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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.

TIITS is to oertif'Y that bY a final Ord.el' of Foreclos\ll'e .,,(

bearing date the 3 O · day of June A. D. 1897 ·r.. I

i made by the Local Judge at Be:rl1n of the said Court in Chambers

: in a certain Action therein pending vhe:rein T:'le Ont8.l"io lfiltt:.al

:·Life Assu:rance company are Plaint if'fs and Z.a:rah Ann Bradt and

! Aaron Bradt by o:riginal Action and Mux:ray Roy made a party

i in the 11.ast e::.>' s off ice are defendants.

IT WAS ORDERED that S8.1'ah Ann .Bradt and A8.1'on Bradt t'WO

: of the said defendants in the said Action should stand abso-

· lutelv debarred and foreclosed of and from all right, title

!·and E~i.:ity of' Redemption of in and to the mortgaged prerrises

in tbe Special endorse~ent in the Y."l'it of s"JDnons in tI'.e said

action ::ientioned the same being ALL JJm SINGlH .. AR that certain

: ~a:rcel or tract of land anQ premises situate lyj.ng and. being

' in the Township of Mo".l.lton in the County of Haldilnand and

i Province of Ontario, containing by admeasureV-ent Fif'ty Acres

I be the same more or less being composed of the 1.;o:rth Half of' I I Lot Number One in the Fourth Concession f':rom Canborough in

I, the said Townsr...ip of Moul ton

J: AHD AT T"'tlE REQU3S'I of the said Plaintiffs this certificate

: is given for the purposes of Registration pursuant to the

i statute in that behalf given unde:r my hand and the seal cf I)

; the said Court the ~ o - d~v or June 18P7.

The Historical Society of the Tonawandas, Inc. 113 Main street

Tonawanda, New York 14150

: : 1:a~~ ~ ~ Mer~dith : 7: 0 s. Gessner Road Hous~cn, TX 77053

"J ea.:._- E::..i:a0 etl1 :

May 3 , 1989

E~closed find some material re Willia~ 3radt yo u should ~ind i ~ teresti~g. It wo~ld seem E. Evans wou ld only r2nt his ~~w hotel t ~ so~eone wh0 would promise no t tc s e ~ve alc 0ho li c j~ vera;es. The local newspaper commented on this, and Evans r~sponded. Although I do not have the article w~i c h tell s sc, I know that Bradt did rent the American from Evans, and then later, together with a man named Reardon , bou ght the ~otel in order to run it without restrictions. You'll see from the enclosed, however, that that didn ' t work out either. It would appear it failed b'=cause the hotel was a "cold-water hc:. use. "

: · ve gi~en Harol~ the same materia l , and he t~ought it a ; ocd idea to forward same to you. If I run i nt o more , I'l l ; ~t it t o you. ~ have no t searched the3e news p~pers i s s ue ~ Y issue for Arne:r-i.:a::i Hot;::..l lni r::i rr:i .s.tion ; .s c , ther E: s h oli l d be me r e .

Both William and Elizabeth (Johnson) Bradt had innkeepers in their background. Elizabeth's father, George Johnson, had been an innkeeper. William Bradt's mother, Sara (Runchey) Bradt, came from a family of innkeepers. The families of both her parents, the Runcheys and the Huffmans, were innkeepers.

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f rcm The Ton aw anda Dai l y News Trfo -...- emb E:r l s 83

The new American Hote l , t h r ee stc r ie s , wi t h b a s emen t ; also g ood bar~ at tached , s itua te d on Webste r s treet , Ncrth Ton awanda : Fo r f urther p ar ti cu l ars i nquir e of E . Evans, Tonawc.n da, N.Y .

from The Tonawanda Herald 8 November 1883, p.~

The new American Hotel has not yet secured a landlord, owing, we are informed, to the fact that its owner will not permit a bar on the premises . There are very f~w people p o E. s Es si n ·~ th e me ans to f urn ish s uch a 1 arg e ho us E- 1vho w i 11 t ake :he r i sk o ~ p l acing s o much ~oney i n a me r e boa rding t ouse , for a table alone does not ?ay. We believe there is a gene r al desi r e am ~ng t he b~ siness me n to see this much neede d enterprise open auspiciously , as they have long clamored and wished for some such place where they could congregate for business or pleasure, but all agreed on one point, and that is that any restriction or embargo ~nforced by the owner will be fatal to the enterprise, and any dictation as to how a man shall conduct his af fiars or to what use he shall put his money will be resented or severely let alone. Temperance coffee rooms and boarding houses have never been a success here in the past, and it is hard to figure out how they could be made so now or at any time in the very near future.

