EARLY BUS AND AUTO STAGE LINES

NEW YORK


BUS COMPANIES EXISTING IN THE 1940'S

Upstate New York.


Name                             Original Route               Start Date    End Date

Daniel G. Aber                   Bath-Soldiers/Sailors Home            1940
Addison Auto Bus Co.             Addison-Corning              Jun. 30, 1915
Adirondack Transit Lines         Kingston-Walden              Oct.  2, 1934
Charles H. Aker                  Schenectady-Saratoga Lake    Mar.  1, 1925-May  25, 1941
Albany-Cohoes Bus Lines          Albany-Cohoes                Apr.  1, 1922
Albany Schenectady Bus Lines     Albany-Cohoes                Apr.  1, 1922
Albany Transit Co.               Albany                       Feb.  1, 1925
Alexandria Bay-Redwood Bus       Alexandria Bay-Redwood       Aug. 28, 1934-1940
Michael J. Argy                  Niagara Falls-Lewiston                1941
Elwin Duke Austin                Long Lake-Warrensburg        Jul.  4, 1942-1944
Batavia Motor Coach Co.          Batavia                      Jan. 14, 1928
Archie Bernier                   Poland-Utica                 Nov.  1, 1946
Erma J. Brant                    Corning-Knoxville PA         Apr.  1, 1943
Matthew S. Breed                 Endicott-Vestal Center                1937-1942
Buffalo & Erie Coach Corp.       Angola-Evans-Hillcrest       May   1, 1925
Buffalo Transit Co.              Buffalo-Depew                Jan.  1, 1927
Elmer Burdick                    Troy-Grafton                 Jul.  1, 1920-1940
Joseph Calisant                  Saratoga-Amsterdam           Aug. 10, 1946
             Acquired Aug. 10, 1946 from Edward Williams
Fred & Wells & Ray Campbell      Waverly-Village line                  1945
Capital Dist. Transportation     Rensselaer-Cohoes            Sep. 24, 1924
Norris H. Carland                Elmira-Watkins Glen                   1937-1941
             Routes leased 1937 from Elmira-Watkins Glen Transit Corp.
Carpenter Bus Lines              North Tonawanda              Jul.  1, 1922
Carpenter's Rapid Transit        Corning-Waverly                       1931
Castleton & Albany Auto Bus      Castleton-Albany             Jan.  1, 1924
Catskill-Greendale Bus Line      Catskill-Greendale           May  10, 1941
Cayuga Omnibus Corp.             Auburn                       Oct. 16, 1927
Central Greyhound Lines of NY    Various routes               Jan.  1, 1926
Central New York Coach Lines     Utica-Syracuse                        1931
Champlain Bus Corp.              Saranac Lake-Plattsburgh     Oct. 23, 1938-Jun.  2, 1943
             Sold Jun.  3, 1943 to Central Greyhound Lines of NY
Thomas Clark                     Balston Spa/Saratoga Spr.    Dec. 28, 1937-1941
Coeymans Ravena & Albany Bus     Coeymans-Albany              Jan.  1, 1925
Cortland County Bus Lines        Cortland                     Apr. 21, 1926
Leslie I. & Harry T. Crispell    Ithaca-Caroline                       1929
Arthur P. Cronin                 Glens Falls-Granville        Dec.  1, 1946
Clyde J. Cullings                Mariaville-Schnectady        Jul.  6, 1942
Clare E. Curtis                  Busti-Jamestown              Oct. 16, 1942-1945
Leonard D. Dickinson             Owego-Endicott               Jul.  1, 1921
Rene R. & Bertha T. Dupuis       Albany-Hartford CT                    1946
Eagle Bus Line                   Ellenville-Kingston          Jan.  1, 1925
East Ave. Bus Co.                Rochester-Pittsford          Jun. 17, 1922-1944
Edwards & Belden                 Port Henry-Fishers Hill      Apr. 15, 1942
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
Erie County Motor Coach Lines    Buffalo-East Seneca          Dec. 12, 1931
Henry N. Eseltine                Helena-Massena               Jun.  8, 1942-Jul. 15, 1942
Herbert Faigle                   Hancock/Cadasia-Sidney                1945-1946
Karl Farr                        Tupper Lake                           1928
Ferraro Bus Lines                Saugerties-Kingston          Jul. 16, 1920-1944
James W. Fitzgerald              Corinth-Glens Falls          May  28, 1930
John P. & Edgar W. Fitzgerald    Watertown-Lake Placid        Oct. 29, 1942
John P. Fitzgerald               Watertown-Plattsburgh        May   1, 1942
Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville   Gloversville                 Jul. 14, 1929
Clarence H. Freeman              Watertown-Sackets Harbor     Jun.  1, 1935
Rochy Gabrielli                  Bath-Corning                 Feb.  2, 1926-Feb. 24, 1946
Harold W. Gardner                Troy-Hoosick Falls                    1933
William R. Garrison              Saugerties-Kiskatown         Jan.  1, 1923
