. The street railway review . gt; recently been surveyed for the Buffalo, Springville &Cattaraugus Ry., which passes through :i very irregular section icountry so diversified with hills and valleys as to make it an ex-tremely difficult matter to locate a line tree from impossible -ante section of country has been surveyed bj several interestswith the idea of building both -team and street railway-, bul here- building from Buffalo to Syracuse. Since then Mr. Upson ha- beenidentified with the organization and building of several lines and forsome time has been the general manager of t
. The street railway review . gt; recently been surveyed for the Buffalo, Springville &Cattaraugus Ry., which passes through :i very irregular section icountry so diversified with hills and valleys as to make it an ex-tremely difficult matter to locate a line tree from impossible -ante section of country has been surveyed bj several interestswith the idea of building both -team and street railway-, bul here- building from Buffalo to Syracuse. Since then Mr. Upson ha- beenidentified with the organization and building of several lines and forsome time has been the general manager of the Buffalo, Hamburg &Aurora Ry., winch i- now lo be extended 38 utiles to the prosecution of this work he has overcome obstacles whichappeared insurmountable to everyone except himself. Mr. Locke was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, wasreared on a farm and seemed his education by attending nighf schoolduring the winter; he then took a position as teachei in a country 7<X)Lo Cr» So ce/t offna/MS. l*mof topChoxo Pl/im or Bottom Cho/io HIGH BRIDGE For THE BUFFALO, SPRINGVILLE & CATTARAUGUS RY. the difficulties encountered havi abandonment of four or five projected lines - of the present attempt is the perseverance oi Mr, I. Upson, vice-president and general manager of the Buffalo, Springville & Cattaraugus Railway Co., and to Mr. Charles • ■. Locke, civil eng 1 The new route involve- tl bridge which wid In the longest and highest trolley bridge in this country, if it- hi world. Cattaraugus, ;<- well a- several other town to 1 to Buffalo by this line, have heretofore been olal a- railway faciliti ncerned. I on of th country through which this road will travel i- considered to be on< oi the rtile region- in the state, and n- connection with ll 1at Buffalo will -iimnl elopmenl to 1 great extent. The lanying illustration shows a plan, elevation and section of ti» ngth of which i- -00 ft. fr centet to centct of end pin- and it
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