Re: Erie/EL operations in Bath NY (was: (erielack) EL way freight operations)

[andrisd_@_aol.com]

If my history is correct the reason for the two spellings, town and 
river, was due to the poor eyesight of the gentleman that
signed the papaerwork that incorporated the town as COHOCTON, rather 
than CONHOCTON.  Then again it could have been an old wives tale.
Any Finger Lakers out there remeber 6 or 7th grade history?

Andy Cole, former Hornellian.

- -----Original Message-----
From: pat.moore_@_att.net
To: EL Mail List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 5:12 pm
Subject: RE: Erie/EL operations in Bath NY (was: (erielack) EL way 
freight operations)



Hi Dick...

Yes, I think the Erie freight station was at the corner (or the end?) 
of
Railroad Ave. and Cohocton St.  After looking at the Sanborn map that 
you sent
to me, I suspect that the street occupies the right of way of the spur 
that went
on the town side of the passenger station and freight station.

As for "Cohocton", somewhere along the line, the "n" was dropped I 
guess.  The
Feds, specifically the USGS, show the river and the street spelled 
without the
"n".  I don't think I have ever seen a map or sign that spelled it with 
the "n".
Granted, even USGS maps contain copyright errors, but it doesn't seem 
that every
map would have the same error.

- -pat moore


- -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dick Honeyman" <hmanrr_@_rochester.rr.com>
>
> One additional tidbit - The street, (like the river, as Michael 
spelled it)
> is "Conhocton" - although the original spelling is often replaced by
> Cohocton - even Mapquest shows it as "Cohocton".  I haven't looked at 
the
> street sign there now, but historically it was Conhocton St.
>
> Also of interest - in the early days (1800's) there were tracks on the
> "street side" of both the freight house and the passenger station.  
It's not
> clear there was a street per se where Conhocton is now.  Access to the
> freight house would appear to have been from Railroad Ave. and the 
passenger
> station from Cameron St.
>
> Dick Honeyman
>
>


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