One railroad was flourishing. “The immense quantity of lumber coming from Canada has caused a brisk revival in the freight business of the Delaware and Hudson, and the employees are pleased at the prospect,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on November 15, 1893. “A number of men in the vicinity of Whitehall have been put to work again.”
Another railroad was struggling. “The new Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad Company is reducing expenses for the winter months. Fifty employees have been laid off, and the passenger department has been transferred from Herkimer to Malone,” according to the The Morning Star of November 11, 1893. “The change is made to enable the company to compete more successfully with the Central Vermont and Chateaugay roads.” [Read more…] about 19th Century Railroad News from Northern New York