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Census Records

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1880	Garrett, Charles C	Son	80 W Buffalo St	23	White	New York	Single	Druggist Propr
1900	Garrett, Charles	Son	102 E Mill St	56	White	New York	Single	None
1910	Garrett, Charles C	Brother-in-Law	102 E Mill St	55	White	New York	Single	Druggist
1920	Garrett, Charles C	Head	210 Willard Way	62	White	New York	Married	Druggist
1930	Garrett, Charles C	Head	210 Willard Way	74	White	New York	Married	Pharmacist

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Garrett, Gilbert T	Head	80 W Buffalo St	64	White	New York	Married	Boatbuilder
Garrett, Sarah A	Wife	80 W Buffalo St	54	White	England	Married	Housekeeping
Garrett, Hattie T	Daughter	80 W Buffalo St	21	White	New York	Single	None

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Garrett, Sarah	Head	102 E Mill St	74	White	England	Widowed	None

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Delano, Fred B	Head	102 E Mill St	51	White	New York	1st Marriage	Cashier
Delano, Harriet G	Wife	102 E Mill St	51	White	New York	1st Marriage	None
Delano, Freida B	Daughter	102 E Mill St	19	White	New York	Single	None
Delano, Agnes C	Daughter	102 E Mill St	19	White	New York	Single	None

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Garrett, Eleanor G	Wife	210 Willard Way	44	White	New Jersey	Married	None
Garrett, Helen H	Daughter	210 Willard Way	4y 10mo	White	New York	Single	None

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Garrett, Eleanor G	Wife	210 Willard Way	54	White	New Jersey	Married	None
Garrett, Helen H	Daughter	210 Willard Way	15	White	New York	Single	None

"Gilbert T. Garrett, the father of Charles C., was an Ithaca, boat builder and his boatyard was to the left of the old organ factory (Stanford-Crowell). The lumber used was bought in Reynoldsville of a Mr. Smauel [Samuel] Sailor, a very fine white oak. Wm. Pew, a prominent truck man often delivered it, a day being required to deliver it. Lumber was all sawed by hand. It was steamed in a steam box to soften it so it would bend. Those builders who could turn out two boats a year were thought to do well. Mr. Garrett built over a hundred boats during his time.

Boats sold for $3500 to $4500. Few builders ran their own boats. Those not sold were loaded in the fall and sent to New York and then to the Atlantic Basin to Jersey where they were frozen in during the winter and were sold in the spring.

The boatyards were distributed all along the inlet. Other boatbuilders were Curtis Taber, B. F. Taber, Wm. Fosbinder (his home was where Elks now are). Wm. Esty had a warehouse down there and was a great favorite with the canal men as he would lend them money.

Wm. and Henry Halsey had a grain elevator below the Seneca Street bridge. Sawyer and Glenzer had a very complete grocery and supplied the boatmen with spikes. Money was scarce and builders gave their workmen vouchers and settled with tradesmen at the end of the season. Business in those days was all done around the Inlet section.

J. B. Williams was President of the Merchants and Farmers Bank on the corner of State and Geneva (Lenray Bakery now). A Mr. Hardy was the teller and lived where the Red Cross now is located. There was only one railroad then - the D. L. One could only go as far as the Express office down the Boulevard then - so swampy. Boatmen figured on floods in January and June. Much lumber was washed away at those times and they used to try to pile it so water could not dislodge.

When the rates on the canal were lowered, many boatmen failed and this act eventually ended the business."

Interview with Charles C Garrett, 210 Willard Way, Ithaca, NY, April 1935, WPA Oral History Biographies, V16-1-7, courtesy The History Center in Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY.