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manage the gas plant for the benefit of the heirs and he con- 

 tinued the supply till about 1858, when a new stage in the 

 history was opened. Before entering on this second stage, 

 several facts of interest in the same general connection will be 

 put on record. 



The pride that Fredonia took in its unique source of artificial 

 illumination is expressed in the village seal that was adopted in 

 1829. A photographic reproduction of an impression of the seal 

 is herewith presented. 



For the copy the survey is indebted to Mr D. A. White, whose 

 kindly interest and service have been already noted. The size 

 of the seal is reproduced in the engraving. It represents a gas 

 pipe with five burning jets attached. 



In 1829, or thereabouts, an attempt was made by Walter 

 Smith, to furnish gas for the government lighthouse at Dun- 

 kirk. It is mentioned in the account in Silliman's journal 

 previously quoted. In this attempt, Mr Smith was following an 

 example already set in the lighthouse at Barcelona, 20 miles 

 west, which will be described on a subsequent page. Mr Smith 

 got possession of another gas spring in the creek bed, a mile 

 nearer the lake than those already described. So sure of his 

 ground was he, that he proceeded to lay a pipe line from the 

 spring to the lighthouse. The pipe line consisted of pump logs 

 properly joined together and two miles of such material laid in 



