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CANANDAIGUA 
 
 Its Advantages, Growth 
 and beauty 
 
 Edited by J. FRANK CAPLISE 
 Illustrated by F. D. CRANDALL 
 
 Published by 
 
 The Canandaigua Board of Trade 
 
 * 
 
 1907 
 
 

 Officers and Directors 
 
 ^ of 
 
 The Canandaigua Board of Trade 
 
 1907 
 
 JAMES R. McLaughlin, President 
 
 ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, EDWIN PEREGO, 
 
 Vice-President Treasurer 
 
 W. D. POWERS, Secretary JOHN COLMEY 
 
 L. A. PARKHURST 
 
 
CANANDAIGUA 
 
 ANANDAIGUA, the county seat of Ontario County, in the 
 State of New York, is beautifully situated at the foot of 
 Canandaigua Lake and in the center of one of the richest 
 fruit-growing and agricultural districts in the world. 
 
 It unquestionably possesses more desirable qualifications as a 
 place of residence than any town of its size in New York State, and 
 has to ofifer some of the finest sites for the location of factories and 
 other business interests that can be found anywhere. 
 
 In the following pages the Board of Trade has endeavored to 
 call attention to many of Canandaigua's leading features, but the 
 scope of the book is necessarily limited and much remains to be told 
 beyond what is mentioned therein. 
 
 However, full and complete information on any subject may be 
 obtained at any time by addressing Mr. W. D. Powers, Secretary of 
 the Board of Trade, Canandaigua, N. Y. 
 
Canandaigua To-day 
 
 N looking backward over the history of the village of Can- 
 andaigua, the county seat of Ontario County, in the State 
 of New York, from the time when the first white settler 
 began the work of felling the forest trees for the erection 
 of his humble log dwelling and the clearing of a plot whereon was 
 to be established the foundation of the future village to the beautiful 
 and progressive Canandaigua of the present day, we are accorded a 
 pleasing perspective. 
 
 We see a community always in the forefront of the progress, 
 the intelligence and the achievement of the generation in which its lot 
 was cast and a village noted for its beauty, the healthfulness of its 
 climate and the law abiding and honorable characteristics of its citi- 
 zens. 
 
 Much might be said and written of the many interesting legends 
 from the lore of the aborigines, that are interwoven with the history 
 of Canandaigua, of its enduring prominence as a center of culiure and 
 learning and of its noted citizens whose names have been identified 
 with the history of the state of New York and of the nation. 
 
 But in the preparation of this book the Board of Trade realizes 
 that it is in the Canandaigua of to-day, and not of the past, that 
 the reader will be interested, and it is therefore its purpose to present 
 briefly the more vital facts concerning the town, a sketch of its his- 
 tory, an outline of its commercial growth and a few of the numerous 
 reasons existing why Canandaigua, as it stands to-day, comes as near 
 as possible to being, an ideal spot for the building of a home or the 
 location of a business industry. 
 
 Nevertheless the story of a town, rich in honorable tradition, 
 noted as the home of scholars, orators and statesmen, famed for its 
 beauty and for the dignified and imposing character of its public 
 buildings and residences, can not fail to be of interest to the intelli- 
 gent stranger who in choosing a home here can truly feel that he is 
 
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CANANDAIGUA 
 
 establishing his right to a share in the rich heritage bequeathed us 
 by the men whose careers have reflected honor upon the place of their 
 birth. 
 
 And while retaining in the fullest degree the qualities that have 
 made her famous, Canandaigua has of late felt the all pervading influ- 
 ence of the modern spirit of commercial activity, and the growth and 
 prosperity of the last few years may justly be interpreted as foreshad- 
 owing for her a prosperous future. 
 
 In recent years the village has become more than ever popular as 
 a summer resort, and along the tree embowered and vine clad shores 
 of the loveliest of Western New York lakes has grown up a summer 
 colony which finds in the bracing air, the limpid beauty of the waters 
 and the rugged glory of the hills, a welcome relief from the stifling 
 bounds of encircling walls and glaring pavements. 
 
 Among the many advantages possessed by Canandaigua to which 
 the Board is desirous of giving prominence are its abundance of sites 
 suitable and obtainable for the building of factories, its splendid ship- 
 ping facilities, its paved streets, its schools, residences arid hospitals, 
 its location in the very heart of one of the finest agricultural, fruit and 
 grape growing regions in the world, and its social life and unsurpassed 
 charms as a city of homes. 
 
 For the past few years the growth and development of the village 
 has been steady and continuous, coming not in the form of a tem- 
 porary boom soon to react, but in a healthy and conservative manner, 
 fostered by activity in building and real estate, manufacturing and 
 commercial interests and prosperity in all lines, thus building grad- 
 ually and securely upon the firm foundation of modern business prin- 
 ciples. 
 
 The scope of this book is naturally limited, but in the following 
 pages will be found a brief presentation of the business and social ad- 
 vantages offered by the Canandaigua of to-day. 
 
 Any fuller information which may be desired will be furnished 
 promptly upon application to the Secretary of the Board of Trade. 
 
 The stranger coming to Cana.ndaigua in search of information 
 or with a desire to prove to his own satisfaction the advantages of 
 
CANANDAIGUA 
 
 the place will always be sui'e of a cordial welcome by communicating 
 with any member of the Board of Trade, and whether he merely 
 spends a few hours here in passing- or wisely decides to make it his 
 permanent abiding place, he may feel confident of a friendly reception 
 that will at least leave with him pleasant memories of the Queen City 
 of the Inland Lakes. 
 
 Canandaigua's Early History 
 
 UCH has been written by various historical authors con- 
 cerning the romantic and interesting Indian legends and 
 the still more absorbing topic of the early beginning of 
 the rule of the white man in this section, and to such 
 works we must refer the reader who is interested in the early lore of 
 the region, as in these pages we can do no more than give a brief re- 
 view of that period. 
 
 The country hereabouts was, before the advent of the white man, 
 ruled by the Senecas, one of the most powerful and intelligent of the 
 aboriginal tribes possessing a very fair degree of civilization at the 
 time that their territory was first invaded by the early colonists. 
 
 The tradition of the origin of this tribe is that the Senecas 
 sprung from the earth of a large hill on the east side of Canandaigua 
 Lake, known in the Indian language as Genundewah, or Great Hill, 
 irom whence was derived the tribal name Seneca, meaning "Great Hill 
 People." 
 
 This hill, now known as Bare Hill, was venerated by the Senecas 
 as the place of their birth, as late as 1834, and here they met in council 
 and to ofifer up their tribal sacrifices. The hill was held sacred by the 
 Senecas, not only as the place of their birth, but also as the scene of 
 the destruction of a great serpent which in early times threatened 
 the extinction of the entire race. 
 
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 The tradition runs that the fort on the hill was surrounded by 
 this great serpent whose head and tail came together at the gate, and 
 over whose slimy sides it was impossible for the Senecas to escape. 
 
 In vain did the warriors shoot their keenest arrows and hurl their 
 sharpest spears against the monster whose armored sides were im- 
 pervious to attack. 
 
 As the Senecas attempted to escape through the single door of 
 the fort they were swallowed by the serpent or fell dead on the hill, 
 stricken by the fumes of its breath. 
 
 At last, so runs, the legend, when all the tribe had been destroyed 
 with the exception of two, a young brave and a beautiful maiden, The 
 Great Spirit relented and sent from the heavens a magic bow and 
 arrow, at the same time directing the youth where to strike the mon- 
 ster the fatal blow. 
 
 The charmed arrow sped and the great serpent in his death ago- 
 nies rolled down the hill into the lake, in his struggles sweeping all 
 vegetation from the face of the hill and disgorging the heads of the 
 victims he had swallowed, and to this day large stones having the 
 form of petrified heads are found in the vicinity of the hill. 
 
 The destruction of vegetation on the hill was complete, and for 
 centuries no trees grew upon its inhospitable slopes, whence the name 
 Bare Hill, by which it is known to the white man. 
 
 The tradition further runs that from the youth and maiden who 
 were spared in the general destruction, sprung the mighty race of the 
 Senecas, who ever after venerated Genundewah mountain, both as 
 the place of their birth and of their rejuvenation. 
 
 So far as is known the first white men to come into this vicinity 
 were the French missionaries, who came here as early as 1654 and 
 labored among the Indians, risking their Hves for the spread of the 
 
 gospel. ; 
 
 In 1669 Robert Cavelier de Salle visited this section, and from 
 thence on at intervals French explorers led expeditions into it. In 
 1684 De la Barr led an invasion of the territory of the Iroquois which 
 ended in failure and served to give the Senecas a contempt for the 
 French, but in 1687 De Nonville, with a force of i,6oq Frenchmen 
 and 400 Indians, invaded what is now Ontario County and in a pitched 
 battle on the present site of Victor severely defeated the Senecas, 
 although the French sufifered a loss of about 100 men. 
 
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 Relics of this famous battle were still discovered in Victor up to 
 a few years ago. 
 
 After much further fighting the French gradually gained the 
 friendship of the Senecas and maintained a fort at the mouth of the 
 Niagara river until, in 1759, the English besieged and captured the 
 place and put an end to French power in the West. Subsequently, 
 by various means, the English won the friendship and support of the 
 Senecas to the great subsequent detriment of the American colonies. 
 
 In 1772 all the western and central portions of the present New 
 York State were made into what was known as Tryon County, named 
 after the British Governor of New York. 
 
 It was the people in Tryon County in the Mohawk Valley who 
 were the first to make protest against British rule, so that the claim 
 is made that in this section was sown the seed of the American Rev- 
 olution. 
 
 In 1774 the feeling against the British was so strong that the 
 name of the county was changed from the name of Tryon to that of 
 Montgomery in honor of the American General of that name, the 
 present Ontario and Niagara Counties being included in Montgomery 
 County. 
 
 During the days of the revolution, Ontario County suffered from 
 the effects of war in its worst forms ; the English, who held Fort Niag- 
 ara, made that place a starting point for their savage allies in the 
 raids which devastated the section, and there was planned the mas- 
 sacres of the Wyoming and Cherry Valleys and it is believed that both 
 these expeditions as well as that which resulted in the battle of 
 Oriskany passed through Canandaigua, being augmented by troops 
 from the barracks which had been established by the English at 
 Geneva for the notorious Butler. 
 
 In 1799 General Washington sent an expedition under the com- 
 mand of General Sullivan through this section which thoroughly and 
 for all time effected the subjugation of the Senecas. 
 
 The expedition burnt the barracks at Geneva, laid waste the 
 crops and orchards of the Senecas over a wide area, defeated the In- 
 dians and drove them to the shelter of Fort Niagara and never again 
 to any extent were the white settlers of this section harassed by the 
 Senecas. 
 
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 After the revolution New York and Massachusetts made conflict- 
 ing claims as to the ownership of the soil of Western New York. This 
 dispute was settled at a convention at Hartford in 1786, Massachu- 
 setts retaining the sole pre-emption rights to the soil from the native 
 Indians and New York retaining jurisdiction. 
 
 The territory over which Massachusetts obtained pre-emption 
 lay west of a line running across the state from Lake Ontario to the 
 Pennsylvania border at a point about due south from Seneca Lake. 
 
 This territory embraced about 6,000,000 acres and was sold by 
 Massachusetts in 1787 to Judge Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gor- 
 ham, they agreeing to pay for it $1,000,000 in Massachusetts securi- 
 ties. 
 
 Subsequently the value of Massachusetts securities rose unexpect- 
 edly and Phelps and Gorham being unable to make the last payments 
 on their purchase Massachusetts released them from their obligation, 
 except in regard to the tract to which they had already acquired the 
 Indian title and this section is that which subsequently became known 
 as the Phelps and Gorham purchase. 
 
 It was not until 1787 that Canandaigua really became known as 
 a white settlement, and in 1789 Judge Oliver Phelps opened here the 
 first Western New York office for the sale of land to the settlers. 
 
 In 1789 the original county of Ontario was erected, embracing 
 all the land in the state west of the pre-emption line, 6,000,000 acres 
 in all. 
 
 In that year the first religious service in Canandaigua was held 
 by Rev. John Smith and in that year also a sawmill was built on Mud 
 Creek five miles west of the village by General Fellows and August 
 Porter. 
 
 In 1790 the first schools were opened in this section and also in 
 that year the first state road was run from Utica to Canandaigua to 
 facilitate traffic for the early settlers who in great numbers, were flock- 
 ing into this section. 
 
 In 1793, when, owing to the retention by Great Britain of certain 
 posts which she had held since the close of the Revolution, there was 
 fear of another war, a block-house was erected at Canandaigua and 
 in that year the records also show that the village boasted of a court 
 house, a county clerk's office and a jail. 
 
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 In 1795 the trial of a man accused of stealing a cow-bell was held 
 in the Canandaigua court house, this being the first jury trial held 
 west of Utica. 
 
 Also in 179s the famous old Canandaigua Academy was founded 
 by Phelps and Gorham. 
 
 In 1798 the Ontario County Weekly Gazette, started in Geneva 
 the previous year but removed to Canandaigua in 1789, had a circu- 
 lation of 1,000 copies. 
 
 In 1799 the first Episcopal Church was established here and in 
 the same month a Congregational Church was also founded. 
 
 As late as 1803 Canandaigua had the only postofifice between 
 Geneva and Fort Niagara, and the village was regarded as practically 
 being the outpost and gateway for settlers moving toward what was 
 then the western country. 
 
 In 1826 on the soil of the original Ontario County appeared the 
 beginnings of Mormonism, the pretended finding of the golden plates 
 of the Book of Mormon occurring at Manchester September 22, 1826. 
 
 From its very earliest days Canandaigua was famous for its edu- 
 cational advantages and attracted among its settlers men and women 
 of a high degree of culture and refinement. 
 
 Gradually the area of Ontario County has been cut down from its 
 original dimensions as county after county, fourteen in all, have been 
 detached from her soil until her area has been reduced from 10,300 
 to 640 square miles, but, nevertheless, it is true that she enjoys the 
 distinction of being, as it were, the mother of all the Western New 
 York counties and of having played an important part as an early out- 
 post of our present day civilization. 
 
 Of the names famous in the early annals of Canandaigua and On- 
 tario County, there are of the Indians, Young King, Old Smoke, Jos. 
 Brant, Pollard, Cornplanter, Farmers Brother, Little Beard, and the 
 celebrated Red Jacket. 
 
 Of non-residents yet closely associated with her history. La Salle, 
 De Nonville, Joncaire, John Butler, Sir William Johnson and General 
 Sullivan. 
 
 Of the famous early settlers we can recall Oliver Phelps, first 
 Judge of Ontario County; Robert Morris, famous in Revolutionary 
 annals; his son, Thomas Morris, who was a resident of Canandaigua; 
 
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 Nathaniel Gorham, the elder, who was not a resident ; Nathaniel 
 Gorham, the younger; James and William Wadsworth, Nathaniel 
 Rochester, H. W. Howell, William Wood, Philip Church, Abner Bar- 
 low, Walter Hubbell, Moses Atwater, William Williams, Ambrose 
 Spencer and Judge Fitzhugh, as well as many others. 
 
 Among the many sons of Canandaigua who have attained prom- 
 inence may be mentioned Gideon Granger, 'Postmaster General under 
 Jefferson; his son, Francis Granger, Postmaster General under the 
 first Harrison; Myron H. Clark, Governor of New York State; Peter 
 B. Porter, Secretary of War under the younger Adams; John C. 
 Spencer, Secretary of War under Tyler; Stephen A. Douglas,, candi- 
 date for the Presidency against Lincoln ; Charles J. Folger, Secretary 
 •of the Treasury under Arthur; Elbridge G. Lapham, United States 
 Senator ; Hon. Frank Rice, Secretary of State, and Hon. John Raines, 
 President of the State Senate, the two latter named being present resi- 
 ■ deutS _6f Canandaigua. 
 
 Aside from the prominent names mentioned, the sons of Old 
 Ontario have achieved prominence far and wide and in various walks 
 of life, as soldiers, artists, authors, scientists, in law and medicine, as 
 teachers and theologians as well as in various branches of industry. 
 
 With such a history behind her, with the memory of illustrious 
 citizens and the knowledge of honorable achievements to add dignity 
 to her records and afford a bright example to her growing sons, it is 
 little wonder that Canandaigua feels an honest pride in her heritage, 
 in the fact that her early boundaries marked the outposts of civiliza- 
 tion and that from her broad acres were hewn the present counties of 
 Western New York so that she stands as mother of a broad domain 
 that to-day teems with the life, the hurry and enterprise of hundreds 
 of thousands of citizens. 
 
 And resting secure in the shadow of a glorious past she stands 
 now awake and alert with a substantial record of progress within the 
 last few years and looking forward into that future which may hold 
 for her a place among the mighty cities of the generations to come. 
 
