Class Book_J2l ROCHESTER CoDTT^pllDinnie^tfs o(f '^c? ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THOUSAND HORSEPOWER FOR SALE CHEAPER THAN CAN BE BOUGHT r^ .ELSEWHERE. 1 3) is^^ssr^ BEST OF SHIPPIN6 FACILITIES! CHEAPO LI^INO! Gdmpetent Help, owning their Own Homes! FOR FULL PARTICULARS WRITE. TO gJohn M. Ives, §ecrelai3(Sgmt)erof Qmmerce, ROCHESTER.- NY- 7 ^.^^-^^ .ipc.y ^, .^^'a A <^^ , ROCHESTER— The Power CUy. I ' ^^ ^^ '^^^r Thirty thousand horse power ■ RiciiiudiKl^ r'r'.'V tJ^S i''fO?Vri,,ri,.J .N.'A, ' Cr .v^5^ generated by the Genesee River i-.erkh.irs , ^-^j^j^vvv^^^ ^'^^t cii .r. s '.v«lV y>\r c ^^ for Sale in Rochestcr Cheaper thau Sc><^t'<>ti^<*^^jr-s^CH.„-„ I ^X^> ^^'z *^*" ^^ bought in any city in the ^•oM^uujo >«koii. . \ i^rl I I'nited States. The Genesee River within the city limits falls 260 feet. Visit «- 1 I ^ , : Rochester and you will be impressed with ■^^ \\ I I / its beauty, cleanliness, healthfulness, its first- •G;...tiiiSaK*?. ■^?*"- v.„,,,„V Tr*»5li^^ ;^_iLA-^^ '•'>■— liy i^'^ / / ' class hotels, schools, churches, theatre.s, drinking jte BasP J?- .I'y .'£> ^ .. ' '" "") iL i Is 1) ^i V ^-.--^T i^"— •^ ^^■f„V% ,-^yv' a. / / water, sewerage system. A good town to live in, sum- meror winter. If vou can't visit, write for particulars. ALEXANDER B. LAMBERTON, President Rochester Chamber of Commerce, 1901. ROCHESTER THE POWER CITY 1900-1901 ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUBLISHERS PRESS OF UNION AND ADVERTISER C O M P A N Y DEC 14 1906 D. OF D. ROCHESTEd THE POWER, CITY. ^i^s: -^IStg^ 1 n jj^ p IT is only withiu the last decade or two that the people of Rochester realized to its fullest extent the unparalleled advantages and possi- bilities of its water power. It is true that, in a vague way, the founders of the city, and those who subsequently aided in its develop- ment, had a knowledge of what nature provided, but only in later years was there a scientific and systematic revealment of our water privileges. The early pioneers did well with the knowledge they possessed regarding the Genesee River and its tributaries, and con- structed the two races which for many years provided power for mills and factories along their courses. In the course of time, however, it was seen how inadequate the water supply was for the requirements of Rochester's industries, and the project of proper water storage was earnestly discussed by the citizens. The Rochester Chamber of Commerce took up the matter, by employing the well known Civil Engineer, George W. Rafter, to make a thorough examination of the subject, and that expert published an exhaustive report, entitled "The Genesee River Storage, and Its Relations to the Erie Canal and the Manufacturing Interests of Western New York." It maybe said that Mr. Rafter's reports and arguments concerning the State's declaration that the water of the Genesee River belonged of right to the State alone, was largely the means of inducing the Legislature to grant a franchise for the construction of a storage dam at Portage, with the proviso that a certain amount of w^ater be rendered available at all times for the use of the Erie Canal. This modification of the State's claim gave encouragement to the people of Rochester, who desired to see the greater development of waler power. The franchise to construct the great dam was given to The Genesee River Company, but, for certain reasons, no steps have been taken towards the great work. In the meantime, other projects have been considered, and the one advocated by the Chamber of Commerce was the construction of a series of low dams at advantageous points, by which the danger always attendant upon high dams was to be averted, and an adequate water flow for our industries secured. The result has been the requirement of additional water, and the securing of the water privileges by Rochester companies, who stand ready to supply all the electrical power needed for industrial purposes, at a lower rate than can be found elsewhere. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING. V, m ROCHESTER. yHWiilB IX taking a retrospective view of Rochester, it may truthfully be stated that it is one of the most beautiful cities on the American continent, and has a history that is at once remarkable and romantic, which was published in the edition of "Illustrated Rochester," issued in 1899 by the Chamber of Commerce. It is the purpose of this article to review the progress of our city since the last report of the Chamber, and point out the prospects for the increase of Rochester's industries and population, the latter being now in the neighborhood of 170,000 souls. Some extracts from a report made for the Chamber of Commerce by City Engineer Fisher, will convey interesting facts at this juncture. He says : "The center of Rochester is about seven miles south of Lake Ontario. It lies in latitude 43° 08' N., and longitude 77° 42' W. The central portion of the city is about 263 feet above mean lake level, and 510 feet above mean tide water. The city is nearly bisected east and west by the Genesee River, which flows through it from south to north. The river has three falls and several rapids within the corporate limits, having an aggregate descent of about 257 feet, affording power to many manufactories. The Erie Canal passes through the city, and was a potent factor in its development. RAILROADS, The following named railroads enter the city : The main __ _ j.^^ ^^ ^^^^ New York Central and Hudson River ; West Shore ; Erie ; Lehigh \'alley ; Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh ; Rome, Watertowm & Ogdensburg ; Pennsylvania ; Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo ; Dansville & Mt. Morris; while the Northern Central enters over the tracks of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad; and the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western over the Pennsylvania Railroad. The harbor, or Port of Rochester, is Charlotte, on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Genesee River, seven miles from the center of the city. The habitable area of the city is 10,328 acres, or 16.14 square miles ; the area of parks, rivers, etc., 1,307 acres, or 2.04 square miles. The total area is 11,635 acres, or 18.18 square miles. The assessed valuation for 1901 is, real estate, $103,041,475 ; personal property, $7,378,630; franchises. $5,149,685. The tax levy is $1,793,000, and the tax decimal, $15.65. ROCHESTER THE POWER CITY The total length of the streets is about 325 miles, of which 125.70 are improved. The combined sewerage system discharges into the Genesee River below the Lower Falls. The total length of public sewers is 225 miles. Included in this length are two large trunk or intercepting sewers, of a total length, including branches and overflow sewers, of about 14 miles, varying in size from 3 feet to 10 feet in diameter. WATER SUPPLY. '^^^^ water works are owned and operated by the city. Two systems are in use, viz : first, a gravity system of potable water ; second, a direct pumping system, taking water from the Genesee River. The source of the gravity system is Hemlock Lake, situated in a hilly district thirty miles south, and about 386 feet above the general level of Rochester. The quality of water is not excelled, and sanitary measures are in force to maintain the purity of the supply. There are two reservoirs con- nected with the system, a storage reservoir at Rush, about nine miles from the center of the cit}^ and 224 feet above the general elevation thereof, having a capacity of 63,500,000 U. S. gallons, and a distributing reservoir called Mt. Hope, situated about two miles south, and about no feet above the general elevation of the city, having a capacity of 22,500,000 gallons. The potable water is brought to the city in two gravity conduits ; one built of wrought and cast iron in 1875, and 28.23 miles in length, having a capacity of about 6,500,000 gallons ; and the .second, completed in 1894, a 6-foot horse shoe shaped tunnel, built of 5-inch brick for 2.25 miles, and the remaining 26.19 miles of 38-inch riveted steel pipe, the total length being 28^.44 miles, having a capacity of 16,500,000 gallons, making a total capacity of both conduits of 23,000,000 gallons. The average consumption from Hemlock Lake for 1900 was about 12,400,000 gallons, and from the river about 1,400,000 gallons, making a total consumption of about 13,800,000 gallons, an average of 85.1 gals, per capita per day. The direct pumping system is operated for suppressing fires, operating lift bridges, elevators, etc., in the central and manufacturing districts of the cit}'. The maximum capacity of the works is 7,000,000 gallons per day. The total length of mains and conduits of the system is 345.41 miles. STREET LIGHTS. '^^^ ^^^y ^^ lighted by 2,322 2,000-candle-power arc "^= - lights, 464 1,200-candle-pow^er arc lights in pairs, 144 gas lights. The works are owned by a private company, and the rates are as follows : For 2,000-candle-power arc lights, all night service, 25 cents per light, per night; for 1,200-candle-power arc lights, all night service, 20 cents per light, per night; and gas lights 8 cents per light, per night. The cost of light- ing for the year 1900 w-as about $247,000. Rochester is conceded to be the best lighted city in the United States. MIDDLE FALLS, 18 Feet High LOWER FALLS, 96 Feet High DRIVING PARK AVENUE BRIDGE, 212 Feet Above Genesee River. R O C H K S T E R THE POWER CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Commissioner of Public Safety James D. Case\^ gives the fol- lowing report of oflScials and employees in his department: General Office — One commissioner, one chief clerk, one bookkeeper, one stenographer, one department surgeon. Health Bureau — One health officer, one clerk, one biologist, one chemist, one registrar, one stenographer, one plumbing inspector, one assistant plumbing inspector, one meat and milk inspector, one meat inspector, one keeper of Hope Hospital, one diphtheria inspector, one mer- cantile inspector, one disinfectant, one assistant disinfectant, five sanitary inspectors, seven district health physicians. Police Bureau — One chief, one director of detective bureau, five cap- tains, four lieutenants, nine detective sergeants, one interpreter, one investi- gator, four sergeants police patrol, lo sergeants, 149 patrolmen, four doormen, four drivers, total 193. Additional Employees — One superintendent of police telegraph, four operators, one matron, one stenographer, total seven. Total in police depar- ment, 200. Fire Bureau — Uniformed members: one chief, four batallion chiefs, 20 captains, 20 lieutenants, one superintendent veterinary hospital, one superin- tendent of hose, one assistant superintendent of hose, nine engineers, 144 drivers, firemen, etc. Total, 201. Additional Employees — One clerk, one superintendent fire alarm tele- graph, three linemen, one veterinary surgeon, three laborers veterinary hospital. Total employees in fire department, 210. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. ^^'"^ educational advantages of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Rochester are unexcelled by any city in the United States. There are 38 public schools, 18 parochial schools, one college, one university, two theological seminaries, one mechanics' insti- tute. There are several private schools, and, under Catholic supervision, besides the parochial schools, there are two academies for girls, one academy for boys, and three Catholic orphan asylums. St. Bernard's Theological Seminary is one of the finest of the kind in this country, and has 106 students, besides which are St. Andrew's Preparatory Seminar}-, connected with the Cathedral, which has an attendance of 62 students. Among the educational institutions above mentioned are many beautiful and up-to-date structures that are considered models. rHlTRCHPS Rochester contains 116 churches, many of which are mag- ^TTTT^-^ 11— nificent modern structures, replete with ever\^ convenience for comfort and health. Every denomination is well represented, the influ- ence of which has a strong bearing upon the moral and intellectual progress of the city. THE OTIS ARCH. ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Major-General Elwell S. Otis Honored by his Home City on his Return from the Philippines Otis Day June 15 1900. KOCH KSTKR THK POWER CITY 13 THEATRES AND HALLS. ^" ^^^ '"''"^^ °^ theatres, Rochester is -^ — — abreast with every city of its size in the country. The Lyceum Theatre, after the Moorish style of architecture, is popular for high class entertainments. Baker Theatre, also of the first class, has a beautiful and commodious interior. The Cook Opera House is famous for its refined vaudeville, and has a large seating capacity, while the Empire Theatre caters to the lovers of burlesque and the lighter drama. There are a number of halls for public entertainment, chief among which are the Y. M. C* A. Music Hall, Fitzhugh Hall, Damascus Temple, and smaller halls. HOTELS. There are thirty-five hotels in Rochester, ranging in price from ^^ $1.00 to $4.50 per day, some of which are fire-proof. Among the most notable are The Powers Hotel, The Whitcomb House, The Livingston Hotel, and The Osburn House. SUMMER RESORTS. '^^^ proximity of Rochester to Lake Ontario has -•= " - given rise to many charming summer resorts, the favorite ones being Ontario Beach, Windsor Beach, Summer\'ille, Glen Haven, and Sea Breeze. The recent extension of the electric railway system has brought Rochester in close touch with more distant points, including Sodus Bay, famous for its picturesque scenery and convenient yachting waters. It is 39 miles from the city, the route being through a most lovely and charm- ing countr3^ The shipping facilities at Charlotte, Rochester's port of entry, offer the best accommodation for all who wish to visit Canada and the Thous- and Islands. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Rochester boasts of one of the - handsomest and best equipped Chambers of Commerce in the State. It is situated on the top (eleventh) floor of the Chamber of Commerce Building. Its assembly hall is noted for its hard wood carving and its ornate columns, an admixture of the Corinthian and Doric style, and its elaborate ceiling, interspersed with many scores of electric lights. The library and reading room is spacious, affording every convenience for the members and visitors from other cities. All are welcome, and receive courteous attention from those in charge. From the windows of the Chamber the most extensive views, extending over a large portion of Monroe County, may be had, including a fine view of Lake Ontario. A powerful telescope for the use of visitors to the Chamber brings distant points the more distinctly into view. The Chamber of Commerce is the index of the heart of Rochester's citizenship. It stands for all that makes for good fellowship, for progress and the betterment of civic life. Rochester is one of the healthiest cities in the world, owing to its pure water, sew^erage system, and its location on limestone foundations. The death rate is exceptionally low, averaging the past eight years but 13.99 to each 1,000 of population. k ( ) C H K S T E R TMK POWER CITY 15 THE INDUSTRIES. O^'^r fifty thousand people are employed daily in the factories and workshops of Rochester. The capital invested in the factories and wholesale trade is considerably over $52,000,000, and the annual value of manufactured products exceeds $310,000,000. No city in the world has a greater diversity of industries than Rochester. It is the first city in the world ill the manufacture of photo- graphic apparatus and optical in- struments. It has the largest pre- serving establishment in the world : largest button factory ; largest lubricating oil plant; largest cider and vinegar estab- lishment : largest manufactory of folding box machinery. It has forty-nine nurseries for the output of seeds and nursery- stock. It is the third city in the United States in the manufacture of clothing. It is the fourth city in the manu- facture of hoots and shoes. Roch- ester beer is famous throughout the country, and several brewer- ies give employment to 40 officers and 660 men. For the year end- ing 1900 there was about 500,000 barrels of beer and 70,000 barrels of ale brewed in this citj-. Six- teen flouring mills produce annu- ally in the city about i. 500.000 barrels of flour. Among the pro- ducts of Rochester are the follow- ing : ale. artificial limbs, automo- biles, awnings, baking powders, ballot machines, bar fixtures, ba- rometers, beer, belts, bicycles, billiard tables, blacking, blank books, boilers, bottles, boxes, bridges, burial caskets, buttons, cameras, candy, canned goods, carriages, car wheels, catsup, chairs, charcoal, cider, cigarettes, cigars, clothing, coke, condensed milk, copper work, corsets, cotton cloth, crackers and biscuits, desks, dies, disinfectants, electrical sup- plies, elevators, files, fireworks, fishing tackle, flour, fruit crates, fruit plates, furnaces, furniture, glass, gold leaf, hardware special- ties, harness, hassocks, hats, head- lights, hearses, hosien,-, hydraulic elevators, ice, illuminating oils, iron beams, iron columns, iron fences, knit goods, ladders, lan- terns, lasts, leather, lime and ce- ment, locks, lubricating oils, lum- ber, macaroni, machine brushes, machine castings, machinists' tools, mail chutes, medicines, metal specialties, microscopes, monu- nients,musical instruments, nails, natural hi^ory specimens, novel- ties,office filing devices, office fur- niture, optical goods, paper, paper bags, paper boxes, paper box machines, paste, pens,perfumerj', photographic supplies, pianos and organs, picture frame mouldings, pins, planing machines, pressed brick, pumps, radiators, refriger- ators, saddlen,-, safes, sa.sh bal- ances, .sashes, sausage, saws. Sen Sen, sewer pipe, shirts, shoes, show ca s e s , sidewalks, soap, stained and art glass, steam boil- ers, steam engines, steel ceilings, steel stamps, stoves, surgical in- struments, tanks, thermometers, thread and twine, tile, tinware, tools, trunks and traveling bags, trusses and supporters, umbrellas, underwear, vinegar, wagons, ■washing machines, water pipe, water wheels, v^hips, window shades, wire fences, wire goods, wire screens, wooden goods, wood- working machinerjf, woolen goods, wringing machines, etc. There is perhaps no other city in the world with such a vast and diversi- fied group of industries as Rochester. The question may be asked, "How is it that .so many industries have clustered around this point?" The answer is simple. It is on account of the extraordinary water power present and possible here. When it is con.sidered that only an infinitesimally small percentage of that great power has resulted in attracting all the industries quoted, how will it be when the full power is brought into play by adequate water storage, and a .ship canal built around Niagara Falls, making the Port of Charlotte, on I^ake Ontario, an cnirepot for traffic now enjoyed by the upper lakes ? And what is needed to accomplish this ? Extraordinary mental effort or financial risk ? Not at all. Just the exercise of plain common sense and the investment of money now lying idle, that will bring forth abundant profit pointed out with mammoth finger by old Dame Nature. 