[AT] Tractor looking

[Howard R. Weeks]

The last time (1969) that I bought gas which was hand pumped into the car
from one of the old
sight / gravity pumps was in New York south of Cooperstown.

Howard Weeks
Harlem, GA



----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecil Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor looking


>  Out here on the West Coast
> most people think only of the city anytime New York is mentioned and I
don't
> think they know or realize that New York state is a whole lot more than
just
> the city (no offense meant to NYC).
>
> Dudley
> Snohomish, Washington


Those of us who live or who have lived in Western New York know
it as a Sportsman's Paradise with all the varied hunting and fishing
we have year around - anything from the best wild turkey and deer
hunting to Great Lakes salmon and lake trout fishing can be found within
a few miles of most of the area. I lived there for over 25 years, had 4
different boats on Seneca Lake and Lake Ontario, hunted pheasant, grouse
and wild turkeys and fished as many of the lakes as I had time for. I
was lucky in that I lived just a mile from Seneca Lake, had my boat at
the State Park just a mile from the house, and could be out on the lake
in the morning within 20 minutes. I loved to be out there as the rays
from the sun hit the water in the early morning. Many days I had my
limit of lake trout before 7:00AM and was on the way back to the house.
I was at my office by 8:30 when it opened and had the best of all worlds
for many years.

George, when you were in Bath picking up the tractor, you were
only a few miles from Addison and Kanona which CeeVill and I mentioned.
Route 17 has long been known as the Southern Tier Expressway and is now
being upgraded with re-paving and new exits to bring it up to Interstate
Highway standards. It will take a few years. They started in the western
most part of the State and are working their way east. I notice there is
some work done east of Binghamton already although I doubt the western
part is all done as yet. We all have hopes that the pavement is smoother
so more of you come out to see us in the future.

Most of us who lived in western New York know that Corning, NY
and Corning Glass held up construction of the expressway for years by
not allowing the highway to bypass downtown Corning. It is only in the
last couple years that they were finally able to bypass the Town. It was
a royal pain in the rear to get off the expressway - which ended just
short of Corning on both the east and west sides and took City streets
thru the City. I doubt that many people were in the mood to stop and
wonder why it took them so long to figure out they were a lot better off
without all those trucks and the other traffic. It must be a lot quieter
and cleaner now with the by-pass in.

And Dudley, it is amazing who many people across the country
still think New York State is blacktopped from one end to the other and
wall to wall houses over the entire State. Nothing could be further from
the truth. You don't have to go very far north of New York City to run
into countryside that is as rural as you find in almost any other State
in the United States. Seventy five miles will take you to some of the
best stream trout fishing in the country and you will have passed some
of the best rifle deer hunting country on the way there.  I know because
this is where I live now

Oh yes, before I forget, we still have some pretty darn good
tractor hunting areas too.  grins

Cecil
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