From the Chenango Union of Norwich, NY
Monday, April 5, 1875

   The scream of the locomotive whistle on the Auburn Branch of the Midland, on Tuesday afternoon, was music in the ears of those on the line between this village and DeRuyter, to which they have not been accustomed to for a number of weeks past. It was the first train through from the west, under the management of the Utica, Ithaca & Elmira Company. Trains will now be run as follows : Leave Ithaca at 8:29 A.M.; Cortland, 9:30; DeRuyter, 10:37; arriving in Norwich at 12:52 P.M. Returning, leave Norwich at 3:55 P.M., DeRuyter, 6:00; Cortland, 7:00; arrive at Ithaca at 8:15 P.M.