17 ROCHESTERS CLIMATE THE FINEST IN THE WORLD IT has become a matter of national comment that Rochester is the healthiest city of its size in the United States, and has the lowest mortuary record. This is largely due to climatic conditions. Professor A. M. Fair- child, of the Rochester University, in a recent lecture on the subject, said : "The exemption of Rochester from sudden changes in tempera- ture is due to the presence of Lake Ontario. The lake lies directly in the path of all cold cyclonic waves. They cannot cross it without being warmed by the water. It is calculated that the mass of the water in Lake Ontario is 650 cubic miles, and Orin Parker, United States Weather Observer, says that the cooling of a mass of water through only five degrees of temperature would liberate as much heat as would be generated by the burning of 2,500,000,000 tons of coal, — more than five times the quantity mined in the world each year. The effect of these cold waves may be felt on the high land south of Rochester, but it does not come here. Most of the cold weather which comes to Rochester is caused by storms which go to the eastward and then linger and finally retrace their course. There is probably no other city in the world so well protected." \"^ It is a fact, well borne out by history, that whenever great and devastating storms have occurred in this country, by the time they were due in Rochester their force was broken up, due undoubtedly to the peculiar protective effect of the lake system. While Rochester has its quantum of disagreeable periods and degrees of cold that nip the ears and fingers, they are of a health-giving nature, and such^as conduce to the well being of a hardy, hustling people. They are also of sufficient severity to destroy disease germs, and give character to our climate. The disagreeable periods, however, are offset by long seasons of temperate and invigorating conditions, when the days are delightfully warm, and the nights refreshingly cool. The few days of unusual heat are sufficient to provide the inhabitants with a taste of tropical heat, and afford material for an interchange of hot weather wit and humor, while the autumn remains beau- tiful and health-giving until late in November. During the month of Febru- ary of last year, when the country at large experienced intense cold, the following comments were published in an editorial by the Democrat and Chronicle new.spaper : "The climate of Rochester is interesting and peculiar. K O C H K S r K R THK POWER CITY 19 During the cold spell just closing, the temperature has barely touched zero. On nearly every morning the temperature has been a few degrees above zero. Altitude has little to do with the mildness of our climate, as the two cities of Albany and Troy, at the head of navigation on the Hudson, where the tide rises about a foot, experienced arctic temperature during the latter part of the week. On Friday morning the temperature was six degrees below zero in Troy. In the hill part of that city the temperature was ten degrees below zero. At Coxsackie, on the Hudson, below Albany, the temperature was twenty degrees below zero Friday morning. Rochester is much higher than Coxsackie and further north. It is generally supposed that Rochester's mild climate is chiefly owing to proximity to Lake Ontario. But there must be other favorable conditions, as nearness to the lake does not greatly ameliorate temperature in other places along the shore. ' ' Taken altogether, Rochester may be said to have an ideal climate. Its snow flurries hinder no one's business or pleasure, and help to pile up the total of rainy and cloudy days. As Professor Fairchild remarked in his lecture, "On the whole, cloudy daj'S are better than too many sunny ones. Clouds temper the heat and act as a blanket in winter to keep the cold out. The main objection to them are sentimental." Add to these fine climatic conditions the fact that fruits of all kinds are annually produced in lavish profusion, and that Rochester lying on a foundation of limestone, and having the finest supply of drinking water in the country, the investigator will not be surprised that Rochester is such a healthful citv. J. MILLS PLATT, I LEON STERN, / «SOC,ATE ARCHITECTS. THE NEW MASONIC TEMPLE. TURNING THE FIRST SOD, MASONIC TEMPLE SITE. m wmm THE new Masonic Temple to be erected on the site of the old Watson House, corner of Clinton Avenue, North, and Mortimer Street, the corner stone of which was laid November first, with impressive cere- monies, will be one of the most beautiful buildings in Rochester, five stories in height, with a mezzanine story between the fourth and fifth. The materials to be used in the structure are white stone or marble for the first and second stories, the remainder consisting of pressed brick with terra cotta detail. There will be two lodge rooms on the second floor, one for the use of outside lodges, and the other for the women's order known as the Eastern Star. The third floor will be devoted to club purposes, billiard, dining and card rooms, parlors, etc. The fourth floor will consist of two large rooms for Masonic bodies, one 40 x 58 feet, the other 50 x 76 feet, beautifully finished and decorated. The mezzanine floor will contain the Commandery Armory and a room 22 x 32 feet, for middle chamber work. On the fifth floor will be a room 60 x 60 feet, the asylum for Knights Templar, where will also meet the Scottish Rite and Shriners. This spacious hall will have a gallery for spectators, who may witness the drilling of the Sir Knights without encroaching on the floor space. It is contemplated eventually to have an assembly hall on the first floor, and a commodious banquet hall in the base- ment. The cost of this superb building is estimated at :^i 50,000. The first sod for the foundation of this superb structure was turned on the 27th day of August, 1901. 23 ROCHESTERS , GREAT URBAN AND J SUBURBAN TROLLLY SYSTEM ^ IN addition to the ten steam railways entering Rochester giving the cheapest and best passenger and freight service, the trolley system is rapidly coming to the fore and will materially add to the con- venience and prosperity of the inhabitants, not only of Rochester and vicinity, but of all the towns and villages and thickly settled country traversed. The trolley system of Rochester is a very extensive one, with branch lines extending to distant points, and plans are now underway by which it will extend as far as Syracuse on the east and Buffalo and Niagara Falls on the west, while there are trolley lines in prospect to Geneva via Can- andaigua, Hornellsville via Mt. Morris and Dansville, and a belt line to the east of the city. The nucleus of this great sy.stem comprises the tracks in and around the city, the main line being about 47 miles, the second track 38 miles, sidings 2^ miles, making a total of trolley line about 87 miles in length. Add to this 19.14 miles of the leased Rochester electric road and Rochester and Ironde- quoit, the total number of miles of railroad track and trolley is more than 106. In the evolution from the old time horse car with its bob tail and fare collect- ing device, to the present elegant sy.stem of electrical motor, heating and light- ing, there has been a series of gradual improvements from time to time, and it will require yet more time before the Rochester Railway Companj-'s ideals can be full}' realized. At the present time the coaches on the longer distance lines are magnificent examples of modern ^workmanship, and an augur of what will be the future elegance and comfort of the entire trolley system in this city and vicinity. The lines that are now in operation from the city to the suburbs comprise the following : The Brighton line, running to the village of Brighton, 3)^ miles. The Bay railroad, running to Sea Breeze, 5 miles. The Charlotte and Ontario Beach line, which runs through Charlotte village to the popular summer resort, 7 miles. The Charlotte and Manitou railroad, which runs from Charlotte to Manitou, along the lake shore, 8 miles. The Rochester and Sodus Bay railroad, which runs through a magnificent country to the famous watering place and rendezvous for yachtmen, 39 miles. The Glen Haven rail- road which runs to that beautiful spot on Irondequoit Bay, 5^2 miles. The Wind.sor Beach railroad, running to that famous pleasure resort, 7 miles. NEW FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Corner Fitzhugh and Church Streets. K O C H E S T E K 25 THE POWER CITY The Trolley Railroad now projected between Rochester and Syracuse, 78 miles, will tap an agricultural region that at present is more or less distant from railroad facilities, affording opportunities for many farmers to send their produce to market at small cost and trouble, and also to provide comfortable and cheap transportation for country people to visit our city to do their trad- ing. The line will diverge considerably from the route of the New York Cen- tral Railroad, crossing it, however, at three points. While upon the map the trolley line may seem to run close to the New York Central tracks, wide stretches of farm lands intervene so that through the townships of Fairport, North Henrietta, Egypt, Macedon, Palmyra, Newark, Lyons, Clyde, Savan- nah, and others, a vast number of points will be touched by the trollej^ line where farmers are isolated from railway convenience, and have had to draw their produce to market in wagons, and where the inhabitants have either to drive a considerable distance to the nearest railroad station when desiring to pay a visit to Rochester, or drive the entire distance. The frequent daily passage directly through the above named villages, of comfortable trolley- passenger and freight cars will cause an entire revolution in the daily life of thousands of people, placing them in close and immediate touch with Roch- ester. The same may be said of the trolley route from this city to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, 123 miles, the longest direct line under one management in the United States. This line will diverge very considerably from the lines of the New York Central and Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburgh Railroad, indeed it will go just about midway between the two, passing through the villages of Moran, Greece, West Greece, Parma, Catfield, Garland, Clarkson, Redmond Corners, Murray, Fairhaven, Gaines, Oak Orchard, Ridgeway, Jeddo, John- son's Creek, and Hartland, to the Checkered Tavern road, and from thence running south, crossing the New York Central tracks near Lockport, and con- tinuing from thence through the city of Tonawanda to Buffalo, branching off on the Ward road, passing on the north at Bergholtz and line of LaSalle to Niagara Falls. Another trolley line is being projected between Rochester and Hornellsville, via Geneseo, Mt. Morris and Dansville, 75 miles, which cuts across regions entirely isolated from railroad service. It will pass through the villages of East Henrietta, East Rush, Honeoye Falls, Lima, South Lima, Lakeville, Eagle Point on Conesus Lake, Geneseo, Mt. Morris, Craig Colony, Dansville, North Dansville. Rogersville, Beechville, Stevens Mills and Fre- mont to Hornellsville. vSkirting Conesus Lake between Lakeville and Eagle Point. Another projected trolley road is the Monroe County Belt line, 20 miles, which will run through Fairport, Pittsford, Penfield and Despatch. It will pass through Brighton twice and through the towns of Penfield, Perinton and Pittsford, giving service to an aggregate population of some 14,000 people. The proposed line is in the shape of a loop, or horse shoe, with one terminal at Monroe Avenue and the City line, and the other at Main Street, East, and the City line. The village of Fairport is the center of the loop. Still another ROCHES T K K THK POWER CITV 27 trolley line will run from Rochester to Geneva, 45 miles, by way of Pittsford, Bushnell's Basin, Victor, Mertensia, Canandaigua, Hopewell Center, Seneca to Geneva. Apart from the enormous commercial advantages which will accrue to Rochester by the construction of these long distance trolley lines, the social and economic influences and conditions they will establish are beyond compute. It will increase the happiness, comfort and contentment of countless thousands of people living in rural districts who have in the past suffered by their isola- tion from the activities of the outside world and been deprived of half the pleasures of life for want of adequate conveniences of transportation to and from the great center points of industry and advanced civilization. No matter from what point of view the construction of these trolley lines may be taken nothing but advantage may be seen. They will give an impetus to commerce by bringing Rochester in close touch with the country people, our retailers will reap much benefit, our hotels, theatres, institutions, societies, churches, and schools will all be helped, and it will encourage agriculture and stock raising to a great extent, from the fact that produce can be conveniently and cheaply transported to the various markets en route. Besides all these advantages, electrical power can be bought from the railway company, to run cheese factories, cider mills, to do threshing with, to light dwellings, and many other uses which will be availed of by our rural population. The trolley system of the city of Rochester bids fair to be one of the most extensive and convenient in the world. It is at the present writing (190 1) undergoing a complete renovation. All the rails are being electrically welded so as to give a continuous smooth rolling surface for the cars. New steel rails are being laid over important routes, and the most elegant modern cars are being constructed for the comfort of the inhabitants. A contract entered into October ist, with the Rochester Gas & Electric Co., for electric power for the entire system, for a term of five years, assures permanent and effective service; said power being entirely generated by the Genesee river. 29 • I ROCHESTERS- ;^i^ PUBLIC PARKS. Mll'i THE Park System of Rochester, with a combined area of 636 acres, is classed among the most picturesque and unique in the country. This is particularly true of that part of the system comprised in East and West Seneca Park, in the center of which runs the Genesee River, with its towering cliffs forming the great gorge from the Lower Falls to Eake Ontario. The whole locality is surprisingly beautiful, the order of nature having been maintained in the operations, and ornate cultivation supervised by the landscape architect. The elec- tric cars now run into the heart of this park, and thousands of people during the season visit this romantic region, and feast their eyes upon the superb pros- pects presented, and listen to the weekly public band concerts. The Genesee \'alley Park, while differing in scenic character, is equally imposing, comprising hills and dales, great stretches of green sward, winding pathways through shady trees and flowery herbage. Near the entrance are groups of giant forest trees, giving grateful shade to a large area, the favorite spot for picnic parties, and the location for the multitude which gathers during the summer months to hear the Saturday and Sunday public band concerts, given under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. The Genesee River winds its way through the park, on the bosom of which glide innumerable skiffs and small sailing craft. A portion of the park is devoted to athletic games of all kinds, and there are refectories, club houses and seats for tired wayfarers. Highland Park, the gift of Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, is an arboretum of low-growing trees and shrubs. On the south side of the park can be seen some 1200 species and varieties of the 1800 possible in this latitude. There is a grand view to be had from the pavilion at the highest point in the park. Looking north, the city stretches out at the feet of the beholder, and the blue line of Lake Ontario is discernible nine miles away. Band concerts during the season are occasionally given here under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. The Park Commissioners, under the chairmanship of the venerable Dr. E. M. Moore, have not only brought these parks to a high state of attractive beauty, but have also brought to a condition of exquisite culture a number of small parks and squares within the boundaries of the city. :i v^j^t MUSIC IN THE PARKS NOTHING that the Chamber of Commerce has ever done in the way of catering to the comfort and enjoyment of the masses, has been so universally approved as the provision it made for holding concerts in the parks each Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The Chamber, recognizing the moral and aesthetic effect that music always has upon assembled multitudes, and bearing in mind the beauty and extent of our park system, determined upon appeal- ing to our wealthy citizens for subscriptions to defray the expense of band music at the public resorts. The appeal was generously responded to, and the first concert given at Genesee Valley Park on Sunda}' afternoon, June 30th, 1901, by the 54th Regiment Band. These