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Progress 
 
 ROGRESS is the keynote upon which hinges tlie prosperity 
 of a community, and the gauge of progress is accomphsh- 
 ment. Thus a city, Hke an individual, which sits idly 
 dreaming of past achievements or of a glorious future 
 and makes little effort to capture the passing advantage which makes 
 for the realization of that future is bound to be outstripped in the 
 race for precedence by the city which wastes no time in dreaming 
 but strives day in and day out for the attaining of those advantages 
 which, in the judgment of her leading citizens, are calculated to con- 
 duce to her upbuilding. 
 
 Canandaigua has a record of accomplishments achieved during 
 the past five years of which she has no cause to be ashamed. 
 
 Aside from civic improvements these years have witnessed the 
 erection of two magnificent church buildings, the Methodist Episcopal 
 and the Roman Catholic, the former costing $45,000 and the latter 
 approximately $100,000. 
 
 The transforming of an old mansion in Main Street North into 
 an up to date and thoroughly equipped Y. M. C. A. building and the 
 founding of a large and enthusiastic branch of that association. 
 
 The erection at private expense of a general hospital at a cost for 
 building and equipment of $200,000, and unsurpassed in its fittings 
 and appointments by any similar institution in the country. 
 
 The establishment, also at private expense, of a splendid park and 
 recreation grounds and a swimming pavilion and adjoining park. 
 
 The completion by the village of ten miles of first class paved 
 streets and seven and one-half miles of new sewers at a total expense 
 of approximately $500,000. 
 
 Canandaigua also owns and operates her own water supply sys- 
 tem. The contract for furnishing the water supply for the village was 
 formerly in the hands of a private company, but as the service was 
 not regarded as generally satisfactory the municipality decided to con- 
 struct and maintain its own pumping station, reservoir and water sup- 
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 At the time this was undertaken it was regarded largely as an 
 experiment, but so well has it succeeded that this branch of the muni- 
 cipal government is now not only self-sustaining, but is actually realiz- 
 ing yearly a comfortable profit. 
 
 The figures for the work of this department for the year past will 
 probably be of interest and may be found in the article on the water 
 supply system which appears elsewhere in this book. 
 
 Aside from this, the village is engaged in the erection of a new 
 free academy building, ready for occupancy in the near future, and con- 
 structed at an aggregate expense of $100,000. 
 
 A new county bacteriological laboratory has been erected, is 
 equipped in a most modern manner and is under the supervision of a 
 skillful scientist. 
 
 In this connection might be mentioned also that an agitation is 
 now on foot for the construction of a sewage consumption plant at 
 municipal expense and designed to dispose of the village sewage in 
 accordance with the most approved modern methods. 
 
 Negotiations are also under way looking to the placing of all 
 overhead telephone,, telegraph and other electrical wires and power 
 cables in underground conduits. 
 
 With the completion of the improvements noted as in course of 
 construction, or under consideration, there is no question but that 
 Canandaigua can lay claim to a degree of progress within the past 
 few years seldom equalled in any community, and this progress made 
 gives good reason for feeling confident that Canandaigua is entitled 
 to take a place among the most progressive cities of the State. 
 
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Culture 
 
 N choosing a permanent residence persons of education and 
 refinement are invariably anxious to select a locality 
 where the general character of the inhabitants is such 
 that the newcomers may feel that their lot is being cast 
 amang environments that will be at once pleasant and congenial and 
 will assure to themselves and their families associations of the most 
 desirable sort. 
 
 While those who care little for the social side of life may urge 
 that the society of a town matters little from a purely utilitarian stand- 
 point, there is, nevertheless, a desire always existing among the great 
 majority of human beings to enjoy the society of their kind and more 
 particularly that society whose tone is uplifting and elevating. 
 
 Canandaigua, almost since its founding, has been noted as a 
 center of culture and learning, and its historic schools, its famous sons 
 and daughters of prorninence in education and refinement have left 
 an imprint upon its residents that has wrought strongly for the up- 
 building of a cultured, educated and law abiding population. 
 
 While these are considerations perhaps aside from the mission 
 of a book of this character, they are, nevertheless, points to be con- 
 sidered as being pertinent to those social relaxations to which the 
 leisure hours of these busy days may be devoted. And in association 
 with the widely traveled and thoroughly educated persons who are 
 prominent in the life of Canandaigua may be found much of that pleas- 
 ing old style dignity, hospitality and pleasure in t^ie highet things of 
 , life which now unhappily seems to be to a great extent overlooked 
 in many of our larger communities. 
 
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Churches 
 
 FAIRLY good estimate of the general character of the 
 inhabitants of any town may be formed from a knowledge 
 of the extent to which they accord support to the various 
 church societies of their locality. 
 
 While it is true that from a material standpoint the prosperity 
 of any community does not in direct measure depend upon the sup- 
 port thus accorded it, it is also true that in a place where interest in 
 the 'work of chtirches of all denominations is strong and the populace 
 is active in church work the effect is reflected upon the people as a 
 whole and there is less of lawlessness and disorder than in other com- 
 munities not so favored in matters that pertain to the spiritual welfare 
 of mankind. 
 
 Canandaigua is one of the communities where interest in church 
 work is keen, where that work is carried on in an effective and ener- 
 getic manner and where prosperous church societies and large congre- 
 gations are the rule and not the exception. 
 
 This aggressive spirit in church work has its effect upon the 
 character of the inhabitants of Canandaigua who are, as a rule, law 
 abiding, peaceful and industrious to a greater extent than are those 
 of almost any town in the United States as is amply shown by sta- 
 tistics. 
 
 The oldest church in Canandaigua is the Congregational, erected 
 in 1812 and standing on the west side of Main Street in nearly the 
 center of the town. The members of this church number 453 and the 
 entire congregation 1,200, and this congregation has been under the 
 pastoral charge of Rev. Lewis T. Reed, a gentleman of great ability 
 and accomplishments, who lately resigned to accept a call to the pas- 
 torate of a Brooklyn church, and whose successor has not as yet been 
 appointed. 
 
 Further north' on the same side of Main Street stands the new 
 Methodist Church, a beautiful building erected four years ago at a cost 
 of about $45,000. The building is of gray stone and, besides the reg- 
 
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St. John's Episcopal Church. 
 
The Baptist Church. 
 
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 ular auditorium, contains large social rooms in the basement and is 
 a well planned and constructed building. This church has a congre- 
 gation numbering i,6oo souls, presided over by Rev. Ward Mosher, a 
 capable and enterprising young man who has done excellent work 
 since his appointment to this charge. 
 
 Still farther up on the east side of Main Street stands the Episco- 
 pal Church, a venerable gray stone structure of great beauty, and 
 situated in one of the most charming portions of the town. 
 
 The congregation, while not so large in membership as those of 
 certain of the other churches, numbering 500 members, is, as a rule, 
 composed of prosperous citizens and the afifairs of the church are in 
 excellent condition. 
 
 The rector is Rev. Frank P. Harrington, assigned to this charge 
 eighteen months ago, and very popular, not only with the people of 
 his own church, but as well with those outside his fold. 
 
 Below the Episcopal Church, on the corner of Main and Gibson 
 Streets, is situated the new St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, a fine 
 structure, dedicated with elaborate ceremonies December, 1905, and 
 erected at a cost of approximately $^100,000. 
 
 The congregation of St. Mary's is a large one, numbering about 
 2,500, and although the church has a seating capacity of 900, three 
 services every Sunday morning are necessary to accommodate the 
 members. 
 
 St. Mary's congregation is presided over by Rev. James T. 
 Dougherty, one of the most gifted and popular priests in the diocese 
 of Rochester. The assistant rector. Rev. James J. Clark, a young man 
 of great promise and highly popular with all classes, died November 
 17th last. 
 
 On the opposite corner of Main and Gibson Streets, from St. 
 Mary's, is the Presbyterian Church, a substantial and commodious 
 brick edifice. 
 
 This congregation numbering 700 is presided over by Rev. Louis 
 M. Sweet, who has become very popular during his residence here, 
 and is a preacher of rare force and ability. 
 
 Situated in the business portion of Main Street on the east side 
 is the Baptist Church, whose large congregation of 1,000 souls, under 
 
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 the care of Rev. J. Scott Ebersole, an energetic pastor, is enthusiastic 
 and devoted, and is doing excellent work in the community. 
 
 Extensive repairs, enlargements and improvements have just been 
 made on the church building, which will render it sufficiently com- 
 modious to accommodate the needs of the rapidly growing congrega- 
 tion for some time to come. 
 
 Situated in Bristol Street is the church of the Wesleyan Methodist 
 congregation, small but devoted and hardworking under the pastor- 
 ship of Rev. Harry Bullock, a young man enthusiastic in his work and 
 devoted to his congregation. 
 
 The Universalist society, recently organized in Canandaigua, has 
 as yet no church building, but meets for services in Atwater Hall. 
 
 The Salvation Army has a building of its own in Phoenix Sti"eet, 
 and its work is carried on in a conscientious manner under capable 
 leadership of Ensign Bailey and Captain Nelson. 
 
 As is evident from the foregoing sketch, Canandaigua is well pro- 
 vided with churches and with vigorous church workers and a large 
 share of its population is, in one manner or another, interested in the 
 proceedings of some of the church societies. 
 
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Canandaigua Y. M. C. A. 
 
 N organization of immense value to the youth of any com- 
 munity is the Young Men's Christian Association. A 
 strong and active branch of this society established ia 
 any city usually argues for that community an interest 
 in the development of its young men along proper lines as regards 
 mental, physical and moral stamina. 
 
 Canandaigua has a Y. M. C. A. which is flourishing and which 
 owns a fine building most thoroughly equipped. 
 
 This building, formerly one of the old mansions which adorned 
 Main Street, was purchased in November, 1902, by the Young Men's 
 League, an association which was the forerunner in Canandaigua of 
 the Y. M. C. A. 
 
 The building was thoroughly remodeled and enlarged and in 
 December, 1905, was formally dedicated to the uses of the Y. M. C. A. 
 
 It is pleasantly situated in the Main Street of the village, and in 
 its equipment includes all the most modern and up to date appliances. 
 
 There is a large gymnasium, billiard and pool room, bowling 
 alleys, shower baths and other appurtenances to rational and health- 
 ful enjoyment, finely furnished reading and recreation rooms and, in 
 fact, all the requisites that usually go to the making of a first class 
 social club. 
 
 Although the Y. M. C. A. has been in existence here only a little 
 over a year it has an active membership of three hundred and much 
 interest is manifested in its work. 
 
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Canandaigua Schools 
 
 ANANDAIGUA, as has been before stated, has always been 
 noted for the excellence of its schools and the high stand- 
 ard of education prevailing among its inhabitants. From 
 the days of its earliest history down to the present time 
 the schools of the village have been justly famous as model institutions 
 of their kind, and the high quality of their work has reflected favorably 
 upon the citizens of the village. 
 
 At the Old Canandaigua Academy, standing in spacious grounds 
 in upper Main Street, were educated many students, some of whom 
 later made for themselves important places in the history of the State 
 and of the nation. 
 
 Students from all parts of the country, as well as from the neigh- 
 boring republic of Mexico, were attracted to the institution by the 
 excellence of its curriculum as well as by its attractive environments 
 and associations. 
 
 Stephen A. Douglas, the noted statesman, the "Little Giant" of 
 antebellum days was one of these, as was also the son of Santa Anna, 
 the famous Mexican General who commanded the forces of his coun- 
 try in the war with the United States. 
 
 At that time the public school system as it exists to-day had not 
 been established, and academies of the class of the Canandaigua insti- 
 tution were rare throughout the country, so that practically all of 
 the young men in this section of the country who desired to obtain an 
 education were at one time or another patrons of this institution. 
 After the founding of the pubHc school system in Canandaigua the old 
 school for a time held its place and was as well patronized as in former 
 years. 
 
 But with the gradual growth in merit of the newly founded high 
 school which, as it increased in the number of its scholarship and 
 branched out to include practically all the subjects before that time 
 taught almost exclusively in this section in the academy, the latter 
 began gradually to lose its hold and in 1896 it was closed permanently 
 
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 and the academic department was united to that of the High School at 
 the beginning of the school year of 1900. 
 
 This school, founded in 1877, has rapidly increased in efficiency 
 until at present it bears the reputation of being one of the best public 
 schools in the State, and its yearly attendance is very large, 1,100 
 pupils being registered there for the present school year, 260 of whom 
 are students in the academic department. 
 
 The main building of the Canandaigua public school system 
 stands in Main Street, opposite the end of Gorham Street, and is a 
 large and well equipped building having, besides up to date furnish- 
 ings and appurtenances in other departments, a very creditable school 
 museum, a physical laboratory, a chemical laboratory, and a biological 
 equipment superior to most schools of its class. 
 
 There are also three branch or ward schools for the lower depart- 
 ments, one situated in Adelaide Avenue in the western part of the 
 town, one in Chapel Street in the northern part and one in Saltonstall 
 Street in the southeastern part. 
 
 During the past few years the main building, large and roomy 
 as it is, has proven inadequate for the demands upon it, and a splendid 
 new building for the accommodation of the academic department is 
 in course of construction in Main Street North upon the site of the 
 old academy. 
 
 This building is to be equipped in the most modern manner and 
 is constructed with particular regard to sanitary consideration and 
 taking care of the physical health of the student at the same time that 
 his mind is improved. 
 
 During the time since a year before the closing of the old academy 
 until the close of the school year of 1905, when he tendered his resig- 
 nation, the public school system of Canandaigua was under the con- 
 trol of Superintendent Dr. J. C. Norris, formerly principal of the old 
 academy and an educator of note. 
 
 The present principal and superintendent of the school is Dr. 
 James Winne, who has had a varied and valuable experience as an 
 educator and is keeping the school up to the high plane of efficiency 
 for which it has long been noted, his efforts being supplemented by a 
 corps of efficient teachers, most of them college graduates or grad- 
 uates of teachers' training classes. 
 
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 The character of the school is best attested by the fact that a 
 certificate of graduation therefrom entitles the holder to enter any 
 college in the country. 
 
 A conservative estimate of the value of school property in Can- 
 andaigua, including grounds, buildings and equipment, places the 
 sum total at $400,000, a showing which might well be envied by many 
 towns of much greater size. 
 
 Taken all in all the. public school system of Canandaigua is one 
 of which any town might well feel proud, and with the completion of 
 the new building it will have an equipment equalled by few in the State. 
 
 St. Mary's parochial school, which stands in the rear of the new 
 Roman Catholic Church, corner of Main and Gibson Streets, is a 
 model institution of its class and has exerted a most excellent influ- 
 ence upon the young people who have been students there. 
 
 The teachers having the school in charge are nuns of the order 
 of St. Joseph, ladies of refinement and learning, admirably adapted to 
 take charge of the development of youthful minds and to train their 
 pupils for the work of the higher schools. 
 
 This school was established for and is supported by the members 
 of St. Mary's Church congregation. 
 
 The principal of the school at present is Rev. James T. Dougherty, 
 rector of St. Mary's Church, a former teacher and a gentleman of 
 high accompHshments. While this school is devoted solely to the 
 education of Catholic children, it conforms in every way to the re- 
 quirements of the regents of the State, and while as regards secular 
 subjects the school teaches only the preliminary branches, its work 
 has always been characterized by a high order of merit and its grad- 
 uates have been exceptionally successful, both in other schools to 
 which they have gone and in the different avocations which they have 
 taken up subsequent to leaving St. Mary's. 
 
 The building itself is a fine one, which has recently undergone 
 extensive repairs, and is maintained in excellent condition by ' the 
 parents and friends of its students. 
 
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The Frederick Ferris Thompson Hospital 
 
 HIS magnificent institution, the gift to the village of Mrs. 
 Mary C. Thompson, in memory of her deceased husband, 
 Frederick Ferris Thompson, is concededly one of the 
 finest hospitals anywhere in the United States. 
 Its erection was begun in the spring of 1903, it was dedicated 
 June 14, 1904, and opened for use in August of the same year. 
 
 The building was designed by Francis R. Allen of Boston, and 
 its erection and equipment represent in round numbers an outlay of 
 $200,000. 
 
 Nothing but the finest material was used in its construction, and 
 the main building is absolutely fireproof. 
 
 The walls and floors are so constructed as to make possible their 
 keeping in a sanitary condition and are as near germ proof as may be. 
 
 The main building will accommodate about forty patients and 
 the annex for contagious cases with which the institution is provided 
 will accommodate from ten to fifteen patients. 
 
 This annex is situated at a suitable distance from the main build- 
 ing, but is furnished with power and heat from the central plant and is 
 equipped for the care of contagious diseases according to the same 
 high standard maintained throughout the entire institution. 
 
