Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . m until 1875, when he becamehead of the successor partnership of Bartlett Bros From that time to the presentMr. Bartlett has been the active, controlling manager of the business, and much ofits success during the past twentj^-five years has been the result of his personal at-tention. He is one of the trustees of the Chenango Valley Savings Bank, a directorof the First National Bank and of the Binghamton Beet Sugar Company. Mr. Bart-lett is a member of the park commission of the city, and president of the board. OnOctober 23, 1882, Arthur S.
Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . m until 1875, when he becamehead of the successor partnership of Bartlett Bros From that time to the presentMr. Bartlett has been the active, controlling manager of the business, and much ofits success during the past twentj^-five years has been the result of his personal at-tention. He is one of the trustees of the Chenango Valley Savings Bank, a directorof the First National Bank and of the Binghamton Beet Sugar Company. Mr. Bart-lett is a member of the park commission of the city, and president of the board. OnOctober 23, 1882, Arthur S. Bartlett married Kate Mapledoram of Monticello, N. Y. Bartlett, James H., second son of Robert S. Bartlett, was born February 15, 1841,and has always lived in Binghamton. He went to school in the old Seymour build-ing at the corner of Washington and Hawley streets, and also attended the Bing-hamton Academy and the Susquehanna Seminary. After leaving school he workedfor a time as clerk in a hat store, but in 1857 he was employed in the village post-. JAMES H. BARTLETT FACTORS IN BINGHAMTON HISTORY. 829 office under Postmaster Virgil Whitney; and from that time to 1894. with very briefintervals, he was continuously in the office in the capacity of clerk, deputy or assist-ant postmaster. In 1898 he was reappointed deputy postmaster, which position henow holds. During the incumbency of Edward B. Stephens, Mr. Bartlett was firstappointed deputy postmaster, and was continued in that capacity under Col. Dunn,and was reappointed under Mr. Roberts. As a matter of fact, especially during theearly portion of this service, the deputy really performed the duties of postmaster,as well as his own, and the responsibilities of both positions fell upon him. Thislong period of faithful service might and should have been better rewarded, and atleast one term as postmaster should have been its compensation; but in the dispen-sation of political favors in this city, as elsewhere, meritorious service
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