Lewiston, NY
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Okay Abandoning of Youngstown, Lewiston Railway
The Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway today had permission of the Interstate Commerce commission to abandon its six-mile line between Youngstown and Lewiston. An Associated Press dispatch from Washington said the ICC authorized the move yesterday. Wilbur H. Shumaker, president of the Youngstown Cold Storage company, owner of the line, said today that final permission…
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Changing of Routes in Lewiston
This (not very readable) public notice describes proposed changes to the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway route in Lewiston, NY. The railroad proposed to lay its tracks on Oneida Street from Fifth to Eighth Street and to abandon the existing track on Onondaga Street between Fifth and Eighth Streets. Source: Niagara Falls [NY] Gazette, 22…
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1900 Report on the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
This report from the describes the layout and operation of the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway. Source: Eighteenth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of New York State for the Year 1900. Found on Google Books.
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Another Frontier Railroad
The New Electric Line From Lewiston to Youngstown Formally Opened to the Public The Lewiston, Youngstown & Frontier Railroad, extending from Lewiston to Youngstown, was formally opened to the public yesteriday afternoon, The road, though operated by a different company, is really a continuation of the Niagara-Lewiston road, better known an the Gorge route, which…
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Cars Will Be Running August 1st
The Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway Company contemplate operating trolley cars on that portion of their road running through the village of Lewiston on Wednesday next. R. B. Goodman, formerly associated with Chief Engineer George A. Ricker of the Gorge road as assistant engineer, has been appointed superintendent of the new road, and assumed the…
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Progress on the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
A force of about 75 men began work on the Lewiston and Youngstown railroad Monday last near the New York Central freight depot at Lewiston. The Youngstown Frontier Railway Company has purchased the “Beals Grove” on the bank of Lake Ontario from Pierce and Philipot for $11,000. This will probably be the northern terminus of…
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Model City Railroad
Model City-The route for the new Model City railroad begins at Ontario Boulevard and runs westerly through the alley between Broadway and Niagara Ave. one and one half miles, thence southerly for a half a mile, striking a point near the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad, which it will follow until the Lewiston village line…
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Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway Hearing
Announcement in an April 9, 1893 newspaper of a public hearing on the route of the proposed Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway. This announcement details the route within Lewiston and Youngstown and the rural area between the two towns. Source: The Daily Cataract, Niagara Falls, NY, 9 April 1896, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway Application
A notice in a December 10, 1895 newspaper about a public hearing by the Lewiston, NY Board of Trustees to consider the application of the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway to operate over the streets of the village. It is interesting that the routes described in this notice do not match the routes shown on…
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Lewiston v. the R. W. & O. Railroad – 1887
This section of the Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1888, Volume 1, describes the complaint of the town and village of Lewiston against the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. The argument was that the town and village had issued…