EARLY BUS AND AUTO STAGE LINES

NEW YORK


BUS COMPANIES EXISTING IN THE 1930'S

Upstate New York.


Name                             Original Route               Start Date    End Date

Addison Auto Bus Co.             Addison-Corning              Jun. 30, 1915
Adirondack Motor Bus Co.         Saranac Lake-Plattsburgh     Jul.  1, 1921-Oct. 22, 1938
             Sold Oct. 22, 1938 to Champlain Bus Corp.
Adirondack Transit Lines         Kingston-Walden              Oct.  2, 1934
Charles H. Aker                  Schenectady-Saratoga Lake    Mar.  1, 1925
Albany-Cohoes Bus Lines          Albany-Cohoes                Apr.  1, 1922
             Acquired Jan. 1, 1931 from Bohl Bros.
Albany Schenectady Bus Lines     Albany-Schenectady                    1926
             Renamed Nov. 14, 1931 from Bohl Bros.
Albany Transit Co.               Albany                       Feb.  1, 1925
Alexandria Bay-Redwood Bus       Alexandria Bay-Redwood       Aug. 28, 1934
Allegany Motor Coach Co.         Olean area                   Mar.  1, 1928-1937
James E. Armstrong               Binghamton-Williamsport PA   Jul.  1, 1930-1932
Atkins & Johnson                 Saratoga-Victory Mills       May   1, 1930-Jul. 31, 1931
Batavia Motor Coach Co.          Batavia                      Jan. 14, 1928
Binghamton-Greene Motor Bus      Binghamton-Greene            Jul.  1, 1919-Dec. 12, 1938
Boston & Maine Transp. Co.       Troy-Cambridge                        1928-Sep.     1934
Matthew S. Breed                 Endicott-Vestal Center                1937
Charles A. Brewster              Addison-Woodhall             Jan.  1, 1926-1931
Timothy E. Bruce                 Tupper Lake-Oneonta          May      1925-1933
Orson J. Buck                    Oneonta                      Feb. 11, 1924-May   4, 1930
Buffalo & Erie Coach Corp.       Angola-Evans-Hillcrest       May   1, 1925
Buffalo & Lackawanna Bus Corp.   Buffalo                      Oct.  1, 1938-1938
Buffalo & Lackawanna Traction    Buffalo                      Nov. 14, 1933-Sep. 30, 1938
Buffalo Transit Co.              Buffalo-Depew                Jan.  1, 1927
Buffalo Valley Bus Lines         North Java-Buffalo           Sep.  1, 1926-1933
Elmer Burdick                    Troy-Grafton                 Jul.  1, 1920
Emory Burnett                    Fulton                       May  17, 1928-Oct. 31, 1930
Frank A. Bushley                 Norwich-Cortland             Jun. 22, 1930-1931
Camillus-Syracuse Bus Line       Syracuse-Camillus            Jan.  1, 1925-1931
Capital Dist. Transportation     Rensselaer-Cohoes            Sep. 24, 1924
Norris H. Carland                Elmira-Watkins Glen                   1937
            Routes leased 1937 from Elmira-Watkins Glen Transit Corp.
Frederick N. Carpenter           North Tonawanda              Jul.  1, 1922
Carpenter's Rapid Transit        Corning-Waverly                       1931
Earl L. Case                     Marietta-Syracuse            Nov.  1, 1929-1930
Castleton & Albany Auto Bus      Castleton-Albany             Jan.  1, 1924
Cayuga Omnibus Corp.             Auburn                       Oct. 16, 1927
Central Greyhound Lines of NY    Various routes               Jan.  1, 1926
             Renamed Nov. 27, 1935 from Eastern Greyhound Lines of New York
             Renamed Jul. 18, 1930 from Colonial Motor Coach Corp.
Central New York Coach Lines     Utica-Syracuse                        1931
Champlain Bus Corp.              Saranac Lake-Plattsburgh     Oct. 23, 1938
             Acquired Oct. 23, 1938 from Adirondack Motor Bus Co.
