Ithaca Waybills Summer 1965

Many carloads for Agway were shipped from their Buffalo feed mill and warehouse complex. Agway was formed by merger in 1964, but their Buffalo plant would close in 1974. For more photos and a detailed description of this facility and operation, see https://www.loc.gov/item/ny1675/.

 

LV Ithaca inbound waybills Summer 1965

This is a collection of inbound waybills for the Lehigh Valley at Ithaca, NY covering most of the summer of 1965. The following consignees are represented in the collection, receiving the listed commodities. While there is a large variety of customers, a few customers dominate, with Agway being the largest. Lumber and plywood to several different lumberyards was also prevalent. As always, if anyone has additional information or photos to share, it is much appreciated.

Consignees

Agway
Bulk A&P feed, corn, dehydrated sugarcane pith, fencing material, peat moss, poultry grit, soybean oil meal, spent grain mash, wheat bran

Building Material Wholesalers
plywood

Cayuga Cement (located at Portland Point, NY)
cement

Cayuga Lumber
lumber, insulation

Champaign Coal & Stoker
anthracite coal

Cornell University
steel joists (TOFC), prefab building (TOFC)

Eighty Nine Lumber and Supply
lumber, hardwood flooring

Harbeck Paper 212 Center
paper towels & napkins

Hires Turner Glass
glazing glass (TOFC)

Ithaca Fuel Supply
anthracite coal

Ithaca Gun
walnut gunstock material

Ithaca Journal News
newsprint

Ithaca Plumbing Supply 703 W. Buffalo
pipe

Johnson Boat Yard
speedboat

Kayot Sales
houseboats

L. Grossman & Sons
lumber, plywood, roofing paper & shingles

Miller Sons Paper Co. Esty St. & Allen St.
paper towels

Morse Chain
band steel (TOFC)

National Cash Register 616 S. Aurora
printer paper, sales tickets

Plez Lewis & Sons
steel roofing & joists (TOFC)

Robinson & Carpenter
cement, plywood, brick

Shulmans
120 W State: refrigerators washers and dryers
405 3rd st: furniture

Traylor Brothers
construction equipment

Wallace Steel
structural steel for remelting, motor blocks & broken auto castings for remelting, steel beams and roofing (TOFC)

Wilcox Press
printing paper

Yengo Distributing 700 W Buffalo
Carling & Schlitz beer

Yuga Portland Cement
paper bags

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