GR IPS ! R' E W R . H IS T O IC A L S OU V NI O F OL CO T T . N Y . Co py rig hted by . W 1 9 . 0 R A E N E E L E L CH . CO NING V U SY R A CUSE . N Y . Those s P o e Pho tos e e t a n a e . ee e c . 2 w h w r Ob i bl S Sk t h 8 . “ ” CA PTA I N S O F W O LCOTT I N I TS EARLY DAY S. DI H D V I D RN JE DE A . A A E W I LDE R . D R , m o e t n s ost aste a nd s s c a n . P r p r y Ow ner a nd I vesto r . Fir t P r Fir t Phy i i I SAAC V W N A A RA E R JO TH N . D P LE A E N O RTH . M ELV I N . D R E H . a e a d a n u a ct e . s n n e ta s a n u e t e a a d n . e a on o to u c es. L rg C pi li t M f r r Fir t S tl r , L d Mill Ow r Lib r l D r Ch r h CH N Y V W RE . TH OM A RI HT JAM E . A U CE . P S M IT H , S G , DR . S M W ILSON . e a n e c a n n P P a ea s. s n u s e es te a n e ma n om n e n s c a n a n d ta e m L di g M r h t M y Y r Di ti g i h d Pr by ri Cl rgy . r i t hy i i S t s a n . 1 905 . Copyrighted , June , ” ‘ ‘ Grip , 109 Com ing Ave . , Syracuse , N . Y . ( l LLU S rR A rE D A GRIP’S” ir f W . Historic Souven o 0 cott, N .Y l! 84 M CO PY B . I Historical sou vemr ri Se es N o . 20 1 9 Copyrighted , June , 05 . 1 09 Grip , Corning Ave . , Syracuse , N . Y . ll LLU ST R AT E D J m , o o . S ith Ph t M A I N STREET . LOOK IN G EAST F ROM TH E FOU R CO RN E RS . t DES R PT F and , k raut , he production of which aggregates C I ION O WOLCOTT. in valu e from to Two hundred and fifty acres are devoted to l t oc O LCOTT , a vil age of popula ion el W raising vegetables for this factory , and the yi d ies cu p an eligible location in th e centre of 5 usually pays the farmers about $ 0 an acre . t a large agricultu ral sec ion , and is the principal One of the largest creameries in Wayne county village in the northern part of Wayn e county . is located at W olcott in which considerable local I t has a favorable site on the Lak e Ontario capital is in vested . I t pays to the dairymen R. o branch of the , W O railroad which is p every mon th which is largely distributed c rated by the New York Central and Hudson in th e village in trade . At Sodus is located a River Railroad Comp ay ; an d is the prospec tive branch of this creamery . About pounds poi n t for the intersection of trolley lines pro of butter is made daily at the Wolcott creamery . j ected north from Syracuse on the east and Ro Grains , potatoes and onions are also raised in chester on the west . abundan c e in this section and find a mark et and Wolcott is th e busin ess and shipping centre shipping point at Wolcott . These productions for fifteen to twenty miles radius of the best and others common to a profi table farming sec t . fruit and farming sec ion of the state tion aggregate in valuation annually about The industry is largely the handling of fruit re apples and berries ; canning , evaporating or fl ourin There are two foundries , a g mill , a cider in shi me nt cro s “ ceiv g for p p , with an annual val mill and wood working shops in the village ; four nation of departmen t stores , four drug s tores , four gro t n ceries Ano her considerable i dustry is that of pickles , two hardware and plumbing firms a fur , _ “ ’ ” ' GR I P S H I STOR I CA L SO U V EN I R OF WO LCOTT . 3 n iture . t E n store two under ak ers , three clothiers , dist , Baptist , piscopal and Protesta t M etho ' ’ u n th ree milliners , three dressmaking and ladies dist . Four of th e struct res are of sto e or in tru n tailors , a wagon , carriage and musical s bri ck . The chu rch attenda ce averages 800. n men t busin ess , two har ess shops , two meat mar Th e valuation of the church property in the vi l o k ets , four black smith shops , two phot graph lage , including endowments , w il l aggregate n . gall eries , two barber shops , two lumber yards , Each society ow s its parsonage two coal yards , four hotels . There are five The Baptist , M ethodist and Presbyterian socie n a ttorn ies n physicia s , six , two de tists , three ti es own considerabl e real estate in th e village Opticians and two veterinaries outside of th e churches and parsonages . - n The Twi tchell Champlin Company operate a A great deal of buildi g is going on this year , r u a t cannery of f its and vegetables , employing from princi pally residences for which a new and n thirty to sixty hands . tractive s treet has been opened , called Leave The J . W eller Company employ from ten to a worth avenue . n dozen in the manu fac ture of pickles and k raut . Society in Wolcott comprehe ds literary soci e i e n nd . G . H . Northup handles dried fruits . t s, clubs , i surance a social fraternities n l h Olivet Bros . Cunni gham , largely green The population of Wolcott is large y of t at de fruits , also manufacture barrels . sirable class of people who are in good circu m W m . Davis , green and dried fruits . stances and in business of some sort . There is an e u . The M ercur Pack ing Comp y , dri d fr its a pride of home and village among th e people n an d J . S . Terrill , green and dried frui ts . which i sures th e prosperity growth of the I A . m oto . S i th , Ph MA I N ST N O RTH S I DE . LOO K N G E ST FROM FOU R CO RN ERS — - n u . Wolcott , a p to date business place , is built community Man y former Wolcott people who up largely of brick business blocks an d a fin e have become promin ent in much larger co mmu n n iti es n class of reside ces . The streets are largely still e tertain a fondness for their n ativ e macadamized and heavily shaded by elms and plac e and in th e summer a considerable tide of “ ” n v maples . The sidewalk s are chiefly stone and old home comers and their frie ds enli en th e and v c ement . Most of th e residences are surrounded society of this beauti ful progressi e village . by well k ept lawns and considerabl e taste is dis Wolcott by its location invites home seek ers in a n d played the adorn ment of grounds with shrubs those look ing for favorable busin ess sites . n and flowers . The streets are lighted with arc That it k eeps up with moder progress is shown lights and incandescent lights are largely used by its excellent lighting system , telephone ser ~ n homes a nd business places . vice and the unusually large number of a u tomo n There are two well co ducted weekly n ews bil es owned in the place . n papers and two substan tial bank s . Ma y of its citizens have summer cottages at — a on The school is a comparativ ely n ew bu ilding Port Bay and Lak e Bluff Great Sodus Bay , n large and handsome structure , bu ilt at a cos t of arms of Lak e O tario , only a few miles north of or th e village , where they live duri ng the hot The fire departmen t consists of three volunteer months goin g and comi ng daily with their auto or , , an d companies , having an engine hooks and ladders mobiles driving back forth fine teams , and ample supply of hose . Wolcott people generally tak ing pride in nice There are fiv e churches , Presbyterian , M etho horses . “ ' ! R 4 GR I P S H I STOR I CA L SO U VE NI O F W O LCOTT . W o lco t t ; Earliest Business Men and Earli est fram e building on th e si te of the W olcott House .