E. and W. branches. Pop. (1890) 8590; (1900) 9014, of
whom 682 were foreign born; (1905) 11,272;(1910) 11,504. It is served by
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and the Lehigh Valley railways. The
Franklin Hatch library and a state normal and training school (opened in
1869) are in Cortland. The city has important manufactories of wire, and
wire-cloth and netting (one of the largest in America), cabs, carriages
and waggons, iron and steel, wall-paper, dairy supplies, corundum
wheels, and clothing. The value of the city's factory products increased
from $3,063,828 in 1900 to $4,574,191 in 1905 or 49.3%. The town of
Cortlandville, which formed a part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase,
was first settled in 1792, and until 1829 was a part of the town of
Homer; from which in the latter year it was separated, and made the
county-seat. In 1900 the village of Cortland in the town of
Cortlandville was chartered as a city.

See H. C. Goodwin, _Cortland County and the Border Wars of New York_
(New York, 1859).

CORTONA, a town and episcopal see of Italy, in the province of Arezzo,
18 m. S. by E. from the town of Arezzo by rail. The ancient and modern
names are identical. Pop. (1901) of town, 3579; commune, 29,296. The
highest point of Cortona, a medieval castle (Fortezza), is situated 2130
ft. above sea-level on a hill commanding a splendid view, and is
approached by a winding road. It is surrounded by its ancient Etruscan
walls, which for the greater part of the circuit are fairly well
preserved. They are constructed of parallelepipedal blocks of limestone,
finely jointed (though the jointing has often been spoilt by
weathering), and arranged in regular courses which vary in size in
different parts of the enceinte. Near the N.W. angle some of the blocks
are 7 to 8-1/2 ft. long and 2-1/2 ft. high, while on the W. side they
are a good deal smaller--sometimes only 1 ft. high (see F. Noack in
_Romische Mitteilungen_, 1897, 184). Within the town are two
subterranean vaulted buildings in good masonry, of uncertain nature,
some other remains under modern buildings, and a concrete ruin known as
the "Bagni di Bacco." The museum of the Accademia Etrusca, a learned
body founded by Ridolfino Venuti in 1726, is situated in the Palazzo
Pretorio; it contains some Etruscan objects, among which may be
specially noted a magnificent bronze lamp with 16 lights, of remarkably
fine workmanship, found in 1740, at the foot of the hill, two