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of the Port Richmond and Prohibition Park Electric Railway Co. 

 for permission to use the overhead single trolley electric system 

 as motive power." 



The late E. D. Clark, President of the Board of Directors of 

 the Port Richmond and Prohibition Park Electric Railway Com- 

 pany furnished the following information on April 22, 1914, from 

 memoranda kept by Mrs. Clark : " May 20, 1892, Mr. E. D. Clark 

 drove first spike, in first electric railroad on Staten Island, at 

 Jewett Ave. and Richmond Terrace. Saturday preceding July 4, 

 1892, electric cars were run between Port Richmond and Pro- 

 hibition Park, and the public carried without charge. July 4, 

 1892, the road was regularly opened to the public, and fare col- 

 lected." 



The Staten Islander of July 6, 1892, says, "There is much re- 

 joicing in Prohibition Park over the opening of the electric rail- 

 way . . . On every hand are heard expressions of hope, that the 

 road will be the predecessor of many others, the pioneer amongst 

 dozens of others, penetrating all parts of the Island. . . . The 

 Day at Prohibition Park [July 4, 1892] . . . the electric cars ran 

 successfully." 



Mr. H. J. Blackham, Superintendent of Railways of the Rich- 

 mond Light & Railroad Co., has furnished the following data 

 from memoranda and newspaper clippings : 



" The Richmond County Railroad Company ran its first electric 

 car about February 15, 1894." 



"Staten Island Electric Road (Syndicate Road). Trolley car 

 made first trip over completed portion of road from St. George to 

 Jersey Street, December 17, 1895" (Staten Island Leader, De- 

 cember 21, 1895). 



" South Shore line started January i, 1896, from Hamilton 

 Avenue, St. George, to Clifton R. R. crossing." 



" First electric car to Elizabethport Ferry was run July 4, 

 1896, the day the above named Ferry was opened." 



"The Midland Elec. Railroad Co. ran its first electric car (No. 

 12), from Port Richmond to Richmond, on Saturday evening, 



