Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railroad
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Motor Cars
They Will Be Used on the J., C. & L. E. Road This Summer–A McKeen Car Purchased and the Viele Car Will be Tried Out. From a statement made by J. D. Griffin, assistant to Receiver Bullock, of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad, this morning, it is assured that motor ears have been…
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Receiver Appointed
JAMESTOWN, NOV 16 – (Special). The news that a receiver had been appointed for the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway and Chautauqua Steamboat Company was received with interest in Jamestown, and there seems to be a decided belief among business men that this step will open the way for the full development of the…
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Jamestown Fire; Damage $5000
JAMESTOWN, June 24- (Special). – Fire broke out in the roundhouse of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway yesterday and the damage amounted to between $3000 and $5000, which is covered by insurance. The fire started around the stack of the shops, which adjoin the roundhouse. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 24 June 1910,…
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Electrify J. C.
Note that this article repeatedly refers to the “Buffalo, Lake Erie & Western” traction line. No such railroad existed and the railroad referred to as the “Buffalo, Lake Erie & Western” was actually the Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company. Work Commenced on Electrifying the J., C. & L. E. Railroad —New Station in Brooklyn…
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No Trains On This Road Since Last Wednesday
JAMESTOWN, Feb, ‘ 15.-(Special),- The Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway is still blocked by the heavy snow that has packed into the cuts between Mayville and Westfield in the region known as the “gulf.” An additional locomotive was sent over from the Brooks Locomotive Works at Dunkirk to help buck the snowdrifts. but broke…
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A New Manager
M. Brush Succeeds H. A Macbeth on the J, C. & L. E. Road. H. A. Macbeth, whose unflagging zeal and energy developed the Chautauqua Steamboat company and Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad company to the highest point of efficiency, has resigned the position of general agent and his place is taken by G.…
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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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1904 NYS Report on the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway
Below is the report of Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway to the New York State Railroad Commissioners for the period ending on June 30, 1904. During the year the company made improvements to the railroad, including widening cuts on the section between Mayville and Westfield, and purchasing a new snowplow, caboose, and spending $4,045.31 on a…
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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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1904 Poor’s Report: JC&LE
An excerpt from the 1904 edition of the Poor’s Manual of Railroads on the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway, and the Jamestown and Chautauqua Railway, which it owned. Source: Poor’s Railroad Manual, 1904. Found on Google Books.