Skaneateles,  {p.  v.)  was  incorporated  April  19,  1833.  It  is  situ-
ated at  the  outlet  of  the  lake  of  the  same  name,  and  is  one  of  the


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most  beautiful  villages  in  the  State.  It  contains  six  churches,
three  graded  schools,  two  hanks,  a  newspaper  office  and  several
manufactories,  The  oarriage  factory  of  John  Packwood  is  a  larg
establishment.  There  is  also  a  Large  «listillery  and  flouring  mill  in
the  village.  About  a  year  ago  a  railroad  was  constructed  from  the
village  to  the  "Junction,"  on  the  N.  Y.  C.  R.  R.,  and  is  now  in  suo*

isful  operation,  adding  greatly  to  the  convenience  of  manufac-
turers along  the  line,  and  to  the  citizens  generally.  Mando-
lin (p.  o.)  is  a  hamlet  in  the  south-west  part  of  the  town.
Mottville  (p.  v.)  is  situated  on  the  outlet,  two  miles  below
the  lake,  and  contains  one  church,  a  hotel,  a  school  house,  a
wagon  shop,  and  several  manufactories.  The  Mottville  Woolen
Mill  is  100  by  40  feet,  and  three  stories  high.  It  contains  twelve
Crompton  looms,  and  manufactures  shawls.  There  is  also  a  large
flouring  mill,  a  distillery,  and,  a  short  distance  above,  on  the  outlet;
is  a  paper  mill,  running  four  engines  and  making  about  3000  pounds
a  day.  Kellogg' 's  Mills  is  a  little  village  about  one  and  a  half  miles  be-
low Skaneateles.  It  contains  a  factory  and  about  twenty  houses.
The  factory  turns  out  about  700  yards  of  cassimere  daily.  The
flouring  mill  of  Joel  Thayer  &  Co.,  opposite  the  depot,  grinds
about  500  bushels  a  day.
