1910

New York State Governor was Horace White (R) from Syracuse
 October 6-December 31, 1910

Boy Scouts of America was Founded February 8

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
 Died at the Age of 74, April 21

Glenn H. Curtiss Flew from Albany to New York Faster than the New York Central Train Which Was Hailed as the Greatest Achievement in Air, and Set an International Record for Sustained Speed, May 30

Total Genesee County Population - 37,615

• The Political Equality Club, a woman’s suffrage group, held a meeting to enroll men into the club.  (January 5)
• There were 3,286 farms within Genesee County.  (January 6)
• An overheated generator at the Niagara Mohawk Plant caused the street cars on the Batavia Trolley Service to stall for 3½ hours.  (January 29)
• The YWCA received its Association Charter.  (February 2)
• Roads in West Bergen were nearly impassible due to snow and wind.   (February 25)
• Alexander School was closed due to an outbreak of scarlet fever.  (March 11)
• President Taft’s train made a 5 minute stop in Batavia, while en route from Chicago to Rochester.  (March 18)
• In Byron, railroad speed records were broken when a New York Central engine pulling four loaded baggage cars hit the speed of 102 mph.  (March 31)
• Burglars robbed the County Clerk’s Office and got away with three envelopes containing the daily receipts amounting to $336.47. (April 8)
• An automobile advertisement for a “Whiting Runabout” costing $850.00 was placed by the Batavia Garage, located at 24 Main Street.  (April 22)
• The Board of Supervisors voted to purchase an electric adding machine for $425.  (Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors-May 3)
• The Batavia Board of Education received a report that the public schools were badly overcrowded.  In the East Main Street School there were 75 scholars in one room, 65 in another and 58 in a third, which was considerably more than provisions were made for.  (May 9)
• Lot owners in the Pavilion Center Cemetery voted to incorporate and chose "Fairview" as the name for the cemetery.  (May 13)
• There was an epidemic of black measles among the Senecas on the Tonawanda Reservation which caused six deaths within ten days.  (June 13)
• John Webber, from Elba, was granted a patent for developing a non-slipping horseshoe, which took him two years to develop.  (July 2)
• The new boiler at the municipal plant was fired for the first time.  It furnished the power to drive the Village of Batavia’s water pumps.  (July 20)
• The Prohibition Party held their county convention in Ellicott Hall in Batavia and named delegates.  (August 22)
• The publication of the Bergen Leader, which was established in 1906, passed into history.  The editor was quoted as saying, "The present incumbent’s time being out and the inability of the owner to lease or sell it, he has decided to close the office out entirely."  (September 30)
• A state-wide anti-gambling crusade was started in Batavia by Rev. Wilber C. Crafts. (October 17)
• A gallon of cider cost 15 cents.  (October 28) 
• Vital statistics for Oakfield included 71 births, 13 deaths and 16 weddings, through November 9th.
• Meals at the Genesee County Jail cost 7 ½ cents each.  (December 2)
• The “Blue Bird,” a thirty-passenger, state-licensed pleasure boat, was launched.  It was built in Batavia by Edward J. Follett and was the only licensed passenger boat ever to navigate the Tonawanda Creek.  (History Department Files)

 

 

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