Clark Motor Service              Oneida-Sherrill-Kenwood      Jun. 19, 1920-1939
             Leased Jun. 30, 1932 to Central New York Coach Lines
Thomas Clark                     Balston Spa/Saratoga Spr.    Dec. 28, 1937
Michael Cobey                    Alexandria Bay-Redwood                1931-1932
Coeymans Ravena & Albany Bus     Coeymans-Albany              Jan.  1, 1925
James Robert Conklin             Hudson                                1937-1938
Consolidated Motor Bus Lines     Tupper Lake-Saranac          Jan. 26, 1926-Oct.  2, 1930
Cook & McGranaghan               Hancock-Cadosia                       1929-1935
Cooper's Bus Line                Cortland-Cazenovia           Nov. 21, 1927-Dec.  5, 1931
Copper City Bus Lines            Rome                                  1931-Mar. 31, 1934
Cornell Bus Line                 Syracuse-Clay                Jun. 23, 1925-Oct.  9, 1939
Cortland County Bus Lines        Cortland                     Apr. 21, 1926
Willis A. Coryell                Lehigh                                1936-1936
Leslie I. & Harry T. Crispell    Ithaca-Caroline                       1929
C. T. & R. Transportation        Camden-Rome                           1930-1938
Curry & Egan                     Watkins-Geneva               Jan.  1, 1926-1936
Darling's Bus Lines              Little Falls-Dolgeville      Jul.  1, 1921-Aug. 31, 1930
Walter B. Davis                  Rome-Booneville              Jun. 24, 1925-1939
George W. DeGlopper              Buffalo-Wickwire Steel       Aug. 24, 1920-Nov. 24, 1937
Leonard D. Dickinson             Owego-Endicott               Jul.  1, 1921
James F. Dooley                  Syracuse-Amboy               Aug.  4, 1931-Aug. 15, 1934
Oscar E. Doughty                 Ellenville-Grahamsville      Jan.  1, 1922-Aug. 10, 1936
Durfee Bros. Omnibus Corp.       Munnsville-Oneida            Jun. 30, 1915-1934
Eagle Bus Line                   Ellenville-Kingston          Jan.  1, 1925
Isaac H. Early                   Saratoga Spr.-Schuylerv.     Aug. 14, 1920-1937
East Ave. Bus Co.                Rochester-Pittsford          Jun. 17, 1922
Eastern New York Transp. Corp.   Hudson                       Apr.  1, 1927-Jul.  8, 1931
Edwards Motor Transit Co.        Buffalo-Springville          Mar.  4, 1939
Elmira-Ithaca Motor Transport    Ithaca-Elmira                Jun.  5, 1919
Elmira-Watkins Glen Transit      Elmira-Moutour Falls         Oct. 12, 1923
Empire Transit Co.               Binghamton-Liberty           Apr. 28, 1935-1937
Walter H. Engelke                Binghamton-Windsor           Jan.  1, 1924-Apr. 27, 1935
Erie County Motor Coach Lines    Buffalo-East Seneca          Dec. 12, 1931
Karl Farr                        Tupper Lake                           1928
Fenderson & Fenderson            Endicott-Maine               Jan. 23, 1928-Sep.  2, 1937
Frank Ferraro                    Saugerties-Kingston          Jul. 16, 1920
Charles C. Finch                 Watkins Glen-Geneva                   1937-1939
James W. Fitzgerald              Corinth-Glens Falls          May  28, 1930
Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville   Gloversville                 Jul. 14, 1929
Clarence H. Freeman              Watertown-Sackets Harbor     Jun.  1, 1935