from The Tonawanda Herald ~November 1883, p.2

THE AMERICAN TO OPEN

Editors Herald: Were you not a little too previous in anno;.mcing that the- new American Hotel has "uot yet secured a landlord (tenant) owing to the fact that its owner will not p.:rr.;1 t a bar on the prerr.ises;" and "that t:-iere are few people possessing ths means to furnish such a large house who will take the risk cf plac ing so rnuch money in a mere boarding house?'' Surrounding associations always breed familiarity , and this may have led you to believe that a hotel cannot be run without a whiskey and beer mill attached. But, gentlemen, in this I think you are misto.ken . The "Hotel Bl:rr.s," in Syracuse, and many others which I could name in this State, are all running successfully without the damning influence of the rum traffic. The seventy or eighty saloons already in this place furnish enough victims for the workhouse, poorhouse, penitentiary and the gallows, without the American joining in to s;.,ell the numbers. You say "any restrictions or erabargo enforced by the owner will be fatal to the enterprise." F::ttal or not fatal, the American will be run a s a respectable first-class house; a place where the better classes o f our citizens, and the public, both gentlemen and ladies, will not be ashamed to go. The house was built of material, every bit of which was bought in Tonawanda, and every nail was driven by Tor.awanda labor and pc.id for i n cash by the owner, and any "dic':ation" by you as to whether it shall te run as a hotel or as a whiskey shop will be ".severely re .3ented." ''Temperance coffee houses" as you :all them are net quit9 so unpopular as you s uppose ~hem bo be. You, perhaps, seldom visit them, consequently know nothing about them. Worshippers at the shri~e of Baccus are net competent judges of sue~ matters. To relieve you cf any further anxiety in relation to the matter, I would say the American is let to a respectable tenant, who comes well recommended, and is well connected in this place. The house will open in due season, of which timely notice will be given .

Respectfully, E. Evans

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from The Tonawanda Herald ~June 1884

Messrs. Bradt and Reardon have effected during the past week the purchase of the new American Hotel from its original owner and builder , Mr. E. Evans. We believe it is their intention to make it as near like a live hotel as possible by laying aside sentiment and gush and doing business on business principles. The house has been run on wind and water since its opening in January last, and proved a losing investment for its worthy proprietor, Wm. Bradt, as every businessman could easily predict. Under the new management we have no reason to doubt that the American will enter upon a career much more successful than the past has proved.

from The Tonawanda Herald 3'July 1884, p.3

The American Hotel yesterday opened a fine new bar on the main floor, placed pool and billiard tables in the basement, and made the premises look something like a public house, such as the average American business man is in the habit of seeing and p3tronizing in every live American town.

from The Tonawanda Herald 1 January 1885

one year ago today the American Hotel opened with a banquet by Mr. Bradt. After a years cares and vicissitudes ~e relinquishes his venture, and the house enters upon a fresh start under new management and conducted on different principles. A cold-water house in this town is an impossibility, a~d the experiment has ended just where most businesswen said it would.

Wednesdat , Jul y 27, 1988

Dear Elizabeth and Sam:

This is CANAL FEST week in t he Tonawandas'. I cli pped the enclosed p icture fro m the TONAWANDA NEWS and I thought that you mi ght be interested in it. I 'm doing more checking but I'm sure my mother told me that at one time in the 1880's her mother and father, William Bradt were the operators of the BORK HOTEL .

this hostelerie was loca ted on North Canal Street , wh ich was l ate r k nown as Nor~h Niaya ra Street.

Our weather here is s till very hot although we have had a couple of brief thunder showers that momentarily cooled it off.

The Bork Hotel was one of the show pl aces of the earlier Canal

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Days of Tonawanda's ''Goose I s l and section. My mother says that she li ved on the island when she was a young g irl. Many of the leading citizens lived there also. It wasn't until a round the time of Worl d War I that t he character of the area changed. Industry too k over and a lot of the peop le moved away and then it eventuall y be-came the "Red Li ght Distric.t" Now it is swing ing back a g ain. The industry is all go ne and $lbO,OOO.OO Town Houses are re p lacing the run down shacks of yesteryear.

My eyes and my deterioriating legs are a p ro b lem this summer. Helen is about the same but in time we both hop e to imp rove.

Our thoughts are ever with you down there in Texas and we hope that you're both we ll. More later.

Love,

HELEN & FITZ and the rest,

Harold L. Fitzsimmons was the son of Sara Ann (Bradt) Fitzsimmons. He was this compiler's only source for family information which came from the Bradts about the Bradts. The undated letters were written in late 1987 or early 1988. Harold L. Fitzsimmons died 28 May 1993.