Century old Ti — Electricity comes to Streetroad

Electricity was coming to Street Road a century ago.

“The Ticonderoga Light and Power Co. are extending their lines along the state road to this part of town, passing through Streetroad,” the North Ticonderoga correspondent reported in the Ticonderoga Sentinel on May 28, 1925. “Many families are hoping to heave their lights and other electric conveniences before the summer is gone.”

In other 1925 Ticonderoga news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• “Ticonderoga has followed the lead of other towns in Northern New York and in answer to a long-felt need we now have a motorcycle policeman to enforce laws in the village,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on May 28. “Carl O’Dell was appointed by the village board and has now been on duty for the past ten days. It is noticeable that motorists have not been as lax regarding their parking and driving of their cars.”
• “F. W. Fitch arrived in town Saturday to take charge of the Burleigh House and will fill the position recently held by Harry Hawksley,” the Ticonderoga correspondent reported in The Post-Star of Glens Falls on May 26. “Mr. Hawksley has accepted a position in the linoleum and wallpaper department in the Rothschild’s Store.”
• “O. H. Johnson has built an addition to his packing house and is putting in a barrel assembling plant. Mr. Johnson uses several thousand barrels every year in packing and shipping the apples from his extensive orchards and many times it is hard to serve a sufficient quantity of barrels when needed,” the North Ticonderoga correspondent reported in the Ticonderoga Sentinel on May 25.
• “Mrs. Westill Densmore closed the school at South Ticonderoga last Thursday by taking her pupils on a motor trip to Brant Lake, Chestertown, and Schroon Lake, with a picnic lunch on the Schroon River,” the Sentinel reported on May 25.
• “Albert Eichen set up his portable sawmill last week at John Shepard’s farm at Chilson. Sawing is being started this week on a large quantity of logs which were cut last winter from Mr. Shepard’s extensive wood lands,” the Sentinel reported on May 28.
• The Ticonderoga High School baseball team, in a home game at Weed Park, defeated North Creek 13–6.

“The local fielding was of a loose nature in the first inning, the opponents scoring three runs, But Ti throughout the remainder of the encounter, and with Teft pitching good ball, out played the visitors in every department of the sport,” the Sentinel reported on May 28.

• “Miss Gladys Daniels was fortunate enough to miss but one day of her school year,” the South Ticonderoga correspondent reported in the Sentinel on May 28.

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