Cold, bright, clear day. Arose 6:45 A.M. Breakfast. To Amsterdam on 8 o'clock trolley to collect. Business too poor to make trip pay. Home 12 M. Dinner. Skating in P.M. at Central Park with Russell, Merlin, Cliff & Herman. Home in evening. Wrote letters. To bed 9:30 P.M.
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Since Stanford is making a trip to collect, it must be from those who bought eggs rather than sold eggs to the Clossons. Stanford doesn't indicate why he has few customers, but perhaps it's because his prices are too high. Or, perhaps he has the same number of customers but is charging so little he can't make a profit.
Stanford took a regular trolley line that served the suburban areas of Albany, to include Schenectady and Amsterdam. Below is a description of a suburban trolley line, the No. 3 Trolley, going from Schenectady to Amsterdam, along the Mohawk River, as seen on the map. Also below is a picture of the interior of a Schenectady Railway car, which carried riders to Amsterdam and other points along the No. 3 line.
Central Park was a popular place to skate in Stanford's time. Check out this story and photo here: Central Park Skating.
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Since Stanford is making a trip to collect, it must be from those who bought eggs rather than sold eggs to the Clossons. Stanford doesn't indicate why he has few customers, but perhaps it's because his prices are too high. Or, perhaps he has the same number of customers but is charging so little he can't make a profit.
Stanford took a regular trolley line that served the suburban areas of Albany, to include Schenectady and Amsterdam. Below is a description of a suburban trolley line, the No. 3 Trolley, going from Schenectady to Amsterdam, along the Mohawk River, as seen on the map. Also below is a picture of the interior of a Schenectady Railway car, which carried riders to Amsterdam and other points along the No. 3 line.
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| Taken from Internet Archive |
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| Taken from Images of America: Schenectady ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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