81:
allowed for the appointment of commissioners to issue bonds and invest the same in the bonds of the railroad company. To help finance it communities through which the line would run borrowed money, in
Greenwood's case $ 30,000 (equivalent to $ 763,000 in 2023); Hornellsville borrowed $ 70,000 and
33:
to the New York-Pennsylvania state line. In 1874, the railroad line was 25 miles (40 km) long and only a portion of it was graded at that time. The RH&PC, which merged with two other railways to become the Geneva, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek
Railway in 1876, never completed the line and
159:
From 1878 to 1882, there were several unsuccessful attempts in
Greenwood to seize and sell property to pay the town's railroad debt. The citizens threatened potential buyers and prevented the tax collectors from conducting public sales. In the process, several would-be purchasers were seriously
69:
in full; $ 136,325 had been received by the date of the 1873 annual report. At that time, about $ 84,000 was spent on the road and equipment, including grading, land, and engineering. The road was graded to within 11 miles (20 km) of the
419:"A State of Insurrection — Officers of the Law Resisted in Greenwood, Steuben County — Proclamation by Governor Cornell — Sequel to an Old Fight over Bonds Issued in aid of an Unfinished Railroad".
117:
to
Hornellsville, at the north end of the RH&PC. On January 21, 1876, the RH&PC and the Gaines and State Line Railroad merged with the Geneva and Hornellsville Railway, creating the
335:
Annual Report of the State
Engineer & Surveyor of the State of New York and of the Tabulations and Deductions from the Reports of the Railroad Corporations for the Year Ending
172:, and ordered them to stop or be subject to the full weight of the law, including being ordered to return to their homes. The proclamation authorized the sheriff to call out the
129:
29:
Its articles of association were filed on March 30, 1871, in New York and was formed according to the railroad laws of the state. It planned to build a railroad line from
371:
50:
The president of the company was S.M. Alley and John M. Finch was the acting
Superintendent of Operations. The company offices were located on Canisteo Street in
500:
98:
26:(RH&PC) was a railroad company organized in New York state in the 1870s. It did some grading but never laid track nor opened its line.
495:
133:
169:
35:
17:
349:
125:
379:
184:
39:
94:
266:
Annual Report of the
Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, and of the Reports of the Railroad Corporations
233:
Annual Report of the
Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, and of the Reports of the Railroad Corporations
149:
463:
396:
280:
74:, but no track was ever laid. Work was expected to be completed in 1874. By 1875, $ 103,559 was spent.
449:
248:
165:
401:
51:
30:
105:
was formed on
November 12, 1875 (articles of consolidation dated March 23) by consolidating the
97:
through Potter and Tioga counties to reach the south end of the RH&PC at the state line in
426:
231:
210:
357:
333:
264:
153:
145:
78:
83:
8:
156:
system, that company never exercised its rights to build the Geneva-to-West Branch line.
434:
161:
137:
55:
290:
114:
421:
177:
121:. It had $ 2,675,000 in capital stock. It did not complete the RH&PC line.
489:
464:"For a Direct Line into Pennsylvania: Opening of a New Country by a Railroad"
132:. The Ontario Southern carried coal traffic north from a connection with the
62:
89:
In 1875, two new railroads were proposed to connect with the RH&PC. The
285:
141:
124:
The Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek was in turn consolidated with the
148:. While the latter two railroads were later consolidated to become the
66:
173:
93:
was incorporated in
Pennsylvania on November 4, 1875 to run from
212:
American Railroad Manual for the United States and the Dominion
71:
168:
sheriff, issued a proclamation on February 11, 1882, that an
34:
town citizens were asked to repay the bonds. This led to the
140:, on the proposed line from Geneva to Hornellsville, to the
332:
Surveyor, New York (State) State Engineer and (1877).
312:. Vol. 22. Interstate Commerce Commission. 1929.
250:Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
24:Rochester, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railroad
487:
226:
224:
222:
215:. American Railroad Manual Company. p. 151.
247:Assembly, New York (State) Legislature (1876).
38:. In 1896, Greenwood got rail service from the
219:
183:In 1896, Greenwood got rail service from the
170:insurrection existed in the Town of Greenwood
119:Geneva, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railway
111:Geneva Southwestern and Hornellsville Railway
236:. C. Van Benthuysen. 1875. pp. 714–715.
187:, which used some of the RH&PC grading.
42:, which used some of the RH&PC grading.
425:. February 14, 1882. p. 7 – via
501:Transportation in Steuben County, New York
391:
389:
134:Elmira, Jefferson and Canandaigua Railroad
414:
412:
36:Greenwood, New York, insurrection of 1882
18:Greenwood, New York, insurrection of 1882
338:. Weed, Parsons and Company. p. 20.
