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FERRY:::
T�ken from the Bri€i.gel;>urg Times
Sept19tb;.c(l924 ..
MORE THAN 12. 000 Mot,or Vehicles used
It
was
the
holid ay weekerni
biggest
vehicles
use•
morning.
The tr a ffi c
The
streGheei
went
The
line
the
was
within. sixty ft.
of
The
pro-tem,
allowe• one car from e a c h line
from the
corner
Go4ierich line,
reporte•
w e re
in better
move
f or over
an hour.
move
on
to
that
g et
at the Falls
till
Tues.
Mon•ay night.
THe first
t r a f fic
line
to Albany.
policeman
towaras t he Ferry,
The motorists
luck therefore.
after waiting the;re
i� saia·the line kept moving;
to
12.000
& Archange to Bertie
village
& Archange.
that many tourists confessefii.
Niagara Falls,
.
aftern oon
Queen
running from
of Queen St.
.
Go• erich & Go•erich
to
Concession Roaa.
.
More than
the FDerry two miles.
to Queen St.,
.
FERRY last weekemi.
heaviest towarQs Buffalo
was lon ger,
line
Ferry from Frij.,
Erie
bac k fr om
St.
up Niagara
s e c on j
Fort
the
year.
the
of
.
.
in the
The .traffic policeman
they,haj come back from
over
the Brifii. ge.
Here
it
the line might not move
l
�F•rt Erie Times
1924. Nev.
14.
T11.e2_.:&utfal• eitlr Ceuneil has de•ici.e4 t• widen
ancl re-pave Ferry St.• tr•• tl!l.e New Y•rk C-entra:l
�ancil- •n the
traeks. up tla.e kill t• West Ave:.
t• wast Ave.
Niagara
trem
seuth si&.e •:f the St.,
will 9e -purehasea:.Lan.d in the- ::mertb.. side, et the
st. ancl the ea:aal was 9•uglat many years agi; but
the im}trevement was nev�r nr•�mt ab•ut , 9eeause
1 Rail read eempa:my re.fused t•
the N. Y. <rt_replace its bridge ama rais� i ts traaks s• that
the grade eould be re:8ueed.
'l!:ne ei ty llas :a&w deei9.ed te etfee.t the imÂ
preveme:mt wi theu.t reg.&rd�'. • the bridge.This will
mean that while the brew· of the hill may be e�t
d•w:a , the slide d•w• Ni•�ara 3t t• the Ferry
a.teamers, will still be like a di:p and� a eurve
en the: r•lle.r coaster at Crystal :leaa.k.
lriclgeaurg :Seview
�e:Jtt.•
5th.
1924
JUGfEST J .A1L0F Tl:E S:EliS:Olf:::
It was the •iggest heliday weekend ef the year
More than 12 � OOCD meter vellieles used the Fert
Krie Fe:rry t'r0m Friday a:fternc•n till '.lueseay
mornimg • .Che· tra:ffie was he.aviest t wards ::Su:f:fale
n )l{enday might •
.the line stre.e.h.ed baek :from the"
-..;,.
Ferry tor two l'Jlile.s. The firsii, line went .up
!iiaga� S'.t. t• Queen Sit., 1:l• Gederio:J , anci
.
Geaeo);1e)l te Alaeny S"t. The seaand lime was l•nger .l
running -·frem Queen an� Arohange to Jt.ertie • te
within 60 tt. •f Coneessi0n Ra. The village t ra ff i •
:pelieema:ra pr• tem. ._ allewe·d e:me e.ar f'rem 1o. •ell
I
line t• m•ve tewards the Ferry f'rom the e.gi "!ler
•f QUee.m ana Argha:mge street. The motorists_ in
the GederieA �t. line were in better luek therefor
The; traffie j.eliaeman reported th.at many
me t e rist s confess.ea: that they hati. eeme bao· k from
lfiaga.ra Falls afte.r waiting tltere te g• ever the
�ridgea. Kere it is said the line kept m•ving'
w•ereaa at the Falls the line might not meve fer
an hear.
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Fort Erie Ferry
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Bridgeburg Times
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September 19, 1924
1920s
ferries
Fort Erie
Louis Mcdermott Collection