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THE CEDARHURST CUT OFF
THE JAMAICA AND SOUTH SHORE RAILROAD COMPANY
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THE LAND PLAN BELOW SHOWS WHEN THE VARIOUS PARCELS OF PROPERTY WERE PURCHASED. IN JULY 1876 RIGHT OF WAY IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT WAS OBTAINED FOR THE CONNECTION OF THE NEW YORK & ROCKAWAY WITH THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD. THERE WAS A TWO CAR SIDE TRACK JUST WEST (NORTH) OF WEST BROADWAY. AT CEDARHURST THE N.Y. & R.R.R. RIGHT OF WAY CURVED AROUND AND RAN PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH SIDE TRACK. AFTER THE MERGER OF THE THREE COMPETING COMPANIES THE SINGLE SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRACK AND THE SINGLE LONG ISLAND TRACK WERE OPERATED AS A DOUBLE TRACK LINE. IN 1880 OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE LINE BETWEEN LAURELTON AND CEDARHURST WAS ABANDONED. THESE EXCERPTS ARE FROM A 1934 L.I.R.R. REPORT IN 1904 - 1905 THE L.I.R.R. WAS PLANNING TO REBUILD THE CEDARHURST CUT OFF AND CONNECT IT WITH THE ATLANTIC DIVISION. ELECTRIFICATION AND DOUBLE TRACK OPERATION WOULD HAVE EXTENDED EAST OF LAURELTON VIA THE CUT OFF TO CEDARHURST AND THE ROCKAWAYS. IN MARCH 1905 PROPERTY IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT WAS PURCHASED FOR CONNECTING THE ATLANTIC BRANCH WITH THE CEDARHURST CUT OFF. LAURELTON STATION IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE SWITCH TO THE CEDARHURST CUT OFF. BY 1919 THE LINE WAS ABANDONED AGAIN. |