1901 Report Indicated that The Flynn Syndicate Planned to Buy the Pelham Bay Park & City Island Railroad Horse Car Line
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Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog continues recent efforts to document research regarding the horse car line that once ran from Bartow Station to the end of City Island when the area was part of the Town of Pelham. Other examples of such research postings include:
Mon., March 1, 2010: Flynn Syndicate Buys the City Island Horse Car Line in 1907 to Incorporate It Into Electric Trolley Line.
Fri., February 26, 2010: 1913 Decision of Public Service Commission to Allow Reorganization of City Island Horse Railroad for Electrification.
Thu., February 25, 2010: Photograph of Patrick Byrnes and Article About His Retirement of the City Island Horse Car in 1914.
Wed., February 24, 2010: Attempted Suicide of City Island's Long-Time Horse Car Driver
Wed., February 3, 2010: Early Information Published in 1885 About the Organization of the "City Island Railroad", a Horse Railroad from Bartow Station to City Island
Tue., February 2, 2010: Information About the Pelham Park Railroad at its Outset
Fri., January 22, 2010: 1884 Account of Early Origins of Horse Railroad Between Bartow Station and City Island
Tue., September 1, 2009: Pelham News on February 29, 1884 Including Talk of Constructing a New Horse Railroad from Bartow to City Island
Wed., December 2, 2009: Accident on Horse-Car of the Pelham Park Railroad Line in 1889
Thu., December 31, 2009: 1887 Election of the Board of Directors of The City Island and Pelham Park Horse Railroad Company
Mon., January 4, 2010: 1888 Local News Account Describes Altercation on the Horse Railroad Running from Bartow Station to City Island
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Labels: 1901, City Island, City Island and Pelham Horse Railroad, Henry DeWitt Carey, Horse Railroad, P.H. Flynn Syndicate, Pelham Bay and City Island Railroad, Trolleys