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Editors Forced to Wander as Pass System Bites Rail Death
A chaotic report recalls a 1866 New York Central rail pass crackdown forcing editors from Utica to Buffalo to travel on foot or by canal boat. Dispatches describe editors begging partners for funds, gibes against the railroad monopoly, and a parade of missing editors, ruined journeys, and improvised transport. A Buffalo editor walked to Syracuse, measuring ties and poles along the line, while others crowd sources for funds and press coverage.
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New York Leglisiure
Sousion
New York Central
Utica
Syracuse
Illinois River
SiMon
St. Lawrence County
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Podunk Stuffed Club
Sam
P.S
Sheet
Pitt
Buffalo
Schenectady
Press
New York
Pennsylvania
Atlantic and Great Western Company
Cattaraugusounty
Posey County
Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County Poor Houser, May 15, 1866, Editor of the Posey County Blower
Sim
Posey Co
Pose County
Railroad Fuer
Atlantic Road
Higher
Gilderoy
United Press
Cattaraugus Co
Tripod
Ohio Legislature
Cincinnati