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Willh, no is also i} rubber.LAFAYETTE’S VISIT.An Hit inhabitant Oauackt} Hi* MemorylorFarUculort,Siwitqai182!eneit*theinef' SMinton of this city recollectsi533 81)157 7167 6 35 3 14 5 SO■;ssmyWOgetLit!thenotIvividness de Lafayet, H1b memo l 'by reading hich M.C. -B 3taki»a»d. dr. Hand’s lt;3 mind man Id have perievening of t arrive till tl was then 1CW«My-QBI he nd-a.,072.576.58#-.573.ITS.213,177to Iothnipfoutoseekuwlfitca:kefirtkcabn•ke\vlt;Dlt;'hu‘toitieGlt;of,sqrathat. Perba ad some give him ae and t »w of nn a was there je bonfire10‘10:78 itiC-5 3:31 8; 115 «•411tage •and i ant. now 'ChePerCent..m.m.510.530.111,400.251.012 71) a 5 el 3 12 ft) 8 12 S3 7! S« 7110 87 . 881 b '48n:m;^aivisit which, the Mares made to Syracuse in :y of the event waa fresb-the article descriptive of And of this city wrote for Mr. Stanton Bays: escrlptiou has brought to , things that otherwise aps faded out of it alto^ ier.1 The wo; ither was very pleasant, ivette was expected to arrive here oh be 28th of June, but did e morning of the 28th. ..... •ears old. I mention thisbow that I eSjoyad the watch tire with it boys of my age, tot we staid up all Mr. Hand may have me else now living a description of the e events. X do not one else now alive:cept myself. We. had ara the! south aide of the al and o» Clinton square and it was it burning all night. We bad plenty of . craokers wliieb was of some interest to boys. The people were prepared with idles in their windows to illuminate,; wo only used the watch fire which was)t blazkUR till morning. The houses re all built of wood at this time, John rnford lived in a two-story wooden .ldlng on tbe southwest corner of Giin-Square and Judge Forman lived in the ct house a little west of Mr. Dmnford’s. o, A. T, Granger lived on the north side the canal and on the east side of the tare near the Mansion House. These ,n were the most important citizens of , place, Mr. Dumford. was a nter, Mr.. Forman a lawyer, d Gen, l Granger a merchant, emember well the building that fronted i square at this time and the old - stone ;dgo tbat spanned tbe canal that Lafay-o had to pusi over. After breakfast as ?. Hand statda the distinguished visitor ik the through packet Bocbester for 3 East. A tioat at this time came in m Geddes loaded with passengers to 3 Lafayette. At the same time a small ckeC from Satina arrived also loaded tb. passengers, , and as the through cket with llafayette went out on her istern trip, prolonged cheers went up in od earnest. The small packet from ,lina had one horse. The craft from •ddea had (two horseB. The packet jobustor had throe hocnes and as the lat, wiifl Jigkt she was drawn rapidly along. io three horses were hays and large and le. The packot stable was on tbe north dc of .the canal and it waa called then mton alley. The small lock cast at this mo was on the oast side of Lock street, ho canal collector’s office was on .the nail island at the junction-of the canals, r. Colvin was collector. The three-boats eeting at this time was emblematical of io three cabals— the eastern, western and io northara,! The . boat Bochcatcr was ailt at the boat house where the Durst on lock now stands. The timber yard was here the Greyhound building now ;ands. The boat was built of oak.pineand idar. The wjbite oak grow on the hill here tbo tit. Joseph's Hospital now iTids and tbejpiie grew where tbe West hoto depot now stauds.- The cedar grew u the low lands near Mulberry- street, bo original timber that grow here was irge and flnfe. This boat was painted rhlte with grten blinds. It waa the beBt f its kind in its day.‘‘At this tike salt waa the principal liaineaa here! Mr, MeUarthy, was in.the alt business it Salina. Mr. Howletthad took yards ahd a packing house neay the ieddes locks] It was pretty extensive for. hose days byl larger than the atocd yards n Chicago. 'The business in Syracuse was neatly on the nortn side of the oanal and t was sometime before it left the tow-pathu. -rl... 1,-h nn (.Ha KAiith flldA wah mnftt.pet a u tio: Slv .r«a thi by ho the Mik rrup ouiuDuiHiu vv,v'“ -- , , . ■ido. The ln.-nll on the Bouth Aide was most-y a wa*i«, that is, it was mostly unoutti-rated. The 6ld ted mill drew business to he north side for soma time. There was a ower on the water race, and a saw mill.*
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Syracuse Standard
Syracuse, New York, US
Sun, Sep 07, 1890
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