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January 1909
1. Wednesday, December 30, 1908 – Andrew Warner, former Chardon mayor and promoter of the Cleveland & Eastern Railway died.

2. Local Odd Fellows are out and about again as Lodges in Chardon and Burton host dinners to confer degrees.

3. At a public meeting in Painesville, a trolley line from that city to Warren was proposed. Committees were formed to obtain the right of way.

4. Hambden farm hand ransacks employer's home and boards early car for Cleveland. Ticket Agent Hollis spoils his plans.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 1, 1909, Page 4

Local News Items

No Early Morning Car
     There was no 6 o’clock car out of Cleveland, Christmas morning. Consequently many who wanted to get out in old Geauga to spend the day stood around in the cold muttering strange things for an hour. One of the car crew missed, and so there was no mail until 10 o’clock.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 1, 1909, Page 8

Burton
     The new system of having suburban cars on the northwest corner of the public square in Cleveland, is making cars late on the C. & E.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, January 6, 1909, Page 5

Home Department
     Wanted, two farms, at once, 100 to 150 acres, near steam or electric road in exchange for good city property. Have customers waiting. Write to A. B. Stimson, 1325 E. 117th St., Cleveland.

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Death Summons Prominent Man
     Ex-Mayor Andrew Warner died at his home on North Street, Wednesday, Dec. 30, at 8:30 p.m., after an illness of five weeks’ duration.
     Chardon has lost one of its best citizens - one who always held the welfare and progress of the town close to his heart.
     . . . The career of Mr. Warner had been characterized by energy. He was a man of remarkable vitality and was public spirited. He was interested in many of the things which have proven a benefit to Chardon, notably the electric light plant and the electric railway. He was instrumental in securing the right of way for the proposed electric line to Meadville. . .

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 8, 1909, Page 1

Lodges Confer Degrees
     Chagrin Falls lodge I.O.O.F. and several members of Burton lodge were guests of the local lodge Monday night, when degrees were conferred on three candidates. Chagrin Falls lodge came in a special car. An oyster supper was served at the Chardon House. There was another one at midnight in the lodge rooms.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 15, 1909, Page 1

Picturesque Scene Reminder of Days That Are Coming
     . . . After a few days of rain, which coated sidewalks with thin ice, making walking perilous and the small boy, who quickly brought forth his skates, glad, a genuine old nor’wester struck Chardon, Monday afternoon and left deep snow before it ended. The 8 o’clock car on the C. & E. Tuesday morning was nearly an hour late, making rural carriers some time behind their schedule. . .

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 15, 1909, Page 4

Chester
     A party of 80 Chester people saw Lena Rivers at the Lyceum, Saturday evening.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, January 20, 1909, Page 5

Novelty
     Mail from this office goes direct to Chardon on 2:30 car and mail from Chardon comes to Novelty on the 6:20. This will accommodate many as it will hasten a letter to its destination, going east 17 hours or coming west 13 hours.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 22, 1909, Page 1

New Trolley Mileage Books
     New mileage books have been issued by various electric roads in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana under the name of the Central Electric Traffic Association. These books are similar to those used on the steam lines. The price is 1 cent a mile, and is slightly in excess of the coupons on sale for use on one road only so they will probably be used almost exclusively by traveling men.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, January 27, 1909, Page 5

Favorable for a New Line
     A trolley line from Painesville to Windsor and Warren may result from a meeting held last Wednesday afternoon at the office of Attorney Harry E. Hammar in Painesville.
     The Telegraph-Republican, of that city, says an organization was formed to get the road before the public, and those directly interested with Attorney Hammar as chairman, and O. A. Bartlett, of Leroy, secretary.
     President F. H. Murray, of the Painesville National Bank, was named a trustee of the enterprise.
     It was decided to keep away from the highways, and work for a private right-of-way. To this end several committees were named to get consents of property owners.
     Messrs. E. D. Keener, F. A. Searl and M. E. Crofoot were named on a committee to do this work for Painesville and Painesville township. Enos Tew, A. L. Adams, O. A. Bartlett and G. L. Ostrander will work towards the same end in Leroy township. Beyond Leroy the work has been entrusted to S. S. Stoughton, A. A. Olin, E. R. Kinney, W. E. Baldwin, D. L. Rhodes, and others of Windsor and Montville townships.
     As soon as the weather permits surveys will be made over the proposed routes, although the work of getting permits and other detail work will be done as soon as possible.
     It is the plan now to tap Youngstown by the way of Cortland, inasmuch as that latter place is very much interested, and has already petitioned for a road if one is built, and can be depended upon for financial support. Warren will also be included, it is thought, but it is not definite.
     The meeting Wednesday afternoon swelled to big proportions before the adjournment, and all were very much interested. Sheriff W. M. Baker, of Leroy, George Potts, President S. J. Potts of the city council, City Engineer H. P. Cummings, C. M. Alderman, and B. Frank Crofoot, of Leroy, besides several whose names could not be learned, were present.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, January 27, 1909, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     A car load of Chagrin Falls Odd-Fellows came over to Burton last Thursday night and helped the local lodge with installation and degree work. A fine banquet was served to over two hundred and a very interesting time was enjoyed.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, January 29, 1909, Page 1

Ransacks Home of His Employer

Quick Work Rounds Up Hambden Farm Hand as Car Enters City
     Frank Louvincher’s trip to Cleveland, Wednesday, in anticipation of a holiday, came to a sudden and unexpected end when he was arrested by a patrolman in a Cleveland & Eastern car at East 105th Street.
     Louvincher, who had been working for the past month on the farm of Robert Isaac, in Hambden, arose before daylight Wednesday, ransacked the house, broke open the children’s banks, unlocked a drawer where money was kept, and with about $30 in cash, Isaac’s watch and some clothes, it is alleged, was well on his way to Chardon, when Isaac came forth from his bed.
     Failing to find Louvincher about the house, and missing his watch, he started for Chardon, getting the clue of the direction Louvincher had taken by his gloves which he dropped in the road.
     Louvincher purchased a ticket for Cleveland of Agent F. D. Hollis, and departed on the 8:50 car Wednesday morning, before Isaac arrived in Chardon and reported the robbery.
     Agent Hollis notified the dispatcher at Gates Mills, who in turn notified Conductor Fankboner at the first stop on the other side of the valley, to watch Louvincher.
     Sheriff Cowin got into communication with the Cleveland police, with the result that an officer awaited the arrival of the car at East 105th Street, and arrested Louvincher.
     Sheriff Cowin and Isaac left for Cleveland at noon, and returned on the 7 o’clock car Wednesday evening, with Louvincher handcuffed. Locked up he admitted his guilt.
     Louvincher appeared before Attorney R. S. Parks Thursday morning, plead guilty and was bound over to common pleas court on $300 bond.

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February 1909
1. Judge Henry K. Smith, promoter of the Cleveland & Eastern, retires after nearly fifty years of judicial service.

2. Committees of Lake and Geauga County men visited property owners seeking to obtain the right of way for the proposed trolley line from Painesville to Warren.

3. Eastern Ohio Traction Co. faces disolution as Cleveland & Eastern bondholders move to form operating company for northern divison.

4. Geauga Circuit Court reverses Powell decision, returning case to Common Pleas Court.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, February 3, 1909, Page 5

After Nearly 50 Years, Judge H. K. Smith Retires from Office
     In company with his son, S. S. Smith, cashier of the First National Bank, Judge Henry K. Smith left Saturday for a month’s sojourn in Eustis, Fla. In view of the fact that Judge Smith retires from office Feb. 9, his friends gave him a surprise Friday afternoon. . .
     Chardon’s Loyal Friend.
     Chardon never had a more loyal friend. Through thick and thin he has been a standby, and Chardon people appreciate the fact. . .
     . . . When a $10,000 bonus was asked to insure building the Cleveland & Eastern electric railroad to Chardon, Judge Smith secured $6,000 of the amount personally. For many years back, as long as the present generation can remember, when public enterprises have been suggested, Judge Smith’s counsel and advice was always first sought.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, February 3, 1909, Page 9

Middlefield
     According to the Chardon Record, an effort is being made to revive the old Cleveland & Sharon electric road project. Will they have the gall to ask Middlefield and Mesopotamia people for more money?

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, February 4, 1909, Page 1

Chardon
     Sheriff Cowin has another prisoner in his condemned Bastille. A young German, F. Louvincher by name employed by Mr. Isaacs in Hambden, arose Wednesday night last week and took all the money in the house about $40, a watch, revolver, clothing etc. and skipped for Cleveland. The sheriff found he had taken the 8:50 car on the C. & E. and telephoned ahead to Cleveland where he was captured on the car. The sheriff followed on the next car and brought him back. He has been bound over to common pleas court under $300 bond.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, February 4, 1909, Page 5

Local News
     By recent change in route in the downtown district of Cleveland, cars on the C. & G. division of the E. O. T. company take the following streets: To Cleveland – Woodland, East Ninth, Prospect, Ontario, Champlain, West Third (Seneca), Superior, to the Forest City House loop; leaving Cleveland – Forest City House loop to Ontario, Prospect, East Ninth, Woodland, etc. This system is nearly the same as it used to be in the days when Chagrin Falls citizens knew where to find their car. They will now enjoy the conveniences of the waiting room and ticket office on the square.

