More on the So-Called "Horse Railroad" that Once Ran from Bartow Station to City Island

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Recently I have documented here a great deal of the research I have conducted on the City Island Horse Railroad that once ran from Bartow Station to the end of City Island.  Examples of such postings appear at the end of today's posting.  Today's posting

"Water Famine" in the Town of Pelham in 1886

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Local newspapers published in the 19th century provide and interesting and quaint view of the Town of Pelham as it developed slowly from a rural community to a New York City suburb.  One issue of The Chronicle published in Mount Vernon in 1886 makes clear how

Construction of the City Island Horse Railroad in 1887

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Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog continues the recent series of postings on the Horse Railroad that once ran from Bartow Station to City Island in the Town of Pelham.  Today's posting transcribes a local news column published in The Chronicle in 1887

Beginnings of Horse Railroad - News From Pelham and City Island Published in 1884

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Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog continues my unexpectedly-robust series of items on the Horse Railroad that once operated between Bartow Station and City Island in the Town of Pelham.  Below I have transcribed a column published in September 1884 in

1879 Advertisement for Robert J. Vickery's City Island Stage Line, A Predecessor to the City Island Horse Railroad

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Those who follow the Historic Pelham Blog know that I have been trying to document the City Island horse railroad that once ran between Bartow Station and City Island.  See, e.g., Tue., March 2, 2010, 1901 Report Indicated that the Flynn Syndicate Planned to Buy

Flynn Syndicate Buys the City Island Horse Car Line in 1907 to Incorporate it Into Electric Trolley Line

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Regular readers know that recently I have been assembling research on 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.  For examples of postings containing such research, see:

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1913 Decision of Public Service Commission to Allow Reorganization of City Island Horse Railroad for Electrification

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Recently I have been writing about the "horse railroad" that ran from Bartow Station to City Island when the area was part of the Town of Pelham.  Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog transcribes the text of an article published in 1913 describing a

Photograph of Patrick Byrnes and Article About His Retirement as Operator of the City Island Horse Car in 1914

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As I noted in yesterday's posting, I have written extensively in the last year about the horse car that once ran from Bartow Station on the New Haven Branch Line to City Island when the area was part of the Town of Pelham.  See, e.g.:

Wed., February 24, 2010: 

Attempted Suicide of City Island's Long-Time Horse Car Driver

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I have been working hard for the last year or so to document the history of the "horse railroad" that ran from Bartow Station to City Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  For a few examples of Blog postings transcribing just a little of my

1888 Local News Account Describes Altercation on the Horse Railroad Running from Bartow Station to City Island

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An account of local news published in the May 1, 1888 issue of the Mount Vernon Chronicle included a number of interesting tidbits regarding developments in Pelham including an altercation that occurred on the horse-drawn trolley line that ran from Bartow