For each alley corner block, 1.50

   " crosswalk cheek, 5.00

   " pound of cast iron, .0165

   The Jamestown Construction company was represented by its secretary and treasurer, Mr. C. H. Hoyt, who has furnished the bond of the company in the penal sum of $10,000 for the completion and acceptance of the work.

   H. C. Preston of the Preston Brick Co. of Hornellsville was also present at the meeting as were representatives of other contractors and brick manufacturers. The Hornellsville brick in the test gained nothing by absorption. In the "rattler" test it lost 4.1 per cent. One brick withstood a pressure of 355,850 pounds or 18,730 pounds to the square inch. The work of paving will be begun, probably within a week, as brick will be shipped at once. Engineer Landreth said this morning that that part of Railroad-st. between Church and Main-sts. would first be paved, beginning at Church.

   By the provisions of the paving law the village is to bear one-third of the expense of paving, and the property owners on the street paved the other two-thirds. In figuring this out it is found that it is going to cost $2.50 for each linear foot frontage between Main and Church-st. and $3.18 per foot for the remainder. Each property owner can very easily tell how much of the expense he is to bear. It will be remembered that what the Traction company pays for paving is to help pay the village's share and not that of the individual property owners.

BREVITIES.

   —New advertisements to-day are—Cortland Park Co., building lots, page 7.

   —The Cortlands will cross bats with the Sidney team at the fairgrounds tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.

   —The Cortland Park Land Co. has raised a flagpole on the hill south of the park and will soon display a flag there.

   —There will be a special meeting of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. at 8 o'clock to-night and a full attendance is requested.

   —The case of The People against George Matthews charged with grand larceny was called in police court this morning and was adjourned to Aug. 1 at 9 A. M.

   —Mrs. James F. Hollenbeck died of consumption at 3 o'clock this afternoon at her home, 41 East-ave. Her age was 80 years. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

   —Justice Dowd yesterday rendered judgment for plaintiff for $6, and costs in the case of Phillips against Winter which was tried yesterday. This was an action to recover for services.

   —The Free Silverites have engaged the hall in the Martin building, formerly occupied by the Knights of Pythias, in which they will hold a meeting to-morrow night at 8 o'clock to perfect an organization and to listen to speeches by local speakers.

   —Mr. Charles Diel of Syracuse gave a dinner to a few of his friends at the Messenger House last night in honor of his approaching marriage with Miss Annah Lakin, which occurs at noon to-morrow. The guests were: J. G. Geagan, C. C. Brown, J. A. Diel and R. C. Martin of Syracuse and F. C. Atwater and N. H. Waters of Homer.

   —On next Saturday, the day of the Wickwire employees' excursion to Long

Branch on Onondaga lake, Syracuse, there will be an Eastern league ball game at Syracuse between the Stars and Providence. Returning the train will leave Long Branch at 7 o'clock and Syracuse at 7:30. On arriving in Cortland electric cars will be at the station to accommodate all. This will be a fine opportunity to visit the city, as well as the pleasant summer resort.

Smoke the Best Cigars on the Market.

Cortland Park, 10 cts., Cortland Park, Jr., 5 cts.

310-tf eod [paid ad.]