concerts were continued alternately by the 54th Regiment Band, Hebing's Artillery Band, and Dossen- bach's Band, each Saturday and Sunday during the summer mouths. The programmes executed by these bands were of a high order of music, including classical, popular and sacred selections, care being taken to appeal to the higher sentiments and feelings rather than the frivolous. From the start, the Chamber has had reasons for gratification at having inaugurated this system of musical entertainment. The multitudes which have gathered at the parks on these occasions have included many people of culture and refinement, who appreciate what is highest and noblest in life. It is needless to say that there has been an entire absence of disorder and all influences which endanger the public morals. On the contrary, it has been noticeable the crowds have seemed to be imbued with the spirit of innocent enjoyment that it was the aim of the Chamber to encourage. In inaugurating the Sunday concerts, care was taken to give them at a time that would not interfere with opportunities for attending church ser\'ices in the city. In summing up the benefits that have accrued from giving these concerts in our parks, it may be said that it diverted many to the open air and sunshine amid nature's most health-inspiring influences, who might have otherwise sought less elevating recreation. It has been the means of bringing together each week thousands of j^oung people, to whom social intercourse and interchange of thought and courtesies are helpful and encouraging. It has also made the people more familiar with the beauty and advantages of our park system. Not less important is the fact, as declared by a keen observer of sociology, that these gatherings have elevated the moral tone, and tended toward a useful and intellectual observance of the Sabbath. The Chamber of Commerce hopes that the success of what was more or less in the nature of an experiment will induce the civic authorities in future years to maintain at the public expense. CONSOLIDATED BANDS MARCHING DOWN MAIN STREET, '.PLAYING " ONWARD^CHRISTI AN SOLDIERS STATE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PARADE, SEPT. 4, 1900 33 ROCHESTERS MAIN STREET ['•Thoughts on Things," in Post Express, Sept. lo, 1900, referring to State Knights Templar parade.] WHAT, in fact, is Main Street's significance? What does it mean to the Rochester resident ? What thoughts passed through his mind as he looked up and down the long, clear space before the procession came? Did it represent to him only a highway, a street he must take to his work, back again to his home, to his amuse- ments, or his shopping ? Had he no vision of other pageants that have swept down that street which has heard the blare of every band and the tramp of all the feet that ever have marched in Roch- ester ? Did not his eyes, rising to the gayly dressed facades, .see in their place golden store fronts, glowing windows, and below them a gleaming pavement, burnished by November's setting sun ; and then did not the vision melt away into a picture of the same great street swept by winter storms, the clinging snow putting pure new sculpture on the gray facades, half veiling in white mist the double street-lights, and hiding the tops of buildings in swirling clouds of snow ? Did his eyes pick out no special points in the long street, to dwell upon with tender affection or merrj- twinkle ? What of the Four Corners, then strangeh' still ; of Powers block's front ; of the line of trolley cars start- ing at a whistle's signal in the evening, like a lot of children trooping away to bed ; what of the Front Street corner, with its mingled record of good and ill, the good crowding away the evil twice each year when the market wagons of Christmas and Thanksgiving Eves choke the rollicking way ; what of the old liberty pole, only a memory now on the summit of the hill — that hill where an extra horse used to help the bob-cars up with a gay jingle of bells, a steaming of flanks, and a kicking of legs — that sunnuit whose glory is still of the dawn, in the rush and clatter of market business; and of Christmas-tide, with its city forest of evergreens. Oh, you strangers who looked up Main Street and mar- veled at the measure of splendor which it has, you did not see the half that was visible to the loving, reminiscent eyes of Rochester ! It is proof of the extraordinary character of the spectacle, when the Knights Templar parade turned down Main street on the return, that it is still a subject of talk. Nothing more impo.sing and thrilling has ever been seen in Rochester. As the newly formed procession marched down the broad street, thirty men abreast, it was like a mediaeval pageant — the drum-majors leading, with grotesque evolutions ; then the massed bands, iu motley uniforms : the irJJl I la ROCHE vSTER THE POWER CITY 35 broad column of horsemen ; the massed banners, and finally the closed ranks of plumed knights. There was a picturesqueness in the scene that was not to be expected by those who had seen the first parade, and had noted the some- what sombre coloring of black and white as compared to the gayer raiment of soldiers. But in the mass these colors proved effective. The best of the pageant was not the spectacle, however — brilliant as that was. It was the music. One had to hear it to realize the effect. There was just one thing lacking. If only the marchers had sung ! The writer stood in the crowd at the Four Corners, pressing against the rope. A woman in the throng behind him sang. She was carried away by her feelings, and, having a good voice, the effect was fine. If the men in the ranks had been singing the words of the hymn, it is likely that the vast crowds on the sidewalks, almost beside them- selves anyway, would have sung too. What an inspiring effect there would then have been ! But even as it was, how the words burned into your heart ! Down the hill the great body of men swept — "Onward, Christian Soldiers, marching as to war !" They drew nearer, and the tune changed to "How Firm a Foundation." As the bands swept abreast of the writer, the crowd awed into perfect stillness, the air thtobbed and shook with the lines, "What more can He say than to you He hath said?" How those lines sank into the very souls of the people. The column marched by, and now the lines came back, "That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no never forsake !" Is it any wonder that many throats were choked, that tears were in many eyes ? One thing at least is clear. We have not got all we might out of the old processions. They have been tame affairs beside this pageant. Picture men who have been real soldiers, in real wars, marching thus behind massed banners, battle torn, and massed bands playing "America," or "The Battle Hymn of the Republic !" We should then find out how deep and beautiful a thing patriotism can be. !llH'ii(i[FHtt E insist ROCHESTER MECHANICS INSTITUTE. Corner Spring Street and Plymouth Avenue. 37 R0CHESTER5 Li»;Mji^iLnmiiii THE first Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Association was incorpo- rated in 1830. It grew out of the Franklin Institute, which was organized in 1826. Through the philanthropy and indomitable energy of Captain Henry Lomb, supplemented by the practical assistance of Professor Eugene C. Colby, during the eighties, classes were formed in free-hand, mechanical and architectural drawing. To enumerate all of those who aided the founder and in a substantial way furthered the work would require pages of space, but pre-eminent among them may be mentioned Hiram Sibley, James W. Gillis, William S. Kimball, William H. Walker, Don Alonzo Watson, Ezra R. Andrews, A. M. Lindsay, Henry Michael, L. P. Ross, and George Eastman. In 1885, a circular was issued asking public support for conducting a Mechanics Institute, which was signed by the leading manufacturers of the city. This was followed by a petition put forth by the University of Rochester, signed by President Anderson and others. As a result of these documents several meetings were held in the Common Council Chamber, the last being on the 21st of October of the year mentioned, at which a constitution was adopted. The organization of the institute was completed by the election of Henry Lomb as President ; Henry M. Ellsworth, Vice-President ; William Peck, Corresponding Secretary ; Max Lowenthal, Recording Secretary ; John M. Stedman, Treasurer. In addition to the above the following were chosen as trustees, John G. Allen, S. B. Armstong, E. R. Andrews, F. H. Clement, J. T. Cunningham, C. E. Fitch, J. W. Gillis, J. S. Graham, H. S. Greenleaf, C. A. Hayden, D. T. Hunt, S. A. Lattimore, S. H. Lowe. E. H. Makk, James Malley, Henry Michaels. E. M. Moore. Sr., August Pappert, Herman Pfaeffiin, William Purcell, Frank Ritter. L. P. Ross> J. A. Schneider, William See, John vSiddons, and Leo Stein; together with M. B. Anderson, President University of Rochester; Thomas J. McMillan, President Board of Education ; and S. A. Ellis, Superintendent of Public Schools. After the consolidation of the Institute with the Rochester Athenaeum, Ezra R. Andrews was elected president, and retained that ofiice until June ist, 1899, when he was succeeded by Lewis P. Ross. From 1885 to 1892, were years of deep anxiety and discouragement to the management, and the difficulties were only tided over by the incessant labor and indomital)le energy of Principal Colby, and the generous liberality of Captain Lomb and associates. ROCHESTER OQ THE POWER CITY "^ In 1892, the Institute became the possessor of considerable real estate, having- purchased the. half square (with the exception of the Jenkinson apart- ment house) bounded by the Erie Canal, South Washington Street, Spring Street and the alley, and a fire-proof building, costing $30,000, was erected, which has since been occupied by the department of industrial and fine arts, including the classes in manual training. Nearly two years before this, however, the domestic science department of the Institute which maintained the classes in sewing, dressmaking, cookery and other branches of domestic labor, had occupied one of the former resi- dences on Washington street, and subsequently all four of what were once private residences. The long hoped for addition to the scope of the Institute was made possible through the never failing generosity of Captain Lomb, who provided the necessary equipment, costing upwards of $7,000. The crowning event in the history of the Institute was the gift in 1901, of ground and building at a cost of $200,000, by George Eastman, by which Rochester can now boast of one of the finest training schools in the world. The new building is of red brick with simple stone dressings, two stories high over a basement. The main frontage on Plymouth Avenue is 286 feet ; the frontage on Spring Street is 132 feet ; on the canal bank, 134 feet ; and in the rear, 312 feet. On the ground floor are the offices, the board room, the assem- bly room, the library and demonstration room, all of which are large and well lighted. This floor also contains a lecture room, several reception rooms, laboratories and kitchens. The second floor is devoted entirely to class rooms. The basement is almost on a line with the sidewalk. Here are found a lunch room, dining-room and kitchen. The architect's plans were made from draw- ings by Professor Colby, principal of the fine arts department, who planned the arrangement of the entire building, and whose ideas met with the approval of Mr. Eastman, as being best adapted to the Institute's needs and to the shape and size of the lot. The aim of the Mechanics' Arts Cour.se, outside of the educational fea- tures, is to prepare the pupil for practical work, that is, to fit him to be of practical value to his employer from the start, and enable him to solve all problems that may come up in any manufacturing or business establishment. The course includes instruction in English, German, mathematics, chemistry, freehand drawing, mechanical drawang, manual training in wood, including joinery, wood turning, pattern making and moulding, manual training in iron, including forging, vise work, lathe and, other machine work and construction. The Design Course includes freehand drawing, mechanical drawing, designing and clay modeling. The Manual Course includes freehand and mechanical drawing, mathematics, joinery, wood turning, pattern making, and moulding, forging, bench work in iron, machine work and construction. Then there is the Normal Course in Manual Training, for tho.se who desire to teach in Grammar vSchools, the same course for men who desire to A GROUP OF ROCHESTER RESIDENCES. J. H. Stedman, Westminster Road. George Koch, Jr., University Avenue. Simeon G. Curtice. North Goodman Street. Frederick Loebs, Main Street, East. Albrecht Vogt, East Avenue. K O C M K S T K R TiiK 1"<)\vi:r city 41 teach in High Schools, Art Course, Normal Art Course, designing, composi- tion and pen and ink, life class, painting in oil and water- color, history of art, architecture, sculpture, china decoration, lettering, physics, electricity, chemistry, steam engineering, etc. The Department of Domestic Science and Art affords practical instruction in all the subjects that pertain to the daily routine of home work, and the courses of study include cookery, home science, laundry work, chemistry, housekeeper's course, sewing, dressmaking, milliner}', physical culture, draw- ing, normal course in domestic science, and also in domestic art, physiolog}-, home nursing. Contrasting the spacious building with the one room in which the Mechanics Institute was started and the present teaching force, and extensive lists of courses with the single teacher arranging classes in drawing, the first year's attendance of 480 with the present attendance, which is over 2,000, the total expenditures of $1,385, during the first year's existence with the budget for last year disposing of $43,225, the friends of the Institute have reason to rejoice with a feeling of pride. Instead of a teaching staff of only one, there are now no less than sixty-two instructors in the various branches taught in this admirable school. The new building is being equipped with ever}- modern convenience and the faculty has been increased by ten additional teachers. The laboratories are considered the finest equipped of any in the State. They are supplied with small porcelain sinks sunk in the tables, immense pipes for carrying off all fumes, and a locker for each pupil. In the cookery rooms for the normal classes, the arrangements are unex- celled. A model dining-room will be used to give practical illustrations of artistic and correct serving for all occasions. A new department includes arrangements whereby students of the Univer- sity of Rochester may have the advantages of the normal manual training course during the college course or as post graduate work. Few persons realize the remarkable opportunities offered by the Mechanics Institute to young men who intend to enter the professional world as architects and engineers. For instance, the finest arrangement at the institute is the night classes, organized for persons who are employed during the day. Tuition for the term of seven months is given at the low rate of $4.00. The course in electricity is given to students at $6.00 per year. All particu- lars regarding courses of instruction and terms are published in a catalogue just issued, which can be obtained b}- applying to the Secretary of the Institute. I llllJJ-l||J^ffl|^jP 43 BOILL K Rn GROUND FLOOR PI.AM •EAST HIGH SCHOOL- ROC HESTf R N V J- FosTE R. Warn ER~ ApcHiTf c t THE new East High School will be three stories high, constructed of New York hydraulic brick. Red Albion and Indiana limestone will be used for the cut work. The interior will be finished in Florida gulf cypress. All stairways will be constructed of iron, making the building practically fire-proof. Beside a large boiler room, the base- ment will contain bicycle rooms, baths, lockers, a thoroughly equipped ROCHESTER THK POWER CITY 45 gjinnasium, and a decided innovation in the sliape of a lunch room. Lunches will be served to students at the actual cost of the materials used. On the ground floor will be situated the principal's office, a large librar\^ class rooms, 28 by 38 feet ; recitation rooms, 21 by 28 feet. Of the former there will be on both floors a total of twenty rooms ; of the latter, eight rooms. Conversation rooms will also be provided on the second floor. On the third floor will be one of the finest and best equipped laboratories in the United States. A spacious assembly room, with a stage capable of holding over 1000 people, will be provided for the pupils, together with a museum and trophy rooms. The building when completed will be one of the most modern high schools in existence, and a great credit to the city of Rochester. It is expected the l)uilding will be ready for occupancy in 1902. 