 Its two floors can be practically isolated from each other for the 
 care of two classes of disease and the building has separate entrances 
 for these two floors. 
 
 Smallpox cases are not handled here but a separate pavilion has 
 been provided for the treatment of this disease, at a point on the 
 southeastern outskirts of the village, the funds for which building 
 were provided jointly by Mrs. Thompson and the village. 
 
 The laundry apparatus and heating plant are situated in a separate 
 building. 
 
 The nurses of the Thompson Hospital are all graduates of reHa- 
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 the institution are administered by a Board of Directors made up of 
 both ladies and gentlemen. 
 
 Dr. Edward W. Mulligan, one of the leading surgeons of the 
 neighboring city of Rochester, is the consulting surgeon, and the visit- 
 ing stafif is made up of Drs. O. J. Hallenbeck, F. P. Warner, F. E. 
 McClellan, J. H. Jewett and H. C. Buell. 
 
 Bacteriological Laboratory 
 
 HERE are two fine hospitals in Canandaigua in addition 
 to a well known private hospital for the insane, and these 
 are now supplemented by the erection and equipment of 
 a bacteriological laboratory on the grounds of the 
 Thompson Memorial Hospital. 
 
 Mrs. Mary C. Thompson, who also donated the hospital to the vil- 
 lage, bears the expense of furnishing the site and building and equip- 
 ping the laboratory, the only condition imposed being that the Board 
 of Supervisors of the county should appropriate a yearly sum of 
 $1,500.00 to be used in payment of the salary of an expert bacteriolo- 
 gist to have charge of the work of the institution. 
 
 The work of the laboratory will comprise the determination of 
 the presence or absence in the throat, blood or intestinal secretions of 
 contagious germs, and thus will be of great value to the health offi- 
 cers of the county in establishing and raising quarantine. Samples of 
 water or milk suspected of being contaminated may be sent there 
 by any citizen for examination provided some legally qualified physi- 
 cian or health officer endorses such request. 
 
 The veterinary surgeon may also avail himself of the advantage 
 in having the presence or absence of contagious disease in animals 
 determined. In short, any matter which affects the health of the 
 community from a contagious or infectious standpoint may be in- 
 quired into,, and all this free of charge to residents of the county. 
 
 Thus to Canandaigua is accorded the distinction of being the first 
 town in the state to become the seat of a county bacteriological labo- 
 ratory, Ontario County being a pioneer in this regard. 
 
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The Canandaigua Hospital 
 
 HE Canandaigua Hospital of Physicians and Surgeons, for- 
 merly known as the Beahan Hospital, was first opened to 
 the public in June, 1898. The first building erected that 
 year was a three story brick structure, situated in Gor- 
 ham Street, facing the Court House Square. 
 
 The idea of the establishment of a hospital here originated with 
 Dr. A. L. Beahan, at that time and to-day one of Canandaigua's lead- 
 ing physicians. 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of, Directors of the institution, held 
 April 7, 1903, it was unanimously voted to change the name to that 
 of the Canandaigua Hospital of Physicians and Surgeons. 
 
 In January, 1903, the capacity of the building was enlarged from 
 sixteen to fifty beds, and in the same year numerous improvements 
 were made in the hospital, including the installation of an elevator, 
 the addition of an ambulance and the equipment of a modern oper- 
 ating room. Also in 1903 the institution received a charter for the 
 establishment of a training school for nurses which has since been 
 one of its important features. 
 
 The scope of the work of this hospital is in a measure peculiar, 
 as it is entirely owned and administered by physicians, and all the offi- 
 cers and directors of the company are also members of the medical 
 profession. 
 
 All manner of hospital work is included in its treatments and all 
 classes of cases are handled, the institution thus conforming to the re- 
 quirements of a general hospital and at the same time retaining in a 
 large measure the private character by which it has always been dis- 
 tinguished. 
 
 There are no wards in this hospital as the management is stead- 
 fastly opposed to the ward principle, believing that its influence is 
 beneficial to neither nurse nor invalid, and thus in this institution the 
 charity patient and the more well to do sufferer are both accorded 
 the privilege of a private room. 
 
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CANANDAIGUA 
 
 A monthly paper, known as the "Hospital Record," is published 
 by this company, and is serving an unique and helpful mission by the 
 publication of local medical papers, detailed reports of cases treated 
 and by valuable suggestions. 
 
 The hospital since its establishment has rendered a remarkable 
 service to the locality within its sphere of influence and its good work 
 is progressing in an encouraging and consistent manner. 
 
 Brigham Hall. 
 
 RIGHAM HALL is an incorporated hospital for mental 
 and nervous disorders. It was founded by Dr. George 
 Cook in 1855 when the Utica Asylum was the only insti- 
 tution of like character in the state west of the Hudson 
 River. In 1859, Dr. John B. Chapin became an associate officer, and 
 a charter was granted by special act of the Legislature. In this char- 
 ter appeared for the first time in the legislation in this State the use of 
 the term "hospital" applied to an institution for the care and treat- 
 ment of the insane. 
 
 The Hall is situated upon a farm of one hundred acres, about one 
 mile from the center of the village. From its elevated location it com- 
 mands views of the village, the lake and the surrounding country for 
 many miles, and yet affords that privacy and seclusion required for the 
 best treatment of certain stages of mental disorders. The average 
 number of patients under treatment is sixty, about equally divided 
 between the sexes. The whole number received to January, 1906^ 
 was 2,105. 
 
 The treatment is that which experience has demonstrated best 
 promotes recovery, or prevents the mental deterioration of those who- 
 cannot be restored, and secures the comfort and comparative happi- 
 ness of all. While the insane can be received only in accordance with 
 the laws governing their admission, cases of neurasthenia, or of the 
 alcohol or drug habit, who are not insane, are occasionally admitted 
 upon their written application. 
 
 For nearly thirty years the hospital has been under the super- 
 intendence of Dr. Dwight R. Burrell as the resident physician. 
 
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Ontario Orphan Asylum 
 
 HE Ontario Orphan Asylum was founded in July, 1863, 
 having for its object the care of orphan and destitute 
 children in the County of Ontario, with particular ref- 
 erence at that time to orphans of soldiers of the Civil 
 
 War. 
 
 Its governing board consists of twenty-four managers, from 
 which number a President, two Secretaries, a Treasurer and four 
 directresses are annually elected. Also a Board of seven trustees, act- 
 ing as the legal representatives of the corporation for the purpose of 
 receiving and holding property belonging to it, and for the perform- 
 ance of other like duties. 
 
 The asylum has an endowment sufificient to meet a portion of the 
 expense of maintaining it, but for the balance needed it is dependent 
 upon the gifts of friends who are interested in the work of the insti- 
 tution. 
 
 Within the last two years extensive and much needed repairs and 
 additions have been made to the Asylum buildings. 
 
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Clubs 
 
 ANANDAIGUA has three exceptionally prosperous and 
 successful clubs, the Red Jacket, named in honor of the 
 famous old Indian Chief; The Kanandarque, whose name 
 is derived from that of the village itself in the form used 
 by the Indians, and the Business Men's Club. 
 
 The Red Jacket Club house is situated at the corner of Main and 
 Gorham Streets in a dignified old style building shown in the accom- 
 panying illustration, and was formerly the home of Nathaniel Gor- 
 ham, one of the pioneers of this section. The club itself has a limited 
 membership but is an organization which has been for years very 
 closely identified with the business and social life of the community, 
 and is widely known throughout the State. 
 
 The rooms of The Kanandarque Club are situated on the second 
 floor of the Hallenbeck building, at the corner of Court and Ontario 
 Streets, and those of the Business Men's Club on the third floor of the 
 Grieve building in Main Street. 
 
 The membership of both these clubs is made up of representa- 
 tive business and professional men, and the clubs enjoy a high repu- 
 tation as excellent organizations for the fostering of pleasant relaxa- 
 tion as well as of business and social relations. 
 
 It is not too much to say that in the membership of these three 
 clubs is included much of the talent, the brains and the ability in 
 various lines that are contributing to Canandaigua's growth and up- 
 building. 
 
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Court House 
 
 NE of the most striking and noteworthy of Canandaigua's 
 public buildings is the Court House, which stands almost 
 in the center of the village, surrounded by wide and 
 beautiful lawns. 
 
 The building stands on rising ground, is dignified and massive in 
 appearance and its large dome is a landmark for all the surrounding 
 country. 
 
 The ground floor is occupied by the postofifice, the County Clerk's 
 offices, the District Attorney's office, the Supervisors' rooms and the 
 County Surrogate's and United States Marshal's office. 
 
 On the second floor are the County Court rooms, the Supreme 
 Coui-t Justices' chambers and the Federal Cotirt rooms, where sessions 
 of the United States Federal Court are convened for the trial of cases 
 outside the jurisdiction of the State courts. 
 
 The fact of its being the county seat of Ontario County and the 
 convening here of the various sessions of court give to Canandaigua 
 an added importance as the natural legislative, political and executive 
 center of a large and prosperous territory, and the frequent appear- 
 ance here of many of the leading legal lights of the State at Supreme 
 or Federal Court sessions has its unmistakable efifect upon the life of 
 the town. 
 
 At present the accommodations of the Court House building are 
 taxed to the utmost and an appropriation for the sum of $75,000 has 
 been made by Congress for the erection of a new postoffice building, 
 the construction of which will be begun in the near future. 
 
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New Postoffice 
 
 S has been noted in another article, the Canandaigua post- 
 office is situated on the ground floor of the Court House 
 building in which the Federal Government owns a joint 
 interest with the county. 
 
 For some time past these quarters have been inadequate for the 
 handling of the large mail service which comes through this station. 
 
 Canandaigua at present has a first class mail service with two 
 regular deliveries every day, and eight extensive free mail routes are 
 served from this point. 
 
 The necessity of larger and better quarters for the handHng of 
 this business has been for some time evident, and at a session of the 
 Board of Supervisors of Ontario County, held in March, 1906, formal 
 action was taken to place the necessities of the situation before the 
 proper authorities. 
 
 To this end a special committee of the Board visited Washington 
 and called upon Hon. Sereno E. Payne, representative in Congress 
 from this district, who introduced into Congress a bill presenting the 
 wants of Canandaigua in this particular. 
 
 Before the end of that session of Congress a bill was passed 
 appropriating $75,000 for the purpose, so that the erection of a mod- 
 ern and commodious postoffice building for Canandaigua is assured. 
 
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The Lisk Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 
 
 Y far the largest and most important manufacturing indus- 
 try located in Canandaigua is the Lisk Manufacturing 
 Company, Limited, the product of whose plant is known 
 
 in every city and in almost every village of the United 
 States. 
 
 This industry was started on a small scale in the village of Clifton 
 Springs in 1889 and in 1892 the plant was moved from there to Can- 
 andaigua through the efforts of the organization then known as the 
 Canandaigua Board of Trade. 
 
 A site was secured on the lower or eastern end of Gorham Street 
 and in July of that year operations were begun in the new factory. 
 
 The concern at that time employed about one hundred people 
 and its capital stock was $40,000. 
 
 Li the early days of its history in Canandaigua the company man- 
 ufactured anti-rusting tinware only, but new lines have been contin- 
 ually added from year to year and the product of the factory has 
 found its way into every state in the Union. 
 
 In 1903 the original concern was merged with the McLaughlin- 
 Martin-Parkhurst Company, a firm incorporated for the purpose of 
 manufacturing enamel steel ware, the consolidated firms retaining the 
 name of the Lisk Manufacturing Company, Limited. 
 
 The growth of the company has been remarkably rapid and vigor- 
 ous, and at present it employs about 800 hands and is capitalized at 
 $2,000,000. 
 
 Its products are of the highest class of the kind manufactured and 
 are sold exclusively to the best hardware and house-furnishing trade 
 throughout the country. 
 
 On the books of the company are the names of 20,000 active 
 customers and the firm receives and ships dozens of cars daily. 
 
 The officers of the company are : 
 
 President and General Manager, J. R. McLaughlin. 
 
 Vice Presidents, T. W. Martin and J. L. McLaughlin. 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer, L. A. Parkhurst. 
 
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CANANDAIGUA 
 
 Under the energetic management of these gentlemen the firm has 
 grown to its present prosperous proportions and is steadily advancing. 
 
 The important part which this firm has played in the industrial 
 development of Canandaigua can hardly be over-estimated, as it has 
 contributed to the general welfare and upbuilding of the community, 
 and many of the advantages which Canandaigua now enjoys may be 
 traced directly or indirectly to the influence of this concern. 
 
 While employing a large number of men the prosperity of the 
 concern has never been threatened nor hampered by labor troubles 
 nor has a strike of any kind ever occurred among its woi'kmen. 
 
 Since the Lisk Company has been doing business in Canandaigua 
 there has been a notable increase in the value of real estate through- 
 out the village, in some cases an advance of as much as fifty per cent, 
 being noted, and this increase is largely attributable to the activity in- 
 duced in various lines by the operation of so large a corporation. 
 
 Also it may be said that the very large weekly payroll of the com- 
 pany, which its employees for the most part expend in Canandaigua, 
 has been and is a very important item in the retail trade of the village. 
 
 The manner in which this corporation, beginning in Canandaigua 
 in a comparatively small way, has in fourteen years grown to be the 
 large and important concern that it now is, affords an excellent exam- 
 ple of the opportunities that Canandaigua offers as a base' for the 
 establishment of a manufacturing industry and there is no reason to 
 believe but that other companies establishing themselves here can 
 feel confident of enjoying a steady and healthy growth and be accorded 
 every opportunity to transact their business in a town alive to the de- 
 sirability of such concerns, willing to grant them every reasonable in- 
 ducement for location and affording unlimited advantages, not only 
 as regards industrial conditions but in every other manner as well. 
 
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 HE McKechnie Brewing Company was founded in 1843 ^J 
 James and Alexander McKechnie, who came here from 
 Scotland. In its early days the plant which is situated 
 in the northwestern portion of the town near the New 
 York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company's tracks, was a 
 very small concern, the power being furnished by a horse sweep such 
 as was then in use for propelling light machinery. 
 
 The product of the plant from its very earliest days was noted for 
 its excellence, and the business grew steadily, until in 1871 the present 
 buildings were erected. After the death of Alexander McKechnie in 
 1883, the firm was incorporated as a stock company, under the name of 
 the McKechnie Brewing Company and the firm continued under the 
 management of James McKechnie until his death, in 1889. From this 
 time on the business was managed by the late John D. McKechnie, 
 until September i, 1904, when it was sold to parties residing in Buf- 
 falo, the principal stockholder being C. P. Hugo Schoellkopf, who has 
 since been President of the company and who besides has large busi- 
 ness interests in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. 
 
 Siijce passing under the control of this firm the plant has been 
 fully remodeled and placed upon a thoroughly modern footing. At 
 present it manufactures only the celebrated Canandaigua ale, and 
 so excellent a reputation does this product enjoy that shipments are 
 made as far west as Salt Lake City, Utah, although the freight to that 
 point exceeds by one hundred and fifty per cent, the cost of the ale at 
 Canandaigua. 
 
 The average yearly output of the plant is 42,000 barrels of ale 
 as against 35,000, which was the maximum product when the new firm 
 took the management, an increase of 7,000 barrels in two years. 
 
 With its present . equipment the brewery is capable of turning 
 out 60,000 barrels annually and it is expected that the product will 
 reach this point in two years. Connected with the brewery is a large 
 cooperage where the kegs and barrels necessary for handling the 
 
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 product are manufactured. There is also in connection with the main 
 plant a large cold storage warehouse capable of housing 30,000 bar- 
 rels of apples and where yearly large quantities of the choice fruit 
 grown in the vicinity of Canandaigua are stored. 
 
 In the production of its ale the company ttses only the choicest 
 Western New York and imported hops and high grade malt made 
 from barley grown in Western New York, the best barley grow- 
 ing section in the country. 
 
 Throughout all the processes of manufacture and in all depart- 
 ments of the plant the strictest cleanliness and attention to sanitary 
 detail is observed. 
 
 The old fashioned wooden tanks formerly used to store the ale 
 have been discarded, and in their stead are steel tanks glass enameled, 
 the utmost precaution being taken to insure the purity of the ale. 
 
 The same attention to cleanliness is paid in all the processes of 
 manufacture, and the result is the production of an ale of such excel- 
 lent quality that it is widely recommended by physicians as a nourish- 
 ing and healthful drink for invalids and those who need a strength 
 building food. Since its acquisition by its present owners the plant 
 has been under the management of G. A. Wegner, a former resident 
 of Buffalo, but who now, with his family, has taken a permanent resi- 
 dence -here. 
 
 The company at present employs about thirty-five men and the 
 annual payroll is approximately $30,000. 
 
