Jamestown
Chautaqua Traction Co.
"Chautaqua"  was and possibly still is, a religious camp ground on the west side of Chautaqua Lake, hosting practically year round tent revival meetings.  The trolley line was built to haul the folks to meeting before they all reaped the bounties of the automobile age.  The Chautaqua Traction went up the west side of the lake between Jamestown and Westfield while the faster and shorter Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern went up the east side.  The JWNW outlasted the other by several years.
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