Westfield, NY
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Chautauqua Traction Line Was Active Means Of Transportation In Early 1900’s
An article from a railroad historian about the Chautauqua Traction company and railroading around Westfield and Mayville, NY. He uses a lot of acronyms, including “C. T.” – Chautauqua Traction Company, “J. W.” – the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad, and “B. & L. E.” – the Buffalo and Lake Erie traction company. WESTFIELD –…
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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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Nickel Plate Customers in Westfield, NY – 1913
A 1913-1914 Nickel Plate Road Shippers’ Guide listed the following customers in Westfield: Note 1: Private Siding on line N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R. Note 2: Private Siding on line of some other road, but which can be reached by switching from N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R.
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New J., C. & L. E. Timetable
One Additional Train Daily in Each Direction is Provided for in the Summer Schedule. The new timetable on the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie railway went into effect last Monday, with one additional train daily in each direction. Trains leave Jamestown now at 8:10 and 10:40 a. m., and 1:25, 4:25 and 5:45 p. m…
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New Timetable Effective
Source: Westfield [NY] Republican, 23 September 1908, p. 4, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Collision Was Unavoidable
General Manager George E. Maltby, of the Chautauqua Traction Company has completed his investigations of the causes that led to the wreck on the traction live near Westfield last week and he authorizes the statement that the accident was not the fault of the street railway employes. “There were 40 spots on the surface of…
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Resort at Hog’s Back
A dispatch from Mayville says:“It was stated on good authority here recently that the Chautauqua Traction route to Westfield will be over the Portage Road most of the way from Westfield. This will reach the Hog’s Back which may be made an excursion point and also be the shortest as well as the most thickly…
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Railroads Have No End of Trouble With Heavy Snow
Western New York is known as the Snow Belt and this article describes the impact of a January 1904 storm on the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad, the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway, New York Central Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, and different electric trolley lines. Source: Buffalo[NY] Evening News, 3 O’Clock Edition, p. 1,…
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Jamestown Road’s Good Connection
D. J. Bill. General passenger agent of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad, says that, beginning on May 1st. a new branch of that road will be opened as far as Westfield. This will give the road a direct connection with the Lake Shore and the Nickel Plate railroads, and it is the purpose…
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Cross-Cut Railroad Shut Down
Westfield Items. On account of the Cross-cut railroad being closed, it has increased the business in this little sleeping city wonderfully. A stage line has been formed from this place to Mayville, and they have all they can do to accommodate the traveling public carrying from fifty to one hundred and fifty passengers every day.…