JAMES CUTLER MAYOR 1903 ROCHESTER NEW YORK MAIL CHUTE INVENTOR PINBACK BUTTON #1

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THIS AUCTION
: OFFERING ANOTHER AWESOME UPSTATE NEW YORK POLITICAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN PINBACK BUTTON...ISSUED LOCALLY SUPPORTING JAMES CUTLER FOR MAYOR OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK...
A REAL UNCOMMON VINTAGE FIND...NEWLY ACQUIRED AND FRESH TO THE MARKET!!
Cutler, James G. (1848-1927) — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 24, 1848. Republican. Architect; Presidential Elector for New York, 1896; Presidential Elector for New York, 1896; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1904-07. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Union League. Patented the mail chute for tall buildings. Died in 1927 (age about 79 years). Burial location unknown.
Mr. Cutler had an interesting profile in the Allegany County business community...
In the late 19th century, building technology and urban development led to taller multistory buildings.  Office and apartment buildings grew vertically.  Naturally this led to new opportunities for creativity and invention and the Post Office Department was looking for improved methods to collect and move the mail from these buildings.
The idea of creating mail chutes to optimize the collection of outgoing mail from the taller buildings sounds like a simple innovative solution that should have occurred as soon as tall buildings were built.  But it took until 1883 for the mail chute to be invented and the first installation was right here in Rochester, New York.
In 1879, James G. Cutler designed and built a seven story office building
for Frank Elwood, a lawyer and the owner of the property on the northeast corner of “Main and State”.  The cornerstone was laid on May 13, 1879 and later that same year tenants began to occupy what would be called the Elwood Building.
Four years later, in 1883, Cutler added an innovative device to the Elwood Building intended as a convenience to both the tenants and the postman.  He installed a mail chute that carried mail down to the lobby where the postman could collect it.  This simple, yet elegant, device was such a success that Cutler patented his invention and started the Cutler Mail Chute Company.
It is believed that more than 1600 Cutler Mail Chutes were installed across the country in the first 20 years that the company operated.   Each carried the Cutler Company emblem depicted in the upper left of the title bar of this story.
In addition to his work as an architect and his Mail Chute Company, Cutler would become the 48th mayor of Rochester, New York, serving four years from January 1904 through December 1907.  Cutler passed away in 1927.  The University of Rochester’s Cutler Union, opened as a student union for UR women in 1933, was funded by a bequest from James Cutler.
Sadly, the Elwood building and the original Cutler Mail Chute fell victim to the wrecking boom in 1967, part of the Genesee Urban Renewal Project.  The Crossroads Building was later built on the site.
Even the famous gargoyles that stretched out from each side of the top of the building did not survive the ruthless renewal project.
Although the Rochester Mail Chute has been destroyed there are other mail chutes that still exist and stamp collectors can search for covers that were mailed and labeled as having passed through a Cutler Mail Chute.    The labeling/marking applied to mail  by post offices  are called Auxiliary Markings and are considered desirable collectibles by many.
SIZE:
Approx.  1 1/4" cello
"A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS"
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MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL...
He Leadeth Me
In pastures green?
Not always; sometimes He
who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me
In many ways where heavy shadows be.
Out of the sunshine warm and soft and bright...
Out of the sunshine into the darkest night,
I oft would faint with sorrow and affright,
Only for this...I know He holds my hand;
so whether in the green or desert land
I trust although I may not understand.
And by still waters?
No, not always so;
Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow,
And o'er my soul the waters and billows go.
But when the storms beat loudest and I cry
aloud for help, the Master standeth by
And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I."
Above the tempest wild I hear Him say,
Beyond this darkness lies a perfect day.
In every path of thine I lead the way.
So whether on the hilltops high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where
The shadows lie...what matters?  He is there.
And more than this, where'er the pathway lead
He gives to me no helpless broken reed,
But His own hand, sufficient for my need.
So where He leads me, I can safely go,
And in the blest hereafter I shall know
Why in His wisdom, He hath led me so.
Author Unknown
"BE NOT OVERCOME BY EVIL BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD"  Romans 12:21