 The strength and increasing prosperity of this concern is another 
 demonstration of the excellent field which Canandaigua offers for in- 
 dustrial enterprises, and there are to-day as good opportunities for 
 the establishment of factories of various sorts with as promising pros- 
 pects of a successful future as could be found at any time in the history 
 of the village. 
 
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New York Hydraulic Pressed Brick Works 
 
 MONG the industries of which Canandaigua is proud, and 
 which is an important factor in her commercial upbuild- 
 ing, is the New York Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company, 
 whose large factory is situated on the northwestern out- 
 skirts of the town and employs about one hundred and twenty-five 
 men, the business offices being situated in St. Paul Street, Rochester, 
 N. Y. 
 
 This plant was established in 1893, when a field of fire clay for the 
 manufacture of brick was found to exist in that locality. 
 
 The clay was at first mined from this field, but at present the 
 greater part of the supply is taken from inexhaustible beds in Tioga 
 County, Pennsylvania, and shipped here. 
 
 Machinery operated by hydraulic power is used in the process of 
 manufacture. 
 
 The plant is situated between the Auburn and Batavia branches 
 of the New York Central Railroad, and the buildings cover an area of 
 several acres. 
 
 The average yearly output of the plant is approximately 81,000,- 
 000 bricks of first class quality known as front brick. 
 
 They are marketed almost entirely in the Eastern States and are 
 very popular in New York City, where they are used to a large extent 
 in the building trades. 
 
 The aggregate yearly output of this concern is probably larger 
 than that of any other similar manufactory in New York State. The 
 business has been prosperous since its inception and is at present being 
 carried on with the greatest vigor and with every prospect of con- 
 tinued success. 
 
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The Rush Acetylene Gas Generator Co. 
 
 HIS company manufactures Radiant Acetylene Generators 
 and a large variety of Acetylene appliances. The ma- 
 chine is a very simple, automatic device manufactured 
 from heavy galvanized sheet iron, and is used for the pur- 
 pose of producing a superior quality of artificial light upon a very 
 economical basis. 
 
 The gas produced by this process is not only used for lighting 
 purposes, but also for fuel as well. The flame is very clean and free 
 from smoke, of an intense heating power. 
 
 This business was started about nine years ago, when Mr. Rush 
 began in a small way to manufacture the now well known Rush Auto- 
 matic Acetylene Generators, until it became necessary to have a fac- 
 tory and force of men to build them. The business has had a healthy 
 growth, and although it started in a very modest manner, to-day it is 
 one of the best known concerns engaged in this line of work. 
 
 The Radiant Acetylene Generator is now used and well known all 
 over the United States, the business being especially well established 
 throughout the South and West, as well as in the home State. 
 
 This company is incorporated under the laws of the State of New 
 York, and is capitalized at $50,000. The factory and main office are 
 located at No. 33 Bemis Street, with branch offices in New York, 
 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D. C. This company was 
 incorporated a little over a year ago, and is enjoying a flourishing 
 business. 
 
 The officers include a number of Canandaigua's best and most in- 
 fluential citizens, and are as follows : 
 
 President and General Manager, J. K. Rush. 
 
 Vice President, Senator John Raines. 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer, J. C. Rutherford. 
 
 The Directors are : Senator John Raines, J. K. Rush, G. R. Raines, 
 J. C. Rutherford and W. H. Welch. 
 
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 NE of the oldest and most important industries of Canan- 
 daigua is the large flour and "feed mill conducted under 
 the firm name of Smith Brothers & Company, being 
 established under this name in 1879. 
 
 At that time the capacity of the mill was fifty barrels of flour 
 daily, which has been gradually increased until it now has an average 
 daily output of two hundred barrels, uses approximately 200,000 
 bushels of wheat yearly besides 20,000 bushels each of corn and oats 
 which are converted into ground feed. 
 
 About one-third of the flour produced by the mill is sold locally 
 and the remainder is shipped to outside points, mostly to Eastern 
 cities. 
 
 The famous Smith "A" brand of flour, one of the most deservedly 
 popular makes of flour in the market, is manufactured by this firm and 
 is well known throughout all the Eastern States, in whose markets 
 the flour always finds a ready sale. 
 
 The amount of farm products handled by this firm assists ma- 
 terially in making Canandaigua a good market for these commodities 
 and large sums of money are annually paid the farmers by this con- 
 cern. 
 
 Situated in Ontario Street, near the New York Central Station, is 
 another large flouring mill which, while not so extensive in its opera- 
 tions as that of Smith Brothers & Company, is a flourishing and 
 prosperous concern, and produces an excellent brand of flour. 
 
 This mill, formerly known as the Richmond Mill, but now owned 
 and operated by A. B. Nichols, does a large business the year around 
 and is a material aid in the furnishing of a suitable market in Canan- 
 daigua for farm products. 
 
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The Robinson Plow Works 
 
 NE of the smaller manufactories of Canandaigua, but one 
 which is, nevertheless, noted for the excellence of its 
 products, is the Robinson Chilled Plow Works, founded 
 in 1865 by John S. Robinson, and now owned and oper- 
 ated by Alexander Davidson. 
 
 Plows manufactured here have been shipped to all parts of the 
 United States and have been exported to Australia. In construction 
 and working qualities they are in a measure similar to the Syracuse 
 Chilled Plows and many first class farmers prefer them to any other 
 make. While the factory and its product is small, there is a good 
 chance for its development, and enjoying the excellent reputation 
 that it does there is little doubt that the output of the plant can be 
 largely increased and a ready market found for the implements man- 
 ufactured. 
 
 Canning Factory 
 
 ITUATED just above the Buffalo Street crossing of the 
 New York Central, and on the line of that railroad, is 
 the plant of the Cobb Preserving Company, formerly 
 known as the Empire Preserving Company, and operated 
 by a concern made up mostly of local stockholders before being pur- 
 chased by the Cobb Company, which also operates another plant at 
 Fairport, N. Y. 
 
 This plant is equipped and designed especially for the preserving 
 of apples, pumpkins, squash, beans, peas, and other farm produce, and 
 the company has also dealt quite extensively in evaporated berries. 
 
 The plant is practically a new one, having been erected only a few 
 years ago, and when running to its full capacity erwploys upward of 
 one hundred hands, the factory having facilities for a large daily out- 
 put of canned goods. 
 
 When in full operation large quantities of farm products are 
 handled daily, thus furnishing an important market to the farmers of 
 the vicinity, as well as employment to numerous operatives. 
 
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Cider Mill 
 
 ITUATED in Parrish Street, in the southern portion of the 
 village, is the large cider mill and evaporator owned and 
 operated by James D. Murray. On an average about 
 25,000 bushels of apples are used here yearly and in some 
 particularly favorable years as many as 50,000 bushels have been used. 
 Besides the evaporating plant the mill proper manufactures cider, 
 cider vinegar and apple jelly, being well equipped with up to date 
 machinery for the production of these goods, and enjoying an enviable 
 reputation for the excellent quality of its output. 
 
 This is among the industries which help to furnish a favorable 
 market in Canandaigua for the product of the surrounding fruit 
 orchards. 
 
 Spoke Factory 
 
 T the southern extremity of the village, near the foot of the 
 lake, is a small but thriving industry — a spoke factory — 
 owned and operated by William Garratt. To this factory, 
 which makes a specialty of turning out supplies, hubs 
 and spokes for wagon factories, are yearly jirawn large quantities of 
 first class lumber, and the machinery of the mill converts it into the 
 finished product, ready to ship to the consumer. 
 
 This plant is in operation the year around and furnishes steady 
 employment to a number of men. ■^^ ,,3, .j. , „, 
 
 Its afifairs are in a healthy and prosperous condition, and while 
 comparatively small its presence adds materially to the industrial life 
 of the town. 
 
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Planing Mills 
 
 MONG the smaller manufacturing industries which flourish 
 in Canandaigua are two well equipped planing mills. One 
 of these is conducted by George T. Thompson in con- 
 nection with his large lumber and coal business, and in 
 the mill are manufactured sashes, inside finish for dwelling -houses, 
 blinds, doors, mouldings and brackets. 
 
 Besides this, a general planing, sawing and woodworking business 
 is done, all lumber being purchased in the rough and finished in the 
 mill. 
 
 The other similar institution is conducted in Niagara Street, 
 opposite the New York Central depot, by Frank R. Beecher, and the 
 manufactured products of this mill include door and window frames, 
 sashes, inside finish for dwellings, crates, mouldings, bracket and orna- 
 mental woodwork. 
 
 These plants, while comparatively small, are well equipped and 
 of importance in the business life of the town. 
 
 Cracker Factory 
 
 WELL established and important manufacturing industry 
 
 in Canandaigua is that of the Walker & Tracey cracker 
 
 factory in Main Street. The product of this plant enjoys 
 
 a most excellent reputation and, besides being largely 
 
 sold in Canandaiigua and vicinity, is shipped to all parts of the State. 
 
 The industry is in a flourishing condition and the yearly output 
 
 of the factory is large. 
 
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Canandaigua National Bank 
 
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 HE Canandaigua National Bank opened for business De- 
 cember I, 1887, with a capital of $100,000. It succeeded 
 to the location and the business of the old First -National 
 Bank, which was about to discontinue business. The bank 
 organized with F. H. Hamlin as" President, Robert Chapin as Vice 
 President and H. T. i.Parmele as Cashier. The following were its first 
 Board of Directors: F. H. Hamlin, H. T. Parmele, Thompson Sutherr. 
 land, Marvin A. Wilbur, Henry Foster, Robert Chapin, J. Henry Met- 
 c^lf, .Ay.; H.Tuttle and E. O. Hollister. 
 
 • .There was nt) change in officers until 1894 when, on the death of ■ 
 Mr. Chztpin, W.- A- . Higinbotham was chosen. Vice President. In Jan- ' 
 uary, 1898, the ofiice of Assistant Cashier was created, and Heriry'A.- 
 Beeman was elected thereto. Np further change occurred anlong 
 the bank's officers until January, 1906, when the following officers, f 
 were chosen and now serve: President, F. H. Hamlin; President of 
 the Board of Directors, H. T. Parmele; Vice Presidents, W. A. Higin- ; 
 botham and G. W. Hamlin; Cashier, H. A. Beeman, and Assistant 
 Cashier, A..,W:'' Sutherland. The directors of the bank now are: G. G- 
 Benham, W. A. Higinbotham/ F. H. Hamlin, G. W. Hamlin, H. M. 
 Parmele, H.' T. Parmele, S. J. Sutherland„L. T. Sutherland and M. A. 
 Wilbur. K . ■•- 
 
 The bank has prospered, and, according to the last published bank 
 statements has more deposits than Any other bank in the county. 
 Although its 'management is, conservative, it expects to give its custo- 
 mers every assistance which circumstances will warrant. Its aim is- 
 to care for many interests while capitalizing none. From the first, 
 the bank-has;paid interest at the rate of 3 per cent., per annum on 
 inactive .deposits, believing it wise to encourage savings accounts. 
 
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The McKechnie Bank 
 
 IJHE McKechnie Bank, one of Canandaigua's flourishing 
 banking institutions, was chartered under the laws of 
 New York State in February, 1899. Its first President 
 was Orin S. Bacon, who died in July, 1901, and was suc- 
 ceeded by Bradley Wynkoop, the present President. In May, 1902, 
 the McKechnie Bank consolidated with the private banking business 
 of Edward G. Hayes, successor to Williams and Barnes, Mr. Hayes 
 becoming Vice President and Manager of the McKechnie Bank. At 
 that time the number of directors was increased from seven to fifteen, 
 and its present directorate includes the strongest list of names ever 
 connected with a bank in Canandaigua. 
 
 The McKechnie Bank does a general banking business, is widely 
 and favorably known as an institution of unquestioned safety and high 
 standing in the business world, and has particularly secure and con- 
 venient storage space and safe deposit boxes for rental. 
 Its present officers and directors are as follows: 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Bradley Wynkoop, President; Edward G. Hayes, Vice President; 
 J. Edward Dayton, Secretary; Peter P. Turner, Cashier; Walter S. 
 Sleght, Assistant Cashier. 
 
 DIRECTORS. 
 
 Orin S. Bacon, Dwight R. Burrell, J. Edward Dayton, Alexander 
 Davidson, Edward G. Hayes, Frederick A. McKechnie, James R. Mc- 
 Laughlin, Thomas P. Murray, Frank Rice, James A. Robson, Robert 
 F. Thompson, Job Wolverton, and Bradley Wynkoop, all of Canan- 
 daigua ; Joseph W. Swain, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Thomas B. Wilson, 
 of Halls Corners, N. Y. 
 
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Railroads 
 
 N important point to be considered by those seeking a de- 
 sirable location for a manufacturing establishment is the 
 railroad facilities ofifered and in this respect Canandaigua 
 lays claim to exceptional advantages. 
 
 In 1837 before the present main line of the New York Central 
 had even been begun that company started the building of a line run- 
 ning from Auburn to Rochester, which was the earliest road built by 
 the New York Central through this section. 
 
 It is still known as the Auburn road, sometimes as "The Old 
 Road" to distinguish it from the newer or main line. 
 
 This, in conjunction with the Canandaigua-Batavia branch of 
 the New York Central, and the Northern Central Railroad, a branch 
 of the Pennsylvania system, together with the Rochester and Eastern 
 Rapid Railway, an electric line, give to Canandaigua importance as a 
 railroad center possessed by few towns of her size. , . 
 
 Canandaigua is also the eastern terminus of the Batavia road and 
 the northern terminus of the Northern Central. 
 
 Manufactured products, or other articles of freight may thus be 
 shipped from Canandaigua on as direct connection to any part of the 
 United States, or for that matter, to any„part of the world as though 
 the shipper were located in a city many times her size, since the New 
 York Central and the Pennsylvania are two of the largest railroad sys- 
 tems in the country, and their connections extend to every point 
 which shippers may desire to reach. 
 
 In addition to the railroad facilities already possessed, Canan- 
 daigua bids fair to soon become the Northern terminus of a projected 
 electric line from Atlanta northward through, the beautiful Bristol Val- 
 ley, which line, if constructed, as it undpuj^tedly will be within a few 
 years, will tap a splendid agricultural region at present untouched by 
 a railroad, and should largely incje^S;e the business of Canandaigua by 
 furnishing a speedy and conveijj^nt route for the marketing of such 
 produce as would naturally come here and the transfer here to other 
 
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 roads of large quantities of produce destined for more distant markets, 
 as well as turning the trend of trade in that region toward the town. 
 
 Another railroad project which would materially add to the im- 
 portance of Canandaigua would be the extension of the Shawmut 
 system through from its present Northern terminus to a point on Lake 
 Ontario, passing through Canandaigua. 
 
 This project has been frequently discussed and while no definite 
 plans have as yet been undertaken for its execution, nevertheless it is 
 one of the possibilities of the near future and, besides its other bene- 
 fits, would result in bringing Canandaigua in even closer connection 
 with the coal fields of Pennsylvania, though her position now in that 
 regard is particularly enviable since, being the northern terminus of 
 one of the most important branches of the Pennsylvania system, she 
 is in a position to obtain promptly and easily large shipments of coal 
 for all purposes directly from the Pennsylvania fields at a rate lower 
 than that paid by other cities not so fortunately located. 
 
 Here are a few facts regarding the amount of railroad business 
 at present transacted in Canandaigua : 
 
 Thirty-six passenger trains enter and leave Canandaigua daily 
 over the steam roads. 
 
 Forty-six trains enter and leave Canandaigua daily on the Roch- 
 ester and Eastern electric road. 
 
 All steam road trains arrive at and leave from the Union Station 
 which is controlled by the New York Central. 
 
 Through Pullman sleepers direct for New York and points East 
 via the New York Central, and for Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wa^- 
 ington via the Pennsylvania leave the Canandaigua station every night 
 in the year. 
 
 Direct connections for all points in the West, Northwest and the 
 Dominion of Canada can be made via the New York Central from 
 Canandaigua, changing at Rochester or Buffalo. 
 
 The yearly earnings of the New York Central freight station here 
 reach an aggregate of approximately two million dollars. 
 
 The yearly earnings of the Northern Central freight station here 
 also closely approximate the sum of two million dollars. 
 
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CANANDAIGUA 
 
 As the northern terminus of the Northern Central, Canandaigua 
 is a very important transfer point for freight between the New York 
 Central and the Pennsylvania systems. 
 
 The Northern Central handles a daily average of about three 
 hundred freight cars in the Canandaigua yards. 
 
 The New York Central handles a daily average of about 500 cars 
 in the Canandaigua yards. 
 
 Conditions are favorable in Canandaigua to meet the demands of 
 an increased freight and passenger traffic which would come with new 
 industries. 
 
