. The Erie railway and its branches . as an obviousconnection with that of the creek, andin fact was derived from it. It is anincorporated village, rapidly increas-ing in importance, and contains sixchurches, an academy, flouring andsaw-mills, etc. It is at the junction ofOil creek and the Allegany , 2,071. A railroad is con-templated to extend into the Pennsyl-vania coal regions, and the GeneseeValley canal is to be extended in thesame direction. ALLEGANY, Allegany, Allegany Co., N. m/r. TV. Y. Fr. Dunkirk, 61At the junction of Five Mile Creekwith the Allegany river. Fou
. The Erie railway and its branches . as an obviousconnection with that of the creek, andin fact was derived from it. It is anincorporated village, rapidly increas-ing in importance, and contains sixchurches, an academy, flouring andsaw-mills, etc. It is at the junction ofOil creek and the Allegany , 2,071. A railroad is con-templated to extend into the Pennsyl-vania coal regions, and the GeneseeValley canal is to be extended in thesame direction. ALLEGANY, Allegany, Allegany Co., N. m/r. TV. Y. Fr. Dunkirk, 61At the junction of Five Mile Creekwith the Allegany river. Four milesfrom this station we come into theIndian Reservation, which lies alongthe river, half a mile wide on each side,and thirty miles in length. This landbelongs to the Seneca tribe of Indians,and cannot be sold. CARROLTON, Carrolton, Catiaraugits Co., N. N. Y. Fr. Dunkirk, 52This is the junction of the Bradfordbranch railway, extending up the valleyof the Tunegawant creek to the exten-sive coal-fields of McKean co., GREAT VALLEY, Great Valley, Cattaraugus Co., N. N. V. Fr. Dunkirk, 49At the junction of Great Valley Creekwith the Allegany river. The valleywhich gives its name to the creek is asource of considerable trade to this sta-tion. Ellicottville, the county seat ofCattaraugus county, is about ten milesup tlie creek. SALAMANCA, Salamanca, Cattaraugus Co., N. N. V. Fr. Djmkirk, 45Situated at the junction of the LittleValley creek with the Allegany is the initial point of the Atlantic andGreat Western Railway, extendingthrough Pennsylvania and Ohio, toCincinnati. It is an uninviting-look-ing place, built on low wet land, and»most of the houses are mere roughboard shanties. Since the land canonly be leased from the Indians, build-ers are not disposed to construct verycostly improvements. The Erie Rail-way now turns northwardly up the Lit-tle Valley creek, while the Atlantic andGreat Western Railway follows downthe Allegany
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