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OB&S Liquidation
When the property of the defunct Olean, Bradford and Salamanca Railway Company is struck off to the highest bidder at a referee’s sale in the Corporation Room in the First National Bank building on May 25, it will officially mark the passing of a street railway line which has existed in Olean for almost forty-eight…
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Ceres-Shinglehouse Line of O. B. & S. to be sold at Auction
Olean, Feb. 20. – The trolley line of the Olean, Bradford & Salamanca Railway company, between Shinglehouse, Pa, and the Ceres power house, will be sold at auction in the offices of Sheriff L. W. Bartin of McKean county, in Smethport, Pa., Monday afternoon, February 28, according to announcement from the local offices of the…
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Would Abandon Gorge Railroad in Youngstown
Albany, Nov. 20-The Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway Company has filed a petition with the public service commission asking for the approval of declaration of abandonment of portions of its electric street railway in the village of Youngstown, Niagara county, and adjoining towns. The portions of the line sought to be abandoned are from Fort…
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Abandonment of L&YFR in Youngstown
ALBANY, Nov. 20.-The Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway Co. filed a petition today with the public service commission asking for the approval of declaration of abandonment of portions of its electric street railway in the village of Youngstown, Niagara County, and adjoining towns. The portions of the line sought to be abandoned are from Third…
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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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1925 Poor’s Report on the Niagara Junction Railway
Below is the listing for the Niagara Junction Railway in the 1925 edition of the Poor’s Railroad Section. Source: Poor’s Railroad Section 1925, p. 229, Google Books.
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Sergeant on B., R. & P. Force Shoots Former Patrolman in Orchard Park Station
Orchard Park, Dec. 22 – Lawrence Joyce, a former Buffalo patrolman, was shot and killed early today by a railroad detective in the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad station here. The detective, Sergeant Thomas Camier, of Buffalo, reported that he surprised Joyce robbing the baggage room of the station and fired when Joyce drew a…
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O. B. & S. Gets Bus Franchise
A franchise permitting the O., B. & S. Bus Lines, Inc., subsidiary of the Olean, Bradford & Salamanca Railway, to operate its busses over the highways of the town of Salamanca, was granted by the town board at a meeting held Monday evening. Mr. Quigley represented the O., B. & S. Previous petitions of the…
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OB&S Application To Operate Busses in Olean
The Olean, Bradford and Salamanca railway has applied to the Olean city council for permission to operate motor busses over the principal streets of Olean. There will be a preliminary hearing on the application in September. Source: Salamanca [NY] Inquirer, 11 September 1925, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Lehigh Valley Ad – Niagara Falls & Buffalo, 06/09/1925
An advertisement of a new Lehigh Valley Railroad train operating in the summer of 1925 between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY. Source: The Niagara Gazette. Niagara Falls, NY. nyshistoricnewspapers.org