The C&PA operated in Potter and McKean counties from 1882 until 1964, when it was purchased by another railroad, only to be abandoned in 1970.
The waybills document the shipper, consignee and goods for all freight shipped by the railroad. These receipts from 60 years ago provide an interesting snapshot of what was being moved across this less-than-20-mile line in northcentral Pennsylvania at the time.
The shipments included:
- From Mars Inc. of Chicago to Taubert's Foods: 6 containers candy
- From Econ O Seal Co. to Coudersport Dairy: 2 containers aluminum foil milk bottle caps
- From Whiterock Quarries in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Highways, c/o Louis Forsythe, Supt.: crushed stone
- From Geo. M. Leininger Co. of New Orleans to Warren D. White: 1 box personal effects, 1 crate personal effects
- From American Chicle Company to Taubert's Foods: 2 containers chewing gum
- From Boyertown Burial Casket Co. to Geo. H. Grabe Funeral Home: 1 wooden casket, boxed
- From Nopco Chemical Co. to Damascus Tanning Co.: 2 drums tanners oil
- From Lachman Rose Co. to Transogram Co.: 1 container "toys plastic damaged"
- From Western Electric Co. of Philadelphia to Bell Telephone Co.: 2 boxes stationery
- From Wood McCaw & Co. to United Natural Gas Co.: 2 bales moss
- From Patriotic Fireworks Corp. to G.W. Mitchell: 2 containers spec. fireworks
- From Ideal Pajama Co. to Carey's Department Store: 1 package cotton pajamas
Footnote
1. Full disclosure: OK, I was excited by the find. I think Joan was a bit creeped out and worried that I would not make it out of the cavernous garage, in which years worth of junk tottered in precarious piles, alive.
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