100 YEARS AGO -- 1908

Representatives of the steam railroads operating in the Adirondacks protest before the upstate Public Service Commission against an effort being made to charge their railroads with responsibility for Adirondack fires.

Contractor J.E. Amden has the memorial monument for Crab Island, authorized by Congress, well under way and expects to complete it in four weeks. The entire cost of the monument will be about $8,000.

Baker Brothers Lumber Co. of Plattsburgh files with the secretary of state a certificate increasing its capital stock from $30,000 to $100,000.

Pennington and Butler begin breaking up Marion Street from Clinton Street to Brinkerhoff Street preparatory to putting down a concrete road bed.