Coaching to Pelham Advertisement,
ca. 1873
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On May 1, 1876, "The Pelham Coach" began running between New York City's Hotel Brunswick and Pelham Bridge. Within a short time the New York Times reported that "[t]he Pelham coach has commanded as much patronage as if it were the only means of communication between Pelham and this City."
The inaugural run of the Pelham Coach, also known as Col. Delancey Kane's "Tally-ho", was the introduction of Col. Kane's New-Rochelle and Pelham Four-in-Hand Coach Line. The purpose of the line, according to a news account of its opening:
"is not pecuniary profit, for under the most favorable circumstances, with every seat full every day of the season, the coach cannot pay its expenses. Col. Kane will drive his coach mainly for his own amusement, with, perhaps, the secondary idea of affording such persons as care to avail themselves of it, the pleasure of a novel ride through an interesting and picturesque country, with a sojourn of four hours on the shore of Long Island Sound at Pelham Bridge, between going and returning. Viewed in this light the New-Rochelle and Pelham coach must be regarded as affording the means of a day of unrivaled enjoyment."
Col. Kane ran his coach over several routes, all of which included Pelham, during the coaching season (April/May to December) each year until about 1883. The coach attracted national attention and was the subject of at least three popular songs and countless articles in a host of publications.
This item is an image that includes an early advertisement for the Pelham Coach noting that it ran for “only one hour and thirty minutes to Hotel Brunswick in New York City”.
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