 The Rochester & Eastern Rapid Railway 
 
 |HE opening of new railroad lines through any section of 
 the country usually indicates that the growth in prosper- 
 ity and business opportunities of that section is so great 
 as to create a demand for new means of transportation. 
 When plans were put forward for the building of the Rochester 
 and Eastern Rapid Railway many doubts were expressed as to the 
 paying properties of such a scheme, it being pointed out that the 
 facilities furnished by the steam roads were sufficient for the needs of 
 the community. 
 
 In spite, however, of these predictions the new road prospered 
 from the start and its'hourly service between Rochester and Geneva 
 has come to be'rdgarded as a most important factor in local travel, as 
 the frequency 'with -which the. trains run gives ample opportunities 
 for making connections in Rochester with the several roads which 
 enter that city but do not come to Canandaigua; and this service, sup- 
 plementing that of the steam trains, gives to Canandaigua a railroad 
 service unequalled by any Western New York town of its size and 
 importance. 
 
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CANANDAIGUA 
 
 Forty-six passenger trains arrive at and depart from the Roch- 
 ester and Eastern station daily and there is also an excellent express 
 and package freight service to all points along the route. 
 
 The main executive ofifices, the repair shops and power house, 
 are located at Canandaigua, and a majority of the employees of the 
 road reside here, as does also the General Manager and other officials, 
 so that Canandaigua is really the main center of this important road. 
 
 The country through which the Rochester and Eastern passes 
 is a beautiful one and a ride over the length of the line in the Spring, 
 Summer or Autumn is a treat to any one, whether a stranger or 
 one familiar with the locality. 
 
 The equipment of the road is the best, its cars are of the finest 
 type obtainable, and the service that it afifords is excellent. 
 
 The road has done much to add to the prosperity of Canandaigua, 
 as it brings the surrounding farming community into closer touch with 
 the village, whereby the trade of many is diverted to Canandaigua 
 and the general prosperity of the community is increased. 
 
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Canandaigua Lake Steamers 
 
 HE passenger, freight and express service on Canandaigua 
 Lake during the summer months is furnished by the 
 steamers Onnalinda, Ogarita and Orianna of the Canan- 
 daigua Lake Transportation Company's line, the three 
 steamers having a capacity of eight hundred passengers or one hun- 
 dred and twenty-five tons of package freight per trip. This lake serv- 
 ice is supplemented by excellent connections with three railroads. 
 
 Along the lake shore are cottages in abundance to rent at prices 
 varying from $15.00 to $75.00 per month, and the easy accessibility of 
 the excellent markets of Canandaigua and the abundance of fruit in 
 the vicinity of the lake render conditions ideal for the furnishing of 
 the cuisine. 
 
 The territory from Rochester and Geneva to Canandaigua Lake 
 has an hourly train service via the Rochester and Eastern Rapid Rail- 
 way and the fare, both on the railroad and on the lake, is very low, it 
 being possible to travel from either of the cities named to the head 
 of Canandaigua Lake and return for eighty cents. 
 
 In September and October the business of handling the enor- 
 mous output of the vineyards along the lake in a large measure super- 
 sedes the passenger traffic and during those months, as well as far into 
 November, taxes to the full the capacity of the steamers. 
 
 About 50,000 passengers are caiTied annually by the steamers 
 and approximately 5,000 tons of freight, most of the latter being 
 grapes. 
 
 It is stated by Manager Louis Sayer of the Transportation Com- 
 pany, and the statement is borne out by the records, that in the ten 
 years of his incumbency not one serious accident has occurred on the 
 boats to either crew or passengers, an enviable record for the amount 
 of business transacted. 
 
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Canandaigua Lake 
 
 |HE name Canandaigua is derived from the language of the 
 Indians who a few centuries ago occupied this region, 
 the original term being given as Kanandarque or Ganan- 
 darque, signifying, in the language of the aborigines 
 "Sleeping Beauty." ■ 
 
 That this appellation is well deserved no one who has ever visited 
 this beautiful sheet of water will deny. 
 
 Canandaigua Lake is about sixteen miles in length and varies 
 from one-half mile to two miles in width, its narrowest part being at 
 its southern extremity and its widest at a point about two and one- 
 half miles above Canandaigua. 
 
 The average width is, however, about one and one-half miles, 
 varying as noted. 
 
 It is difficult to describe the beauties of the lake itself and of the 
 surrounding country without running the risk of inducing incredulity 
 in the average reader, but the fact remains that many who have had 
 opportunity to view the famous resorts of this and other countries 
 concur in saying that for attractive features Canandaigua Lake is sur- 
 passed by few small bodies of water either in this country or abroad. 
 
 The shores of the lake along its northern extremity are, in a 
 measure, commonplace, though affording from the deck of a steamer 
 or from any craft on the lake a pleasing and diversified view of well 
 tilled and productive soil, stretches of green pasture and wooded 
 slopes, restful indeed to the eye wearied with the rushing panorama 
 of the city. 
 
 As the traveler proceeds further up the lake his eye is regaled with 
 an ever changing vista, showing gradually less and less of the charac- 
 teristics of the agricultural landscape and merging into a delightful 
 confusion of lofty hill sides covered with the primeval growth and as 
 yet practically unscarred by the implements of industry. 
 
 To tell even briefly of the many beautiful spots that are to be 
 found along Canandaigua Lake would require a space much greater 
 
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 than can be accorded in the pages of this book, and the ideas of the 
 reader on the subject must for the most part be gleaned from the 
 illustrations shown herein. 
 
 However, there are a few of the more notable spots that are 
 especially deserving of mention and a reference to which may be of 
 service to the traveler who comes to view this queen among lakes. 
 
 The lower half of the lake is, during the summer, a lively place, 
 for while there are no amusement centers such as distinguish, and 
 in some cases disfigure many lake resorts, the cottages have within 
 the last decade greatly increased in number, so that now the colony 
 of summer residents if gathered altogether would people a fairly large 
 village. 
 
 About six miles up on the east side a group of summer cottages 
 has been erected and so numerous have they grown that the place is 
 known as Cottage City, and as it is within easy driving distance from 
 the village and is only a short run on steamer or launch, many of the 
 business men during the summer months go there nightly, returning 
 to their duties in the morning, and this is also true of many other 
 points along the shore. 
 
 Further up the lake the scenery becomes to the lover of nature 
 more interesting and beautiful. 
 
 At Seneca Point on the west side is a large level stretch extending 
 back from the beach and very popular as a picnic resort and a place 
 for parties to spend the day. 
 
 Directly back of these grounds the hills rise abruptly, their sides 
 clothed with a thick growth of fir, pine, oak, maple and other trees 
 that flourish in this latitude. 
 
 Through a cleft in these hills flows a small stream which finds its 
 way to the lake through a wild and picturesque gully — known as 
 Seneca Glen, one of the notable points along the lake and one that 
 attracts many visitors yearly. 
 
 Directly across the lake from Seneca is the widely known Bare 
 Hill, famous as the subject of a legend based upon a superstitious be- 
 lief of the" aborigines. 
 
 This great hill is nearly conical in shape and of striking contour, 
 
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 Below its southern slopes lies a wide and fertile stretch of country 
 known as Vine Valley, its pastoral loveliness contrasting sharply with 
 the abrupt and inhospitable hills that surround it. 
 
 On the south side of this valley rises the immense hill known as 
 the Whaleback or South Mountain and a continuation of which 
 stretches to the head of the lake. 
 
 It is from Vine Valley southward that the scenery takes on its 
 most rugged and striking aspect, the towering slopes of the forest 
 covered hills on both sides of the water offering a continual variety 
 that pleases while it rests the eye. 
 
 All along the western side of Whaleback the forest is almost un- 
 broken save that ndw and then at the base of the hill a lonely cottage 
 nestles or a solitary dwelling hangs upon the foot of the precipitous 
 slope. 
 
 On the west side of the lake the hills, as a rule, slope back more 
 gradually from the water than do Whaleback and Bare Hill, and the 
 vista, while not so wild, is as pleasing and afifords a greater diversity, 
 while the cottages are also more plentiful. 
 
 There are a number of good resorts along the lake where pleasant 
 rooms and good board may be obtained at a reasonable rate and at- 
 tractive cottages may also be rented during the summer. 
 
 There is a large and ever increasing fleet of launches and small 
 craft on the lake and the facilities for aquatic sports are all that could 
 be desired. 
 
 The fisherman who desires to indulge in his favorite pastime will 
 find Canandaigua Lake well suited to his desires, as in its cool depths 
 lurk in abundance the gamy black bass and lake trout, while the most 
 delicious white fish and other excellent varieties are also plentiful. 
 
 The value of her splendid lake to Canandaigua is almost inestim- 
 able, as its waters and shores afford an easily accessible and delight- 
 fully pleasing resort to which, in the heated season, the weary citizen 
 may go for rest, sport and recreation, and aside from this the lake 
 attracts every year thousands of visitors whose pleasure it is to spread 
 far and wide the praises of Canandaigua and of "The Sleeping Beauty." 
 
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Agriculture 
 
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 HE prosperity and progress of a town of medium size is in 
 a very large measure dependent upon the character of 
 the farming country surrounding it, since upon the pros- 
 perity of the farmers, more than upon that of any other 
 class, depends the well being of the nation. 
 
 But while the larger cities are not so directly and immediately 
 affected by the varying fortunes of the agriculturist, the smaller com- 
 munities which are in direct touch with, and furnish the iihmediate 
 outlet for the products of the farms, of necessity feel that their inter- 
 ests are closely related to those of the tillers of the soil and the re- 
 liability and productiveness of the soil itself. 
 
 Therefore a village situated in the center of a rich, fertile and 
 highly tilled agricultural district has just cause to congratulate itself, 
 to feel a pride in its location and a confidence in its own stability. And 
 as to the excellence of her location in this regard Canandaigua can 
 truly claim that she stands second to no village or city in the United 
 States. 
 
 In the first instance the surrounding country is a beautiful one — 
 beautiful in its luxuriant vegetation, its pleasing vistas of rich and fer- 
 tile hillsides and valleys, and in the time of harvest doubly beautiful 
 in its laden fields and its promise of the husbandman's reward. There 
 is almost no limit to the fertility and productiveness of these fields, 
 and the products of the orchards are shipped all over this and foreign 
 countries as "choice Western New York fruit." 
 
 In the districts east of the lake the soil is of a peculiar quality, 
 partaking of the characteristics both of a clay and a gravelly loam, 
 adapted to the raising of heavy crops of corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, 
 hay and beans, and while not so quick to start a crop as are lighter 
 soils it possesses a marvelous amount of what may be termed stability 
 or the quality that gives it the power, when crops are once started, to 
 nourish them steadily and to impart to them a degree of vigor that 
 
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CANANDAIGUA 
 
 enables them to withstand successfully the vicissitudes of weather 
 conditions, and to grow sturdily and steadily to the fruition of an 
 abundant harvest. 
 
 In these districts, too, stock raising is practical and profitable, as 
 the pasture lands furnish rich and succulent grazing for all kinds of 
 stock, while the heavy yields of oats, hay and corn furnish abundant 
 provender for the winter months, a yield of sixty bushels to the acre 
 of oats being regarded as nothing out of the ordinary, while crops 
 yielding from sixty-five to seventy-five bushels per acre are frequent. 
 
 Of late years great attention has been paid to cabbage growing 
 and the industry on the whole has proven highly profitable. 
 
 During the past few years many sugar beets have been grown 
 in Ontario County, and while the industry here is yet in its infancy 
 many of the growers have made large profits on this crop. 
 
 In the east and north the soil in general is of a sandy consistency, 
 and besides the crops mentioned as grown in the section east of the 
 lake, a large acreage of potatoes is raised, the lighter soil being pecu- 
 liarly adapted to their production, and while they thrive in nearly 
 every part of Ontario County, the largest crops are grown in the 
 sandy country. 
 
 The section extending west and south from the village and down 
 to the lake shore afifords a fine example of a fertile farming country 
 and the production of hay and grain is very large. 
 
 In the section south of the village much of the land is given up 
 to the raising of hops and many large yards furnish employment in 
 the autumn to numerous hands, while the output, which is practically 
 all marketed through Canandaigua, furnishes an important source of 
 revenue to the farmers of that locality. 
 
 In fact, Canandaigua is one of the most important hop markets 
 in Western New York and there is no reason why in the coming years 
 when the standard of farm values is steadily rising and hops are looked 
 upon as one of the most important crops Canandaigua should not still 
 further excel in this regard. 
 
 For the past decade great attention has been paid to the raising 
 of beans in the country surrounding Canandaigua, and this crop has 
 become one of the greatest sources of profit to Ontario County 
 
 farmers. 
 
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 It is, of course, impossible to determine exactly the yearly acreage 
 of this crop in Ontario County, but every year hundreds of thousands 
 of dollars' worth of beans are shipped from Canandaigua, and the 
 money thus put in circulation has been no unimportant factor in 
 adding to the prosperity of the community, as will be seen from the 
 figures in regard to the handling of this crop given in the article on 
 Canandaigua as a produce market, to be found elsewhere in this book. 
 
 Another comparatively new, but very important, industry is that 
 of berry raising, and with a constantly increasing acreage devoted to 
 this crop, supplemented by an excellent market here through which 
 large quantities of the dried product are yearly shipped, the industry 
 promises to make for itself a distinguished place in the list of Ontario 
 County agricultural interests. 
 
 A trolley road, which is projected through the Bristol Valley, 
 would furnish a new and convenient means of communication to a 
 section at present untouched by a railroad and which is richly produc- 
 tive of all the crops grown in this section as well as being an excellent 
 grazing and stock raising country. 
 
 On a pleasant day in summer a ride in any direction from Canan- 
 daigua will present to an interested party a panorama of rich and pro- 
 ductive farms, pleasant homesteads and vistas of unsurpassed rural 
 scenery. While dififerent sections of the surrounding country pos- 
 sess varying characteristics as to the quality and consistency of soil, 
 it would be difficult to specify any particular area as sui'passing its 
 neighbor in any vital degree, for the reason that while in one locality 
 a certain crop may be grown with greater profit than in another, that 
 other is sure tO' possess an efficacy in the production of some favored 
 crop wherein it is pre-eminent. 
 
 And thus it is shown that any crop which will grow in this climate 
 can be successfully raised in some part of the section surrounding 
 Canandaigua, and so the town becomes a central market for all the 
 varied and bountiful gifts which nature has generously bestowed upon 
 this chosen spot. 
 
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 LEADING source of revenue to many of the farmers resi- 
 dent within ten miles of Canandaigua is found in the fruit 
 orchards with which the vicinity abounds. The choicest 
 apples in the world are grown in Western New York, 
 and Canandaigua is situated in the very center of the fruit growing 
 section. Immense quantities of apples are yearly brought to her 
 markets and shipped to all points in the United States as well as to 
 foreign countries. 
 
 Orchards of all sizes and of great productiveness are found in this 
 section and the fruit raised therefrom has won fame and favor in the 
 markets of the country so that in the autumn a spectator in one of the 
 large fruit shipping houses of Canandaigua may see hundreds of bar- 
 rels stamped with the grower's name and bearing the additional stamp 
 of "choice Western New York fruit." 
 
 These apples are destined for an exclusive trade and later in the 
 season may be found on the tables of the leading hotels and restau- 
 rants of the country. 
 
 The fruit growers of Canandaigua and vicinity have studied well 
 the intricacies of their business, and take every precaution to nurture 
 the trees and maintain them at the highest limit of productiveness, 
 making use of every device known to agricultural science to protect 
 them from the ravages of insects and the forces of nature that in a 
 measure seem to be engaged in a perpetual warfare against the labors 
 of the horticulturist. 
 
 The results of this care and attention are found in the magnificent 
 yields attained and the unvarying quality of the fruit. 
 
 Not only apples, but berries, peaches, grapes, cherries and plums 
 are grown with great success in the country surrounding Canandaigua, 
 the grapes and peaches more particularly in the lake section, and the 
 generally high quality of the fruit finds for it a favorable place in the 
 markets of the country. 
 
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Grape Growing 
 
 N industry important to Canandaigua is that of grape grow- 
 ing, which is carried on to a very large extent upon the 
 shores of Canandaigua Lake, it being estimated that there 
 are along the lake shore approximately 3,500 acres of 
 land devoted to this culture. 
 
 Among the varieties grown are the Niagaras, Marthas, Salems, 
 Virgins, Isabellas, Concords, Worden Seedlings, Delawares, Agawam, 
 Diamond, Moore's Early, Catawbas, several varieties of Rogers, 
 Dianas, and of the grapes used almost exclusively for wine making, 
 the Clintons and Alviras. 
 
 Of the varieties noted the Concords are undoubtedly the leaders 
 in point of quantity grown, while Moore's Early are usually first on 
 the market. 
 
 The Delawares, grown in the Vine Valley section, are without 
 question the finest in the world and command the highest prices of any 
 in the market. 
 
