New-York tribune., 1901-06-03
TROLLEY ROAD EXPANSION
MANY NEW ELECTRIC LINES BEING
BUILT AND PROJECTED IN
THIS STATE.


Albany. June tspeciaD.-A rapid expansion CT
the trolley railroad system OF the State IN and into
rural neghborhoo.s 10 be in progress Almost
daily the State Railroad Commission or the Secre-
tary Of State receives notice of a plan TO buld
either a new electric railway Of the trolley type
from city into The open country, or an extension
of some railroad already enjoying rural patronage
Thus town is getting connected with town ana
mary OF the cities OF the State have greatly IN
creased their railroad communication with near
by communities.
II Is noticeable that many Of the new trolley
roads either parallel or almost parallel the steam
railroads OF the State. This is tendency tAa1 'he
managers Of the steam railroads DO not look upon
With favor hut apparently DO not yet kno" no"
10 check Not only is competition in the cafrYiuS
OF gassengers threatened 10y the trolley foads, ou'
they also carry considerable freight For the year
ena,n June 80 1850 the trolley roads carried l5SSiS
tons of freight an Increase over the year previous
Of 24.203
Still greater competition with the steam railroads
is threatened. Al present the State RAILROAD CON-
mission has under consideration application from
she Buffalo Niagara Falls and Rochester Railway
COMPANY a trolley railroad corporation. for per
mission 40 build a road from Buffalo TO Niagara
Falls. and thence eastward TO Rochester. This
trolley road. Il II is built. Will be 100 miles long
II will parallel the NeW-To Central and the Erie
Railway from Buffalo 10 Niagara Falls and then
run midway between two branches OF the New
York Central, the Rome WATERFOWL and Ogdens-
burg and the Rochester and Niagara Falls division
of the Csntraj The lawyers of the New-York
Central have opposed the granting Of the fran
chise on the ground that further railway ac-
eommodaton Is needed in that territory. Upon
the other hand. the application is pushed with the
argument that the farmers could a large
amount OF money 10y having chance 10 send their
produce market in the cars OF the trolley COM
pany The trolley company has painted TO the
farmers an alluring picture OF spur at about
every farm and upon II standing special for the
carriage OF the products Of that farm 10 market.
Il is also interesting that this trolley road
viii not touch any large place between Rochester
and Lockport, but will upon the Ridge Road
through a farming land for hfty-three miles
THINK 1T WOULD BENEFIT ROCHESTER.
One interesting feature OF the controversy over
the Rochester and Buffalo proposed trolley road
is that the managers OF the Rochester Street Rail-
way Company apparently think II Will be TO their
advantage have the road built reasoning that
Farmers and their wives would come 10 Rochester
~ such a road built and buy goods OF its mer-
chants. and while in Rochester would naturally
use the streetcars OF the Rochester company The
international Traction Company which controls
trolley line from Buffalo 10 Niagara Fails. has
opposed the granting of the application of the
Buffalo. Niagara Falls and Rochester Railway
arguing that it would be exposed TO competition
and that Il supplies all the trolley accommoda ton
needed for that section. The international Trac-
uon Company also runs cars 10 Lockport, and pro-
from that point 10 Buffalo.
1t is possible that the application Of the Buffalo
Niagara Falls and Rochester Railway Company
may not be granted, but from the point Of view of
the steam railroads this action OF the State Rail-
road Commission would the peril Of
competition, for TO all appearances any existing,
trolley railroad in the vicinity OF Rochester and
Buffalo could make extension which would
unite these cities. Only a few months ago Judge
Hiscock, OF the Supreme Court, ruled In the case
TD-1,-
road against the Syracuse, Lakeside and Baldwins-
willie Railroad Company which wished TO extend
lis road six miles from Lakeside 10 BaldWinsville
that certificate OF public convenience and neces-
sity under Section SO OF the Railroad Law is not
requisite where street surface railroad is about
10 make only bona fde extension OF its route.
The judge in his opinion said:
The language Of the statute providing for the
construction OF extensions" 10y a street surface
railroad and in effect eXempting them from the
regurements OF certificate OF public necessity is
bIoaG H. alG mas peen given liberal construction
celVed OF where corporation in bad faith might
attempt 10 eNade the provisions Of the statute by
tcdsLucuhg rallroad under The guise Of a
DrahcR or extension The papers before me. how
ever IAN 10 establish that condition IN this case
and i see no adequate cause for treating the con :
tsoruelon now being made as other than an -ex-
The Syracuse, Lakeside and Badwfnsville did
not come 10 the State Railroad Commission for rr
mission 10 extend its line from Lakeside to Bald
|insville it merely fled notice with the Score
tafy OF state that il intended 10 make this eyten-
sion The Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Railway Company. which runs 10 RaldwtnsviIla
from syracuse. was unable, in consequence Of
Judge Hlscock's decision TO prevent the extension
0t The trolley road planned. Any existing trolIez,
road il is argued, by successive extensions there
lore could extend itself over the State
SOME EXTENSIONS PLANNED
some existing trolley roads do plan large exten-
siohs- Thus the trolley road which runs from
SeneFa TO Waterloo, Seneca Falls and Cavupa
connecting those places. now has designs II 90
salu' 10 extend its tracks TO Canare3ierla and
tlehoe 10 Rochester, distance OF forty miles The
directors Of the Fonda. Johnstown and GloyersiIIa
tfil.ICaa company have just voted TO extend t,s
1910 toau connecting Fonda Johrstovn s-91
s. 80 cis4lie 10 Amsterdam. The Ansfer,la-n
,,-.t I'aIglWdE Cor pany now has a line running
H. - ~ ~ IldsGihah II Is presumed that troeX2
,,1r- va" 10 Is run westward from Hagaman to Johns
ne trolley roads OF JOhnsrovn Fonda
NioNstsfllle ana Amsterdam. in confuDrtfor, nil,
..'e NtN-i olk central between Fonda and Arn
lam VIII thcn nave belt line which ce
- Aen 70 be of great use 70 the people of that
The Amsterdam Street RaflU,a., C-o,,,a,,,, IT. =.
va announced a few days ago. intends 10 evte,S
i-ue 10 ocheectadE. and SURVEYS for tho l,,a
VIZ soon oe made. The construction of a troiia,,
lallMag lihe between Schenectady and All,ar.,
iioN ~ progress With the completion Of an ~
mentioned, therefore, resident of AlbaDv will
i itno !. pTacucable 10 go by trolley car from al
baAy 10 JohnstOwn and Csloyarsyflle -0-' AZ
The residents Of ALBANY are ncZr at,a .t-o =. -