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Buffalo & Susquehanna Sold
CORNING, N.Y., Dec. 5 – The Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad was sold under foreclosure at Coudersport, Penn., to-day for $5,000,000. The purchase was made by a protective committee representing the first refunding 4 per cent. bonds. Alvin W. Krich, President of the Equitable Trust Company of New York, is chairman of the committee. Source: New…
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J. C. & L. E. Now Owned by Broadheads.
Jamestown, Nov. 7. At midnight the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway became the property of S. B. and A. N. Broadhead of this city, who previous to the sale of the road by Thomas P. Heffernan, as referee, at Mayville on October 7th, had contracted to pay $457,500 for the road. On the day…
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Station Removed
A September 4, 1913 article about the removal of the station building at Chace’s, NY on the former Silver Lake Railway, which became part of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway on October 1, 1910.
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Electrification of the Junction Line Complete
Improvement Brings the City Another Tremendous Stride To Its Ultimate Position as the Supreme Electric City of the World. A milestone in the progress of Niagara Falls towards its ultimate goal of supremacy as the all-electric city of the world was reached and passed this week, when the Niagara Junction Railway turned over from steam…
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Searching for Mucal’s Relatives
Coroner Snow has asked tho assistance of the chief of police of Port Jervis in finding the relatives of Michael Mural, the man who was found in a dying condition on the Central railroad west of Dellwood station Saturday morning and who expired Sunday morning at the Batavia hospital. The body is still at the…
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Engine Sparks Set Fire and Destroy Station
Sparks from a locomotive set fire to a passenger station owned by the Pennsylvania railroad at Indian Church road and the city line shortly after 1:45 o’clock this morning. The station was destroyed and the damage is estimated at $500. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 22 April 1913, p. 1, Fulton History.
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Settlement Not In Sight
A May 1913 article about the strike against the Chautauqua Traction company and Jamestown Street Railway company. This is too long of an article for me to retype and the scan is poor enough that the OCR software doesn’t do a good job so I won’t include the text of the article. Sorry! Source: Buffalo…
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Raise Tracks
J. C. & L. E. Railway to Make Many Improvements to Avoid the High Water. With the near approach of spring the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway has commenced extensive operations with a view to raising the tracks between Jamestown and Clifton above high water mark. It will be remembered that during the recent…
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Landslide
J. C. & L. E. Train Had Close Call to Serious Wreck at this Place Saturday Afternoon. Train 4 on the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie railroad, which left Jamestown at 1:25 p.m. Saturday had a narrow escape from being badly wrecked at this place, between the Main street and Lake Shore depots. Only for…
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New Trolley Line Now Seems Assured
Below is are two articles from the same date about a new trolley line from Hamburg to Falconer, NY. The line was never built. Believed That Work on Extension fromFalconer to Hamburg will be Commencedin Near Future – Right of WayNegotiations On. Falconer, Jan. 10 – During the past few days there has been much…