 In connection with the industry of grape growing that of wine 
 making flourishes in the lake region where there are several large 
 wine manufactories and cellars whose product, as is natural under such 
 favoring circumstances, is of the finest quality and commands a high 
 price in the largest cities of the country. 
 
 The total yearly product of the large acreage of grapes grown 
 and exported is of course difficult to estimate, but the records of the 
 Navigation Company show that in a single season the shipments by 
 this route alone are approximately 6,000,000 pounds or 3,000 tons of 
 the fruit. 
 
 Aside from this a large amount is shipped over the Middlesex 
 Valley branch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 
 
 Thus the raising and marketing of grapes in this vicinity means 
 a substantial source of revenue to the dwellers in the lake region whose 
 prosperity means much to the business welfare of Canandaigua. 
 
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Produce Market 
 
 COMMUNITY of the size of Canandaigua is in a large 
 measure dependent upon surrounding agricultural inter- 
 ests and the extent of these is usually reflected accurately 
 in the size and quality of the markets afforded. ^ 
 
 Canandaigua is a center of one of the finest agricultural districts 
 in the world and her markets therefore are necessarily of a quality and 
 capacity to assure the successful handling of the large amount of farm 
 products that are yearly raised on the fertile farms surrounding the 
 village. 
 
 The largest produce dealers of Canandaigua are the firms of R. 
 A. Mather, with produce warehouses here and at Rushville, the Can- 
 andaigua Elevator Company of which A. J. McCauley is manager, the 
 Boyce Brothers and the J. B. Malcolm Company, incorporated, with 
 warehouses ' in Canandaigua, Marion and Medina. 
 
 The home offices of the latter company are at Marion, N. Y., 
 and it first began doing business, here in the Autumn of 1904, in the 
 basement of the Davidson Opera House Block. 
 
 The following year the J. B. Malcolm Company acquired land and 
 began the erection of a produce warehouse at a point in the eastern 
 part of the village near the Northern Central round-house. 
 
 This firm, in the fall of 1905, shipped from Canandaigua dried 
 apples alone to the aggregate value of approximately $262,000 and 
 chops and waste to the value of $32,500. 
 
 While a specialty has been made of this variety of produce, the 
 company during that year also handled about $100,000 worth of beans, 
 and this year has erected a new warehouse for the more extensive 
 handling of this crop. 
 
 During the present year it will possess facilities for handling 
 double the amount of dried fruit alone that was shipped last year and 
 it also does a large wholesale business in eggs, hay, butter and pota- 
 toes. 
 
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 In its busiest season this firm employs from thirty to forty people 
 besides its office force. 
 
 The Canandaigua Elevator is a large building erected expressly 
 for the handling of produce and stands just above the railroad tracks 
 at the corner of Ontario and Pleasant Streets. 
 
 For the past two years it has been under the management of A. 
 J. McCauley, an experienced produce dealer, who makes a specialty 
 of handling beans, and who also deals in grain, cabbage and apples. 
 
 Since taking control of the Canandaigua Elevator Mr. McCauley 
 has installed therein the very latest and most approved machinery for 
 handling beans and in his busy season employs over forty people in 
 his bean picking department. 
 
 Last year he bought and sold approximately 40,000 bushels of 
 beans and this year with enlarged facilities he will handle almost twice 
 that amount. 
 
 Aside from this he last year shipped 350 cars of hay and about 100 
 cars of grain, cabbage and apples. 
 
 The Boyce Brothers, who conduct a large produce business near 
 the New York Central station, ship on an average about 20,000 
 bushels of beans yearly besides two hundred cars of hay, three hun- 
 dred tons of straw, ten cars of rye,- 15,000 bushels of oats and 20,000 
 bushels of barley. 
 
 R. A. Mather, proprietor of another of the large produce houses, 
 ships on an average yearly 15,000 bushels of beans, 15,000 barrels of 
 apples, one hundred to one hundred and fifty cars of cabbage, twenty- 
 five to fifty cars of potatoes, five hundred to one thousand barrels of 
 pears and a large quantity of plums and small fruit. 
 
 These figures are designed to give but an approximate idea of the 
 •quantity of produce handled.:.,here yearly, and numerous concerns 
 smaller than the ones mentioned also do a thriving business in the 
 wholesale produce shipping line. 
 
 In this connection it m.ay be mentioned that large quantities of 
 cabbage are shipped yearly from small stations near Canandaigua, 
 the nature of this crop rendering it advisable for the grower to load it 
 at the nearest point to his farm, but at the same time the profits de- 
 rived from this crop in the county are largely expended in CanauT 
 ■daigua and go to swell the volume of trade in the county seat. 
 
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 [MONG the important industries of Canandaigua and one 
 that is deserving of special mention, occupying, as it 
 does, a somewhat unique position in the business life of 
 the community, is the wholesale and retail oyster business 
 
 built up from a small beginning to its present thriving proportions by 
 
 its owner, John Flannigan. 
 
 Mr. Flannigan owns or controls numerous and productive oyster 
 beds, and engages in a large wholesale trade whose limits are not found 
 in New York State alone, but extend to the Middle Western States, 
 Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, Pennsylvania and Canada; Canandaigua 
 being the central distributing point for this large trade. 
 
 The oysters and sea foods handled hj Mr. Flannigan have be- 
 come known far and wide and have always enjoyed distinction be- 
 cause of their excellent quality and uniform reliability so that the 
 leading restaurants and hotels in the wide area in which they are 
 known make an exceptional specialty of serving this brand of sea food. 
 
 Whenever a Canandaiguan sees an announcement that "Flanni- 
 gan's oysters are served" he can usually be depended upon to accord 
 that place his patronage in the full knowledge that he will be able to 
 obtain a toothsome and enjoyable meal. 
 
 And in Canandaigua itself "Flannigan's" occupies a place similar 
 to that filled by Sherry's or Delmonico's in New York, and the oyster 
 and fish dinners served there are treats to the epicurean, and many 
 parties come here from neighboring cities for the purpose of enjoying 
 them. 
 
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 Streets 
 
 EW cities with a population not greater than ten thousand 
 can boast within their Hmits ten miles of permanently 
 paved streets. Canandaigua, however, with characteristic 
 enterprise, has added to her mileage of paved streets until 
 
 this mileage represents an approximate total of a little over ten miles 
 
 of first class brick and macadam pavements. 
 
 In connection with the work of building new pavements the 
 sewers have likewise received their share of attention, and since July 
 I, 1903, the sum of nearly $400,000 has been expended in the work 
 of building pavements and sewers. 
 
 The first permanent pavement in Canandaigua was laid in 1899, 
 a Porter-McMahon brick pavement being constructed that year in 
 Chapin Street for a distance of 1,300 feet. 
 
 In 1901 a macadam pavement was constructed in Howell Street, 
 and the following year a portion of Gibson Street was paved with 
 brick. In May, 1903, at a special tax meeting the proposition to 
 raise the sum of $200,000 by a sale of bonds was carried by an almost 
 unanimous vote of the taxpayers, and on the 26th of the following 
 August the contracts were awarded for the construction of the first 
 sections of pavement to be laid under the new appropriation. Work 
 was at once begun and continued for two summers with the result 
 that the greater part of the pavement now in use was completed in 
 the latter part of the summer of 1905. 
 
 The cost of the street improvements was paid for by assessing 
 one-half of the expense of each street upon the abutting property 
 owners, except upon the Main and Bristol Street brick pavements, 
 where one-third of the amount was assessed, the remainder in each 
 instance being paid out of the proceeds of the bond issue. 
 
 Property owners were given the option of paying the tax at once 
 or in five equal annual payments with interest at five and one-half 
 per cent. 
 
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 The width of the pavement between curbs in residence streets 
 varies from twenty to thirty feet, twenty-four feet being found a very 
 satisfactory width. 
 
 In Main Street a strip i,6oo feet long, in the business portion, is 
 paved to a width of 82 feet, with sidewalks 25 feet in width and the 
 remainder of the street, 7,500 feet, is forty feet between curbs. 
 
 Surface water from the pavements is carried off by a system of 
 vitrified pipe sewers independent of the sanitary sewers, twelve to 
 twenty-four inches in diameter, laid in a bed of gravel concrete. 
 
 In most instances the sewers are placed four feet back from the 
 curb, as few as possible being located under the pavement. 
 
 Catch basins are located 150 to 200 feet apart, and between the 
 car tracks catch basins are also placed, slightly depressed to catch the 
 water, but not low enough to be troublesome to traffic. 
 
 Aside from the work done by the village considerable improve- 
 ment has been made upon the streets in the east end of the village, 
 the expense of which has been borne by Mrs. Mary C. Thompson. 
 
 These include portions of macadam pavements in Charlotte 
 Street, Fort Hill Avenue, East Street and the east end of Howell 
 Street; also the construction of a portion of the Charlotte Street 
 sewer. 
 
 The expense of improving Charlotte Street from Gorham to Gib- 
 son Streets, was borne by the Lisk Manufacturing Company, the 
 work consisting of grading and paving with cinders, surf-acing with 
 crude petroleum and sand, the village furnishing and laying a four 
 inch Medina stone curb. 
 
 The village is well equipped with road machinery, owning a 
 twelve ton Buffalo-Pitts steam roller, a macadam scraper, a Champion 
 road machine, two \yatson dump wagons and three street sprinklers, 
 the streets being sprinkled under the direction of the Street Super- 
 intendent, the cost being assessed according to frontage basis on 
 property abutting the streets spririkled. 
 
 To sum up the work of paving already done in Canandaigua the 
 following figures, taken from the report of Village Engineer LeGrand 
 Brown, under whose supervision the paving was done, give an accu- 
 rate idea of what has been accomplished and to whose very complete 
 
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 report the compilers of this book wish also to extend credit for much 
 of the information given in the foregoing sketch : 
 
 Total miles of pavement laid under bond issue, 5.33; total miles 
 of pavement laid previous to 1903, 2.19; total miles of pavement laid 
 from street fund since 1903, 1.89, making a total of 9.41 miles com- 
 pleted, exclusive of work in progress during the summer of 1906. Of 
 these streets 4.62 miles are brick, 3.51 miles macadam with curbs, and 
 1.28 miles of macadam without curbs, making a total of 4.79 miles of 
 macadam pavement. 
 
 Of a total of 2^ miles of streets in the village, 35 per cent, have 
 permanent pavements and storm water sewers and, in addition to this, 
 numerous other streets have storm water sewers of sufficient capacity 
 and of such construction as to require only the building of catch baSins 
 in case of the paving of these streets. 
 
 The importance to a village of the possession of such a mileage 
 of first class paved streets is self evident, and it would indeed be diffi- 
 cult to find a town of proportionate size so well endowed in this re- 
 spect as is Canandaigua. 
 
 Main Street 
 
 RECITAL of the charms of Canandaigua would be in- 
 complete without some reference to the Main Street of 
 the village, of which it is safe to say that there is not a 
 more beautiful thoroughfare in New York State. 
 Main Street in Canandaigua is a portion of the old turnpike road 
 extending from Buffalo to Albany, along which, before the advent 
 of railroads, the picturesque old stage coaches traveled, carrying pas- 
 sengers on their long journeys between the extremes of the State. 
 
 This main thoroughfare of the village of Canandaigua is two miles 
 long, and a charming glimpse of the lake may be obtained from almost 
 any point along its length. 
 
 It is paved with brick for its entire length, except a small portion 
 at the extreme northern end, where macadam has been used. 
 
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 In the business portion the width of the street between curbs is 
 82 feet and the sidewalks are 25 feet in width, while in the upper and 
 lower portion of the town the width between curbs is 49 feet, the total 
 width of the street being 132 feet, one of the widest thoroughfai-es in 
 the country. Along this street stands a most imposing array of build- 
 ings. 
 
 The early settlers in Canandaigua, for the most part people of 
 wealth, culture and refinement, erected dwellings notable for their 
 dignity and quiet beauty, set at a sufficient, distance from each other to 
 give a charming air of privacy. Though most of these old buildings 
 have now given way to more modern dwellings, the general style re- 
 mains the same and a beautiful row of residences on both sides gives 
 evidence of wealth and refinement. 
 
 Then, also, the public buildings along this thoroughfare are of a 
 character to lend dignity to any street in the country. 
 
 These include the massive and imposing Court House, the Red 
 Jacket Club building, the Y. M. C. A. building, the magnificent new 
 Roman Catholic and Methodist Churches, the beautiful old Congre- 
 gational Church erected in 1812, and a fine sample of colonial archi- 
 tecture, the venerable gray stone Episcopal Church, the handsome 
 brick churches of the Presbyterian and Baptist congregations, the 
 High School building, the splendid Thompson Memorial Hospital 
 with its new bacteriological laboratory, and the imposing new Acad- 
 emy building. 
 
 Few, indeed, are the streets that can boast of a finer array of 
 public buildings representing a value of many hundred thousands of 
 dollars. 
 
 On both sides of the street stand a beautiful double row of trees, 
 and the space between the curbs and the sidewalks form well kept and 
 attractive grass plots. 
 
 From the porches of many of the houses, as well as from various 
 points along the street, glimpses may be obtained of the distant hills 
 along the lake side and surrounding the town, while the street itself 
 finds its end in the hmpid waters of the lake. 
 
 Canandaiguans themselves are proud of their Main Street, and 
 strangers coming here for the first time vie with them in expressions 
 of admiration for this magnificent thoroughfare than which no finer 
 is to be found perhaps within the Hmits of the United States. 
 
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Parks 
 
 HE general plan of the village of Canandaigua, with its 
 wide and pleasant streets and abundance of shade trees, 
 would seem to preclude the necessity of supporting pub- 
 He parks, but such is not the case as the village owns two 
 of these parks, one situated just north of Gibson Street and the other 
 west of Main Street, opposite the Court House Square. 
 
 These parks are open to the public at all times and no "Keep 
 ofif the grass" signs preclude their enjoyment by children and grown 
 up persons. 
 
 While these parks are comparatively small they nevertheless 
 afford most pleasant recreation spots, and in the evening or upon a 
 warm afternoon the many who rest under the cool shade of the trees 
 appreciate the thoughtfulness which reserved these pleasant places 
 for the accommodation of the public. 
 
 On the north side of Howell Street and opposite the north end 
 of Washington is a recreation park, donated to the village by Mrs. 
 Mary C. Thompson and open to the pubHc during the summer months. 
 
 This park is provided with every appliance necessary for a first 
 class out door gymnasium and is a very popular resort for children 
 of all ages and classes who, during the time that they remain upon 
 the grounds, are under the supervision of a competent and reliable 
 physical instructor well versed in all out door games, and under whose 
 instruction the children are with safety taught the use of the various 
 appliances which have been provided and are given valuable lessons 
 in physical culture and calisthenics. 
 
 This is a model institution of its kind and has proved to be to the 
 children of Canandaigua a boon whose value it would indeed be diffi- 
 cult to estimate. 
 
 However, it is not the children alone who enjoy these grounds 
 but crowds of older people may be seen there daily, enjoying the 
 beauties of the place and taking a reflected pleasure in the health giv- 
 ing pastimes enjoyed by the members of the younger generation. 
 
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CANANDAIGUA 
 
 There are excellent tennis courts on these grounds where some 
 very fine matches are yearly played, the contestants including some of 
 the best tennis players in Western New York. 
 
 The grounds themselves are very beautiful, being interspersed 
 with trees and set with shrubbery which is well cared for and attrac- 
 tive. 
 
 They were formerly part of the grounds of the Thompson estate 
 and, together with the buildings and all the apparatus, were donated 
 to the village by Mrs. Mary C. Thompson, who also bears the entire 
 expense of maintaining them. 
 
 This munificent lady has also donated to the village the swimming 
 pavilion and the park leading thereto, which is situated at the foot of 
 Main Street. 
 
 This area was formerly a swampy bit of ground on which stood 
 a row of boat houses which were removed to new sites, assigned to 
 the owners by the village authorities to clear the way for the little 
 park which forms the approach to the swimming pavilion. 
 
 This building was erected last year and is very attractive in ap- 
 pearance. 
 
 It is built at the north end of the breakwater and at a point where 
 on the west side deep water is provided in the steamer harbor wherein 
 capable swimmers may enjoy diving and swimming to the limit of 
 their desire. 
 
 On the other side the water is very shallow and here daily during 
 the summer months swarms of children may be seen rioting in the 
 water, wading and swimming, at all times under the care and super- 
 vision of a reliable instructor. 
 
 Classes for men, women and children are arranged for different 
 days during the week and abundant opportunity is given to all to 
 learn the useful accomplishment of swimming. 
 
 These two institutions, the recreation park and the swimming 
 school, have done much to make life pleasant for Canandaigua chil- 
 dren, and it is not too much to say that nowhere in all the country 
 can better provision be found for fostering the physical development 
 of the youth of both sexes than in Canandaigua. 
 
