One change was that the power house was shut down, and electricity purchased from the local public utility company owing to economies of scale.

[6] In its early years, the line attracted a heavy leisure traffic of people wishing to visit the Finger Lakes, but this was especially vulnerable to automobile competition.

In that year, it briefly connected with the Rochester Subway at Rowlands, at the south-east end of Monroe, before shutting down for good.

[9] The first major stop after Rochester city limits was Pittsford, whence the R&ER closely paralleled the NYC line to Canandaigua on the latter's north side.

[12] In 1905, the R&ER was proposing a loop line from Mertensia through Shortsville, Clifton Springs and Phelps to Geneva, but this was abortive -although it appeared on its publicity maps.