47 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION- WU, the undersigned, citizens of the United States of America, and resi- dents of the City of Rochester, in the State of New York, desiring to form a corporation pursuant to the provision of an act passed by the Legislature of the State of New York, May 3, 1877, entitled * ' An act to provide for the incorporation of Exchanges or Boards of Trade," and the several acts extending and amending the same, do HEREBY CERTIFY : Firsf — The corporate name of said Company is "Rochester Chamber of Commerce. ' ' Second — That the objects for which said Company is formed are to foster the trade and commerce of the City of Rochester; to protect such trade and commerce from unjust and unlawful exactions : to reform abuses in trade ; to diffuse accurate and reliable information among its members as to the stand- ing of merchants, and other matters ; to produce uniformity and certainty in the customs and usages of trade ; to settle differences between its members, and to promote a more enlarged and friendly intercourse between merchants. Third — The said Company shall have no capital stock. Fourth — That the term of existence of said Company is to be fifty years. Fifth — That the number of trustees who shall manage the concerns of said Company is thirt3'-five. Sixth — That the names of the trustees for the first year are, Hulbert H. Warner, William S. Kimball, Frank S. Upton, Henry Michaels, Henry B. Hathaway, Lewis P. Ross, Charles J. Burke, Henry C. Brewster, Arthur S. Hamilton, David M. Hough, George C. Buell, Alexander M. Lindsay, William H. Gorsline, John H. Cha.se, Arthur G. Yates, William C. Barry, Lsaac Wile, Eugene T. Curtis. William N. Oothout, John W. Goss, Frederick Will, E. Frank Brew.ster, Clinton Rogers, James Vick, Sidney B. Roby, Lewis Cha.se, Harvey W. Brown, Granger A. Hollister, Sylvanus J. Macy, James W. Gillis, Rufus K. Dryer, Edward W. Peck, Thomas B. Griffith, Charles M. Everest and J. Alexander Hay den. Seventh — That the name of the city and count\' in which the principal office of said corporation is to be located is the City of Rochester, County of Monroe, in the State of New York. ROCHESTER THE POWER CITY 49 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, this 15th day of June, 1888. \V. C. Barry, Arthur S. Hamilton, John W. Goss, Chas. J. Burke, E. Frank Brewster, Harvey \V. Brown, J. H. Chase, A. M. Lindsay, The certificate was filed with the Secretary of State and with the Clerk of Monroe County on July 2d, 1888. H. H. Warner, W. S. Kimball, Henry C. Brewster, Henry Michaels, Henry B. Hathaway G. C. Buell, T. B. Griffith, D. M. Hough, Sylvanus J. Macv, Charles M. Everest, Clinton Rogers, Eugene T. Curtis, Arthur G. Yates, W. H. Gorsline, Frank S. Upton, Jas. W. Gillis. THE NEW TOWER OF CHRIST CHURCH, EAST AVENUE, As it will appear when finished in 1902. To be built by H. B- Hatliaway, Esq., Executor of A. J. Johnson, Esq., who left $30,000 for that purpose. FIVE ROCHESTER RESIDENCES. F. E. Rogers, Strathallan Park. David Hoyt, University Avenue. C. H. Ocumpaugh, East Avenue. E. J. Burke. Prince Street. Charles P. Barry, East Avenue. 51 CHANB[ROr[0m[lt[E BY LAWS ARTICLE I.— BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Section i . The management of the concerns of the Corporation being vested in fifty-four Trustees, with full power and authority to promote the objects for which it is organized, such trustees shall constitute and be known as the Board of Trustees. Sec 2. The Trustees shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the corporation, of whom i8 shall serve for one year ; i8 for two years ; and 1 8 for three years, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and their official term shall begin on the first day of January. In case of the death, resignation or disability of any Trustee, it shall be in the power of the Board to fill such vacancies for the remainder of the official term. Sec. 3. The Board of Trustees shall enact such rules as may be deemed expedient for the government of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the terms of the Statutes and existing by-laws. They shall hold regular meetings each month, except the months of Jul}^ August and September, on Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, preceding the regular monthly meeting of the Corporation, which takes place on the first Monday evening of the month, for the transaction of any business brought before them. They shall, at their first regular meeting, appoint the Standing Committees for the ensuing 3-ear. They shall, at the annual meeting, make to the Corporation a full report of its affairs and condition. In case any member shall absent himself from three consecutive meetings of the Board, without proper cause, his place may be considered vacant, and the Board .shall be at liberty to fill such vacancy in the manner provided. ARTICLE II.— OFFICERS. Section i. The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, all of w^hom shall be residents of the City • of Rochester, over the age of twenty-one years, and, excepting the Secretary , elected from the Board of Trustees. 52 KOCH K S T K R THK POWER CITY Sec. 2. The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the Corporation, and shall hold their offices for the term of one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall be elected by the Board of Trustees at their first regular meeting each year, and shall hold his office for one year, or until his successor is elected and qualified. Sec. 4. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Executive Committee, and receive such compensation as they shall agree upon, and shall serve during the pleasure of the Committee. Sec. 5. The official terms of all officers shall begin on the first day of January. In case of the death, resignation or disability of any officer of the Corporation, it shall be in the power of the Board of Trustees to fill such vacancies for the remainder of the official term. ARTlCIvE III.— DUTIES OF OFFICERS. president. Section i . The President shall preside at the meetings of the Corpora- tion, and the Board of Trustees. He shall, at the annual meeting of the members of the Corporation and at such other times as he shall deem proper, communi- cate to the Corporation or to the Board of Trustees such matters and make such suggestions as may, in his opinion, tend to promote the prosperity and welfare, and increase the usefulness of the Corporation. He shall receive all bonds given to the Corporation, and shall deposit the same with the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and shall also perform such other duties as are necessarily incident to the office of President of the Corporation. vice-presidents. Sec. 2. In the absence of the President, the Vice-Presidents, in the order of their seniority, shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of President ; and in case of the absence of President and Vice-Presidents, the Board of Trustees shall designate one of its members President /)w fe?n. secretary. Sec. 3. The Secretary shall, under the direction and control of the Board of Trustees, keep, regularly entered in proper books of record, true and accurate minutes of all votes, acts and proceedings of the Association, Board of Trustees, Executive and all other Standing Committees ; issue all notices that may be required by the by-laws. President or other proper authority, and at the annual meeting report the transactions of the Corporation for the previ- ous year. The accounts of the Corporation shall be kept by the Secretary in proper books belonging to the Corporation, which books shall be at all times open for examination by the Board of Trustees or any committee of said Board, He shall take charge of the seal, books, papers and property of the ROCHESTER 5-2 THE POWER CITY Corporation, attend the rooms of the corporation during business hours, anil shall devote his entire time and attention to the interests of the Corporation. He shall collect all moneys due to the Corporation, giving proper receipt therefor and pay the same over to the Treasurer without delay. He shall keep a complete list of the names and addresses of all the members of the Cor- poration. He shall conduct and keep proper records of all the correspondence of the Corporation : furnish the Chairman of each Committee a copy of the resolutions whereby the Committee was appointed, and with any matter or matters, together with all papers relating thereto, that may have been referred to such Committee. TREASURER. Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys from the Secretary, giv- ing his receipt therefor, and shall disburse the same only upon the written order of the Executive Committee, countersigned by the Secretary. He shall carefully preserve all vouchers for the payment of money, and securities of every kind belonging to the Corporation. He shall render a report of the annual meeting of the Corporation, which report .shall be audited and approved by the Executive Committee before presentation, and shall report at such other times as the Board of Trustees may direct. He shall give a bond in a I^enal sum, to be fixed by the Board of Trustees, for the faithful performance of his duties, such bond to be procured from a duly organized Fidelity or Guaranty Company, and paid for by the Corporation. ARTICLE IV.— COMMITTEES. STANDING COMMITTEES. Section i. There shall be appointed each year by the Board of Trustees the following Standing Committees from the members of the Corporation, each committee to consist of nineteen members, including a Chairman, who shall be chosen from the Board of Tnistees, viz : On Manufactures and Promotion of Trade. On Railroads and Transportation. On Public Improvements. On Statistics and Publication. On Legislation. On Postal P'acilities, Telegraphy and Insurance. executive committee. Sec. 2. There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the Presi- dent, the three Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer of the Corporation and Chair- man of Standing Committees. No. I. No. 2. No. 3- No. 4- No. 5- No. 6. 54 ROCHESTER ' THE POWER CITV ARTICLE v.— GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Section i. The Executive Committee shall, subject to the control of the Board of Trustees, have general control of the rooms, property and finances of the Corporation. It shall act as an Advisory Committee to the Secretary and direct the preparation of the annual report of the Board. It shall make all purchases, audit all bills and claims against the Corporation, and direct their payment if approved. It shall report, at each regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, the state of its finances. It shall appoint the Secretary of the Corporation, and fix the amount of all salaries and compensation for services. It shall consider all nominations for membership, and report the same regu- larly to the Board of Trustees, and in general, be charged with the advance- ment of all the general objects of the Corporation. STANDING COMMITTEES. Sec. 2. Excepting as otherwise expressly provided by the By-Laws, each Standing Committee will have power to adopt regulations for their own government and procedure ; to declare a vacancy after three successive absences of a member thereof, and to order and arrange for the convenient dis- charge of their duties, by correspondence or through Sub-Committees, or other- wise. It shall be the duty of every Standing Committee to examine into and to make report upon all matters referred to them by the Board of Trustees ; and any Standing Committee may also consider any question relating to the special work of such Committee and report their views upon the same to the Board for its consideration. All Committees shall report all propositions or actions to the Board of Trustees, for its concurrence or dissent, and no Com- mittee shall have power to bind the Corporation to concur in the action of any such Committee, unless specifically directed so to do. ARTICLE VI.— MEMBERSHIP AND DUES. MEMBERSHIP. Section i . Any person, firm, or corporation, recommended by the Execu- tive Board and elected by the Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce shall become a member of the Association. Sec. 2. All applications for membership of the Corporation must be made in writing, contain a statement of the occupation and qualifications of the applicant, and be addressed to the Executive Committee for consideration. If the Executive Committee approve the application they shall report the same to the Board of Trustees for election at any regular meeting. If the applicant shall be declared elected, and within thirty days after being informed of such election shall pay to the Secretary of the Association the regular dues and sign the Constitution and By-Laws, such applicant shall, thereupon, become a member of this Corporation, and receive a certificate of membership. ROCHESTER 55 THK POWER CITY Sec. 3. An}' member of this Association may be expelled by a majority vote of all the members of the Board of Trustees, provided that the Executive Committee shall recommend such expulsion. Sec. 4. Any member in good standing, and not being in arrears to the Corporation, may withdraw upon filing with the Secretary a written notice of his intention. Sec. 5. Each membership shall be entitled to but one vote, but no member in arrears for dues shall be entitled to vote. Sec. 6. The interest of a member in the property of the Corporation shall cease and determine upon the determination of his membership, either by death, expulsion or resignation. dues. Sec. 7. The annual dues of the Corporation shall be twenty dollars, pay- able to the Secretary on the first day of January in each year, and all members failing to pay the same within three months from the date on which they are due shall be deemed to have relinquished their membership, and the same shall be forfeited, and such parties shall thereafter be admitted only as new applicants. ARTICLE VII.— MEETINGS AND QUORUM. Section i. The annual meeting and election of the Corporation shall be held on the first Monday in December in each year, at eight o'clock in the evening, at such place as the Board of Trustees may designate. Notice of the time and place of such meeting and election shall be given by publication of the same in one or more of the daily newspapers of the City of Rochester, and posted on the bulletin board in the rooms of the Corporation, for at least ten days previous to said meeting and election. And if for any reason such annual meeting shall not be held on the first Monday of December, it shall be the duty of the President to call such meeting within two weeks thereafter, in the manner as stated above. Sec. 2. The Corporation shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday of each month, excepting December, July, August and September, at 8 o'clock p. m., for the consideration of such subject matter as may be directed by the Board of Trustees, and no business other than that named for said meeting shall be entertained, even though unanimous consent be had. Sec. 3. Special meetings of the Corporation may be called at any time upon the request, in writing, of the President. Executive Committee, or twenty- five members of the Corporation, addressed to the Board of Trustees, and specifying the purpose thereof, provided said Board in session shall approve of such call by a majority present and voting. Notice of such special meeting shall be given by mailing a copy of the same to each member of the Corpora- tion at least two days previous to said meeting, which notice shall state the specific object for which the meeting is called, and no business shall be 56 ROCHESTER THE POWER CITY considered or transacted at such special meeting other than that named in the call therefor. Skc. 4. The Board of Trustees shall hold regular meetings on the last Thursday of each month, at 4.30 o'clock p. m., for the transaction of regular business. Sec. 5. Special meetings of the Board of Trustees may be convened at any time by order of the President or Executive Committee, or upon the written request of ten members of the Board, addressed to the Secretary, and upon such order being issued, or written request made, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to call such meeting, provided that one day's notice by mail of the time and object of the meeting shall have been given to each member of said Board, and also provided that no other business except that designated in such call and notice shall be acted upon. Sec. 6. Whenever the day fixed for holding any stated meeting of the Corporation or Board of Trustees shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the day following. Sec. 7. Thirty members of the Corporation shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting thereof. Twelve members of the Board of Trustees, five members of the Executive Committee, and five of each Standing Committee, shall constitute a quorum of each respectively. Sec. 8. At the regular November meeting of the Board of Trustees, the President shall appoint a committee of seven members of the Chamber (not of the Board of Trustees), whose duty it shall be to present the names of candi- dates to be voted for at the next annual meeting of the Chamber. The names of the candidates so selected shall be posted upon the bulletin board at least ten days previous to the annual meeting. Additional nominations may be posted over the signatures of fifteen members of the Chamber at least five days previous to the annual meeting. No names of candidates not so posted shall be considered at such annual meeting. ARTICLE VIIL— ORDER OF BUSINESS. Section i. At all regular meetings of the Board of Trustees, the order of business shall be as follows : I. Roll Call. Reading of Minutes. Reading of Communications. Official Reports. Reports of Standing Committees. Reports of Special Committees. Unfinished Business. Election of Members and Officers. Miscellaneous Business. This regular order of business may at any meeting be temporarily sus- pended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. K ( ) C H K S T !•: R THE I'OWliR CITY 57 Sec. 2. The order of business at all annual meetings of the Corporation shall be prepared by the Executive Committee, who shall file the same with the President and post a copy on the bulletin in the rooms of the Corporation at least ten days previous to such meeting. Sec. 3. In all cases involving points of Parliamentary Law, not provided for by the Constitution or By-Laws, Roberts' Rules of Order shall be accepted as authority. ARTICLE IX.— SEAL. Section i . The Corporation shall have a Seal with suitable device, contain- ing thereon the name and date of the formation of the Corporation, which shall be in charge of the Secretary, and shall be affixed by him only to certificates of membership, unless otherwise in.structed to affix the same by order of the Board of Trustees. ARTICLE X.— LIABILITY. Section i. No officer, committee or member of the Corporation, or other person shall contract or incur any debt on behalf of the Corporation, or in any way render it liable, unless authorized bj^ the Board of Trustees or Executive Committee. ARTICLE XL— AMENDMENTS. Section i. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or added to by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members voting at any meeting of the Corporation, in the call for which notice of the proposed change shall be given ; provided that any such alteration, amendment or addition in specific form shall have been first approved by a majority of the Board of Trustees present at a meeting of said Board. ELMWOOD AVENUE BRIDGE— ENTRANCE TO GENESEE VALLEY PARK. 59 THE GENESEE VALLEY TRUST COMPANY. THE Genesee Valley Trust Company, No. 21 Exchange St., Rochester, X. v.. really came into being during lunch hour, January 4, 1901, at which time Hon. Henry C. Brewster, President of the Traders National Bank, Charles H. Palmer, Cashier of the same bank, and George C. Buell, a Director of the bank, were taking lunch in Powers Hotel Cafe. Mr. Brewster had long contemplated inaugurating another trust company in Rochester, and when he learned that the property recently occupied by the Bank of Monroe could be secured, he negotiated for it at once through Mr. Buell, and from the date mentioned until September 3, 1901, when the new concern was most auspiciously opened for business, workmen were busy transforming the old building into an up-to- date banking house, happily preserving the exterior without material change, thus preserving to Rochester the oldest business landmark in its history, it being ten years older than the city itself, the home of the first bank founded in Rochester, and practically the birthplace of that great corporation, the Western Union Telegraph Company. Ground was broken for the original building in 1823, which was completed the following year. It was the only brick structure on Exchange street, and the only building north of the canal. Upon its completion the Bank of Rochester was installed, and continued until 1845, when Freeman Clark organ- ized the Rochester Bank in its place. In the early 60' s the Western Union Telegraph Company, of which Hiram Sibley, Sr. , was head and front, took over the building. The offices of the company were upstairs, while the rear of the building, fronting on Irving Place, was u.sed as a warehouse for tele- graphic supplies. At this time there were about fifty independent telegraph companies, and it was the genius and perseverance of Hiram Sibley that con- solidated all these non-paying organizations into one great corporation, which continues to this day a magnificent success. In 1865 the Western Union was removed to New York City, and the old building was without an occupant until 1867, when the Bank of Monroe was organized. Eleven years after- ward Mr. Sibley purchased a controlling interest, afterward became the presi- dent, and so continued until his death in 1883. The Bank of Monroe still continued to occupy the building until 1900, when it was consolidated with the Alliance Bank. The Genesee Valley Trust Company has therefore the prestige of owning and occupying the oldest building in Rochester, and one which has been devoted to banking and financial interests of the city since its erection — almost three score years and ten. The thanks of the community are 6o R OCHESTER THE POWER CITy due Mr. Brewster for preserving this historical landmark and handsome speci- men of pure colonial architecture, and all wish the Genesee Valley Trust Com- pany a continuation of the success achieved in the old structure. The Genesee Valley Trust Company will do a Trust and General Banking Business. It has a capital of $300,000.00 and a surplus of $60,000.00. It pays four per cent, interest on deposits. OFFICERS. Hknry C. Brewster, President. Frank H. Hamlin, Vice-President. Charles H. Palmer, Second Vice-President and Secretary. DIRECTORS. William H, Adams, Presiding Justice Su- preme Court, Canandaigua, N. Y. John F. Alden, American Bridge Company. Charles L. Angle, Director Alliance Bank, Treasurer Moseley & Motley Milling Co. Leo Bloch, Stein-Bloch Co., Wholesale Cloth- iers. Carroll E. Bowen, Assistant Cashier Traders National Bank. Henry C. Brewster, President Traders Na- tional Bank. Horace C. Brewster, Brewster, Crittenden & Co., Wholesale Grocers. George C. Buell, Geo, C. Buell & Co., Whole- sale Grocers. John M. Davy, Justice N. Y. Supreme Court. Thomas B. Dunn, President T. B. Dunn Co., Manufacturers of Perfumes, etc. Nathaniel Foote, Foote, Perkins & Havens, Attorneys. Charles P. Ford, C. P. Ford Company, Inc., Shoe Manufacturers. Frank H. Hamlin, President Canandaigua National Bank, Canandaigua, N. Y. Lester H. Humphrey, Senator 46th District, President Wyoming Co. Nat. Bank, War- saw, N. Y. Alexander B. Lamberton, President Chamber of Commerce, Trustee East Side Savings Bank. Frederick C. Loebs, President American Brewing Co. W. Henry Mathews, President Rochester Printing Co., Director Central Bank. William S. Morse, AV. B. Morse & Sons, Lumber. Charles H. Palmer, Cashier Traders National Bank. Clinton Rogers, Howe & Rogers Co., Carpets and Draperies John S. Sheppard, Attorney, Penn Yan, N.Y. Samuel Sloan, President Mechanics Savings Bank. Darrell D. Sully, Attorney, Director Traders National Bank. Eli M. Upton, Director Traders National Bank. Valentine F. Whitmore, Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus, contractors. Director Merchants Bank. James E. Wolcott, Merchant. Willis E. Woodbury, Merchant. ROCH KSTER THE POWER CITY 6r |n Memoriam ^^^H 1 ^Pi C. B. Dickers, Dec. 26, 1899. Cornelius 1R. parsons, January 30, 1901. k 3oel (Ba\nor^ IDavis, February 36, 1900. Si^ncv? mall, February 19, 1901. February 27. 1900. Cbarles S. Barrows, April 28, 1901. (Bcorcic Encjcrt, March 10, 1900. IRicbolas Bra\^er, May II, 1901. 3amcs im. etllis, April 16, 1900. Blvara^o Stevens, May 19, 1901. ]£3ra 1R. Bu&rew5, August 13, 1900. 5obn C. /IDoore, June 3, 1901. /IDarcus /llMcbaclSt September 12, 1900. 5obn IRauber, July 24. 1901. Cbarles nE. /IDorris, ■ December 2, 1900. 3. Xee 3u^son, October 5, 1901. 62 ROCHESTER THE POWER CITY EZRA R. ANDREWS. IN the death of Ezra R. Andrews, which occurred August 13th, 1900, Rochester lost one of its most distinguished citizens, and the Chamber of Commerce a very valuable member. Mr. Andrews was greatly sought after by those who needed advice, either in the fur- thering of private business projects or public enterprises. His judgment was the result of ripe experience, and his advice was always in accordance with righteousness, justice and truth. He gave largely of his means to many good causes. When only one year old Ezra R. Andrews was brought to Rochester, where he was educated. At the age of 14 he entered the printing trade, and for three years fed the press of the Rochester Demo- crat. After three years of apprenticeship he became a journeyman. At the age of 25 years he left the Democrat office, and founded a business of his own under the firm name of Smith & Andrews, which afterwards was changed to Smith, Ben- ton & Company, and sub- sequently to Benton & Andrews, remaining s o for five years, when Mr. Andrews took control of the entire business, and made his name one of the most familiar in our city. Mr. Andrews had much to do with organizing and making prosperous the Mechanics Institute, of which he was for many years president. His philanthropic spirit took delight in everything that pertained to the education of the young, and opening up for them opportunities in life. He was one of the organizers of the Campbell's Creek Coal Company, of Virginia, and much of his time was taken up in the discharge of the duties as president of the Co-Operative Publishing Com- pany. In 1863 he accepted the office of Deputy Assessor, and helped to put in force the then newly passed internal revenue law. ROCHESTER 6^ THE POWER CITY In 1867 and 1869 he was elected Alderman of the Third Ward, and in 1870 was chosen President of the Common Council. Among the other offices which the deceased filled with honor are the following: Trustee of the Theological Seminary; Trustee of the Western New York Institute for Deaf Mutes ; President of the Rochester Orphan Asylum ; First Vice- President, and Member of Board of Trustees, Mechanics Savings Bank ; Trustee Rochester Chamber of Commerce ; Member, and at one time. President of the Board of Trustees of the First Baptist Church. Mr. Andrews married Miss B. L. Rider, daughter of Ebenezer Rider, of New Haven, in i860, by whom he is survived, as also by two daughters, Mrs. W. B Hale and Miss Kate R. Andrews, and two sisters, Mrs. Milliken and Mrs. James Howard, both of whom reside in the west, and four grandchildren. Mr. Andrews purchased the beautiful residence on Exchange street, formerly the home of Daniel W. Powers, many years ago, and it was there that the happiest days of his life were spent, amid the most harmonious and loving influences, and where his spirit passed from earth. The life of Ezra R. Andrews would' serve as a pattern for all young men to emulate, exemplifying the good citizen who won honors and rewards by the practice of industry, integrity and virtue. ALVARADO STEVENS. AMONG the prominent members of the Chamber of Commerce who departed this life during the past year is Alvarado Stevens, whose name will long be held in affection- ate remembrance. Deceased was born in Rochester, May 30th, 1846. After the completion of his edu- cation in the public and high schools, and graduating at a business college, he entered the office of his father, James B. Stevens, the well known box manufacturer of this city. He was eventually taken into partnership under the firm name of James B Stevens & Son, and by his energetic efforts greatly ex- tended the box manufacturing industry of this city. He w^as united in marriage to Miss Frances Isabel Leary, daughter of Daniel Lear}-, of this city, in 1868. He was a mem- ber of the Brick Church, and a prominent Mason, having a life membership in Yonon- dio Lodge No. 163, Hamilton Chapter 62, Monroe Commandery No. 12, and the four bodies of the Scottish Rite: Lodge of Perfec- tion, Council Princes of Jerusalem, Chapter of Rose Croix, and Consistory S. P. R. S. The deceased possessed many noble traits of character that gave him a high standing in commercial and social circles. He is survived by his wife, one son, James B. Stevens, Jr., his father, J. B. Stevens, and a sister, Mrs. J. T. Kinsey, all of this city. 64 ROCHESTER THE POWKR CITY CHARLES STORRS BARROWS. AMONG the valued members who have died since the publication of the last report of the Chamber of Commerce, is Charles Storrs Barrows, a notable business man, and proprietor of the Snow Wire Works in this city, who passed away at the family resi- dence, No. 56 Notth Goodman street, April 28, 1901, aged 43 years. Mr. Barrows was born iu Greenwood, McHenry County, 111., April 27, 1858, his parents being Lathrop and Emily Parker Barrows, who reside at Woodstock, 111. He was educated at the University of Illinois, where he was a classmate of Governor Yates and Professor Taft,from the latter of whom he received instruc- tion in clay model- ing, which laid the foundation of a high artistic cul- ture, which was of great advantage to him in after life. He left college to take a position as draughtsman to a railroad corpora- tion in the west. and subsequently with Pratt & Whitney, of Hartford, Conn. He then spent some time traveling i n Europe, and on his return was em- ployed by the Standard Oil Com- pany as a mechan- ical expert. In 1888 he was united in marriage to Miss Evelyn Snow, and in 1893 he moved to Rochester, and, in com- pany with his brother-in-law, Albert Snow, acquired possession of the Snow Wire Works. Later on he assumed full proprietorship, and by his genius he greatly extended the opera- tions of the business. He was artistic in his ideals, and made many beautiful designs in wire work and metal screens, which are to be seen in numerous important banks, insurance offices, and counting houses generally, throughout the United States. The energy displayed by the deceased gave a great impetus to the Snow Wire Works, and it became one of the largest manufactories in the country of every species of metal office fixtures aud wire work appliances. In the death of Charles Storrs Barrows the Chamber of Commerce loses an influential and enthusiastic member, and Rochester a citizen of the highest type He was a kindly man in all his relations with others, a faithful friend, clean, straightforward and honor- able in all his dealings. ROCHESTE R THE POWER CITY 65 The impress of his personality is firmly stamped upon the Rochester industry which he did so much to enlarge and render notable throughout the states, and which is still being carried on. The high value of Mr. Barrows as a business man was supplemented by a strong and earnest Christian character, and his influence for good, in connection with the Third Presbyterian Church, and President of its Men's Guild, cannot be overestimated. In his social and home life he became endeared to a large circle of friends. Deceased is survived by his wife and six children, father, mother and two sisters. His society affiliations were limitel to the Masonic order and to his church. JOEL G. DAVIS. JOEL G. DAVIS, whose name has for many years been identified with the industry that first gave Rochester fame, died February 26th, 1900. Joel Gaylord Davis was born October ir, 1813, in the Town of Preble, Cortland Co., N. Y. In 1828 he removed to Gainesville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., with his parents, who were among the earlier settlers of the town. Until 1855 his life was spent upon a farm, and he there acquired that sturdy physique, which, with his correct habits of life, carried him through his long and active career without a serious illness. In the latter year he purchased the flouring mill at Gainesville, and first engaged in milling. He sold the Gainesville mill in the spring of 1865, and removed to Aurora, 111., where he was engaged in the same business until t868, when he came to Rochester. Here, with Thomas EHwood and E. B. Jen- nings, he purchased the Jefferson Mill. The business was conducted under the firm name of Ellwood, Davis & Co., Mr. Davis being the practical miller of the firm. Under his expert management was found- ed the business which has since grown to large proportions, and placed his name prominently among those of the large and suc- cessful millers of the country. In 1876, his son, H. Wheeler Davis, bought Mr. Ellwood's interest, and, soon after, the interest of Mr. Jen- nings was purchased, and the firm of J. G. Davis & Son was formed. Under this firm name the Jefferson yUll was operated until itsdestruc- 66 ROCHESTER THE POWER CITY tion by the naphtha explosion of December 21st, 1877. In the spring of 1888 the firm of J. G. Davis & Co. was formed, the partnership consisting of Mr. Davis, his son, H, Wheeler Davis, and his nephevi^, Martin F. Bristol. The Granite Mill on Brown's Race, at the foot of Piatt street, was purchased, the building remodeled, and the present modern milling plant installed. With the improved and enlarged facilities afforded by the new plant, and with the same high business standards which Mr. Davis had set for the business in the past the new firm speedily recovered the ground lost by the destruction of the plant belonging to its predecessor, and had soon achieved a success greater than any that the old firm had known. Joel G. Davis retired from active participation in the business July ist, 1890. Since that time his son, H. Wheeler Davis, and his nephew, Martin F. Bristol, upon whom the active management of the business devolved, have ably and successfully continued the business policy inaugurated by him, and to-day the business has assumed large proportions, and the products of the Granite Mill are everywhere known for their excellence. The business was incorporated as the J. G. Davis Co., July ist, 1899. Mr. Davis was a man of modest and retiring disposition, and, outside of his business, his activities were chiefly confined to church and charitable work. In these activities he was joined by his wife, Sarah M. Bristol, to whom he was married in September, 1835, and with whom he lived for 62 years, until her death in 1897. Shortly after coming to Rochester he became a member of the Brick Presbyterian Church, and for over 25 years was one of its ruling elders. The church will long remember the substantial aid received from his generous hand and faithful labors. He was broad though unostentatious in his charities, and was ever active in goodworks. He was a good citizen, an honorable. Christian man, kind and just, and of him it can be truly said that his was a life well spent. GEORGE C. MAURER. 1 f»i»^ \^ < i?v ifl^^ ^ .^ r ■ THE late George C. Maurer, whose portrait is here presented, founded the famous Maurer Wholesale and Retail Grocery House, 140 Main Street, East, in 1848, two years after he arrived here from his native town, Sarra Breken, Germany, where he was born in 1815. Mr. Maurer began business under the firm name of Kennedy & Maurer, and two years after- wards carried on the business under his own name, at the old Blossom House, where he was burned out, when he established him- self in the present premises. He held the office of Supervisor from the Sixth Ward, was a Director of the East Side Savings Bank, and a Trustee of the German Insur- ance Company, He contributed largely to religious and charitable institutions, both in his adopted country and his native land and died, deeply mourned by thousands of his fellow citizens. 67 M OFFICERS FOR 1901 ^ A. B. L,AMBERTON, President. George Eastman, First Vice-President. Edward W. Peck, Second Vice-President. WiLMOT Castle, Third Vice-President. Benjamin E. Chase, Treasurer. John M. Ives, Secretary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE A. B. Lamberton, H. B. Hathaway, Wilmot Castle, George Eastman, Henry S. Mackie, Edward W. Peck, Irving Rouse, F. A. Brownell, William H. Smith, Henry C. Brewster, Benjamin E. Chase, Daniel B. Murphy, Lewis P. Ross. ^ BOARD O F TRUSTE ES one year H. F. At wood, Charles E. Angle, Henry C. Brewster, Harvey W. Brown, Edmund J. Burke, Max Brickner, Charles T. Chapiu, Wilmot Castle, P. V. Crittenden, W E. Dugan, Abram J. Katz, William C. Ukly, John C. Woodbury, Lyman M. Otis, William Pitkin, George F. Roth, George W. Thayer, George Weldon. two years John F Alden, Charles J. Brown, Edward Bausch, Gustave Erbe, Charles P. Ford, Joseph Farley, Wm. H. Gorsline, Wm. A. Hubbard, Jr. Fred S.Todd, J. Lee Judson, Daniel B. Murphy, Thomas J Nicholl, Edward W. Peck, Albrecht Vogt. THREE years. Charles E. Bayliss, Fred H. Beach, F. A. Brownell. B. E. Chase, G. Clay Cox, T. B. Dunn, Albert O. Fenn, Henry B Hathaway, W. H. Smith, Henry J. Moore, L. W. Moore, Geo. J. Oaks, Griflf D. Palmer, F. A. Stecher. Charles H. Palmer, Fernando E. Rogers, Clinton Rogers, Morley A. Stern, Edward Prizer, L. P. Ross, R. B. Sherburne, Rufus A. Sibley, 9» TAXPAYERS COMMITTEE Henry B. Hathaway, Chairman. Martin E. Henry C. Brewster, J. W. Oothout, James E. Booth, John Craig Powers, Frederick Cook, Erickson Perkins, Wollf, Vice-Chairman. Hiram W. Sibley, Rufus A. Sibley, John C. Woodbury. 