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On the Bowling Alleys
     The Stopovers beat the E. O. T. team two out of three games bowled Monday night.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, February 10, 1909, Page 5

Hustling for Electric Road
     Committees are now diligently at work along the line of the “Old Plank Road” leading from Painesville to Youngstown, contracting for right of way. They report that it has been simply a matter of form thus far, and do not apprehend that they will encounter any serious objection from any of the property owners.
     Residents of Huntsburg are particularly anxious to have the line leave the “Old Plank Road” at a place commonly known as the “Old Buck Horse Tavern,” in Montville; thence south to the center of Huntsburg, east to Windsor Corners, and from there to “Warner’s Hollow,” which is a pretty place, and could be made a beautiful resort, and join again the “Old Plank Road” about a mile below Windsor Mills. They have advanced a great many good reasons, and were it not for the fact of the serious grades to encounter, and in-crossing the distance materially, such a route might prove practical, while if they follow the “Old Plank Road” all the way, it will be the nearest route, and will follow a level country throughout. This road would mean much to the farmers in the towns which it will pass through.
     The line of the route is so far from any railroad that it has been very discouraging to the farmers to get what they might raise to market, many of them hauling their produce to Warren, Niles and Youngstown, as there is a good market there for anything the farmer can raise.
     The Mahoning Valley abounds with live industries all the way from Warren to Pittsburg, a distance of about 70 miles. There is no such distance in the United States where so much money is paid out to the laboring man. These people have to be fed. The country around Youngstown is not the best vegetable land, and those towns must rely on goods shipped in.
     It is a strife on nearly every market day for the grocery merchants to get produce to supply their customers, and I have seen them many times drive out into the country to meet some farmers coming in with a load of produce, and buy it, thereby getting ahead of their less fortunate brothers in town.
     This is the country we must try and be in touch with. Our apple orchards will then be trimmed up and tended, new fruit orchards set out, and the dairy interest, which is now quite extensive along the proposed route, will be remodeled on a more extensive and paying scale, when farmers will be able to ship their milk and cream to the large cities.
     The line proposed abounds with scenic beauty which is all but inaccessible now. With a trolley line these beauties could be brought to the doors of the cities.
     We have some good men and hustlers named to get this trolley line to the south on its feet, and they are not inclined to give up or get discouraged, nor run a funeral car to a cemetery. It is to be hoped that everyone will have an interest, take hold and pull, and those who cannot pull get behind and push, and after a while we trust we will all get on and ride.

W. E. Baldwin.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 12, 1909, Page 1

Cars Again Change Route
     The route of the Chardon cars in the city has again been changed. They now go around the loop in front of the Forest City House, their old route.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 12, 1909, Page 4

Proposed Painesville Line Might Utilize Strip of C. & S. Grade
     “While promoters of the proposed electric railway from Painesville to some Mahoning Valley point have made no general proclamations of their intentions, except that the road is to be promoted and built,” says the Warren Chronicle, “property owners in the northwest portion of the county are getting interested in the deal. However, there is but one proposition that they will favor, and that is that it go to Warren, for it is that town that they want to reach. It is hinted that the line may come from Painesville on the old plank road route from Painesville to Mesopotamia, south to Farmington center, thence south to either Warren or Leavittsburg.”
     Should this proposed road be built it is not unlikely that a connection would at once be made between Mesopotamia and Middlefield. The strip of six miles is already graded, a result of the fantastic bluff of the erstwhile Eldenbel Construction Co., in promoting its Cleveland & Sharon railroad myth, and to establish connection with the railroad lines now entering Middlefield would be a service of far-reaching benefits and one which unquestionably would receive the substantial support of all citizens.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 12, 1909, Page 8

More Prophet Than Pugilist
     In a recent issue of the Geauga Record, and later in the Times, there appeared an interesting article about the Mormons and their historic temple at Kirtland.
     “When the Cleveland & Eastern Railroad was being surveyed,” relates Mr. E. S. Jenks, of Middlefield, “one of the surveyors was a young man by the name of Al. Morse, a son of a civil engineer in Cleveland, and a relative of the Lake County Morses. Al was talking, one day, to an old farmer who was boasting of his ancestors. Said the old man, ‘My great-grand-dad shod Geo. Washington’s horse during the Revolutionary War.’ ‘That’s nothing,’ said Morse, ‘my grand-day licked Joe Smith, the prophet.’
     “This is said to be a fact. The elder Morse and Smith had some differences and came to blows, the latter getting badly worsted in the encounter.”

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, February 17, 1909, Page 5

Call of the Maples

Is Getting Too Strong for City People and Trolley Parties Will Come
     F. D. Hollis, agent of the Eastern Ohio Traction Co. at Chardon, has received the following letter from H. V. Cowdrey, general freight agent of the company:
     “I wish you would take up immediately with people in your vicinity who have sugar camps, where we can send sugar parties to, and find out if they care to serve meals, the price, and how many they can accommodate at one time. We have had quite a number of inquiries from parties of this nature, and if people in your vicinity care to consider a proposition of this kind, we can no doubt work up quite a number of parties for them. Wish you would take this up immediately, and advise me just as soon as possible.”
     Farmers who have sugar camps within a mile or easy walking distance of the C. & E. railroad, should write at once to Agent Hollis, of Chardon, stating how many persons can be accommodated at their sugar camps, and the price of meals, etc. Agent Hollis will forward such letters to the business office of the company.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, February 17, 1909, Page 1

History of a Week
     Right-of-way for the proposed electric road from Painesville to Warren is being secured through Montville and Thompson.

Welshfield
     A special car took forty-two people to Cleveland Saturday morning, remaining until after theatre hours. All report a fine time.

On the Bowling Alleys
     The baseball bowling team won three games from the E. O. T. team on Monday night. The E. O. T. and Stopover teams bowl tonight.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 19, 1909, Page 1

Trolley Pole Rams Car Roof

Middlefield Man Hurt When Heavy Steel Chunk Drops in Aisle
     S. C. Young, of Middlefield, was painfully hurt and a score of passengers slightly injured by flying splinters when a trolley pole broke squarely in two and crashed through the top of an Eastern Ohio Traction car near Fullertown, late Friday afternoon.
     The car left the public square in Cleveland at 3 o’clock, and was the one due here at 5 o’clock.
     “As I heard the crash I instinctively know what had happened,” said Mr. Young at his home, shortly after the accident, as he awaited the arrival of a doctor. “I reached out my hand to grab the pole but it fell with too much force.”
     Mr. Young’s arm was badly skinned, and his leg painfully bruised. An expensive suit of clothes was torn. He was able to leave his home for the first time since the accident, Tuesday. He was for many years in the State Bureau of Accounting, and has a wide acquaintance. Had the heavy chuck of iron fallen a few inches further it would have struck him in the head.
     The car was in charge of Conductor Heydorn and Motorman Eggleston. Heydorn had just left the spot where the pole struck.
     With a big hole torn in the roof of the car, it pulled into Chardon nearly an hour late. Many passengers carried off a souvenir of the crash in the shape of a splinter of the highly polished ceiling of the car.

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Would Split Up Traction System

Bondholders Propose to Divorce Chagrin Falls Line from Eastern Ohio
     A complete dismemberment of the Eastern Ohio Traction Co. is forecasted in action taken by the bondholders of the Cleveland & Eastern division of the road to form a committee with the avowed purpose of foreclosing the mortgage on this division and forming a new company to operate it as a separate entity, according to the Plain Dealer.
     J. R. Nutt of the Citizens Savings & Trust Co., acting for the old Dime Bank, and Frank H. Ginn of Blandin, Rice & Ginn, representing other bondholders, have sent out requests for the deposit of bonds under an agreement to foreclose the mortgage, take over the property and operate it separately. The Dime Bank holds the largest outstanding block of these bonds. Its affairs are being liquidated by the Citizen. Mr. Nutt stated Thursday that this course was the only one that could be taken in the interests of the Dime Bank. Already a majority of the bonds are pledged to the plan.
     The Chagrin Falls division is 12 miles long and is earning at the rate of $6,700 per mile per annum. The mortgages on this division include $200,000 first mortgage 6 per cent. Bonds and $100,000 second mortgage 5s. The reorganization plan provides for the taking over of the property by the first mortgage bondholders under an agreement that will provide also for the second mortgage bondholders.
     This action will segregate the Chagrin Falls division from the Garrettsville division, leaving the latter in a precarious position. The Garrettsville division was bid in by H. P. McIntosh at foreclosure sale last year in the interests of the Cleveland & Eastern bondholders, whose equity in the property is largely based upon the Chardon and Middlefield divisions. Since the Garrettsville division was bid in it has been operated as part of the original system under the receiver.

