Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
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RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 47<br />
SUBJECT TEXT DATE<br />
Sidepath (cont) J. A. LeSeur petitions Judge North to appoint a Sidepath Commission for the<br />
<strong>County</strong>. 4-8-1899<br />
Judge North to appoint a commission. 4-10-1899<br />
Sidepath east of the village is in fair shape. 4-20-1899<br />
Judge North names a Sidepath Commission. 4-22-1899<br />
Commissioners meet - to resume work. 5-4-1899<br />
Sidepath tags for bicycles ordered. 5-6-1899<br />
Work on to be speeded up - bean puller to be used. 5-17-1899<br />
Sidepath tags on hand. 5-19-1899<br />
Sidepath tags going slowly. 5-23-1899<br />
D. W. Tomlinson's kids tag no. 1 for $5 - others sold for $3 down. 6-1-1899<br />
All tags but the first 100 to cost $1 - first 100 to be sold for $4. 6-3-1899<br />
Sidepath riders get tacks in tires. 6-19-1899<br />
Sidepath nearly out of funds. 7-1-1899<br />
Chain letter started for funds. 7-20-1899<br />
Cost of about $100 a mile. 7-21-1899<br />
$30 raised by the chain letter. 8-25-1899<br />
Work on resumed by Commissioners. 9-20-1899<br />
LeSeur at a Sidepath Convention in Rochester. 9-30-1899<br />
Building sidepath to East Pembroke. 11-29-1899<br />
Amendments to Sidepath bill.<br />
League of American Wheelmen promoting the idea of a sidepath from New York<br />
2-3-1900<br />
to Chicago. To pass through Batavia. 4-4-1900<br />
First 100 sidepath tags auctioned for about $1. 4-10, 11-1900<br />
Work on the sidepath to LeRoy recommenced. 4-18-1900<br />
Three riders arrested for riding on the sidepath without tags. 5-21-1900<br />
Batavia - LeRoy sidepath complete. 5-22-1900<br />
Bushville to East Pembroke sidepath complete - funds now exhausted.<br />
Discussion on sidepaths all of 1899 - some 1900.<br />
6-14-1900<br />
Sidepath from here to LeRoy has weeds higher than cyclist's head. 8-6-1900<br />
Sidepath commissioners appointed in <strong>Genesee</strong> <strong>County</strong>. 2-9-1901<br />
Sidepath commissioners organize. 3-30-1901<br />
Sale of sidepath tags small.<br />
Wheelmen complain of glass and wire in streets - bad for horses as well as<br />
5-2-1901<br />
rubber tires - nothing about the sidepath. 5-2-1906<br />
Past & Present column: on sidepaths and tag sales to finance them. 12-10-1927<br />
Past & Present column: on. 4-2-1932<br />
Past & Present column: on sidepaths of the 90s - tag found in gardening. 5-27-1950<br />
Another article. 12-29-1954<br />
Sidewalk Days Picture. 7-14-1961<br />
Picture. 7-13-1962<br />
Picture. 7-14-1967<br />
Sidewalks Great controversy over flagged vs. gravel walks. 6-28-1887<br />
Suit against Dellinger who hasn't installed a flagged walk as ordered by the village.<br />
Sidewalks discussed at every meeting of the Aldermen through 1899.<br />
12-22-1887<br />
Weaver and Winslow put in cement walks here and there in the business area. no date<br />
Flagstones being laid on Ellicott Street between Jackson Street and Harvester. 4-22-1891<br />
Woolsey & La Fontaine putting cement walks in front of the Bank of Batavia. 7-6-1894<br />
Residents must lay sidewalks. 10-10-1895<br />
Propose to widen sidewalks Court to Bank Streets, 12 to 15 feet.<br />
Cement walks to replace flagstone in front of Holden and Commercial Buildings.<br />
9-10-1901<br />
Tomlinson did some a few weeks earlier. 3-22-1903<br />
Aldermen to order six foot cement walk to replace small flagstones. 7-7-1909<br />
Property owners told to put in sidewalks. 7-17-1909<br />
On the sidewalk issue. 7-21-1909<br />
Trouble on East Main over laying walks. 7-29-1909