Lester Freemantle                Schaghticoke-Troy            Jul.  1, 1921-Aug. 21, 1938
Kenneth D. Frost                 Richfield Springs-Herkimer   Aug.  3, 1938-Sep.  5, 1939
Rochy Gabrielli                  Bath-Corning                 Feb.  2, 1926
Peter Gaiser                     Utica-Broadacres Sanitar.    Mar. 25, 1936-May   1, 1937
Harold W. Gardner                Troy-Hoosick Falls                    1933
Charles F. Garrett               Rochester-East Henrietta     May   1, 1933-Oct.  1, 1933
William R. Garrison              Saugerties-Kiskatown         Jan.  1, 1923
Genesee Bus Lines                Wellsville-Buffalo           Apr. 14, 1931
Geneva-Hornell Motor Coach       Geneva-Hornell               Sep. 22, 1930-1933
Geneva-Penn Yan Transp. Co.      Penn Yan-Geneva              Jul. 26, 1917-1936
Geneva Railway Bus Lines         Geneva                       Oct. 28, 1925-1936
Merrill C. George                Herkimer-Cold Brook          Jan.  1, 1923
Fay I. Giddings                  Auburn-Groton                Jan.  1, 1924
Ilda M. Gordon                   Watertown-Brownville                  1932
Greenfield Bus Co.               Dairyland-Ellenville         Jan.  1, 1927-1930
Frank L. Gould                   Oswego                       Jul.  8, 1935
Murwin M. Gould                  Binghamton-Chenango bridge   Sep. 26, 1930
Grand Island Transit Corp.       Buffalo-Niagara Falls        May  19, 1938
Glen Green Bus Lines             Bloomville-Oneonta           Jan.  1, 1925
Greenman & Gates                 Cortland-Owego               Feb. 28, 1939-Sep. 27, 1939
Hamburg Railway                  Buffalo-Hamburg              Dec. 19, 1928
Gortan A. Hamilton               Gloversville-Canada Lake     Jul. 19. 1932-Sep. 15, 1934
Hannan & Henry Motor Car Co.     Ogdensburg-Canton            Feb.  1, 1930-Dec. 24, 1938
Eugene Hartigan                  Endicott                     Jan.  1, 1924
Fred Helmer                      Bath-Corning                 Apr. 22, 1920-Jun. 11, 1931
James M. Higgins                 Saranac Lake-Trudeau                  1931-1939
Richard L. Holahan               Penfield-Rochester           Jan. 22, 1933-Jun.  1, 1935
Hoosick Valley Coach Lines       Troy-Hoosick Falls           Jul.  1, 1932-1932
             Acquired Jul.  1, 1932 from Boston & Maine Transportation Co.
Hornell-Allegany Transport.      Hornell-Wellsville           Jan.  1, 1926
Hornell Bath & Penn Yan Buses    Bath-Hornell                 Jan.  1, 1924
Hornell Motor Coach Co.          Hornell-Canisteo             Jul. 17, 1926
Ernest C. Hubbard                Massena-Winthrop             Jul.  1, 1921-Dec. 30, 1935
Glenn A. Hubbell                 Glens Falls-Assembly Point   Oct. 17, 1933
Hudson-Philmont Transportation   Hudson-Philmont              Jul.  1, 1919-May      1936
Hudson Transportation Co.        Glens Falls-various          Jul.  1, 1928
Frank Hungerford                 Albany-Slingerlands          Aug.  1, 1918-Aug. 15, 1936
             Sold Aug. 15, 1936 to United Traction Co.
Ingalls Motor Bus Line           Cuba-Olean-Oil Creek         Mar. 31, 1916-Mar. 31, 1934
International Bus Corp.          Buffalo                      Sep.  7, 1923-May  31, 1935
             Merged 1935 into International Railway Co.
