Trolley Franchises: The New-York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company Applies for a Franchise in North Pelham in 1900

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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, momentum grew to provide trolley car service throughout the region as an important means of mass transit. Various companies vied for the right to operate trolley cars on the streets of the three villages that comprised the Town of Pelham. Below is the text of an article that described the efforts of the New-York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company to operate a trolley line in North Pelham.

"SEEKS TO ENTER NORTH PELHAM.

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NEW-YORK, WESTCHESTER AND CONNECTICUT TRACTION COMPANY APPLIES FOR FRANCHISES.

It was learned yesterday that the New-York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company desires to enter North Pelham and is asking for a franchise which would parallel lines of its rival, the Union, or 'Huckleberry,' Railway. In some streets the traction company asks to run on the Union company's tracks for distances of less than 1,100 feet, as permitted by the railroad laws. The real object, it is believed, is to connect the Chester Hill line, in Mount Vernon, with North-st., New-Rochelle, in which the company has a franchise.

The application will be considered by the Village Trustees on February 5, at 8 p.m., in the Town Hall of Pelham. There are only about ten streets in the village that are not in the possession of the 'Huckleberry' company, and the traction company asks for nearly every one of them."

Source: Seeks to Enter North Pelham, New-York Tribune, Jan. 14, 1900, p. 12, col. 2.

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