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No Clue to Louvincher
     There is yet no clue to the whereabouts of Frank Louvincher, who escaped from the county jail last week. The police of surrounding cities and towns are on the watch.
     The hole in the wall of the County Jail, through which Frank Louvincher escaped last week, has been filled in and made secure again.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, February 24, 1909, Page 5

Home Department
     Forty Chardon people saw “The Red Mill” at the Opera House, Cleveland, Saturday evening, returning on a special theater car.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, February 25, 1909, Page 5

Business – Industrial
     Report has been circulated to the effect that the Chagrin Falls division of the E. O. T. company’s line will soon be sold by the bond holders. Appearances do not indicate anything serious or much change, thereby. The road seems to be well backed and at present improving. Supt. F. J. Marsh said to an Exponent representative that he thinks the road will take care of itself in two or three years if allowed to proceed as it is.

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On the Bowling Alleys
     The E. O. T. and base ball rollers will bowl a matched game Monday night.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, February 26, 1909, Page 1

Court Reverse Powell Decision

Famous Damage Case Will Probably Be Tried Again in Common Pleas Court
     The case of Mrs. Augusta Powell against the Cleveland Electric railway Co. for damages must be tried all over again.
     The Circuit Court, Wednesday morning reversed the decision of the common pleas court at the trial last year allowing Mrs. Powell $15,000 damages for injuries sustained by a falling trolley pole on the square in Cleveland.
     The Circuit Court, consisting of Judges Peter A. Laubie, John M. Cook, and F. A. Henry took up the case at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and listened to Attorney Doyle for the railway and Attorney Hogan for Mrs. Powell.
     The case was reversed for refusal of the court to give defendant request before argument and for error in charge.
     This case clears the Circuit Court docket in Geauga County.

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March 1909
1. Newspapers continue to report that the prospects for the Painesville to Youngstown trolley line remain promising.

2. E. O. T. Receiver Robert Beatty applies to the courts to sell the Cleveland and Chagrin Falls division.

3. Disaster is narrowly averted after hot coals set a B & O trestle ablaze north of Middlefield.

4. The Middlefield Times closes its doors after 23 years, printing its final edition on Friday, March 26.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, March 3, 1909, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     On account of no mails on Washington’s birthday on the C. & E., several township letters came in too late for insertion in last week’s issue and they will appear this week.

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     A car load of Burton Odd-Fellows went over to Chagrin Falls last Thursday night to help the lodge there with some degree work. They had a fine time, were royally entertained by the C. F. brothers, and came home in fine spirits.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, March 4, 1909, Page 5

Terse Local News
     The special car for the basket ball game at Elyria did not materialize as too few tickets were sold.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, March 5, 1909, Page 8

By W. E. Baldwin

     The committees who are diligently at work securing right of way on the proposed new railroad route along the side of the “Old Plank Road,” leading from Painesville to Youngstown, report that there are some farmers holding back. Some give one reason and some another, but the main reason seems, when you get the shucks off and get down to solid meat, - if Smith get damages, Brown wants some also.
     Now the farmers along the right of way must all realize at once, that the proposed road is not going to start out the first thing with a lot of damage cases on their hands. If such would be the case, the road will never be built.
     There is always money enough for any enterprise, when capital becomes convinced that there is money in the project, otherwise they are not philanthropists.
     A gentleman who sells gravestones remarked the other day, that he hoped he would not “have the head ache until this road was built.” We could not comprehend from the remark whether he wished it to live or die; but stopping to think of his business, led us to believe that he chose the latter, that he might erect a tombstone over its grave.
     As a matter of fact, this, project has never been sock, but has been vigorous from the start, and it is desired that it will not need a doctor, medicine or a tombstone.
     Our next meeting will be in Painesville, March 10th, at which time the various committees along the route will report of the work accomplished, to see where we are at, as well as other business to transact; and it is earnestly desired by these committees, that any farmer who has not yet signed the free right of way, that they do so at once, that the work may not be hindered in that respect.
     We must at first have a free right of way to build a foundation on, before anything further can be done. We all need this road, and the road will need us. There is not a section in Ohio so thickly settled on both sides of it but what has better railroad facilities. Take for instance Montville. It is 18 miles from one road to the other. It will draw patronage from five to 10 miles on each side of it clear through, besides its through freight and passenger business. The traction line from Meadville, Pa., is already graded to within eight miles of Andover, and they are rushing the work as fast as the weather will permit. Jefferson and Andover each want the line extended form Chardon east, and have already commenced to agitate it.
     Politics is virtually settled for another four years, and the people have confidence in the outcome. The country at large is in a flourishing condition. The financial interests of the country have nearly got back to its normal condition before the last financial flurry, and capital is already looking around for investments that will pay a fair dividend.
     There has never been a better time in the past than right now, and it is only a question of time when this road, or these roads, will open this territory, and why not everyone lend every effort now, when we most need it?
     Montville is in earnest about this matter, and intends to be the first town along the proposed route to turn in a free right of way. Out of 31 farms along side of which this road will pass, 26 have signed. Four live out of town, and the committee are in correspondence with them. In reading Mr. Stoughton’s letter in your last issue, about the producers that the Grand River Valley can produce, we want to inform him that, while they can raise corn, Montville is fast becoming one of the foremost townships in the State for onion raising, and would undoubtedly, if it had a way of transportation, take the lead, as there are hundreds of acres of black loamy soil particularly adapted to the raising of this vegetable. Mr. Stoughton, although a man of 75 years, still retains his vigor, and deserves a great deal of credit for the untiring efforts he is putting into this project.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, March 11, 1909, Page 1

Burton
     C. H. Johnson has started up the old Burton Handle Co.’s saw mill and is now doing custom sawing.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, March 11, 1909, Page 5

On the Bowling Alleys
     The league bowling which has been in progress about four months was finished Thursday night, the Base Ball bowling team first place, Stopovers second, and E. O. T.’s third.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, March 18, 1909 Page 5

Terse Local News
     A funeral car on the E. O. T. line passed through here Thursday, last week, bearing the remains of Mrs. Mary Luther, of Collinwood, to their final resting place in Auburn. Mrs. Luther was an aunt of E. J. Randolph who, with Mrs. Randolph, attended the interment.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, March 24, 1909, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     The C. & E. electric line is getting a good reputation during the past year or so for regular service and improved road bed. Supt. Joe Emery is an efficient manager, and the company has a splendid lot of car crews, who are able to get runs through on schedule time, so much so that it is a rare occurrence for a car to be more than a minute or two late, of not right on time. The road is certainly giving Geauga County very satisfactory service. Dispatchers Palmer and Norton are also entitled to much credit.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, March 26, 1909, Page 1

Enthusiastic Over Road

Painesville-Youngstown Project Discussed in Former City
     No one would doubt that a trolley road from Painesville to Youngstown was a reality of the future if they had mingled Tuesday afternoon with the throng of determined men at the court house where a meeting in the interests of the road was being held, says the Painesville Telegraph-Republican.
     They want a road built for the good of the community in which they live without any hope of personal gain.
     Men were here from all along the line – from Youngstown to Leroy – and the best of reports were made of progress. Right-of-way was assured and with it came promises of money – Bristol promised free right-of-way and $12,000 and others did nearly as well. The right-of-way to the Trumbull county line is assured. Lake county gives as good a report. The road certainly looks like a go.

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Chardon Cars Searched
     Chardon cars were closely searched by Cleveland police on Mayfield toad, Monday, for any traces of the kidnappers of Billy Whitla. In his detailed account to officers of his experiences while he was a prisoner in the Granger apartment house, 2022 Prospect Ave., the boy told the detective he remembered seeing Chardon cars pass by.

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Receiver Beatty Anxious for Sale

Division of Eastern Ohio Traction Company May Soon be Foreclosed
     Robert D. Beatty, receiver for the Eastern Ohio Traction Co., Tuesday entered an application in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to sell under foreclosure proceedings the Cleveland and Chagrin Falls division of the road. The action taken is under the original suit of William N. Gates.
     Bondholders of the road have recently been organized by J. R. Nutt, of the Citizens Savings & Trust Co., acting for the old Dime bank, which was a larger holder of bonds of this division. The step taken to foreclose is thought to be in line with the plans of these bondholders to force a sale, bid in the property and reorganize it independently of either the Garrettsville or the Cleveland & Eastern division. Developments Tuesday, however, indicated that there may be some competitive bidding when it is put up for sale. This will not be for sixty days as it will take that time to advertise the sale and put through the other legal formalities.
     In the application for the sale of the property Receiver Beatty cites that there is due on bonds secured by first mortgage $231,854.81, largely held at the Guardian Savings & Trust Co.; $116,171.02 on second mortgage, largely held by the Dime bank, and also something on the consolidated mortgage bonds of the Eastern Ohio system.
     There are also in default $20,466.66 on receivers’ certificates and other minor obligations. The receiver avers that expenses are not being met and asks the court to have an appraisal made and the property sold.
     R. T. Beatty, receiver of the Eastern Ohio Traction Co., was in Chardon, Saturday, on a tour of inspection of the C. & E. line.

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Train Escapes Blazing Trestle

Burning Bridge on B. & O. Discovered in Time to Prevent Serious Accident
     A railroad accident attendant with both loss of life and property damage would probably have resulted had not a burning trestle on the B. & O. been discovered in the nick of time one day last week.
     The trestle is about a mile and a half north of Middlefield, and is about 40 feet long and 25 feet high.
     The fire was caused by live coals dropping from the ash pan of the locomotive of a passing train. It ignited the oil-soaked ties, notwithstanding the fact that they were wet from snow.
     The fire was noticed by members of the crew on the noon northbound train, but not in sufficient time to stop, as a heavy snowstorm was raging at that time. The train passed safely over the trestle, and the fire reported at Burton Station. . .