331:
304:
302:
300:
246:
204:
202:
200:
386:
488:
409:
269:. C. Van Benthuysen. 1875. p. 23.
208:
297:
197:
364:
185:New York & Pennsylvania Railroad
128:on December 17, 1879, to become the
40:New York & Pennsylvania Railroad
380:Dansville, Steuben County, New York
342:
13:
496:Defunct New York (state) railroads
95:West Branch Township, Pennsylvania
14:
512:
150:Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad
103:Geneva and Hornellsville Railway
456:
405:. February 16, 1882. p. 3.
382:. February 14, 1878. p. 2.
360:. February 16, 1882. p. 1.
107:Geneva and Southwestern Railway
91:Gaines and State Line Rail Road
470:. December 6, 1896. p. 12
372:"Excitement in Steuben County"
325:
316:
273:
257:
240:
1:
350:"The Insurrection in Steuben"
293:. January 9, 1896. p. 6.
190:
130:Lake Ontario Southern Railway
113:. It proposed to build from
7:
253:. E. Croswell. p. 796.
160:injured. New York Governor
10:
517:
45:
15:
126:Ontario Southern Railroad
164:, at the request of the
209:Vernon, Edward (1874).
61:There was $ 250,000 of
52:Hornellsville, New York
468:Democrat and Chronicle
402:Buffalo Weekly Express
65:authorized, which was
358:Port Jervis, New York
310:ICC Valuation Reports
154:Pennsylvania Railroad
79:New York Laws of 1874
397:"Trouble in Steuben"
376:Dansville Advertiser
281:"A Bird's Eye View"
77:Chapter 638 of the
180:was then called).
442:External link in
162:Alonzo B. Cornell
138:Stanley, New York
99:Harrison Township
56:Hornell, New York
508:
480:
479:
477:
475:
460:
454:
453:
447:
446:
440:
438:
430:
427:Genealogy Trails
416:
407:
406:
393:
384:
383:
368:
362:
361:
346:
340:
339:
329:
323:
320:
314:
313:
306:
295:
294:
291:Elmira, New York
277:
271:
270:
261:
255:
254:
244:
238:
237:
228:
217:
216:
206:
115:Geneva, New York
516:
515:
511:
510:
509:
507:
506:
505:
486:
485:
484:
483:
473:
471:
462:
461:
457:
444:
443:
441:
432:
431:
422:New York Herald
418:
417:
410:
395:
394:
387:
370:
369:
365:
354:Evening Gazette
348:
347:
343:
330:
326:
321:
317:
308:
307:
298:
279:
278:
274:
263:
262:
258:
245:
241:
230:
229:
220:
207:
198:
193:
48:
20:
12:
11:
5:
514:
504:
503:
498:
482:
481:
455:
408:
385:
363:
341:
324:
315:
296:
272:
256:
239:
218:
195:
194:
192:
189:
178:National Guard
166:Steuben County
152:, part of the
47:
44:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
513:
502:
499:
497:
494:
493:
491:
469:
465:
459:
451:
436:
428:
424:
423:
415:
413:
404:
403:
398:
392:
390:
381:
377:
373:
367:
359:
355:
351:
345:
337:
336:
328:
322:Taber, p. 245
319:
311:
305:
303:
301:
292:
288:
287:
282:
276:
268:
267:
260:
252:
251:
243:
235:
234:
227:
225:
223:
214:
213:
205:
203:
201:
196:
188:
186:
181:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
157:
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
135:
131:
127:
122:
120:
116:
112:
108:
104:
100:
96:
92:
87:
85:
80:
75:
73:
68:
64:
63:capital stock
59:
57:
53:
43:
41:
37:
32:
31:Hornellsville
27:
25:
19:
472:. Retrieved
467:
458:
420:
400:
375:
366:
353:
344:
334:
327:
318:
309:
286:Star-Gazette
284:
275:
265:
259:
249:
242:
232:
211:
182:
158:
142:Lake Ontario
123:
118:
110:
106:
102:
90:
88:
76:
60:
49:
28:
23:
21:
146:Sodus Point
490:Categories
445:|via=
191:References
86:$ 41,000.
84:West Union
72:state line
67:subscribed
16:See also:
474:March 11,
435:cite news
176:(as the
144:port of
109:and the
174:militia
54:(today
46:History
101:. The
476:2020
450:help
22:The
136:at
58:).
492::
466:.
439::
437:}}
433:{{
411:^
399:.
388:^
378:.
374:.
356:.
352:.
299:^
289:.
283:.
221:^
199:^
478:.
452:)
448:(
429:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.