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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YOEK. 



Addison Cliaj)ter, No. 146, was chartered Feb. 9, 1854. 

 Charter Council, Dr. Bradley Blakslee, High Priest ; Z. 

 Lewis ¥/ebb. King ; Abram Dudley, Scribe. 



Dr. Bradley Blakslee is one of the oldest, if not the 

 oldest. Mason in Steuben County. He was made a Mason 

 by Hiram Lodge, of Auburn, N. Y., on the 17th or 18th 

 of November, 1815, and has consequently been a member 

 of the fraternity over sixty-three years. He afterwards 

 organized Lafayette Lodge at Otego, N. Y., and was Master 

 of the same during the trying times of the Morgan excite- 

 ment. He was instrumental in founding both lodges in 

 this village, of which he still remains an honored member. 



ODD-FELLOWSHIP. 



Canisteo Lodge, No. 345, I. 0. 0. i^.— The first lodge 

 instituted in Addison was Lodge No. 285, in the spring of 

 1847. The charter members were E. J. Horn, H. Ross 

 Jones, William A. Baldwin, Henry S. Jones, Charles E. 

 Gillet. E. J. Horn was elected the first Noble Grand. 

 The other officers cannot be ascertained, as the archives of 

 the old lodge were destroyed by fire. On the 19th of 

 February, 1873, the lodge was reorganized as Canisteo 

 Lodge, No. 345. The ceremonies were conducted by 



D. D. G. M. Charles Norton, of Hornellsville, who occu- 

 pied the chair, assisted by D. D. G. M. J. W. Stoddard, of 

 Allegany District, D. D. G. M. D. S. Powers, of Corning, 

 and D. D. G. M. A. F. Lawrence, of Genesee District. 



Corning were largely represented, as were also Elmira, 

 Hornellsville, and Watkins. 



The charter members of the lodge were H. S. Jones, 

 W. B. Hunter, J. V. Graham, E. J. Horn, E. B. Murray, 

 F. F. Cook, and D. Phillips, who were duly obligated, and 

 the formation of a working lodge proceeded with. 



The following ofiicers were elected and duly installed: 



E. J. Horn, N. G. ; W. R. Hunter, Y. G. ; J. H. Goodby, 

 Sec. ; J. Y. Graham, Treas. ; H. R. Jones, R. S. N. G. ; 

 A. R. Cooper, L. S. N. G. ; F. F. Cook, Warden ; E. B. 

 Murray, Conductor ; W. J. Schermerhorn, R. S. S. ; R. S. 

 Woodburn, L. S. S. ; J. Y. Myers, 0. G. ; H. P. Lamoreaux, 

 L G.; D. J. Chittenden, R. S. Y. G. ; G. W. Davidson, 

 L. S. Y. G. 



A number of Ancients were admitted to membership, 

 eight new members initiated, and the new lodge bids fair 

 for a useful and prosperous career. It meets at Masonic 

 Hall Monday evenings until further notice. 



Ancient Order United Workmen. — A lodge of Ancient 

 Order of United Workmen was organized in this village on 

 Thursday evening, Sept. 14, 1876, with 21 charter mem- 

 bers. It is known as Eureka Lodge. The following ofii- 

 cers were elected and installed : Dr. Rush P. Brown, M. W. • 

 Arthur H. Erwin, G. F. ; Laurin B. Drake, Overseer ; 

 James H. Goodby, P. M. W. ; M. Kinne, Recorder ; F. C. 

 Taber, Financier ; C. D. Hill, Receiver ; C. D. Cady, I. W. ; 

 Charles Whitmore, 0. W. ; W. T. Price, Arthur P. Hill, 

 John Y. Richy, Trustees. 



BANKS. 

 ADDISON BANK, LATTIMER & WINTON, BANKERS. 



This bank was originally a chartered institution, estab- 

 lished by William R. Smith and Charles H. Henderson in 



1856, William R. Smith President and Charles H. Hender- 

 son Cashier. About 1861 they surrendered their charter 

 and Mr. Henderson succeeded to the business. The present 

 proprietors purchased his interest and building on the north 

 side of the river in 1867. In 1873 they erected their 

 present fine fire-proof building on Tuscarora Street, at a 

 cost of $10,000. It is one of the most completely fur- 

 nished and commodious bank buildings in this part of the 

 State, and the business of the firm is on a very prosperous 



footino;. 



BALDWIN & WILLIAMS, BANKERS. 



This bank was established in 1874 by James Baldwin 

 and Charles D. Williams, the present proprietors. Their 

 building was erected especially for the purpose of a bank, 

 and is provided with a very safe and substantial fire-proof 

 vault. The windows in front are of one solid pane of 

 English plate-glass, eight by ten feet, and the banking-room 

 and office neat and commodious. This bank is considered 

 among the firm and prosperous monetary institutions of 

 this part of the State. 



BRIDGES. 



The iron bridge across the Canisteo at Addison is one of 

 the finest on the river. It is one of Post's patent, from the 

 Watson Iron Company's works, of Paterson, N. J., 135 

 feet span, and cost $10,000. It was erected in 1870 by 

 E. J. Horn, F. C. Dininny, H. S. Jones, Commissioners, 

 and Erastus Brooks, Commissioner of Highways. 



The suspension bridge, which spans the river at the foot 

 of Goodhue Street, is another of the substantial ornaments 

 of the village. It is 204 feet long, and was erected in 

 1873 by Col. Henry Baldwin, Supervisor, and George 

 Sisson, Commissioner, for the moderate cost of $5000 ; John 

 Y. Fishier, architect. 



MANUFACTURES. 



Among the substantial manufactures of the village of 

 Addison are the planing-mills, sash-, door-, and blind-factory 

 of A. G. Crane & Co. In 1865, C. C. Crane & Co. pur- 

 chased the old water-mill built by Ames & Bliss as early as 

 1845, and manufactured the first machine-made doors, 

 sashes, and blinds in this part of the State. They built the 

 present steam-mill in 1866, and fitted up the saw-mill for 

 making sash, blinds, and doors. This last-named mill was 

 burned in 1872, and since then the firm have doubled the 

 capacity of the steam-mill and put in machinery, adapting 

 it to all classes of finished work, — doors, sash, blinds, 

 mouldings, etc. In 1874, A. G. Crane purchased the 

 interest of C. C. Crane, and, entering into partnership with 

 Charles E. Noble, formed the present firm of A. G. Crane 

 & Co. The capacity of these mills is 250 doors, 150 win- 

 dows, and 50 pairs of blinds per day, and furnish employ- 

 ment to from 25 to 50 hands. 



ADDISON MERCHANT AND CUSTOM FLOURING-MILLS. 



These mills were built by David Curtis, of Painted Post, 

 and James S. McKay, of Campbell, about 1853. Col. Mc- 

 Kay continued to operate the mills, as head miller, for about 

 ten years. In October, 1865, Thomas Paxton purchased a 



