New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
NEW TROLLEY LINES.
REMARKABLE INCREASE OF ROADS IN
THIS STATE - THE PORT
CHESTER LINE.

| Albany Julv q (specIaD-The State Railroad
| Commissioners. Ashley w. Cole George w Dunn
| and Frank NJ. Baker. have thus far been so busy
as to be unable to take any vacation, and there
seems little prospect OF their obtaining many hours
! of rest this summer. Occupied constantly. and
| chiefly in the hearing OF testimony regarding the
| public necessity of the construction or electric
trolley railroads. they gain time for recrea-
| ton Their absorption in this work is a striking
testimonial TO the astonishing development of troll
lev railroad transportation In progress In this
State Old trolley roads being extended and
| new ones planned in process of construction.
Every part of the State Is experiencing this
trolley development. The trolley roads are creep
ing up the valley of the Hudson River toward
| Albany and already there is electric road from
| Albany 10 Hudson toward New-York. Between
Albany and Pttsneld Mass. there viii soon be
trolley line. and in Massachusetts they say that
pittsneId will be connected with Boston by trolley.
| Albany Is already connected with Lake George by
trolley, and westward Of Albany the trolley hneS
| are creeping in fast between IT and Bunaio ana
| toward Cleveland. The Albany and Sche-
| nectadv trolley line is nearly completed The
| Schenectady and Amsterdam lines will soon be
connected by lines of rails now being laid fonda
and Amsterdam also to be connected by trolley,
and the engineer and the track layer are at work
| between the places. Utica. with its suburban
| roads within few months il is said. will have
| trolley line extending far eastward as Little
| Falls Then line goes northwestward from Utica
as far as Oriskany and VIII soon reach Rome. An
|
| and Syracuse. Then comes a gap between Syra-
| cuse and Rochester. but only two days ago there
were filed here the articles OF incorporation Of the
| Monroe County Electric Belt Line Company. which
intends TO build electric line from Rochester 10
| Fairport ten miles on the road to Syracuse
The big gap IN trolley line construction between
| Rochester and Buffalo Is be filled at once the
| Railroad Commissioners having in the last week
| granted consent 10 the construction OF the Buffalo.
| Niagara Falls and Rochester Electric Railway
! Company which Will build trolley line 12o miles
| long running along the Ridge Road and connecting
| Rochester. Lockport Niagara Falls and Buffalo,
| Then beyond Buffalo there two lines to Ham
burg and reported that OF these lines Will
| be extended TO Angola and Silver Creek. while the
| Dunkirk line may be extended toward Buffalo.
| Dunkrk people have belief that the lines OF
| Cleveland now extending eastward. may
| ally reach their city.
INCREASE IN CAPITAL
The enormous development of the trolley and
other street surface roads in the last years is
! strikngly shown in their reports TO the Railroad
| Commission. The table below indicates expansion
In their capital stock and funded debt in that
| period:
Capital l........ $40 .353 40 s1s28lO
Funded debt 3lS09 ia 81 1924 I3S OS
Totals .............. s7llI3Oes so s3755s5 100 9s
This shows an increase of s3Oi. .472 Os2 &C in the
! trolley and other street railway companies The
capital stock and funded debt Of the steam surface
railroads in that period s377 2G &C.