TOWN OF BATH. 



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Bbenezer Ellis, appointed July 12, 1865. 

 Ebenezer Ellis, appointed March 3, 1871. 

 Ebenezer Ellis, appointed March 18, 1873. 

 Joseph S. Dolson, appointed Feb. 12, 1874. 

 Joseph S. Dolson, appointed March 4, 1878. 



BUSINESS OF THE VILLAGE. 



Mills. — The mills in the village and vicinity are the 

 following : 



Flouring and Merchant Mill, Bath, L. J). Hodgman, 

 proprietor. 



Henry Brothers' Flouring-Mill, Bath. 



John Baker's Mill, situated two miles up the river. 



Eagle Mills, L. D. Hustin, three miles below the village. 



Manufactories. — The interests properly coming under 

 this head in the village of Bath are the following : 



Sash-, Door-, and Blind-Factory, A. Beckman. 



Platform Wagons, etc., Loomis & McMaster. 



Foundry and Machine-Shop, Hardenbrook & Co. 



Machine-Shop, John M. Ross. 



Wagon Manufactory, D. B. Ballou. 



Saw-Mill and Lumber- Yard, Samuel Balcom. 



Planing-Mill and Box-Factory, Allen Butler. 



Confectionery Manufactory, John Messerschmidt. 



Cigar Manufactories, Todd & Van Wie, S. L. Hoi comb, 

 John Beckwith. 



Broom Manufactory, John Scott. 



Boots and Shoes, Thomas Davidson. 



Furniture, Chester Knight. 



Cooper-Shop, Joseph Thorp. 



Mercantile. — Dry-Goods^ H. W. Ferine & Co., A. 

 S. Howell & Co., J. & J. C. Bobie, Church & Obert, W. 

 W. Wilson, Lee Swartz. 



Drugs. — John Sutherland, George E. Knight, Mrs. M. 

 T. Hess. 



Hardware. — Wm. H. Shepard, Hastings & Coy. 



Jewelry. — W. P. Sedgwick, Hills, Griswold & Co., 

 George W. Murray, J. S. Farr. 



Groceries. — Wheeler & Wood, Higgins & Otis, T. J. 

 Aber & Son, S. S. Eastwood, T. W. Barber. 



Clothing. — D. Wile, Thorp & Clark, Charles E. Brown, 

 C. S. Allison (merchant tailoring). 



Book-Stores. — C. Gansevoort, C. D. Wylie. 



Shoe-Stores. — James H. Scott, Thomas Davidson, Joseph 

 Furtherer. 



Dentists. — J. R. Selover, A. Osgood. 



Insurance. — M. T. Wagoner, Z. L. Parker, B. C. 

 Ward, D. M. Van Camp. 



Meat-Markets. — D. L. Robinson, William Y. Long- 

 well, D. H. Wheeler, Thomas Kniffin. 



Milliners. — Mrs. Mitchell & Sister, Mrs. J. Yan Der 

 Beek. 



Dress-Making. — Miss Hannah Parker, Misses Tiffany, 

 Mrs. A. Palmer. 



Paints, Oils, and Painting. — M. C. Purdy, T. P. 

 Purdy, C. E. Hopkins. 



Hotels. — Nichols House, John R. Laidlaw ; Steuben 

 House, Daniel Wright ; Mansion House, Perry Topping ; 

 Read House, A. J. Read. 



Purdy Opera-House. — M. C. & W. H. Purdy, pro- 

 prietors. 

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banks. 



STEUBEN COUNTY BANK. 



The Steuben County Bank was incorporated by act of the 

 Legislature, March 9, 1882. The following-named gentle- 

 men constituted the first Board of Directors : John Magee, 

 Wm. W. McCay, Reuben Robie, Edward Howell, Constant 

 Cook, James Faulkner,* Andrew B. Dickinson, Chauncey 

 Hoffman, Charles Butler, Henry S. Williams, Henry B. 

 Gibson, Ansel St. John, William S. Hubbell. 



At a meeting of the directors, held Dec. 6, 1832, John 

 Maii:ee was elected President, and William B. Storm was 

 appointed Cashier. 



The bank first opened for business in a room in the old 

 Land-Office building, Oct. 24, 1 832. The present banking 

 house was built in 1833, when the business was removed 

 into it, where it has ever since remained. The bank has 

 been uniformly prosperous, and has undergone few changes 

 in its management, considering that it has been in existence 

 over forty-six years. During this period it has stood the 

 test of three financial revulsions, the most trying of any 

 that have ever been experienced in the monetary affairs of 

 this country, and has passed safely and triumphantly through 

 them all. 



Jan. 15, 1835, Wra. W. McCay was elected President, and 

 John Magee appointed Cashier. July 1, 1851, John Magee 

 was elected President, and D. C. Howell appointed Cashier. 

 Jan. 12, 1869, D. C. Howell was elected President, and 

 William E. Howell appointed Cashier. Feb. 24, 1870, 

 Ambrose S. Howell was elected President. Jan. 13, 1874, 

 D. C. Howell was elected President, and A. S. Howell, 

 Yice-President. 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BATH. 



The Bank of Bath was organized in April, 1854, under 

 the laws of the State, as a bank of issue, under the presi- 

 dency of the late Hon. Constant Cook, with H. H. Cook, 

 Esq., Cashier. For two or three months the business of 

 the bank was conducted in Judge Cook's former office, near 

 his residence, after which the bank was removed to the old 

 Land-Office building, on the south side of Pulteney Square, 

 which building it occupied about a year, awaiting the erection 

 of a substantial brick building upon the site of Judge Cook's 

 former office. Upon the completion of this building the 

 bank was removed to it. In April, 1858, the institution 

 was again removed to the building then owned and still 

 occupied by it at the corner of Steuben and Liberty 

 Streets. 



On the 14th of December, 1863, it reorganized under the 

 "Act to provide a National Currency," etc., as " The First 

 National Bank of Bath," with a capital of $50,000. Offi- 

 cers as before — Constant Cook, President, and H. H. Cook, 

 Cashier. Directors, Constant Cook, H. H. Cook, L. D. 

 Hodgman, E. C. Cook, and W. W. Allen. 



A few months afterwards its capital was increased to 

 $100,000. 



On the 24th of February, 1874, at the ripe age of seventy- 

 six, and after a long and eminently-successful financial ca- 

 reer. Judge Cook, the founder of the bank, died. 



* Still living. 



