1909 Public Notice Regarding the Pelham Manor Trolley Line that Inspired the Toonerville Trolley of the Toonerville Folks Comic Strip

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Below is an image of a public notice published in the July 19, 1909 issue of The Sun.  The notice indicates that the Westchester Electric Railroad Company made application to the Board of Trustees of the Village of Pelham Manor "to build, construct, maintain and operate a street surface railroad through, upon and along" specified roads in the Village.  Based on the specified roads, the notice relates to the Pelham Manor Trolley Line that inspired Fontaine Fox to create the Toonerville Trolley that appeared in his famed "Toonerville Folks" comic strip for nearly a half century.  Beneath the image is a transcription of the text of the notice, followed by a citation to its source.

"PUBLIC NOTICES.
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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Westchester Electric Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of New York, for the purpose of building, constructing, maintaining and operating a street surface railroad in the village of Pelham Manor, Westchester county, New York, has made application to the Board of Trustees of said village to build, construct, maintain and operate a street surface railroad through, upon and along the following avenues, streets, roads and highways in the village of Pelham Manor, New York, namely:

First--From the junction of Pelhamdale avenue and the Old Boston Post Road southerly through and along Pelhamdale avenue to the Boston Turnpike, thence easterly through and along the Boston Turnpike to the boundary line of the city of New Rochelle; and also from the junction of Pelhamdale avenue with the Boston Turnpike southerly, through and along Pelhamdale avenue, to the bridge of the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.

Second--From said bridge of the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, through and along Pelhamdale avenue to the Shore Road, and thence easterly, through and along the Shore Road, and thence easterly, through and along the Shore Road to the boundary line of the city of New Rochelle.

Such application will be considered by said Board of Trustees on the 21st day of July, 1909, at 8 o'clock P.M., on that day, at the Village Hall in the Village of Pelham Manor, Westchester county, New York.

Dated, Pelham Manor, N.Y., June 26th, 1909.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
CHAS. H. POND,
President
HENRY N. BABCOCK,
Village Clerk."

Source:  Public Notices, The Sun, Jul. 19, 1909, p. 9, col. 2.

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