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Shade Trees 
 
 HE trees of Canandaigua are among the many points upon 
 which it lays claim to being one of the most beautiful of 
 residence towns. All throughout the village, along the 
 streets and upon the lawns stand noble specimens, some 
 
 of them the original giants of the forest and some the result of careful 
 
 selection, planting and care. 
 
 On some of the streets the trees on both sides of the driveway 
 form a perfect arch above the pavement so that upon the warmest 
 and sunniest days there is always an abundance of shade, and through- 
 out the village, except in the business portion, the sturdy brown trunks 
 and rich foliage afford pleasant perspectives with a welcome sugges- 
 tion of shade and coolness. 
 
 Numerous dififerent varieties adorn the streets, prominent among 
 them being maples and elms, some of the latter being gigantic speci- 
 mens of great age and beauty. 
 
 There are also a goodly number of horse chestnut or, as they 
 are called in some portions of the country. Buckeye trees, and the 
 various shades of green in the foliage lend a delightful variety and 
 charm to the efifect as a whole. 
 
 Great care is exercised to preserve the trees of Canandaigua in 
 all their beauty, and any person who willfully mutilates, trims or cuts 
 a tree without a special permit from the Board of Street Commission- 
 ers is subjected to a fine in accordance with a provision of the village 
 charter. 
 
 Recently the services of an expert landscape architect, Mr. War- 
 ren H. Manning, of Boston, a recognized authority on matters of the 
 sort, was called into requisition to furnish plans for still further beau- 
 tifying the streets and suggestions as to the care of trees, parkways, 
 etc., and in his report furnished much excellent advice which will be 
 acted upon for the preservation of the trees and care of the streets. 
 
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Water Supply 
 
 MONG the many considerations that are to be taken into 
 account in a recital of the advantages of any corporation 
 is that of its water supply upon the purity and abundance 
 of which depend in large measure the safety and con- 
 venience of the inhabitants. 
 
 Many cities are compelled at great expense to draw their munici- 
 pal water supply from points at a considerable distance and from 
 sources of more or less questionable purity. 
 
 Not so Canandaigua, the advantage of whose position in this 
 regard may readily be seen. 
 
 Not only is the source of her supply unlimited, but the water 
 furnished to her citizens is carefully guarded and of assured purity. 
 
 The village owns and controls its water works system, and that 
 department of the village government is in such a prosperous condi- 
 tion that not only is it able to pay all its own expenses, but also it has a 
 very respectable monetary surplus, having actually within a short time 
 loaned to the general village government a large share of the funds 
 ■necessary for municipal improvements. 
 
 The pumping station is situated on the west lake shore, two and 
 one-half miles above the village, and the water, to assure its purity, 
 is pumped at a considerable distance out in the lake. 
 
 As the outlet is at the north end of the lake and the current of 
 that body of water therefore sets away from the pumping station there 
 is absolutely no danger of contamination from the city sewage, and, 
 in addition to this, stringent ordinances prohibit, under heavy penalties 
 for each offense, the dumping of refuse in the lake at any point or any 
 other careless pollution of the water supply. 
 
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N A N D A I G U 
 
 SINKING FUND. 
 Itemized statement of Sinking Fund is as follows: 
 
 Cash in Genesee Valley Trust Company, 4 per cent $4,9SS 63 
 
 Cash in Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company, 4 per cent 4,936 31 
 
 Cash in Security Trust Company of Rochester, 4 per cent 4,456 14 
 
 One bond and mortgage, dated June 6, 1903, at AYi per cent 5,000 00 
 
 One bond and mortgage, dated June 10, 1903, at 4^ per cent 2,000 00 
 
 One bond and mortgage, dated March 1, 1905, at 4^ per cent 4,000 00 
 
 One bond and mortgage, dated March 1, 1905, at 45^1 per cent 2,800 00 
 
 One bond and mortgage, dated April 1, 1905, at 4^/^ per cent 3,500 00 
 
 One bond and mortgage, dated April 1, 1905, at 4^ per cent 5,000 00 
 
 One bond and mortgage, dated August 4, 1905, at 5 per cent 5,000 00 
 
 Total • • ■ $41,648 08 
 
 IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS. 
 The following extensions consist of 951 feet of four-inch cast iron pipe on 
 Park Place, via Greig Street, at a cost of $530.51. 
 
 OTHER FACTS. 
 Seventy-three services have been connected with the system since the last 
 report, making total number water takers to date 1,584. 
 
 OPERATION 
 
 Number of gallons pumped ^IfJlK^M\ 
 
 Number of hours pumped i nvn nm 
 
 Pounds of coal consumed 1,U/U,UUU 
 
 CONSTRUCTION 
 
 Construction as per last report ^^^^'^^^ ^J 
 
 Construction since last report ^^^b3U^ 
 
 $153,903 12 
 Less payment of Robertson Place extension 240 80 
 
 $153,662 32 
 AH of which is respectfully submitted. 
 
 ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, 
 
 President. 
 
 C. W. MEAD, 
 WILLIAM R. MARKS, 
 C. A. BOYCE, 
 WILLIAM GARRATT. 
 
 Dated February 28, 1906. 
 
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Sewer System 
 
 |HE Village of Canandaigua is fortunately possessed of com- 
 plete and well constructed sanitary and surface water 
 sewer systems. The sanitary sewer system was not con- 
 structed wholly at the same time, but has been built at 
 various times and has received frequent additions from year to year. 
 At present nearly fourteen miles of sanitary sewers are in existence 
 and operation in Canandaigua, which disposes of the sewage of all of 
 the principal streets and most of the less important streets, and there 
 are now but few sections of the village which are not provided with 
 such sewers. Within the last few years a number of new sanitary 
 sewers have been built, among the latest being those on Hubbell and 
 Catherine Streets and two more sewers have been practically deter- 
 mined upon by the village authorities for construction during the 
 spring of 1907, and several others are now under consideration. The 
 village of Canandaigua owns a new and complete set of sanitary sewer 
 maps made by the village engineer, Mr. LeGrand Brown, in 1905, 
 ■which are of valuable assistance in ascertaining the location and extent 
 of the present system. 
 
 Besides its sanitary sewers Canandaigua is also well and fully 
 supplied with a system of surface water sewers of a number of miles 
 extent, which drain off the surface water from most of the village 
 streets. On nearly all of the recently paved streets excellent surface 
 sewers have been constructed at the same time that the several paving 
 improvements were made. 
 
 All in all, Canandaigua can probably boast of as good a sewer 
 system, if not better, than any municipality of its size in this State. 
 
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 Healthfulness 
 
 ANY causes contribute to the healthfulness or unhealthful- 
 ness of a community, and one of the strongest induce- 
 ments that a city can offer to perspective residents is the 
 statement, borne out by facts, that such community is a 
 healthful place of abode. 
 
 In this regard Canandaigua excels. 
 
 The excellence of her location, situated on high and sloping 
 ground, devoid of disease breeding slums and swampy or marshy spots 
 within her precincts, with her streets well paved, thereby preventing 
 the accumulation of mud even in wet weather, her water supply well 
 nigh perfect, with an excellent sewage system, with plenty of space in 
 her residence and business districts, and above all, blessed with a loca- 
 tion that assures a continual supply of fresh air, tempered in the heat of 
 the summer by the cool lake breeze, and with the blasts of winter in 
 a measure softened by the rolling and hilly character of the surround- 
 ing country, Canandaigua's advantages in this respect are manifold. 
 
 Serious epidemics of any sort are practically unknown and the 
 yearly mortality rate is remarkably low considering population. 
 
 Then, again, if by any chance the vicinity should be stricken by 
 an epidemic of any sort there are the best of facilities for caring for 
 the victims, two large hospitals, and an efificient corps of physicians 
 assuring to sufferers the best of attention. 
 
 On the outskirts of the village, in the southeastern extremity, has 
 been erected a detention hospital for the care of those who might be 
 stricken with a contagious disease, but up to date not a single patient 
 has ever occupied it. 
 
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Real Estate 
 
 EAL estate business in Canandaigua at present is in a flour- 
 ishing condition, and the rapid growth of the village is 
 evidenced by the number of new houses erected yearly 
 and the purchase of homes in the village by persons who 
 desire to make it their permanent residence. 
 
 A forcible impetus has been given to this branch of industry 
 within the past few years by the new concerns which have come to 
 the town, the increase of the old ones already existing here and the 
 conviction which has come to many brought here by varying interests, 
 that nowhere could they find a city embodying more advantages as 
 a permanent place to locate. 
 
 Four prosperous real estate agencies are engaged in business 
 in the town and every contractor in the village is almost continually 
 busy erecting new houses which can hardly be built fast enough to 
 supply the demand, there often being numerous appHcations to rent 
 a building before its construction is even fairly well begun. 
 
 A brisk trade in real estate is maintained and the values of prop- 
 erty are so staple and so well assured by the numerous improvements 
 and the quality of the industries located in the village as to offer a 
 safe means of investment with the assurance of a steady and reason- 
 able income from the money. 
 
 During the past few years many new dwelling houses have been 
 erected, suitable to the needs of persons having a moderate income, 
 and yet possessing conveniences and merit in the way of location 
 which it would be impossible to obtain at the same price in a larger 
 community. 
 
 Thus the laboring man or the man working for a moderate salary 
 can come to Canandaigua with the assurance that he can obtain a 
 pleasant home at a moderate price or, if he desires, can secure a lot 
 and build his own home to suit his ideas, while the new comer who is 
 
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 better provided in the way of finances can have his choice of many 
 beautiful and conveniently located residences or a site on which to 
 construct his home. 
 
 The real estate agencies referred to are wide awake and take care 
 to place before their customers the various bargains that from time 
 to time come into their hands. 
 
 Prosperity in real estate is a good sign that the community as a 
 whole is prosperous, since in cities where industries are on the wane 
 or where there appears no good prospect for the location of new in- 
 dustries, real estate sales are almost invariably found to be slow and 
 little interest is manifested therein. 
 
 To the man, therefore, who, in his search for a location, is guided, 
 among other things, by these considerations Canandaigua ofifers an 
 exceptionally good record in this respect. 
 
 Factory Sites 
 
 ANANDAIGUA ofifers to the man seeking a location for 
 the establishment of a business, some of the finest factory 
 sites to be found in any city or town in the country. 
 Many of these sites, lying in the outskirts of the village, 
 yet readily accessible and suitably located for the obtaining of trans- 
 portation facilities, Hght, water and other necessary accessories can 
 be obtained on terms very advantageous to the prospective manufac- 
 turer to whom the Board of Trade and the village in general is ready 
 to extend every courtesy and assistance compatible with good busi- 
 ness principles. 
 
 More detailed knowledge of these sites may be obtained by ad- 
 dressing Mr. W. D. Powers, Secretary of the Board of Trade, Canan- 
 daigua, New York, or, better still, interested parties are invited to 
 visit Canandaigua in person and make a thorough investigation of 
 the sites offered. 
 
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Retail Trade 
 
 ANY people who have been accustomed to living in large 
 cities object to taking up their residence in smaller com- 
 munities largely on account of what they regard as the 
 greater difficulty in obtaining the necessities, as well as 
 the luxuries, of life, and the retail dealer in a small city is often re- 
 garded merely as a convenience for the supplying of smaller needs 
 until such time as the purchaser can obtain access to the stores of a 
 larger city. 
 
 In such a case as this the retailer naturally provides himself only 
 with the goods which he feels are apt to be dernanded by his trade, 
 anS as a consequence the stores of a small city are often liable to be 
 conducted upon a somewhat primitive basis and to lack the stock and 
 service necessary to recommend them to the discriminating purchaser. 
 
 But in a community where a well to do city population and the 
 trade of prosperous farmers from a wide section surrounding assure 
 to the retailers the proper degree of support, they are enabled to serve 
 their patrons with an efficiency little short of that to be obtained in the 
 larger city stores. 
 
 It is therefore with no small degree of pride that Canandaigua 
 can claim for her retailers as a whole a place among the class that can 
 be depended upon to furnish their trade with the best that is obtain- 
 able, in the knowledge that their customers will in return accord them 
 the degree of patronage that makes such service possible. 
 
 Among the stores of Canandaigua the visitor from the large city 
 is often surprised to find in stock expensive and costly articles seldom 
 found outside the city department stores and to learn that these are 
 regularly carried in stock. 
 
 Canandaigua numbers among her notable retail enterprises two 
 large stores devoted to the sale of dry goods, rugs, carpets, and the 
 like; one department store handling dry goods, household furnishing 
 utensils, millinery and novelties; one other store handling a limited 
 
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 line of dry goods and an extensive line of millinery, as well as four 
 smaller stores devoted exclusively to the millinery business. 
 
 Six large clothing stores dealing in both ready to wear and cus- 
 tom made clothing and three establishments handling exclusively cus- 
 tom made garments furnish a, good field for the supply of masculine 
 wants in wearing apparel, and the prosperous condition of all of them 
 as well as of the dry goods stores shows both that Canandaiguans are 
 particular as to their attire and are glad to patronize the men whose 
 energy and appreciation of the needs of discriminating patrons enables 
 them to purchase suitable supplies for both themselves and families 
 without the necessity of a visit to any of the neighboring cities. 
 
 And it is a matter of common rernark that the values in Canan- 
 daigua and the goods supplied by her dealers compare favorably as 
 regards style, price and quality to those procurable anywhere, and that 
 the selection to be obtained here is far superior to that of any neigh- 
 boring small city. 
 
 Four large hardware stores, all prosperous, supply the community 
 with goods in that line. Three large lumber yards carry stocks of 
 everything needful in building material, paints, oils, roofing, etc., and 
 much of these latter commodities are also carried by the hardware 
 stores. 
 
 Fourteen grocery stores of varying degrees of magnitude, but 
 of uniform excellence, supply Canandaigua and the surrounding coun- 
 try with provisions, three of these stores being combination grocery 
 and meat markets, and one a grocery and home bakery. 
 
 Aside from this bakery there are three others, one of which man- 
 ufactures a popular brand of crackers and transacts a wholesale as 
 well as a retail business. 
 
 Seven sanitary and wholesome meat markets dispense the flesh 
 of locally grown and carefully chosen cattle, sheep, and swine, as well 
 as game, poultry and fresh and salt fish, while a large wholesale and 
 retail fish and oyster establishment has its headquarters here. With 
 such ample provision for the slaughter of stock and sale of meat known 
 to be free from disease and uncontaminated by preservatives, Can- 
 andaiguans are but little efifected by the revelations of the packing 
 house scandals of the great cities. 
 
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 Aside from the purveyors of the various necessities of life, as men- 
 tioned above, Canandaigua is well provided with prosperous and up- 
 to-date dealers in other lines, and her citizens and those of the country 
 surrounding can at all times purchase the comforts and necessities of 
 modern life to the greatest advantage, which is one of the important 
 points to be considered in deciding upon a permanent location. 
 
 Should any wonder be expressed that so comparatively small a 
 place should be able to support so large a retail trade, it may be ex- 
 plained that Canandaigua has a large, rich and prosperous territory 
 to draw from. 
 
 As the county seat of Ontario County she is the natural point to 
 which the interests of the county converge, and much of the trade 
 from the smaller towns surrounding, as well as that of a well to do 
 farming community helps to swell the volume of trade. 
 
 Besides the advantages offered which draw the trade from the 
 smaller towns the excellent railroad facilities- which Canandaigua pos- 
 sesses and the fact that most of the main country highways leading to 
 the town are now macadamized has much to do in drawing trade to 
 this center. 
 
 Smaller towns within a radius of ten miles from Canandaigua, 
 and which may be said to be natural tributaries thereto, are Chapin- 
 ville, Shortsville, Manchester, Bristol Springs, Bristol, Cheshire, East 
 Bloomfield, Holcomb, Stanley, Gorham, Hopewell Center, Reeds Cor- 
 ners and Fairmington, while of the larger towns in the county from 
 whence come a respectable share of trade to Canandaigua are Victor, 
 Clifton Springs, Phelps and Naples. 
 
 Taking into consideration the business drawn from these sources 
 there is small cause to wonder that Canandaigua should stand above 
 the average in the matter of retail trade. 
 
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Newspapers 
 
 GOOD indication of the prosperity of a town is usually- 
 found in the newspapers published there. In a com- 
 munity where general prosperity exists, where the resi- 
 dents are wide awake and progressive, and where an 
 active interest is maintained in passing affairs there are geiierally to 
 be found newspapers that are in keeping with the character of the 
 place. 
 
 Canandaigua has four progressive and prosperous newspapers 
 and the support accorded them, not only in the town itself but 
 throughout the county, is excellent evidence that their value is known 
 and appreciated. 
 
