Cold settles into the Chemung bottomland overnight and sits there, so three in the morning in Elmira is the stillest, sharpest hour going. C And D Contracting is awake in it, blade down, working driveways and lots while the snow is still loose and easy to move. Walks get shoveled and treated; banks get pushed back far enough that the next storm has somewhere to go. By the time headlights start climbing Southport's hills, the day is already passable. Quiet, unglamorous, and the reason a morning goes right.