Motor Car is Tried on Hemlock Branch
Lehigh Valley Makes Trial Trip with New Gasoline Car - Possibility of Using On Hemlock-Rochester Line
Last Friday the Lehigh Valley made a trial trip over the Rochester-Hemlock branch with a new gasoline motor car. This trial trip was made with the object in view of purchasing one of these cars as the company has done on certain other branches. One has already been in operation on the Plainfield branch for over a year and is said to have been a great benefit to the public as well as a saving to the railroad.
These cars are sixty feet long, of solid steel construction, of baggage and passenger compartments and are equipped with two 45-horsepower motors. They are manufactured by the Mack Motor Truck Co.
The direct object in view is to give better and more frequent passenger service to rochester and better connections on the main line at Rochester Junction. The company has under consideration a motor truck line for the movement of less than carload freight, using Rochester as a starting point and making direct delivery to the merchants along the branch. The Lehigh Valley is said to feel that this would be a great advantage to such downs as Livonia and Honeoye, which are not situated directly on their line of rails. This service would be done by the Kulp Trucking Co., under the supervision of the railroad company.
F.M. Baker, superintendent of the Lehigh Valley, and Mr. Klp, general manager of the trucking company, were present at the try-out last week and hope to formulate some definite plans soon.
