The Hornell Traction Company was an electric streetcar company serving Hornell and Canisteo, New York, between 1892 and 1926. Beginnings The Hornellsville Electric Railway Company was formed December 16, 1891; President was Charles Adsit, Secretary was Demerville Page, and Treasurer was George T. Rehn. The Canisteo Valley Railway Company was formed on December 28, 1891, with plans to run a line to Jasper, Woodhull, and Addison; President was William T. Bailey and Vice-President William Potter. It never began operations. The Hornellsville & Canisteo Railway Company was formed May 12, 1892; President was Page, Secretary was Adsit, and Treasurer was Rehn. It took over the assets and "certain obligations" of the previous company. Both companies shared a depot and car barn at Adsit and Thacher Streets in Hornell. Offices were at 119 Main Street, later 126 Main Street, in Hornell. Service began on August 4, 1892; and was the occasion for a parade and speeches by local officials. The franchise required that the company pay Hornellsville 1% of its gross receipts. Service on the Canisteo line began December 28, 1892, after a trial run on the 22nd. Initial service was one car every two hours. Through at least 1909 the fare within Hornell was 5¢; Hornell to Canisteo was 10¢; fare to the Glenwood from either Canisteo or Hornell was 5¢. Frequency on the Canisteo line was never less than one car every two hours; more often it was hourly, and more often at peak hours, up to 20 trips a day. (The horse-drawn "stage" which was its predecessor made two trips a day, for 25¢.) Construction was completed in 1893. A branch was built in 1894 to Babcock's Track, a horse race track, of which there is a drawing but whose exact location is not known.; perhaps it is the Jones Driving Park of the 1873 map. The companies owned of track. Equipment The original equipment was five cars, "finished in cherry with double thick French plate glass", with electric heat. Each had two 20-horsepower motors. Each cost $3,580 () delivered. There were also another five trailer cars without motors, to be attached at moments of peak load. On these cars, which cost $965 each (), the windows and sides could be removed in the summer, creating open cars. Routes Hornell The line started at the Shawmut (Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern RR) station on Seneca Street, near the line's car