Table 1, Vermont Street Railways
Endnotes:
(1)
Brattleboro Street Railway (W. Brattleboro
to lower S. Main St), opened
7/31/1895, 5.5 miles. Mail contract in
1898, route 303001, became part of Twin State Gas and Electric Co in
1906, no
mail income shown for 1914, '15 (Vermont PUC), line closed 8/9/1923.
(2)
Springfield Electric Rwy Co (Adnabrown
Hotel to the Boston and Maine RR, Charleston, N.H.), opened 7/21/1897,
8.5
miles, became Springfield Terminal Rwy in 1922.
Heavy on freight, mail contract in 1898, route 303002, passenger
operations ceased 11/11/1947, freight in 1956.* (See photo i).
(3) Mount
Mansfield Electric RR Co (CV RR
station in Waterbury via W. Ctr, Moscow, to Stowe village), opened
12/1/1897,
10.5 miles (11.9 in another source).
Mail contract in 1898, route
303003, line bankrupt in
Feb 1907, but
operated by receivers until 5/2/1932. (See photo 2).**
(4)
Bellows Falls and Sextons River RR
(Bellows Falls to Sextons River via Barber Park), opened 6/29/1900, 6.5
miles. Mail contract in 1900, route
303004, closed 11/24/1924.
(5)
St Albans Street Rwy Co (St Albans to St
Albans Bay), 7/3/1901, 3 miles. Extended
to Swanton 7/1/1902, now 12.5 miles.
Mail contract in 1901, route 303006, line closed Armistice Day,
1921. Mail was carried both between St
Albans and St Albans Bay, and from St Albans to Swanton, with a stop en
route
at the Swanton Junction (Fonda Jct) PO, the location of which,
previously not
known to this author, is clearly shown on a blueprint map of the
line.***
(6a)
Winooski and Burlington Horse RR Co (Iinking Union Depot in Burlington
with
Ethan Allen Park, Queen City Park, and Winooski). Electrified
9/5/1893, 12 miles. Became Burlington
Traction Co
11/11/1896. Mail contract income
reported for 1907-08, route 303007; mail income declined sharply for
last year
covered by PUC reports (1915); buses substituted for electric cars,
8/4/1929.
(6b)
Military Post Rwy Co (Winooski to Ft Ethan Allen, later to the CV RR
depot at
Essex Jct), 7/27/1895, 5 miles. Operated
as part of Burlington Traction, above, but mail contract income
reported
separately; no mail income shown in 1915 PUC report. Closed with Burlington Traction in 1929.