 The only Canandaigua newspaper that has been able to celebrate 
 the centennial anniversary of its estabHshment is the Ontario Repos- 
 itory Messenger. 
 
 The "Western Repository" first appeared in Canandaigua in 1802, 
 and the "Genesee Messenger" in 1806. 
 
 In 1810 the name of the "Western Repository" was changed to 
 that of the "Ontario Messenger." 
 
 In 1862 the two papers were consolidated and since that time the 
 consolidated papers have been continuously published under the name 
 of the "Ontario Repository Messenger" as the Ontario County seat 
 Democratic organ, and is always a consistent and active supporter of 
 the policies of its party. 
 
 In point of age the "Ontario County Times" claims second place 
 to the "Messenger," having been established in January, 1852, in re- 
 sponse to a demand for the establishment in Ontario County of an 
 organ representative of the anti-slavery branch of the Whig party, 
 -which was later merged into the Republican party. 
 
 The founder of the "Times," N. J. Milliken, was active in the 
 movement looking to the organization of the Republican party, and 
 the "Times" enjoyed the distinction of being a prominent factor in 
 and an earnest worker for the establishment of that party. 
 
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 The "Times" continued under the management of its founder, 
 Mr. N. J. Milliken, until his death in 1902, and is at present conducted 
 by his sons, C. F. and R. B. Milliken. 
 
 The "Times" has always been a staunch and unswerving supporter 
 of the principles of the Republican party and has been an active worker 
 for the interests of that party. 
 
 Next to the "Times" in order of age comes the junior organ of 
 the Republican party, the "Ontario County Journal," owned and 
 edited by Edwin P. Gardner. 
 
 The "Journal" was founded in 1874 by George D. A. Bridgman, 
 who later sold the paper to William G. David, now one of the owners 
 and Treasurer of the "Rochester Herald." 
 
 Mr. David conducted the paper for one year, when it was again 
 purchased by Mr. Bridgman, who thereafter conducted it continuously 
 until 189 1 when he sold out to E. P. Gardner and W. H. Hamlin, who 
 conducted the business in partnership until May i, 1899, when Mr. 
 Gardner purchased the interests of his partner and has since been sole 
 publisher and proprietor. 
 
 The paper has always been a partisan of the RepubHcan party, 
 but with a tendency toward independence, although regularly sup- 
 porting the candidates of its party. 
 
 The youngest paper in Canandaigua is the "Canandaigua Chroni- 
 cle," founded under the name of the "Ontario County Chronicle" in 
 1900 by W. A. Brown and W. D. Powers, as a Democratic organ. 
 
 A year later Mr. Brown purchased the interest of his partner in 
 the business, and the "Chronicle" was continued as a Democratic 
 paper under his sole management until its acquisition in January, 
 1904, by the Chronicle Printing Company, by which it has since been 
 owned and published. 
 
 The Chronicle has, under its present ownership, been the organ 
 of neither political party, but has maintained an independent attitude 
 in its comments on the pohtical afifairs of the State and Nation. 
 
 All four of these papers enjoy a healthy and large circulation, 
 and the prosperity which they enjoy is a fair reflection of that of the 
 community in general. 
 
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As a Summer Resort 
 
 |ANANDAIGUA yearly is coming more and more into 
 prominence as a summer resort of unquestioned popular- 
 ity, and every summer, crowds of tourists are attracted to 
 the town, lured by the beauties of the lake and the sur- 
 rounding country, the pure and wholesome air, the opportunities for 
 rest and recreation and the facilities for boating, fishing, bathing and 
 other enjoyable pastimes. 
 
 July and August are the months that bring the most visitors to 
 the lake and every year during these months the numerous cottages 
 along the lake shore are crowded with residents both from Canan- 
 daigua itself and from cities neighboring and distant. 
 
 And every year the charms of the lake and of the lofty hills that 
 rise beside it are more and more appreciated and every summer sees 
 a larger pilgrimage to the lake resorts than the one preceding. 
 
 During the summer months it is quite practicable for a business 
 man, located in the town, to maintain a cottage on the shores of the 
 lake, going thereto every evening via the lake steamers and returning 
 the following morning by the same means- in time for business. 
 
 This practice is carried out by many and is becoming more and 
 more popular. 
 
 Little has been done to advertise the advantages of Canandaigua 
 Lake as a summer resort, notwithstanding which, its fame has spread 
 far and wide and available cottage sites are being rapidly taken up. 
 
 There are, however, long stretches of beautiful beach where no 
 cottages are as yet erected and where sites may be obtained at reason- 
 able prices. 
 
 There also exists a good business opportunity for the erection of a 
 modern hotel at some point along the lake to supplement the accom- 
 modations already existing, the large hotel which formerly stood at 
 Seneca Point having been destroyed by fire several years ago. 
 
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 jHE branch of the municipal government to which is en- 
 trusted the most momentous questions that concern the 
 village is the Board of Trustees. To this body all the 
 other village boards are subsidiary, and while the others 
 are called upon to deal with important and often intricate problems, 
 the sanction of the trustees is necessary upon almost every consider- 
 able measure. 
 
 The Board is made up of a President elected by the voters of the 
 village at large and two trustees chosen from each of the four wards, 
 making a body of nine in all. 
 
 The Board meets regularly on the first Friday of every month, 
 and in cases where affairs of the village demand extra attention, every 
 two weeks. 
 
 The members serve without pay, and it is a pleasing commentary 
 on the public spirit of Canandaigua's citizens that some of the bright- 
 est and most representative residents of the village are on the Board 
 and give their time and attention to the details of the village govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Street Commissioners 
 
 |ANY extensive improvements have been made on Canan- 
 daigua streets during the past few years, and to relieve the 
 Board of Trustees of a portion of the responsibility in- 
 volved in this and other municipal affairs a new Board 
 has been created, known as the Board of Street Commissioners, and 
 having jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the streets, driveways, 
 pavements and kindred subjects. 
 
 This Board is composed of five members appointed for terms of 
 two, three, four and five years, and meetings are held every other 
 Tuesday. 
 
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 Since beginning its duties the Board has had occasion to deal 
 with many serious problems and has met them in a manner that has 
 caused it to be regarded with the greatest confidence by the citizens. 
 
 The members of this, as of all the village Boards, serve without 
 compensation, devoting much time and attention to the welfare of 
 the village without thought of pecuniary recompense. 
 
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 Police Department 
 
 |HE Police Department of Canandaigua is an exceptionally 
 fine one for a town of the size and nowhere perhaps is 
 there a more orderly, law abiding and well conducted 
 community. 
 
 The executive arm of the Police Department is vested in a Board 
 of Police Commissioners having power to appoint poUce officers; to 
 hear charges, if any, that may be made against such officers, and to 
 transact the various other business that comes within its jurisdic- 
 tion. 
 
 The Police Court is presided over by a Justice who does not de- 
 pend upon the action of the Commissioners for appointment, but is 
 elected by direct vote. 
 
 The active force is composed of a chief and six officers, all men 
 of experience as guardians of the law, and of a high order of intelli- 
 gence and efficiency. 
 
 The Chief, H. C. Beeman, particularly has had a wide and varied 
 experience in dealing with criminals, having been for many years asso- 
 ciated with the Pinkerton Detective Agency and still retaining a con- 
 nection with that institution. 
 
 It is rarely, indeed, that a crime is committed in Canandaigua or 
 vicinity that the culprit is not promptly apprehended by the local 
 officers, and as a result the town has attained a reputation of being a 
 bad place for crooks, and depredations of a serious nature are very 
 rare. 
 
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Fire Department 
 
 NE of the most important factors to be considered in a re- 
 cital of the advantages possessed by any community is 
 the measure of protection against fire which it possesses. 
 Canandaigua has a thoroughly organized and equipped 
 volunteer fire department, consisting of four companies, which is 
 more than ordinarily efificient, and largely through whose efforts the 
 town has for a long time past enjoyed a remarkable immunity from 
 destructive fires. 
 
 The department house is situated in Niagara Street, in about 
 the center of the village, and the building contains the headquarters 
 and equipment of the Mutual Hook and Ladder Company and the 
 Erina Hose Ciynpany, both efficient organizations. 
 
 A little farther down in the center of the business district is situ- 
 ated the building of the Merrill Hose Company which, besides its reg- 
 ular equipment, is provided with a chemical engine which when called 
 to fires is drawn by a team of handsome and well trained horses, main- 
 tained at the expense of the village. 
 
 In the northern part of the town is situated the headquarters of 
 the Ontario Hose Company, which is as well organized and efficient 
 as the downtown companies, and is situated advantageously to re- 
 spond promptly to any alarms that may call the companies in the 
 upper part of the. town. 
 
 All the members of these companies are volunteers serving with- 
 out pay and are ready to respond to alarms at any hour of the day 
 or night. 
 
 At least two members of the Merrill Hose Company are always 
 on duty in their building at night, and the promptitude with which, 
 in case of alarm, their team is attached to the chemical engine and 
 the men make ready for business would do credit to many profes- 
 sional companies. 
 
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Hotels and Restaurants 
 
 OT vitally important in the selection of a place of residence 
 or of business, but nevertheless abundantly worthy of 
 consideration, the places of public entertainment with 
 which a city is provided justly come in for their measure 
 of attention in an exposition of the advantages of a community. 
 
 The largest hostelry in Canandaigua is the one which takes its 
 name from the village itself and which stands near the union station. 
 
 This is a four story brick building and is excellent in its accommo- 
 dations, both for transients and as a family hotel, and its fine cuisine 
 and cosy and homelike rooms are popular with the traveling public. 
 
 Extensive improvements have been made upon the building since 
 its purchase a little more than a year ago by its present proprietor, 
 Mr. Lambert Humphrey. 
 
 Also excellent in its accommodations is the New Webster, situ- 
 ated at the corner of Coach and Main Streets, in the business section 
 of the town, and conducted by Mr. Fred D. Woollett. 
 
 The interior of the Webster has been almost entirely rebuilt and 
 refitted at a very large outlay, and the hotel is said by travelers to be 
 unsurpassed by any other house of its size between New York and 
 Bufifalo. The high esteem in which it is held is evidenced by the fact 
 that it is filled to its. utmost capacity practically all the time. 
 
 The Imperial, situated in Niagara Street, a short distance from 
 the steam road and trolley stations, while smaller than its two com- 
 petitors, nevertheless enjoys an excellent patronage and ranks well as 
 the third largest hotel in the town. It is owned and conducted by 
 Mr. Thomas Flynn. 
 
 The Washington Hotel, situated in Ontario Street, is a three 
 story brick structure and, while smaller than its competitors, is well 
 patronized. It is conducted by Mr. Dennis Carmody. 
 
 Besides the large hotels, Canandaigua is plentifully supplied with 
 some of the best restaurants in Western New York, and visitors are 
 often astonished at the elaborate service and excellent menus unsur- 
 
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 passed and, in fact, seldom equalled by the restaurants of cities much 
 larger than Canandaigua. 
 
 On the east side of Main Street is the far famed Flannigan's, 
 noted particularly for its elaborate fish, oyster and steak dinners, 
 which lovers of these delicacies aver can be obtained in more satis- 
 factory form nowhere in the State. 
 
 The Fountain Cafe, conducted by Messrs. O'Brien and Muldoon, 
 is a very popular resort, both for townspeople and travelers, and is 
 most elaborately fitted and furnished, attracting and holding a large 
 and high grade patronage by the excellence of its menu and its service. 
 
 These restaurants have become famed far and wide, and both in 
 winter and in summer large parties come from neighboring cities to 
 enjoy the tempting viands provided at these popular resorts. 
 
 Further down Main Street on the east side Burke's restaurant 
 holds sway and, while not as large as the others noted, its cuisine is 
 excellent and its trade steady. 
 
 Another popular resort is the Murphy Cafe in Niagara Street, 
 furnished in quaint style after the manner of a Rathskellar and with- 
 out efifort or display, maintaining its popularity year after year, choice 
 in its cuisine and much frequented by the business men of the town, as 
 it is a quiet and pleasant rendezvous. 
 
 Completing the list, the Star, temperance lunch room, in Main 
 Street, established a little over a year ago by F. C. Andrews, is open 
 day and night, ever ready to furnish appetizing viands from a light 
 lunch to an elaborate dinner. 
 
 With all these excellent dining places Canandaigua is amply pro- 
 vided with accommodations for the stranger, and no one in quest of 
 good entertainment need go away unsatisfied. 
 
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 ERHAPS it is neither appropriate nor necessary to intro- 
 duce into a book of this sort suggestions of the ultimate 
 fate of all mankind, but, nevertheless, while the thought 
 of death is repugnant to the vast majority of us, it may 
 be something of a comfort to feel that our last resting place is peace- 
 ful, beautiful, carefully preserved and tended. 
 
 The cemeteries of Canandaigua are in keeping with the character 
 of the town, and deserve at least a mention in these pages. 
 
 Woodlawn cemetery, situated in North Pearl Street, on the 
 northwestern outskirts of the village, is a general burying ground for 
 deceased members of the various Protestant denominations and is 
 an exceptionally beautiful spot, as the accompanying illustrations 
 show. 
 
 This cemetery, which was established in 1884, contains over sixty 
 acres of land and is considered one of the most beautiful, successfully 
 managed and up to date cemeteries to be found in New York State in 
 any town of the population of Canandaigua. 
 
 Over $90,000 has been expended in the purchalse of land and in 
 the improvements made by the Association which is now out of debt 
 and has a nice cash balance to its credit on hand. 
 
 In the near future a chapel is to be erected on the grounds and 
 a front fence and imposing entrance is also contemplated as among 
 the further improvements to be made. 
 
 Two smaller cemeteries, situated in West Avenue, are also well 
 kept and intelligently beautified spots. 
 
 Calvary Cemetery, the burying place of deceased members of the 
 Roman Catholic Church, is situated in Parrish Street in the south- 
 western part of the village. 
 
 An addition to the original plot has lately been made and the cem- 
 etery ranks favorably in charm of location and evidence of zealous 
 attention and care with the others noted, as well as with those of many 
 larger places. 
 
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Canandaigua 
 
 County seat of Ontario County, State of New York. 
 
 Population state census of 1905, 7,364. 
 
 Finest residence city in Western New York. 
 
 Beautifully situated at the foot of Canandaigua Lake. 
 
 Popular summer resort. 
 
 Center of fine farming and fruit growing country. 
 
 Northern terminus of Northern Central branch of Pennsylvania 
 Railroad. 
 
 Eastern terminus of Canandaigua-Batavia branch of New York 
 Central. 
 
 Executive center of Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway, new 
 electric line. 
 
 Most important station on Auburn branch of New York Central. 
 
 Thirty-six passenger trains arrive at and depart from union 
 station daily. 
 
 Forty-six trains on electric road arrive at and depart from Roch- 
 ester and Eastern Rapid Railway station daily. 
 
 Important shipping center. 
 
 Unsurpassed shipping and traveling facilities. 
 
 Plenty of fine sites available for the location of factories. 
 
 Five modern public school buildings. 
 
 New Free Academy just constructed. 
 
 New Y. M. C. A. building with up to date equipment. 
 
 Six churches, new Roman Catholic costing $100,000, and new 
 Methodist Episcopal costing $45,000. 
 
 Public recreation park and children's play grounds. 
 
 Free swimming school at lake under direction of careful in- 
 structors. 
 
 Two first class general hospitals. 
 
 New county bacteriological laboratory, thoroughly equipped. 
 
 Clark Manor House home for aged ladies. 
 
 Private insane hospital. 
 
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 County orphan asylum. 
 
 Ten miles of paved streets. 
 
 Modern sewage system. 
 
 Municipally owned water supply system, self sustaining, furnishes 
 abundant and pure water supply. 
 
 Efificient police department. 
 
 Four first class volunteer fire companies. 
 
 Electric lighting throughout village. 
 
 Commercial gas manufacturing plant. 
 
 Acetylene gas manufactory with pipes through business section 
 for commercial lighting. 
 
 Efificient municipal government. 
 
 Large manufactory of anti-rusting tinware and enameled steel 
 
 ware. 
 
 Large brewery, manufacturing celebrated Canandaigua ale. 
 
 Canning factory. 
 
 Cracker factory, plow factory, spoke factory, cider mill, two 
 large evaporators, planing mills, machine shops, sash and blind fac- 
 tories, large cooperage. 
 
 Two first class banks. 
 
 Beautiful residence streets. 
 
 Modern retail stores in every line. 
 
 Noted for the beauty of its shady streets, well kept and hand- 
 some residences, fine public buildings, exceptional educational facil- 
 ities. 
 
 Healthful climate, pleasant place of residence, all the advantages 
 of a city without the discomforts. 
 
 Complete information on any subject gladly furnished by the 
 Secretary of the Board of Trade. 
 
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