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Changes at J., C. & L. E.
– J. D. Griffin, assistant to George Bullock, of New York, the receiver for the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie railroad, has made some sweeping changes among the officials and other employes of the road in Jamestown, and by this and other means hopes to be able to effect a saving of something like $600…
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Motor Cars
They Will Be Used on the J., C. & L. E. Road This Summer–A McKeen Car Purchased and the Viele Car Will be Tried Out. From a statement made by J. D. Griffin, assistant to Receiver Bullock, of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad, this morning, it is assured that motor ears have been…
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Arcade, NY Railroad Facilities, 1912
The following description of the railroads is from a 1912 book on the history of Arcade, NY. In the early part of the year 1852 stock was subscribed along a proposed route by which the villages of Arcade and Attica were to be connected by rail. The roadbeds, culverts, etc., were completed in 1853 and…
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Receiver Appointed
JAMESTOWN, NOV 16 – (Special). The news that a receiver had been appointed for the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway and Chautauqua Steamboat Company was received with interest in Jamestown, and there seems to be a decided belief among business men that this step will open the way for the full development of the…
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Wellsville’s New Station
A new artistic and very cozy station has been erected at Wellsville, on the Allegheny Division, and, while proving how well the Erie is progressing in the general betterment, the benefit will be gained by Wellsville itself, as a result of the attractive structure, can easily be imagined. Because the town is going to the…
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Cloudbursts on Southern Tier
Traffic on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railway in standstill. The Erie, between Buffalo and Jamestown, is also tied up by floods and washouts. In Salamanca the Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Company, which runs the trolley system in Salamanca and Olean, is badly crippled. A washout four miles East of Salamanca will prevent…
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Complaint Against Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Company
The Public Service Commission of the Second District of New York has received a complaint from residents of Bolivar, Allegany County, protesting against the equipment, track and service of the Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Company, Olean, N. Y., in Bolivar. It is stated that the track is unsafe; that the schedule calls for…
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Passing of the Silver Lake Road
An article from the October 13, 1910 issue of the Wyoming County Times newspaper about the October 1, 1910 sale of the Silver Lake Railway to the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. Passing of the Silver Lake Road Saturday, October 1st, the Silver Lake Railway Company passed into history when the property was taken possession…
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Moon’s Station
Between Sinclairville and Frewsburg the train went right past a station called Moon. The station and a couple of farm houses were all there was to be seen but it was right there that E. C. Moon, general manager of the Lake Shore Railroad, originated, and he worked as telegraph operator in that same building.…
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Jamestown Fire; Damage $5000
JAMESTOWN, June 24- (Special). – Fire broke out in the roundhouse of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway yesterday and the damage amounted to between $3000 and $5000, which is covered by insurance. The fire started around the stack of the shops, which adjoin the roundhouse. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 24 June 1910,…