Chautauqua Traction
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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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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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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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Chautauqua Traction Crash
This crash occurred the day before the line between Lakeville and Mayville was officially opened. In a collision between two trolley cars of the Chautauqua Traction company near Point Victoria yesterday, Conductor Fred Sellstrom and Motorman John Smedberg were badly bruised and the fronts of the care smashed to kindling wood. Source: The Olean [NY]…
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Mayville and Jamestown Are Now Connected
Completion of Chautauqua Traction Company’s New Line Matter of Much Rejoicing MAYVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 31 –The Chautauqua Traction Company‘s new line between Mayville and Jamestown will be opened tomorrow. In commemoration of the event, so long desired by this village, and so eagerly welcomed, a theater party leaves here tomorrow night at 6 o’clock, returning…
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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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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…
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Last Spike Driven on Chautauqua Traction
The last spike was driven in the Chautauqua Traction line Saturday and a car passed over the entire route to Chautauqua during the day. Regular passenger service opens on July 1. Source: The Buffalo [NY] News, 27 June 1904, p. 16, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Brill Semi-Convertable Cars at Lake Chautauqua
The Chautauqua Traction Company, operating between Jamestown and Stow, around the western shore of Lake Chautauqua, has lately placed in commission several fine semi-convertible cars built by the J. G. Brill Company. Between Jamestown and Stow are the towns of Celoran, Lakewood, Ashville, Mayville, Chautauqua and Victoria. The large number of visitors to this popular…