Stow, NY
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Sub-Station Burns
The sub-station of the Chautauqua Traction Company at Stow was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. A high tension wire rubbing against the roof of the structure started the blaze, which resulted in a loss of about $40,000. Traffic on the trolley lines between Jamestown and Westfield was seriously impaired by the fire. Source: The Fredonia…
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Accident Near Sportsman’s Club
A serious accident in which three people were injured occurred on the Chautauqua traction line last Thursday afternoon. Two heavy traction cars collided head on in the vicinity of the Sportsman’s Club between Victoria and Stow with the result that one of the cars was badly damaged and three persons injured. The injured were: Fred…
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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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Chautauqua Traction Block System
The Chautauqua Traction Company is instituting the block system of running cars on the line for the safety of the public, as well as of the car equipment. There are 16 switches between Jamestown and Westfield, and at each switch is a telephone station. The block signals are located at each of these switches and…
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Trolleys in a Crash
Rear End Collision Near Stow, Pa. Causes Injury to Five Corry. Pa,. Oct. 21.—A rear-end collision took place on the Chautauqua Traction Company’s line near Stow last night and five people were injured. They are W. R. Webber, motorman, Edward F. Stone of Buffalo, Mrs. Jessie Diamond of Jamestown, J. F. Hughes of Pittsburg, Fred…
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Effects of Storm in Jamestown Area
Information is to the effect that the storm with severe lightning swept over the Lake Chautauqua district. Streams rose at an alarming rate and many country bridges were swept away. There was a washout on the Chautauqua Lake railway near Bemus Point, and the road bed of the Chautauqua Traction Company was badly damaged at…