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, March 31, 1909, Page 5

Used Only for Bath Purposes in Chardon
     What! Can it be? Yes, ‘tis true, maple sap for dish water is now out of date. A few mornings since, a well-known North Street citizen arose rather late to catch the 6:50 car for the city. A pan of water (as he supposed) was on the kitchen range. He filled the wash basin, and plunged his face on for the customary morning dip. Refreshed thereby, he hurried to the car. Later, the family discovered that the man of the house had that morning, at least, washed his face in sweet maple sap. Until sugaring is over, we learn, the family has thought best to lock the sap in a room at night and hide the key.
     Yes these are sap days in Chardon. A South Street young lady washed her face and hands, but not until she began to clean her teeth did she discover that she was using sap.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, March 31, 1909, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     M. J. Murtaugh will not manage Chesterland Caves this year. Mr. Eddy will have charge until other arrangements can be made.

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     Receiver D. D. Beatty has applied to the court for an order to sell the Cleveland and Chagrin Falls division of the E.O.T. system, and it is said that line will be reorganized and operated as a separate property.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, March 31, 1909, Page 8

Middlefield
     The Middlefield Times announced in its edition of last Friday that that would be its last issue, on account of the fact that the paper has been run at a great loss for the past two years under the management of G. M. Denton. The Times has been in existence under various names and many managers for twenty-three years and it is said that A. A. White is the only manager who ever made it pay expenses. During much of its life it has been a splendid local newspaper, but has always been handicapped by county lines on the east and south. It is notable that the paper died when it was “23” years old and on its “13th” number.

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April 1909
1. Talk continued about claims that the suburban interurban cars might be barred from using the city tracks to get to downtown Cleveland.

2. Final settlement is reached in the long standing case of Powell vs. The Cleveland Electric Railway Co.

3. Cyclone sweeps through region, leaves path of death and destruction.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 2, 1909, Page 1

Not Anxious for Basket, Conductor Willingly Skips Meal for What He found
     An exchange of lunch baskets figured in an amusing incident on the C. & E. some time ago.
     A conductor always brought the supper of another, and handed it to him when the cars passed near Gates Mills. A man got on the car and deposited his lunch basket beside the one that was soon to be delivered. The baskets were somewhat alike.
     After the exchange was made, the man discovered that his basket was gone, and that the one left wasn’t his. The conductor said he would make an effort to recover it.
     “I am in a great hurry and have got to take a car for Akron as soon as we get to the city,” he said. “I’ll tell you, if you get the basket you can have what’s in it.”
     The reason was obvious why the man didn’t care to claim the basket when several quail out of season, already dressed were found by the conductor when he opened it to eat his supper. He was willing to go without one meal for what he found would go pretty good for the next.
    

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 9, 1909, Page 1

Halt Cars at City Limits

Chardon Trolleys May Not Go to Public Square
     Chardon passengers to Cleveland may no longer ride direct to the public square in the city without change if plans of the city council are carried out.
     A scheme to keep interurbans outside of the city limits or to restrict the size of those permitted on city tracks was discussed Friday in a street railway meeting.
     At this meeting it was suggested that interurbans unload their passengers at the city limits, instead of at the Public Square. Objections urged against permitting interurbans to come to the center of the city were the noise, and the assertion that heavy trucks and deep wheel flanges damage tracks and pavement. It was declared that this wear caused a heavy annual expense to the traction company and to the city.
     Sentiment of city officials seemed to be in favor of barring the cars. Cleveland merchants will fight any attempt to do so.

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Car Off the Track
     The forward trucks of the work car off the track near Summit tied up traffic a little while on the C. & E., Wednesday morning.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 9, 1909, Page 4

Local News Items
     Within a few weeks it will be possible to travel from Warren to Chicago on electric cars via the Northern Ohio Traction lines and the Lake Shore Electric railway and connections by way of Cleveland.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 9, 1909, Page 8

Powell Case Settled
     The damage case of Mrs. Augusta Powell vs. The Cleveland Electric Railway Co., which has been in the courts for several years and which was remanded back to Common Pleas Court, was settled at a meeting of the attorneys held in Cleveland, March 29, at the law offices of Squires, Sanders and Dempsey. The fact that Mrs. Powell is in very feeble health, had more to do with the settlement than anything else. The last verdict of $15,000 had been reversed by the Circuit Court, and the fact that a year and a half might lapse before a final adjudication of the case could be had in the Supreme Court, also had a bearing in the settlement. Mrs. Powell’s attorneys were J. J. Hogan, of Cleveland, and H. O. Bostwick, of Chardon. The damages awarded in this case were the largest in the history of legal proceedings in Geauga County.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, April 14, 1909, Page 1

Chester
     Chester Caves will open May 1, with music by Crawford’s orchestra. Car will leave Cave stop at 11:30 for Cleveland.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 16, 1909, Page 1

Thinks Dire Motive Hid

Cleveland Man Discusses Move to Bar Suburban Car
     We hear of some discussion about stopping the suburban cars at the city limits. If my memory serves me right, and I think it does, all this talk is but a subterfuge to gain some objective as yet not open to the public, says E. E. Gould, 2102 Clark Ave., Cleveland, in a communication to The News. Is it not a fact that there does exist a law to the effect that of a suburban line has 10 miles or more of road in operation outside the municipality, such road or roads can force such municipality to admit such road to the city’s center, to the end that other roads situated in like manner can deliver their passengers. . . ? It seems like a wise provision looking to the comfort of the traveling public, and to avoid just such a condition as the city administration seems bound to bring about to the inconvenience of suburban traffic and to the roads themselves.
     The question, then, naturally arises, can a city administration antagonistic to such an enterprise pass an ordinance that from its nature must be detrimental to the traveling public or impose restrictions upon such roads that will amount to a defeat of the project to give outlying districts car service or detract from their earning power as corporations?

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Want 30-Foot Right of Way
     Huntsburg, April 14 – F. B. Morehouse was a delegate to Youngstown last week to attend a meeting of the promoters of the proposed new electric railroad from Painesville to Youngstown. The delegates were shown around the city in an automobile. The company asks for a graded right of way 30 feet wide.

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Fight to Use Subway

Interurban Cars Not Wanted in Proposed Underground Route
     There’s talk of a subway in Cleveland like that of New York. Interurban lines have to fight to get the use of it.
     Mayor Johnson declared Tuesday at the public council meeting for traction peace that he did not see how the interurban companies, in advance of the building of the subways, could be given rights in the street railway ordinance now being drawn up on the basis of Judge Taylor’s 6 per cent sliding fare plan.
     Attorney F. H. Ginn representing the interurban interests, asked that the interurban companies be given in the proposed grant the advantage of additional transportation facilities to be provided in the future, such as subways or a new terminal station at the Public Square.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, April 21, 1909, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     The repair gang on the C. & E. railroad, Burton section, has been enlarged and is pushing the work of putting the track in this division in better condition.

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     A special car took a load of Burton Odd-Fellows over to Chardon last Monday night to do some degree work for the lodge there. They were treated very nicely by their Chardon brothers.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 23, 1909, Page 1

Damage Left in Wake of Storm

Portion of Death-Dealing Blast Sweeps County Demolishing Much Property
     A terrific storm of wind, hail and rain, a modified type of cyclone, swept this section of Geauga County shortly after noon Wednesday, doing much damage.
     Its principal point of violence was in Cleveland, where seven were killed, scores injured and a million dollars worth of property destroyed.
     In Geauga County trees were uprooted, fences torn from their fastenings and chimneys blown down. The large brick chimney on the northwest corner of the court house was shattered. . .
     There were no cars over the Eastern Ohio Traction Co. after the arrival at 2 o’clock of the funeral car bearing the remains of Miss Martha Carver who dropped dead in Cleveland, Sunday morning.
     That car was caught in the storm and windows blown out. The passengers saw barns unroofed and trees uprooted on Mayfield road. Flying fragments also broke windows in the car. Water poured on. . .

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, April 28, 1909, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     S. H. Welch, Jas. Humiston, C. E. Williams and Frank Buckingham were in Cleveland last Wednesday, and were delayed in getting home by the damage to the street car lines by the wind.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, April 29, 1909, Page 5

Street Car Complaint
     There is complaint of the manner in which E. O. T. cars are run about the streets in the village, without head light and in other irregular ways which do not sufficiently warn those who may be in danger. One of the most objectionable paces is the Pearl and Franklin crossing and also other crossings where it is complained that signals are not given to simply warn drivers and often not given at all for crossings.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, April 30, 1909, Page 1

Orders Given to Survey
     The promoters of the Painesville-Warren-Youngstown electric line want a private 30 foot, graded right of way through each township. An order has been given to have the various routes surveyed that it may be determined which will be the best to select.

