| Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway Car Barns burned 1 March 1930 |
City is Offered Kingston Lines Kingston Street Railway Company Feels Losses in Recent Fire Too Great to Recover KINGSTON. Ont., March 3 - With only an hourly bus leaving the heart of the city for Portsmouth and intermediate points, the people of Kingston were today struggling along on a makeshift service, with little prospects of immediate improvement. Officials of the Kingston Street Railway Company, who lost practically all of their rolling stock in the disastrous fire of Saturday stated today the company had practically decided to cease operations altogether. Tonight the officials of the company are scheduled to meet the finance committee of the city council and it is understood that a proposition will be made to the city to purchase the tracks of the street railway company as well as Lake Ontario Park which is also owned by the company, and also the tourist camp. While the company carried substantial insurance, the cost of replacement is too high to prompt the company to purchase new cars. As a matter ot fact the company has been a losing proposition and two years ago the company threatened to cease operations altogether unless their power rates were lowered. It is understood that several bus companies have made application for permission to operate locally and it is possible that some action will be taken after the city council learns the official attitude of the company tonight. Ottawa Journal 3 March 1930 Practically Ready To Stop Service Street Car Co. at Kingston Prepares to Suspend All Operations KINGSTON. Ont., March 3. With only an hourly bus leaving the heart of the city for Portsmouth and intermediate points, the people of Kingston were today struggling along on a make-shift service, with little prospects of immediate improvement. Officials of the Kingston Street Railway Company, who lost practically all their rolling stock in the disastrous fire of Saturday, stated today the company had practically decided to cease operations altogether. |
Updated 14 October 2021