Genesee Bus Lines                Wellsville-Buffalo           Apr. 14, 1931
Merrill C. George                Herkimer-Cold Brook          Jan.  1, 1923
Fay I. Giddings                  Auburn-Groton                Jan.  1, 1924
Homer A. Gladstone               Downsville                            1945
Ilda M. Gordon                   Watertown-Brownville                  1932-1940
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
Kenneth P. Hall                  Hannibal-Fulton                       1945
Hamburg Railway                  Buffalo-Hamburg              Dec. 19, 1928
Hannibal-Fulton Bus Line         Hannibal-Fulton              Sep. 21, 1942-1944
Eugene Hartigan                  Endicott                     Jan.  1, 1924
Coy Lee Hester                   Hartwick-Oneonta/Cooperst.            1946
Julius Hocker                    Monticello-Hurleyville       Jul. 25, 1943-Sep.  7, 1945
Clayton Hoose                    Monticello-Leissners Hotel            1945
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
Glenn A. Hubbell                 Glens Falls-Assembly Point   Oct. 17, 1933-Jun. 30, 1942
J. Wesley Hudson                 Victory Mills-Saratoga Sp.   Sep. 17, 1945
Hudson Transportation Co.        Glens Falls-various          Jul.  1, 1928
International Railway Co.        Buffalo                               1931
Interstate Busses Corp.          Providence RI-Schenectady             1942
Ithaca Railway                   Ithaca                       Jun. 30, 1935
Jamestown-Dunkirk Transit Co.    Jamestown-Fredonia-Dunkirk   Jun. 24, 1922-May  14, 1940
Jamestown Motor Bus Transp.      Jamestown                    Aug.  1, 1924
Jeffersonville Transportation    Jeffersonville-Liberty       Jan.  1, 1924
Guy C. Jones                     Watertown                    Jul. 16, 1935
K.L.W.M. Inc.                    Albany-North Greenbush       Jul. 24, 1922
John Kreeber                     Hudson-Philmont              Apr.  1, 1934
Frederick H. Kury                Hammond-Ogdensburg                    1946
William J. Kysar                 Watertown-Carthage           Feb.  8, 1936
Jerry Lalonde                    Ogdensburg                   Apr.  1, 1935
Andrew Lamendola                 Massena-Malone                        1931
Lant Transportation Co.          Greenwich-S&T Mills          Aug. 11, 1941
Earl LaPoint                     St. Regis Falls-Massena      Jun. 16, 1942
L. B. K. Lines                   Mechanicville-Round Lake     Sep.  1, 1927
Charles LeFevre                  Utica-Hinckley               Jul.  1, 1920-Jul. 31, 1940
Harold A. Lippitt                Hamilton-Clinton             Feb.  6, 1922
Little Falls-Fonda Bus Corp.     Little Falls-Canajoharie     Jan.  1, 1927
Lockport Bus Lines               Lockport                     Dec. 20, 1939
Long's Taxi Service              Dunkirk                      May  28, 1923
Ivor Lont                        Geneva                       Apr. 13, 1943
Lynn D. McKee                    Cortland-Norwich                      1933
Joseph Magnano                   Olean                        Oct.  1, 1941
Frank Martin                     Schenctady-Galway                     1930
John Matthews                    Canton-Massena               Feb. 18, 1942-Sep. 15, 1945
Stanley J. Mekos                 Elmira-Ithaca                Sep.  1, 1934
G. Robert & George R. Merritt    Glenns Falls-Hadley          Jun. 18, 1946
Ralph Meyer                      Monticello                            1946
Otto Miller                      East Poestenkill-Troy        Jul.  1, 1921
Mohican Bus Lines                Catskill-Prattsville         Dec. 14, 1922-1944
James W. Monty                   Saranac Lake-Trudeau         Jul.  1, 1946
Moon & Cook                      Catskill-Middleburg          Jan. 15, 1931
Mountain View Coach Lines        Coxsackie-Albany             Jul.  1, 1921
John W. Murphy                   Binghamton-Susquehanna PA    Apr. 28, 1935-1940
Wesley J. Murray                 Bath-Cohocton                Mar.  9, 1926
New York State Electric & Gas    Elmira                       Apr.  1, 1937
New York State Railways          Syracuse                              1931-1940
New York State Railways          Utica                                 1931
Ondawa Transportation Co.        Greenwich-Thompson Paper     Sep. 15, 1927
             Leased Aug. 11, 1941 to Lant Transportation Co.
Fred J. Peck                     Saratoga Sp.-Palmer-Hadley   Nov.  4, 1940
John J. Pelczar                  Oxford-Sidney                Sep. 10, 1942-May   3, 1943
Perkins & Wilson                 Cooperstown-Fort Plain       Sep. 16, 1942