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Small Panic on Car

Trolley Pole Crashes to Roof Tearing Down Live Wire
     Passengers on the C. & E. car which left here at 5:50 Tuesday night, scurried to the back platform when the trolley crashed down on the roof, tearing the wire down, on Mayfield Road, two miles this side of South Euclid.
     The live wire laid in the wet grass and sparkled until a passenger got a rope, and deftly handling the wire, fastened it in its former place.
     Then the car proceeded and landed its passengers a half hour late in the city.

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May 1909
1. Throughout May, talk continues of a trolley line from Painesville to Warren.

2. Cleveland Grocery Store tycoon Harry R. Edwards purchases land southwest of Chardon, will breed hunting dogs.

3. May storms continue to disrupt traffic of the Electric Roads

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, May 5, 1909, Page 1

Doings of a Week
     Auto hacks have commenced regular schedule between Cortland and Warren for the season.

     Surveys for the proposed Painesville-Youngstown trolley road will be made at once and the route decided on.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, May 7, 1909, Page 1

$1,500 Dogs Are Raised Near Chardon – H. Edwards Plans Fruit Raising Center
     On a still night one can distinctly hear the voices of some of the highest priced dogs in America as they bark in the Ransom Kennels, on the Edwards farm, just southwest of Chardon.
     This farm is owned by Harry R. Edwards, one of the directors of the widely-known wholesale grocery firm of the Wm. Edwards Co., Cleveland.
     Edwards is an ardent lover of hunting – hence his great interest in dogs. He likes the country, too, and now intends to make his property as famous under the title of “fruit farm” as it has earned under that of “dog farm.”
     “I bought the Alexander farm in April, 1902,” said Mr. Edwards. “Later I bought the Hatcher farm, then the Foote farm and lastly some 32 acres of pasture from Leo Burdick.”
     “I have always been fond of shooting, and consequently have liked setters. I was fortunate enough to buy some dogs good enough to win in field trials, and started in to breed setters. I built a small kennel at Litchfield, O. It was rather a hard place to get at, so I decided to look for another location.”
     “I was induced to look at farms located on the Cleveland & Eastern line. The second farm I looked at was the Alexander place, and the day I first saw it, I bought it. It struck me as a beautiful place, naturally and well-adapted for a kennel of dogs. It is near an express office, and yet not near enough to annoy the people of Chardon. A spring furnishes fresh water for the dogs the year around. The land is high with plenty of room to build kennels and make an enclosure in the woods for dogs to run in. . .”

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Will Aid Proposed Road
     Youngstown business men will lend all aid possible to the promoters of the proposed Painesville and Youngstown interurban line, says the Youngstown Vindicator. The line will penetrate one of the richest agricultural sections of this part of the country.

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Rains Hamper Traffic
     Many streams are swollen as the result of the heavy rains of last week. Bass Lake invaded the woodland near the C. & E. track, and the onion farm between Middlefield and Burton was transformed into a lake.
     Travel by electric car was impossible Friday night.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, May 7, 1909, Page 4

Boy of 3 Takes Long Trip Alone.

Tired of Exploring Realm of Neighbor’s Clifford Eldredge Boards Cleveland Car
     The spirit of independence and adventure, strong in Clifford Eldredge, aged 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Eldredge, of Chardon, has earned for him the title of Geauga County’s youngest traveler.
     He boarded an E. O. T. car just before it pulled out for Cleveland, Friday morning, rode to the city and returned safe and sound.
     The boy has been wont to run away to homes on other streets. But tired of exploring realms of neighbors, he determined to see what lay beyond the confines of Chardon.
     It was some time before passengers discovered that the boy was alone. He was about to get off at the Junction, but was stopped by the conductor. Again at the square in Cleveland he wanted to get off, but when told by the conductor that he couldn’t, settled back in his seat and enjoyed the return trip. The car crew changed at Gates Mills and Conductor Eggleston brought the boy to his parents.
     “I liked the ride,” he lisped, as he alighted from the car. “A lady gave me a pretty picture card. I saw lots of automobiles and big buildings, but I guess I won’t go again.”
     During the boy’s absence his parents were nearly frantic over his disappearance, fearing he had been kidnapped. . .

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, May 12, 1909, Page 1

Burton
     The Civic Improvement Club, headed by Mrs. F. Parker and Mrs. Clara Hinkston, scrubbed and cleaned the E. O. T. depot here.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, May 13, 1909, Page 5

Business – Industrial
     The Enterprise Milling company shipped a full car load of maple syrup to Middlefield Tuesday.

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     A new smoke stack has been put up at the power house of the E. O. T. company to take the place of two which were blown down.

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     George H. Burrows has bought the property known as the Perrin Hoffman farm, 12 ½ acres, of the estate of Emelia Hoffman, which he will immediately plat into ½ acre and acre tracts. This property is situated on the Valley road at its junction with Miles avenue and the Eastern Ohio Traction Company’s private right of way. The Chagrin River Land & Investment Co., as the firm is known, has sold four half-acre lots. Mr. Schmitt, one of the proprietors of the Nickel Plate Elevator and Coal Co., has purchased as acre, fronting the private right of way of the Eastern Ohio Traction Co., upon which he expects to build a $2,000 bungalow and also spend $1,000 improving the land.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, May 14, 1909, Page 2

Burton
     The storm of May 6 did considerable damage to E. O. T. line. A large tree fell across the track near Burton, tearing down wires and breaking poles, causing a short tie-up.

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     The E. O. T. Co. is making extensive repairs on the Middlefield division, and expects to put it in first-class shape by fall.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, May 20, 1909, Page 5

     The E. O. T. is running the early morning baggage and the afternoon limited again beginning this week. The former leaves here at five o’clock and is the first car out for Cleveland. It returns leaving Cleveland at 7:30. The limited leaves here at 3 p.m. and returns leaving Cleveland at 4:30.

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South Newbury
     Everybody is invited to join a trolley party and go to Hiram on Saturday, May 22, to spend the day with Rev. Marshall and family, visiting the schools, etc. Don’t forget to carry picnic dinner.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, May 26, 1909, Page 5

Receiver R. D. Beatty

Has Made Travel Over the C. & E. R’y to Cleveland a Pleasure
     R. D. Beatty, receiver of the Cleveland & Eastern railroad, and H. A. Emory, superintendent, made a tour of inspection of the road on Wednesday last.
     As general manager, Mr. Beatty has done more to accommodate and please patrons of the C. & E. than any of the several officials who have preceded him in that capacity. Mr. Beatty has tried to make the roadbed of the line in Geauga County as near perfect as possible, with the result that accidents on the C. & E. are now a rare occurrence, while cars run on close schedule time, and at as frequent intervals as could be well expected.
     Chardon people rarely have an opportunity of meeting Mr. Beatty, but they entertain a warm regard for him by reason of the good car service he has established between Cleveland and this place, and which seems to have come to stay.
     The efficiency of Supt. H. A. Emory is also well recognized by patrons of the C. & E., who believe that he is the right man in the right place.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, May 26, 1909, Page 8

Middlefield
     Many passengers on the C. & E. express a wish that the company might not use such a disagreeably odoriferous disinfectant in their cars. The smell is sickening most of the time.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, May 27, 1909, Page 5

Terse Local News
     The funeral car on the E. O. T. line passed through here on the way to Troy, Monday, bearing the remains of Mrs. Eli Dayton. Mrs. A. Fowler, Mrs. E. Fix Hinckley, Mrs. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Jewell and others attended the ceremony.

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     Two young owls thought to be of the species known as horned owl were captured by the crew of the work car on the E. O. T. line, near Middlefield, when they were making a run out that way. They are in a cage at the Stop Over and are fine specimen.

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     On Tuesday evening 60 members of Pythian Star Lodge K. of P., Cleveland, visited Chagrin Falls lodge and conferred the third rank in amplified form on two candidates.

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Business – Industrial
     A car on the E. O. T. line running between the City Farm at Warrensville and the main line meets all cars Sundays and holidays furnishing transportation for visitors to the new buildings and grounds.

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June 1909
1. The C. & E. provided transportation to the Cleveland Industrial Exposition for county residents.

2. E. O. T. cars filled to capacity as Memorial Day crowds gather to honor fallen War Heroes.

3. 17,192 machines have been registered to date as Ohio Automobile law celebrates its first anniversary.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, June 2, 1909, Page 5

Reunions and Picnics
     The 9th annual reunion of the Fowler family will be held June 19 at the home of Mrs. Levi Babcock in Munson. Parties coming by car will be met at Stop 33, Chardon line. Bring lunch baskets, dishes will be furnished. Caleb Fowler, President; Mamie Belding, Secretary.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, June 3, 1909, Page 5

Terse Local News
     The ladies aid society of the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, Cleveland, passed through here on a special car over the E. O. T. Tuesday on an excursion to Hiram.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, June 4, 1909, Page 1

Late Cars from the City

E. O. T. Will Give Us Chance to See Exposition at Night
     On account of the Industrial Exposition at Cleveland, Agent Hollis announces that late cars leaving the public square at 11 p.m. will be run through to Chardon making connections for Middlefield on the following nights: Tuesday, June 8; Saturday, June 12; Saturday, June 19. This will enable Chardon people to have plenty of time at the exposition and to attend the theaters without being forced to remain all night as under the present arrangement.
     Excursion rates from Chardon, Middlefield, Burton and Scotland on Tuesday, June 8th only.
     Leaving Cleveland at 11:00 p.m., connections will be made at Chagrin Falls for points east on the above dates. Excursion rates from Hiram, Troy and Chagrin Falls on Tuesday, June 8th only.