International Railway Co.        Buffalo                               1931
Ithaca Railway                   Ithaca                       Jun. 30, 1935
Ithaca Yellow Bus Transport.     Ithaca-Myers/Candor          Jan.  1, 1923-Jun. 30, 1932
Jamestown-Dunkirk Transit Co.    Jamestown-Fredonia-Dunkirk   Jun. 24, 1922
Jamestown Motor Bus Transp.      Jamestown                    Aug.  1, 1924
Jeffersonville Transportation    Jeffersonville-Liberty       Jan.  1, 1924
Jenkins & Clark                  Ithaca-Auburn                         1938-1939
Guy C. Jones                     Watertown                    Jul. 16, 1935
William I. Kelly                 Deposit-Walton               Sep.  1, 1927-1933
Charles M. Kelsey                Cooksburg-Catskill           Sep. 30, 1923-Jan. 14, 1931
Alfred L. Kilbourn               Piercefield-Gouverneur       Jan.  1, 1927-1933
Edward G. Klemm                  Saugerties-Kingston          Jul.  1, 1919-Jul. 18, 1932
             Sold Jul. 18, 1932 to Coxsackie & Albany Auto Bus
K.L.W.M. Inc.                    Albany-North Greenbush       Jul. 24, 1922
Moses Kortright                  Grahamville-Ellenville       Jul.  1, 1921-1930
John Kreeber                     Hudson-Philmont              Apr.  1, 1934
William J. Kysar                 Watertown-Carthage           Feb.  8, 1936
L. B. K. Lines                   Mechanicville-Round Lake     Sep.  1, 1927
             Renamed from Brownell Brothers
Lake City Transit Corp.          Dunkirk                      Mar. 26, 1934-1938
Lakeland Motor Lines             Auburn-Ithaca                Jan.  1, 1927-Jul. 17, 1934
Jerry Lalonde                    Ogdensburg                   Apr.  1, 1935
Ralph A. Lalonde                 Ogdensburg                   Apr.  1, 1932-Dec.  1, 1933
Andrew Lamendola                 Massena-Malone                        1931
Alexander Lavine                 Saratoga Springs             Jul.  3, 1926-1937
Charles LeFevre                  Utica-Hinckley               Jul.  1, 1920
Henry Lepke                      Ellenville-Ulster Heights    May   1, 1930-1931
Harold A. Lippitt                Hamilton-Clinton             Feb.  6, 1922
Little Falls-Fonda Bus Corp.     Little Falls-Canajoharie     Jan.  1, 1927
Gustav F. Loncasty               East Aurora                  Jan.  5, 1937-Jan. 21, 1937
Long's Taxi Service              Dunkirk                      May  28, 1923
Ivor C. Lont                     Auburn-Red Creek                      1930-Jun. 15, 1939
Lynn D. McKee                    Cortland-Norwich                      1933
Lawrence J. Mahoney              Chateaugay-Lyon Mountain              1928-1931
Manson Transportation Corp.      Oneonta                      May   1, 1926-Aug.  4, 1932
Frank Martin                     Schenctady-Galway                     1930
Stanley J. Mekos                 Elmira-Ithaca                Sep.  1, 1934
Mid-State Coach Lines            Syracuse-Oswego              Jan.  1, 1925-1930
Otto Miller                      East Poestenkill-Troy        Jul.  1, 1921
George Miner                     Tupper Lake-Saranac Lake     Oct.  9, 1930-1931
Mohican Bus Lines                Catskill-Prattsville         Dec. 14, 1922
Moon & Cook                      Catskill-Middleburg          Jan. 15, 1931
Mountain View Coach Lines        Coxsackie-Albany             Jul.  1, 1921
             Renamed Apr. 17, 1933 from Coxsackie & Albany Auto Bus
Owen Mullen                      Plattsburgh-Ingraham         Jan.  1, 1925-1934
John W. Murphy                   Binghamton-Susquehanna PA    Apr. 28, 1935
Robert T. Murray                 Massena-Malone               Nov.  1, 1920-Mar. 28, 1931
Wesley J. Murray                 Bath-Cohocton                Mar.  9, 1926
Arthur Narreau                   Plattsburgh-Rouses Point              1935-Nov. 30, 1937
George J. Neverless              Lyons-Geneva                 Mar.  1, 1930-Oct. 31, 1930
New York State Electric & Gas    Elmira                       Apr.  1, 1937
New York State Railways          Rochester                    Aug. 30, 1936-Aug.  2, 1938
New York State Railways          Syracuse                              1931
New York State Railways          Utica                                 1931
Niagara Gray Bus Line            Niagara Falls-Fort Niagara   Aug. 20, 1920-Dec. 15, 1936
Norwich-Cortland Line            Norwich-Cortland             Dec.  1, 1931-Dec. 15, 1932