69 M STANDING COMMITTEES M LEGISLATION Henrv C. Brewster, Chairman. H. B. Hathaway, Vice-Chainnan. Geo. W. Aldridge, Geo. C. Buell, l,oiiis J. Ernst, Abram J. Katz, Morley A. Stern, Charles E. Angle, B. E. Chase, Charles P. Ford, Henry Lomb, Rufus A. Sibley, William C. Barr>', James G. Cutler. John Fahy, Lewis P. Ross, George B. Watkins. Charles J. Brown, P. V. Crittenden, MANUFACTURES AND PROMOTION OF TRADE lyEWis P. Ross, Chairman. T. B. Dunn, Vice-Chairman. I,. M. Antisdale, G. G. Foster. S. C. l,angslow, Simon L,. Steefel, Gumey T. Curtis, W. P. Davis, T. B. Ryder, Sol. Solomon, Gustave Erbe, J. A. Seel, Moses B. Shantz, O. T. Stacy, James Fee, M. Kondolf, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS John M. Thayer, H. J. Utz, Albrecht Vogt. F. A. Brownell, Chairman. Charles T. Chapin, Vice-Chairman. Har\ey W. Brown, William Eastwood, I,. I,. Williams, H.W.Morgan, George J. Oaks, Fred H. Beach, Joseph Farley, J. Miller Kelly, Henry C. Moore, Rufus A. Sibley, G. Clay Cox, Edwin A. Fisher, Harold C. Kimball, Frank G. Newell, R. B. Sherburne. Edgar X. Curtice, D. M. Garson, RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION D.\NiEL B. Murphy, Chairman. Michael Doyle, Vice-Chairman. E. Frank Brewster, H. B. Graves, J. Emorj- Jones, S. R. Mott, Jr., F. E. Shepherd, George Bowman, Sam Gottry, J. C. Kalbfleisch, Philip Present, R. B. Sherburne, T. B. Dunn. George W. Ham, E. C. I.:l!U!!i i I '•■!!« MONE Y LOANED ON BOND AND MORTGAGE, IN SUMS OF $10,000 AND UNDER, AT FIVE PER CENT. OVER $10,000. AT FOUR AND ONE-H A LI- FER CENT. INTEREST ON DEPOSITS A T THE RA TE OF THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. PER ANNUM, ON ALL ACCOUNTS UP TO $3,000. O FFICERS 1901 JAMES BRACKETT, President. HOBART F. ATKINSON, ist Vice- President. EDWARD HARRIS. Attorney. FREDERICK COOK, 2d Vice-President. THOS. H. HUSBAND, Secretary. RUFUS A. SIBLEY. 3d Vice-President. HENRY S. HANFORD. Treasurer. TRUSTEES James Brackett, Edward Harris. Ho bar t F. Atkinson, Frederick Cook. Rufiis A. Sibley, Granger A. Hollister, Halberl S. Greenleaf. fames .S. I Vat son. Hiram JV. Sibley, Albert H. Harris. Erickson Perkins, Josiah Anstice, Thomas IV. Finiicane, Harold B. Brewster. George Eastman. VACUUM OILS Are made to fit every condition. They do their work better and cheaper than all others ; that is why they are used in every corner of the world where machinery runs. Abroad they are distributed from 171 warehouses, and at home are sold in every city. VACUUM OIL COMPANY Rochester N Y INCORPORA TED 1S50. Monroe County Savings "^ank. 33 and js STATE STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. RESOURCES, 'January I, 1 90 1, SURPLUS, - - - - $14,218,352.18 I,yi3,g3y.55 OFFICERS FOR igo.i. JAMES E. BOOTH 'President. RUFUS K. DRYER, Vice-President. DAVID HO VT, Secretary and Treasurer. ALEXANDER M. LINDSAY, Vice-President. IVJ\I. B. LEE, Attorney. TRUSTEES. George Etlwangcr, Geo. G. Clarkson. Cyrus E. Paine, James E. Booth, At ex. M. Lindsay, Rufus K. Dryer, Eugene T. Curtis, Marvin A. Culver, Elia^ S. Ettenheimer. Henry A. Strong, IVilliam Hamilton, Thomas J. Devine, 85 U'm. B. Lee, Edward W. Peck, Pharcellus V. Crittenden. " KODAK Stands for all that is Best in Photography To tKe Perfection of Kodak construction, to tKe perfection of tKe Kodak mecKanism, to tKe perfection of tKe Kodak lenses, is due tKe Triumph of Kodakery. All KodaKs Load in DayligKt witH our Transparent Film Cartridges. Several styles txse eitKer films or plates. Sixty-four page catalogue, describing' tKem in detail, free at tKe KodaK dealers or by mail. EASTMAN KODAK CO. RocHester, N. Y. Mechanics Savings Bank iS EXCHANGE STREET Jn/eres/ allowed on accoimts of $Soo and tinder at the rate of 4. per cent, per annum. On accounts exceeding $800, j 1-2 per cent, on whole account. Money loaned on bond and mortgage in sums of $10,000 and under at j per cent. Ch>er $10,000 at 4 1-2 per cent. President, SAMUEL SLOAN. Vice-Presidents, C. M. EVEREST, J. J. BAUSCH. Secretary and Treasurer, ARTHUR LUETCHFORD. Attorney, WILLIAM B. HALE. TRU.STEES Oliver Allen, Jerome Keyes, A. P. Little, Samuel Sloan, George Weldon, Wm. R. Seward, John J. Bausch, Charles M. Everest, Louis J. Ernst, S. G. Hollister, Jas. H. Boucher, W. J. Curtis, William Karle. 87 Tm RED CROSS VICTOR RANGE COMBINATION GAS AND GOAL. A Study in Planished Steel. A Triumph of Rochester Mechanism, MANUFACTURED BY GO-OPERATIVE FOUNDRY GO, FOR SALE BY H. LESTER, 156 West Main St., cor. Washington. H. B. GRAVES, 74-76-78 State St., cor. Market. WM. J. BRAYER, 3S5 Jay .St., cor. Childs. J. SAGE, 402 State Street. D. Mccormick, 52.S state street. KRAUSNECK & YAUCHZI, 307 I,ake Avenue. 88 KENNEDY & CO., 22 .South Avenue. J. H. BROWN, 372 North .St., cor. Woodward. WM. ROHR, First Avenue, cor. Central Park. L. J. MARCHAND, 2S>; Main .Street, East. CHARLES SHULTZ, 672 Clinton Avenue, North. L. STRAUSS, 533 Joseph Avenue. United States, State and City Depositary. Traders National Bank, ROCHESTER, N. V. 43 and 45 STATE STREET. CAPITAL, $250,000.00. SURPLUS, $650,000.00 HENR Y C. BRE WSTER, President. CHARLES H. PALMER, Cashier. CARROLL E. BO WEN, Asst. CasJiier. EDWARD D. CHAPIN, Siipt. Safe Deposit Vaults. T/ioroug/ily equipped for pronipt and efficient service in every department of Banking Business. Inquiry invited from t/iose seeking nciv or additional Banking facilities. Especial attention accorded to ladies and tliosc unaccustomed to transacting business. Safe Deposit Vaults ''.'"fflitlR "i^iioP Exceptionally large and secure, 7cith ample accompanying conveniences for box renters. Secure storage for papers or more bulky valuables at reasonable rates. DIRECTORS: HEA'RV C. nkFAVSl^EK, PresideiU. CHARLES H. PALMER, Cashier. GEORGE C. BUELL, George C. BiteU dr' Co.. STEPHE.X REMLXGTO.W Capi/alisi. Wholesale Grocers. CLLXTOX ROGER.S. Hoiue C" Rogers Co.. Carpets. CHARLES P. FORD, C. P. Ford c^ Co.. Shoe Man tt/ac/u rers. FREDERICK C. LOEKS. President American ^- ^- ^^LLY, Attorney at La7u. Brewing Co. ELF M. UPTON, Maltster, Etc. H\ A. HUBBARD, JR. Pres.and Treas. L. D. ELDREDGE, Vice- Pre s. ERED. S. MILLER, Secretary. Hubbard & Eldredge Co. [FORMERLY I. H. DEWEY FrRNITURE CO.) ^ 4 ijjiil! Ins,.,;-, ' ri'illiffffll: ■ -—w^M ■^'^^^tmsn^ ^^^:!^±^5v«E^ Fancv Rockers CORNER LYELL AVENUE AND WEST STREET, Rochester^ N, Y, 90 THE CENTRAL BANK OF ROCHESTER. OFFICE, WILDER BUILDING. Bank open froin to a. in. to 4. p. vi. Satuj'days close at 12. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $200,000 12^,000 BEN/ AM IN E. CHASE, FRANK S. UPTON, CHARLES E. HOYT. HENRY R. EAST. E RICK SON PERKINS, OFFICERS : BENJAMIN E. CHASE, President. GEORGE WILDER, Vice-President. lOHN H. GREGORY, Casliier. DIRECTORS: JOHNSON I. ROBINS, W. H. MATHEWS, HAROLD P. BREWSTER, WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND, GEORGE WILDER, WM. R. PETERS, WILLIAM PITKIN, BERNARD DUNN, JOHN P. BOWMAN, JOHN H. GREGORY. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS r FOURTH AND LINCOLN NATIONAL BANKS, METROPOLITAN TRUST CO. Foreign Drafts issued on all parts of tJie zvorld. Letters of Credit available for foreign travel. Interest alloived on special deposits. We respectfully solicit the accounts of Corporations, Firms, and Indi- viduals, and are prepared akvays to furnish such depositors witJi business facilities consistent ivith their balances and standifig. 91 ROBERT MATHEWS, J. H. BOTTOHER. MATIIE\¥8 & BOUCHER, >LESALE AND RETAIL. HARDWARE MERCHANTS BUILDEHS' HARD-^VAKE. CARPENTERS' MANtJFAC- TUKERH' SUPPLIES. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. HORSE BLANKETS. AGRICULTURAL TOOLS. TINNERS SUPPLIES, SKATES AND SLEDS. CUTLERr AND BICrCLES. OIL CLOTHS. 26 EXCHANGE ST., ROCHESTER. N. Y. 92 German- American Bank OF ROCHESTER 189 r. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $ 300, 302. g4 DEPOSITS, - - J. 37 4-33 5 -27 igoi. CAPITAL AXD SURPLUS, $ 460,400.48 DEPOSITS, - - 3.046,137.80 Accounts of co7-poraiio)is, firms and i)uiividu- als solicited. Special attention paid to collections. OFFICERS FREDERICK COOK, President. EUGENE H. SATTERLEE, Vice-President. ALBRECHT VOGT, 2d Vice-President. FREDERIC P. ALLEN, Cashier. WILLIAM B. FARNHAM. Assistant Cashier DIRECTOR S FREDERICK COO A', President. EUGENE H. SATTERLEE, Sattertee, Yeoman fir' Taylor. ALBRECHT VOGT, President Vogt Manufacturing and Coach Lace Co. EDWARD W. PECK, Secretary Co-Operative Foundry Co. RUE US K. DRYER, Vice-President The James Cunningham, Son &= Co. MATH IAS KONDOLF, Vice-President Bartholomay and Geneses Bre-very Companies. JACOB GERLING, President Gerling Bros. Milling Co. HENRY HEBING, Merchant, Hardware, Iron and Steel. LOUIS GRIESHEIMER, Louis Griesheimer b' Co. WALTER B. DUFFY, President New York &" Kentucky Co. EDWARD BAUSCH, Vice-President Bausch fir' Lomb Optical Co. J. LEE JUDSON, President Rochester Gas and Electric Company. GUSTAVE ERBE, Treasurer Yawman &' Erbe Manufacturing Co. AUGUSTUS M. MACDONELI^, Broker, Metnber New York Stock Exchange. GEORGE W. ALDRIDGE, Ex-Superintendent Public Works. 93 PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE. CUTLER BUILDING, General Offices of the CUTLER MANUFACTURING CO. Sole Makers U.S. MAIL CHUTE, CUTLER MAILING SYSTEM INSTALLED IN HOTELS, PUBLIC BUILDINQS, APARTMENTS AND OFFICE BUILDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE U. S. FREE COLLECTION SERVICE. 94 I^Gchester (Sas and Glecfric (Jompany. 95 THE LARGEST MAKERS OF FINE TRUNKS IN THE WORIvD. LYELL AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. HE.NRV LIKLY ii CO.'S TRUNK MANUFACTORY, LYELL AVENUE. VISITORS TO ROCHESTER ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL AND SEE US. Retail Salesrooms, 155 Main Street, East. HENRY LIKLY & COMPANY. ESTABLISHED 1844. 96 THIS EDITION OF "ROCHESTER. THE POWER CITY," - IS TH F PRODUCT OF THE UNION AND ADVERTISER COMPANY Security Trust Company CAPITAL, $200,000. SURPLUS, $2^5,000. This Company is authorized to act as Executor, Trustee, Aduiiiiistrator, or Assignee, transacts a general Banking Business, and solicits the accounts of fiims and individuals. Allows interest on deposits subject to check. Loans money on Bond and Dlortgage and Approved Securities. SAFES TO RENT IN SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT, $3x0 A YEAR AND UPWARDS. Foreign Exchange and Letters of Credit at Lowest Rates. Storage for Silverware, Trunks, a /id Valuable Merchandise OFFICERS EDWARD HARRIS. President. JAMES S. WATSON, ] j;;,. presidents. ALEX. M. LINDSAY. ) JULIUS M. WILE. Manager. FRANK M. ELLER Y. Secretary. HARRIS Of HARRIS, Counsel Edward Harris, Hiram W. Sibley. Alexander M. Lindsay, James S. Watson. J. Lee Judson, TRUSTEES George Eastman, Rufits K. Dryer, Albert H. Harris, R It Jus A. Sibley, Julius M. Wile, Granger A. Hollister, Win. E. Werner, Gilbert Brady, Joseph T. Alting, Thomas W. Finucane, E S. Et ten he inter, Charles E. Bayliss, Charles Stern, Charles M. Everest, Carl F. Lomb. 97 r V. A STORE FOR MEN. THis little volume, descriptive of Rochester's commercial interests, naturally falls into the hands of men. It is to men, therefore, that we will speak particularly through it. = For years we have been dispelling man's inborn antipathy for a dry goods store. We have been educating him to the fact that there is at least one dry goods store which it is for his interest to be thoroughly acquainted with. Men are learning that this is an excellent place to get THEIR FURNISHINGS, THEIR SHOES, TO HAVE THEIR CLOTHES MADE, — in fact, to supply most of their personal needs as well as those of the family and home. - - LET US KNOW EACH OTHER STILL BETTER. Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. 98 The East Side Savings Bank OF ROCHESTER. COR. MAIN STREET, EAST, AND CLEVTON AVENUE, SOUTH. Incorporated, iSbq. $3,950,580.31 272,050.30 RESOURCES, JANUARY /, igoi, SURPLUS, Jiiterest allotved on all deposits up 10 and including S3,ooo, at three and one- half per cent. Money loatied on bond and mortgage at four and one-half per cent., in sums of $10,000 and over All sums less than $10,000 at five per cent. OEEJCERS. fIRAH B. MOSELEY, President. BENfAMIN E. CHASE ,nid STEPHEN REMINGTON, Vice-Presidents. PLATT B. VIELE, Secretary and Treasurer. CASSIUS C. DAVY, Attorney. Erastus Darroiv, Jolin M. Davy, Jirali B. Moseley, Edwin S. Hayrvard. TRUSTEES. Stephen Remington . Cassius C. Davy, Benjamin E. Chase, Adoip/i F. Schlick. IV. Henry Matheivs, William R. Peters, William H. Gorsline, George B. Wat kins, Alexander B. Lamberton. 99 CITIZENS* LIGHT & POWER COMPANY ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER:::::::: 95 STATE STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. THE JAMES CUNNINGHAM, SON & COMPANY BUILDERS OF FINE HEARSES, CASKET WAGONS, AMBULANCES, COACHES, LANDAUS, BROUGHAMS AND CABRIOLETS. We have a number of second-hand Hearses and Carriages which we are offering at reasonable prices. Correspondence solicited. PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESCRIPTIONS MAILED ON APPLICATION. REPOSITORIES: CHICAGO. ILL. ST. LOUIS, MO, BOSTON. MASS. NEW YORK CITY. FACTORY : ROCHESTER, N. Y. ALLIANCE BANK ORGANIZED JUNE /, 1893. Rank of Monroe Consolidated. November /j, /900. HOBART F. ATKINSON, President. JAMES G. CUTLER, Vice-President. ALBERT O. FENN, Vice-Pres. and Cashier. JOHN P. PALMER, Assistant Casliier. Hiram W Sibley, Atbert O. Fenn, Hobart F. Atkinson, Charles E. Anffle, Fernando E. Rogers, DIRECTORS. John C. Woodbury, Abram J. Katz, James G. Cutler, George Eastman, James S Watson, Thomas W. Finucane, Walter S. Hubbell, Charles B. Hudson. CAPITAL, $2j3,ooo. SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS, $ 132,642. jp. RESOURCES, $4,097,785.48. DEPOSITS. June I, 1S9S, $J3,^S/ jS June i, iSgs, $6Sg,56g.20 June i, iSgj, $8^6,840.06 " " ^Ht< 435-373 96 " '■ ^Sg6, 6gi;l2gg.jS " " rSg8, g86,^j8.jo Junej,j8gg, ■S/,6j7/S'^-3S June /, /goo, $1 ,S40,Sj4.go June I, iqoi, $3, sgo, 143.09. AS GOOD AS ANY. BETTER THAN MANY, THAT MEANS OUR SHOES. E, p. REED & CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. St. Paul and River Streets. SHOEMAKERS FOR WOMEN. NEW YORK, N. Y. 127 Duane Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 147 Fifth Avenue. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 523 Market Street. COMMERCIAL BANK, 47 MAIN STREET, EAST, ROCHESTER, N. V. OFFICE HOURS, 10 A. M. TO h P. M. CAPITAL, $200,000. SURPLUS, $130,000. Commercial Ba7ik, April, /S/j. Com7)iercial National Bank, June, 1878. Commercial Bank, May, iSgi. OFFICERS. CHAS. H. BABCOCK, President. H. A I 'S TIN BRE WS TER, 1st Vice-President. HENRY D. STONE, 2d ] 'ice-President. THOMA S /. S J VAN TON, Cashier. DIRECTORS. //. A. Brewster, C. H. Babcock, H. W. Davis, L. P. Ross, Henry D. Stone, Isaac Willis, R. M. Myers, Simeon G. Curtice, Josiah Anstice, C/ias. J. Browti, Frederick A. S/ierwood. N. V. CORRESPONDENT, AMERICAN ENCHANGE NATIONAL BANK. Interest Allowed on Special Deposits. FOREIGN DRAFTS ISSUED OX ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 10.-, ESTABLISHED 1868. INCORPORATED 1901. S. G. Curtice, President. E. N. Curtice, Vice-President and Treasurer. R. A. Badger, Secretary. CURTICE BROTHERS CO. ^ =Preservers. CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND MEATS, JAMS, JELLIES AND PRESERVES. — . TABLE DELICACIES. = Blue Label Ketchup and Soups ROCH ESTE R. N. Y 104 Desigtiatcd Depositary of tlic I 'nilcd States, State of Neiu ) 'ork, and City of Rocliester. ^ Flour City National Bank OF ROCHESTER, N. Y. CAPITAL, $300,000. SURPLUS, $130,000. OFFICERS. President, C. C. WOOD IVOR TH. ist Vice-President, WM. C. BARRY. 2d Vice-President, E. FRAXK BREWSTER. Cashier, PETER A. VAY. Assista7it Cashier, ED WL\ W. BURTON. DIRECTORS. George Ellwanger, Alexander B. Hone, E. Frank Brewster, Letd Adler, Charles W. IVeis. S. F. Jenkins, Jr., Wni. C. Barry, C. C. Woodworth, John J. L. Friederich, J. />'. Perkins, Joseph T. Ailing, Riifiis B. Sherburne. 105 GEORGE C. BUELL. A. BYRON SMITH. W. H. AVERELL. ESTABLISHED 1844. GEORGE C. BUELL & Co. IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers, 37 and 39 EXCHANGE STREET, AND 30 and 32 IRVING PLACE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Warehouse, Erie Canal, corner South Washington Street. Branch House 152, 154, 156 State Street, Auburn, N. Y. EAGLE JAPAPS TEAS, EAGLE CEYLOIN TEAS, EAGLE COFFEES, EAGLE SPICES, EAGLE CAINPSED GOODS. 106 Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Co. Located in their Fire-I'roof Jhiildini^ No. 25 EXCHANGE STREET, ROCHESTER. N V. CAPITAL. SURPLUS, RESOURCES. $ 200,000.00. 6 J 0,000 00. g,joo,ooo.oo. Designated by Order of t/ie Supreme Court as a Legal Depository. Authorised to act as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Trustee, Etc. IN teres t allo wed on deposits. I f— Loans Made on Approved Securities. IVi/i draw Drafts on Europe, and issue Letters of Credit. SAFES RENTED IN BURGLAR-PROOF I'AULT. J. MO RE A U SMITH, President. V. MORE A U SMITH, Secretary. R. C. WATSON, Assistant Secretary. 107 Establi6bc^ 1871. 1Rcccivc^ Ibiiibcst awal•^ at tbc '^nnorl^'s jFair, Cbicago, 18^33. iji*. .A^^iC2^» ''■■'■■■ -•Jf.;;jri/\ !i mc m.,c a Spccalt, of jf Olbllig IBOX CS a,^,F c ILitbooiapbic Mork §Sin Capacitv?, ©ver a /IMllion Moies per 2)a\2. Stcchcr XithOi3rapbic (^ompanv^ 1RocbC9tcr, 1R. 1^. loS UNION TRUST COMPANY 2S STATE STREET. CAPITAL, $200,000. SJ'RPI.l'S. $80445.51. RESOLRCES, $2,392,418.67. Transacts a General Trust and Banking Business. '^ Legal Depository for Court and Trust Funds. Interest Alloived on Special Deposits. 4% Registrar for Corporations. Money to Loan on Mortgage or Approved Collateral. Issues Drafts and Letters of ^ Credit. OFFICERS : FRANK TAYI/OR, President. GEORGE WEI/DON, 2d Vice-President. ABRAM E. WOI/JvF, ist Vice-President. FREDERICK W. ZOLI^ER, Secretary. DIRECTORS: Benjamin E. Chase, Erickson Perkins, G. Elbert Taylor, Abram H. 