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Still at Railroad Project
     Painesville Board of Trade were guests of the Warren board, Wednesday, to discuss the proposed Painesville-Youngstown electric line. Painesville has secured 75 per cent of the right of way between the two cities. The Board wants Warren to get busy on the right of way between that city and Youngstown.

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Spirit of 1861 Thrills Town

Stars and Stripes Liberally Displayed on Day of Tribute to Fallen Heroes

The spirit of ’61 thrilled Chardon, Monday
     Memorial Day was observed by a general honoring of the fallen heroes. Stores nearly all closed at noon. Quite a number of picnic parties were seen to drive away. County offices were closed. . .
     The E. O. T. had an hourly schedule and every car was filled both going and coming. Many went to Chesterland Caves where 150 couples danced. The dance at Middlefield in the evening was attended by 100 couples. A few with fishing poles were seen to depart from Chardon. . .

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, June 9, 1909, Page 1

Doings of a Week
     Contract was let in New York last Thursday for the construction of an electric road from Conneaut to Youngstown.

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     The money interests back of the proposed Painesville-Warren electric road demand free right-of-way and a graded roadbed from the towns along the route. The people have learned wisdom from the Cleveland-Sharon fizzle and want to be shown before they put any money into the deal.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, June 10, 1909, Page 5

Terse Local News
     A theater party of Hiram college students passed through the village Friday afternoon in two special cars over the E. O. T. bound for Cleveland. They were having a joyful time together at the end of the college year.

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Business – Industrial
     The E. O. T. track is being raised where it has become settled along the paving on Pearl and Washington streets.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, June 11, 1909, Page 1

Going to Euclid Beach
     Twenty-five couples of Chardon people will enjoy a trip to Euclid beach next Tuesday, in a special E. O. T. car. It will leave Chardon at 12 o’clock.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, June 17, 1909, Page 1

Chesterland
     About 15 anxious circus-goers waited at Scotland for the 7:25 car, which, when it arrived was already packed as full as possible and not one of those disappointed people were able to board the car. They drove to Gates Mills.

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Bainbridge
     The S. of T. will charter an E. O. T. car and picnic at Silver Lake Saturday, June 26. All who wish to go and enjoy a fine trip are cordially invited.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, June 17, 1909, Page 5

Terse Local News
     The 8:30 car on the E. O. T. line Monday morning carried as many as could find a foot hold many going to Cleveland to see the Barnum and Bailey circus.

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     The first year of the operation of the Ohio automobile law ended June 10. There have been registered 17,192 machines. The license fees aggregated $82,406.

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Business – Industrial
     The E. O. T. company are erecting new trolley poles along their line in the village.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, June 18, 1909, Page 4

Local News
     The 6:25 a.m. E. O. T. car was off the track near Burton Friday morning, and was 45 minutes late into Middlefield.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, June 23, 1909, Page 1

Pleasant Hill
     Mrs. Inkster went to Chardon early Saturday morning and took the car for Cleveland and on the way met her husband Archie and together they went to the city and attended the exposition, which they said was fine.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, June 24, 1909, Page 5

Terse Local News
     Last Friday evening about forty-three Rebekahs from Garrettsville lodge came by special car to Chagrin to confer the Rebekah degree on a candidate for Falls Rebekah Lodge. Supper was served them by the Cong. Bible class. Several from Burton and Auburn also visited the lodge. Refreshments were served and a very pleasant time was enjoyed by all.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, June 24, 1909, Page 8

Chardon
     Many went from here to Cleveland Monday to attend Barnum and Bailey’s circus. Many Chardon people have also been to see the industrial exposition.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, June 30, 1909, Page 5

Damage by Storm
     The electrical storm of Sunday forenoon put nearly 200 Chardon phones out of commission temporarily, including the long distance service. A bolt of lightning killed cows for Robert Harper near Mansfield Crossing of the C. & E. railroad, and Sam Chapman, of Newbury, had a horse killed.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, June 30, 1909, Page 8

Middlefield
     It is hoped that the C. & E. railroad will take the pains to clean up its property here before the Fourth, for safety as well as for the looks of the thing.

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     The C. & E. electric road has a force of men at work improving its track between here and Burton, and it is in much better condition. The whole line is being greatly improved.

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July 1909
1. Middlefield man killed in tragic accident on the C. & E.

2. Fowlers Mills merchant announces end to annual picnics.

3. Euclid Beach proves a popular attraction for Geauga residents.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, July 1, 1909, Page 5

Allotment to Chagrin Falls

Tract of Land at Bentleyville – Modern Conveniences and on Car Line
     Geo. Burrows has opened another allotment at Bentleyville calling it the George H. Burrows allotment. He has added the grove and land at the junction of North Miles avenue, the Eastern Ohio Traction Company’s right of way and the valley road to the Perrin Hoffman farm which Mr. Burrows purchased last month aggregating some twenty acres which he has sub-divided into 125 tracts of from one to two and a half acres each. The suburban car passing directly through this allotment, almost equally dividing it gives a frontage on the car line for each lot with a carriage road at the reverse end. Water has been piped from springs above Stony Side to this allotment and Chagrin Falls Electric Co. has signified a willingness to extend wires. . .

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, July 7, 1909, Page 5

Fatal Wreck on C. & E

Middlefield Man Gave Up His Life at Summit Siding

A Motorman Ran Past His Orders, and Two Cars Collided on an Abrupt Curve – 104 Passengers in One Car Escape a Greater Disaster
     A disastrous wreck occurred on the Cleveland & Eastern railroad at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, on a sharp curve just east of Summit Siding, 1 ¼ miles east of gates Mills, when two Chardon passenger cars came together, wrecking the front of both cars and instantly killing Andrew Mackey, a Finn, of Middlefield.
     The cars were the one due at Chardon at 5 p.m., and the other car that left here at 3:50 for the city. Motorman Lester Eggleston and Conductor D. A. Colvin were on the eastbound car. Eggleston was running under orders to wait at Scotland. On reaching Gates Mills the orders were changed to Summit Siding. The car was filled when it reached gates Mills, where 20 Bohemians boarded it, several of them crowding into the vestibule. Eggleston says they began to argue about the extra nickel they had to pay, and that it attracted his attention when it ought not to. He ran past his orders and collided with the westbound car.
     Eggleston had nearly stopped his car when the crash came. The car started back down the valet, and he applied the air and locked the wheels.
     Conductor Hollicky and Motorman Marsh of the westbound car were slightly injured, as were Carl Sottosanto, of Chardon, and several Cleveland people. Conductor Colvin of the eastbound car was also severely bruised, while Motorman Eggleston was cut on the head by flying glass and bruised.
     The wreck delayed traffic for about three hours. The crews of both cars have been suspended until an inquiry can be made of the wreck by officials of the road.
     Andrew Mackey was riding on the bumper of the eastbound car. He was employed in the storage battery house at Gates Mills, and his day’s work was ended. There was no seat for him in the car. When the cars collided he either jumped or fell off backward onto the track. Before the car was stopped the wheels of one truck passed over his body, mangling it in a terrible manner, and ending his life instantly. Workmen from the power house removed his body from under the car, and the remains were taken to Cleveland by order of the Cuyahoga County coroner, being later prepared for burial in the city and conveyed to Middlefield. Mackey was about 35 years old. All pay tribute to his reliability and industry. He leaves a wife and three children.
     The funeral was held at Middlefield, Tuesday, at 2 p.m.

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Go to Burton in Special
     About 50 baseball fans went to Burton in a special car to see the game between Chardon and Burton, Saturday afternoon.

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Go Far for Church Service
     Church services were transferred from Mallet Creek to Chardon, Thursday of last week when 50 of his former parishioners of that village came in special car to dine with Rev. Alonzo Early. . .
     It was necessary for some to rise at 3 a.m. to be ready for the drive of 8 miles that some had to make to take the car at medina at 5:30. . .
     . . . About 5 o’clock they again entered the dining room to take refreshments before going on their long trolley trip of 60 miles.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, July 15, 1909, Page 5

Raiding the Brigade Camp

Midnight Skirmish near Chagrin Falls – Charge of the “Noble Six”
     On Thursday night a party of six young men under F. J. Donaldson as captain started out on errand bold. Disguised as Indians they headed for the camp of the Brigade Boys of the Christian church which was at stop 33 on the E. O. T. line.
     They took the last car out and rode to stop 35 where they took to their feet for a careful reconnoiter to circle the camp. . .

