Local History with Dede Terns-Thorpe - A Few Tidbits

This week I came across a few interesting Tidbits to share with you. They cover the years 1895 through about 1912.

KNOWN TO ALL THE LOCALS AS THE HUCKLEBERRY

The Kingston Freeman of from 1904. 

ANNUAL REPORT of the Catskill and Tannersville Railway Company.

1904 1903

Gross Earnings $5,760 $5,241

Operating Expenses  $ 7,417 $8.014

Net Loss $ 1,657 $2,7723

Other Income $4,800 $4,800

Gross Income $3,143 $2,026

Fixed Charges $2,169 $2,443

Net Income $972 $417

Deficit $527 $1,917

Total Deficit $8,944 $8,416

Deficit-The number of passengers carried during the year was 41,592, as against 17,216 in 1903. The length of the road is 5 ½ miles. Its 25 employees received the sum of $4,675 in wages. 

August 29, 1895, Hunter Republician said, “Surveyors were in Tannersville on Thursday, for the proposed electric road to run from the Otis (Railway going from Palenville to near North Lake) is safe to say that Tannersville will once again be on the road to success and prosperity, on which it has been traveling for many years.” The terminus of this road will be located near the Pleasant View House in Tannersville.  (Its location would be north of Pleasant View Rd., on the west end of Tannersville.)

July 15, 1912, Daily Freeman tells,

 “HORSE THIEF CAUGHT, Man Accused by Gypsies Run Down in This County.” Friday afternoon Sheriff Abram Post of Catskill autoed down into Ulster County and took into custody James Osborne, of Media Pa., the young man who stole the horse from a band of gypsies at Tannersville.” 

April 25, 1912, Kingston Freeman. 

Breaking Into Freight Yards. 

“The police of Greene County have been searching for many months for a gang of thieves who have been operating in several of the freight yards in that vicinity by breaking open cars and stealing their contents. Last August a car belonging to the Ulster & Delaware Railroad, standing at Tannersvile, was broken into and 28 bags of oats were taken.”

Steal Bicycle in Tannersville. 

The Kingston Freeman of September 28, 1905, ran another police story. 

“John Lutz was arrested at the Shufeldt place on the Saugerties Road on Wednesday by Under Sheriff Grove Webster, Jr. and Special Office William Cohen on the charge of stealing a bicycle in Tannersville. Lutz has been in hiding. He was locked in jail overnight, and taken to Tannersville this morning.”

I hope you enjoyed these few Tidbits.

Enjoy the rest of your summer. Stay well. 

Dede Terns-Thorpe/Hunter Historian