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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



a year, but the general average is $250,000. This was the 

 first boot- and shoe-manufactory in Steuben County, and 

 the first of any kind in Canisteo, and by its success has 

 prepared the way for many other prosperous enterprises. 

 The Allisons are natives of Hornellsville, in this county. 



This firm have also a factory for the manufacture of 

 ladies', misses', and children's fine shoes, in the upper 

 story of the fine new brick block on the corner of Depot 

 and Main Streets. This business was established in March, 



1874, by Pevear & La Croix, of Lynn, Mass. In Jan- 

 uary, 1877, it passed into the hands of L. Allison & Co., 

 by whom the business is successfully conducted. They 

 employ in this branch about '60 hands, and do each year 

 a business amounting to $75,000. 



A. B. Yorhis' Planing-Mill, Sash-, Door-, and Blind- 

 Factory. — This large interest was established on a small 

 scale, as a planing-mill alone, by Mr. Yorhis, in 1868. 

 The year following he put in machinery for sash, doors, 

 etc., and from a small wooden* building, in which he first 

 began, he has increased the capacity of his shops, — adding 

 a brick structure of large dimensions, — till he has now the 

 second largest establishment of the kind in the State. The 

 products of this factory are used for the local trade, for the 

 Eastern and Southern, and are quite largely exported to 

 Europe. The shops employ 65 hands, and the sales amount 

 annually to about $125,000. 



Chair-Factory, Taylor Bros., proprietors ; Steam Works 

 established in 1874. — The chairs made at these works are 

 exclusively wood-seated, and average in production from 

 40,000 to 45,000 chairs per year, giving employment to 

 40 hands, and amounting in sales, annually, to about 

 $40,000. 



Steam Saw-Mill, L. P. Weed, proprietor. — Built in the 

 spring of 1874, by Mr. Weed. The average amount of 

 lumber sawn at this mill is about 500,000 feet per year. 



Foundry and Machine-Shops, H. Carter & Sons. — In 

 1873, Mr. Carter and Kelsy Bergen started in the manu- 

 facture of agricultural implements, and built the present 

 shops that year. After a few months, Mr. Carter bought 

 out Mr. Bergen, and changed the establishment to a ma- 

 chine-shop and boiler- works, adding, since, the manufacture 

 of steam-engines. The proprietors themselves work in the 

 shops, employing an additional force of from 10 to 12 

 hands, and having ready sale for all the work they can turn 

 out. Sales amount to about $18,000 a year. 



BANK OF CANISTEO. 



President, M. Allison ; Yice-President, L. Allison ; Cash- 

 ier, W. W. Ball.. 



This banking-house was established in 1876. It is located 

 in the fine three-story brick block, known as the Bank Block, 

 on the corner of Main and Depot Streets, which was erected 

 by M. Allison, James S. Hall, and Davison and McCaig, in 



1875. The bank occupies a fine suite of offices in the cor- 

 ner of the building, on the first floor, and is furnished in 

 first-class style for banking purposes. 



CANISTEO TIMES. 



This is a weekly newspaper, started in the village, Jan. 

 25, 1877, by S. H. Jennings. Mr. Jennings has labored 



earnestly to make his paper a success, despite the flood of 

 dailies from all the cities. The people of the village and 

 country appreciate the fact that, aside from all these, they 

 need a local organ, and are giving the enterprising editor 

 and publisher an encouraging support. The Times is inde- 

 pendent in politics, and devoted to local interests. 



BUSINESS HOUSES. 



The principal business houses are the following : 



Dry Goods.— J. Roblee & Co., W. W. Bennett & Co., 

 William Biddell. 



Dry Goods and Groceries. — Davison & McCaig, 

 Martin 0. Yan Delender. 



Clothing. — Louis Unger. 



Merchant Tailors. — Schermerhorn & Co., Levi 

 Totten. 



Groceries and Crockery. — Waldo & Davison. 



Groceries. — E. E. Stewart, D. C. Corbett, T. K. 

 Brownell. 



Stoves and Hardware. — 0. 0. Laine, William B. 

 Taylor. 



Books and Stationery. — A. B. Laine. 



Undertaker and Furniture. — L. B. Riddell. 



Druggists and Physicians. — George Riddell & Co. 



Wagon-Shops. — George Sherman, A. A. Monroe. 



Wagon-Makers and Blacksmiths. — Whitwood 

 Bros., George Cooper. 



Harness-Makers. — James S. Hall. 



Jewelers. — Bateman McKeane. 



Hotels. — Canisteo House, H. C. Cheney; Commerei^.1 

 Hotel, Wilder Rice. 



Tannery and Grist-Mill. — Charles Floher. 



Marble- Works. — D. F. Crane. 



distances. 



Canisteo is three hundred and thirty miles from New 

 York, thirty-seven from Corning, ninety-three from Buffalo, 

 and five miles from Hornellsville, on the main Erie Rail- 

 way. 



physicians. 



Among the early physicians was Dr. Daniel D. Davis, 

 who was not only eminent in his profession, but a citizen of 

 prominence and distinction. Dr. Whitney, also an early 

 practitioner, came to Canisteo about 1830. Dr. C. P. 

 Chamberlain, still residing and practicing here, made his 

 advent to the place about 1845. Drs. George and Le Roy 

 Riddell came with their parents in 1837. They have been 

 from early life identified with Canisteo, and, in addition to 

 their professional duties and labors, also hold a prominent 

 position among the business men of the village. The pres- 

 ent physicans are C. P. Chamberlain, Benjamin Pickett, and 

 M. D. Ellison. 



lawyers. 



Burrell & Hallett, A. H. Burrell, Eli Soule, and William 

 B. Jones. 



CHURCHES. 



PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CANISTEO. 



In 1836 a Presbyterian Church was first formed in this 

 village, and continued for a few years. 