Harry Phillips                   Albany-Hartford CT           Jul.  1, 1942-1946
Pine Hill-Kingston Bus Corp.     Pine Hill-Kingston           Jan.  1, 1923
Harry M. Pizza                   Hudson                                1940
Plattsburgh Coach Lines          Plattsburgh                  May   1, 1930
Prattsburgh Bus Co.              Prattsburgh-Bath                      1929
William Raidy                    Pottersville-Tahawus         Mar.  2, 1942-Aug. 12, 1942
Millard Rascoe                   Dannemora-Plattsburg         Jan. 10, 1933-1942
Red Bus Lines                    Buffalo                               1934
Ridge Road Express               Lockport-Lyndonville         Jan. 20, 1927
Austin F. Robbins                Binghamton-Utica                      1945
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-Jun. 30, 1942
             Sold Jul.  1, 1942 to Rochester Transit Corp.
Rochester-Penfield Bus Co.       Rochester-Penfield           Jul. 15, 1935
Rochester Transit Corp.          Rochester                    Aug.  3, 1938
Rome City Bus Line               Rome                         Mar. 25, 1934
Clarence E. Rosencrants          Deposit-Sidney                        1943-Aug. 16, 1945
Royal Blue Line                  Red Creek-Auburn             Jan.  1, 1925
Jacob Rubin                      Monticello-Sackett Lake      Jun. 25, 1942-Sep.  7, 1945
Rutland Bus Co.                  Rutland VT-various                    1931
Salamanca City Bus Lines         Salamanca                             1930
Schenectady Railway Co.          Schenectady                  Jun. 16, 1930
Schenectady Rapid Transit        Schenectady-Carman           Sep.  6, 1923-Dec. 28, 1945
Edwin Schultz                    Callicoon-Jeffersonville     May   1, 1924
Lester Schultz                   Wilson-Niagara Falls         Mar. 21, 1942
William G. Schultz               Albany-Schnectady            Sep.  1, 1926-1944
Nelson Schuyler                  Northville-Lake Pleasant     Aug. 25, 1931
Claude L. Scott                  Corinth-Saratoga             Jan.  1, 1920-1940
Service Transportation Co.       Stratford-Little Falls       Jan.  1, 1926
Clarence R. Shaffer              Windsor                      Apr.  6, 1942-1942
Sharon Springs & Canajoharie     Sharon Springs-Palatine      Jan.  1, 1926
Benjamin G. Sharp                Watertown                             1936
Revilo R. Signor                 Walton-Oneonta                        1938
Chester M. Smith                 Woodbourne-Ellenville        July  1, 1945
Milton J. & Evelyn B. Smith      Norwich                               1946
Noble Smith Bus Co.              Rome-Oneida-Sylvan Beach     Jul.  1, 1919
Christian Spork                  Saranac Lake-Trudeau                  1940-1941
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 Railway Co.             Syracuse                     Sep.  4, 1924-May  31, 1940
             Merged Jun.  1, 1940 into Syracuse Transit Corp.
Syracuse Transit Corp.           Syracuse                     Nov. 22, 1939
Taconic Valley Bus Lines         Troy-N. Adams/Petersburg              1941
Murray A. Taitt                  Alexandria Bay-Watertown     Aug. 16, 1936
Wellington W. Tallman            Preston Hallow-Albany        Apr. 18, 1932
Samuel J. Triolo                 Geneva-Naval Training        Feb. 11, 1942-1944
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
Alfred E. Turner                 Greene-Sidney                Sep. 30, 1943
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-Rome Bus Co.               Utica-Rome                            1934
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
Waverly Sayre & Athens           Waverly-PA state line                 1934-1946
Webster & Weisenburg             Wellsville-Buffalo                    1945
George A. Welcome                Schnectady-Pattersonville    Jan.  1, 1926
Western New York Motor Lines     Buffalo-Attica               Jul.  1, 1925
Whitehall Autobus Co.            Whitehall-Glens Falls        Apr.  9, 1923
James Williams                   Saratoga-Amsterdam           Dec. 17, 1928-Aug. 10, 1946
             Sold Aug. 10, 1946 to Joseph Calisant
Thomas Wilson                    Coxsackie-Greenville         Aug.  3, 1939-1944
Woodstock-Kingston Bus Corp.     Woodstock-Kingston                    1928
John H. Woodward                 Oneonta                      Sep.  1, 1925
Gerald W. Wooaver                Cape Vincent-Watertown       Jun.  1, 1935
Tony Yannone                     Catskill-Cairo               Jan. 14, 1932

Name                             Original Route               Start Date    End Date


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