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Olean Street Railway Co was founded on March 1, 1880 and operated streetcar service in Olean, NY until it merged with the Olean Rock City & Bradford Railroad and the Bradford Street Railroad in 1906. In 1903 they had 25.8 miles of standard gauge (4ft 8.5 in) of electric track gauge and in 1902 they

In 1897- senate report on the quality of the rail line: The condition was described as “medium” but the fences were in need of repair and there were no fire protections at the station, Same year: there was a hearing about a complaint that the WNY & PA had against the Olean Street Railway Co about an at grade crossing in Olean. The application of the Olean Street Railway to pass the WNY tracks at King street was denied on Sept 30 1897 by the Board of Railway Commissioners, p. 337. An electrical expert was ordered to examine the crossing.

Olean Street Railway was operating a street car service between Olean and the Village of Portville without approval. They were originally allowed as a steam railroad and then the WNY and PA lodged a complaint against the street company saying they didn’t have the right to use a provision about street companies that allows for extension. In September 1987 this was still in the courts and so the complaint was dismissed. P. 25


 * By the late 1890s, the Olean Street Railway Co was running an annual deficit of

Also in 1897- applied for an increase of the capital stock from 16,000 to 300K was granted. <1897 by the Board of Railway Commissioners, p. 337>

Nice advertisement on Stephenson Semi-Convertible Car with drawing in Olean street company https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Street_Railway_Investments/S3wpAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Olean%20

Ridership 1896 - 408,825 (from american street railway investment 1897) 1897 - 340,249 “ “

1899 - revenue passengers 895,665- transfers 99,622 (data from 1903) 1900- combined data 1,084, 153 (data from 1903) 1901: 1,136,376 + 18274 (data from 1903) 1902: 1,232,035 + 23,068 (data from 1903)