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, July 23, 1909, Page 1

Harper Has Given Last Celebration

Fowlers Mills Merchant Says He Is Getting Too Old to Entertain Big Crowds
     The celebrations that have made Fowlers Milles famous are to be no more.
     The countryside for miles around have poured into the little hamlet on the hill for the last time to see Merchant Al. Harper’s elaborate display of fireworks and hear the bands play.
     Harper has for twelve years given a celebration about two weeks after the Fourth. Harper gave these celebrations later than Independence Day because he thought that if he gave a big celebration on the Fourth, no one would come to Fowlers Mills as there are so many attractions elsewhere.
     Harper footed all the bills and thousands of people thronged the little village. Special cars were usually run from Cleveland.
     “I’m getting too old to get up these celebrations and see them through properly, so I decided to cut them out,” said Harper, who is 61, the other day. “Then there’s another reason. With such a vast crowd here, it was impossible to watch all. My store on these occasions was packed with people who seemed to take it for granted that everything was free, and helped themselves. The goods I lost amounted to about as much as I spent on the celebration – and so I have concluded not to have any more.”

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Hold Outings on Same Day

County Officials and Cong. Sunday School Go to Euclid Beach in Three Special Cars
     It looked like a Chardon old-home day at Euclid Beach, Thursday afternoon, when county officials and members of the Cong. Sunday School went to the popular resort in three special cars for a day’s outing on the shores of Lake Erie.
     There were 46 in the officials’ special and 104 in the others cars. Former residents of Chardon, now residing in Cleveland, came out to the beach, swelling the number to 200.
     The day was spent at the various amusements which the park affords. Some went to the ballgame in the afternoon. The Sunday school cars left Chardon at 7:30 in the morning, and the officials a half hour later. . .
     Charles Hall and wife, Mrs. Witter and J. H. Curtis and wife drove through in the latter’s auto. Returning the cars left at 5 and 5:30 and the last stayed until 9 o’clock for those who had not had enough merry-making at 5:30. . .

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, July 29, 1909, Page 1

Newbury
     The Robinson farm, west of the Center, has again changed hands, report having it that the property has been bought by a syndicate that contemplates converting the residence into a hospital. It is also contemplated building a branch electric road to run through this section. As this is one of the finest constructed, as well as largest brick houses in this section, the change would require a very little outlay for some time to come.

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The Chagrin Falls Exponent, Thursday, July 29, 1909, Page 5

Terse Local News
     The annual picnic given by the Ober Manufacturing company for their employees will be held at Euclid Beach park, Cleveland next Saturday. Three special cars on the E. O. T. have been chartered for the occasion.

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Business – Industrial
     The depot of the E. O. T. Co. has received a much-needed coat of paint and the company’s new trolley poles have been painted, which is a great improvement.

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     Robert D. Beatty, receiver of the Eastern Ohio Traction Co. has transferred to H. P. McIntosh and others the Chagrin Falls and Eastern branch of the E. O. T. line for $152,500 and H. P. McIntosh and others transfer to the Cleveland, Youngstown & Eastern railroad company the same property, consideration $1. This looks like connection with Youngstown and Pittsburg some day.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, July 30, 1909, Page 1

Schools Unite for Picnic

Three Specials Carry 250 People to Euclid Beach
     One of the largest picnics in the history of local Sunday schools was held Wednesday when the Methodist and Christian churches united for a holiday and went to Euclid Beach in three special cars.
     The cars left Chardon at 7:30 in the morning, and carried 250 people to the popular resort. All carried their dinners in baskets. Returning the cars left at 4:30, 6:00 and 9:00. The park management gave the party free tickets to the moving picture theater.

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October 1909
1. New operating rules on E.O.T. Chardon line spoil plans for Odd Fellows Sunday outing.

2. Bass Lake property sold, new owners plan to build two hotels.

3. Court orders foreclosure sale of E.O.T. Cleveland & Chagrin Falls line.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, October 1, 1909, Page 1

Rule of Railroad Spoils Excursion

Lodges Plan to Visit Lorain but Special Cars during Sunday Schedule Not Safe
     If you are planning on an excursion and want to get a special Eastern Ohio traction car on Sunday, dismiss the idea at once.
     One of the rules of the railroad is not to let a special car go out to any one at any price on Sunday.
     This is the reason why the Chardon Odd Fellows and Rebekahs did not attend the ceremonies of the laying of the corner stone for the new I. O. O. F. temple in Lorain last Sunday. Members of the lodge had been planning the excursion for some time, and had tickets printed to sell for the trip. Then they found they couldn’t go.
     Receiver Beatty says that while an hourly schedule is being maintained on Sunday he considers it, for reasons of safety, best not to have a special car filled to the brim with excursionists running on the road.
     The Chagrin Falls lodge members went to Lorain in a special car, Sunday. There is no hourly schedule on that division of the road.

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Doings of a Week
     It is reported that Tom Johnson and the Con-Con have at last got together and the street car fight in Cleveland is to be settled. Too good news to be true. Tom will probably leave some loop-hole by which he can start a fight on a minute’s notice when he has a personal interest at stake, and the Con-Con will see that it retains its hold on the streets of Cleveland.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, October 8, 1909, Page 1

Indiana Woman and Son Get Bass Lake
     After a succession of financial ups and downs in the hands of various owners, the Bass Lake hotel property and control of the waters of the lake have passed to a new ownership, with the promise of developments and improvements which will make the resort one of the most prominent in this part of the State.
     Last Wednesday’s Cleveland Leader contained the following, which is of especial interest to Chardon people, who have been directly interested in various ways in the success of the Bass Lake property since it was first opened as a public resort in 1877:
     “Bass Lake, for generations the haunt of sportsmen, and more recently of the members of the Bass Lake Club, is to be turned into a summer resort. Francis P. Brown, a real estate dealer with offices in the Williamson Building, announced Tuesday a sale of the land around the lake to Mrs. L. V. Calvert, Trevlac, Ind., and her son, Frank Calvert. Mr. Brown said the Calverts will spend $100,000 in building two hotels, one on each side of the lake. The 400 acres of land were purchased for about $35,000.
     “Frank Calvert purchased the Orville Smith property, and plans a protected trout stream. The Bass Lake Co.’s land was bought by Mrs. Calvert. The lake itself is 266 acres in extent.
     “Records of Bass Lake go back to 1795. The transfers in the deal with the Calverts made the 168th. Two generations of Youngstown and Cleveland fishermen and hunters have made Bass Lake famous. In coaching days tallyho parties went to the lake from Youngstown. Bass Lake is near to Chardon, and is on the line of the Eastern Ohio Traction Co.”
     A hotel was first erected at Bass Lake, then known as Munson Pond, in June 1877, by two well-known Chardon men, A. D. Downing and Geo. C. Smith, who pushed the project to completion in 18 days. Mr. Downing says of the undertaking:
     “Mr. Smith and myself were at Munson Pond one day, when I remarked that it was a pity that such a beautiful body of water should be allowed to go to waste, and that someone should build a hotel there.
     “’I’ll go in with you on a deal of that kind,’ said Mr. Smith, and that settled it. The next day we purchased of Benjamin Bidlake the land then known as the Island. I personally secured a 99-year lease of land around the north, east and south sides of the pond. In just 18 days from that time a large hotel and barn were erected, also a road constructed to the Island through a willow swamp, and the hotel opened to the public on July 4, when 300 couples attended the first ball.
     “In 1879 we sold out to Sylvenus Brewster and Orville Smith, who later sold the property to Youngstown parties. I gave to Munson Pond the name of Bass Lake, and shall always feel interested in seeing a hotel succeed there.
     “The leases for land around the lake I drew up, and they cover strip 2 rods wide above and beyond low water mark, and the right to the waters of the pond, as it was then called.”

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, October 8, 1909, Page 4

Local News
     Conductor Henry Newness, of the E. O. T., has been confined to his home in Burton with illness for two weeks.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, October 13, 1909, Page 5

Hunters Everywhere

But Squirrels Are Scarce this Fall – Lots of Shooting, Though, Undoubtedly at Other Game
     The woods of Old Geauga have been overrun with non-resident hunters since the legal squirrel season opened on Oct. 1. Beautiful weather has prevailed most of the time, and the city hunters have fairly swarmed through the rural sections, being more numerous than the game, judging by the small number of squirrels bagged.
     Throughout this section squirrels are reported very scarce, and hunters are at a loss to account for this scarcity, as “shack” of all kinds was never more abundant than this autumn.
     However, parties of city hunters have been staying in the woods for several days at a time, and doing so much shooting as to lead to the belief that other game is being killed out of season. The County Game Warden might bring to light evidence of violation of the game laws by searching the hunting coats of city hunters of every nationality who board the electric cars at Chardon on their return trips.
     Quail and rabbits may be hunted only from Nov. 15 to Dec. 4, but reports received last week indicate that non-resident hunters are shooting at any and all game.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, October 13, 1909, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     The Cleveland & Chagrin Falls line, a part of the property held by the Eastern Ohio Traction Company, is to be sold at foreclosure sale by order of court, an agreement having been reached to that effect. Following the sale it is the expectation that a reorganization plan will be put into effect whereby the property will be permanently disassociated from the Eastern Ohio company. Detailed plans for reorganization have not been arranged. The property will be bought in, it is expected by J. R. Nutt and F. H. Ginn, representing the first mortgage bondholders. They, as a committee, are in possession of a large proportion of the company’s first mortgage 6s, upon which the foreclosure suit was brought. While no definite announcement to that effect is made, it is expected that one of the features of the reorganization will be the issue of new bonds covering not only the Cleveland & Chagrin Falls line, but also the part of the property owned by the Cleveland, Youngstown & Eastern Railway Company. Bondholders of the Chagrin Falls company are expected to be permitted to exchange their binds for the new issue securities. Robert D. Beatty, as receiver is operating the Eastern Ohio Traction Company lines. – Cleveland Leader.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, October 15, 1909, Page 4

Local News
     The receipts of the Chardon office of the Cleveland & Eastern Railroad have increased from about $140 a month, when the road was built, to $1,000 a month at the present time.

