Travel Schedule for 1839 Via Oswego

 Oswego County Whig

Tuesday, July 9, 1839   

   The Oswego Route. - 45 hours through from New York to Buffalo, by the way of Oswego. -

   By the present arrangements of the lines between New York and Buffalo, via Oswego, the time occupied in traveling is 42 hours. Passengers leaving NewYork at 7 o’clock A.M. arrive at Albany in 10 hours; leave Albany in the evening train of cars and reach Syracuse in time for breakfast the next morning - from thence take the packet or post coaches, and arrive at this place at 3 or 4 o’clock, or in time  to meet the steamboats bound for Lewiston, where they arrive at about 4 4 o’clock the following morning From Lewiston by railroad and steamboat to Buffalo in 2 or 4 hours

                                                                                                     Miles                    Hours

From New York (Steamboat) to Albany                                       150                       10

  “      Albany (Railroad)         to Syracuse                                    146                       9

  “     Syracuse (Packet Boat)  to Oswego                                       38                       8

  “   Oswego (Steamboat) to Lewiston                                          147                      12

  “   Lewiston (R.R. & S.B.)  to Buffalo                                         27                       3

                                                                                                     ___                       ___

                                                                                                     568                       42

   This, on the average, is 12 miles per hour. Passengers leaving New York in the afternoon, reach Albany in time for the morning train of cars, arrive at Syracuse at 5 o’clock P.M.  reach here the next morning, leave here at 4 o’clock P.M. and arrive at Buffalo at 7 o’clock the following morning, making about 60 hours including stops.

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