Pass: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R. Co.; issued to W.A. May, N.Y., Lake Erie & Western R.R Co., for travel over Main Line & Branches, 1895.
Entry/Object ID
2014.013.0007
Scope and Content
Railroad pass: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.; issued to W.A. May, Supt., H.C. & I. Co., N.Y., Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co., for travel over Main Line and Branches, 1895.
Card stock, 2-7/16" high x 3-1/13" wide, printed in black with year date engraved in red. Holographic ink entries and signed by Sam Sloan, President.
Back has inkstamp: "Good Over Hoboken Ferries". Signed by E.A. Stevens, President.
H.C. & I. Co. = Hillside Coal & Iron Company.
W.A. May = William A. May (also known as Captain May; he was mostly associated with the Hillside Coal & Iron Company and rose from superintendent to become General Manager and President; namesake of Mayfield, PA. - see notes.)
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railroad / transportation / ticket
Acquisition
Accession
2014.013
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1895 - 1895
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1895
Date(s): 1895
General Notes
Note
Notes: The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, along with many others, was a victim of the 1893 depression and went into receivership in May of that year. On November 3, 1895 the company was purchased by the Erie Railroad Company.
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Selected excerpts from: History of Mayfield [Pennsylvania]
as found at: http://www.mayfieldborough.org/history.html
On October 18, 1888, the Court granted approval of the alteration to original charter, and Glenwood became the Borough of Mayville, named in honor of William A. May, manager of the Hillside Coal and Iron Company, in recognition of the part he played in the development of the anthracite mining operations, the chief industry in the community.
In 1890 the residents of Mayville filed an Alteration of the Charter of the Borough of Mayville to the Borough of Mayfield, by reason of the fact of the existence of another Post Office in the state under the name of Mayville, the Post Office in the said borough cannot bear that name, that the inhabitants of the said borough are greatly inconvenienced in the matter of the reception and distribution of their mails and in many other ways by reason of the above
On April 28 of 1890, Mayville was changed to the Borough of Mayfield.
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Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-05-29