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     Signs on the front of E. O. T. cars, “Autumn leaves, the woods are ablaze,” lured many city people into Geauga forests Sunday, one of the finest days of the fall.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, October 27, 1909, Page 5

Burton and Vicinity
     A special car load of Burton Masons go over to Chardon this Tuesday evening to do some degree work for the lodge there.

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November 1909
1. Geauga County potato harvest keeps railroad men busy, thousands of bushels shipped.

2. Bond holders expected to aquire Falls line properties from E. O. T.

3. Union Interurban station proposed for central downtown area.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, November 3, 1909, Page 5

Local and Personal
     There’s a big potato crop in Geauga County this fall. Thousands of bushels are being shipped to Cleveland via the Cleveland & Eastern suburban railroad, being loaded onto freight cars at every station. Thousands of bushels are also being shipped to Pittsburg over the B. & O.

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Eaton Restaurant Sold
     G. H. Salsgiver, C. & E. motorman, bought out the Eaton restaurant business Monday, and rented the building. He expects to reopen the restaurant Friday, Nov. 5, and will install a new stock of confectionery, tobacco and cigars. E. D. Wetzel, of Pittsburg, an experienced restaurant man, will be in charge of the business, and endeavor to please the people.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 5, 1909, Page 1

Smoked Chestnut in Pipe

Trolley Passengers Treated to Aroma of Singed Mustache
     For smoking, tobacco is much more enjoyable than chestnuts.
     A certain Cleveland man is still of the same opinion. So are others who were in an E. O. T. car with him one day last week. Hence this tale of a broken meerschaum pipe, a scorched nasal appendage, an aroma of burned mustache, and a black-streaked countenance.
     He had come to the country for an afternoon of recreation. He got it and some chestnuts, too. He put them in the pocket with his pipe. Later he filled his pipe with tobacco, unaware that one of the chestnuts had found its way into the bottom of the bowl. That is, unaware until a volcanic eruption occurred, throwing ashes and sparks all over, and creating much laughter.
     Moral: Don’t roast chestnuts in your bowl pipe.

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Cut This Out; New Schedule
     The winter schedule on the E. O. T. went into effect Nov. 1. Cars now leave Chardon daily at 5:50, 6:50, 8:50, 10:50 a.m., 12:50, 2:50, 3:50, 5:50, 9 p.m. Leave Middlefield daily 6:25, 8:25, 10:25 a.m., 12:25, 3:25, 5:25, 8:35 p.m. Leave Cleveland daily for Chardon 6, 8, 10, 12 a.m., 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 p.m. For Middlefield 6, 8, 10 a.m., 1, 3, 5, 9 p.m.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 5, 1909, Page 4

Car Stalled on Big Hill

Coasts Back to Gates Mills, Passengers Transferred
     Passengers on the E. O. T. car leaving Cleveland at 9 o’clock Sunday night, did not reach Chardon until nearly 12. When near the top of the hill this side of Gates Mills, something went wrong with the mechanism of the car, it stopped and refused to go further. Luckily the car was on a grade, and it was allowed to coast back to Gates Mills, where the passengers were transferred to another car.
     A gondola car off the track near Fairbanks Lake, Saturday morning, delayed cars nearly two hours on the Burton-Middlefield division.

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The Geauga Republican, Wednesday, November 10, 1909, Page 6

Suburban Road to be Sold
     The Cleveland & Chagrin Falls line, a part of the property held by the Eastern Ohio Traction Company, is to be sold at foreclosure sale by order of court, an agreement having been reached to that effect, says the Cleveland Leader. Following the sale it is the expectation that a reorganization plan will be put into effect whereby the property will be permanently disassociated from the Eastern Ohio company. Detailed plans for the reorganization have not been arranged. The property will be bought in, it is expected, by J. R. Nutt and F. H. Ginn, representing the first mortgage bondholders. They, as a committee, are in possession of a large proportion of the company’s first mortgage 6s, upon which the foreclosure suit was brought. While no definite announcement to that effect is made, it is expected that one of the features of the reorganization will be the issue of new binds covering not only the Cleveland & Chagrin Falls line, but also the part of the property owned by the Cleveland, Youngstown & Eastern Railway Company. Bondholders of the Chagrin Falls company are expected to be permitted to exchange their bonds for the new issue securities. Robert D. Beatty, as receiver is operating the Eastern Ohio Traction Company lines.

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The Geauga Leader, Wednesday, November 10, 1909, Page 1

History of a Week
     Ben Harrison, former conductor on the C. & E., and later traveling salesman for a Cleveland grocery firm in this territory, has resigned to accept a clerkship in a Chardon store.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 12, 1909, Page 1

Was Arrested in Cleveland
     Letting a suitcase, overcoat and $30, the property of Christopher Collier, down from an upstairs window by means of a rope at the home of Harmon Jacobs, in Chester, Sunday night Nov. 7, and then feigning sickness, Jack Backmann hurried to Cleveland.
     Now he is in jail awaiting the action of the grand jury. He didn’t have a chance to get much good out of the stolen property. He was arrested in a hotel on Michigan Street early Monday morning.
     Sheriff Cowin was notified Sunday evening, and watched the incoming cars for Backmann. But he went to Cleveland. A conductor on the E. O. T. car on which Backmann rode later in the evening, told Jacobs that Backmann had inquired of him for a hotel, and that the conductor referred him to the Michigan Street hotel.
     Jacobs went to Cleveland late Sunday night and notified the police with the result the Backmann’s rest was rudely interrupted at an early hour.
     Backmann has been working for the past two months for Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs. The property he took belonged to Mrs. Jacob’s father. Backmann, after letting the stolen property down, told the family he was very sick, and went outside. He didn’t return.
     The Jacobs home is just over the line in Cuyahoga County.

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Free Whiskey at Noon

This Offer on Sale Bill Sends Deputy to Auction
     Free whiskey at noon. This was the somewhat unusual statement found on a sale bill distributed over the county this week, taking place of the usual “free lunch at noon.”
     It prompted Prosecutor Patchin to have Deputy Sheriff Ballard present at the sale held by Nick Cicore two miles west of Middlefield on the E. O. T., Stop 56-A, known as the onion patch in Burton, Wednesday.
     Cicore was probably informed that he was about to violate the law, as no whiskey was given away, or in evidence, and consequently no arrests made.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 19, 1909, Page 1

Four Cleveland Hunters Fined

Opening of Season Finds Game Warden Rhodes Not Asleep on His Job
     Hunters are learning that Geauga County is no longer lax in the enforcement of hunting laws.
     Game Warden A. J. Rhodes was busy Monday, the first of the rabbit hunting season, and his aggressiveness proved costly to Saverio Grasso, Beneditto Perviaro, Antonio Anscelno, Vingenzo Cenove and Giuseppe Sansone, iron workers of Cleveland. They were arrested for trespassing.
     They refused to pay any attention to the orders of A. H. Stafford to get off his land and were brought to Chardon in Rhodes’ auto. They plead guilty and were fined $10 and costs by Justice M. L. Maynard. Unable to pay they were forced to leave their guns as security, after paying $3, before being released on their own recognizance.
     A. J. Rhodes, Geauga County Game Warden, searched the game coats of 74 hunters at points along the Cleveland & Eastern suburban railway Monday night, in a quest for partridges killed out of season. The cars were crowded with men and dogs who had been scouring the Geauga County hills on the opening of the rabbit and quail season. Rhodes found nothing but rabbits.
     The opening of the hunting season and the unusual balmy November weather brought many hunters with their dogs, and other pleasure seekers into Geauga County, Sunday, when the sky was as fair as on a day in June with a soft breeze blowing all day.
     Traffic was so heavy on the E. O. T. Sunday morning that cars from Cleveland were double headed to the Junction. None hunters were registered at the Chardon House, Sunday.
     E. O. T. cars were double headed to the Junction again, Monday morning. Rabbits are reported plentiful.

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The Geauga County Record, Friday, November 26, 1909, Page 1

May Land in Fine Depot

Talk of Union Interurban Station Heard in City
     It may not be so far into the future when Geauga County passengers on the E. O. T. may be landed in the city within the walls of a handsome interurban station. The matter is being agitated.
     The traction was bids fair to be settled soon, and with that settlement will be an arrangement with interurbans which will warrant the latter in incurring the expense of building a union station.
     In the discussion of the plans it is pointed out that if the depot is centrally located, it would be an easy matter, at a later date, to provide a subway loop under the depot, provided the subway plans for bringing the interurbans in underground in the central district should ever materialize.
     Nearly all large cities in the central west known as interurban centers are provided with handsome interurban terminals. Cleveland was the original interurban center of the country, but on account of the eight years’ traction warfare it is one of the last to adopt the terminal station idea.

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