The Shawmut Line began operating trains from Hornellsville to Mt. Jewett on Monday, Dec. 28 on a new time card which went into effect on Sunday. It is an experimental time card and if not satisfactory is likely to be altered. So far as Bolivar is concerned it is not satisfactory for it is not possible to go to Friendship, Hornellsville or Angelica and return the same day and there is no train to Olean after 10:45 a.m.
The first train to reach Bolivar is a local freight which starts from Angelica at 7 a.m., arrives here at 8:30 and leaves here at 9 a.m., arriving at Olean at 10:20 a.m. the next is a passenger train which leaves Hornellsville at 7:55 a.m., arriving at Bolivar at 10:45 a.m., arriving at Mt. Jewett at 12:50. Those are the two southbound trains.
The first train to arrive in Bolivar from he south is a train which leaves Olean at 12 p.m. reaching Bolivar at 1:45 p.m. and arriving at Hornellsville at 5:36 p.m. The second train leaves Mt. Jewett at 3:06 p.m., arriving at Bolivar 6:55 p.m., connecting at Olean Junction with the Mt. Jewett at 6:10.
This run ends at Angelica where the train arrives at 8 p.m. The new time card gives Angelica and Friendship excellent train service and the people there are well pleased with the schedule. The mail service has not been improved as yet, but it is expected that within a few days that it will be greatly improved as the matter has been taken up by the superintendent of the railway mail service.
The southbound through train makes connection with the B. R.& P. flyer both to and from Pittsburg at Mt. Jewett, making a short cut to Pittsburg from this section. Bolivar people will be pleased when the schedule is modified so that they can go to Friendship, Belmont and other Allegany counts points and return the same day. Now it is necessary to return by way of Olean.