'Wollf, Thomas R. Levis, Frank Taylor, James Downs, Charles I<. Yates, George C. Seager, George Weldon, C. Walter Smith, Frederick W. poller. James D. Casey. J. Elwood McKelvey, 109 PITTSBURaH PLATE GMiASS COMPANY, COR. HUDSON AND VANDAM STREETS, NEW YORK. ^V. W. HEROT, General Easterx Manager. LARGEST PRODUCERS OF POLISHED PLATE GLASS IN THE WORLD. MAN- UFACTURERS OF MIRROR PLATES. PLAIN AND BEVELED. IMPORTERS OF FRENCH WINDOW AND PICTURE GLASS. NEW YORK AGENTS FOR "JEANETTE" BRAND AMERICAN WINDOW GLASS. RIBBED, ROUGH, GROUND AND ORNAMENTAL GLASS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. YOUR ^__, INQUIRIES AND ORDERS SOLICITED — ^rr CHAS. A. STINE. Resident Agent. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. - ROCHESTER. N. Y. LONG Distance Telephone. General Distribctters of " PATTON'S SUN-PROOF PAINTS. CHAS. VOGEL, PRESIDENT, FKED'K S. ROGERS, VICE-PRES'T, SEC'V AND TREAS. Theodore J. Vogel. sup't. THE JOHN SIDDONS COMPANY, ROOFING. COPPER AND GALVANIZED IRON CORNICE WORKS 61, 63, 65 NORTH WATER ST., ROCHESTER, N. Y. T'M Fidelity Trust Company OF Rochester, N. V. POIVF.RS BIILDI.XG. COR. WEST MAIN AND STATE STREETS. CAPITAL, $200,000. SURPLUS, $100,000. PAYS INTEREST ON SPECIAL DEPOSITS AND CERTIFICATES. SELLS FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND LETTERS OF CREDIT. Authorized by Law to act as Executor, Ad))iiiiistraior, Guardian, Coiiiiuittee, Trustee, Receiver, Assignee, Registrar, Transfer Agent, Fiscal Agent. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BCS/NESS. OFFICERS : LEWIS P. ROSS, President. J. LEE JUDSON, Vice-President. EDWARD BAUSCH, Vice-President. JOHN CRAIG PO IVERS, Secretary. GEORGE J. KE YES, Asst. Secretary. TRUSTEES : Rujiis K. Dryer, James E. Booth, Walter W. Powers, L. L. Williams, J. B. Perkins, J. J, L. Friederich, Abram J. Katz, /. Lee Judson, A. B. Hone, IV, R. Seward, L. P. Ross, John Craig Poivers, Arthur T. Hagen, Joseph Michaels, John C. Woodbury, Frederick C. Loebs, Edward Baitsch, Walter B. Duffy. A. 0. Fenn, Louis J, Ernst. Patronize your Home Institution before Insuring with Foreign Companies. The Rochester German Insurance (company, Office, Company's Building, West Main Street corner Ir'.^ing Place. STATEMENT, JANUARY 1, 1901. Cash Capital. $200,000.00 Reserve for Re-Insurance 379,193.52 Reserve for Unpaid Losses and Other Liabilities 27,500.63 NET SURPLUS 571,920. 95 Gross Assets $1,178,615.10 HON. FREDERICK COOK. President. EUGENE H. SATTERLEE, Vice-President. ALBRECHT VOGT, 2d Vice-President. H. F. ATWOOD. Secretary. J. FLETCHER CAMP, Asst. Secretary. Archer Manufacturing Co,, Ma nil fact urns of PATENT BARBER, DENTIST and SURGEON CHAIRS, PIANO STOOLS, Etc. Our New Pedestal Barber Chair. THE— ROCHESTER. The Handsomest, Strongest, Most Solid, Durable, Convenient, and Connfortable Barber Chair in the world. All Movements — Reclining. Revolving on Ball Bearings, with Extension Foot-rest. Raising and Lowering Mechanical Device. No oil or liquid used. Factory and Principal Office, ROCHESTER, N. Y., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICE : 169 Canal Street. New York City, U. S. A. Title and Guarantee Co. OF ROCHESTER. 10th FLOOR, IINSURAPSCE B U I L D I IN G . FREDERICK COOK, President. BEINJAMIIN B. CHACE, Secretary. SURETY BONDS. SEARCHES ON REAL ESTATE. REAL ESTATE CARED FOR. MORTGAGES FOR SALE. IRVIING ROUSE, WHOLESALE NURSERYMAN. ROCHESTER, N. Y. U «% ^^ CAR LOTS OF STANDARD AND DWARF PEAR, CHERRY AND PLUM TREES. 114 "5 o O) CD ^ Qi IS ii6 rs ur Specialty IS Dry Goods 'Wholesale-Retail) that Satisfy. BURKE, FiTZSinONS, HONE & CO. ; ESTABLISHED 1857. HOWE & ROGERS CO ROCHESTER, N. Y., Extend an invitation to in- spect the largest assortment of carefully -selected CARPETINGS AND FLOOR FURNISHINGS. An unequaled collection of ORIENTAL CARPETS AND RUGS, embracing choice antique and modern examples of Turkish, Persian, and Indian art ; and also an extensive and varied collection of newest and choicest novelties in DRAPERY AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS, of beautiful effects and artistic design. The large range of fabrics I contains something of interest to everyone who visits these departments. HOWE & ROGERS CO., 80-84 State Street, ROCHESTER, N. Y. ii8 ■:^-€i^»^S'^S=^^'^'^'-S^^i I BEADLE & SHERBURNE CO., 142 to 154 MAIN STREET. EAST. t 1 /% % sSr :-■ . n i[ if, 'H I _ I , . L« rf ■ I. -* , ", ;r» r-> -r-'f •m -> '-' "' '-"' '^ ,. ^ if •Q o ^ I DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, I GARMENTS, SHOES. ■.S:g--g--^-/s 119 LrC>^:wsc^^'^'s>?^-'^^ EVERYTHING IN ROCHESTER REAL ESTATE MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS AND SITES ON RAILROADS, ERIE CANAL, =ETC, ETC E Buildings Erected on tO to 20 Years' Lease, at Reasonable Rental COTTAGE HOUSES * ^°' %^^^^\^^^^^ and upwards. ( ror Kent at $5 a month and upwards. 2>^-STORY HOUSES ( For Sale at $2000 and upwards. with improvements, ( For Rent at $20 a month and upwards. FLATS for rent at $7 a month and upwards. H. H. GARFIELD, Manager Loan and Rental Departments. M. S. GARFIELD, Manager Insurance and Collection Departments. ROCHESTER TELEPHONE, 3J4 ^CFGarfieldv Real Estate Broker J 310,312,314,316,318 POWERS BL'K. Long Distance Bell Telephone 327. ROCHESTER, THE POWER CITY, PRESENTS A SPLENDID FIELD FOR THE CAREFUL INVESTOR. ITngmtre ^ IDbompeon, jFuneral directors 04 Clinton Hvcnuc, South, 1RocbC0tci% 1R. U?, Otis Elevator Company Successors to The Graves Elevator Co. PASSENGER MND FREIGHT ELEVJiTORS FOR, ALL PURPOSES. •X\*?nUi^* 198^210 COMMERCIJtL ST., ROCHESTER, N. Y. C. I,. GRIFFETH, Pres. and Treas. A. S. COl/EBROOK, Vice-Pres and Sec'y. rUM ROCHESTER CANDY WORRiS -. . -^^'i^^gjf*- *€' Manufacturers of THE DELICIOUS" Brand HigK Grade Confectionery* 407, 409, 411 State St., RocHester, N. Y. 123 HENRY A. SCHAEFER, Manufacturer of mrm-^-^ COACH LACE, CANOPY FRINGE, CARRIAGE, HEARSE, and CASKET TRIMMINGS. COR. ST. PAUL AND ANDREWS STS., ROCHESTER, N. Y. EDWARD J. MILLSPAUGH. Utica, N. Y. DOUGLAS N. GREEN. Syracuse, N. Y. MILLSPAUGH & GREEN, SALES AGENTS THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY'S ANTH RACIT E (^Q AL S^ E S A L E ETA IL Dealers in CANNEL COAL, =^^^^^ and For Open Grates. PITTSBURGH COAL, For Steaming Purposes. Retail Coal Delivered in Bags. 100 lbs. Coal in a Bag, 20 Bags to the Ton. OFFICES: Mann Building, Utica, N. Y. Gridley Building, Syracuse, N. Y. 9 State Street. Rochester, N. Y. C. S. KELLOGG, Local Manager, ROCHESTER, N. Y 124 Rocbc$fcr'$ Complete Book Store '■pWO VIEWS are here given of the largest Book Store be- tween New York City and Chicago — that of Scrantom, (Uetittorc $( Company, which is located in the fa m o u s Powers Building, with entrances on both State and Main Streets. In addition to Books, this long- established firm does a large busi- ness in STATIOXERY, LEATHER GOODS, PICTURES AM) FRAMES, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, OFFICE SUPPLIES, GAMES A\D SPORTING GOODS, and operates a plant of its own for the production of SOCIETY AND COMMERCIAL ENGRAVING. RETAIL BOOK DEPARTMENT. ■KCTION oE WHOLESALE SAMILE RCOM. Scrantom, Wetmore Sf Co.'s Book and Stationery Establishment. 125 W. E. WOODBURY & CO., i 15 STORES. Grocers. 15 Stores. ROCHESTER. BATAVIA, GENEVA, ALBION, ELMIRA. |: ?ls®0®®®W®®«:s«:S^sOw«;S?;sCTftM:S%ws«^^^ HIGGINS- ALMSTEAD CO., MANUFACTURERS AND DEAIvERS IN Electric Supplies, Gas and Electric Fixtures. 59 STATE STREET, ROCHESTER. N. Y. TELEPHONE III. O. T. STACY CO. MANfKACTURERS OF Chocolates and BON-BONS FOR THE FINEST RETAIL TRADE. 152 TO 160 CLINTON AVE., NORTH, ROCHESTER, N. Y. O. T. Stacy, President. H. M. Hill, Vice-President and Secretary. J. A. Bush, Treasurer. Rochester's Leading Retail Clothing Store. Famous throughout Western New York for the rehable character c of its merchandise, its courteous and liberal treatment of visitors, g and the superlative excellence of its values. J The Union Clothing Company. 126 DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY MEDICINE, FOR ALL MANKIND. "W^rite for Free BooKlet. DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 127 ESTABLISHED 1839 John C. Moore Fine Blank Books Printing, Binding $ixty=two years of Book=makitig HAVE TAUGHT US WELL THE LESSON OF HOW TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL BLANK BOOKS OUR Printing Department IS SUPPLIED WITH EVERY APPLIANCE FOR THE PRODUC- TION OF HlGH-G?iADE WORK, 35 St. Vaul Street Rochester, NeW Yorli, THE POWERS HOTEL ABSOLUTELY FIRE=PR0OF. THE ONLY FIRST CLASS HOTEL IN THE CITY. m THE POWERS RESTAURANT, 32 West Main Street -:;;tM-;i-'i;n;;:'i! ^1^ THE POWERS BUFFET, 28 West Main Street WESLEY CROUCH & SON, Proprietors, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 12S S. J. VV»'a\«T. OrifJ I). Palmer. Lee Richmond. WEAVER, PALMER & RICHMOND, 31, 33, 35 Main Street, East; 12-14 Mill Street, ^o^^^^ HARDWARE gu^"-": Artistic Builders' Hardware, Fine Mechanics' Tools, Table and Pocket Cutlery, House Furnishing Goods, Agricultural Implements, Dairy Supplies, Poultrymen's Supplies, Fruit Evaporators' Supplies. SPECIAL AGEr»JCIES: COLUMBIAN CORDAGE CO. — Ropes and Binder Twines. OLIVER CHILLED PLOW CO. - Plows. S. L. ALLEIN & CO. Planet Jr. Cultivators and Garden Tools. THE CARBORUNDUIV1 CO. - Carborundum Wheels and Hones. J. K. WILDER & SONS. Feed Cutters and Ensilage Machines. GOODELL CO. Apple Parers. BATCHELLER & SONS CO. - Hay and Manure Forks. O. AMES & SON'S CORP. - Shovels and Scoops. LANDERS. FRARY & CLARK. -Table Cutlery. ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Refriger- ators. 129 SAM GOTTRY CARTIMG CO., FURNITURE AMD PIAINO MOVERS. OFFICh, 12 hXCHANOE STREET. Telephone 1412 or 643. Freight Delivered from all Railroads. Movers of Safes and Machinery. MTM. B. MORSE PULLMAN (Sl SON5, SASH BALANCE CO., Makers of the Lumber Dea lers '^ PULLMAN'' HARDWARE SPECIALTIES AND SPRING SASH BALANCES. On sale in every first-class hardware store on the globe. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A. NATIONAL CASKET COMPANY ^ROCHESTER, N. Y.= B. E. CHASE, TREASURER. 18 DISTRIBUTING POINTS: ALBANY. N. Y, ALLEGHENY, PA. BALTIMORE. MD. BOSTON. MASS. BUFFALO. N. Y. BROOKLYN. N. Y. CHICAGO. ILL. NASHVILLE. TENN. HOBOKEN. N. J. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N. Y. NEW HAVEN, CONN. ONEIDA. N. Y. PHILADELPHIA. PA. PITTSBURGH. PA. WILLIAMSBURG. N. Y. ROCHESTER. N. Y. 131 JSTIN BREWSTE kCE C. HREWSTER. BREW STER, CRITTENDEN & CO, IMPORTERS, AVHOLE8ALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN FIELD SEEDS. 44, 46, 48 AND 50 ST. PAUL STREET, 16, 18, 20 AXD 22 310RT1MER STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 132 Telephone I506. A. T HAGEN, President. D. M. COOPER, Vice-President. J. D. F. WHITBECK, Secretary and Treasurer. WHOLESAlgpETAffln nWu 1111 F. P. VAN HOESEN, Wall Papers PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES. nOULDINQS AND WINDOW SHADES. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 43, 45 riain Street, East. SMITH, BEIR & QORMLY, WHOLESALERS . . ONLY OF . . DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS. 37=39 ST. PAUL STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 134 ^v3\g\^.a'-S^-8 -a^^ •S^'3 -B^e •£> -a -g -/i -a^a -a •£■ -S -a -S •£ -a -3 -a^a -a -jB -^ -js -S -3 -a^a -S^-S -^^ % BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY i 1-*^ "% Continental %4c^^ JMurseries %Ac^^ ROCHESTER, N, Y. '& e ^ OFFICE OF BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY AT BRIGHTON. V ^ COMPLETE USE Oh ^ Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Hardy ^ Flowering Shrubs, Vines, Etc. | Landscape Work a Specialty. New Grounds Laid Out and Old Z Ones Remodeled. ^ AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. t '35 WILMOT CASTLE & CO,, Manufacturers of SHEET METAL SPECIALTIES STERILIZERS FOR PHYSICIANS. STERILIZERS FOR HOSPITALS AND LABORATORIES. STERILIZERS FOR FAMILIES. STEAM COOKERS. STEAM COFFEE POTS AND URNS. HOT AIR RADIATORS, ETC., ETC. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 15, 17, J9, and 21 ELM STREET, 16, J8, and 20 CORTLAND STREET, BERNARD F. DUNN CIGARS AND TOBACCOS BOX TRADE A SPECIALTY. 226 Main Street, East, ROCHESTER, N. Y 136 /o//.y c. liouDJiLK); /. hesley K/SGsro.w charles e. crouch. President. I'ici-President. Secietaiy and Treasurer. THE WOODBURY WHIP COMPANY. A/A.XCEACTL'RERS Of ALL GRADES AND STYLES OP BUGGY, TEAM, DROVERS' IJ/ZJTr)^ RIDING AND COACH VV lll±^ ROCHESTER, N. Y. M. D. KNOIVLTON. FRED H. BEACH. KNOIVLTON & Beach, MANrFACTCRERS OF PAPER BOX MACHINERY. ^9-35 ELIZABETH ST., ROCHESTER, N. V. 2 J GO SWELL ROAD, LONDON. 138 GEORGE MOORE'S ARTIFICIAL LIMB MANUFACTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. APPOINTED BY THE GOVERN- MENT TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR CRIPPLED SOL- DIERS, SAILORS and MARINES DISABLED IN THE UNITED STATES' SERVICE. NOTICE TO VETERANS. — A savint,' of twentA-tive dollars can be made on a sevent) -five dollar order for an Artificial Limb by any Veteran Soldier, Sailor, or Marine. Write for particulars. Mr. Moore has had an experience of over forty years as an Artificial Limb Maker, and has been in business for himself during a quarter of a cen- tury. He has adjusted limbs for some of the most remarkable surgical cases on record. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, con- taining hundreds of testimonials and names of prominent citizens in every State in the Union who are ^vearing Moore's Artificial Limbs. ^FACTORY AND OFFICE^ 305 CLINTON AVENUE, NORTH, ' ^=^~ AND EE=^ 50 and 52 MARIETTA STREET, ROCHESTER. NEW YORK. 139 ■■ ROCHESTER BUSINESS INSTITUTE Established 1863. A THOROUGH BUSINESS SCHOOL. Commercial, SKortHaxid and EnglisH Courses. Day ScHool—All the Year. Nig'Ht School— October to April. Catalogues sent free ' III ' ■ ■;-: •"■ '" ■H Seed Farms at Despatch r^ VICRS SEEDS EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN, FARM AND LA^WN. Fall Catalogue of Tulips, Hyacinths, Hardy and Tender Plants, Etc., ready in August. VicK's Garden and Floral Guide in January. JAMES VICK'S SONS, 16 and 20 STONE STREET. Alliance BanK Building. 140 BAUSCH^^ LO/nB OPTICAL COMPANYJ^.*: M\VVl)«l\{ BRANCML.V NEW > ORK I CHICAGO BAUSCH S lOnB-ZElSS STEREO BINOCULAR- GLASSES y^ Vi???| i^' riELC c^ OLD sm r BINOC '.^ FIELD OF BAUiCH t LOMB-ZEISS STEREO BINOCULAK 'MOST EVERY ONE Travels some or Hunts, Or attends the Games or Races, Or has a Summer Cottage or an Ice Boat. VERY FEW PEOPLE Get the most pleasure and profit from these things Because the majority of happenings Are out of sight, That is to say — too far away to see Unless You have a good Field Glass. Hadn't you better Send for our booklet about the STEREO Glasses? Sold by all dealers. CATALOG OF MICROSCOPES, PHOTO LENSES, CHEMICALS, FREE. 141 Cable, "Strowger, Rochester." Bell Telephone, Chase 919. Walter Scott Strowger ELECTRICAL ENGINEER 240 Monroe Avenue, ROCHESTER, IN. Y. STROWGER AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SYSTEM Used in the White House and Government Departments, Washington, D. C, and some thirty cities and towns in the United States. Recently adopted by Telephone Corporations in England and Germany. THIS SYSTEVI OF TELEPHONING INSURES ABSOLUTE SECRECY "It does away with the large staff of skilled attendants at present required at the Central and Subsidiary Exchange, and thus not only reduces working expenses, but gives increased speed and facility in communication. The saving effected by the elimination of the exchange operators enables a service to be given at much less cost than with the present methods." — London {Eng.) Times, Feb. 5, i8gS. eSTROWGER'S inevv^ ELECTRIC, STORAGE BATTERY Is the most perfect and reliable in the world. Can be adapted to any use. STROWGER'S LIQUID GAS Is the newest, safest and cheapest illuminant. Send for particulars. 142 DWELLINGS, BUSINESS BUILDINGS, HAN'FACTURING POWER PLANTS, APARTMENT HOUSES, LOTS. THE LENOX, COR. WEST AVE. AND PROSPECT ST. We have these, well dis- tributed throughout the city. Will sell at low prices, and on terms to suit, or will rent to desirable tenants. OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, CORNER NORTH FITZHUGH AND CHVRCH STREETS. City Realty Co. of Rochester, Corner North Fitzhugh and Church Streets. CHARLES C. CLARK, President. GEO C, BUELL, Vice-President. FREDERICK W. ZOLLER, Treas. MURRAY W. CROSBY, Secretary and General Manager. ELBRIDGE L. ADAMS, Counsel. Rochester Telephone 1992. 143 BARNARD & SIMONDS CO., ^m»r.i* & 1. 9 g r»!i ! LT ii'^r'' ^^ 'Mr||r^- % ROCHESTER, N. Y., Makers of Fine Chairs DINING, OFFICE, CHAMBER, HALL, LADIES' DESK, SLIPPER CHAIRS, ROCKERS. SUPERIOR IN STYLE, CONSTRUCTION AND FINISH. DURAND MANUFACTURING CO., Manufacturers of ST. LAWRENCE RIVER SKIFFS. FOOT POWER LAUNCHES GASOLINE LAUNCHES CANADIAN CANOES ■Mrui BULLIS COASTER GENESEE AUTOMATIC BICYCLE PUMPS ROW LOCKS, ETC. 206 to 218 SOUTH AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 144 rift 5> WITH A BELL TELEPHONE IN YOUR HOUSE You can talK instantaneously to anybody in any direction, 'within a radius of miles* It beats tKe mail and telegrapK to a standstill. No other systenf> gives a similaj* service Don't Travel, Telephone. The chase exchange, GOODMAN STREET AND PARK AVENUE ROCHESTER, N. Y, ^he BLUE SIGN and u/^e BLUE BELL Everywhere Rochester Chamber of Commerce ORGANIZED 1887. INCORPORATED 1888. TRe objects for which this corporation is formed are : To foster the trade and com- merce of the City of Rochester ; to protect such trade and commerce from unjust and unlawful exactions; to reform abuses in trade, and to promote a more enlarged and friendly intercourse between merchants and manu» facturers. Any person, firm or corporation may be- come a member of the association, as pro= vided in the by-laws. Application for membership should be made to the Secretary in writing. TRere is no initiation fee, and the dues are twenty dollars per year. Persons having money to invest in local manufacturing enterprises should communi- cate with the Secretary. A book for the free entry of real estate suitable for building sites can be found at the office of the Secretary. Telephones No, 379. Geo. F. Roth, President. -V- ^- Zimmer, Vice=President. Chas. IV. IVeis, Secretary and Treasurer. HOCH ESTER CJiRTING CO. Handlers of liallroad Freights, Safes, Machinery, Furniture, Etc. STORJiGE UOJtREHOUSE. Offices, 162=164 Jtndrews St., New York Central Freight House, and 24.