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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



The original plat of the village was laid out by Thomas 

 Rees, Jr., surveyor, and a map made of the same, which is 

 now on file in the county clerk's office. 



From Steuben Street north to St. Patrick (now Wash- 

 ington) Street, and from Liberty Street west to Pine Street, 

 was laid out by Col. William H. Bull, in April, 1842, being 

 part of the estate of the late Col. Howell Bull. This part 

 of the village is known as Bull's Plat, and contains lots as 

 follows : On Liberty Street, from 1 to 5 inclusive ; on St. 

 Patrick Street, from 1 to 10 inclusive ; on Howell Street, 

 from 1 to 10 inclusive ; on Williams Street, from 1 to 22 

 inclusive; on Buel Street, from 1 to 16 inclusive. 



INCORPORATION. 



The village of Bath was incorporated by a special act of 

 the Legislature (Chap. 254, Laws of 1836), passed May 6, 

 1836, with the following boundaries : 



" Beginning at Morris Street where the same intersects 

 a road leading to the old race-course ; and thence running 

 northerly on the easterly bounds of said road to a point 

 where St. Patrick Street (laid out and not yet opened) 

 would intersect the same ; and thence on the south side of 

 St. Patrick Street to the west line of John H. White's 

 farm ; thence north on the west line of John H. White's 

 farm, and the east line of David Rumsey's farm, to an out- 

 lot owned by David McMaster ; thence westerly on said 

 McMaster's south line to the southwest corner of his lot ; 

 thence northerly along the west bounds of said McMaster's 

 lot, and the westerly bounds of Z. A. Lelaud's farm, being 

 the westerly bounds of lots Nos. 84, 83, 82, and 65, to the 

 division line between the Pulteney and Hornby lands ; 

 thence northerly on said division line to the north corner 

 of out-lot No. 3, occupied by James Read ; thence south- 

 westerly on the southwestern line of lots Nos. 3, 2, and 1 ; 

 thence on the division line between a lot owned by William 

 S. Hubbell and lot No. 50, being a mountain lot, northerly 

 and westerly ; thence continuing southwesterly on the 

 southern line of said lot No. 50 to the northern line of 

 lot No. 51 ; thence easterly on the line of lot No. 51 to 

 the northeast corner of the same ; thence on the easterly 

 line of the same, and the westerly line of a lot lately pur- 

 chased by Ten Eyck Gansevoort, to the southwest corner 

 of the last-mentioned lot, being a lot formerly owned by 

 Gen. McClure ; thence south forty degrees west, to the 

 south line of the Old Mill Farm (so called) formerly owned 

 by William Helm, now deceased ; thence on the southern 

 bounds of the Old Mill Farm to the southeast point tliereof, 

 and from thence to the place of beginning, shall hereafter 

 continue to be known and distinguished by the name of 

 ' The Village of Bath,' and the freeholders and inhabitants 

 residing in said village are constituted a body corporate by 

 the name of ' The Trustees of the Village of Bath.'" 



The first meeting for the election of officers was held at 

 the Franklin House, kept by A. R. Gould, on the 7th of 

 June, 1836, when the following-named persons were elected: 

 Trustees^ John D. Higgins, Ten Eyck Gansevoort, Benja- 

 min Smead, Moses H. Lyon, John T. Andrews ; Assessors^ 

 Ziba A. Leland, John M. Campbell, Henry Brother ; Treas- 

 urer, Robert Campbell, Jr. ; Clerh^ Levi C. Whiting ; Col- 

 lector^ Elisha Hampsted ; Constable^ 0. W. L. Warren. 



The presidents of the board of trustees and clerks of 

 the village under the old charter were as follows : 



Presidents. Clerks. 



1836 Ten Eyck Gransevoort. Levi C. Whiting. 



1837 



1838 '' '* James R. Dudley. 



1839 Lewis Biles. D. H. Fitch. 



1840 Moses IL Lyon. James R. Dudley. 



1841 John McCalla. Chas. W. Campbell. 



1842 Wm. VV. McCay. Edward Howell, Jr. 



1843 , Benjamin Smead. Eli Bidwell. 



1844 MoFes H. Lyon. James Lindsay. 



1845 Wm. W. McCay. '' *' 



1846 " " " " 



1847 " '^ Edward Howell, Jr. 



1848 " '^ James Lindsay. 



1849 David Rumsey, Jr. '' " 



1850; Levi C. Whiting. " " 



1851 R. B.VanValkenburgh. '' " 



NEW CHARTER. 



An act establishing a new charter for the village was 

 passed by the Legislature June 20, 1851, three-fifths being 

 present. At the annual election, held on the 0th day of 

 April, 1852, Robert Campbell was elected president by a 

 majority of ten votes over his competitor, Levi C. Whiting. 

 Joel H. Kice and George S. Ellas were elected trustees for 

 one year, Alfred P. Ferris and Lansing D. Hodgman for 

 two years. The following persons were elected assessors : 

 John Bramble for one year ; Paul C. Cook for two years ; 

 Moses H. Lyoii for three years. Alva E. Brown was 

 elected Treasurer ; Benjamin C. Ward, Collector; and Wm. 

 E. Bonham, Clerk. Since the election of 1852 the fol- 

 lowing have been the village presidents : 



1853-56. Levi C. Whiting. 

 1856-58. Moses H. Lyon. 



1858. George Edwards. 



1859. Samuel 11. Hammond. 

 1860-61. Ambrose S. Howell. 

 1864. Wm. W.Wilson. 

 l865-67.~Jonathan Robie. 



1867. Henry W. Ferine. 

 1868-70. David H. Hastings 

 1870-71. A. S. Howell. 

 1872. Addison F. Ellas. 

 1873-75. James Lyon. 

 1875. Reuben Robie. 

 1876-79. John Davenport. 



James Lindsay officiated as clerk of the village for 

 twenty-nine consecutive years, being elected each year 

 successively from 1848 to 1876 inclusive. George E. 

 McMaster has been clerk for the two past years. 



The first fire company was organized in 1836. Dec. 17, 

 1839, the board passed the following : 



'^ Resolved, That the fire company heretofore organized in said cor- 

 poration of Bath having been duly disbanded, the following-named 

 persons be and the same are hereby duly organized and constituted a 

 fire-engine company in said corporation: Lewis Biles, Foreman; J. 

 McBeath, Assistant Foreman; R. L. Underbill, Clerk. Members: 

 Moses H. Lyon, Wm. H. Bull, L. H. Read, Daniel Miller, John 0. 

 Goodsell, Charles Adams, Bernard Fox, W. Secor, Reuben Robie, 

 James Shannon, Benj. D. Lilly, Addison F. Ellas, G. A. Rogers, Wm. 

 Hamilton, Thos. Metcalfe, James Moore, A. Babcock, Lewis Shoe- 

 maker, Wm. A. Biles, James R. Dudley, A. R. Gould, Nathan Stevens, 

 R. H. Graham, John R. Gansevoort, David McMaster." 



The charter was so amended by act passed Jan. 22, 1841, 

 as to authorize and empower the corporation to increase the 

 firemen of the fire company of the village to any number 

 not exceeding thirty. 



The village well on Liberty Street was filled up in 1841, 

 and a new one dug on the south side of St. Patrick's 

 Square, east of Liberty Street. 



"Champion Fire Company, No. 1, of the village of 



