Mayville, NY
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Dolly Varden Passenger Train Makes Its Last Trip
The Dolly Varden passenger train making its last trip from Dunkirk to Titusville carried about 100 people. Hundreds of stations were filled with people to see the train go by. Claude Timmons, Conductor punches his last ticket. Dunkirk, 13 June 1937. Claude Timmons has punched his last passenger ticket as Conductor on the DAV&P Railroad.…
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Ashville-Mayville Trolley Line Closed
Is authorized by Public Service Commission to Abandon 13-mile stretch. The Chautauqua Traction company was authorized Friday by the public service commission to abandon a thirteen-mile stretch of its route between Ashville and Mayville. Commissioner Pooley, who wrote the opinion, points out that while the route is a public convenience, it has sustained substantial losses…
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New Lights for Lake
Decorative Standards to Be Placed in Front of New Pennsylvania Station. Decorative lighting standards will be placed on Water street in front of the new Pennsylvania station and the group of hotels at the lake, according to a decision of the village board at the regular meeting last Monday evening. Four or five light units…
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Mayville Main Section May Lose Car Service
MAYVILLE , Dec 10 – George E. Maltby, general manager of the J. W. & N. W. and Chautauqua Traction lines, has been in Mayville during the last few days and held conferences with officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In connection with the hearing before the Public Service commission, A. N. Broadhead, president of the…
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Mayville and Jamestown Are Now Connected
Completion of Chautauqua Traction Company’s New Line Matter of Much Rejoicing MAYVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 31 –The Chautauqua Traction Company‘s new line between Mayville and Jamestown will be opened tomorrow. In commemoration of the event, so long desired by this village, and so eagerly welcomed, a theater party leaves here tomorrow night at 6 o’clock, returning…
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Construction of the Chautauqua Traction Company
Three gangs of men are now at work in the construction of the street railway lines of the Chautauqua Traction company, between Lakewood and Mayville, and two other gangs will be employed before the end of the week, the work to be progressed as speedily as possible from at least five different points along the…
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Trolley News
Last Saturday there was a spirited contest before the village trustees in Mayville and the Commissioner of Highways of the town of Chautauqua respecting the franchise for building and operating of a trolley road between the Court house and Chautauqua Assembly grounds, between the Chautauqua Traction Co., represented by Judge J. B. Fisher and the…
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1886 Inspection Report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
Below is an inspection report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad from the 1886/1887 Annual Report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners, Volume 1. It details the results of an inspection of the railroad in October 1886. Note: The report refers to it as the “Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway” but…
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1883 Inspection Report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
The 1883/1884 report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners included the following report of the inspection of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. BUFFALO, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD. The Buffalo division is a single track line, extending from the city of Buffalo to Olean, and south to the Pennsylvania State line, a…
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Sale of the Cross-Cut Road
An April 20, 1878 article indicating that the cross-cut division of the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad was sold and would continue to be operated as normal until further notice. The Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad was sold at foreclosure on December 7, 1872 and the New York portion was reorganized on April 28, 1873…