Ashville, NY
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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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Panama and Ashville R. R.
The construction of the first railroad in this state to be operated wholly by gasolene power is provided for in a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the up-state Public Service Commission to the Panama Traction Co., for a six mile line between Panama and Ashville, through a sparsely settled rural section of…
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Car Line to Panama Rocks
Work is progressing rapidly on the track-laying for the Ashville to Panama line of the Panama Traction Co. At the Ashville end of the proposed line, already nearly three miles of the grading is completed. Ties and track material are on hand, and actual laying of rails was started near Ashville. One bridge has been…
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New Timetable Effective
Source: Westfield [NY] Republican, 23 September 1908, p. 4, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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New Stations on Chautauqua Traction
The Chautauqua Traction Company is planning to build two new trolley stations this fall. They will be of brick and work on them will be commenced this week. One will be at Ashville and the other will be at Cheney’s Point. Room will be made in them for the string of baggage as well as…
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Erie and New York City Railroad
A November 1853 article about construction of the Erie and New York City Railroad near Ashville, a town west of Jamestown, NY. Source: Rochester [NY] Daily American, 5 November 1853, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Erie and New York City Railroad Deed Service
In April 1852 Mr. M. Norton offered to register deeds giving property to the Erie and New York City Railroad free of charge. Source: Jamestown [NY] Journal, 20 August 1852, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.