-26.-2S N. Washington St., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 146 Artistic Brick Houses Rellect intiivifluality. If you contemplate l)uildiiigf, let us talk with you about the superiority of Hydraulic Front Bricks Our Old Reds, Grays, Golds : aiul Mottled Effects make beautiful homes at about the cost of all wood, with better style and durability. Sample Bricks and Booklets free New York Hydraalic-Press Brick Co. Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, N. Y, The Rochester residences, photo -engravings of w-hich are shown on pages 40 and so of this publi- cation, were made from brick furnished by the New York Hvdraulic-Press Hrick Co. -i) J. G. LUITWIELER & SONS, DEALERS IN ARTISTS' MATERIALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ^= No. 24 South Avenue, Rochester. N. Y. ALSO PAINTS. VARNISHES. OILS. ETC.. FOR PAINTERS AND DECORATORS. A very complete stock of Oil and Water Colors, and all the appliances and materials for artists and art students kept continually on hand. The finest grades of Paper and Canvas, Easels, Drawing Boards, Sketching Outfits at most reasonahle prices. In the House Painting and Decorative Department can be found Jap-a-lac Finishes, Mixed Paints, Lead and Oil, Turpentine, Johnson's Floor Wax, Stains, Varnishes, Glues, Brushes, and Glass. 147 TEALL & SONS, CA TERERS. PARTIES, WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, BANQUETS, CLUB ENTERTAINMENTS, IN OR OUT OF THE CITY. Fall Service. Modem Features, Hall for Private Dances, Dinner Parties, Etc.^ Etc. TEALL & SONS, t39 East Avenue, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Telephones 281. FRUIT TREES, SMALL FRUITS including GRAPES; ORNAMENT- AL TREES, EVERGREENS AND FLOWERING SHRUBS for public — ^ and private grounds; SHADE TREES for streets; HARDY ROSES, HARDY PLANTS, CLIMBERS, Etc. T^EiS Our beautifull-^ Illustrated Catalogue contains accurate and truslwortl^y de- scriptions of the choicest varieties, and is replete with practical hints indispens- able to planters; it will be mailed FREE on application. ELLW ANGER & BARRY, MT. HOPE NURSERIES, Established Over 60 Years. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Moitioit this publication. 148 WHITCOMB HOUSE ROCHESTER, N. Y ESTABLISHED IN 1872. A MODEL HOTEL STRUCTURE, CONTAINING EVERY CONVENIENCE FOR THE COMFORT : AND PLEASURE OF GUESTS.hieee Perfect Elevator vSystem, Electric Bells, Private Baths, Well Trained Attendants, vSuperb Dining- Hall, High Class Menus, Magnificent (irill Room for those who prefer the European Plan. One of the First Class Hotels of the Empire State. RATES, $2.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY. Free Busses to All Trains. WHITCOMB & DOWNS, P'-°p"«°'-^- 149 ROCHESTER BREWERS' ASSOCIATION ALL THE BREWERIES ^OF THE CITY^ H. B. HATHAWAY, President. JOHM BRADLEY, Secretary. ■* CHARLES S. GIBBS, MANUFACTURER OF FINE HARNESS Horse Boots, Stable Supplies, EVERYTHING FOR THE HORSE. Telephone 1387. 159 State Street, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 150 J5I NEWOSBURN HOUSE Is conducted l)y the Osliurn Hotel Co., of which Mr. F. A. Pierson is General Manager. It is situated on South Avenue, between Main and Court Streets, facing the Aqueduct and Gene- see River, making it a most desirable location for either traveling man or tourist. The house contains no all light, outside rooms, a number of which have porcelain baths and toilet e(|uip- ments. New sanitary toilets for gentlemen have been placed on each sleeping floor. The house has been thoroughly renovated, re-painted and paper'd. New mattresses in ev- ery room, and a large number of new carpets have been added. Elec- tric lights, steam heat, electric elevator, and all other modern im- provements. The cuisine is excelled by none in the city. Free bus ; also direct car con- nection with all depots. American plan. Rates fi.oo to $3.00 per day. *\ ■S? OSBURN HOTEL CO., Proprietors, f- a. pierson. Manage. MODERN, INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE PLANT. ROCHESTER TELEPHONE COMPANY, STONE STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. PVQ. ,SvQpvD A^vQ, 00 ,X>Q,; IS^^i W^WWWW^FW^' 152 LARGEST HOME FURNISHING HOUSE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Crocliery, Lamps, Stoves, Kitchen Utensils, Clocks, Pictures. Our model 9=room house, furnished complete, is located on the fourth floor. This is an object-lesson in artistic home furnishing, and visitors are delighted with it. We give you a cordial invitation to come and see it and take a look through the entire store. H. B. GRAVES, STATE, MARKET AND MILL STREETS, ROCHESTER, M. Y. Main Entrance, 78 State Street. 153 THE DONOGHUE IMPORTING CO. THE GREAT DISTRIBUTING POINT FOR THE PUREST WINES AND LIQUORS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 237 & 239 MAIN STREET, EAST, ROCHESTER, N. Y, Try BoUinger^s Champagne* THE JACKSON SANATORIUM DANSVILLE, N. Y. CLEAR, DRY AT- MOSPHERE, FREE FROM FOGS AND MALARIA. PURE SPRING WATER FROM ROCKY HEIGHTS. PERFECT DRAIN- AGE AND SEWER- AGE. MAIN BUILDING ABSOLUTELY FIRE- PROOF. ADEIyIGHTFUIv home for those seeking health, rest or recrea- tion. Under the personal care of regularly educated and experi- enced physicians. Hillside location in Woodlawn Park, over- looking extended views of the famous Oenesee Valley region, unsur- passed for healthfulness and beauty. Elegant modern FIRP:-PR00F MAIN BUILDING and twelve cottages, complete in all appliances for health and comfort. Extensive apartments for treatment arranged for individual privacy. Skilled attendants. All forms of fresh and salt water baths : Electricity, Mas- sage, Swedish Movements, etc. Vacuum treatments. Delsarte System of Physical Culture. Frequent lectures and lessons on Health Topics. Especial provi.sion for quiet and rest: also for recreation, amusement and regular outdoor life. Delightful walks and drives. Culinary Department under supervision of Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, .Superintendent of Chautauqua Cooking School. Steam heat, open fires, electric bells, safety elevator, telegrapli. telephone, chapel, library, daily papers, and every provision for com- fort, health and good cheer. For illustrated pamphlet, testimonials, and other iuform.Ttiim , address J. ARTHUR JACKSON, M. D.. Secretary, DANSVILLE, N. Y. 154 H. A. LANGSLOW. P. A. FOWLER. S. C. LANGSLOW. LANGSLOW. FOWLER CO., MANUFACTt'RERS OF Fancy Rockers AND Morris Chairs OFFICE AXO FACTORY: (.^ 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75 SOUTH AVENLE, and 47 and 49 SOUTH WATER STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 155 ROCHESTER BOX & LUMBER CO. Manufacturers of Packing Cases. LOCK CORNER BOXES A Specialty. Lumber, Cor. Piatt and Warehouse Streets, ROCHESTER, N. Y. SCHLEGEL MANUFACTURING CO. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Call and see the exclusive line of Pictures and Frames suitable for Wedding Gifts. Visitors are welcome. EMPIRE MOULDING WORKS, Frank G. Newell, President. Third Floor Granite Building 156 H. P. NEUN, Manufacturer of FINE PAPER BOXES SILVERWARE, JEWELRY A^D iP^ CO^FECT^O^ERY BOXES iiitfiiiir^'^iWI FOLDING PRIINTIING and 0SaP iSi'; 1 BOXES EMBOSSING i^^^ii. 131 TO 139 rSORTH WATER STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Mechanics' Tools, Manufacturers' Supplies, Cutlery, Builders' Hardware. We have the Best Goods that are Produced. There is Nothing Too Good for Our Customers. Louis Ernst & Son, 129 and 131 Main Street, East. '57 NEW CENTURY AUTO/v\ATIC COLD AIR GAS MACHINE '•,'oV h sy^'iJ INVENTED AND PATENTED SSo'oT."tT%"l5S, BY H.J.MYERS^'''O.M.ROBERTS. '^Bse aBiii'itt ' lf ll^Tf^ ESTABLISHED 1854. JEFFREYS, UNDERTAKER. ♦ 56 East Avenue, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 159 STATE STREET FROM EXCHANGE STREET. m INDEX TO TOPICS 11 Rochester the Po\Yer Citj^, . Rochester — Past, Present, Rochester's CHmate — Finest in the World, Rochester's New Masonic Hall, Rochester's Urban and Suburban Trolley System, Rochester's Public Parks, Music in the Parks, Rochester's Main Street, Rochester's Mechanics Institute, Rochester's New High School, . Certificate of Incorporation, . Chamber of Commerce By-Laws, The Genesee \'alley Trust Co., In Memoriam, ..... Ezra R. Andrews, Alvarado Stevens, Charles Storrs Barrows, Joel B. Davis, .... George C. Maurer, Officers for 1901, .... Standing Committees, Members of Chamber of Commerce, Page 3 7 17 21 23 29 31 33 37 43 47 51 59 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 69 71 161 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait, President A. B. Lamberton, Frontispiece Portrait, ex-President H. B. Hathaway, 4 Chamber of Commerce Building, . 6 Upper Falls of the Genesee, . 8 Upper, Middle and Lower Falls, . 10 The Otis Arch, . . . 12 Model Camp I5tli Infantry U. S. A., Seneca Park, West, . . 14 Ninth Regiment N. G., Wilkesbarre, Pa., 16 Brink of the Lower F'alls, Winter, 18 The New Masonic Temple. . 20 Map of Electric & Steam Railway Lines, 22 New First Methodist Episcopal Church, 24 Main Street, looking East from State Street, Night, ... 26 In Seneca Park, East, . . 28 Public Band Concerts— Genesee Valley Park ; Seneca Park, East, . 30 Consolidated Bands Marching down Main Street, . . . 32 Main Street, looking West from St. Paul Street, ... 34 Page Mechanics Institute, . . .36 E. F. Higgins' Twentieth Century Coach 38 A Group of Rochester Residences, 40 The New East High School, . 42 Venice in America — Andrews St. Bridge, 44 A Group of Rochester Views, . 45 Reservoir, Highland Park, . 46 Genesee River and Red Creek, . 48 Christ Church, East Avenue, . 49 Five Rochester Residences, . . 50 Genesee Valley Trust Co., . 58 In Genesee Valley Park, . . 68 Aqueduct over Genesee River, . 70 Scene near the "Dugway," . . 79 Monroe Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, . . . .So Scene in Genesee Valley Park, 15S State Street, from Exchange Street, 160 Indian Trail, Seneca Park, East, 162 No. 12 School, Wadsworth Square, 164 View from the Pavilion, Highland Park, 166 Soldiers and Sailors' Monument, Wash- ington Square, . . .168 163 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS Alliance Bank, Archer Manufacturing Co , Barnard & Sinionds Co., Bausch & Lonib Optical Co., Beadle & Sherburne Co., Bell Telephone, The, Brewster, Crittenden & Co., Brown Bros. Co., Buell, George C, & Co., Burke, Fit/. Simons, Hone & Co., Castle, Wilmot, & Co., Central Bank, The . Citizens' Light and Power Co., City Realty Co. of Rochester, Commercial Bank, Co-Operative Foundry Co., Cunningham, The James, Son & Co., Curtice Bros. Co., . Cutler Manufacturing Co., Donoghue Importing Co., The, Duffy Malt Whiskey Co , Dunn, Bernard F., . Durand Manufacturing Co., Eastman Kodak Co., East Side Savings Bank, The, "EUwanger & Barry, Empire IMoulding Works, Ernst, Louis, & Son, Fidelity Trust Co., The, Flour City National Bank, The, Garfield, C. F., Genesee Fruit Co., German-American Bank, Gibbs, Charles S., . Gottry, Sam., Carting Co., Graves, H. B., Ham Manufacturing Co., C. T., Higgins-Almstead Co.. Higgins, E. F., Howe & Rogers Co. , Hubbard & Eldredge Co., Ingmire & Thompson, (Index Page loi Jackson Sanatorium, The, 112 JeflFreys, 144 Knowlton & Beach, 141 Langslow, Fowler Co., 119 Likly, Henry, & Co., . 145 Luitwieler, J. G , & Sons, . 132 Martin, J. W., & Bro., 135 Mathews & Boucher, 106 Mechanics Savings Bank, 117 Millspaugh & Green, 136 Monroe County Savings Bank, 91 Moore, George, 100 Moore, John C., 143 Morse, Wm. B., & Sons, 103 National Casket Co., 88 Neun, H. P., 100 New Century Gas Machine, 104 New Osburn House, 94 New York Hydraulic- Press Brick Co., 154 Otis Elevator Co., 127 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 136 Powers Hotel, The, 144 Pullman Sash Balance Co., 86 Reed, E. P., & Co., 99 Rochester Box & Lumber Co., 148 Rochester Brewers' Association, 156 Rochester Business Institute, . 157 Rochester Candy Works, The, III Rochester Carting Co., 105 Rochester Chamber of Commerce 120 Rochester Gas and Electric Co , 121 Rochester German Ins. Co., The, 93 Rochester Savings Bank, . 150 Rochester Telephone Co , 130 Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Co., 153 Rouse, Irving, Wholesale Nurseryman 115 Schaefer, Henry A., 126 Schlegel Manufacturing Co , 151 Scrantom, Wetmore & Co., 118 Security Trust Co., 90 Shantz Co., M. B., 122 Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co., . continued on page 167.) 165 Page 154 159 138 155 96 147 81 92 87 124 85 139 128 130 131 157 159 152 147 122 IIO 128 130 102 140 123 146 146 95 112 S3 152 107 114 124 156 125 97 116 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS-Continued. vSiddons Co., The John, Smith, Beir & Gornily, Smith, Perkins & Co., Stacy Co., O. T., Star Palace Laundry, Stecher Lithographic Co., Strowger, Walter Scott, Teall & Sons, Title and Guarantee Co., Traders National Bank, Page Page no Union Clothing Co., The, . 126 ■34 Union Trust Co., 109 82 Utz & Dunn, "3 126 Vacuum Oil Co.. . 84 133 Van Hoesen, F. P., 134 108 Vick Son's, James, 140 142 Weaver, Palmer & Richmond, 129 148 Whitcomb House, • 149 114 Woodbury, W. E , & Co., 126 89 Woodbury Whip Co., The, • 137 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. THE Secretary of the Chamber desires in the name of the Corporation to heartily and gratefully thank all those whose advertisements appear in this book, and whose generosity made its publication possible. Thanks are also extended to Mr. George W. Lee, photographer, for the use of his copyrighted photographs, engravings from which appear on pages 32 and 46. To Mr. J. Foster Warner, for architects' drawings of the new East High School and ground plan of same. To Messrs. J. Mills Piatt and Leon Stern for architects' drawing of new Masonic Temple. To Mr. A. C. Walker for engraving of Christ Church, East Avenue, showing the edifice as it will appear when the new tower is completed. To Messrs. Webster and Albee, photographers, for many courtesies. To the Union and Advertiser Company for the taste and honest workmanship displayed. The publication speaks for itself. If it proves an aid to the advancement of Rochester, the city in which we all take an honorable pride, the end sought for will have been attained. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. ist, 1901. MJn- Secretary. 167 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' MONUMENT-WASHINGTON SQUARE. FACTS ABOUT ROCHESTER. Estimated population, 170,000. Number of wards, 20. Area of city, J 1,635 acres. Houses, 41,000. Open streets, 325 miles. Improved streets, J26 miles. Water pipe, 273 miles. Arc lights, 2,678. The best lighted city in the United States. Parks, 692 acres. Electric R'y, 103 miles. Sewers, 223 miles. Churches, n 8. Hospitals, 6. Theatres, 4. Libraries, 4. Fire companies, 24. Firemen, 201. Policemen, 193. Water power, Genesee river, 30,000 horse-power. Fall of river within city limits, 260 feet. Power and building sites now for sale cheaper than any city of its size in the world. Bridges across the Genesee, 10; one 212 ft. high, 990 ft. long. First city in the world in the production of photographic appa- ratus. Has largest preserving establishment in the world. Largest button factory. Largest cider and vinegar establishment. Largest lubricating oil plant. Largest manufactory of paper box machinery. First city in the world in the output of seeds and nursery stock. First city in the world in the output of optical instruments. Third city in the United States in the manufacture of clothing, 37 factories. Annual output, over $10,000,000 worth of goods. Fourth city in the United States in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Number of factories, 64. Annual output, $6,000,000- Rochester beer is justly famous. For the year ending April, I90J, there were brewed 470,C00 barrels of beer, and 105,000 barrels of ale. Employment is given to 40 officers and 660 men. Flouring mills, 15, which annually produce more than 1,000,000 barrels of flour. Manufacturing establishments, 2,700. Employees in factories and workshops, 51,000. Capital in manufacturing and wholesale trade, $52,500,000. Annual value manufactured products, $310,250,000. Annual post-office receipts, exclusive of money orders, $452,000. Coal consumed in Rochester and shipped at "Yates docks 1900— Bituminous 643,000 tons. Anthracite, 360,000. Mechanics Institute— 2,300 students in new $200,000 building. High Schools, 2. Colleges I. Universities J. Theological Seminaries, 2. Pupils registered in public schools, 24,500. In parochial schools 10,200. Rochester is especially suited for entertaining conventions, having hotel accommodations for 2,000 visitors, and unexcelled railroad facilities. Railways, II : New York Central; Northern Central; Erie; Lehigh Valley; Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg; Rochester & Pittsburg; West Shore; Pennsylvania; Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo; Dansville & Mt. Morris. The Pennsyl- vania railroad also enters Rochester over the Northern Central and New York Central tracks, and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western over the Pennsylvania. Rochester is nearer the coal fields of Pennsylvania than any other large northern city, hence cheap fuel is alw^ays assured. Situated in Monroe County, the garden spot of the world, living is exceptionally cheap. Water supply practically unlimited and pure, two conduits bringing 22,000,000 gallons daily to Highland Park reservoir from Hemlock lake, 29 miles distant. Assessed valuation, 1 90 1. Real, $103,042,575. Personal, $7,378,630. Franchises, $5,149,685. Tax levy, 1 90 1, $1,793,000. Tax decimal, 15.65. Summer resorts, Ontario Beach, Sea Breeze. Glen Haven, Manitou, Windsor Beach, Sodus Bay. Quickly and easily reached by steam railways or electric cars. Lake Ontario and the Erie Canal afford cheap shipping facilities by water. Death rate exceptionally low, average past 8 years 13.99 each 1000 of population. Better showing than any city in the state. LBFe'07 t'