Benjamin P. Ogden                Glens Falls-Corinth          Jul.  1, 1921-Jun. 28, 1930
O'Keefe & Kelsey                 Preston Hollow-Albany        Jan.  1, 1926-1931
Ondawa Transportation Co.        Greenwich-Thompson Paper     Sep. 15, 1927
Oneonta-Cooperstown-Fort Plain   Cooperstown-Oneonta          Jan.  1, 1926-Feb.  2, 1933
Ontario Omnibus Corp.            Oswego                                1930-1931
Penfield & Rochester Bus Line    Rochester-Penfield           Jan.  1, 1923-1931
Pennsylvania Greyhound of NY     Buffalo-East Aurora          Mar. 23, 1924-Sep.     1936
             Renamed Dec. 14, 1931 from Buffalo Interurban Bus Lines
Perkins & Wilson                 Cooperstown-Fort Plain       Jul. 14, 1939-Nov. 27, 1939
Pine Hill-Kingston Bus Corp.     Pine Hill-Kingston           Jan.  1, 1923
Plattsburgh Coach Lines          Plattsburgh                  May   1, 1930
Port Jervis-Monticello Bus       Port Jervis-Monticello       Jun. 24, 1926-Oct. 31, 1935
Prattsburgh Bus Co.              Prattsburgh-Bath                      1929
Max Raflowitz                    Monticello-So. Fallsburgh    Mar.  1, 1929-1935
Clarence Randolph                Bath-Soldiers Home                    1928-1939
Millard Rascoe                   Dannemora-Plattsburg         Jan. 10, 1933
Red Bus Lines                    Buffalo                               1934
Harvey G. Reynolds               Cochocton-Monticello         Jul. 10, 1924-1930
Lyman H. Richardson              Buffalo-Wickwire Steel       Sep. 11, 1920-Mar. 25, 1937
Ridge Road Express               Lockport-Lyndonville         Jan. 20, 1927
Roberts Bus Corp.                Waverly-Owego                         1931-1931
Charles E. Roberts               Binghamton-PA State Line     Sep. 11, 1928
George & John H. Robillard       Ogdensburg-Massena           Apr. 21, 1938
Rochester Interurban Bus Co.     Rochester-LeRoy              Oct.  1, 1921
Rochester Niagara F. & Buffalo   Rochester-Buffalo            May   1, 1931-Jul. 10, 1935
Rochester-Penfield Bus Co.       Rochester-Penfield           Jul. 15, 1935
Rochester Railways               Rochester                    Nov.  1, 1923-Jul. 31, 1939
Rochester Transit Corp.          Rochester                    Aug.  3, 1938
Rome City Bus Line               Rome                         Mar. 25, 1934
Rome State School                Rome State School-Rome       Jan.  1, 1926-1939
Royal Blue Line                  Red Creek-Auburn             Jan.  1, 1925
Rutland Bus Co.                  Rutland VT-various                    1931
Rutland Transportation Corp.     Chatham-Bennington VT        Sep. 20, 1926-1931
Salamanca City Bus Lines         Salamanca                             1930
Schenectady Railway Co.          Schenectady                  Jun. 16, 1930
Schenectady Rapid Transit        Schenectady-Carman           Sep.  6, 1923
James A. Schriber                Walton-Oneonta                        1936-1937
Edwin Schultz                    Callicoon-Jeffersonville     May   1, 1924
William G. Schultz               Albany-Schnectady            Sep.  1, 1926
Nelson Schuyler                  Northville-Lake Pleasant     Aug. 25, 1931
Claude L. Scott                  Corinth-Saratoga             Jan.  1, 1920
Service Transportation Co.       Stratford-Little Falls       Jan.  1, 1926
Sharon Springs & Canajoharie     Sharon Springs-Palatine      Jan.  1, 1926
Benjamin G. Sharp                Watertown                             1936
Harvey L. Sibley                 Lyons-Geneva                 Nov.  1, 1930-Jul.  1, 1936
Revilo R. Signor                 Walton-Oneonta                        1938
Kenneth W. Smith                 Corning-Painted Post         Aug.  5, 1922-1934
Noble Smith Bus Co.              Rome-Oneida-Sylvan Beach     Jul.  1, 1919
Snyder & Rexford                 Geneva-Canandaigua           Jul.  1, 1921-1934
             Leased 1936 by Central Greyhound Lines of New York
Wesley D. Steward                Norwich-Cortland             May  21, 1923-Jun. 20, 1930
John D. Sullivan                 Buffalo-Wickwire Steel       Mar. 17, 1927-1936
Susquehanna Motor Coach Lines    Binghamton-Afton             Apr.  9, 1920-1935
Syracuse & Eastern Bus Lines     Syracuse                     Dec. 14, 1924
Syracuse & Eastern Railroad      Syracuse-Manlius             Oct. 24, 1931
             Leased 1935 by Sweet Management Engineering Corp.
Syracuse & Oswego Motor Lines    Oswego-Syracuse              Jun. 25, 1931
Syracuse Northern Electric Ry.   Syracuse-North Syracuse               1932-1937
Syracuse Railway Co.             Syracuse                     Sep.  4, 1924
Syracuse Transit Corp.           Syracuse                     Nov. 22, 1939
Murray A. Taitt                  Alexandria Bay-Watertown     Aug. 16, 1936
Wellington W. Tallman            Preston Hallow-Albany        Apr. 18, 1932
Temple & Moots                   Callicoon-Callicoon Center   Jan.  1, 1927-1930
John Tibdio                      Blue Mountain L.-Indian L.   Oct. 16, 1924-1932
Walter L. Trass                  Salamanca-Little Valley               1928-Jun. 10, 1930
Chester Travis                   Fulton-Sterling Center       Jan.  1, 1925-1934
Triple Cities Coach Co.          Binghamton-Johnson City      Sep.  8, 1924-1939
             Renamed Mar. 27, 1930 from Binghamton Railway Bus Lines
             Renamed Jan. 27, 1932 from Triple Cities Bus Lines
Triple Cities Traction Co.       Binghamton                            1931
Troy & Cohoes Railroad Co.       Troy-Cohoes                           1931
             Leased 1931 to United Traction Co.
Troy Fifth Ave. Bus Co.          Troy                         Jul.  1, 1921
United Traction Co.              Cohoes-Troy                           1931
United Transportation Co.        Albany-Pittsfield MA         Jan.  1, 1926
Utica-Clayville Bus Co.          Utica-Sauquoit               Jul. 12, 1924
Utica-Old Forge Transport. Co.   Old Forge-Utica              May   2, 1921
             Leased 1936 to Utica-Rome Bus Co.
Utica Railway                    Utica                        Sep. 11, 1923-Jan. 31, 1935
Utica-Rome Bus Co.               Utica-Rome                            1934
Robert N. Utter                  Walden-Oneonta               Sep.  1, 1926-1932
Melville L. Van Dyke             Buffalo                      Aug. 30, 1923-1930
Charles Vollmer                  Amsterdam                    Oct. 26, 1928
Robert & Roy & Lulu Waddell      Riverside-Schroon Lake                1938
Edwin L. & Arnold E. Wade        Schenectady-Middleburg       May   3, 1926
Everett O. Wager                 Troy-Bennington VT           Oct.  1, 1934
Watertown Transportation Co.     Watertown city               Jul.  1, 1915-Jul. 15, 1935
Waverly Sayre & Athens           Waverly-PA state line                 1934
George A. Welcome                Schnectady-Pattersonville    Jan.  1, 1926
Alfred T. Wells                  Plattsburgh-Keeseville       Jan.  1, 1924-Jun. 24, 1930
Western New York Motor Lines     Buffalo-Attica               Jul.  1, 1925
West Ridge Transportation Co.    Barcelona-Jamestown          Jul. 12, 1926-1937
Lynn F. Whipple                  Owego-Hamlet                 Oct.  1, 1925-1935
White Bus Line                   Binghamton-Whitney Point     Dec. 15, 1920-1931
Whitehall Autobus Co.            Whitehall-Glens Falls        Apr.  9, 1923
James Wild & Son                 Norwich-Sidney               Dec.  3, 1921-1934
James Williams                   Saratoga-Amsterdam           Dec. 17, 1928
Thomas Wilson                    Coxsackie-Greenville         Aug.  3, 1939
Woodstock-Kingston Bus Corp.     Woodstock-Kingston                    1928
John H. Woodward                 Oneonta                      Sep.  1, 1925
Gerald Wooaver                   Cape Vincent-Watertown       Jun.  1, 1935
Tony Yannone                     Catskill-Cairo               Jan. 14, 1932
James D. Zehr                    Croghan-Carthage             Jan.  1, 1925-May  31, 1930

Name                             Original Route               Start Date    End Date


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